In 2009, the TV series "Snail House" unexpectedly became the dark horse of the year's ratings with almost no publicity. In addition to the so-called vulgar "meat jokes" and "sexual topics", there are also social hot topics such as "house slave", "little three", and "officialdom" that make the audience hotly discussed. However, it wasn't until 2010 that I had the opportunity to watch this "drama" in its entirety, which has become a hot topic on the streets.
At that time, due to the limitations of age and experience, I didn't have much insight into the social issues that the play focused on, except for being shocked by the life full of vanity and material desires of the Haiping and Haizao sisters. Therefore, today, after 13 years, after a huge change in mentality, re-watching "Snail House" and its original work, I truly understand what it reveals, and the greedy human nature presented by confronting social ills.
First of all, let's take a look at Haiping's "Spring and Autumn Dream". If Haiping hadn't climbed the high branch of Song Siming, the sisters might not have been able to realize their dream of "being a human being" after a lifetime of struggle. Although Haiping graduated from a prestigious university, she chose a chemical engineering major on the bad street, and she was not good at learning and art, so she did not continue her postgraduate studies, and entered the life trajectory of working, getting married, and having children early.
This made her change jobs frequently after graduation, and she always worked as a low-level clerk in a first-tier city, with a meager salary and a small rental house. The most poignant thing is that she can only see her children twice a year. Even so, she has to work overtime every month.
Five years later, buying a house has become her biggest obsession, and saving money has become the norm in her life. Just because Su Chun forgot to return a dollar coin in the shopping cart, it can cause a quarrel between husband and wife. Despite her frugal life, it was so difficult for her to realize her dream of buying a home and becoming part of the urban middle class.
After all, she is over thirty years old, does not have a master's degree, has already given birth, has changed jobs countless times, and her diploma is becoming more and more depreciated. According to Haiping's calculations, at the rate at which she and her husband are saving money, it would take at least 300 months (or 25 years) to realize this dream, even in the best of circumstances.
In today's society, buying a house with a usable area of 80 square meters is an unattainable dream for many people. Imagine that in the next 25 years, people need to maintain stable jobs, family tranquility, and social stability.
But the reality is that various expenses in life, education, medical care, etc., require a lot of money investment, and the burden on the family will also increase over time. Therefore, people who work hard like Haiping and his wife, although they try to save money, can never keep up with the speed of housing prices. Their predicament and helplessness made this thirty-year-old woman anxious and impatient, and eventually even shrewd-like.
In contrast, Seaweed's situation is even worse than that of her sister. Although Haiping has a diploma from a prestigious university, Haizao is just an ordinary salesman and does not have high requirements for life. Before she met Song Siming, her dream was just to have an easy job and enough time to enjoy life. It is this simple attitude to life that makes her and Xiaobei's life not rich, but full of warmth and happiness.
However, everything starts to change when Seaweed starts to involve power and money for her sister's dream of buying a house. She loses herself for the sake of her sister's interests, and Haiping is also plagued by problems with the house and becomes blind and selfish. She is desperate to use the power of Seaweed and Becky to achieve her dreams, but she ignores their feelings and needs.
Eventually, Seaweed and Becky's lives are disrupted, and their dreams and expectations become unattainable. This is not only a story about buying a house, but also a story about life choices, values, and morals. It reminds us that in life, we should keep a clear head, stick to our values and moral bottom line, and not be swayed by external influences and pressures.
Only then can we truly achieve our dreams and live the life we want. Haiping's concern for her sister is too hypocritical. Although Xiaobei usually lives a very careful life, he lives a very pragmatic life and is really planning for the future of the two.
And Haiping only cares about being able to buy a house and take her son to receive a better education, completely ignoring the lives of others. She even used her parents' pension money, let alone "borrowed" her sister's marriage money. In her opinion, her son's future is more important than her sister's life's events.
Although Xiaobei loves seaweed deeply, he can't go bankrupt like seaweed to support his sister to buy a house. As a result, the contradictions between them gradually emerged. In this case, the sisters have no resistance to a successful person like Song Siming, and it is only a matter of time before they fall.
At first, Seaweed rushed to the doctor due to illness and asked Song Siming to borrow money. But human nature is vain and greedy, and once you taste the sweetness of unearned gain, it is difficult to stick to your principles. Under the long-awaited material **, seaweed indulged in Song Siming's mature charm and fell into ** that violated public order and good customs.
After Xiaobei noticed the adultery between the two, even if Seaweed returned to him, the relationship could not return to the past. In the end, the two were left to torture each other, and Xiaobei could only leave gloomily.
The most unacceptable thing is Haiping's distorted three views. She just verbally persuaded Seaweed not to be a junior, and then she used the borrowed money to buy a house with peace of mind. This kind of behavior makes people wonder: what is the place of family affection and morality in her heart? After complacently moving into the mansion given by Song Siming with her family, she tasted the taste of power and money, so she no longer dissuaded seaweed.
For the sake of the thousands of dollars in bonuses and revenge on her former boss, she actually connived at the improper relationship between Haizao and Song Siming, and asked him to issue a fake sick note as a matter of course. This so-called good sister pushed her sister into the abyss of confusion step by step, and her stupidity and ** are obvious.
The ending of seaweed is lamentable. Originally, she had a leisurely job, but after she became pregnant, she became Song Siming's prisoner bird and lost her freedom. Although she lived a life of luxury, living in a mansion, using imported furniture, and having a nanny to serve her, she seemed to live the life of her dreams. However, the mansion is not her name, and the nanny is also hired by Song Siming.
Song Siming gave a huge sum of five million, but she lost her children and fertility. We can't help but ask, does Song Siming really love her? The answer is not clear. At first, he may have loved the "virgin blood" of seaweed, which symbolizes innocence, but later, he indulged in the satisfaction of being a father to his children.
In the Song family, Mrs. Song is a capable and understanding woman. She was born in a ** family, and after marrying Song Siming, she silently took on family chores. Accompanied by her, Song Siming grew from a poor boy to a middle-aged man with a successful career.
However, her hard work did not pay off as she deserved. Song Siming's personal affair with seaweed is undoubtedly a huge blow to her half of her life's hard work. As a result, she tasted a bitter ending in this marriage. It may not be a good thing for women to be too sensible. Mrs. Song's hard work and selfless dedication kept everything in the house in order, but she did not get the reward that her husband deserved. On the contrary, it makes him feel like an outsider at home and lacks a sense of involvement.
In short, he regretted that he did not accompany his daughter growing up. In his pursuit of success in his career, he neglected his wife and daughter. When he finally became famous and eager to make up for this regret, he wanted a little baby like Xiao Xuanxuan.
Although he tries to cut ties with Seaweed, when he learns that she is pregnant, he goes on a frenzy to woo her, offering huge sums of money and a mansion. Ironically, when he encountered a crisis in officialdom, he actually asked his wife to take care of the seaweed mother and son. This undoubtedly pierced Mrs. Song's heart.
Mrs. Song was furious when she saw the expensive furniture in the mansion. She lost control of her emotions and almost caused the tragedy of Seaweed's two lives. In this extramarital affair, it is Haiping and his wife who really benefit.
With the help of Song Siming and the support of Mark, Haiping successfully established her own language school. Her husband Su Chun also took the opportunity to resign and switch to the e-commerce field, which was also successful.
Despite Song Siming's eventual downfall, Haiping and his wife were still able to get out of the country and live a good life. Seaweed, on the other hand, lost its love, heart, and womb, and finally left the country alone. She has no skills and can only rely on Mark's kindness.
Those girls who envy seaweed, should see the truth. Sometimes, being too sensible and virtuous does not bring happiness and satisfaction.