Stupid column means the tragic death of the bridge. Because the adopted son occupied Silly Column's house in the quadrangle, after Qin Huairu's death, the adopted son drove Silly Column out. He can only beg and collect garbage for a living every day, and he can only live in bridge opening at night. The old silly column was lonely and finally died in the bridge.

Silly column works as a chef in Hongxing steel structure factory, and is distributed in two rooms in the courtyard. A house left by the deaf old lady in the backyard was given to the silly column. After silly column and Qinhuai River got married, Jia Banggeng, Xiao Dang and Sophora japonica each occupied a room, while silly column and Zhang Jia lived in a room. After the death of Confucianism in Qinhuai, Jia Banggeng drove the old silly column out of the yard. He had to live in bridge opening and die alone.

The role setting of silly columns

He Yuzhu is a chef in the canteen of a steel factory. She is kind and outspoken, and is called a fool. In the same hospital, there lived a steel factory worker, Qin Huairu. She is filial and capable, and has a son and two daughters under her knees, but her husband died of work-related injuries, making life even more difficult. Xu Damao, a steel projectionist, lives in the yard. He is selfish and opposes stupid columns.