Chapter 370 "Old Well" Movie


Chapter 370 "Old Well" Movie

Actually, 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 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 would not dare to ask him out alone, but there is Without Fang Minghua and Li Hongying, they would look less 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 the two of us." Yu Hua said 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. Let's leave at seven-thirty and meet at the school gate." After Yu Hua finished speaking, he 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 did not change his clothes. He just wore a vest and large pants and dragged him out of the school gate. He found two girls and Yu Hua chatting and laughing, waiting for him.

Huh?

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.

Oh, I feel a little out of place.

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

Yu Hua is such a coquettish person that only young men in love can dress like Zhou Wu and Zheng Wang.

The cinema is near the No. 1 National Cotton Factory. Perhaps because there are many female workers in the cotton factory, the cinema is Business also seems to be extremely 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, only 30 cents each.

Finding their seats, the four of them sat down.

The movie starts.

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 branch secretary, who swore to death to dig a well. The eternal struggle with nature, on the other hand, leads to the complex emotional relationship between Wangquan, Qiaoying and Xifeng.

Most of the scenes in the film 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, Zhang Yimou, as the male protagonist, 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 areas in the film are The appearance and the true appearance of the villagers are deeply reflected.

To be honest, when Fang Minghua watched this movie online before traveling through time, 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 can't get a wife, the brothers use women together." Is it true that the version seen online by future generations is a deleted version? Fang Minghua felt extremely shocked when he heard this. Such a film, with such lines, could only have been made in the 1980s, right?

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

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

Actually, 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 found 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. I don’t know where they are now.” Li Hongying said.

Forget it, go back to the academy.

The two 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 Lord Wan Shui insists on becoming the son-in-law of the young widow Xifeng in order to exchange Wangquan's younger brother for marriage money.

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 others to donate all the dowry she had prepared, and walked out of this huge 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, , also donated the only valuable sewing machine in the family, and Sun Wangquan was also very moved."

"Sun Wangquan and Xifeng may not have as passionate love as Qiaoying, but they definitely have family ties and know how to live. "

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

"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.

"Traveled through thousands of rivers and mountains?"

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

"You, why? "

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 to put it? At least you were unhappy in childhood." Li Hongying said quietly: "I am not my father's biological daughter."

Li Hongying talked about her past.

(End of this chapter)

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