A Summary of the Three Acts of Teahouse

Scene 1: In the era when the Qing Dynasty was about to perish, Yutai Teahouse in Beijing was still a scene of "prosperity": caged birds, fortune telling, selling antiques and jade articles, playing with slugs and crickets, and all kinds of people were available.

Wang Lifa, a smart young shopkeeper, is taken care of by all parties. However, behind this "prosperity" lies the suffocating decline of the whole society: foreign goods flooded the market, the countryside went bankrupt, eunuchs married, and patriots were arrested.

Act II: In the early years of the Republic of China, the people suffered from the continuous civil war. All the big teahouses in Beijing are closed. Only Wang Zhanggui improved its management, turned the backyard of the teahouse into an apartment for college students, and put a phonograph in the hall. Nevertheless, social unrest spread to the teahouse: refugees blocked the door, soldiers took the shopkeeper's money, and detectives came to extort money from time to time.

Act III: After another 30 years, Wang Zhanggui, who is in his twilight years, is still desperately supporting the teahouse. Japan surrendered, but the Kuomintang and American imperialism plunged the people into civil war. Jeeps went on the rampage, patriots were suppressed, and rogue agents wanted to occupy the teahouse that Wang Zhanggui had painstakingly managed all his life. Wang Lifa is desperate.

At this time, two friends who made friends 50 years ago happened to come. One is Mr. Chang, who was arrested by the Qing court, and the other is Mr. Qin, who completely collapsed in business for half his life. The three old people scattered the paper money they found all over the floor, crying and laughing sadly ... only Wang Lifa was left. He picked up his belt, went into the inner room and tied himself with a rope.

Brief introduction of extended information "teahouse"

1, Wang Lifa

Wang Lifa is the shopkeeper of Yutai Teahouse. He inherited Yutai Teahouse from his father and his philosophy of life, that is, to say more good things and bow more. He is timid, selfish, intelligent, capable and sociable, and takes different attitudes towards different people.

. In the dark old China, although Wang Lifa was good at socializing, managing and constantly improving, he could not resist the oppression of various reactionary forces. It is such a small businessman who is good at dealing with the world, but still can't escape the fate of bankruptcy.

2, often grandpa four

Grandpa Chang is a standard-bearer, but he is dissatisfied with the corrupt Qing Dynasty and hates foreigners even more. In the first act, he was arrested for saying that "the Qing Dynasty is going to be finished" and spent a year in prison. After he was released from prison, he joined the Boxer Rebellion and later made a living by selling vegetables. He is honest, kind, enterprising and full of sense of justice. He made no secret of his dissatisfaction, and remained tough on catching his spies, but he gave timely help to worried Wang Lifa.

It is such a person who is so poor that he finally has no choice but to shout, "I love our country, but who loves me?"