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Many people read books, like amazing, curious, gimmicky stories, think that gorgeous rhetoric, exaggerated plots, fancy language skills, more eye-catching, dazzling.
The author of this book is neither a well-known writer nor an elite person in a professional field, but an old grandmother who has not been known, is nearly a year old, and has not even read a few years.
With extremely simple writing, she sincerely and naturally recorded her mother's life like driftwood.
After reading it, some readers commented: "This book is smaller than you think, and it is heavier than you estimate." ”
Yes, it is this small book that is as big as a palm, but it sinks like a tear gas, breaking the hearts of countless readers and arousing people's deep resonance.
As soon as the book was published, the Douban score was as high as 8.9, and in less than a year, it was reprinted six times, and won the second place in the Category of Chinese Literary Fiction in 2020.
This book is called "Autumn Garden".
Qiu Yuan is the mother of the author of this book, she was born in a chaotic world, and her fate was bumpy: she lost her father in youth, lost her husband in middle age, lost her son in her old age, and it can be said that she was destroyed by the years to the point of no skin.
But even after suffering and humiliation, Qiuyuan still maintains that love for life, maintains that brave, tenacious, kind, and sincere disposition.
Indeed, "life kisses me bitterly, I still repay it with a song", this is Qiu Yuan's attitude to life, she uses her ordinary life to convey to us the power of upward goodness, so that we truly realize: the original human life, can only be destroyed, can not be defeated!
01
Teenager lost his father
In 1914, Qiu Yuan was born in Luoyang to a family practicing medicine.
At that time, it was the turbulent years of the land of Yangyang China, the Beiyang warlords were in a scuffle, and the people were not happy. In that turbulent era, the Qiuyuan family, relying on a small pharmacy, maintained their livelihood, and in that chaotic world, they survived.
Qiu Yuan's father, Mr. Liang, is very capable, 40 years old, and his medical skills are very well received in the local area, and the walls of the pharmacy are hung with plaques such as "Hua Tuo is alive" and "Magic Hand Rejuvenation".
In QiuYuan's eyes, his father was very enlightened, and he did not have the concept of preferring sons to daughters, so from an early age, Qiuyuan was fortunate to be sent to a private school to study.
Although all I read was the type of "Three Character Classic", a seed of yearning for knowledge was planted in Qiu Yuan's heart from then on.
Within a few years, The eldest brother and the second brother of Qiuyuan had become relatives one after another, and suddenly there were two more sisters-in-law in the family, who should have been joyful and happy, but God wanted to give the Qiuyuan family a big joke.
It was one day when Qiu Yuan was 12 years old, and Mr. Liang took back two tickets for the garden party from the pharmacy and gave them to his daughters-in-law who had just entered the door.
So the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law dressed up in heavy makeup on the day of the garden party and went out the door with joy.
Qiu Yuan looked at the two beautifully dressed sisters-in-law, and her eyes were full of envy and jealousy.
But before the envy and jealousy had passed, Qiu Yuan heard bad news coming from the pharmacy: the boat of the garden party had sunk.
In this way, her two sisters-in-law disappeared like dust in the Luo River that day.
The Liang family has changed in vain.
After the funeral for his two daughters-in-law, Qiu Yuan's father also fell.
The cold spring is steep, and the cold wind of early spring makes Mr. Liang infected with wind chill.
Illness and heart disease made Mr. Liang sick, but in just half a month, Qiu Yuan's father died of illness.
This year, Qiuyuan was 12 years old. The departure of his father also heralded the end of Autumn Garden's childhood.
Since then, Qiuyuan's carefree life has disappeared, but what she did not expect is that what awaits her will be a more bumpy fate.
02
Middle-aged widow
By the time QiuYuan reached the age of 18, she had already become a big girl.
Born white, with a beautiful face, she was one day favored by a Kuomintang staff officer surnamed Yang and named Ren, and within a few days, a matchmaker came to her door to propose to her.
The wise Qiu Yuan understood that he was going to get married. After crying all night in the autumn garden, he cautiously put forward his marriage requirements: it is okay to get married, but you must first send yourself to study.
Autumn Garden, who has been eager to learn knowledge since childhood, actually regards this as the only condition for him to get married.
But fortunately, the officer was also a book lover, so he happily agreed to Qiu Yuan's request.
The wedding of the two was held as scheduled, which was beautiful and vigorous at that time.
After marriage, Yang Ren was affected by a job change, so Qiuyuan left home for the first time and moved from Luoyang, Henan to Nanjing.
The newlywed Yan'er and his wife rented a room, Qiuyuan went to school during the day, Ren was at work, and came back at night to teach Qiuyuan to read and read poetry.
Life was plain and full, and soon the two had their first child: Ziheng.
In 1937, Japan captured Nanjing, and a few months later, the Nanjing Massacre broke out.
The Qiuyuan family was once again displaced and prepared to take refuge in Chongqing. Before Leaving, Ke Rensheng thought of pulling his blind father to the big one, and he was still alone in his hometown of Xiangyin, Hunan.
So without hesitation, he took his wife and children back to his hometown in Hunan to take care of his father, who was blind in both eyes.
Because RenSheng did not return to Chongqing to resume his post, his position in the army was soon abolished.
In this way, the Qiuyuan family had no source of livelihood, but fortunately, there were villagers who recommended that Renfu become the township chief.
After becoming a township mayor, Ren Fu still adhered to the principle of honesty and honesty, and never abused his power for personal gain. Even his colleagues were using their power to oppress the people, but he was still unmoved, not only that, in order to relieve the poor, Renfu often paid out of his own pocket, and even developed to sell the dowry of the autumn garden to supplement the local villagers.
We say that kindness will always be the most precious quality in the world.
In that era of material scarcity; in that era when the people were not happy and the officials were fishing and fleshing the people, the diamond-like personality of benevolence radiated a dazzling light in this dark age.
Because he was not accustomed to the officials oppressing the people and the fish and meat villagers, although Renshou successively became the township chief and the director of the local field and grain bureau, he could not do it for a long time.
Fast forward to 1949, the founding of New China, land reform began.
The Qiuyuan family was classified as poor peasants, and was assigned to the fields, the houses, cattle and agricultural tools.
Ren was so excited by this that he said that he wanted to be a farmer all his life, guarding an acre and a three-point field, eating and drinking self-sufficiency.
But facts have proved that RenSheng, who has been dealing with books all his life, is really not a material for doing farm work, he is not diligent, the grain is not divided, the farm work is not done, and he also hurts his bones.
Although Ren could not afford to do farm work, the family had farmland and vegetable seeds, and their lives were relatively stable.
But God did not allow QiuYuan to have a peaceful birthday, and soon, a devastating blow made the Qiuyuan family, which could not open the pot, even worse.
It turned out that Rensheng's past experience in working in the National Government had been dug up, and the Qiuyuan family had been transferred from the poor to the old officials.
The home was soon raided, and Renshou was imprisoned. On the morning of the seventh day of detention, Ren's problems were clearly investigated, and he returned safely.
Qiu Yuan looked at the haggard RenFu and remembered the spirited appearance he had when he was young, and couldn't help but cry darkly.
At that time, there was hunger everywhere and full of scabies, due to hunger and years of overwork, Ren Yu fell ill not long after he returned, his whole body was swollen badly, the buttons on his stomach could not be buttoned, and his face was extremely poor.
At that time, there was a saying: "A swollen and a disappeared, a pile of loess." Although Qiuyuan tried his best to boil chicken soup to replenish Ren's qi, it still did not help, and finally Renyuan said goodbye to Qiuyuan and the children on an early morning when the sun was rising.
In this way, at the age of 35, Qiuyuan sent away her husband who lived with her day and night, and sent away the pillow person who accompanied her for half her life.
Life may have treated her too harshly, but even so, in the face of suffering, she never gave up, never sought death and worked, but always tenaciously, with her thin shoulders, for this family, for the children to support a clear sky.
03
Lost his son in his later years
Without Rensheng, the life of the Qiuyuan family had to continue.
At this time, the eldest son, Ziheng, was teaching outside, and the second daughter, Zhihua, was also going to go out to study. In addition, the third and youngest sons, Tian Si, are also almost at the age of studying, and in the face of the burden of the family, Qiu Yuan is a little powerless.
In the end, QiuYuan still made a decision, she let her second daughter Zhihua go out to study with peace of mind, and she took the third and fourth to her hometown Luoyang.
After sending away zhihua, Qiuyuan they returned to Luoyang non-stop and met their eldest brother Qiucheng, who had been separated for a long time.
After not staying in the eldest brother's house for a few days, Qiuyuan felt the impatience of the sister-in-law, and finally sent people under the fence, that kind of taste is like people drinking water, cold and warm self-knowledge.
Ten days later, QiuYuan left with her two children, but she was worried that she didn't have a place to stay now.
As the saying goes, "desperate circumstances come to life". Fortunately, when passing through Wuhan, Qiuyuan met a fellow villager, who persuaded Qiuyuan to go with her, and Qiuyuan agreed, so he followed his fellow and did not return to Xiangyin, but went to Hanchuan, Hubei, and temporarily lived in this fellow's home.
But not long after the peaceful days, she encountered the foreign census, and seeing that she was going to be cleaned up, the villagers gave Qiuyuan a way to make a living, that is, to let her find a local to marry.
Qiu Yuan listened to his heart explode, in that era, it was a shame to remarry. But she had to survive, and after a struggle for the sake of the children, Qiuyuan finally accepted the reality.
Under the mediation of the matchmaker, Qiuyuan and the village party secretary came together, fortunately, the village party secretary is a good person, good to himself, and very good to the children.
Qiu Yuan gradually liked here, and she felt that her life seemed to have ushered in a willow dark flower.
But reality is always so piercing, it is like a sharp sword, poking through the truth of life.
On the day of graduation from junior high school, the younger son Tian Si happily went to school to get a graduation certificate, which was originally a happy event, but he did not expect that the happy event would become a funeral, tian Si was happy, ran to the nearby river to play with water, but this play, did not come up.
After Qiu Yun knew, the five thunderbolts roared, and she ran madly to the river, but what greeted her was Tian Si's cold body, and the heartbroken Qiu Yuan fainted on the spot.
Father, husband, son, Autumn Garden has done one white thing after another, and has also sent away one close relative after another.
It is difficult for ordinary people to imagine what kind of pain the times and fate have given to Qiuyuan?
Later, her current husband also died of illness, and after sending her husband away again, Qiuyuan asked her eldest son Ziheng to come over and take her back to Hunan.
In 1977, after the state resumed the college entrance examination, Hesan picked up the pen again and was admitted to Hunan Normal University. The second daughter, Zhihua, was later married, and the three children she raised were all admitted to college.
The eldest son, ZiHeng, decided to retire at the age of 56 and concentrate on accompanying his mother Qiuyuan.
When Qiuyuan was 89 years old, he accidentally fell and his bones were broken, that is, that year, Qiuyuan was gone.
While sorting out the relics of the Autumn Garden, the second daughter Zhihua found a note that read:
In 1932, from Luoyang to Nanjing
In 1937, from Hankou to Xiangyin
In 1960, from Hunan to Hubei
In 1980, he returned to Hunan from Hubei
The clear and brief four lines, four eras, six places, and four migrations constitute Qiu Yuan's sad and miserable and turbulent life.
Poverty, hunger, hopelessness, and wandering are eroding the Qiuyuan family every day, allowing Qiuyuan to live in hope and despair, laughter and sadness, trust and loneliness, and to survive tenaciously.
04
epilogue
I often wonder, what is the reason why the author of this book, Qiu Yuan's second daughter Zhihua, chose to write in the twilight of his life?
What kind of experience allowed her to write such a sincere and touching work in a basket with vegetable leaves and a stove where grunt broth was stewed.
This is a picture of social history full of life; it is also a symphony of life that is full of breath and intestines.
Autumn Garden, she was the epitome of the low-level people of that era. Though small and powerless, it is indestructible; though as small as dust, it is as bright as a star.
Too many people have seen their own shadow in Qiu Yuan's body, and she has brought hope, courage and light to all humble people, and also let people know who they are and who they can become.
It is true that life has never changed, it is you who are getting stronger little by little, becoming upward, becoming virtuous, and I think this is the meaning of life: it can be destroyed, but it has never been defeated!