Appreciation of overcharged goods

"The ship is loaded with new rice and the hull is very low. The leaves and garbage on the same side are surrounded by white greasy foam, which fills the gap between this ship and that ship. " This sentence shows that the environment is dirty and reflects the low status of farmers.

The first part explains the development environment and characters of the story.

Five pieces of brown rice and three pieces of grain. It shows that the bumper harvest of grain is disastrous.

Divination: wrote their contradictory psychology of hope and worry.

Several old felt hats: revealed the appearance of farmers in southern Jiangsu, and used metonymy.

Changes of farmers' feelings: hope-pleading-resentment-disappointment.

Mr. Mihang's tone changes: sneer-boredom-disdain-intimidation.

Reasons for the bumper harvest disaster: (1) A large number of foreign rice and oceans were dumped.

(2) Speculators "consult with peers", collude with each other and deliberately depress prices.

(3) "Bureau" everywhere, making farmers have no choice.

(4) Land rent from the landlord's house.

5] The road is broken.

In fact, for the description of the story in the novel, from the perspective of western economics, grain is an inelastic commodity. That is to say, if your price is high, we eat so much every day, but if your price is low, we still eat so much every day. When the harvest is good, the supply of food is far higher than the demand, and the natural price will fall. This theory is that food is cheap and hurts farmers. Everywhere is inevitable. So now our country will support the price of agricultural products, otherwise the result of the harvest year will be the same.

Based on the rural areas in the south of the Yangtze River in the early 1930s, the novel depicts the tragic fate of farmers in old China through the experiences of friends wearing old felt hats, shows the writer's sincere sympathy for the countryside and farmers, and makes us realize the writer's resentment towards the society at that time.

The article "Overcharging Three Five Fighting" is an excerpt from the original text, and the deleted part is at the back of the text. In that part, the author describes the attitude of all walks of life in the city to "poor food hurts farmers" with the style of essays. The reaction of this incident depicts the faces of landlords, financial capitalists, industrial capitalists and other figures, and describes that farmers reluctantly sell cattle, borrow usury, or go to prison for resisting rent, or indulge in gambling after bankruptcy; Or fled to Shanghai and other tragic endings. The original text also expresses the author's creative intention: even if it is not cheap, farmers will be hurt under the double oppression of imperialism and feudalism. Although the latter part was deleted, the excerpt itself is a very complete short story.