"Wang Qiyao", Wang Qiyao in "Long Hate Song", is a dream from Shanghai, as depicted by female writer Wang Anyi: the daughter of a typical Shanghai alley, carrying a flower school bag in the back alley, humming "Song of the Four Seasons" with the phonograph next door, or going to the cinema with a partner to watch "Gone with the Wind"... She was born so beautiful that she went to the "Miss Shanghai" contest and won the third place.
What about the third place? The first and second places were all evaluated by the media, and the third place was selected by the broad masses, and countless people said that the most beautiful thing was the "three young ladies", which of course attracted the big figure of the Kuomintang "Director Li", who rented "Alice Apartment" for Wang Qiyao and raised her as a golden bird.
However, later, Director Li's plane crashed, and Wang Qiyao moved out of the "Alice Apartment" and went to live in his grandmother's mother's mother's house, Wuqiao.
Although Wang Qiyao's grandmother is older, the old man's eyes are shining: this child's head is not open, and it will be difficult to turn it over later. And she was good-looking, and in that place in Shanghai, she was scrambling to tell her, lest she not know that she was good-looking.
Later, "Uncle Mao Mao" knew it, and later the Chinese-Russian mixed-race Sasha also knew it- Nurse Wang in Ping'an was such a "big beauty". The four of them, together with Master Yan's mother, gathered at Wang Qiyao's house to play mahjong in the afternoon when she was not playing needles.
For a mahjong, Uncle Mao Mao and Wang Qiyao would get together once a day in advance to discuss what snacks to buy: osmanthus red bean porridge, sesame sugar, kumquat cake, small cage steamed buns - Wang Qiyao and Uncle Mao Mao's relationship was established little by little.
"Mao Mao Niang's uncle", Kang Mingxun, was a small opening in the Kang family garden, but he also looked through the old newspapers and knew that she had once been so stunning in the outer room of the Kuomintang politicians in greater Shanghai, and naturally admired and admired.
Wang Qiyao's mother also introduced wang Qiyao to the object - the distant nephew of the good wife downstairs, who was a teacher in the middle school, and the woman in front of her died and had no children, is this not the same as not getting married?
But how could Wang Qiyao be willing? The man's hair was almost bald, and the two of them watched a movie, and the other's purr followed the movie interlude "Little Swallow".
I like to drink boiling hot water, or ice water, do not like to swallow warm water - this sentence directly rejects Wang Qiyao's mother's blind date questioning, explaining her pickiness, probably the same applies to eliminating Mr. Cheng, who has accompanied Wang Qiyao throughout his life, right?
Wang Qiyao is pregnant, "Mao Mao Niang Uncle" Cummingson wants to marry someone else, Wang Qiyao would rather plant the "father of the child" to the "Comintern childbirth" Sasha, she also refused to give Mr. Cheng a "chance" at this moment, Mr. Cheng is really the most unjust spare tire in history.
Once upon a time, Wang Qiyao boiled underwater lamb in the winter when they didn't play cards, spinach was turquoise, vermicelli was snow-white, and There were Korean grilled fish fillets and baked rice cakes – the days seemed to come alive.
Later, Mr. Cheng diligently put his salary and Wang Qiyao's grain purchase card together, cooked bacon rice and custard for her, went to the black market to exchange two chickens, and bought back dozens of pounds of potatoes or a few pounds of rice noodles... Patiently and meticulously took care of Wang Qiyao and gave birth to the child, and accompanied Wang Qiyao through the most embarrassing days.
"Old Keler" is the "boyfriend" of his daughter Wei Wei, a young man who began to appreciate Wang Qiyao again after more than ten years, after Wei Wei recognized her biological father Cummingson to go to Britain, he was even more to "Vivim Mother" Wang Qiyao's mouth full of "rainbow fart": I am not a child / I have never compared you with my mother / Hair is hot? Miss, Xia Fei Lu to cut?
Wang Qiyao soon fell, and she left this little descendant who was more than twenty years younger than herself, secretly read old newspapers, and worshipped her third legendary "Miss Shanghai" in her bed.
And Cheng Shidi, who has always put Wang Qiyao in his heart for half a lifetime, has been to study in Britain, has had a decent career, can dance and photograph, wears gold-rimmed glasses, wears a three-piece suit, where does he lose? Even he himself said: Cheng Shidi, your luck is too bad!
Perhaps, it is lost to the "stupidity" of Wang Qiyao, who refuses to admit that "the dreams of famous ladies are broken", Wang Qiyao has been loved and praised by "Director Li", and has been worshiped and infatuated by "Uncle Mao Mao" Cumminson, and finally there is an "old Keler" who is immersed in "old Shanghai feelings" - these people can bring stimulation to Wang Qiyao, and it is the corner and corner of her myth of "Shanghai Famous Women", but Mr. Cheng does not.
Mr. Cheng is a bowl of dull white water, and if he loves her the most, Wang Qiyao will be unscrupulous: just like a child knows the favor of his grandmother (parents) and does not need to please.
In the play, the main room of "Director Li" once raised a gun to Wang Qiyao and said: Your dream will never be realized! And Mr. Cheng also said: She probably knows that her time is almost over.
"Old Keler" did not let Wang Qiyao know that her "era" had passed, and after he woke up in the middle of the night to find that this "Shanghai Third Miss" had loose skin, drooling and snoring in bed, he rode away from Wang Qiyao's house overnight, turned around and went to play tennis clubs with young girls, and went to Wang Qiyao's house again to take the keys left behind, and there was no longer a little nostalgia.
Wang Qiyao said to "Old Keler", since I made this decision, I even dare to give up my life! She didn't want to care about the world, and "dared" to give up her life, probably when she promised Director Lee and Cumminson.
Whether it is doing the outer room, or "good until you get married" without a name, the romance of old Shanghai in her bones continues, and she refuses to admit it until she dies.
If Wang Qiyao had chosen Mr. Cheng, who took pictures of her at the beginning and encouraged her to participate in the "Miss Shanghai" competition, would she have been able to live a life of "quiet years and a stable life"? Is there such a thing as if, she is a lifelong pursuit of the aura of "Shanghai celebrity" even "old Keler" "love" also depends on Wang Qiyao! Feel free to leave a message in the comments section.