"Lin Jia Puzi" is a short story written by Mao Dun in July 1932, which was later included in the short story collection "Spring Silkworm". "Lin Jia Puzi" and "Spring Silkworm" tell the same truth, but the angle of choice and performance are different, but they show that all industries are living in persecution.
"Lin Jia Puzi" tells the story of Lin Boss, who was a small shop in the Hangjiahu area of Jiangnan Province in 1931, and although he struggled repeatedly in the social background of turbulent times and economic depression, he finally went bankrupt under the exploitation of the dark forces.
"Spring Silkworm" tells the story of the old Tongbao family's harvest of silkworms, but instead lost the land and the debt was high.
In 1931, Japan's military aggression against China became more and more successful, arousing the anger of the people, and young students across the country set off a boycott of Japanese goods. Under the banner of boycotting Japanese goods, the feudal warlords extorted money from various shops and collected protection fees for continuing to sell Oriental goods, and this time it was the turn of the Lin family shop.
"It really makes sense that there is no Oriental goods on anyone, but they have found our family to live in trouble!" Which foreign goods shop is not full of Oriental goods, but my shop is illegal, it must be sealed! Duh! Mr. Lin said angrily. However, the world was pressing, and within a few days, Boss Lin still took his wife's gold collar and sent it to four hundred pieces. The next day, the Oriental goods that had disappeared for a week were again prominently displayed.
Although Boss Lin has reduced the price or said that he has sold at a loss, however, the villagers who rushed to the market still can't afford to buy it, and they all looked at it one by one and left. According to previous years, this time is the "wangyue" of foreign goods in the township, but now the business is depressed, which is really depressing! Boss Lin knew that it was not that he could not do business, but that the villagers had long been pushed to the limit by landlords and usurious creditors, and it was difficult to eat and drink, and who had spare money to buy these daily necessities. He grieves for others as well as for himself.
Later, the locals bought some, but they were sold according to the book, and then deducted the expenses of the store, taxes and profits, it was a real loss of money, although the business was OK on the surface, but Boss Lin was really like a knife in his heart. However, it is such a swollen face and fat man that also attracts the red eyes of others, and the president of the Chamber of Commerce is hinting that it is necessary to give some more dredging, which really makes Boss Lin have a bitter word.
Shanghai's number family came to collect the account, urged urgently, his own guy collected the account and overdue, Boss Lin had to go to the money bank to borrow, who knew that the money bank not only did not borrow, but also forced Boss Lin to return the debt as soon as possible. Boss Lin had no choice but to return empty-handed.
Fortunately, Shousheng, who collected the account, finally returned and recovered some of the accounts, but in the end they were all taken away by the guests in Shanghai, and nothing was left behind in his home. In order to get back the previous arrears, Qianzhuang sent someone to Boss Lin's shop to "keep the tip", and 80% of the money sold in the store was deducted by the qianzhuang.
Although later the brain was flexible, I thought of selling a dollar of goods to the fugitives, and the business was very good, but I encountered the slander and exclusion of the same industry, low-price extortion, and finally, the goods in the shop were empty, there was no goods to sell, even if it was sold, it was necessary to play left and right, deducted everywhere, and the money was not lost much. Therefore, Boss Lin had to declare bankruptcy and flee elsewhere.
However, what is even more tragic is that there are three poor people who put money in Boss Lin's place to eat profits, and once Boss Lin goes bankrupt, they will not be able to live. Running to the Lin family shop, but not letting it in, but also beaten, the gentry in the shop are busy distributing the bottom goods, only taking care of their own interests, not paying any attention to these poor people living in water and fire. In the panic, one of the children of Zhang Widow was trampled to death, and she ended up going crazy. O man-eating world. Seeing the end, there will be the feeling of reading Mr. Lu Xun's novel, which makes people shudder all over.
Mr. Mao Dun's novels, in the peace and soothing, imply the spikes of the times, the drawbacks of the needle, the contradictions, the waves of the story into the climax, and finally the bankruptcy scenes, which are really shocking and deeply touching. (Image from the Internet)