Parental Love is a much-loved TV series that appeals to viewers of all ages. From the post-70s to the post-00s, we can all find our own shadow from this drama. The play shows the triviality and beauty of life in vivid details, allowing the audience to deeply experience the warmth and true feelings of family. The love of the characters in the play has gone through many ups and downs, but in the end they all found each other in the run-in.
This drama does not have too many bloody plots, nor does it exaggerate the description of love, but truly presents the process of people in that era from lovelessness to deep love. This kind of simple love is more touching and more worthy of respect. Jiang Yafei is a distressing character in the play, her first love was strangled in the cradle. However, she bravely pursued her own happiness, fought against An Jie, and finally chose her love.
Jiang Defu and An Jie in the original book have three sons and four daughters. There has always been a mystery about the author of "Parents' Love", but it is rumored to have been written by Jiang Defu's youngest daughter, Jiang Yaning. However, in the play, Jiang Yafei married Wang Haiyang, which is inconsistent with the original work. An Jie's third daughter committed suicide because of love, and this plot is even more prominent in the original book. The love resistance she faces comes mainly from her parents, which also reflects the dilemma faced by many young people in real life.
"Parental Love" successfully restores the style of that era, allowing us to better understand the life and emotions of the previous generation. It doesn't have flashy rhetoric and grand scenes, but it touches our hearts with real emotion. Such a good drama deserves to be tasted and cherished by more people.
The love between the two is not for nothing, Jiang Defu and Wang Haiyang's family are neighbors, because Wang Haiyang has no brothers and sisters, so he often mixes with Jiang Defu's children. Wang Haiyang can easily reach Jiang Defu's house as long as he climbs over the wall. And Wang Haiyang has played the role of a big brother since he was a child, perhaps it was from that time that Jiang Defu's daughter had a sense of security to be protected.
The third daughter's love affair with Wang Haiyang was fruitless, but in the end, Wang Haiyang and Jiang Defu's youngest daughter entered the palace of marriage. It can only be said that the role of the big brother that Wang Haiyang has been playing has brought a deep sense of security to these two girls. However, this is only for later.
Wang Haiyang was unwilling to live like the children of other cadres on the island, he preferred to wander around the island alone, which Jiang Defu regarded as an idle and unscrupulous child. Therefore, Jiang Defu did not have a good impression of Wang Haiyang, let alone that Wang Haiyang was going to marry his daughter. However, Jiang Defu's personality is such that he will not directly oppose this love.
The biggest obstacle to this love is Anjie. At that time, An Jie was keen on arranging the marriage of her children, and she took a fancy to Director Meng and hoped that her third daughter could marry Director Meng. Due to An Jie's insistence, the love between the third daughter and Wang Haiyang was made public.
They encountered Jiang Defu's silent opposition and An Jie's direct rejection. In addition to facing the opposition of her parents, the third daughter also has to deal with An Jie's endless forced marriage. Therefore, she chose to commit suicide by taking sleeping pills. Fortunately, An Jie found out in time and pulled her daughter back from the death line.
If we ignore the attitudes of Jiang Defu and An Jie for the time being, and observe Wang Haiyang's parents, we will find that Zhang Guiying has an almost paranoid love for Wang Haiyang. Therefore, she did not explicitly oppose or support the relationship, and was basically neutral. And Wang Haiyang's father, Wang Zhenbiao, is the one who clearly expressed his opposition. He and Jiang Defu are colleagues, but the relationship between the two is not harmonious.
On the political side, Jiang Defu and Wang Zhenbiao often disagreed, which made it difficult for them to reach agreement on many issues. This is reflected in many places in the play. For example, on the issue of Lao Ding's marriage, Jiang Defu was in favor, while Wang Zhenbiao was resolutely opposed. In addition, when there was an incident on the island where a young man shot by mistake, Jiang Defu advocated ideological education, while Wang Zhenbiao advocated severe punishment. These differences show that the relationship between the two men is not harmonious.
Wang Haiyang developed feelings for Jiang Defu's daughter, although Wang Zhenbiao was not happy, he did not object to it. In those days, and even now, marriage was often more beneficial for the man. However, Wang Zhenbiao's non-objection is based on the premise that both children are willing and does not damage his face.
However, Jiang Defu's sentence of "a gentleman" deeply hurt Wang Zhenbiao's self-esteem. Even if Wang Haiyang has nothing to do on the island and is idle all day long, it can only be evaluated by his parents. Wang Zhenbiao shows a strong paternalistic style, and it seems that only he is qualified to evaluate his son.
Wang Zhenbiao had a tough attitude towards Jiang Defu and An Jie, and even said cruel things. This attitude quickly became the talk of the people on the island after dinner. After hearing these rumors, Jiang Defu's daughter felt desperate and finally chose to fight to the death. Marriages without the blessings of both parents often do not end well, especially when the woman is introverted, and in this case, it is easy to have extreme solutions.
Love really takes courage to face gossip." People who love each other can't be together, often because they lack the courage to face difficult situations. Whether it's parental opposition or worldly ideas, it takes the courage of love to fight. However, in this love, Wang Haiyang chose to escape under the opposition of his parents. He understands the attitude of Jiang Defu and An Jie, and also knows that the relationship between his father and Jiang Defu is tense. Regarding this love, he may have foreseen the future, so he chose to leave and went to his aunt's house in Nanjing.
At that time, Wang Haiyang was not determined enough to face and overcome difficulties, because he was indeed a person who did nothing and was idle, as Jiang Defu said. He did not have the courage to face and overcome any form of opposition. Under the heavy blow of this love, Jiang Defu's daughter was particularly isolated. Wang Haiyang's departure put this originally kind and introverted girl in a predicament. In this relationship, she lacked the company of her partner, the support of her parents, and even had to face the opposition of Wang Haiyang's father. Under the pressure of the crowd, she had to fight for her own happiness.
Jiang Defu and An Jie do not have a high evaluation of Wang Haiyang, they think that such a man cannot be a good match for their daughter. And Wang Haiyang at that time really couldn't bring happiness to Jiang Defu's youngest daughter. Some people think that the success or failure of love depends on the timing of the meeting between two people, and the moment when Jiang Defu's third daughter and Wang Haiyang met was not right. Wang Haiyang is not yet mature, and she is just enthusiastic.
In the end, this relationship came to an end, ending with Jiang Defu's daughter committing suicide. Love is not simply a relationship between two people, it also involves many other factors. And the best time to love is when you only have each other. Once other factors are added, there are various problems to face. To solve these problems, it takes the inner strength of two people who love each other to be firm and brave.