In the drama "Parents' Love", Zhang Guilan, as Jiang Defu's ex-wife, only appeared in one corner of the plot, but it left a deep impression. Her existence seems to be that of her in the legends of the rivers and lakes, although she does not live in the rivers and lakes, her name is constantly circulated in the rivers and lakes. Even An Jie, a capitalist lady with a privileged life and a proud personality, had to be touched by Zhang Guilan again and again, and her heart could not be calm.
Zhang Guilan carved two deep marks in Jiang Defu's heart. Once, when her husband Jiang Defu went to the battlefield, she chose to have a relationship with her eldest brother Jiang Defu's mute second brother. However, this secret was inadvertently exposed by Jiang Defu, who returned home, causing a great change in the family. Jiang Defu decisively chose to divorce and left home angrily. Another time, Zhang Guilan decided to give birth to her eldest brother's son Jiang Changyi. When this son grew up, Zhang Guilan asked him to find his biological father Jiang Defu, which set off waves in the Jiang family.
However, Zhang Guilan is not a malicious person, she is just a woman full of helplessness and bitterness. In the context of that special era, it was not easy for a single woman to live independently. Jiang Defu has been away from home for many years, and the relationship between the two has long been indifferent. Zhang Guilan does not have the help of her in-laws, and all the difficulties and pressures can only be borne by herself.
Although she also wanted to stick to the woman's way, the long period of loneliness and helplessness made her gradually change her original intention. She needed a support, a partner with whom she could spend the rest of her life. And Jiang Defu's mute second brother, even though he is a good person, is willing to help her, and slowly Zhang Guilan's mind has changed.
But fate is always so tricky, just when Zhang Guilan and the eldest brother were just starting a new life, Jiang Defu suddenly returned. This return changed everything, he is no longer the soldier who has been away from home for many years, but a ** with power and status. His appearance plunged Zhang Guilan into deep shame and pain, and also plunged the whole family into chaos again.
Although Zhang Guilan made such a choice, the pain and helplessness in her heart are indescribable. She is not a bad woman, just a woman who is struggling in the context of a special era. Her story makes us deeply feel the impermanence of life and the helplessness of fate.
Jiang Defu, who has emerged in the army, has broad vision and extensive knowledge, but for his wife Zhang Guilan in the countryside, he may have developed a dislike in his heart. Zhang Guilan is small-footed, uneducated, and older than Jiang Defu, and these differences have created a huge gap in their life philosophy. However, Jiang Defu's character made it impossible for him to do such an immoral thing as abandoning his wife.
Just when he was in a dilemma, Zhang Guilan's betrayal allowed him to find a suitable reason. In the face of his wife's infidelity, Jiang Defu shows the anger and determination of a man when he is betrayed. He decisively chose to divorce, stayed away from this place of right and wrong, and returned to the army.
Zhang Guilan's betrayal and divorce made Jiang Defu's second brother feel deeply guilty. He left the coal mine in Tangshan, but died in an accident under the mine. Zhang Guilan bears the notoriety of cheating, the humiliation of being divorced, and the pain of pregnancy alone. She returned to her parents' house and gave birth to a child, and then remarried Jiang Changyi's stepfather and lived a hard life.
After remarrying, Zhang Guilan suffered a lot of grievances in her new family because she brought Jiang Changyi, a "drag oil bottle". Jiang Changyi was also mistreated because he was not his stepfather's biological child. For the sake of her son's future, Zhang Guilan wanted to hide the relationship between Jiang Defu and her son, but Jiang Changyi insisted on finding Jiang Defu to find a way out.
The moment Jiang Changyi entered Jiang's door, Jiang Defu guessed the ins and outs of the matter. In the face of this unexpected confession, Jiang Defu had mixed feelings in his heart. In front of the honor of the Jiang family, Jiang Defu chose to remain silent and bear this injustice alone. He sent Jiang Changyi, a child who was not supposed to exist, to the army to start his brilliant career. This family scandal ended in an unexpected way. Jiang Defu's tolerance and responsibility made him show the responsibility of a man throughout the incident.
Although his ex-wife Zhang Guilan betrayed him, the resentment in his heart dissipated when he learned that his dumb second brother had lost his life in a coal mine accident because of this incident. After marrying An Jie, he regretted his original impulsiveness. Therefore, when Jiang Changyi came to the door, he chose to acquiesce. An Jie left him angrily after knowing the truth, and he did not defend himself. Jiang Changyi's actions were entirely for his own interests, regardless of the dignity of the Jiang family. A few years later, in order to pursue An Jie's niece Ouyang Anran, he unexpectedly revealed the secret.
Jiang Defu was very angry about this and slapped Jiang Changyi in the face. But then he regretted it and felt that his reaction was too strong. Jiang Defu should have been a victim, but he chose to forgive with tolerance and kindness. In the words of his daughter, he is a true gentleman. And Jiang Changyi, his selfishness and shamelessness are exposed. He said to Yaning: "The one I hate most in your family is your mother, who looks at me like a thief. He sees Anjie as an enemy who has stolen his mother's happiness and destiny.
This distorted mentality makes people ask: If there is no An Jie, how will Jiang Changyi face his fate? His mother once dreamed of living a different life with Jiang Defu, who was an official. Regarding the marriage between Jiang Defu and An Jie, Jiang Changyi commented: "Urban women are really wonderful, they look down on rural men and contemptuously call them hillbillies.
But when these hillbilly men get ahead, they rush to snatch them up. Jiang Changyi firmly believes that the separation between his mother and Jiang Defu is not his mother's fault, but because after Jiang Defu was promoted, his mother was destined to be abandoned. He once asked Yaning: "If my mother had not betrayed your father, would your father not have left her?" ”
His ideas are deeply influenced by class and hierarchical differences, not right and wrong. Therefore, although Jiang Defu gave him great favors, he was not grateful in his heart, but felt that this was Jiang Defu's compensation for his and his mother's debts, and no matter how much it was, it could not make up for his childhood lack and the cold eyes and discrimination he received in the Jiang family.
Zhang Guilan's repentance. Are Zhang Guilan and her son Jiang Changyi the same? The answer may not be. She knows the ins and outs of things and has a basic sense of shame. When it came to cheating, she chose to raise her son alone and did not ask the Jiang family for help. When her son grew up and decided to take refuge in Jiang Defu, she was determined to confess the scandal to her son. Zhang Guilan was grateful to Jiang Defu, and when Jiang Defu returned to his hometown a few years later, Zhang Guilan had become a haggard old woman.
When she heard that Jiang Defu had returned, she struggled to see her, but was stopped by her youngest son. Zhang Guilan's emotions for Jiang Defu are complex and intertwined: guilt, gratitude, remorse and other emotions are intertwined. She could only stare at the car carrying Jiang Defu away with a wooden expression and a standing figure. She has no intrigues, only the ruthlessness of fate and the patience of helplessness.
An Jie's relief. An Jie, a proud woman, gradually let go of everything in the past. She may have fantasized about a bright future with Jiang Defu, but the reality hit her hard. Over time, she learned to be tolerant and receptive. The capitalist lady who was full of romantic feelings couldn't accept Jiang Defu's second marriage status at first, let alone the stepson who appeared later, which undoubtedly challenged her bottom line of tolerance. In their marriage, there are always two thorns, one is Zhang Guilan and the other is Jiang Changyi. Every time she talked about these two people, she would be dissatisfied and complain about Jiang Defu.
However, when she learned that Jiang Changyi's affair was Jiang Defu's back from the black cauldron, she began to re-examine her husband. She was proud of his forbearance and responsibility, and she was also proud of having such a husband. After meeting Zhang Guilan, An Jie was completely relieved. The Zhang Guilan who made her haunted is now just an old rural woman with gray hair, wrinkles, and a sluggish expression. She suddenly felt that she was not on the same level of competition as this woman, and even began to sympathize with her rough and bitter life.
She understands that there is no such thing as a perfect life, and letting go of other people's mistakes is actually fulfilling herself. As Lu Xun said in "Morning Flowers and Sunset": "Life will inevitably fall into difficulties sometimes, but the nobility of people lies in the fact that they still maintain their integrity in difficulties, and must not indulge themselves and let wrong desires run rampant." "If Zhang Guilan can maintain her integrity, maybe life will be a different scene.