Next to the sorghum field, my wife's back is the most beautiful scenery in the world.
Mo Yan, whose real name is Guan, was born in a peasant family in Heping Village, Gaomi County, Shandong Province on 1955. When I was a child, Mo Yan almost turned into bean sprouts because of catching up with three years of natural disasters, and the big head was even more abrupt. In order to fill his stomach, he ate everything, including weeds and bark, and even dared to chew coal.
Mo Yan had two dreams when he was a child, one was that he could eat jiaozi with fat meat stuffing, and the other was that he could marry a stonemason's daughter when he grew up. Because the family is too poor, the partners around him often laugh at Mo Yan's failure to marry a daughter-in-law, and Mo Yan often worries about it. At that time, there was a beautiful girl in the stonemason's house in the village, 28 years old, with heavy eyebrows and big eyes, which met the aesthetic standards of cultivators. As a result, this beautiful girl became the most ideal daughter-in-law candidate in Mo Yan's mind. He often fantasizes that it would be great if he could marry a stonemason's daughter when he grows up!
When Mo Yan was 20 years old, he entered the cotton mill as a worker. At that time, the stonemason's daughter was married and had children, and she was busy in the fields all day, working hard for housework and farm work. Even so, in Mo Yan's heart, there is still a dream buried, that is, to marry a hardworking and simple girl like a stonemason's daughter. Because, in his mind, those women who have done rough work and suffered hardships are the most beautiful images of women in China. With this in mind, a girl came into Mo Yan's sight. She is Du, a female worker in a cotton mill.
Du Chang is not beautiful, but she is simple and agile, completely without the feminine taste of a young woman, and she is quite hardworking. Mo Yan took a fancy to this simple girl at the first sight of Du, and decided that she would be a good wife and mother in the future. But in that closed era, most young people were very introverted. Mo Yan always felt that his conditions were not good enough for Du Qin Lan, so he kept his love in his heart and never mentioned it to anyone.
Later, Mo Yan became a soldier and felt that he was qualified to propose to girls. So, he used the family leave to go back to his hometown, invited the matchmaker in the village, and proposed marriage to Du family.
At that time, the only criterion for girls to judge whether a man is worth marrying is neither ability nor talent, but whether the man is honest and reliable. As it happens, Mo Yan is a wooden and honest person, so Du has a good impression of Mo Yan and thinks that he is worthy of being entrusted for life. In this way, Du agreed to the marriage with Mo Yan, and the two quickly got the license and held a simple banquet in their hometown. So Mo Yan returned to the army, while Du stayed at home to do housework.
Facts have proved that Mo Yan really didn't see the wrong person. Du is really a hardworking and capable wife, taking care of the elderly and doing everything well in cooking and farming. With Du here, Mo Yan hardly has to worry about anything. So, he spent all his thoughts on reading and writing. After several years of hard work, he finally published his first novel "Spring Rain" at 198 1.
In the same year, Mo Yan and Du's daughter Xiao Xiao was born. In order to take care of her daughter, Du resigned from her job in the cotton mill and began to farm at home to take care of her children. Mo Yan felt indebted to his wife and said to her apologetically:? You have finally become a worker, and now you have to go to the fields to do farm work and support your family. I really wronged you. ? Unexpectedly, Du said humorously: There is nothing to be wronged. Workers and farmers are a family. Besides, I work in agriculture to support you as a soldier. I am a professional supporter. ?
Mo Yan listened to his wife's words and was so moved that he didn't know what to say that he had to rush to the field to help his wife. They are busy in the fields together, watering and fertilizing the crops. After the farm work is finished, it is already evening. The flaming sunset glow burns in the sky, setting off a large area of sorghum fields. The scene is spectacular. Looking at his wife's red back against the sunset glow, Mo Yan thought it was the most beautiful picture in the world.
1982, Mo Yan was admitted to the PLA Art College, and has been studying and writing in Beijing since then. Du continued to stay in his hometown to take care of his family. Because he misses his wife and children, Mo Yan writes home every month. Considering his wife's poor educational level, he always tries to express his ideas in the simplest words, and sometimes draws a fat man in his letter. The man is eating steamed bread in a thick cotton-padded jacket, which shows that he is full and warm outside, reassuring his wife. Sometimes don't describe the scene of China New Year: a chubby man and a woman holding their children around a heatable adobe sleeping platform eating jiaozi, with a string of firecrackers outside the window. Du knew at a glance that her husband was looking forward to going home for the New Year and eating jiaozi, which was wrapped by himself!
In order to understand the letters sent by her husband, Du Qin Lan also became particularly studious. After she left the field, she often studied pinyin and Chinese characters in primary schools with her daughter and often looked up new words in the dictionary. It didn't take long to master the common words in primary school, so it's not difficult to read my husband's letter.
Famous all over the world, the love in my heart is still the only constant.
Because the opportunity to learn is hard-won, Mo Yan often reads and writes until late at night. When he is hungry, he cooks water with green onions. Over time, he suffered from gastric ulcer. I began to have a stomachache as soon as I arrived at the meal, so I could only take medicine to relieve pain.
By chance, Du learned from a fellow villager who went home to visit relatives that her husband had stomach trouble. She was in a hurry and finally came up with a good idea. In the afternoon, Du came to the mountain, collected many Chinese herbal medicines for treating stomach diseases, then boiled them into medicinal soup, made pancakes with soup and sorghum noodles, and was taken to Beijing by a client to give them to Mo Yan. So, when Mo Yan stayed up late, he ate his wife's special midnight snack. Every time he was hungry, he would carefully tear off a small pancake and put it in his mouth to chew slowly, so that the taste of sorghum filled his mouth with a slight herbal aroma. In this kind of enjoyment with closed eyes, he seemed to see his hometown thousands of miles away and his wife at home leaning against the door overlooking the distance.
1987 Mo Yan's works were adapted into the film Red Sorghum. After the film was released, the whole country quickly became popular? Sorghum fever? Mo Yan also became famous immediately. Many women showed their love to him one after another, including many young and beautiful people with higher education, but Mo Yan refused them all. There is a girl who is very persistent. She constantly confessed to Mo Yan and investigated his family situation. She said to Mo Yan:? You and your wife are from two different worlds. Your knowledge level and cultural level are not equal at all, and there will definitely be obstacles in communication. Instead of waiting until the future to break up, it is better to be together early and pursue your own happiness. ? The girl also said that she would like to be with Lu Xun like Xu Guangping behind him and be his confidante. But Mo Yan refused the girl's kindness without hesitation and told her that there was love between herself and her wife. Sometimes love has nothing to do with knowledge and status, but it is related to the awareness of the soul. He has always believed that the wife who is the scum of the family is the one who will accompany him all his life, and this idea will never change.
Stop female fans from continuing? Harassing himself, Mo Yan simply applied to the army for housing and went to Beijing with his wife and daughter. Du has no education and can't find a job, so he has to stay at home as a housewife. One day, Du suddenly said to Mo Yan:? Lao Guan, Xiao Liu next door told me that we are very similar to Hu Shi and Jiang Xiudong, and I feel the same way. You see, you are so knowledgeable, just like Hu Shi; As for me, I am just a rural aunt, just like Jiang Xiudong. There is only one thing. You are not so afraid of your wife as Hu Shi. ? Mo Yan was greatly surprised by Du's words and asked her, Do you also know Hu Shi and Jiang Xiudong? It is not easy! ? Du made a couple? Right? Proud, replied:? You are not allowed to study, and I am not allowed to make progress. I tell you, although I didn't go to school for a few days, I have been studying with my daughter. I often go to the park to hear about scholars and chat with Beijing grandfathers and grandmothers, and I learn as much as you do. ? After listening to Du, Mo Yan said with a smile. Yes, yes, yes, you have improved, I have improved, and our family has improved. However, we are different from Hu Shi and his wife. Hu Shi's wife was chosen by his mother, and he was kind to her for filial piety. But you are my choice, we are free to fall in love, and I am good to you for this heart! ? After listening to Mo Yan's words, Du Xi smiled, not to mention how comfortable he was.
Because she has been living in the countryside, Mo Yan's daughter Xiaoxiao was very uncomfortable and shy when she first arrived in Beijing. She has always felt that she is particularly rustic. She has never studied piano and dance, so she can't compare with her classmates. Du often educates his daughter to correct her thoughts, study hard and not always feel inferior. Once, I asked my mother with a smile: Mom, don't you feel inferior with such a great writer as Dad? Do you feel stressed? ? Du smiled and asked her daughter, Why should I feel inferior? This family needs him and me. Although I don't go out to work, I do a lot of things. Your father also recognizes my work. Since I am so important, why should I feel inferior? ? Anyway, I smiled and laughed.
In order to help Xiaoxiao adjust her mentality, Du and Mo Yan exchanged views and finally decided to help her develop her extra-curricular expertise and make her confident. So, at Du's suggestion, Mo Yan began to teach Xiaoxiao to write calligraphy, and bought her many books, focusing on cultivating Xiaoxiao's writing ability. In order to encourage laughter, Du often studies with her. Mother and daughter chase each other and study very hard. Later, Xiaoxiao's writing became better and better, and his composition was often read as a model by the teacher, and he also won the ranking in the composition competition. Xiaoxiao became cheerful and confident, and her academic performance advanced by leaps and bounds. 1998, she was admitted to the School of Foreign Languages of Shandong University with excellent results.
Knowing is a kind of happiness that can't be met.
In the Eight Diagrams of Zhouyi, dry symbolizes men, health and progress, while Kun represents women and symbolizes tolerance and peace. Traditional culture holds that only the blessed can marry a quiet, diligent, tolerant and calm woman. Mo Yan often says that he is very lucky, because his wife has taken away all the excellent qualities of women in China, and more importantly, she knows herself best.
Mo Yan was poor, warm-hearted and willing to help his friends all his life. On one occasion, in order to guarantee his friends, he even mortgaged all his manuscripts to the publishing house. Because of this, he always spends his meager manuscript fee and salary quickly and never saves any money. Du Qin Lan manages the housework diligently, but she never complains. On the contrary, she feels that everything should be done. On one occasion, after Mo Yan got the manuscript fee of 30,000 yuan, he gave it all to Du. Before Du could deposit it in the bank, a friend of Mo Yan came to visit, saying that her mother-in-law needed money urgently for surgery and wanted to borrow money from Mo Yan. As Mo Yan couldn't contact him when he went out for a meeting, he had to visit Du. Without saying anything, Du gave the money in his hand to the other party. The daughter laughed and scolded her mother for not asking her father in advance. Du Dui said? Treating diseases is urgent, but I dare not delay others. Even if your father knows, he will only say that I did the right thing. ?
Sure enough, Mo Yan came home and heard that his wife had lent the money. He even said that he had done a good job and told Du that if someone needed money badly in the future, he would just give it to them directly, without asking himself again, so as not to delay other people's business. Du smiled: I don't know yet. You tell me.
Because the economy is not affluent, Du always buys a big basket of vegetables every time he goes to the vegetable market, and seldom buys meat. Someone asked her that a writer as big as Teacher Mo Yan must be paid a lot. Why can't she always see your family eating meat? Du smiled and told each other:? We walked safely and ate meat at night! Besides, vegetarianism can keep you healthy. The old man is too fat to give him any more meat! ? Seeing this scene, Mo Yan always grinned and even said: It's an old couple who know me.
In fact, for a great writer like Mo Yan, making money is not difficult at all. As long as he speaks for teaching aid institutions, gives more lectures of a commercial nature, or helps enterprises to write some propaganda articles, money will roll in. However, Mo Yan never disdained this. As a result, some merchants caught Du's attention. When she went out to buy food, she gave her a red envelope, asked her to help persuade Mo Yan to cooperate with her, and promised to give Mo Yan's daughter a suite after the job was done. Merchants all know that Mo Yan's father and daughter have not been able to buy another house because of their limited income. After getting married, Mo Yan's daughter has been living with Mo Yan and his wife in an old house of 9 1 square meter, which is very bitter. In the eyes of businessmen, Du, as a mother, must have dreamed of buying a house for her daughter, so she was specially asked to help Mo Yan's work. Unexpectedly, Du, who only has a second-grade education in primary school, decisively refused the other party's request. She returned the red envelope to each other and told them that she knew Mo Yan's character. He would rather live in a suite with his daughter's family all his life than change her residence like this.
20 1 1 In May, Mo Yan's granddaughter was born, and the family became more crowded. In order to make their daughter and son-in-law more comfortable, Mo Yan and his wife often take their children back to their hometown in Gaomi, bask in the sun in the fields, or walk the streets to chat with their neighbors. Although both of them have stayed in Beijing for many years, they do not exclude rural life at all, but feel more comfortable when they return to China. When Mo Yan writes, Du takes care of the children and sometimes reads her husband's manuscript to provide him with some materials. Du often jokes with her husband. Your military medal is half yours and half mine. You see, this paragraph is the material I provided, and you didn't give me the clue fee.
20 12 10, Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature and immediately rose in China? Mo Yan is hot? . However, in Mo Yan's and Du's view, life will not change substantially, and they will still walk together in singing and help each other through a dull life. Perhaps on his deathbed, for Mo Yan, who is famous, the most delicious thing is the bowl of jiaozi wrapped by his wife.