Mulberry Picking is a novel about the life of a prominent Manchu family. This is a beautiful picture depicting the fate of the characters, full of poetic flavor; It is a song of vicissitudes and endless elegy of life. At the beginning of the Republic of China, the people in the gate of the mansion were scattered. Fourteen brothers and sisters went west and east respectively: the eldest son rebelled against the royal family and joined the Kuomintang; The eldest daughter is obsessed with ticket opera all her life; The second son had no choice but to commit suicide because of the disaster of Xiaoqiang; The second daughter was expelled from her home in pursuit of free marriage. The rise and fall of an aristocratic family, a group of children of the aristocratic family.
It is fully displayed in this book. The title of this book is selected from a part of the poem "Picking Mulberries" by the Qing Dynasty poet Nalan Xingde. For each title, the author has given it a vivid and moving story. What impressed me most was the story of Jin Shunamericium: Jin Shunamericium was the most beautiful of the seven grids. It is everyone's favorite. One summer, when the elder brother of the Kuomintang brought back a young officer who was charming and handsome, he was not only elegant, but also beautiful.
The young officer's name was Shen Ruifang. No one knew how Shunmei got involved with Shen Ruifang. When people from the Shen Family came to propose marriage, everyone was shocked. The father shoved the suitor out of the door and bolted the door. Pick up the stick and go to the backyard. Shunmei, after all, is a golden branch with delicate body and expensive meat, and can't stand a beating from his father. Because there was a gate in the backyard leading directly to the Shen family, Shunmei ran to the Shen family in the dead of night. Into Shen Ruifang's arms. In anger, his father blocked the small door in the backyard.
From then on, Shunmei was not allowed to step into the Jin family again. The reason why this story gives me a deep impression is the feudal thought in the old society embodied by the Jin family. Because Shen Ruifang is an officer of the Kuomintang, everyone in the Jin family opposes Jin Shunmei's association with him. Just because Jin Shunmei refused to marry down a large family arranged by her parents, the Jin family's attitude towards her was greatly reduced. Jin Shunamericium makes me feel like a herdsman on the grassland, uninhibited, but constrained by the herdsman; Like a domestic dog, he is bold, but he can't escape from his master after all.
Not only Jin Shunamericium, but also the other 13 children of the Jin family. Because they are the children of large families, they have never had real happiness since childhood. In my memory, there are only my father's cold face and my mother's garrulous education. "Mulberry Picking" let me truly experience the miserable life of the children of large families in the feudal society, and always remind me to move forward to a new era!