"Camel Xiangzi" is a novel by the People's Artist Lao She (Shu Qingchun, 1899-1966), which describes the tragic fate of rickshaw pullers during the warlord melee in the 1920s.
Shoko came from the countryside, lost his parents and a few acres of thin land on the way to growing up, ran to the city when he was eighteen, worked alone, and when he came to the city, compared to most of us today, he was unfortunate. How similar is his hard work in the city and how much we young people struggle in the city today.
When he first entered the city, Shoko had no one to rely on, and could only rely on the strength of his arms and do some hard work to make a living, but soon he found that pulling a car was an easier thing to earn money, doing other hard work, and his income was limited. This is invaluable for Shoko, who has no culture and narrow vision, and he has found what he wants to do through analysis. Of course, this is the author's perspective on shoko in the 1920s, thinking that he has a narrow vision. If you put yourself in the shoes of the person, is Shoko a person with a narrow vision, on the contrary, he is a person with his own plans. A person who has no culture, works alone, has no access to the upper class, is surrounded by hard-working people, and he cannot jump out of his circle.
Just like when we first entered college, many people didn't know what they were suitable for and what they wanted to do. Confused in youth, not knowing where the road is. Some people fall in college; some people make many efforts but fail; and some people find a direction that suits them through their own efforts. All in all, whose youth is not confused?
He knew that pulling a cart was not an easy task, a year, two years, at least three or four years; a drop of sweat, two drops of sweat, not knowing how many drops of sweat, to get out of that car. But in my heart, I made it my goal to have a car of my own. He was not afraid of hardship, nor did he have the forgivable but unsimitable vices of the average coachman, and he believed that hard work was enough to make his wishes a reality.
Why not come out of the countryside and want to buy your own house in the city? We save money, try to save money, squeeze the bus, take the subway, and go in the wind and rain. If there is a hundred left in a day, one hundred thousand yuan is a thousand days, a thousand days! Putting a thousand days together, it is almost impossible to calculate how far it should be, the important thing is to persevere, although the hope is slim at the moment, but the dream is always there, in case it is realized.
For three whole years, Shoko scraped together a hundred dollars. With such a short sentence, Mr. Lao She can feel the pain and struggle of Shoko for more than a thousand days. In the end, the results are good. When he bought the car, his hands were shaking badly, he picked up the insurance policy, pulled up the car, and almost cried. Come to a secluded place, take a closer look at your car, and try to shine a picture of your face on the paint board! The more you look at it, the more cute it is, and even the place that does not meet your ideals can be forgiven, because it is already your own car. What an exciting time it was for him to make the day he bought the car his birthday, which seemed comical, but it was true.
Imagine the scene after we have worked tirelessly to achieve our goals, such as buying our first car, the first apartment, or getting into an ideal school and passing an important exam. Crying with joy or dancing with joy.
Even if there is too much helplessness in the world, too many difficulties, and the struggle is not stopped, the goal will be approached. Now materialistic, full of temptations, all kinds of get-rich-quick information is flying all over the place, but what you want, a suite, a car, a good job, is not achieved overnight. I believe in a saying: "If you want to be noble before people, you must suffer after people." Down-to-earth, diligent and earnest, the best policy.