A fall: On one occasion, people and cars were arrested as able-bodied men by gendarmes. The ideal was shattered for the first time.
Second: sell camels, pull carts desperately and save money to buy a new car.
Raul: In the dry month, Xiangzi's hard-earned money was robbed in a raid, and his second hope was dashed.
Three times: Tigress bought Xiangzi a car at a low price from her neighbor's second hand, and Xiangzi got another car.
Sanluo: In order to arrange Tigress's funeral, Xiangzi sold the car again.
Xiangzi's trilogy of fate is "strive for progress-unwilling to fail-willing to fall"
Xiangzi was originally from the countryside. After losing his parents and several acres of barren land, he came to Beijing at the age of 18. With the strength and simplicity of a country boy, he cooked almost everything he wanted to eat. Finally, he chose rickshaw pulling as his career, taking buying a car as his highest ideal, and even became a belief.
He doesn't smoke, drink, gamble, have any hobbies and have no family burden. He worked hard for three years, scraped together 65,438+000 yuan and bought a beautiful new car. He happily took the day when he bought the car as his own, which was also the birthday of the car. Since he got a car, his life has become more and more energetic. He fantasized that after two years like this, he could buy another car, one or two, and open a factory.
He just ran boldly every day, regardless of anything else. When the war broke out, Xiangzi pulled rickshaws as usual, and in order to make more money, he took passengers to Tsinghua. On the way, rickshaws and people were taken away by soldiers. His clean and decent clothes, shoes and hats, and even his belt were robbed. He can only wear smelly and sweaty Pojun clothes. Every day, he not only works as a porter for soldiers, but also carries water, makes fires and feeds animals for them. From morning till night, sweat flows from head to heel. He hates those soldiers. One night, gunshots rang out in the military camp. He took advantage of the chaos and escaped with three camels. On his way home, Xiangzi traded his camel for 35 dollars, two stick cakes and a broken jacket. When he went to Haidian, he fell ill in a small shop and lay in bed for three days. When he was talking nonsense with a fever, he revealed his relationship with the camel and was nicknamed "Xiangzi of Camel" from then on.
After his illness, he entered Beijing and returned to his original renter and garage. Si Liu, the owner of the car factory, is almost 70 years old; An old man is dishonest. When I was young, I was a local gangster, worked as a library soldier, opened a casino, sold people and let Yan die. Before the Qing dynasty, it was a group fight, robbed a good woman, and knelt on the iron chain without frowning. He has run this car factory since the Republic of China. His car rental is more expensive than others, but the bachelor who pulls his car can live in the factory for nothing. Xiangzi used to live here.
Si Liu has no son, only a 37-38-year-old daughter, Tigress. She is dignified and strong, rude and cunning, and even has the frankness of men's swearing. She is good at helping her father manage the garage, but no one dares to marry her. When Xiangzi came back this time, she received him warmly. Xiangzi put 30 yuan in Si Liu's hand, intending to save enough money to buy a new car.
From then on, Xiangzi began to pull carts from morning till night. He pays a monthly fee to the Yang family, but the Yang family doesn't treat him like a human being. After a hard day's work, he was scolded and suffered indignities. He only stayed for four days and then left angrily. It was already late at night when she returned to the garage. Tigress, a little coquettish with makeup, called Xiangzi into the house and warmly advised him to drink. Xiangzi was seduced by Tigress and drank three cups in a row. After getting drunk, he fell in love with her. Xiangzi got up early the next day. What happened at night made him confused, ashamed, sad and dangerous. He decided to leave the people and the garage and make a clean break with Liu's father and daughter.
Xiangzi came to Cao Zhai for a monthly subscription. Mr. Cao, who teaches at the university, is very kind, and Mrs. Cao is also very kind to people. Xiangzi was very happy. In order to buy a car as soon as possible, he bought a large gourd jar and put the money saved one by one. One day, Tigress came to Xiangzi and told him that she was pregnant. Xiangzi was shocked and lost his mind. Then she taught him to kowtow to the old man three times on his father's birthday, and then found an opportunity for him to recruit him as a son-in-law naturally. Before she left, she returned the money Xiangzi gave to Si Liu. Xiangzi couldn't sleep that night. He felt as if he had fallen into a trap, and his hands and feet were caught, and he couldn't get rid of it.
On the snowy night of sacrifice, Xiangzi took Mr. Cao home, followed by a spy riding a car. Mr. Cao found that a spy was following him, so he asked him to pull the car to his friend's place and then go home to pick up Mrs. Cao. No sooner had Xiangzi entered the room than the spy caught him. It turned out that this man surnamed Sun was the platoon leader who arrested Xiangzi at the beginning, and he took Xiangzi's money away. Xiangzi had to go to Renhe Car Shop again. Tigress was very affectionate to him, taught him to run before and after the old man's birthday, and paid Xiangzi to offer him birthday peaches and noodles to curry favor with him.
Si Liu's birthday is very lively. He was happy for a long time and felt that he was an old hero in Aoli. In the second half of the day, the children brought by the spectators were unhappy at the thought of having no sons and successors. It's even more annoying when you check out at night. There are many guests but not many birthday presents. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He took it out on Tigress and Xiangzi. Tigress never gives in to others. She just makes it clear about her and Xiangzi. The old man flew into a rage. In order to quarrel, he didn't give a penny and broke up with his daughter.
Tigress was decorating her new house outside and sitting in a sedan chair by herself, which made a great event. After the marriage, Tigress told Xiangzi that she was not pregnant and just stuffed a pillow. Xiangzi felt cheated and hated Tigress even more. Tigress forbade Xiangzi to go out to pull a cart, but asked Xiangzi to play with him. She is going to spend all her 400 yuan private money, and then "say no" to her father and take over the old man's family business. But Xiangzi said that he did nothing and insisted on pulling carts to make a living. When Tigress learned that her father had resold the garage and entertained herself with the money, she felt that everything was over. After crying, she finally bought Xiangzi a car with 100 yuan. From then on, he became a rickshaw driver again. On the hottest day in summer, Xiangzi was seriously injured by the heavy rain. In his illness, he thought of the pain of pulling a cart, without the hopeful fantasy of the past.
Soon, Tigress was really pregnant. Because of gluttony, and being old and having the first child, it is difficult to have children. Xiangzi invited the witch to save Tigress from fire and water, but it didn't help. In this way, Tigress died. Xiangzi had to sell the car again to bury her. In the midst of difficulties, only Joy, the daughter of the coachman in the same hospital, came to Xiangzi to comfort and warm him. Joey was originally sold to an officer. After the officer left on business, she returned home and was forced to become a prostitute to support her two younger brothers. But she is young, beautiful and diligent. Xiangzi felt that he was the most beautiful woman and ideal companion. He told Joy to pick her up when he got mixed up. Xiangzi put the remaining 30 yuan in his family's property in a close place and paid the monthly fee. He was seduced by his hostess, Aunt Xia, and fell ill. He spent more than 10 yuan but didn't get cured. He continued to pull the cart, but his personality changed greatly. He smokes, drinks, is selfish, lazy and has a bad temper. It was getting dark one day, and he grabbed his seat. He didn't realize it was Si Liu until the guest said he was still alive. Xiangzi immediately called him down, scolded him a few times, and pulled the cart away. Xiangzi felt that he had spit out a mouthful of evil spirit and was extremely happy. He found Mr. Cao again, and Mr. Cao asked him to pay the monthly fee, and agreed to use Joy as a maid, and also promised to set aside a room for them to live in. She went to Joy in high spirits, only to know that she had been sold to the White House of an inferior brothel, and she committed suicide by swallowing up because she didn't want to endure an inhuman life.
The last spark of hope in Xiangzi's heart was completely extinguished. He went back to the garage, slept in frustration for two days, and never returned to Mr. Cao. Since then, he has not washed his face, bathed, washed clothes, and sometimes shaved his head for more than a month. In order to take advantage of him, he tried every means to grab business, eat, drink, gamble and work hard. Living is everything. He stopped thinking about everything and finally became a breathing ghost.