This novel is from Zhang Ailing's Red Rose and White Rose, and tells the story of the emotional entanglement between the protagonist Tong Zhenbao and two women. "Red Rose" Jiao Rui and "White Rose" Smoky Bird both devoted a lot of feelings to Zhenbao, making humble compromises in love, while Zhenbao loved himself more than others and finally failed them. Three people are trapped in love and can't die a natural death.
The novel vividly presents people's life feelings and marital status in the transitional period between the old and the new, focusing on the behavior and psychological changes of these two women. Through the ups and downs of the story, it reproduces the plight of women living in a society ruled by male chauvinism and reveals the root of the tragedy.
Character introduction:
1, Tong Zhenbao
Tong Zhenbao was born in a slight cold, went abroad to get a degree and became a senior employee of an old foreign trade company in Shanghai. He fell in love with his friend's wife, Wang, and after several rounds, he succeeded in winning Wang's affection.
Wang wanted to marry him, but he gave up the king for fear of ruining his future. He married Meng, and Meng, though beautiful and gentle, could not satisfy her husband. Tong Zhenbao soon got tired of his wife.
2. Wang
Wang was born in an overseas Chinese family. She was sent to study in England by her family since she was a child, but her reputation gradually declined because she was traveling abroad, so she married her husband Hong Shi. After Tong Zhenbao appeared, she began to know what she wanted. For the treasure, she knew that she had really met love.
Different from any previous relationship, she no longer plays emotional games with men, but holds her heart seriously. She hopes to divorce Hong Shi and then marry Tong Zhenbao. But Tong Zhenbao didn't want to. Even though she was abandoned by the king, she chose to divorce.
Finally, she once again embarked on the road of making a living by marriage, married a man named Zhu, and gave birth to a child. At this time, Wang has become a traditional woman, returned to her family and lived a quiet and stable marriage life.
3.chimpanzee Meng
Tong Zhenbao's wife. Meng Tiao, who grew up in an old family, lacks the agility and liveliness that a girl should have, but is more dull and clumsy. She is weak and obedient, following her mother before marriage and her husband after marriage. Although she has been to college, she lacks the temperament and mind that an intellectual woman should have. She is the representative of traditional women in China, and is willing to live under the rule of husband's power.