Under the scorching sun and heavy rain, the author

"Under the scorching sun and heavy rain" is a text published by Jiangsu Education Publishing House in Unit 2, Lesson 7, Book 1, Grade 9 of junior middle school Chinese. The text is taken from Chapter 18 of Lao She's original Camel Xiangzi. This paper consists of "under the scorching sun" and "under the heavy rain". It describes the sufferings of Xiangzi and the people around him under the scorching sun and heavy rain, and truly depicts the tragic fate of an old Beijing rickshaw driver.

Xiangzi is a simple rural youth. Because of the rural bankruptcy, 18 went to Beijing and became a rickshaw puller. He is young, strong, honest and diligent, and he is bent on owning his own car. He scrimped and saved, and a car he bought for the first time was robbed by the reactionary army. After people fled back, they saved hard-earned money and wanted to buy a car for the second time. Just when he fantasizes about making a living on his own, his wife Tigress is pregnant, and he will provoke a heavier burden of life. He endured great pain and struggled to pull a cart to make a living under the scorching sun and heavy rain. Xiangzi collapsed after the heavy rain. He finally "understood that he was not made of iron" and could no longer be strong. However, other blows, Tigress's dystocia, Xiangzi's car sale and Joy's forced death, followed. He felt that life was boring and hopeless, and finally he was completely desperate and degraded. It was this rainstorm that started him.