More than half a century ago, the little girl Lin Yingzi followed her parents across the ocean from Taiwan Province to Beijing and lived in an alley in the south of the city. The battlements of the ancient capital of Beijing, the camel bells in the setting sun, and the back streets in downtown areas … all these make Eiko feel novel and fascinated. The crazy woman in front of the guild hall, the little friend girl with stripes all over her body, the thief who haunts the weeds, the wet nurse Song Ma who accompanies her day and night, and the loving father who indulges in dying underground ... All of them have played, laughed and lived with Eiko, and their voices and smiles are still there, but they all quietly leave. Why is the world so miserable? The unreasonable Eiko pondered deeply but could not understand.
A righteous, childlike and lovely Eiko.
Eiko appears in the novel in the first person, and uses her eyes to see all kinds of people around her. In her childhood, there were naughty times and playful times, but compared with other partners, Eiko had more courage and justice, more confusion and questions.
Xiaoying is clever, lively and lovely. Xiaoyingzi's family moved from Taiwan Province to Peiping. Her mother can't speak Beijing dialect well, but she speaks Minnan dialect. Her father's Beijing dialect has a strong Hakka accent, and Hui 'an Pavilion has become Fei 'an Pavilion. "Song Ma is from Shunyi County, and she can't speak Beijing dialect well. She says Hui 'an Pavilion" [/. Twenty-one, not two customs to record one; Twenty-two, not two vulgar records two ... "[2] provoked the whole family to laugh.
The lovely Xiaoying not only brought laughter to the family, but also brought laughter to Xiuzhen in Hui 'an Pavilion. Neighbors avoided seeing the lunatics in Hui 'an Pavilion, but Xiaoying became good friends with Xiuzhen, often playing with her, talking with her, helping Xiuzhen find Xiaoguizi, and even braved the storm to send Xiaoguizi (girl) to Xiuzhen. All this reflects Xiaoying's kindness and helpfulness.
Eiko's heart is kind, but also with a sense of justice. The girl bought soy sauce and vinegar in the oil and salt store, and the man insisted that the girl sing for a while before leaving. "The girl had tears in her eyes and shook her hand, and the vinegar was spilled. I was so angry that I couldn't say it. I jumped up to the girl and asked them,' Why?' . [3] So Eiko and Niu became good friends, and they often fed those little oily chickens together in the west wing. Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. The girl was forced to hang her throat by her father, who pulled out many wounds on her body. In order to help the girl escape from the hell, and to help her go to Uncle Sikang with Xiuzhen, she hesitated and boldly stole her mother's jewelry to make travelling expenses for Xiuzhen's mother and daughter.
Xiaoying is naive and lively, just and kind. At the same time, in her inner world, there are many questions and puzzles. Yingzi met a thief who wanted to send his younger brother to school. The thief wanted to get answers from Yingzi about good people and bad people, but Xiaoying was confused: "I don't know what good people and bad people are, and there are too many people to distinguish them." [4] "Does the golden sun rise from the blue sea? But it also rises from the blue sky. I can't tell the sea from the sky, and I can't tell the good guys from the bad guys. " [5] Eiko has an idea, "I want to write a book in the future, I want to distinguish between the sky and the sea, I want to distinguish between good people and bad people, and I want to distinguish between lunatics and thieves." [6]
In fact, there is already a division between good and evil in a small mind, otherwise Eiko will not help Xiuzhen's mother and daughter, and will not often talk with the thief in the wild grass, although they have not escaped the tragic ending (Xiuzhen and the girl were run over by a train and the thief was also taken away).