Shocked by the bad news of the death of Mr. Lao She's son Shu Yi, I couldn't help but think that Mr. Lao She had been gone for 55 years. At first, I paid attention to Shu Yi, precisely because of his relationship with Lao She, and I think many people are like this. Shu Yi first entered the public eye precisely because of the death of Mr. Lao She.
Shu Yi
On that day, Lao She, the most famous writer in Beijing, left home with sorrow, walked out of Xizhimen, walked along the ancient city wall to Taiping Lake, and after sitting there for a whole day, plunged into the lake, just like Qi Tianyou in his novel "Four Worlds Together". On that day, Mrs. Hu Xiaoqing and her son Shu Yi were not at home. When Lao She left home, she just hugged her little granddaughter who was playing in the courtyard, smiled and said to her: Grandpa is gone, say goodbye to Grandpa.
Early the next morning, an actor who lived on the shore of The Balance Lake noticed that there seemed to be a person floating in the lake, so he called out to several fishermen in the distance and salvaged the cold corpse in the lake with seven hands and eight feet. Combined with the tops, uniforms, glasses and work permits on the shore, people know the identity of the deceased, Lao She, the most famous writer and people's artist in Beijing.
Lao She
People at the scene quickly called the police, and the police station quickly arrived at the scene. After a while, the forensic doctors and the literary association also rushed over. In addition, more and more people who heard the news flocked to Taiping Lake. When Shu Yi arrived at the scene, he saw his father lying by the river, covered by a broken mat.
Since then, Shu Yi has been quietly in the chair next to Lao She's body, allowing people to come and go, just quietly accompanying his father. From morning to noon, from noon to afternoon, all the people who should have come came and gone again. There are no street lights by the lake, and it is pitch black after dark. At this time, Shu Yicai gradually eased up, and he realized with great sorrow that there were only fathers and sons left in the whole park, one dead and one alive.
It began to rain gradually, and the rain fell on his face, making Shu Yi unable to tell whether it was tears or rain that flowed to the corners of his mouth. Shu Yi knelt beside Lao She's body, lifted the broken mat and caressed his father's face. Lao She's face was so cold! Counting the time again, Lao She had not eaten for two days and two nights. Thinking of this, Shu Yi couldn't help but feel very sad for his father, as if he was still alive in this world, cold, hungry and tired.
Shu Yi remembered the gatekeeper of the park and said that he had seen Lao She sitting alone in this place for a day during the day. What kind of mood he had at that time must have been very hesitant and very contradictory. However, he finally chose to leave... Thinking about it, Shu Yi seemed to feel that he had become the father of a day ago.
At this moment, Hu Haoqing and the people at the crematorium came in a car together. After that, Shu Yi personally carried Lao She's body onto the car that drove to the crematorium. When Shu Yi rushed to the crematorium to complete the formalities, he learned that his father's ashes were not allowed to be retained. In this regard, Shu Yi did not quarrel, but silently returned home.
Mrs. Lao She
Soon after, I heard that the Swedish Academy of Letters had decided to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lao She, but because Lao She had left this world, he awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature that year to the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, who was also Asian. After hearing this rumor, Shu Yi felt more sorry and sad about his father's premature departure, and also felt the heaviness of his father's death even more.
At that time, Shu Yi was not a writer, and he did not know much about Lao She's creation, he only knew that he was the same age as Camel Xiangzi. In the year shu yi was born, Lao She was creating "Camel Xiangzi". When Shu Yi was very young, Lao She planned for his future: if there is no special talent, do not engage in literature; it is best to learn a craft, be able to do a profession, such as carpenters, coachmen and the like, in short, when you grow up, you must be able to find things to do on your own.
The Lao She family took a group photo, and the little boy was Shu Yi
Shu Yi just happened to have a strong hands-on ability from an early age, and he was willing to develop towards the aspect of Lao She's tone. In 1954, at the age of 19, Shu Yi went to Moscow to study, and his major was called wood hydrolysis synthetics. This profession, of course, is not about how to be a carpenter, but about how to make alcohol and yeast from wood.
After Shu Yi returned from studying abroad, he worked as an engineer in the Nanjing Forestry Research Institute and the Beijing Guanghua Timber Factory, engaged in the work of making wine from wood pulp. Lao She was very satisfied with the work that Shu Yi was engaged in, and often excited others: My son is making wine from wood!
Before Lao She's death, Shu Yi devoted his mind to his own work and never spent much time caring about his father's creation. But after Lao She's death, Shu Yi began to have a great interest in his father's works. Shu Yi began to read "Camel Xiangzi", "Tea House", "Longsugou", "Four Generations Together", "Zhenghong Flag" and other works over and over again. This may be Lao She's tragic grandeur deeply shocked Shu Yi, or perhaps there are too many mysteries in Lao She's death and life that even his son is not clear. In short, Shu Yi gradually embarked on the road of studying Lao She.
In 1978, Shu Yi gave up more than 20 years of wood research and became a Lao She researcher. Of course, the reason why Shu Yi did this is not to "nibble on the old", but because Lao She left too many puzzles before he died, such as Lao She's experience in the United States in those years, such as Lao She's process of creating famous works such as "Camel Xiangzi" and "Longsugou", such as what happened before and after Lao She's death. Shu Yi knew many of Lao She's friends before he died, and he was willing to spend time investigating and researching, and many problems would be solved.
In the process of Shu Yi's research on Lao She, two people who were directly related to Lao She's death also gradually surfaced - one was the writer Haoran, and the other was the female writer Cao Ming. Before Lao She's death, Cao Ming had slandered Lao She for selling the copyright of Camel Shoko to the Americans, which cannot be said to have directly led to the birth of the tragedy, but undoubtedly accelerated the birth of the tragedy. Haoran was the leader of the gang in the Beijing Literary Association at that time, and he had an unshirkable responsibility for Lao She's death.
Grass Ming
Later, Cao Ming deliberately waited for others to visit Mrs. Hu Huqing of Lao She and confessed in person. Cao Ming said: When he caused irreparable harm to Mr. Lao She, he was very uncomfortable, uncomfortable, not to come, physically and mentally very uneasy, unable to live peacefully.
But Haoran's attitude was completely different, not only did he not have any remorse, but he repeatedly posted articles claiming that he had protected Lao She, and the reason why the tragedy happened to Lao She was entirely because Hu Yuqing and Shu Yi reacted numbly. Haoran wrote in the article: I have nothing to do with the tragedy of Lao She, and if it were not for the numb reaction of the family, the tragedy would probably not have happened.
Haoran's statement not only set aside his own responsibilities, but also "dragged Lao She's closest family into the water". As we all know, the marriage of Lao She and his wife Hu Xiaoqing almost had a major change, and after Haoran said this, it is inevitable that some people will feel that Hu Ziqing and Shu Yi have a cold attitude towards Lao She, which indirectly led to the tragedy. This irresponsible innuendo has undoubtedly caused great harm to Lao She's family.
Integrity
Shu Yi had already laid down time to study Lao She, and had already taken evidence from many sources to outline the complete experience of the events of that year. He saw that Haoran not only did not admit his mistake, but also vainly tried to throw dirty water to confuse the public opinion, and he was angry, and he had the intention of taking Haoran to court. Shu Yi once wrote:
For lao she's death, the novelists Cao Ming and Haoran are both responsible. Things at that time were historical events, and as a responsible individual, I think there can be two attitudes: one is silence; the other is repentance and reflection. And there should be no such statement ... How can he not talk about his responsibilities at all, but instead say that his family is numb to the reaction? We are going to sue him, even sue him... As a family member of Lao She, we are very tolerant now forgive Cao Ming, she is already old. But Haoran and Haoran did not have any ability to condemn themselves, and they brushed aside this great catastrophe, downplayed it, and pushed it upwards; this has become a sad common disease.
However, although Shu Yi was very angry, he did not really sue Haoran. Perhaps, Shu Yi was giving Haoran time to wake up. Unfortunately, Haoran did not realize his mistake until his death. Of course, the main reason is actually that Shu Yi does not want to provoke so much right and wrong, he only wants to do learning quietly, which is related to his attitude towards things.
For his attitude towards things, Shu Yi once vividly summarized it as "being a person with his tail between his legs". At first glance, this is simply completely different from Mr. Lao She's wind and bone. You must know that Lao She has repeatedly emphasized before his death: the most valuable thing for a reader is that little bit of integrity! In fact, Shu Yi's "being a man with his tail between his legs" is also a kind of integrity. The so-called tail is mainly not to take the initiative to reveal the identity of the son of lao she, and to make some achievements by virtue of his own ability.
Therefore, although Shu Yi gave up his original profession and turned to study Lao She, he never studied Lao She as the son of Lao She, but did research as an ordinary researcher. This can be seen from Shu Yi's title of Lao She, whether in the article or in public, Shu Yi tries to avoid calling Lao She "my father Lao She" or "my father Shu Qingchun", but calls him "Mr. Lao She" or "Lao She" (except for articles recalling the love of father and son).
Shu Yi himself once said: Since studying Lao She, my name for my father has become Mr. Lao She. This is not only a respect for Lao She, but also to avoid using Lao She's reputation to make itself easy to do things. In some activities, when the host introduces Shu Yi, he often deliberately emphasizes that "this is the son of Lao She". In this regard, Shu Yi could only say slightly helplessly:
It does not matter whose son it is, and it is impossible for a person to gain a foothold in society by eating the meals of his fathers. When Mr. Lao She's son has a kind of pressure, but at the same time it is a good motivation, often reminding himself to work harder and be a man with his tail between his legs.
Shu Yi and Lao She
Of course, although Shu Yi made up his mind to be a man with his tail between his legs, he was not just sleek and only promised. On the contrary, Shu Yi is very tough in many cases. Of course, he did not rely on Lao She's fame, but with his own ability and quality.
In order to protect the history and culture of old Beijing, Shu Yi has petitioned many times and used paintings and articles to make a sound. At that time, many people supported Shu Yi, but there were also many people who opposed Shu Yi's actions, and even gave him the title of "Patriot Missile (Trickster)". However, Shu Yi did not pay attention to the appreciation or criticism of others, but firmly believed in "saying nothing", and continued to speak out as always. Finally, under the repeated appeals of Shu Yi and others, the relevant departments issued policies to protect the style of the ancient capital.
The following matter can be seen even more in Shu Yi's rigidity. At that time, Bing Xin was awarded the National Medal by the President of Lebanon for translating the works of the great Lebanese writer Gibran, and was awarded by the Lebanese ambassador to China. When introducing the participants, the host of the event first introduced the "guests" who came to the scene, and then introduced the main lord Bingxin, and then Wang Meng, Xiao Qian and other old writers. Shu Yi was extremely dissatisfied with this and once criticized it mercilessly:
The problem is that regardless of the occasion, the specific situation is always ranked by the official position, and it is regarded as the only criterion for measuring things. This rather pedantic bad habit not only corrupts the atmosphere, but also makes jokes, completely violating our cadre code of conduct - being a servant of the people.
Ice heart
Presumably, everyone can't help but exclaim when they see this: This is the character that the son of Lao She should have! In fact, Shu Yi did not do anything similar. Of course, he never did this for the sake of putting on a show, in order to highlight his own purity, but he really couldn't resist the impulse to speak out. More often, he still threw his tail between his legs, silently researching, silently writing, and silently cultivating students.
Someone once commented on Shu Yi: Shu Yi changed from literature to literature after his father's death, out of a sense of mission, not to stain his father's light, he can never surpass his father in literature, but he was not covered by his father's light, but based on his own strength in the literary world, worthy of admiration.
Now, Mr. Shu Yi is also gone. I wish Mr. Shu Yi can reunite with his father in heaven, so that he can hold his father's warm hands again, he can tell the feelings of missing over the years, and he can discuss with his father masterpieces such as "Camel Xiangzi", "Tea House", "Dragon Sugou Valley", "Four Generations Together" and so on...
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