Many people read "Alive" and give up halfway through it because they can't bear to read it.
The protagonist Fugui, has worked hard all his life, his son, wife, daughter, son-in-law and grandson have passed away, leaving the old Fugui alone, lonely, and only an old cow by his side.
The picture of Fugui and Lao Niu together will always linger in the reader's mind for a long time, and tears will wet his eyes when he thinks about it.
After experiencing so much suffering, what does Fugui rely on to survive?
In the eyes of others, Fugui's life is a life of hardship, but for Fugui himself, I believe he feels more happiness.
Brother Fugui, grew up in a honey pot, eating, drinking, playing and playing in the world, and I don't know what sorrow is.
He would take the Qinglou woman with him, deliberately swaggering in front of his father-in-law's door, turning a blind eye to his wife, and even beating and scolding him at every turn.
Until that day, Fugui lost all his possessions and became nothing.
For the first time, he picked up the flat burden, walked dozens of miles, and exchanged all the family business accumulated by his ancestors for copper coins and sent them to the second hand of Long.
Fugui's father was deeply affected and died soon after.
His pregnant wife, Jiazhen, was brought home by her father-in-law, and the old mother and young daughter followed Fugui into a dilapidated thatched house.
Life always has to go on.
Fugui rented two or five acres of land and began to work day by day, he could no longer afford to wear silk and satin, and the coarse cotton clothes were stabbing at first, and then he got used to it.
Before the former tenant died, he asked his son to give the old silk clothes to Fugui, but Fugui was no longer used to wearing them, saying that the clothes were like snot.
's mother has always accompanied Fugui to endure hardships and hardships, and has never complained about her son.
She said, "I'm not tired, as long as people live happily, I'm not afraid of poverty." ”
Jiazhen also returned to Fugui with her son Youqing, she took off her cheongsam and put on a cloth coat, she was tired all day long, and she was always smiling.
My mother was used to being pampered, and she was getting older, and suddenly she couldn't bear it after all, and there was a problem.
Fugui went out to seek medical treatment, but unexpectedly, he was arrested halfway, and he kept looking for an opportunity to escape, but he was getting farther and farther away from his hometown.
This walk is two years, and there are countless deaths and injuries around him, but Fugui is lucky to survive and make friends Chunsheng.
Fugui couldn't wait to get home, his mother was gone, and his daughter couldn't hear anymore after a high fever.
Suffering followed, Jiazhen didn't think about leaving, she sent her mother-in-law away, and waited for her husband while pulling the child.
Escaping death is Fugui's luck, mother's tolerance is Fugui's luck, and Jiazhen's never abandoned, how can it not be Fugui's blessing?
Fugui lives a down-to-earth life, working hard, but he is just barely filling his stomach.
Son Youqing reached the age of going to school, and the family couldn't come up with the money, so Fugui and Jiazhen combined to give their daughter Fengxia to others.
Feng Xia was sent out for a few months, and then secretly ran home, a golden nest and a silver nest, not as good as a poor father and poor mother.
Fugui sent Fengxia back, the sensible Fengxia didn't cry or make trouble, she touched her father distressed and nostalgic, and Fugui collapsed all of a sudden.
He carried his daughter home and made up his mind that even if the family starved to death, he would not send Fengxia away.
Affectionate drinking water is full.
Living, sometimes, is more for a piece of family affection and care.
No matter how hard life is, no matter how difficult the days are, no matter how tired the body is, there is love and strong warmth, which is enough to resolve all the hardships.
Perhaps, it was just a bowl of soup brought by his wife late at night, a piece of clothing that her husband had quietly bought, or the sweet smile of a child.
Fengxia can earn a job, Youqing goes to school, although life is still not rich, Fugui feels full of hope.
Fugui often scolds Youqing, but Youqing is sensible and diligent, and the child's love and tolerance often make Fugui feel guilty.
Unfortunately, Fugui's suffering has just begun.
Jiazhen was diagnosed with hypochondriasis, and her body was getting worse day by day.
Youqing competed to donate blood, but died on the spot because of excessive blood drawing. When Fugui ran to the hospital like crazy and wanted to seek justice for his son, he found that the one who was rescued was the wife of his good brother Chunsheng, who was born and died together that year.
He only left a sentence of "Chunsheng, you owe me a life, you can pay it back to me in the next life" and left.
Feng Xia married her partial husband Erxi, Erxi knew Feng Xia cold and hot, and they were all hand in hand when they traveled, and the two of them were loving and harmonious, which slightly relieved the hearts of Fugui and Jiazhen.
However, Feng Xia suffered from dystocia and suffered hemorrhage, and died in the same hospital as Youqing.
Jiazhen couldn't bear the blow anymore, and three months after Feng Xia left, she died.
Before leaving, Jiazhen couldn't rest assured, she asked Fugui: "You still have to live well, there are bitter roots and two joys." ”
The suffering did not let Fugui go, the son-in-law Erxi was sandwiched to death by two rows of cement slabs, and the grandson Kugen lived with Fugui, but died because of eating beans.
Fugui, who lost all his relatives and died again and again, ravaged his life into a blur.
His body aged rapidly, but he survived strongly.
He went and bought a cow, an old cow that no one wanted, and led it home to the laughter of others.
One man and one cow, talking every day, plowing the land, and relying on each other for their lives.
In fact, as long as we have watched this work, we will feel that why we want to give Fugui such a miserable life, it seems that in addition to suffering, it is still suffering.
But this is only from the perspective of a bystander, for Fugui, he shows that he is very down-to-earth, just like he said, "All the family members were buried by me, and they were all buried by my own hands." ”
"Alive" Life is hard, but he feels more love and happiness
In Fugui's eyes, he was very glad that his family did not have to be alone in the world like him, and he did not have to be alone. And he also has an old cow, whose name is also called "Fugui", and he likes to communicate with the old cow.
When Fugui talks about his life from his own point of view, he thinks that this life is very happy and joyful. He has the best wife in the world, a sensible child who loves him, and a kind son-in-law, and finally an old cow who accompanies him in his old age, and both of them are called "Fugui".
Life is like a journey, at first everyone set off together, only to find out in the end that they are alone.
Some people only have a relationship with you, and they are scattered to the end of the world after a short encounter; There are people who have a different destination from you and can only accompany you on a journey; Some people are willing to stay with you all the time, but say goodbye early for various reasons.
From lively to deserted, it is the inevitable trend of life.
Even if you have someone around, you may not be able to understand everything about you, and learning to enjoy solitude is a compulsory course for us.
No matter how lively a person's life is, there is always a time for oneself, and only by learning to be alone will you not feel that your days are boring and monotonous.
In the book "Alive", we can see the impermanence of fate and understand the meaning of life. The biggest role of reading is to help you think about a problem, and the author Yu Hua uses such a story full of suffering to tell us that life is our own experience and has nothing to do with others.
The charm of life lies in the fact that all experiences cannot be repeated, all the past cannot be modified, so memories are often beautiful.
Life is full of hardships, and each of us has to face different stages of suffering in the process of growing up.
There is only one life, you always have to be brave, learn to take responsibility, learn to endure, learn to accumulate experience in the storm.
Yu Hua's "Alive" is a classic that you must read in life, it tells you that people live for the sake of life itself, not for anything other than life.
At each stage, the goal and direction of life are different, so the old Fugui is in silence and loneliness, and the old cow is the companion.
A person of this age lives for the sake of living, he does not have to live for himself, nor does he have to live for his family, but for the sake of living.
Even after going through life and death, and encountering many unimaginable hardships for ordinary people, Fugui never gave up his life. Instead, I chose to live well, with a calm attitude, and live every day of my life in a down-to-earth manner.
It turns out that "Alive" is the best luck and the greatest courage.
Life should not stop pursuing a challenge, life is difficult, Fugui is a portrayal of ordinary life, every blow, he has survived strongly, when hovering on the edge of pain, it is better to hold on, he has been happy, has been happy, enough.
I have read the book "Alive" many times, and every time I have a deep understanding and am deeply touched.
Now the small shop does activities, 499 yuan, if you don't have a pack of cigarettes, you can start with 4 hardcover sets: "One Hundred Years of Solitude" + "Human Disqualification" + "Alive" + "Love in the Time of Cholera", which can make you see yourself and life clearly! What about suffering in the world? "I came to the world to enjoy love, and I came to the world to enjoy freedom".
Click on the merchandise card below to purchase.