Chapter 273 A Great Movie
The movie was almost halfway through and the critics in the audience had already tasted its flavor.

When their eyes met, they all stared at each other in astonishment.

The discussion also spread quietly, starting with low whispers, and soon became more and more heated.

“This movie is amazing.”

“Has the director of this film made any other films before?”

“It’s hard to believe that the director of this film is only in his twenties now.”

"I love Trina Chu! Trina Chu's performance in this movie is impeccable. Every subtle expression and movement is just right. He deserves a Best Actor trophy!"

“The lead actress is also outstanding.”

Jia Zhensi had a bitter taste in his mouth, as the critics’ response was much greater than when his “Homeland, Homeland” premiered.

Wen Lian heard the discussion of the people present. She tilted her head and looked at Cheng Cheng: "Director Cheng~"

Cheng Cheng smiled at her. The audience's reaction was what he expected.

Wilmer also attended the premiere of "To Live", and his film was also selected into the main competition unit.

Wilmer thinks this is indeed a great movie.

But he felt that the film was still a little bit off.
In the 50s, every household in the town was called upon to donate all their ironware and set up blast furnaces to produce steel using traditional methods.

Seeing this, the media from Yingdao and Baodao seemed to have hit their G-spots, and they couldn't stop:
They just love to read some descriptions about this.

It was like Pavlov's dog hearing the bell, getting excited and salivating at the sight.

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Today it is Fugui's family's turn, and they have made preparations in advance.

The mayor came to take inventory and asked them if they had any other iron objects. Fugui replied no. Just as he finished speaking, Youqing dragged out a large box from home. It was Fugui's shadow puppet box.

Youqing said there were iron nails on it and iron wires in the shadow puppet.

Fugui said, "What's this little bit of iron?"

The mayor criticized Fugui: "Your awareness is not as high as your son's. How can this not be iron? This iron can at least make two bullets. Maybe these two bullets are all that are needed to defeat Treasure Island."

The media people from Taiwan were just laughing.

Not laughing now.

The mayor ordered the boxes to be unpacked.

Fugui looked reluctant but didn't say anything. After witnessing the public trial of Long Er, he was already afraid.

Jiazhen saw that Fugui was reluctant to leave, so she came up with a good idea and asked the mayor if there should be opera performances on the construction site. The mayor thought it was a good idea and that the shadow puppets could be kept for everyone to sing, so he asked to dismantle them again.

Youqing saw that it was not to be demolished, so he asked, "Then it won't be JF Baodao?"

The mayor said: "We need JF, we need JF, we must have JF in Treasure Island."

After the mayor left, Fugui pretended to hit Youqing, but Youqing just smiled because he knew his father would not hit him. Fengxia also smiled brightly.

But Fengxia couldn't speak and was often bullied by the boys nearby. Youqing saw his sister suffering, and although he was small, he was very responsible. He ran over and started fighting with them.

The result of the battle was obvious, he was outnumbered and was suppressed by the opponent.

But Youqing did not give up. When eating, he filled a bowl of noodles with a lot of chili oil and poured it on the opponent's head.

The chili oil got into the boy's eyes and he started crying because of the spiciness.

The boy's father couldn't bear to see his son suffer, and he knew he couldn't get angry with a child, so he directed his anger at Fugui and Jiazhen, saying that the child must have been taught by adults and that this was just sabotage, and he was making a big deal out of it.

In order to calm the situation, Fugui, despite feeling heartbroken, still beat Youqing severely.

When they got home, Jiazhen argued with him, saying that Youqing was also trying to protect his sister, so what had he done wrong? She burst into tears. Fugui also realized his own problem, and he ran to comfort his son, but Youqing ignored him.

At night, Fugui went to the steelmaking site to perform shadow play. In order to make his father and daughter reconcile, Jiazhen came up with a good idea and asked Youqing to play a trick on his father by sending vinegar instead of tea.

Youqing felt unsatisfied and added a few spoonfuls of chili oil.

Fugui drank it and sprayed it all over the screen. Everyone in the film laughed, and everyone outside the film also laughed.

After a night of hard work, the steel was finally produced. Jiazhen and Fugui unconsciously touched it.

The mayor praised them for their great contributions in delivering water and performing opera.

To celebrate the successful steelmaking, the canteen made dumplings today. While they were eating, they heard someone outside shouting that there was gas.

It is said that the teacher asked us to go to school to participate in steel-making, and today the district chief came to inspect.

After not sleeping well last night, Fengxia and Youqing were catching up on sleep in bed. Jiazhen didn't want to disturb the children, and they had to let them sleep even if the district chief came. But Fugui felt that our family had just been praised by the mayor and couldn't fall behind others, so he walked over and gently woke Youqing up, preparing to take him to school.

He put 20 dumplings into the lunch box and asked Youqing to eat at school. On the way, Fugui and Youqing talked about the future.

Fugui carried his son on his back and said:

"Look, our family is just a little chicken now. When the chicken grows up, it will become a goose. When the goose grows up, it will become a sheep. When the sheep grows up, it will become a cow."

Youqing asked, "What will happen after Niu?"

Fugui: "In the future, I will be a GC. I will eat dumplings and meat every day."

But tonight, tragedy struck.

The director arrived at the school after dark. He was probably too tired as he hadn't slept for four or five days. When he was reversing, he knocked down the courtyard wall. Unexpectedly, Youqing was sleeping under the wall, and the half-hanging wall fell on him, killing him on the spot.

Seeing Youqing with blood all over his face, Fugui collapsed. He desperately called out his son's name:
"Youqing? What's wrong, Youqing? Promise it! Daddy is here, tell him to call you daddy, Youqing, Youqing!"

“Youqing!”

But Youqing couldn't speak.

When Jiazhen heard the news, she also came running in tears. The mayor was afraid that Jiazhen would be too sad, so he quickly had Youqing carried away.

Jiazhen was stopped by someone, her face full of grief:
"Mom is here, Youqing. What's wrong with you? Youqing! Mom is here!"

"Let me see, let me see~"

Youqing was carried away in front of Jiazhen. She was not able to even take a look at him from beginning to end. Youqing's death was so tragic that no one dared to let her see it.

The pain of losing a child is heart-wrenching.

This scene made the audience cry.

Many silly foreigners began to shed tears.

The next day, paper was burned in front of the new grave.

Jiazhen opened the lunch box, which contained 20 dumplings. They were the ones she had brought to Youqing on the day he had the accident. Jiazhen also brought him 20 fresh ones, hoping that he would have enough to eat on the road.

Jiazhen cried so hard:

"You have never had a good night's sleep since you were a child. Now just sleep peacefully. Mom comes to see you every day, Youqing. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let you go to school. I should have stopped your father. I shouldn't have let you go to school. I should have stopped your father. I shouldn't have let you go to school. It's all my fault. I should have stopped your father. I shouldn't have let you go to school, Youqing, Youqing."

Fugui was crying too.

In this scene, Wen Lian gave an impeccable performance.

Wen Lian was also crying in her seat.

I didn't feel anything when I was acting, but now my emotions are coming back and tears are falling.

Cheng Cheng thought:
cry?
Why are you crying?
Are you crying now?
If these viewers knew that Youqing was killed by drawing blood in the novel, wouldn't they cry even harder?
At this time, Mayor Niu came and said that the district chief came to see you.

Upon hearing that he was the murderer of Youqing, Jiazhen was unwilling to see him. At this time, the district chief had already approached them, and they recognized that it was Chunsheng. They did not expect that he would become the district chief.

Chunsheng asked, "Fugui, how could this be your son?"

Fugui confirmed, "You are the district chief? You are the one who hit and killed my son?" "I only have one son, Chunsheng!" he said, "I only have one son! You know I only have one son, and you hit and killed him. What kind of car are you driving? What kind of car are you driving?!"

Chunsheng gave Fugui 200 yuan and said, "Here, take this first. This is 200 yuan. Can you do anything else for Youqing?"
Jiazhen refused his money and said:
Remember this! You were the one who killed Youqing! You owe our family a life!
Time flies, from the 50s to the 60s, the humanitarian flood came, and the mayor came to visit again. He told Fugui that his shadow puppet show could no longer be preserved.

Although he was reluctant, Fugui still threw it into the fire in order to comply with the policy.

Afterwards, the mayor introduced Fengxia to a man named Wan Erxi. After they met each other, they were very satisfied with each other and their marriage was soon settled.

Jiazhen knew that Fengxia had suffered all her life, so she asked Erxi to make the wedding more lively.

On the wedding day, people from the whole town came. With their witness, Fengxia smiled brightly again. Before leaving, she jumped off her bicycle, looked at her parents not far away and started crying. Those who came to welcome the bride all smiled and said they would come back again.

After the fun, Fugui and Jiazhen returned home, but they didn't expect Chunsheng to be waiting for them in the yard. Since Youqing's accident, he would come to visit every once in a while, but Jiazhen always found an excuse, and this time was no exception. Fugui said to Jiazhen:
Things must pass, you have to forget them!
Jiazhen said that they took a family photo today, but Youqing was the only one missing.

After a while, Erxi brought Fengxia back to her parents' home. As soon as they entered the house, he set a table full of delicious food, poured wine for the two elders, and announced a major news: Fengxia was pregnant!

Jiazhen and Fugui were very happy. They specifically asked Erxi to take good care of Fengxia. They also said that since there were no elderly people in your family, you should stay at your mother's house to recuperate after the baby is born.

I brought back the family photo that was taken that time.

Jiazhen was delighted after seeing the photo and decided to take a photo of her grandson every year.

The family was chatting like this, and Erxi suddenly talked about Chunsheng, saying that he had already held a fight meeting, and you must draw a clear line with him. Fugui lowered his head and hesitated for a moment, saying that there has always been a line, there has always been a line.

In the middle of the night, someone knocked on the door. It was Chunsheng.

Fugui didn't know his purpose and didn't dare to open the door. He just wanted him to say whatever he wanted to say, but Chunsheng insisted that he open the door before speaking.

After hesitating in the room for a while, Fugui finally opened the door, but only halfway, and closed it immediately after he went out.

Chunsheng handed Fugui a passbook, which contained all his savings over the years. Youqing's death had always been a thorn in his side. After handing over the money, he felt that he owed nothing in his life.

Seeing that he looked serious, Fugui asked him what was wrong.

Chunsheng said that his wife committed suicide last night and he didn't want to live anymore.

Fugui said before that he and Chunsheng had always had a boundary, but this time he tried to persuade him, saying that he had to endure it no matter what!

At this moment, Jiazhen opened the door, both doors opened.

Jiazhen said, "Chunsheng, it's cold outside, let's talk inside."

This was the first time in all those years that she did not avoid Chunsheng and even invited him into the house.

But Chunsheng did not enter the house, but walked away. Looking at Chunsheng's back walking away under the street light, Jiazhen suddenly shouted:

"Chunsheng, remember this! You still owe our family a life! You have to live well!"

Chunsheng paused for a moment in the night, then disappeared from the camera.

The director of "Glory" was moved:

Cheng Cheng is awesome! Every character in this movie is extremely well-rounded, and Jiazhen also completes her character arc here.

Wilmer was trembling all over. At this point, the movie "To Live" has been completed for the most part, and all the great prerequisites have been met! Just one more thing! Just one more thing!

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Fengxia and Erxi's marriage was arranged thanks to the mayor's matchmaking. To express their gratitude, Jiazhen and Fugui visited him with eggs. Before leaving, they saw the mayor's wife wiping tears in the room, so they asked the mayor what was going on. Only then did they learn that the mayor had also been labeled a capitalist-roader and would have to explain himself tomorrow.

When they arrived at the hospital, Fengxia was about to give birth. Jiazhen comforted her loudly in her ear, telling her not to be nervous and to just bite a towel when the time came.

There were only young nurses working as soldiers in the hospital. The doctors and experts were all locked up in the cowshed. Jiazhen was worried, so she asked Erxi to find a doctor to be on standby in the hospital.

Erxi is the organizational leader in the factory. He tries to invite Professor Wang, an obstetrician and gynecologist, from the cowshed.

Professor Wang had been hungry for three days and looked like a skeleton. Fugui ran to the roadside and bought seven steamed buns for him to eat slowly while he waited in the yard for Fengxia to give birth.

With nothing to do, the old couple discussed giving the child a name. Seeing Professor Wang wolfing down his food, Jiazhen suggested calling him Mantou.

As they were chatting, they heard a baby crying from the delivery room not far away. Fugui and Jiazhen saw Fengxia and Mantou through the gauze curtain and were extremely happy!

Erxi also rushed over when he heard the noise, with a smile on his face that he couldn't hide. He even showed off to his coworkers that my son weighed 7 jin. Only then did I remember Professor Wang. Since both the adult and the child were fine, I would send them back.

But I saw Professor Wang half lying on the chair.

He ate seven steamed buns in one breath and choked.

Several people gathered together to come up with ideas, and finally came up with the most unreliable method, which was to feed him a full glass of water.

Suddenly, there was a scream in the delivery room and the nurse ran out covered in blood.

Fengxia had severe postpartum bleeding and couldn't stop it. The nurse had no experience in this area and was busy with her work, shouting: What should I do? What should I do?

They remembered Professor Wang and ran over, only to find that the professor had just finished drinking water and the seven steamed buns had swelled up in his stomach, making the situation even worse than before.

Fengxia was still bleeding heavily, her face was pale and she had difficulty breathing.

Jiazhen cried and shouted, "Fengxia, Fengxia, it's okay, mother is here, don't be afraid!"

She begged the doctor: "Doctor, I beg you, I only have this one daughter, this is the only daughter I have left, doctor!"

Before, Fugui shouted to Chunsheng, "I only have this one son, I only have this one son." This time, it was Jiazhen who shouted to the doctor, "I only have this one daughter, I only have this one daughter."

The whole audience was crying.

Jiazhen Temple is crying!
The director of "Glory" is crying!

The media are crying!
Movie people are crying!
Black Pearl is crying!
The French Rose is crying!
The sweetheart of Serbia is crying too!
No one didn’t cry!

This plot, coupled with Wen Lian’s crying scene, is simply a tear-jerker!
In the end, Fengxia died in the delivery room.

[after]
The scene changed and the steamed bun grew bigger.

He loves to laugh just like her mother. Every day he accompanies his grandfather to deliver water and helps his grandmother get medicine. He is a real little adult.

Today Jiazhen wanted to visit Youqing and Fengxia at their graves, so she asked Erxi to go with her.

The 20 dumplings are for Youqing, and the 6 photos of steamed buns are for Fengxia.

When he went there, Mantou bought a basket of chicks, but when he got home he didn't know where to put them.

Fugui lowered his head and pulled out a box from under the bed. It was a shadow puppet box. Although the shadow puppet was burned, the box was still there, and it was just the right size to put the chick in it.

Mantou asked: "When will the chick grow up?"

Jiazhen said, "She grew up very quickly."

Mantou asked again: "What about when you grow up?"

Fugui said: "When they grow up, chickens become geese, geese become sheep, and sheep become cows."

Mantou asked again: "What about Niu in the future?"

"After the cow grows up," Jiazhen said, "the cow grows up and the steamed buns grow up too."

Mantou said, "I want to ride on the cow's back."

Jiazhen: "Yes, Mantou will ride on the cow's back from now on!"

Fugui said, "When Mantou grows up, he won't ride on a cow anymore. He'll just take the train or the plane! Life will get better and better by then."

Amid the chirping of chickens, music started and the credits played, and the movie ended.

Wilmer sighed with satisfaction:

At this moment, he could finally say with certainty:

Not bad! Not bad!
This is just a great movie!

(End of this chapter)