Film Review｜Xiao Hong's "Golden Age" longs for stability and freedom, but keeps running around

Text/Li Zijin?

This is a biographical film about Xiao Hong. She longed for stability and freedom throughout her life, but she kept running around, leaving one cage and entering another.

Elope just to get rid of the prison of home

At first, Xiao Hong fell in love with her cousin Lu Zheshun, a married woman. For this reason, she did not hesitate to regret her marriage and elope with Lu Zheshun. , it's a pity that Lu Zhishun couldn't bear the pressure of his family and finally abandoned her. Her elopement became a shocking crime in Hulan County, and her family moved away. After returning home and being put under house arrest by her father for 10 months, she escaped and lived a life of no fixed abode and separation from her relatives. Cousin Lu Zheshun was the first man she fell in love with, but I don’t think she really loved Lu Zheshun at that time. She just appreciated his talent and it could free her from the prison of her family, so she ran away with him without hesitation. In fact, What Xiao Hong really wants is freedom.

The poor life created a generation of writers

After running away, she took refuge with her former fiancé Wang Enjia. One summer night, Wang Enjia ran away and was never heard from again. In this way, Xiao Hong was abandoned again. At this time, she was already pregnant with Liujia. To make matters worse, he and Wang Enjia stayed in the hotel for 7 months. The two of them had nothing to do and owed the hotel more than 600 yuan, which was a huge sum of money at the time. In desperation, she wrote to the newspaper asking for help. The newspaper failed to rescue her from the predicament, but she got to know Xiao Jun. While Xiao Hong was waiting for Wang Enjia, she once wrote this poem: "Last May was the time for me to eat green apricots in Peiping. The pain of my life in May this year really tastes like green apricots."

The woman of that era was sad. She did not find a job that could support herself. Maybe it was not easy for a woman to go out to work alone in that era, so the woman of that era was sad. . Instead, she took refuge in a man again, and was no longer pitiable after being abandoned again. But it was precisely under this historical environment that Xiao Hong's literary height was created.

Xu Guangping once commented on her in the market: "She is so good at writing about hunger and poverty. Who doesn't know about hunger and poverty, but no one writes as shockingly as she does."

Meeting Xiao Jun, this is her golden age

The encounter with Xiao Jun was at dusk one day. Xiao Jun admired her because of her talent and chatted with her. When Xiao Jun asked Xiao Hong, why are you still attached to this world? Xiao Hong said, there is still something in this world that can make me live in peace, and it is because of this that it can still sustain me. I don't quite understand what this thing is? Is it freedom? Is it love? But I think it's not her child. After the child was born, she gave it away without even looking at it. Maybe she understood that she couldn't live a good life herself and the child was a burden to her. This was her relationship with Wang's child, she didn't want to think about her past life. What rescued her from the hotel was fate. A flood flooded the city of Harbin and she escaped. This is fate.

The beginning of life with Xiao Jun was poverty and happiness. At first they couldn't even afford 50 cents a day to rent bed and breakfast. When Xiao Jun became a tutor, they had a big meal. On the way home, the electric lights were shining on the houses all over the city, and I had the money in my pocket. Just like that, the two of us were walking confidently on the street. I think this is Xiao Hong's golden age. She is loved by others, has a place to write, and her relationship with Xiao Jun is not problematic. But this life did not last long.

The relationship with Xiao Jun fell apart, and the emotional life became increasingly painful.

When their lives were getting better and better, Xiao Jun met Ms. Cheng. Ms. Cheng became a frequent visitor to their home. Xiao Jun skated with her and wrote letters to her, and his relationship with Cheng became better and better. At this time, Xiao Hong asked Xiao Jun, if she had no talent, would she still love her? Xiao Jun smiled but didn't answer. At this time, Xiao Hong wrote about the abandoned child. She was disappointed in her heart. She seemed to have seen another side of their relationship. Although Ms. Cheng later returned to the south, it was from here that the foundation for Er Xiao's subsequent relationship was laid. In essence, I don't think Xiao Jun loves Xiao Hong that much, but just appreciates Xiao Hong's talent.

Later, due to a series of events, Er Xiao began their wandering life. They first left Harbin for Qingdao, and then went to Shanghai to meet Lu Xun. Their relationship with Lu Xun is getting better and better, but Er Xiao's relationship begins to slowly change.

Some people say that Xiao Jun relied entirely on his own hard work and hard work to reach the height of art, while Xiao Hong relied on her own feelings and genius to create. I think Xiao Jun is essentially a macho man who cannot tolerate Xiao Hong's achievements being higher than his; Xiao Hong loves him more than he loves Xiao Hong, which leads to the subsequent tragedy.

In Japan, the Golden Age of Prisons

During her stay in Shanghai, Xiao Hong relied on Mr. Lu Xun’s support to go to Japan for a period of time. After Lu Xun’s death, she wrote Download text like this. "When the white moon shines on the window, I am willing to sit down with the lights off and be silent for a while. In the silence, suddenly a warning bell comes to my heart. Isn't this my golden age? At this moment , so I touched the tablecloth, turned around and touched the edge of the wicker chair, and then raised my hand in front of me, vaguely, but I was sure that it was my own hand. Yes, I was in Japan, free and comfortable. , without any financial oppression, this is really a golden age, lived in a cage." Regarding Xiao Hong's departure to Japan, some people think that she went to cultivate her body and write with peace of mind; others think that she went to Japan. He fled to Japan to escape his precarious relationship with Xiao Jun; I prefer the latter. While in Japan, she once again ushered in her golden age, comfortable and free, without economic oppression, but this golden age was spent in a cage. If Xiao Jun is with her at this time, and there is no problem with Xiao Jun's feelings, she shouldn't think this is a cage, right?

Xiao Jun was unfaithful once while he was with Xiao Hong. In order to end his fruitless love, Xiao Jun encouraged Xiao Hong to return to China as soon as possible. During this period, their spiritual lives were painful and their feelings changed qualitatively.

Then they went to Wuhan and Linfen to teach. Here, Xiao Hong met Duanmu. They only stayed at the National Revolutionary University for more than 20 days. The Japanese army captured Taiyuan and divided their troops into two groups to approach Linfen. The students decided to retreat. The recruited writers who were willing to stay were left with the school's faculty and staff. Those who were not Those who stayed behind went to Xi'an with Ding Ling's Northwest Field Service Corps. Whether to stay or go, Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun insisted on their own choices. Xiao Jun wanted to stay and fight guerrillas, saying that this was his long-cherished wish and that he was not willing to just be a writer; while Xiao Hong just wanted a quiet environment to write. Things, her physical condition cannot support her running around. They had a violent dispute over this matter. In the end, we decided to separate for the time being, and when we meet again, if we want to be together, we will be together, and if we don't want to be together, we will separate forever. At this time, Xiao Jun was disgusted with Xiao Hong and wanted to get rid of her. He also followed the philosophy of love he mentioned before, love her if you love her, and leave her if you don't love her. At this time, Xiao Hong still loved Xiao Jun. She was unwilling to leave Xiao Jun, but finally retreated with Duanmu. At this time, Duanmu had secretly fallen in love with Xiao Hong.

Seeing each other again is also goodbye

When the two Xiaos met again, it was Xiao Jun who came back with Ding Ling and the others. Xiao Jun knew about the relationship between Xiao Hong and Duanmu; at this time, Xiao Hong was pregnant with Xiao Jun's child, but they decided to see each other again. As for Xiao Hong's love, I think she still loves Xiao Jun. She doesn't like Duanmu's cowardice, but she sees that it is difficult to go back to the previous relationship with Xiao Jun. In comparison, Duanmu can give her a more stable life. She also knew that her life was short, so she chose a life that was more stable and suitable for her. Xiao Hong is selfish when it comes to children. Her second child has not survived. No one has made him feel warm except her grandfather since she was a child, so she has never felt maternal love and does not know how to be a mother. Bar.

Although she is married, she has been fighting alone until death

Xiao Hong returned to Wuhan with Duanmu and married Duanmu. After seeing so much and experiencing so many men, Xiao Hong Now that Xiao Hong is pregnant with someone else's child, Duanmu can still marry her, and Xiao Hong is already satisfied with Duanmu. And Duanmu is also cowardly and selfish. When Wuhan was in a tight situation and everyone was busy evacuating, Xiao Hong gave the only boat ticket to Duanmu. Duanmu left, leaving Xiao Hong alone in Wuhan with a pregnant belly; Xiao Hong chose to give birth in Jiangjin, but Duanmu was still not there. ; Finally, when he was in Hong Kong, facing artillery fire, Duanmu also wanted to leave Xiao Hong behind. Duanmu is a coward.

As for Xiao Hong, when Duanmu left her and went to Chongqing alone, she was destined to never have a happy life again.

In Hong Kong, Xiao Hong was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Her life came to an end. When she was dying, Luo Binji, who stayed with her the most and stayed with her the most, was his brother's friend.

Finally, he died of illness in the temporary hospital against the Titusi rebels.

The golden age in the garden

In the garden, the flowers are bright, red and green, and the flowers are blooming, as if the flowers have woken up from sleep; the birds have flown. , like birds flying into the sky; bugs chirping, just like bugs talking; everything is alive and has infinite abilities. Whatever you want to do, you can do, and you can do whatever you want. It is free; if the cucumber is willing to bear a fruit, it will bear one fruit; if it is not willing, it will not bear a cucumber, not a single flower will bloom, and no one will ask it. However, the back garden is closed once a year. After the autumn rain, the garden begins to wither. It turns yellow and fades, as if very quickly. All the flowers are extinct, as if someone has maimed them. of. Spring, summer, autumn, and winter, the four seasons cycle back and forth throughout the year. This has been like this since ancient times. The wind, frost, rain, and snow that can be tolerated will pass away. Those that cannot be endured will seek natural results, and the natural results will not be good. , dragging a child out of this world silently and without making a sound.

She is selfish, she does not cherish herself, she abandons her children, always carrying them in her arms. A man was with another man when he was a child. In fact, from the beginning to the end, what Xiao Hong pursues is always very simple, a stable writing environment and a free life, nothing more.