Chapter 13: Mom Loves Me Again
When Xu Wangqiu walked into Su Zhensheng's house, he found that the room was full of smoke, as if it was a winter morning, foggy. The smoke came from the cigarette butts in the ashtray and the cigarette that was still burning in Su Zhensheng's hand.
Xu Wangqiu knew that Su Bai should have gone to the library, and if she was at home, she would definitely not let the master smoke like this. He fanned his hand in the air and persuaded, "Master, why do you smoke so much? ”
Su Zhensheng noticed that the room was full of smoke, and quickly turned on the fan, the cool breeze blew, and the smell of smoke suddenly dissipated. He picked up "Border City" on the table, looked at Xu Wangqiu and said with a smile: "I'm thinking about the script, I really can't find a good script, so let's just adapt the famous book, I think it should be good to shoot "Border City", what do you think?"
Xu Wangqiu knew that Master was really in a hurry, and the prose poetry style "Border City" was not suitable for him at all, so he hurriedly took out the "People's Literature" in his hand: "Master, I wrote a script called "Mom Loves Me Again", you can see how it goes." ”
Su Zhensheng knew that Xu Wangqiu could write things and understand scripts, and when he heard that he had written a script, he immediately took the magazine he handed over. It's just that when Su Zhensheng saw clearly that the magazine in his hand was "People's Literature", he was stunned, "People's Literature", could it be that Wangqiu's script was published in "People's Literature"?
Su Zhensheng hurriedly opened "People's Literature", and when he saw the name of the author of "Mom Loves Me Again", he knew that it was right, Hehuo is autumn, and this script was written by Xu Wangqiu, thinking that my apprentice is really not an ordinary person, and the script was actually published in "People's Literature"!
Xu Wangqiu said with a hippie smile: "I don't know if I write well or not, so I didn't dare to take it out to meet people, so I sent it to "People's Literature", but I didn't expect it to be published." Master, how about you look at the script, is it what you want?"
Su Zhensheng almost had the urge to slap Xu Wangqiu, you don't know if you write well or not, you don't dare to take it out to meet people, do you think I'm old and confused? But he didn't bother Xu Wangqiu to care, and looked down at the script.
"Mom Loves Me Again" tells such a story, in 1982, Lin Weiguo graduated from medical school and was assigned to a psychiatric hospital, and accidentally found that a patient in the hospital was actually his mother Qiuxia, who had been missing for many years.
It turned out that Lin Weiguo's mother Qiu Xia fell in love with his father Lin Guorong, but because Qiu Xia was not from a good background, Lin Guorong was opposed by Lin's mother, but Lin Guorong insisted on falling in love with Qiu Xia. Soon after, Qiuxia's father was beaten as a right/faction, and Lin Guorong asked Qiuxia to draw a line with his father in order not to affect his future, but Qiuxia resolutely disagreed, so Lin Guorong broke up with Qiuxia and married her as his wife.
Qiu Xia, who is already pregnant, can only take refuge in her aunt, and after giving birth to Wei Guo, she can raise her alone, and the mother and son have an excellent relationship. A few years later, Lin Guorong's wife Juanjuan could not have children, and the Lin family's parents tried their best to get Weiguo to leave his mother and return to the Lin family to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors in order to continue the incense. In order to prevent her son from carrying the reputation of the Black Five for the rest of her life, Qiu Xia struggled several times and finally agreed. But the young Wei Guo couldn't live a peaceful life because he missed his mother, so he often secretly went to find Qiuxia.
On this day, Wei Guo went to find his mother again, and he was met by the Red Guards fighting Qiuxia. When Wei Guo saw the Red Guards beating his mother, he rushed over and hugged the Red Guards who beat him and bit him hard, but the man flew away and crashed into the corner of the wall and fainted. Qiu Xia saw that her son's head was bleeding and unconscious, thinking that her son was dead, she scuffled with the other party like a madman. Scuffle Qiu Xia was hit the head and completely turned into a madman. After that, Wei Guo never saw his mother again.
Now that Wei Guo has finally found his beloved mother, he holds the hand like a withered branch in Qiuxia and softly sings "Only Mother is Good in the World" that his mother often sang in his childhood. Qiu Xia's hollow eyes shone slightly, and tears slowly slipped down her old face.
The original version of "Mom Loves Me Again" is a bitter drama with a bit of blood, but Xu Wangqiu's revised version is perfectly combined with the times and reality, showing the distortion of human nature and the absurdity of the times through a child's memories, making the whole story reborn and turning into a heart-shaking tragedy of the times.
In the process of reading the script, Su Zhensheng was in tears and couldn't help himself. After reading the script, he took Xu Wangqiu's hand and said excitedly: "Wangqiu, your script is very real and very moving, especially when Wei Guo saw Qiuxia being beaten and crying heartbreakingly, why did you beat my mother? Why did you beat my mother? I really couldn't control my tears." ”
Xu Wangqiu was about to speak, when the door opened, and then Su Bai walked in. When she saw Xu Wangqiu there, she asked, "Wangqiu, didn't you go to the library today?" She saw that Su Zhensheng's eyes were flashing with tears, and hurriedly asked, "Dad, what's wrong with you?"
Su Zhensheng said with a smile: "I talked to Wangqiu about the script. Wangqiu's script is very well written, and I was teary-eyed when I saw it. ”
Su Bai knew that Xu Wangqiu was very powerful, he knew everything about literature, music, and art, and could talk about anything, and now when he heard that he had written a script, he immediately said: "Where is the script written by Wangqiu?" ”
Su Zhensheng handed the "People's Literature" in his hand to Xu Wangqiu and said with a smile: "You are from the Chinese department, if you want to study like Wangqiu, when can you write a script for me?"
Su Bai took "People's Literature" and looked at it, the title was "Mom Loves Me Again", and thought to himself, what is the name, it's too straightforward. At this moment, she saw the words "People's Literature" at the top of the page, and was slightly stunned, thinking that I was not mistaken! Immediately turned to the cover of the magazine, and it was "People's Literature." Look at the author's name again, Hehuo, Hehuo is autumn, it should be Wangqiu. Now she really couldn't calm down: "Wangqiu, your script was actually published in "People's Literature"?"
Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "Classmate Su Bai, don't worship me, I'm just a legend." ”
"You stink, who worships you little boy! I'll see how well it is written, if it is not written well, Senior Sister Ben will not be merciful, and will criticize it fiercely!" Su Bai glanced at Xu Wangqiu with his big eyes, and buried himself in reading.
Su Zhensheng laughed: "Wangqiu, regardless of Su Bai, let's talk about our own." The characters in your script are all alive, very real, and they are the people around us. I think the whole story is very well conceived, looking at the absurdity of the world through the innocent eyes of a child. That alone leaves the rest of the script far behind. ”
Su Bai looked at "Mom Loves Me Again" with a critical eye, in her opinion, Xu Wangqiu is two years younger than herself, but she understands everything, she is from the Chinese department, if Xu Wangqiu writes articles better than her senior sister, it will be too faceless. Therefore, she made up her mind to find fault with "Mom Loves Me Again".
Su Bai did try to find fault at first, but it didn't take long for him to be completely attracted by the story. The script of "Mom Loves Me Again" is not only a moving story, but more importantly, it is very real, and she has seen and even experienced many plots.
Shortly after the movement began, the films starring and filming by So were identified as poisonous weeds and were intimidated for it. At that time, Su Bai was only seven years old, and when she saw others twisting her father's arm and taking her to the streets, she cried "Daddy! What especially made Su Bai sad was that the third sister who was in junior high school not only participated in the activities of criticizing her father, but also wrote many slogans on the walls, doors, and desks at home: "Su Zhensheng must bow his head and confess his guilt", "Down with Su Zhensheng, a literary and artistic black line character". Because of this incident, Su Bai didn't like the third sister until now, and his attitude towards her was particularly bad.
The story of "Mom Loves Me Again" is like a steel needle piercing Su Bai's heart, piercing her heart to the point of pain and blood. She couldn't control her emotions at all, first crackling and shedding tears, and then crying.
At first, Xu Wangqiu didn't feel anything, but the more Su Bai cried, the more he cried, he couldn't stand it a little, and said to Su Zhen: "Master, let's go to the room to talk, Su Bai is even more noisy than the radio." ”
Su Zhensheng also felt that his daughter was too noisy, so he got up and said, "Okay, let Su Bai see it for himself, let's talk in the room." ”
Xu Wangqiu and Su Zhensheng got up and walked into the room and continued to discuss the script of "Mom Loves Me Again".
When Su Bai finished reading the script and walked into the room, his eyes were red, and there were thin droplets of water hanging on his eyelashes. She returned "People's Literature" to Su Zhensheng, looked at Xu Wangqiu and said sincerely: "Wangqiu, I didn't expect your script to be so well written, I haven't read such a touching script!"
Xu Wangqiu saw that Su Bai's eyes were red from crying, and he teased: "Master, I used to hear people say that women are made of water, and I think this is inexplicable, how can women be made of water? Su Bai's tears are like unscrewed faucets, flowing loudly. Just now I heard someone downstairs shouting, "It's flooding, it's flooding." ”
Su Zhensheng was amused by Xu Wangqiu's words and laughed.
Su Bai's face flashed pink, and he stared at Xu Wangqiu with a fierce gaze, waving his fist: "Wangqiu, you dare to make fun of Senior Sister, beware of me beating you!" Then said seriously: "You should be admitted to the Chinese Department of Peking University, it is too wasteful to be admitted to the film school." There are several writers in our Chinese department, such as Huang Beijia and Chen Jiangong, but what they write is far worse than yours, it's a pity that you don't read Chinese!"
Xu Wangqiu shook his head like a rattle: "I don't study the Chinese Department of Peking University, how can the girls in the Chinese Department look good as the girls in the film school, or study the film school." ”
Su Bai was speechless, this is like a young man in the new era, he doesn't think about serving the motherland, and he actually uses which school the girl is beautiful as the criterion for registration, his thinking is too problematic! And to her, this sentence is simply saying that she is not good-looking, and said with a tiger face: "Classmate Xu Wangqiu, do you study in college to learn knowledge and culture to serve the motherland, or do you want to find a daughter-in-law?
Xu Wangqiu shrugged his shoulders and looked indifferent: "Is there a contradiction between serving the motherland and finding a daughter-in-law?" The ancients said that only when you have a happy marriage can a happy family have no worries and make a career. ”
Su Bai was angry by Xu Wangqiu's crooked reasoning: "Dad, look at your apprentice, his thinking is very problematic!"
Su Zhensheng knew that Xu Wangqiu was teasing Su Bai, although Xu Wangqiu was two years younger than Su Bai, his thinking was much more mature than Su Bai, and he chuckled: "Okay, you don't have to fight with Wangqiu, you must not be able to say Wangqiu." He said to Xu Wangqiu again: "Wangqiu, don't pay attention to Su Bai, let's continue to talk about ours." ”
Seeing that his father not only didn't help him, Su Bai also asked Xu Wangqiu to ignore him, he was depressed in his heart, and pulled Su Zhensheng's arm and shook it: "Dad, how do I feel that Wangqiu is like your own child?"