In the history of Chinese literature, there is a collection of short stories that occupies a very important position.
It took Pu Songling more than 30 years to write more than 490 stories, which is Liu Fang's "Liaozhai Zhiyi".
In the 1980s, the film circle set off a wave of chatter, and many stories were adapted into film and television works, including some classics.
For example, Sun Yuanxun's "Ghost Sister" and "Fox Edge", He Qing's "Blue Water Double Soul", Fu Yiwei's "Tomb Desert", and the 86th edition of the 78-episode TV series "Liaozhai".
Among them, "Tang Monk" Xu Shaohua and Wei Huili starred in "Fine Change" is the most classic.
Released in 1983, the film became "the first ghost film of their lives" for many viewers.
"Fine Change" 丨 1983
"Fine Change" is adapted from the chapter of "Xiao Cui" in the classical novel "Liaozhai Zhiyi", which tells the story of the fox fairy Xiao Cui repaying the favor of his mother.
The film is unusual, and it is the first costume film in China to be shot on location.
To this end, director Gu Leiming led the crew to shoot in Shandong, Suzhou and other places, spending a total of two years.
However, during this time, a lot of strange things happened.
First the male protagonist Xu Shaohua was trampled by a horse, and then the director Gu Leiming died suddenly, followed by the death of the crew.
Before and after, the whole crew died three people, so someone spread the rumor that "fox fairy is doing evil".
In short, the creation of people, but the film was finally filmed in 1981.
After the film was released, it sold well at the Hong Kong box office, and many viewers were fascinated by Xiao Cui, played by Wei Huili, and after it was broadcast in the mainland, it was even more unstoppable.
To this day, it is remembered by many viewers!
The story takes place on a rainy night of lightning and thunder.
A woman fled in a hurry in the forest, and the moment she heard the thunder, she panicked.
Suddenly, an "eye" appeared in the sky, sending out a bolt of lightning to the woman.
It turned out that this woman was not a human being, but a fox incarnated.
In order to avoid the pursuit, she had to hide in a nearby ancient temple, and happened to meet a scholar who had entered Beijing to take the exam, and she hid in the sleeve of the scholar, which escaped the disaster.
After many years, the student of that year has already achieved fame and become a parent official of one party.
At this time, when he came to the ancient temple where he was sheltered from the rain again, he saw an old woman with her daughter stop his palanquin.
The other party claimed to be a friend of his wife, and he came here tirelessly to see his wife.
Seeing this, Old Master Wang returned to the palace with his mother and daughter.
However, when the old woman saw Madame Wang, she told her that the two did not know each other, but that they were only forced to flee to this place for refuge due to the disaster in their hometown.
She hoped that Madame Wang would take in her daughter Xiaocui as her daughter-in-law, while she herself would go abroad to find relatives.
After Hearing this, Old Master Wang and Madame Wang agreed without even thinking about it.
It turned out that their son was demented and had reached the age of marriage, but did not want to marry him.
Unexpectedly, it was too good to want someone to promise their daughter to their son.
On the day of the wedding, many relatives and friends came, and many people heard that Mr. Wang had found a daughter who wanted to eat as a daughter-in-law, so they talked about it in private.
Old Master Wang knew this very well, but there was no better choice for his son's current situation.
As a result, when the bride lifted the hijab, everyone present was stunned.
This is the girl that no one wants, obviously a beautiful woman.
However, after marriage, the old man did not treat his daughter-in-law well, believing that she did not understand etiquette and lost the face of his own family.
Instead of taking this matter into his heart, Xiao Cui heard that the old master's nemesis was trying to make things difficult for him, so he tried his best to help.
Once, a sworn enemy came to visit, ostensibly as a gift, but in fact he was pregnant with a ghost fetus.
Seeing that Xiao Cui and the silly son in the courtyard were playing with the emperor and the concubine's family, they had a plan to take the dragon robe worn by the stupid son and run to the emperor to file a complaint.
You know, in ancient times, the only person who could wear yellow clothes was the Son of Heaven.
When the emperor heard this, he was furious and sent someone to summon Old Master Wang's entire family to the palace for questioning.
However, when the emperor learned that The son of The King was a fool, he no longer blamed the father and son.
At this time, the minister found that the dragon robe was not the same as the emperor's clothes, but the costumes of ordinary people. Therefore, he sentenced Old Master Wang's nemesis to the crime of deception and sent him to Yunnan.
Old Master Wang's family was blessed by misfortune, but they did not know that behind this was Xiao Cui's credit.
She had long expected that there would be such a show, so she counted a "praying mantis catching cicadas, yellow finches behind".
A few days after the incident, another big thing happened in Laoye Wang's family:
Xiao Cui actually put her husband in a pot and cooked it.
Everyone thought that Xiao Cui was going to make money and kill him, but the young master did not die, but instead woke up in a sober state, like a normal person, no longer the fool.
After changing back to normal, the young master loved Xiao Cui even more, and the life of the two was happier than before.
Unfortunately, The good times did not last long, and Xiao Cui's mother suddenly came to Old Master Wang's mansion to take Xiao Cui away.
It turned out that Xiao Cui's mother was the fox demon who had been saved by Old Master Wang.
This time, she married her daughter to his stupid son in return for her kindness.
At this point, she finally had a perfect merit and could become an immortal, so she came to pick up her daughter.
However, after this period of time together, Xiao Cui has already had feelings for Old Master Wang's son, so she wants to stay with Xianggong.
But her mother told her: "The way of the demon is different, not to mention that once the other party knows that you are a demon, he will never let you go." ”
At first, Xiao Cui did not believe it, but at this time, Old Master Wang and His Wife became suspicious of Xiao Cui.
After all, they found many famous doctors in the folk, and there was no way to deal with their son's illness, and they were actually cured by a girl from the countryside.
So Madame Wang invited a Taoist priest to the mansion to find out if Xiao Cui was a demon.
Fortunately, Xiao Cui saw through Madame Wang's careful thinking and took precautions in advance to escape the disaster.
However, what she did not expect was that she had paid so much for this family, and she turned her face to Xiao Cui because she accidentally broke the vase given by the emperor.
This time, disheartened Xiao Cui left the house with tears.
In the face of Xiao Cui's resignation, Old Master Wang's son looked for Xiao Cui everywhere and finally found her.
But the demon is different, and Xiao Cui can only tell him: "You go back and promise your parents' marriage, and the bride is still herself." ”
A few days later, the Wang family held a wedding banquet again, and the son of Old Master Wang unveiled the hijab and found that the bride was Xiao Cui before he was willing to worship the church and become a relative.
But in fact, the real Xiao Cui had already become an immortal, and the Xiao Cui in front of her was just a woman who looked exactly like her.
At this point, the story is over.
Interestingly, although this is an old movie from 40 years ago, it is still fascinating to this day.
Limited by the technology at that time, the painting style was slightly rough, but the whole film had an indescribable beauty, showing the unique style of that era.
The heroine Xiao cui, in Pu Songling's pen, is a free, beautiful and kind woman who is not bound by feudal etiquette.
Unfortunately, the world cannot tolerate such a person, so it can only "illusion" her.