Sitting temporarily, with Xi 'an, the ancient capital of the 13th Dynasty, as the background, tells the story of a group of single urban women snuggling up to each other and helping each other in their independent lives.
The author repeatedly said in the book that "life is only a process of' sitting temporarily' after all." It is this simple temporary sitting that contains countless ups and downs.
In terms of time, the whole novel happened between 14 and 15 days before and after writing. From Eva's experience after returning to Xijing from St. Petersburg, Russia, the main line is that Xia fell ill and was hospitalized for chemotherapy until her death, centering on "temporarily sitting" the teahouse owner, and connecting the protagonists such as "Ten Jade Pieces in Xijing". It describes the different living conditions of a group of women in urban life.
There are emotional stories, business transactions, money exchanges, interest disputes, and disputes in the process of power, money and eroticism. Finally, the whole story ends with the death of Xia He, the departure of Eva He, the arrest of Da Ruo, the eldest sister, and the explosion of the teahouse.
These women come together because of their pursuit of independence and spiritual needs, hoping to make their lives better through their own entrepreneurship. At the same time, they also have the desire to satisfy everyone and often fall into the circle of men and power.
They even sell their beauty for profit or emotional satisfaction. Comfort each other and warm each other. Especially when taking care of my sister Xia, their behavior is really touching.
In the book, Hai Ruo said, "Which of our sisters has a better marriage? Garlic is smooth and clean when peeled, and it tastes pungent and smelly when chewed. Only you know it. " The bitterness and joy of hard work, love and hate, love and hate show the difficulties of women's entrepreneurship, the colorful and helpless life, and the complexity and impetuousness of human nature.
Sit down for a while and focus on twelve women, including the previous Twelve Women in Jinling and the Twelve Jade in Xijing today. On the surface, the original ten pieces of jade in the book, together with Eva (Hai Ruo later gave Eva a piece of jade) and Qi Xin, all have glamorous appearances, and they are either rich or expensive. "Although Xu Niang is half old, her charm still exists." But either divorced or single, each has its own misfortune.
The owner of the "temporary sitting" in a high-end teahouse, she is a divorced single mother, beautiful and kind, and believes in Buddhism. She is the core of the sisters and is called "Big Sister". All the stories in the book revolve around the clue character teahouse. Because of my business relationship, I have the opportunity to get in touch with people and things in the upper class. She was paid attention to by Li Guang, admired and liked each other. Have a son who only loves money but not his mother? Hai Ruo sent him to study abroad.
This character has never appeared, and the book confessed that she was a female writer and painter, the oldest of the ten jade pieces. I went to the Philippines and other places with my lover and didn't come back. It was not until the end that the sisters learned that Feng Ying and his party were killed in a plane crash.
Unmarried people have the best relationship with Hai Ruo. Run an advertising company and rely on various relationships to pull business. ?
Car shop owner, divorced. ?
The original land changed hands and earned tens of millions, and jointly established a rehabilitation hospital. Those who like to gossip and leave the door open are always making trouble.
There are twenty or thirty facades for rent. In the eyes of ordinary people, they should belong to the rich. But she is too greedy to be satisfied with her wealth. Always through proper relationship with others, in exchange for wealth. It is precisely because of this endless greed that she, a rich woman in the past, lent a loan of10 million yuan to President Wang's friend through Yan Nianchu. As a result, President Wang's friend ran away, and there was a gap between her and Yan Nianchu, and she ended up penniless.
I worked in the elevator industry and then in the medical equipment industry. Fashion, beauty and money. Have an interest in Wang Chuang. I have a son with a rich man and got divorced. As a result, the son was found by the rich not to be his own, and was sent back to raise himself.
Unmarried, gay with the company. It turns out that he is an actor in the county troupe. After resigning to start a business in Xijing, I have been in poor health, so I pay great attention to health preservation and recommend health preservation methods to my sisters.
Unmarried, gay. She has a strong waist, loves to keep short hair and wears neutral clothes, and is often mistaken for a man by outsiders. She is the owner of the largest mahogany furniture store in this city. She is kind and hardworking. What can I do for Hai Ruo? The first person to find is Si Yinan. She always gets things done.
Hotpot boss
Single mother, always lying in a hospital bed. According to reports, she used to be young and beautiful, paying attention to health, and she was in good health at ordinary times. Later, I got leukemia until my death, and I was taken care of by my sisters. I have a son, Xia Lei, who is 0/2 years old. Finally, he was taken care of by his biological father (existing family) at a friend's house.
Russian, who came to Xijing from St. Petersburg to relieve boredom because of lovelorn, first met Hai Ruo, and later worked temporarily in a teahouse. Also very kind and beautiful, attracted the attention of the dawn. Finally, Qi Xin and I left Xijing together.
It was Xilishui who met him in a car shop. She works in the kindergarten next to the car shop and often comes to the shop to see the cars. Qi Xin is a countryman. He/Kloc-came to work in Xijing at the age of 0/6 and always wanted to marry a rich man. As a result, he married a local man and was often abused by men. Later, I met a wealthy businessman in Hong Kong and was abandoned. The old man also divorced her. She hit it off with Eva and returned to St. Petersburg together.
Jia Pingwa's Sit for a while is not so much a novel as a collection of the author's life experiences. If you feel that you are often frustrated in real life, your daily life is busy and your heart is empty, you might as well sit down for a while. Let's follow the author to see the humanity hidden in people's hearts.
Once upon a time, Hai Ruo knew several sisters with different styles. Because they get along well and have a good time, Hai Ruo gave each of them a piece of Yu Pei. Every time the sisters get together in a temporary teahouse, they all dress up in fashion and wear the jade around their necks.
Of course, under the seemingly glamorous coat, what is hidden is the inner emptiness and helplessness. Although they are richer and more gorgeous than most people, they all have insatiable desires. Sometimes I get caught up in the difficulties of life, and I also have inner loneliness that I can't get rid of.
The end of the story gives us a lot of inspiration. A big fire burned down the teahouse and scattered the Twelve Jade. Hai Ruo, the owner of the "temporary sitting" teahouse who yearns for a better life, was prosecuted for alleged corruption; This insatiable rich woman is as poor as a church mouse. When they woke up, they all had their own endings. It can be said that greed has made them and destroyed them.
? The story of the whole book took place in just half a month, with no twists and turns and bizarre plots, but more than a dozen characters were written. In Jia Pingwa's words, it is really not easy to write all kinds of sentient beings in the world and their "understanding" of the world by "sitting for a while" with a straightforward "annoying trivial".