Readers can understand Zhu Qingshi's omniscient perspective through his narration. Readers know what happened to Zhu Qingfa, but they don't know what Zhu Qing is thinking. In terms of time, the description of Zhu Qing's trip from Nanking to Taibei is blank, and Zhu Qing, whom Teacher Niang saw again, is already the "big sister" of many air force boys. This incomplete perspective makes the story more intriguing, and it also gives the reader space to imagine what Zhu Qing has experienced, which makes her whole person undergo earth-shaking changes.
Perhaps many readers will hate Zhu Qing from now on. The article describes that she is no longer "shameless", "head down, twisting quite badly". She cleverly invited guests to play cards and flirted with several Air Force boys ... She was restless, sophisticated and affected, which should not be the reason why readers didn't like Zhu Qing in the future. The reason why readers are so disgusted with Zhu Qing in Taipei later is that she took away the girl who used to wear a semi-old straight blue gown, the once beautiful self. Once upon a time, that young, naive and witty girl never came back, leaving only a meaningless body in the world named Zhu Qing. But Bai Xianyong loves and regrets all the characters in his works. The author laments that the cruelty of time makes "the hero die, the beauty dies", everyone is pushed forward by the trend of the times, and everyone's fate is inevitable.
There are many parallel structures in this short story. For example, the family members of the Air Force lived in Renai East Village when they were in Nanjing, and went to Taipei or lived in Renai East Village. Zhu Qing's first lover, Guo Yi, was a handsome young air force captain, and her later lover, Xiao Gu, was also a young air force guy ... This parallel structure formed a strong contrast between the past and the present, but now it is unbearable to describe the beautiful contrast of the past. This contrast runs through the whole Taipei people, which explains why this group of "Taipei people" who moved from Chinese mainland often have a strong sense of gap and homesickness, and are obsessed with the beauty of the past and unwilling to face the reality.
Zhu Qing is infatuated with Guo Yi, her faithful lover when she was young. After Guo Ti's death, Zhu Qing always wanted to find a Guo Ti's body double to fill the vacancy in her heart, which was also a small concern of the Air Force. It's just that the air force in Taipei is no longer the air force in Nanjing. In the past, the Nanjing Air Force was a group of ambitious young people, ready to die for the country, but when they arrived in Taipei, the boys in the Air Force would only "bomb balloons with cigarette butts." Xiao Gu and Guo Ti are also different. Guo is confident, enthusiastic and introverted. Guo Qiu died in the war to defend the country, but Xiao Gu failed in the test flight and had an accident, which is ironic by comparison. Times have changed, places have changed and people have changed, but Zhu Qing's obsession has not changed. Finally, she can only change, become smooth, sophisticated and indifferent, and hide those tears in her heart with a smile. Just like Teacher Niang said, don't laugh and make them cry?
Touching Green vividly depicts not only Zhu Qing, but also the whole Air Force and its family members. Zhu Qing's tragedy is not her own. In the article, Shi Niang mentioned that Mrs. Zhou was married four times when she was enlightened. Mrs. Xu married her brother and younger brother, including Shi Niang's own husband, and died young. All these reflect the devastating damage caused by the war from the side, indicating that the tragedy of personal fate is insignificant compared with the tragedy of the whole era.