Brief Introduction of Xiao Hong's Hulan River

Xiaohongzai 1934

Xiao Hong 1940 is in Hong Kong.

1935, Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun were taken to Shanghai.

1938 Xiao Hong and Duanmu Hongliang

Xiao Hong was a talented woman writer in 1930s, and she was also the most concerned and supported young writer before her death. UNESCO once gave Xiao Hong this evaluation on the occasion of her 85th birthday: "One of the best contemporary female writers in the world".

However, Xiao Hong lived only 365,438+0 years. After leaving such famous works as Life and Death Field and Biography of Hulan River, her life passed away prematurely. Recently, "Remembering the Woman Writer Xiao Hong" broadcast by the documentary channel of Shanghai TV Station reproduces the short and bumpy life of this woman writer. Her childhood, her words, her feelings and her cause of death have once again become the topic of concern.

Childhood without love

19 1 1 On the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, a girl was born on the Nankang at the eastern end of the Zhangjia Courtyard in Longwangmiao Hutong, Hulan County, Heilongjiang Province. The girl's grandmother and father are unhappy. First of all, they think she is a woman. Secondly, I think the Dragon Boat Festival is an unlucky day. The little girl who manages the fan is called Ronghua, and the big one is called Zhang Naiying. This little girl is a female writer whose pen name is "Xiao Hong".

In the Zhangjia Courtyard, Xiao Hong's favorite place is the back garden. Here, she temporarily forgot her grandmother's pain when she was stabbed with a steel needle, her father's frequent inhuman scolding because of greed, and her sick mother's indifference. Every time grandma scolded grandpa and Xiaohong, young and old fled hand in hand to the back garden to play games and plant flowers and vegetables, which was the only happy time in Xiaohong's lonely childhood.

Besides playing, grandpa also taught Xiaohong to read poetry and explained the meaning of poetry to Xiaohong. Grandpa Xiao Hong was the first literature teacher and the gardener who sowed the seeds of love in Xiao Hong's young mind.

After entering middle school, under the influence of teachers and classmates, Xiao Hong eagerly read novels, essays and poems from all over the world. She read the works of Lu Xun, Goethe, Heine and Pushkin, exchanged reading with her classmates, talked with them, and sometimes argued and discussed the true meaning of life.

Xiao Hong not only reads books, but also writes some essays and poems from time to time, which are published in the school blackboard newspaper or school magazine. These works come from life, simple and sincere. 1930 in early summer, the school organized students to travel to Jilin. Soon after, the school magazine published a group of poems entitled "A Journey to Jilin" with the signature of "Singing Quietly". My best friend asked Xiaohong why she used the pseudonym "Yinqiao". She said, "Sing in a low voice." Later, after Xiao Hong became famous, she also used this pseudonym.

These essays and poems published in blackboard newspapers and school magazines can be regarded as Xiao Hong's earliest literary works.

run away from home

Shortly after graduation, Xiao Hong suddenly became preoccupied and moody, and often cried alone at night. It turned out that her family betrothed Xiaohong to Wang Dianjia, the master of the Wang family. Wang is a student at Hosei University, but when Xiao Hong found out that he smoked opium, he was disgusted.

/kloc-in the summer of 0/930, Xiaohong broke up with her family and left after graduating from junior high school.

Xiao Hong lacks love since childhood, so she has a strong desire for love. As long as someone shows her a little love, she will blindly give ten times more love than the other person. She wants to recover the love she lost in her childhood from others, and she needs to make up for it with love. Sadly, however, she doesn't know whether the other person has the same desire for love as her, which makes her repeatedly bruised in her later emotional world and unable to extricate herself.

After Xiaohong arrived in Beijing, Wang Dianjia followed her to find Xiaohong. Although Xiao Hong didn't like him, she came to a foreign land alone, feeling lonely and struggling financially, and needed someone to comfort her badly. Wang Dianjia is good at courting and saying good things. She finally succumbed to his shameless and cunning entanglement and soon got pregnant.

Xiao Hong and Wang Dianjia returned to Harbin and stayed at Dongxingshun Hotel outside Daodao. After staying for more than half a year, they sat quietly and owed the hotel more than 600 yuan. Wang Dianjia saw a genial situation and wanted to slip away. One day, he said to Xiaohong, go home and ask for some money to pay off his debts. Hong Xin Jr. believed it and let him go, but he left forever. The hotel sent someone to keep an eye on Xiaohong and treat her as a "hostage", hoping to sell her to a brothel when she couldn't pay her debts. The hotel will not lose money.

Seeing that her belly is getting bigger every day, Xiaohong has felt her little life crawling, but she has lost the joy of being a mother for the first time. She is afraid, she is sad, and she doesn't know what to do. In desperation, Xiao Hong wrote a letter for help to the newspaper. At that time, Pei Xinyuan, editor-in-chief of the supplement of the International Federation of Students, showed this letter to young friends such as Fang and Fang. Everyone expressed deep sympathy. They negotiated with the hotel as a reporter, so that the boss dared not continue to insult Xiaohong for the time being.

Since seeing Xiaohong, Xiaojun has been thinking about how to save her. I think this is the only way to get her married. But the first step is to pay her debts and redeem them. For a poor writer, 600 yuan is simply astronomical. It's not easy!

In a dilemma, the Songhua River in Harbin was flooded by heavy rain for several days, and the whole city became the sea of Wang Yang. Xiaohong's trapped hotel is also surrounded by water. Taking advantage of the chaos, Xiaohong fled the hotel. Xiaojun took her to the hospital and gave birth to a daughter. Because there is no money to pay the medical expenses, her life is uncertain. When she was discharged from the hospital, Xiaohong had to leave her child in the hospital.

Embark on a literary journey

In poverty, Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun started their honeymoon.

At the end of 1932, international journals were holding a New Year essay activity. With the unanimous encouragement of Xiao Jun and her friends, Xiao Hong wrote a short story "The Death of Sister Wang" as an essay, and Xiao Jun personally handed it to Fang and Chen Zhiyu who were editing and supplementing the International United Daily News at that time. Described the hard-working and kind-hearted Aunt Wang's tragic experience, and angrily accused the landlord of cruel exploitation and oppression of farmers. After Fang and Chen's research, they immediately decided to publish it. It can be said that Xiao Hong's literary creation has tied the soul of the Chinese nation from the beginning.

Since then, Xiao Hong has published works under pseudonyms such as "Yinqiao" and "Heaven and Earth". From August 1933 to February 19, her works almost appeared in Literature Weekly during the death of Sister Wang. Night whistle, dumb old man, night wind, early morning road; Prose "A troubled day" and "Little Black Dog"; Poetry "In the Hazy" and so on. Xiao Hong began to embark on a difficult literary journey.

From 1932 to 1934, Xiao Hong published August Day, International Association Telegraph Weekly, Datong Daily, Illusion, Abandoned Child, Bandage on the Leg, Wife and Watermelon, Two Frogs, August Day and so on. The dumb old man left, on the way in the early morning, in the twilight, and so on. Especially after the publication of Xiao Jun's collection of novels and essays "The Theory of Gilding", it attracted the attention of literary circles.

Due to the Japanese puppet regime's intensified persecution and suppression of progressive intellectuals, Xiao Ye and China are blacklisted and are in danger of being arrested at any time. 1934 in may and June, Hong Xiao and Jun Xiao secretly left Harbin for Qingdao.

Xiao Hong only stayed in Qingdao for more than five months, but it was a very important stop in her creation. She finished her famous work Broken Street here.

Friendship with Lu Xun

1934165438+10. In October, Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun went from Qingdao to Shanghai and found a residence at No.283 Dula Road. After settling down, the first thing to do is to write to Lu Xun, who they are eager to see. After Lu Xun received the letter, he wrote back the same day.

1934165438+1On October 30th, Lu Xun met at the Neishan Bookstore in Hongkou. Xiao Hong can't wait to hear Lu Xun's voice. The southern dialect with Shaoxing accent must be very interesting. Is his smile as kind as grandpa who loves her the most? And does he look like Shaoxing touts? Oh, there must be a thick callus on the middle finger of his right hand, which was ground by writing an article.

As soon as these two "wild" northeast youths entered Neishan Bookstore, they attracted everyone's attention. After waiting for a few minutes, an elderly man came in, wearing black rubber shoes and a black robe with a bag under his left arm. Xiao Hong and Xiao Junyong greeted him with their eyes. Lu Xun immediately stepped forward and said, "Are you Teacher Liu?" Xiao Jun nodded, and Lu Xun said, "Wait a minute, I'll come with the boss." Then he went into the back room. After a while, Lu Xun came out of the back room and said, "Let's go."

Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun followed Lu Xun to a coffee shop opened by foreigners nearby for tea and chat. At this moment, the door rang and greeted the sea. Yinghai was very affectionate when she saw Xiaohong. She feels like a big sister and can play together. Xu Guangping looked at Xiao Hong. "She is of medium height, fair and healthy, and her head is slightly flat, which is unique to Manchu girls. She loves to laugh and is innocent. " The girl from the north left a good impression on Xu Guangping.

Xiao handed the manuscript of Married to Lu Xun and asked him to guide and help him find a bookstore to publish it. Jun Xiao wrote the first draft in Qingdao and took it to Shanghai. Xiao Hong copied it for him with Japanese-made American strong paper. This kind of paper is only sold in Neishan magazine. Xiaohong pawned an old sweater for money.

Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun began to write in Shanghai. Xiao Hong has written such works as Trekking and Life and Death Field. Through the tragedy of Xiao 6 1 whose family was repeatedly driven from place to place by the old forces, August Village accuses the darkness of the old society and exposes the bitter experience of the working people. Xiao Hong sent it to Lu Xun, who recommended it to the editor after receiving it. August Village, released on March 5th, 1935. At the same time, Xiao Jun wrote Little Six, Overnight, Little Six, Taibai, Career and so on. Breath, and it was published in several journals after Lu Xun introduced it.

In Lu Xun's eyes, Xiao Hong is just a big boy. Lu Xun has repeatedly reminded Xiao Hong not to get rid of the "wild spirit" he brought from the northern rural areas of Shanghai and not to be contaminated with "delicate, unpopular and inhuman Jiangnan". Lu Xun also specially instructed and cultivated her writing methods, so that she could not be divorced from life, otherwise she would never write an article. He hoped that Xiao Hong "had better go out often to see the social situation and the faces of all kinds of people."

When Xiao Hong reads Lu Xun's interesting and meaningful letters, there is often a passion in her heart, which turns into an impulse to create. She picked up a pen, prone on the desk, and wrote down the Northeast people who lived in the occupied land during the national disaster with the delicate brushwork unique to women writers. She wrote that she lived in the plight of Shangshi Street in Harbin. Write about her bitter feelings during her honeymoon with Xiaojun and her complicated thoughts before leaving home.

After moving to 35 1 road, the house became bigger. He wanted to invite Lu Xun as a guest, but Lu Xun was too busy. Finally,1May 2, 935, Lu Xun and Xu Guangping took Yinghai to visit Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun. On this day, Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun wrote letters as usual. Suddenly, Lu Xun's family fell from the sky, which made them very excited and happy. Busy asking them to sit down and have a rest and chat. About an hour later, Lu Xun invited two Xiao to go out for lunch. What she ate that day, Xiaohong completely forgot. She only noticed Lu Xun's kind words, hearty laughter and smoking posture. Ten days after this meeting, Xiao Hong finished a long reminiscence essay "Cherry Blossoms".

Xiao Hong lived up to Lu Xun's expectations of her and made remarkable achievements on the road of new literature creation. It is Xiao Hong's masterpiece and one of the outstanding realistic works in 1930s. The publication of this work established Xiao Hong's position in the history of modern literature in China.

Lu Xun likes Xiao Hong's works very much. Shortly after he arrived in Shanghai, he saw Xiao Hong's "cargo ship" and said, "Well done, you're welcome. Full of enthusiasm, it is very different from the works of so-called' writers' who only play skills. " Lu Xun read "The Wind in Early Autumn" and felt that Xiao Hong "described the northern people's loyalty to life and their struggle for death, but often went through the motions; The author's meticulous observation and deviant writing have added a lot of brightness and freshness. "

After Lu Xun got the manuscript of Army, he sent it to all directions to "sell", hoping to find a bookstore that could be published publicly. Zeng Literature Society was willing to give it to her publishing house, but the manuscript was sent to the Propaganda Department of the CPC Books and Newspapers Inspection Committee, which dragged on for half a year and the result was not allowed. During this anxious waiting for half a year, Xiao Hong wrote to Lu Xun more than once, and Lu Xun always wrote back to her patiently.

By the time the Street of Mourning for the Past was published as the third slave series, Ye Zi's Life and Death Field and Xiao Jun's Little Six had been published, and both novels had prefaces written by Lu Xun. Xiao Hong wrote to Lu Xun and said, "Their books all have your life and death fields. I want them!" On the evening of1935+065438+1October14th, Lu Xun wrote "Life and Death Field" for "Life and Death Field" and handed it to Xiao Hong the next day.

《 《 》 is a landmark work of the Northeast people's struggle against the invaders. First published in February, 1935, has been reprinted more than 20 times.

Lu Xun Xiao Hong is not always partial to Lu Xun. On the one hand, he affirmed her little progress; On the other hand, he always gives realistic criticism and help to her thoughts and creative weaknesses. Lu Xun said in his preface to Harvest that "narration and scenery description are better than description". A short sentence not only praised Xiao Hong's strengths in narrative and scenery description, but also tactfully pointed out her weaknesses in characterization, which was not vivid enough and became pure naturalism. She still has to practice writing hard. Afraid that Lu Xun Xiao Hong could not understand his painstaking efforts, he wrote clearly in his letter1935165438+10/6: "There is a saying in the preface that' it is better to describe the scenery than the characters', which can also be interpreted as describing the characters."

1936 In March, Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun moved to Yongle Lane at the bottom of Sichuan North Road, intending to be closer to Lu Xun. Since then, Liang Xiao "will come to the new village in the mainland every night after dinner. The days of wind and rain are almost uninterrupted. " They chatted and chatted. Speaking of funny things, Lu Xun laughed so hard that he couldn't hold his cigarette and often coughed. The laughter was very infectious, and Xiaohong bent over with laughter.

Sometimes, Xiao Hong lies on Lu Xun's knee, and she feels as if she had returned to her childhood. Xiao Hong once asked Lu Xun: "Are your feelings for young people paternal? Or motherhood? " Lu Xun: "I think my attitude towards youth is' motherhood'!"

One day, Xiao Hong wore a novel red coat, a brown plaid skirt and a pair of short boots. She felt quite good about herself and went to Lu Xun's house, hoping that Lu Xun or Xu Guangping could praise her clothes. When Xu Guangping was busy with housework, Lu Xun had no time to care about her clothes. He sat on the sofa and smoked. Xiao Hong couldn't help it. She said, "Miss Zhou, are my clothes beautiful?" Lu Xun looked Xiao Hong up and down and said, "It's not very nice." Afraid that Xiao Hong would be unhappy, Lu Xun went on to explain, "Your skirt is not the right color. The red coat should be matched with a red skirt, otherwise it will be a black skirt, and the brown one will not work. " Then Lu Xun talked cheerfully about how the color of clothes is coordinated with the fat skin color of human body: "Thin people should not wear black clothes, fat people should not wear white clothes;" Women with long feet must wear black shoes, and women with short feet must wear white shoes; Fang Gezi's clothes can't be worn by fat people, but they're better than the horizontal ones. Cross-check, put the fat man on, and divide the fat man wider and wider on both sides. Fat people wear vertical stripes and look longer and wider horizontally. "

Lu Xun's words filled Xiao Hong with admiration. She wants to know how Lu Xun knew "these"

When Xiao Hong was eating at Lu Xun's house, she often showed everyone what leek zygotes and hinge cakes, especially making jiaozi, which was quick and good. Lu Xun listened to Xiao Hong. As long as Xiao Hong suggested something to eat, Lu Xun always agreed. After dinner, Xiaohong often goes to the movies with Lu Xun's family. Xiao Hong can't remember at all. Lu Xun is always in high spirits when he expresses any troubles to her. Xiao Hong got from Lu Xun not only the teacher's instruction, but also the feeling of "maternal love" that she longed for for for a long time.

In the whirlpool of love

Since The Country in August and The Preface came out, Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun have become literary lovers in the literary world. How happy, harmonious and happy they are in people's eyes.

But I don't know when, Xiao Hong seems to have some kind of pain hidden in her heart. Careful Xu Guangping felt that "boredom, disappointment and sadness enveloped her life". In order to get rid of the pain, Xiao Hong often stays at Lu Xun's house all day, and Xu Guangping has to put down the housework to accompany her. What happened between her and Xiaojun?

Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun, one is slender and the other is rough; One is sick and the other is strong; One hand is slow, and the other hand can write when sitting down. When in love, the two sides will not pay attention to the differences in personality, hobbies, habits and health, but after a long time, they will gradually find out, or turn a blind eye, or turn a deaf ear, tolerate each other, or violently conflict, and all kinds of unpleasant things will happen. When you meet two stubborn people with strong self-esteem, even if you don't want to hurt each other, it will make both sides suffer.

Xiao Jun treated Xiao Hong as he himself said: "Because I am used to' protecting' her like a child and being a' protector', which makes me feel glorious and proud!" Sometimes friends come to chat, and when it comes to creation, Xiaojun casually says, "What's so good about her prose?" And this friend echoed: "The structure is not solid!" No matter how kind Xiao Jun's motives are, Xiao Hong's anger will not come back. Xiao Hong is a woman writer recognized by the society. Of course, every work written by a famous writer is not necessarily a masterpiece, but as a husband, commenting on Xiao Hong in front of others has seriously hurt her self-esteem.

Poverty, wandering and torture in her early years made Xiao Hong weak, pale and often complained of headaches. As strong as an ox, Xiaojun failed to fully understand the mentality of his sick wife. Often a negligence makes Xiaohong unhappy and has a knot in her heart.

Xiao Hong himself admits: "People whose souls are too subtle must be small at the same time, so I don't respect myself. I admire this generosity. "Xiao Jun thinks that although she respects it, I don't think she" loves "such a soul. On the contrary, she will feel that such a soul hurts her soul self-esteem, so she may still hate it and eventually want to escape from it. "1938, Xiao Hong went to Xi 'an with the" Western War Regiment "for the first time. Jun Xiao got a pass to Yan 'an on March 1 1, crossed the Yellow River on foot, and arrived in Yan 'an on March 18. After living in Yan 'an for more than half a month, he came to Yan 'an with Nie Gannu and asked him to go to Xi 'an to work in the Northwest Field Army. He agreed.

When sending Xiaohong to the train at Linfen Station, Jun Xiao caught Nie Gannu on the platform. Xiao Jun always trusted Lu Xun to introduce him to his friends, so he confided in Nie Gannu. Xiaojun said, "Xiaohong is best with you. You should take care of her. She knows nothing about life and is easily deceived. " "She is simple, honest, stubborn and talented. I love her, but she is not a wife, especially not mine! " "Why, do you want to?" Nie Gannu asked in surprise. "Don't make a fuss! I said I love her; That means I can adapt. But it is still very painful, so will she, but if she doesn't break up with me first, we will always be husband and wife, and I will never abandon her first! "

In Linfen's breakup, both Xiao Xin and Xiao Xin know very well that this will be a permanent separation. Maybe what is lost is more precious. With a glimmer of hope, Xiao Jun, Ding Ling and Nie Gannu came to Xi from Yan 'an in early April, hoping to see Xiao Hong again. When a group of them just walked into the yard of a middle school, a member of the "Western War Regiment" saw Ding Ling and shouted, "The director is back!" Hearing the shouts, Xiao Hong and Duanmu Hongliang ran out of Ding Ling's room together. They thought it was Ding Ling who greeted them, only to find dusty Xiao Jun standing beside them. Both of them froze. Xiaojun came prepared, but when he saw them walk out of the room together, there was always an unspeakable sadness in his heart.

This time, Nie Gannu knows better than anyone the relationship between Xiao Hong, Xiao Jun and Duanmu. Before going to Yan 'an with Ding Ling, Xiao Hong had poured out her pain and relationship with Duanmu Hongliang.

On that moonlit day, Xiao Hong wore an old brown cotton-padded jacket and a small black coat. Nie Gannu is walking on the road due north, with a small bamboo pole in his hand, casually knocking on the roadside poles and trees. She said, "I love Xiao Jun, and I still love him today. He is an excellent novelist, an ideological comrade, and has worked hard together, but it is too painful to be his wife! I don't know why you men are so angry, why you treat your wife like a gas bag, and why you are unfaithful to your wife! I have endured humiliation for too long. "

They walked up and down the road and talked a lot. Finally Xiaohong said, "I have one thing to ask you!" " "What did Nie Gannu ask her? Xiaohong raised the small bamboo stick in her hand and said that she bought it in Hangzhou. She has been reciting it for a year or two. " Let me give it to him today, and I promise to talk tomorrow. Tomorrow, I will tell him it's for you. If he asks, can you admit that it happened? "Nie Gannu agreed.

A few days later, Nie Gannu met Xiao Hong again on the road. Xiaohong must invite Nie Gannu to dinner. After entering the restaurant, Xiaohong watched him eat three bowls of vegetables and then spoke. "If I sympathize with you, will you forgive me?" "I won't forgive without you." "About the small bamboo stick. I just gave it to him. "

Nie Gannu was dumbfounded, as if trying to save something. He asked, "It's just a small stick. It doesn't symbolize anything else, does it? Xiaojun said that you have no experience. " Nie Gannu is still reminding Xiaohong. "I have something important!" Xiao Hong spoke firmly, but Nie Gannu recognized her voice trembling.

Now that the three men have met, Xiao Jun and Duanmu gave a polite hug and went into the room to wash their faces. Xiaohong also entered the room, stood aside and said with a smile, "Saburo, let's part forever!" " ""very good. " Xiaohong heard Xiao Jun say "OK" and went out at once.

Xiao Jun said: "Our eternal farewell is so ordinary and local that it has been confirmed without any nonsense and controversy." According to later generations, Xiao Hong was pregnant at that time and belonged to Xiao Jun, so Xiao Jun proposed that when she had children, if she didn't want his children, she could be raised by him. However, Xiao Hong's centrifugal decision has been made. She no longer accepts his kindness and is unwilling to give the child to Xiaojun.

Many years later, Xiao Jun calmly analyzed the reasons why he and Xiao Hong broke up: "In our economic life, not all of them belong to the avenue. Just like ordinary young men and women, there has always been suspicion, misunderstanding and interference from "external forces." But things in the world will change eventually. Once the subjective and objective conditions change, time and space change, the basis of * * * changes, and the corresponding people's thoughts, feelings and ideals also change, which will inevitably lead to changes. If we can understand this simple truth, there will always be certain rules for the occurrence and development of anything, so it is not surprising to say goodbye to us. "

Xiao Hong is often accused of being the reason why the two Xiao broke up. In fact, at that time, the two Xiao families were dramatically combined, and the balance of public opinion was inclined to Jun Xiao, because Jun Xiao saved the victim Hong Xiao, and the strong one saved the weak one. One pays and one gets, which is inherently unbalanced. No matter how Xiao Hong devotes all her love to Xiao Jun in the future, people think this is what she should do. Xiao broke up with a "third party", and public opinion must be against Xiao Hong, which made Xiao Hong very sad. She hates this male-centered world.

Xiao Hong's feelings for Duanmu are also very complicated. Duanmu Hongliang once told a friend that at that time, "several writers expressed their affection for Xiao Hong. Once Xiaohong bought a crutch. Everyone is competing for it. Xiaohong told everyone to hide and let everyone look for it. Whoever finds it belongs to him. At the same time, he quietly told me where the Duanmu artifact was. Of course, the result was discovered by Duanmu. " This article is a "small bamboo stick" given by Xiao Hong to Nie Gannu.

1April, 938, Xiao Hong and Duanmu decided to return to Wuhan. As the train was about to leave, Nie Gannu pushed his way through the crowd and said loudly to Xiaohong, "Xiaohong, you are the author of" Field of Life and Death "and the author of" Preface ". If you want to think of your own literary position, you must fly as far as possible. " This is a friend's heartfelt words, and Xiao Hong almost burst into tears. The train started, and Nie Gannu made a flying gesture to Xiaohong, pointing to the sky again. She smiled knowingly, nodded and waved goodbye to her friends. Her eyes kept searching in the crowd, trying to find the familiar figure, but the train drove faster and faster, and the crowd gradually became smaller, and Xiao Hong's hand hung feebly.

From then on, Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun parted ways and never met again.

"I will live with blue sky and clear water forever."

1940 65438+ 10, Xiao Hong and Duanmu Hongliang arrived in Hong Kong by plane and lived in a small room on Moon Island in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. Xiaohong is in poor health. She often has cough, headache and insomnia. However, she still writes diligently. After finishing the unfinished novel "Field of Life and Death", she began to write the novel "Field of Life and Death" with the fall of half the country as the background.

Xiao Hong 1939 began to conceive "The Field of Life and Death" when he was in Chongqing, and 1940 began to write when he arrived in Hong Kong. The first half of the novel was first published by Chongqing Times Publishing House 194 1, and the cover was designed by Xiao Hong herself, and then reprinted several times. In the same year, Hong Kong's "Village in August" began to serialize the second half of "Field of Life and Death" until the end of the ninth chapter in the autumn of 194 1, and Xiao Hong dropped out of school due to illness.

1942 65438+1October 12, Xiaohong was taken to Happy Valley Yanghe Hospital in Hong Kong. After the doctor consulted, Xiaohong was sent to the operating room the next day. This operation accelerated Xiaohong's death. -Li, an irresponsible doctor, was misdiagnosed as a laryngeal tumor and had laryngeal surgery, which led to a sharp decline in his condition and was extremely painful.

That night, Xiao Hong leaned against the hospital bed, and Duanmu Hongliang and her friends were at the bedside. Xiao Hong said: "There are only two kinds of human spirits. One is to develop upward and pursue your own highest peak; What does a downward, despicable and selfish writer pursue in the world? If everything is for the good of people, you should do it. We are not winners in this world, we must pay. " Xiao Hong continued, "I want to write something in the future, but I know I'm leaving you. Living like this, being so weak, and dying like this are nothing! "

1942 65438+1October 18, Xiaohong was transferred to Queen Mary Hospital, where she underwent another operation and replaced the breathing tube at her throat. 19 night, 12, Xiao Hong motioned to Luo for a pen. She wrote on the pad: "I will always be with the blue sky and clear water, leaving the other half of Listed Street to others to write. After half a lifetime of cold reception, I will die first, unwilling, unwilling! " This is Xiao Hong's last cry. She doesn't want to die. She still has a lot of works to write.

2 1 In the morning, Xiaohong looked ruddy when talking to Duanmu and Luo, and ate half a can of beef. The copper tube in her throat was blocked by phlegm, so she made a hoarse voice: "I'm fine, I've never eaten so much."

At dawn on the 22nd, when Luo came to Queen Mary Hospital again, he found that the brand of "Japanese Field Hospital" had been changed. When he went upstairs, Xiaohong had disappeared. After many twists and turns to find Duanmu, I realized that Xiaohong had been transferred to a temporary hospital and was in critical condition. Funeral expenses are still missing. Borrowed twenty dollars from Luo and gave it to Duanmu. Unexpectedly, on the way to the hospital, they met another "disorderly boy" and even their money and clothes were taken away.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, when Luo and Duanmu finally arrived at the temporary hospital, they saw Xiao Hong covered with a blanket, lying on his back, pale, with his eyes closed, his hair hanging casually behind the pillow, his face gradually turning gray, and his throat surgery mouth was foaming. 1 1, Xiao Hong swallowed her last breath.