"Golden Carp Pleated Skirt" Original

Golden carp pleated skirt, bright red ocean grade, embroidered with "Magpie Climbing Plum" on the front. Golden carp is like a plum blossom, but it doesn't embroider plum blossoms. Calculate, there are ninety-nine flowers. Two magpies stopped in pairs on the branches of plum trees, with perfect posture and color, and their long tails stuck high.

The head is dark brown, the back is blue and purple, and the abdomen is white. Plum blossoms are in bloom, and it really looks like someone spilled flowers on them. The next two pictures are embroidered with butterflies and flowers, and there are wishful patterns around the embroidered edges.

The skirt has just been taken out of the old camphor box, and the big sofa is shining red. Shanshan doesn't appreciate it. She put her hands on her chest and sighed excitedly and said, "Alas! Great, great, I have never seen such a beautiful pleated skirt! "

She bent down and reached out to touch the plum blossom, the flat curtains and the delicate lace. She stroked it gently, as if it would spread the delicate petals with force.

Then she cocked her head and asked her mother, "Mommy! Is this pleated skirt your wedding dress? "

Mother smiled and shook her head. At this moment, my father just came in. My mother took a look at my father and said to Shanshan, "Mommy wore new clothes when she got married!" " "

"Then whose is this?" Shan asked as she stroked her skirt.

"Ask your father!" Mom said.

Dad didn't notice what their mother and daughter were saying. He came in to read the evening paper, and then he turned around and noticed something on the sofa. He adjusted his glasses and looked carefully, but saw nothing.

"Dad, whose pleated skirt is this? Didn't Mommy wear it when she married you? " Shanshan still asks.

Dad just shook his head gently and didn't answer, as if he couldn't figure out what his married mother was wearing. But after a pause, he seemed to remember something again. He turned around, glanced at the skirt and asked his mother, "Where did this come from?"

"Where did it come from?" Mommy smiled like a riddle, but said to Shanshan, "This is your grandmother's!" "

"Grandmother's? That's my grandmother's wedding dress! " Shanshan was more surprised and interested.

Hearing that it was grandma's, dad craned his neck again, put down the newspaper and said to his mother:

What are you going to do with it?

"Ask your daughter." Mother told her daughter to "ask her father" and her father to "ask her daughter", always playing charades.

Shan shrugged, a wink, a full face of foreign expression, she smiled and said:

"Our school had a graduation party and a costume show. They let me wear a bride's dress in the early years of the Republic of China! " ②

"Do brides wear this in the early years of the Republic of China?" Dad doesn't understand, ask mom.

"Who knows! I didn't wear it anyway! " Mommy is a little angry at Dad's confusion. He seems to have forgotten everything.

"Dad, have you forgotten?" Shan honesty you're welcome to say:

"You didn't get married until ten years of the Republic of China! After you got married, you went to Japan to study alone and didn't come back for ten years, which made my brothers and I ten years younger (she pursed her lips). If you had your eldest brother ten years earlier, wouldn't he be forty years old this year? Even I am 28 years old! "

Dad laughed at the little girl's words and made no comment. Mother smiled, too, and made no comment. Then mom wants to fold the pleated skirt, and she is in a hurry. He said, "No, I'll take it to school tomorrow, get dressed and practice walking!" " "

Mother said, "I think you'd better find another way!" " I can't bear to let you dress casually. This is an antique that has been stored for more than 40 years! "

Shan still don't promise, she twisted her waist and said:

"I want to show it to my classmates. I want to tell them that this is my grandmother's wedding dress! "

"Who told you this is your grandmother's wedding dress? Your grandmother has never worn it! " Mom said this casually, and Shanshan stared at her in surprise, but dad scolded her impatiently and said:

"What are you doing telling children these boring things?"

But my mother won't forget her grandmother. She often says that my father finally came back from abroad for ten years because of grandma. Otherwise, there may not be three brothers Shanshan, let alone Shanshan.

Of course dad won't forget grandma. Because of her, he decided to study in Japan.

Here, it is rarely said that no one knew her grandmother at that time, and of course I didn't know the story that the golden crucian carp had a pleated skirt.

I came to Xu's house at the age of six.

Mrs. Xu often likes to point to the golden carp and say this to people: What will she do when she comes to the Xu family at the age of six? I braid her hair and wait on her every day! "

Mrs. Xu combs the braid of golden carp very tightly and is also very strict with golden carp. No one knows where the golden carp's maiden is, but it was Mrs. Xu who bought the golden carp in Chongming County with Mr. Xu. But the golden carp is not from Chongming County. It is said that someone brought her from Zhenjiang. A six-year-old girl.

It was sold to the scattered Xu family. She is so clever that everyone likes her. Although she is a girl, Mrs Xu is regarded as a daughter in the room. There are many girls in Xu family. Who is so popular with golden carp? She used to be called carp, but because of her favor, there were many people who added the word "gold", so the golden crucian carp was called Shun.

Mrs. Xu gave birth to many daughters, the eldest, the second, the third, the fourth and the fifth. When I got to Mr. Wu, I simply stopped giving birth. Everyone in the hsu family is worried. Xu's official position is so big that it would be embarrassing if he didn't have a son.

So the old lady should consider marrying a concubine for her son. Mrs Xu Can does everything except having a son. She looked at her daughters, all beautiful. If one of them is a son, it will be very different!

That day, Mrs. Xu took five daughters and golden carp to do needlework in the flower room. She invited her sister-in-law Gong to teach her daughters embroidery. Gong Sao, a native of Hunan, came to Beijing to embroider for the palace, and also embroidered in a foreign teacher's boudoir.

Mrs Xu knows a thing or two about embroidery. She said that although Gu embroidery is full of lifelike figures, Xiang embroidery also has its own characteristics. Because Xiang embroidery refers to foreign embroidery methods, it is fresh and lively, so I invited Sister Gong to teach embroidery.

When the palace sister-in-law comes, the boudoir is not lonely. She often brings anecdotes from the palace, which are unknown to the outside world. So her arrival, in addition to teaching, there is also a friend to chat with.

That day, Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Gong talked about the master's concubinage again. Gong sister-in-law suddenly glanced at the golden carp, nunu mouth, said nothing. Golden carp bowed their heads and traced patterns on white satin. At this time, she was sixteen years old, not big, like a small bean. Mrs. Xu understood what Mrs. Gong meant. She thought, how did Gong Sister-in-law's brain turn so fast? There was a little girl of sixteen or seventeen in front of her. Why didn't she think of that before!

Jin carp is her own person, obedient and unable to escape from her palm. The only way is to take the golden carp to the master as a concubine. When she thinks about it, her heart is much more relaxed. At these times, she was almost suffocated by the old lady marrying her husband. "

When I was six years old, I came to Xu's home. At the age of sixteen, I closed my family and became the concubine of Master Xu. The head of the golden carp is not as high as the small shelf in the master's study! It doesn't matter, she is only sixteen years old and still growing! However, by the end of the year, she became a mother. The golden crucian carp really gave birth to a jiaozi-like eldest son. The whole family was very happy, but they all came to congratulate Mrs. Xu, and Mrs. Xu was so happy that she couldn't keep her mouth shut.

Mrs. Xu doesn't want the golden carp involved because the wet nurse has already hired it. I grew up in my own room since I was born. Mrs Xu has nothing to worry about. Master Xu, give him the golden carp! She has Zhenfeng-the name given by her grandfather, which is enough.

With such a big wife as Mrs. Xu, it is no wonder that people say, "Golden carp, you are so lucky to meet such a big wife."

Golden carp also feel that they are really blessed. But when people told her, she just smiled. People think that smiling means her approval and satisfaction, but in fact, no, she doesn't mean that. She thinks she is blessed, not because she met Mrs. Xu, but because she has a disappointing stomach and will have a son. So she smiled, neither denying nor admitting.

No matter how good Mrs. Xu is to her, she is still a golden red fish. Besides Zhenfeng calling her "Mom", the Xu family also called her "Golden Carp". The old lady called her golden carp, the old lady called her golden carp, and the ladies also called her golden carp. She is a golden carp from it runs in the family! Golden carp, golden carp, she has been thinking about how to make this golden carp jump over the Longmen!

By the time Zhenfeng was eighteen, the family had not changed much, but it was already in the Republic of China, and the old people in the Xu family had retired to be old people at home.

At the end of this year, Zhenfeng will get married. Zhenfeng herself is too early, but it is hard to disobey her parents' orders. Who let him be the only child in this family, the youngest? The other is Miss Si of Duanmu's family in Jiangning, who is only sixteen years old.

The two families have been preparing since spring. The son was born of golden carp, and now he is going to marry a wife. What's the smell of golden carp? What's your plan?

One day, she came to Mrs. Gong's house alone.

Embroider a magpie and climb the plum column.

Gong Sao is not the person who walked around the palace in those days, but the shadow of the royal family also brought her a lot of luck. She lives in Hadmen's house. Although she is too old to embroider with her own eyes, she has brought some female apprentices to teach and undertake some customized embroidery work. Business is good and famous. Foreigners in Jiao Min Lane often come to her house to buy embroidery.

Gong Jie was surprised to see the golden carp coming, but she was very happy. She finally saw the golden carp change from a little girl to a big girl, and she also changed from a big girl's house to a father's mother's sister. Besides, Jin carp can accept the house more or less, and she will always be the boss.

The golden crucian carp hit its son, and it's worth enjoying the rest! She also heard that Golden Carp was going to marry a wife at the end of the year, so she congratulated Golden Carp first when she met. Jin Li thanked her, and they both felt that the days passed so quickly. Then, the golden carp got to the point. She said, "Sister Gong, I came to ask Sister Gong to embroider something today."

So she untied her baggage, spread out a piece of bright red satin and said that she would make a pleated skirt with embroidery.

"What are you embroidering?" Gong sister-in-law asked.

"Just embroider a magpie and climb the plum!" Golden carp said this, and then pointed out the arrangement of patterns. She wants a picture of "Magpie Climbing Plums" embroidered with plum blossoms. She said that she only loved plum blossoms, and she loved plum blossoms since she was a child. She asked Mrs. Gong what she thought of her design. "

Gong Jie listened to the golden carp and wondered who this pleated skirt was for. Is it for the new wife? Wrong. The bride doesn't wear the pattern of "Magpie on Plum Tree" and doesn't need Xu Jia to do it. Duanmu's home is in the south. I wonder how many embroidery works will be brought from the south! She couldn't help asking, "Who is wearing this skirt?"

"me." The golden carp answered naturally, simply and firmly. It's just a word "I", which carries a lot of weight.

"Oh," Gong Sister-in-law paused, unable to answer, thinking in her mind, is the golden carp going to wear a red skirt? Is she worth it? The rules of the hsu family are so big, the girl's father's mother's sister can't take the red dress when she closes the house. "Even if she gave birth to a son.

But in the Xu family, she knows very well that the son belongs to the son and the golden carp belongs to the golden carp! She wants to know. However, she still smiled and embroidered a full picture of magpie according to the design of golden carp. She promised to work hard for half a month to finish it.

The red dress embroidered by magpie is ready, which was delivered by Gong Sister-in-law herself. Who is more sensible than Sister Gong? She knew what to do, so she sent it directly to the room of the golden carp.

Opening the bag, the golden carp looked at it and expressed satisfaction, so she folded the bag and repackaged it. Her calm and indifferent manner really surprised Gong Jie. Gong sister-in-law is secretly calculating, how old is this golden carp? Closing the house at the age of sixteen, plus my 18-year-old son, is thirty-four this year! It's almost thirty years since I arrived in Xujia, and I'm going to wear a red skirt! She doesn't know what to say. Should golden carp be worn?

Golden carp thinks she should wear it. If no one comes out to advocate her wearing it, then she advocates it herself. After seeing off Gong's sister and returning to her room, she knew that the phrase "Golden carp has pleated skirts" must have been passed from Gong's sister in front of the concierge to her wife's back.

Even under the lilac tree in the west yard, in the hut opposite the yard where the coal was piled, this sentence was whispered everywhere. However, she doesn't care, and neither does the golden carp. She just wants everyone to know that she has an embroidered patchwork skirt and a big red Spanish class.

Since a long time ago, she has been thinking about such a skirt, just like what grandma, housewife and aunt wear on all festive days in the family. She wants to connect the golden carp with the scarlet skirt one day-that is, on the day when her son Zhenfeng gets married. Who says she can't wear it? This is the Republic of China, and she knows what the Republic of China means-"I can also wear red clothes", which is the Republic of China.

When the patchwork skirt was put in the camphor box, she didn't show it to anyone, and no one asked her. Let's be tacitly aware. She didn't try it on either. There is no need to be in such a hurry. She is very calm, and she knows how to deal with that day calmly-the day when she really put on a red embroidered skirt.

But at the end of winter, Mrs. Xu decreed that on the day when Mr. Zhenfeng got married, all the women in the family should wear cheongsam, because it was the Republic of China, and it was very fashionable to wear cheongsam outside, and the newcomers were studying in foreign schools. Everyone wears cheongsam, which is a new look.

Mrs. Xu also said that the shopkeeper in Yifeng Lane had been called and a car would be sent to make cheongsam, one for each person. Let's choose. When Mrs. Xu said these words to everyone, she glanced at the golden carp. The golden carp sat in the crowd, staring at the empty place, and its body was really stiff and calm.

She also knows how many pairs of eyes are shooting at her at the moment, as if changing into cheongsam is aimed at her alone. There is something wrong with the air. She seems to have been hit at the root. She really didn't expect this move, and her heart ached like a bug bite. She's locked. She can't break free.

On the big day, there was really no big red and purple skirt. There is no difference in status without wearing a bright red dress, but what about wearing it? Is there no difference? That's all she wants! Embroidered skirts are much heavier than cheongsam, and anyone can wear them, but skirts with red stripes are different!

For many years, she dreamed that one day she could wear a pleated red western satin skirt embroidered with plum blossoms, walk in the upper room, walk in the drawing room and walk under the wedding shed. The rustling sound came from the smooth and solid hem of the skirt. That voice once made her envious, eager and sad.

Walk for ten years

When Zhenfeng got home and stood in front of her mother's bed, the golden carp was already in a dying state. She seemed to open her eyes and agreed with her son's voice with a snort, but she knew nothing.

This is Zhenfeng's first time to go home after studying in Japan for ten years-she was called back by an urgent telegram. How long will he stay before coming back?

When Zhenfeng was just married at the age of eighteen, she felt the air in her home, which was particularly unfavorable and painful for her biological mother. He raised his mother, spoiled his sister, cared about his father and loved his relatives and servants, but he also had a biological mother.

He knows what kind of pain his biological mother has, because the joke that "golden crucian carp has pleated skirts" spread all over the family has explained everything. In this age and family where old and new ideas alternate and conflict, there is nothing he can do. Let's fly away, leave this boring home and study in Japan!

Maybe this family can be freed without him, and her strong sense of identity can be alleviated, so her pain may disappear with her. He went to the country with the pain of being a son. At that time, only he knew his mood. Who should he tell?

He studied well in Japan and stayed there year after year. He absorbed more updated knowledge and devoted himself to learning more advanced knowledge, which was too selfish to consider the big family of his country. Although I feel sorry for my new wife from time to time, I always comfort myself. Anyway, getting married is too early and the future is very long.

Now that he's back, it's like going to China to find his mother. He came back for her, but his mother was dead! If you die, it's over. But he knew that his mother died with a grudge, and he hated that he had been deprived of the opportunity to wear a bright red dress all his life. What a cruel thing it is for her.

Has she been unhappy for ten years? Does she hate her son too? Hating her son's long journey makes her position in the family more difficult to extend and never stops at the golden carp stage. Having a son should have made mother proud, but she didn't get it. People suppressed her due pride again and again.

Zhenfeng didn't expect her mother to die so early. He has always had a belief that one day this mother named "Mom" and that mother named "Niang" will be in the same position and enjoy the same happiness. This is his filial piety. He regretted not showing it to his mother before she died, and let her die with a grudge.

Although the death of the golden carp made the whole family very sad, the rules of the bank should still be observed. On the day of the funeral, the problem of the door could not be solved. Said it was because the door was narrow and the coffin could not be lifted. Zhenfeng feels very strange. He asked which door was too narrow.

His family told him that this was a "side door", because the golden crucian carp was a concubine and the coffin could not be carried out by the gate, so they planned to temporarily remove a door frame next to it for passage.

When Zhenfeng heard this, there was a fire in her chest, which seemed to be burning. His face turned red, suppressing his excitement, and deliberately asked, "I was born to an aunt, so I can't enter the gate?"

The old aunt said with a wry smile, "silly child, how can you say such a thing!" " Of course you can come in ... "

Before her aunt's words were finished, Zhenfeng impulsively ran to her mother's mourning hall, knelt on the coffin and cried painfully, "I can walk through the gate, so let my mother accompany me through it once!" Just this once Just this once "

All the family and relatives were frightened by the sight. Zhenfeng has been crying on his mother's coffin, and others don't know how to persuade him, because it is too unexpected. Finally, Zhenfeng carried her mother's coffin out of the gate.

He felt that before his mother died, he never showed any filial piety to make her happy. At that time, he was so young and ignorant, and he didn't know his mother's identity. Now that he has done so, I wonder if his mother can understand his thoughts in some way. But anyway, his heavy heart finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Nothing now.

Seeing that mom didn't want to take Shanshan to school, dad pleaded for Shanshan. He said to his mother, "You can borrow it from her. If the child likes it, it will make her happy.

In fact, it seems that these are nothing now! At that time, was pleated skirt that important to a woman's identity? Now that I think about it, it's incredible. Seeing that female students are happy, they can dress casually and show off on the stage. Alas! The British Times (1785) ... "

As if the words were not finished, I sighed to an abrupt end. After listening to the first sentence, Shanshan happily picked up the pleated skirt, and the rest, what Dad said, was completely ignored.

Mother also remembered something. She said to her father, "Zhenfeng, you know, I was very interested in putting this pleated skirt in a coffin and burying it with my mother." I know how much my mother likes it. " But ... "

Mom didn't say any more. She and her father stopped for a while, lost in thought.

Shanshan only compared the skirt with her figure. When the skirt was torn, she was anxious to call her mother: "Mommy, come and see how this skirt is worn!" "

Mother picked up the skirt and smiled. She opened the waist of the skirt, pointed it out to her father and Shanshan, and said, "I said no one has worn it." Is this not good? " Look, the tape hasn't been sewn yet! "

Extended data:

This is a vivid, meaningful and skillful novel.

Through the disillusionment of Jin carp's dream of wearing a pleated skirt, the novel shows the heartbreaking experience and tragic life of a young aunt's wife. The feudal hierarchy penetrated into the field of daily life.

What clothes to wear has also become a symbol of social status and a politicized power issue, revealing the painful psychological trauma of women in old China.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Hundred Skirts of Golden Carp