""Parents' Love" - a touching work written by Liu Jing and directed by Kong Sheng, performed by powerful actors such as Guo Tao and Mei Ting. This love epic that spans time and space, set against the background of the changes of the times from the 50s to the beginning of the new century, affectionately tells the affectionate love and the truth, goodness and beauty in the ordinary life of two generations of several families.
Since landing on CCTV in 2014, it has been repeatedly loved by the audience, and the popularity has endured for nine years.
It is a timeless family drama that is highly sought after by the public and continues to be popular in various David ** roads. "
After half a century of time, the love story of Jiang Defu and An Jie is performed on three unique stages: the hurried passers of the artillery school, the precipitation of life on the island, and the quiet old age of the dry retreat.
During this journey, they spent the longest time on the island, witnessed each other's deep affection, and finally shared the joy of family life at the dry retreat.
At a romantic moment in the mid-fifties (around 1955), An Jie and Jiang Defu met and got married, just a few months later. Subsequently, the crystallization of their love was born one after another, and two lively sons added laughter to the family.
At the end of 1957, Jiang Defu, as a highly talented student of the artillery school, resolutely went to the island to dedicate himself to the cause. Immediately afterwards, in the face of the challenges of life, An Jie and his son followed, and the family of four set foot on that mysterious land together.
There, they spent countless days and nights until the years passed, and they entered a peaceful old age, sharing the joy of family in the dry retreat.
The story is set in the mid-90s, Jiang Defu and An Jie enjoy the life of the dry retreat, since Jiang Defu retired in 1985, this warm new chapter has lasted nearly ten years.
So, when exactly did they move to this peaceful retreat?
When Jiang Defu and An Jie moved to the dry rest house, the key lies in An Jie's retirement time. Considering that Jiang Defu was ten years older, when he retired in 1985 at the age of 60, An Jie was about 50 years old.
If Anjie had retired at the age of 55, they would have relocated around 1990. Therefore, only after the end of Anjie's primary school teaching career, the two will live together in the dry rest house.
Of course, some people may question, as the commander's wife, does An Jie have to stick to the age of 55? Isn't there a possibility of early retirement or job adjustments?
These are indeed something to consider. However, the key lies in Jiang Defu's character decision, will he let An Jie retire early in order to move into a dry rest house as soon as possible? For 50-year-old Anjie, does it really need to change the current position?
Moreover, they have spent a long time together on the island, and leaving is not just a matter of leaving, it is a gradual process.
In one scene in the play, when several elderly people return to the island in the late nineties, we notice that the Jiang family's former residence has been inhabited by Meng Tianzhu and Jiang Yaning. This suggests that they may have moved in after Jiang Defu and An Jie left the island.
If Jiang Defu and An Jie had left around 1985, Meng Tianzhu would still be the political commissar of the 29th Regiment at that time, and his rank would not be enough to move into Commander Jiang's house. However, if they had moved out in the early nineties, when Meng Tianzhu would have been promoted to divisional cadre, such a change made it reasonable for them to move into Commander Jiang's house.
Although Jiang Defu and An Jie's residence in their later years was not chosen in Qingdao, it was once Jiang Defu's place of study and a harbor of An Jie's youthful memories, and her relatives still took root there.
This is somewhat flawed. However, thankfully, despite the fact that the rest of the family is scattered all over the place, Jiang Yafei, the much-loved daughter, has always stayed by her parents' side.
When they moved into the retreat, Jiang Yafei's work was also adjusted, and she followed there from the island city. This arrangement allows the whole family to share the joy of family, which is a rare comfort.