Recently, many viewers burst into tears when watching the finale of the Spring Festival period drama "South to North" broadcast by CCTV 8, and expressed their feelings of injustice to Ma Kui.
"South to North" is a TV series suitable for three generations of a family, it not only has a strong atmosphere of the times, which can make grandparents and parents recall the experience of taking the train in the 70s, but also suitable for watching while chatting during the Chinese New Year.
However, the ending of the TV series is unexpected, the protagonist Ma Kui, an old railway public security officer, has unfortunately passed away in a life of hard work in always rushing to the most dangerous front line to handle cases, clarifying his mission and responsibilities, and being diligent all his life.
At that time, Ma Kui was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the gangsters on the train, and was smashed by the gangsters with a broken wine bottle and slipped. He struggled to get up, and by the time he arrived at the restaurant, the gangster had jumped out of the car and died, and his two companions were sure that he had killed him.
Lao Wang is Wang's new father, and he planned to come to the restaurant to bring back grilled sausages for his son during work. Unexpectedly, he encountered gangsters in the process. Out of fear of self-exposure, he smashed the gangster with a basin in desperation.
Unexpectedly, the gangsters were shot down from the train during this hit. Although this person was actually killed by Lao Wang, in order to prevent Wang Xin from being left unattended, Lao Wang insisted that he was not at the scene from beginning to end.
His behavior may be selfish, but it shows a father's deep love for his children.
Ma Kui was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the lack of eyewitnesses and the inadequacy of the law at the time.
Faced with social prejudice and accusations from others, Ma Kui not only has to bear the burden of his family alone, but also has to endure the stigma of being called a murderer.
His daughter Ma Yan was also labeled as the daughter of a murderer, and it was difficult for her to gain the respect and attention of others.
This is a deeply harrowing story that makes us cherish justice and the dignity of the law even more, and not to inflict unnecessary suffering on innocent people.
In the past 10 years, Su Fang's life must have been very difficult. The long exertion caused her to suffer from pneumonia, but she was reluctant to go to the hospital and only took medication at home**.
Finally, when Lao Ma was released from prison, his life took a turn for the better, but at this time, Su Fang had already suffered from advanced lung cancer. It didn't take long for her to leave this world.
Lao Ma once spent 10 years in prison alone, and after finally regaining his freedom, he was hit by the death of his wife.
Before Su Fang passed away, Dr. Shen had been taking good care of her and helping Ma Jian. As a result, the relationship between the two families became very close.
At the last moment of her life, Su Fang thought about the future of Lao Ma and Ma Jian, thinking that as long as they had the care of Dr. Shen, they would be able to die with peace of mind.
After Su Fang's death, Ma Kui often needed to travel for business, while his daughter was busy with business and often left home after work.
Under such circumstances, Ma Kui's son Ma Kui often went to Shen Hui's house to eat and do homework after school, and in the process of picking up the children, feelings gradually developed between the two.
When the relationship between the two gradually warmed up and began to discuss marriage, Dr. Shen faced a problem.
After his father was released from prison for hooliganism, the neighbors around him talked about it, worried that it would affect Ma Kui, so Dr. Shen decided to leave with his father, not wanting to involve Ma Kui.
Ma Kui had the opportunity to have a beautiful and well-working Dr. Shen, but he lost her because of gossip.
However, in order to repay his friend's life-saving kindness, he decided to let his friend's daughter Lili live in his home, and gave her the quiet room upstairs.
Although he did not receive the understanding of his friends, he still stood by his decision to be grateful and to help others.
When Lili got married, she didn't have her own house, so the kind-hearted old horse carefully renovated her second floor and prepared it according to the standards for marrying her daughter.
However, Lili learns on the wedding day that it was all because Ma Kui exposed the scandal of her father**, which eventually led to the breakup of their family.
Lao Ma's sincerity was in vain, and until he died, Lili never expressed any gratitude to him.
After Ma Kui was released from prison, in order to teach his son skills, he took him with him, Wang Xin had just graduated from the police academy at that time, although he had a wealth of theoretical knowledge, but he lacked practical experience, and often made mistakes because of improper operation.
The old horse master and apprentice have solved countless cases in the ups and downs, although at first Xiao Wang looked down on him and called him "Lao Ma", but as time went by, Xiao Wang began to appreciate this ** who insisted on teaching him skills.
Just ask, how many people in the world can be as selfless as Lao Ma? Because his father was imprisoned for ten years, he was still willing to teach his son skills after being released from prison, such fatherly love is admirable, and it is enough to prove Lao Ma's intentions for Xiao Wang.
In this society, people like Ma Kui are loyal and kind in life, conscientious and responsible in work, and can be said to be a real "good old man".
However, fate played a cruel joke on him, and the screenwriter brought him to the end of his life in the script, and the director acquiesced to this ending.
What's even more ironic is that after the criminals Ma Kui once arrested were released from prison, they all found a new life, learned to trade and started a small business, and they all remembered Ma Kui's kindness and lived their duty.
*'s friend is also doing well after being released from prison, with his daughter and grandson by his side. Although Ma Kui left us, his charisma and spirit have deeply influenced us.
The audience couldn't bear the situation that Lao Wang, who framed Ma Kui, was living well, his brain was occasionally sober and occasionally confused, and Ma Yan took care of him year after year. If Wang Xin often travels on business and Ma Yan doesn't take good care of him, Lao Wang would have gone to Lao Ma a long time ago.
Do choreographers Gao Mantang and director Zheng Xiaolong want to convey the message that "good people don't live long, and disasters will be 1,000 years"? The good people who have gone through the ordeal do not get a good reward and die, while the bad people are still alive and well.
In real life, do we, ordinary people, still have the courage to be good people?