Sitting for a while while drinking tea and wishing that the breeze would come - Jia Pingwa
Jia Pingwa named this book and the teahouse "Sitting for a while" because he felt that life was like a temporary journey. Sit down, there is an impermanence between people, things and everything, and it can only be a short-term sojourn.
In order to better write "Sitting Temporarily", Jia Pingwa spent 2 years, which condensed his endless energy. It is said that this film "Temporarily Sitting" may be Jia Pingwa's final work.
? Storytelling and singing are just using other people’s stories to fill your own heart. Sit down for a while, drink a cup of tea, and let your mind calm down. Watching "Temporarily Sitting" is a good time to make a cup of green tea. While watching Jia Pingwa narrating ordinary and trivial stories in a plain style, you can drink light and slightly bitter tea and enjoy the "fresh breeze blowing on your armpits". When enjoying tea, get rid of the troubles of the characters in the book and let the soul enjoy the refreshing breeze.
? The road of life is hurried, but it is fleeting. When you look back at the past when you are old, you will realize that everything was just a temporary moment. Everything that you thought was eternal at the time turned out to be just a short moment.
? Therefore, when faced with many problems in many cases, we only need to maintain a good attitude and there is no need to worry too much about temporary gains and losses.
? This collection of novels focuses on the daily life of contemporary women. From the past of the collection of novels, we can see the development that women should have. Some people see excitement in "Sitting Temporarily", some people see love in "Sitting Temporarily", some people see desolation in "Sitting Temporarily", and some people see expectation in "Sitting Temporarily".
? What can you see in "Sit Down"?
——Hai Ruo: Temporarily working as a teahouse owner, she is divorced and her son is studying abroad. She has the demeanor of a big sister, gathering more than ten women into a small circle to help and care for each other. During the anti-corruption investigation triggered by the Shuanggui incident of the Municipal Party Committee Secretary, he was called by the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection to assist in the investigation. At the end of the novel, when the investigation was still over and he returned home, the tea house was in a mess due to an explosion for unknown reasons.
——Eva, from St. Petersburg, Russia, once studied in Xijing and returned to Xijing for the second time. She seemed to come here to relax or look for something. She participated in various activities in the small circle of temporary tea houses. thing.
——Lu Yike, originally from Wuhan, was traveling in Xi’an when she saw a shoe repairman who looked exactly like her father who had passed away for more than 30 years. She felt touched and stayed in Xi’an to do business. She got the picture of the roadside billboard in the book Business seems to be a cultural company.
——Yan Nianchu, who once ran an elevator business and later engaged in medical equipment sales, once married an old man and received some property.
——Yu Benwen, owner of hot pot restaurant.
——Talked to Qiyu and opened an energy cabin.
——After Yingli, there were many real estates, so she made a living by renting out front houses.
——Si Yinan, the owner of a mahogany furniture store, is more masculine and is gay with Xu Qi.
——Xu Qi, who was originally an actor in a county theater troupe, later went to Xijing to do business and likes to keep in good health.
——Xi Lishui, the owner of a car dealership, the only person who let Yiguang help him find a partner, still has expectations for marriage.
——Xia Zihua, a former model, unknown occupation, was hospitalized with leukemia and later died of the disease. She had a son out of wedlock with a coal mine owner. The novel begins with the sisters taking turns going to the hospital to take care of her.
——Feng Ying, a calligrapher and painter, did not officially appear in the book. He was traveling with a delegation, encountered an internationally influential Malaysia Airlines plane crash, and was presumed dead.
In addition, there is Xin Qi who has no jade and also writes many pens. He probably belongs to another volume besides Twelve Hairpins. Xin Qi broke into Xijing from the countryside and married a useless husband, intending to change his living conditions like an old man from Hong Kong. Later, under the influence of others, he became independent.
? With the teahouse as the base and Hairuo as the center, these dozen people gathered together to interpret trivial and ordinary stories. The reason why they can get together is that these people are involved in the business world, are financially independent, are generally living a good life, have similar social status, and have many friends and colleagues, which is the prerequisite for getting together. The topic of getting together is inseparable from helping each other with business, taking care of each other, and then eating, drinking, having fun, and enjoying life. The deep friendship of this small circle can be fully felt from caring for Xia Zihua in the hospital and planning her aftermath. When Feng Ying died on a plane, Lu Yike and Yi Guang resolutely went abroad to take care of the funeral arrangements. It can be seen that under the leadership of Hai Ruo, this group of women not only gather in a cage to have fun, but also sincerely contribute when others have trouble. Of course, there are people who are involved in the world, and they always rely on each other when they get together and disperse. Due to differences in business and personality, various barriers naturally arise. For example, Yan Nianchu hated Lu Yike because of his investment, and Si Yinan annoyed many people because his homosexuality was exposed. When Hai Ruo was called by the Commission for Discipline Inspection to assist in the investigation, an explosion occurred at the tea house where he was sitting. Although everyone rushed over, the "Grand View Garden" was gone, and the "Poetry Society Gathering" of this small circle would probably disappear as well. At the end of the novel, Eva will take Xinqi back to St. Petersburg. The story begins with Eva and ends with Eva. Why did Eva return to Xijing? What is she looking for in Xijing? What did she lose during the brief reunion with Xijing? Perhaps, she never lost anything, she was just always looking for it, as long as she didn't find what she was looking for.