Shepherd is a love movie released on 1982, starring Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan. The film, adapted from Zhang Xianliang's novel Soul and Meat, tells the story of the marriage life of the right-wing Xu and the runaway girl in The Herder. This was the main theme film at that time, with a strong imprint of the times, including rightism, rehabilitation, patriotism and happiness. After nearly 40 years, what moved us most was the sincere love between men and women and the kindness and sincerity of the people in the pasture.
Lao Xu's wife is picked up, but a wife picked up casually is enough to be the standard of a perfect wife. The arrangement of the screenwriter "Good people get what they deserve" is too obvious.
The first principle of a perfect wife is kindness. Kind people are considerate and helpful; Respect everyone, including the weak; Know how to be grateful and return; Will not touch the bottom line of morality and law for the benefit. Good people, even if they are at the end of the road, are willing to give their bread to the hungry; Unkind people, even if they have no worries about food and clothing, still think about how to cheat others' cakes all day. Li Xiuzhi is a kind woman. She didn't look down on Lao Xu because he was a rightist. She sincerely believes that Lao Xu is a good man, which makes Lao Xu particularly moved. Besides, Li Xiuzhi doesn't care much about the poor and the rich. Whether Lao Xu is a herdsman or a rich second generation, she treats Lao Xu equally.
I believe many people agree with the principle of kindness. Because, if you meet an unkind woman and she brings you a green hat, you may not even know yourself.
The second rule of a perfect wife is optimism and courage. How can the world be okay? Nine times out of ten, it is often not satisfactory. Only an optimistic and brave woman can accompany you through ups and downs. Although she married Xu inexplicably in an inexplicable age, she didn't complain about others, but trusted her husband sincerely. After marriage, she packed up the shabby hut, built her own house with mud bricks, raised chickens, ducks and pigeons, became the commander-in-chief of "land, sea and air" and lived a colorful life.
The third rule of the perfect wife is to be reasonable. Let's look directly at Li Xiuzhi's classic lines:
In addition to the above three items, Li Xiuzhi is smart, hardworking, simple and lovely, and she has answers. Finally, look at her face. Isn't this much better than the awl-faced beauty now? The combination of these advantages, if put in modern movies or TV series, is easy to be questioned; But in those days, it was so natural. The past days passed more slowly. Carriages, horses and mail didn't arrive quickly. You need to love the right person all your life. Times have changed. Now that life is good and people are complicated, they are not necessarily happier.