Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 370 "Old Well" Movie

In fact, this time, Fang Minghua wrongly blamed Yu Hua.

It was not that Yu Hua took the initiative to invite the girl to watch the movie, but that Chen Hong originally planned to buy the tickets to watch the movie with Li Hongying.

But Li Hongying said that it would be boring for the two of us to go there. She also heard that the area near the cinema was quite chaotic, so it was best to find two gay men to accompany her.

Chen Hong thought it made sense and asked Li Hongying whom to go with.

"Of course they are familiar with us. How about we go find Teacher Fang and Yu Hua?"

Chen Hong originally had a good impression of Yu Hua, so of course she wouldn't dare to ask him out alone, but with Fang Minghua and Li Hongying, she didn't look too eye-catching.

Yu Hua got what he wanted, so he took the two girls to find Fang Minghua, and the scene at the beginning appeared.

"Teacher Fang, I heard that the cinema has been quite chaotic recently, with a lot of gangsters. Some time ago, I heard that some gangsters were caught molesting a young girl and were taken to the police station, so they invited us two." Yu Hua told the reason.

Looking at the pleading eyes of the two girls, Fang Minghua agreed.

He also wants to see how Zhang Yimou, who is not an actor, can win the three major best actor awards at the Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers and Tokyo International Film Festival with this film.

"There's a movie at eight o'clock. We'll leave at seven-thirty and meet at the school gate." Yu Hua said and happily followed the two girls.

Fang Minghua shook his head and continued to read his newspaper.

After dinner and seeing that it was almost time, Fang Minghua didn't change his clothes. He just wore a vest and shorts and dragged out of the school gate. He found two girls and Yu Hua chatting and laughing, waiting for him.

Ah?
Both girls were dressed up, one was wearing a white dress, the other was wearing a T-shirt, denim shorts, white sandals and short mercerized socks. Even Yu Hua was wearing a T-shirt, trousers and leather shoes. Her originally messy hair was neatly combed today. together.

Oops, I feel a little out of place.

In fact, men in Yanjing are like this in the summer, wearing big pants and flip-flops. Fang Minghua is considered more civilized if he doesn't go out shirtless.

Yu Hua is so sexy, only young men in love can dress like Zhou Wu and Zheng Wang.
The movie theater is near the No. 1 National Cotton Factory. Perhaps because there are many female workers in the cotton factory, the business of the movie theater is particularly good.

Just as Yu Hua said, there are many young men here with long hair and sunglasses. They look like gangsters in society, and some of them even whistle to girls.

Of course, those are girls who watch movies alone or with their sisters. Most people still don't dare to harass people like Chen Hong and Li Hongying when they are accompanied by young men.

The four of them bought tickets and entered the theater. The tickets were not expensive at only 30 cents each.

Finding their seats, the four of them sat down.

The movie begins.

With the somewhat desolate background music, the story slowly unfolds.

Fang Minghua watched carefully.

The film tells the story of the various hardships Laojing Village went through in order to dig a well in the barren mountains. On the one hand, the film shows the century-old clan mission of the people of Laojing Village, represented by Wangquan and the Party Secretary, who swore to death to dig a well, and the eternal struggle between man and nature. On the other hand, there is a complicated emotional relationship between Wangquan, Qiaoying and Xifeng.

Most of the film's images are rich, full and soft in color.

The use of a large number of panning shots makes the film's perspective more life-like and truly simulates human vision. Similarly, many shots depicting life in mountain villages also add a sense of life to the film. The plot advances in "daily life", naturally, smoothly, and without any artificiality.

Also, as the leading actor, Zhang Yimou plays his true character this time,

It describes the living conditions of rural areas in the northwest plateau almost in the form of a documentary. Although it describes China after the reform and opening up, the rural appearance and the true appearance of the villagers in the film are profoundly reflected.

To be honest, when Fang Minghua watched this movie online before time travel, he never expected that there were such water-scarce and poverty-stricken places. Now that he has come to this era, he realizes that they are everywhere.

The lines are also so bold:

The village chief said: "Because the men in the village couldn't get a wife, the brothers used women together." Is it possible that later generations saw the deleted version online? Fang Minghua felt extremely shocked when he heard it now. Such a film, with such lines, could only be made in the 1980s, right?

There is also a scene in the movie where two villagers fight on a large scale to earn a well, which is simply spectacular.

After watching the movie, Fang Minghua felt heavy in his heart.

In fact, after watching many movies in this era, Fang Minghua felt heavy in his heart.

Fang Minghua followed the crowd out of the cinema. As he walked, he suddenly discovered that Yu Hua and Chen Hong were missing, and only Li Hongying was following him.

"Where are they?" Fang Minghua asked.

"I don't know. They were walking behind when they first came out. Now I don't know where they are." Li Hongying said.

No matter, let's go back to the academy.

The two of them were walking on the road, and now the evening breeze was blowing out and it was cool.

Fang Minghua saw an old man selling popsicles pushing a popsicle box on his bicycle, so he paid for two popsicles and ate them while walking back.

"Teacher Fang, do you think Qiaoying will come back?" Li Hongying asked casually while eating a popsicle.

Qiaoying is the confidante of Sun Wangquan, played by Zhang Yimou in the film, but Wan Shuiye insists on becoming the son-in-law of the young widow Xifeng in order to exchange money for Wangquan's younger brother to get married.

Later, after the well repair collapsed, Qiaoying and Wangquan were sealed underground by earth and rocks. When their lives could be taken away at any time, they finally became husband and wife.

In the end, there was no money to dig a well, so Qiaoying asked someone to donate all the dowry she had prepared, and walked out of this mountain alone to find a new life.

And Li Hongying asked about this.

Fang Minghua smiled and said, "Why come back? There is no one she misses in the mountains anymore. Sun Wangquan, whom she likes, is married to Xifeng. Although Xifeng is a widow, she is also a good woman. She is very kind to Sun Wangquan. When there is no money to dig a well, , and also donated the only valuable sewing machine at home, and Sun Wangquan was also very touched."

"The love between Sun Wangquan and Xifeng may not be as passionate as Qiaoying's, but there is definitely a family relationship and they will live on."

Li Hongying listened silently, and after a while she said quietly: "I also hope Qiaoying can go out and see the wonderful world outside, just like Sanmao did."

"Sanmao?" Fang Minghua was a little surprised when he heard this. This girl's thinking is a bit fast.

"Sanmao used to be my idol." Li Hongying explained.

"Traveling across thousands of rivers and mountains?"

"Yes, I have been to many places and traveled many roads.

"Why are you?"

Fang Minghua looked at her. She was younger than him, but she had such rich experience.

Li Hongying did not answer directly, but changed the topic.

"Teacher Fang, do you know? I have been here in Luyuan for more than two months and it was the happiest time I have ever had. I got to know a good sister like Chen Hong and many friends," Li Hongying said.

"Were you unhappy before?"

"How should I put it? At least my childhood was unhappy." Li Hongying said quietly: "I am not my father's biological daughter."

Li Hongying talked about her past.

(End of this chapter)