Zhu Dali was beating the eggs and felt dizzy. The oil in the pot was also hot, which made him speed up the cooking process.
This was the first time he cooked for his wife and son. Three bowls of egg fried rice, although simple, was quite laborious. After all, he already felt uncomfortable.
When the wife returned home, three bowls of egg fried rice and a side dish were already placed on the table. The divorce lawsuit has been opened, but for them, divorce is not the goal. For Zhu Dali, cooking a meal now is considered a break-up meal. But this meal is not a meal in the ordinary sense, it is more like a deathbed ceremony.
Zhu Dali still looked domineering, as if he was saying that he was not at fault, but that his wife and son were at fault. Even at this time, he still said that he was fully aware of the little thoughts in his wife's heart. He has already seen through this divorce. But obviously, he also had something to say, something unspeakable, and wanted to leave the last bit of dignity behind.
He arranged a place for his wife to live, and was even willing to rent a house and leave the old house to his wife. He also gave most of his family savings to his wife, leaving only more than three thousand yuan.
Everything is still about face. Although we are getting divorced, we cannot lose face.
"This marriage needs to be divorced, but the accounts must be settled clearly."
But this is not for himself, but for his wife. He is not that stingy or cruel.
But he still wants to firmly hold the control of this family in his hands.
So he said: "As long as I don't die, I still have the final say in this family."
At this time, Zhu Dali did give in, but he wanted to retain his dignity as a patriarch. This was his bottom line, but it was more of a helpless move.
When his wife returned home to pack her luggage, Zhu Dali called his wife's name "Zhang Shanya" for the last time. Immediately, Zhu Dali became ill. He endured severe pain and wrote the words "I'm sorry" with difficulty.
In the end, he fell down, and his bowl of rice was also shattered.
Zhu Dali passed away like this. Everything happened too suddenly, but it was expected.
Only after seeing Zhu Dali's death did he understand why he did what he did in the end. But when he was about to die, he still refused to let go of his face. Although he has compromised in his heart, he still refuses to show it in his words and deeds, and is still so stubborn and arrogant.
What kind of person is Zhu Dali?
Before the finale, he was the most irritating character in the show. He is a patriarch suffocated by feudal tradition. He strongly advocates the three cardinal principles and five permanent principles and other old ideas. He is arbitrary, autocratic, ideologically decadent, and unreasonable.
has engaged in domestic violence and violence against his wife Zhang Shanya for 36 years;
has imposed control on his son Zhu Jincao, wantonly interfered in his marriage, and even wanted to sever the father-son relationship;
has suppressed his daughter-in-law Gu Moli at every turn and used family rules to suppress her. , the fuss is about coping with divorce.
However, in the finale, another side of Zhu Dali was also revealed through the words of outsiders.
In the eyes of the breakfast vendor at the intersection, he is a person who is extremely stingy and strict with himself, but is also generous and loving towards outsiders.
In the eyes of Director Liu of the Machinery Factory, he is a hard-working and capable person who is proud of his son, actively participates in factory activities, and sends Spring Festival couplets written when he goes to the countryside to all villages and towns.
Zhu Dali is obviously not a heinous person. He is still kind, loving, interesting, capable and dedicated.
He will quarrel over a few cents, but he will also donate three thousand yuan to help people treat diseases. He would show off his capable son everywhere, and he would stay up all night writing couplets to send to the folks.
What he brings to people is not only laughter, but also warmth.
However, such a person is too arbitrary and authoritarian at home. The reason is indeed a bad temper, a lack of face, and a refusal to let go of his dignity. Even at the end of his life, he still has to maintain his authority and face.
Zhu Dali is a very traditional person, but the tradition he adheres to has indeed passed. Perhaps as he said, he has responsibilities and pressure. In the end, such responsibilities and pressure made him lose his mind and become obsessed.
"You say I have a bad temper, you say I am nagging, you say I am stubborn, am I willing to do this? It is the thirteenth generation that the Zhu family's family motto has been passed down to me. It turns out to be more than 4,000 words and more than 80 articles. , now I have deleted it into twenty-four items. After deleting it, I feel guilty. What virtues and abilities do I have to dare to delete the Zhu family’s family motto? We can’t throw away all the things left by our ancestors, okay? We have to stay, otherwise a hundred years later, when we meet our ancestors, how will you explain that a family can be without wealth, but it can never be without spirit."
His temper is bad, his ideas are outdated, and his face is more important than anything else. , but he is not bad at heart. Everything he did was for the family, but he went too far.
It's like he didn't tell anyone about his illness, but suffered it silently alone.
His strength and authoritarianism concealed his other sides, so that his wife and son did not really understand him.
No one is perfect. Zhu Dali's words and deeds at home were indeed a bit extreme, which directly caused Zhu Jincao and Gu Moli's small family to be restless. However, it also exposed various problems in modern urban families and made everyone start to Conducted a self-examination and growth.
However, Zhu Dali passed away in the end and did not see the family embarking on the road to happiness, but he was also lucky, at least he no longer had to worry and care.
There are not a few parents like Zhu Dali in real life. They do have various problems and shortcomings, but they are not bad at heart. However, they also need to keep up with the development of the times, otherwise they will make a big fuss like in the play, leaving behind Regret in next life.
Zhao Jun, a 61-year-old veteran actor who has been in acting for more than 40 years, undoubtedly once again gave one wonderful performance after another in this play. The portrayal and interpretation of the character of Zhu Dali is accurate, showing Zhu Dali's badness and evil, but also showing Zhu Dali's pity. Especially in the finale, the more complex emotions of the characters were firmly captured. The two faces on the outside and the inside did not converge until the last moment, and the three words "I'm sorry" were written.
This is his softest moment in the whole play, full of regret, regret and helplessness.
In the finale, he was already filled with shame and had tears in his eyes, but he still had to put on a show, looking arrogant and fearless, and his attitude of wanting to save face and suffer was vividly demonstrated by him.
For Zhao Jun, a veteran actor, he has indeed played many bad guys, but this time such an "evil father-in-law" image is obviously more difficult, but he still impressed the audience with his solid and life-like performance. It left a deep impression and contributed many famous scenes of acting, which made people wowed again and again!