With these questions as an introduction, let's talk about Tigress and see what we can find from her.
Tigress is Si Liu's only daughter. Mr. Lao She introduced her in the novel as "thirty-seven or eight years old, dignified in appearance and strong in physique, which frightened men and helped their father get things done, but no one dared to marry her. She is like a man in everything, even swearing is as frank as a man, and sometimes there are many tricks. Si Liu hit the outside, Tigress hit the inside, and the father and daughter managed the people and the garage like iron drums. People and factories have become the authority of the foreign car industry, and the methods of Liu's father and daughter are often in the mouth of drivers and car owners, such as quotations from scholars. " This shows that Tigress is really a powerful role. She is provocative and frank, dares to quarrel with men, and even has the upper hand. It is no exaggeration to call it a bitch. Such personality characteristics should not be an ideal object for a man to choose in his life. So, she didn't get married until she was 37 or 38. However, the reason for this result is not only her personality brought out from the womb, but also external factors. First, the living environment, Tigress lives among a large group of drivers and men. They are all people who live at the bottom, have no culture, and swearing is normal. Tigress will certainly be influenced by this, and gradually she has this kind of gag communication and rude and direct style. In Xiangzi's eyes, Tigress can be friends, but she can't accept being a wife. Second, Si Liu's selfishness. Tigress and Si Liu manage people and car factories very well, and they have become the authority of foreign automobile industry. This is enough to show that Tigress's ability is outstanding, and it is very appropriate to say that she is a strong woman. Si Liu thought Tigress was so useful, and he really didn't want her to get married, so he sacrificed his daughter's happiness for this selfishness all these years and never gave her a matchmaker.
Of course, the combination of these factors has caused Tigress's misfortune of being unmarried at an older age, which deserves our sympathy. However, the following seduction and cheating on marriage made this role controversial, and readers' criticism began.
Xiangzi is a hardworking man. He likes doing things in his spare time. When he has nothing to do, he helps Grandpa Si Liu clean the yard, clean the car, pump up the car, dry the poncho, oil it, and so on. His efforts left a good impression on Grandpa Si Liu and Tigress. In addition, Xiangzi is young, strong, honest, careless and obedient. There is nothing wrong with him. Tigress, in particular, had a good impression on him, because all the other drivers had the courage to argue and quarrel with her. Xiangzi just listened attentively and didn't argue. For an older woman, Xiangzi will undoubtedly become her first choice. It's not hard to understand why Tigress insisted on marrying Si Liu despite his opposition. As the saying goes, after this village, there is no such shop.
The story about Tigress seducing Xiangzi has always been controversial. Xiangzi worked outside for a month, but he worked for four days. He resigned because he couldn't stand Mrs. Yang's nagging. It was all a whim and he didn't tell anyone. But when Xiangzi pulled the car back to the people and the garage, Tigress dressed up and said that she was waiting for Xiangzi. That's weird. Xiangzi usually doesn't go back to the factory to sleep for a month. This resignation was just a whim, and things were sudden. How could Tigress know in advance, and still count the time to wait for Xiangzi? It's ridiculous to say that she can predict the future. But why is it so coincidental? In addition, grandpa Si Liu was not at home that day, and there were three small handleless wine cups on the wine table. Obviously, it is impossible just for Xiangzi and her. So, there must be something wrong. In fact, Tigress is not a virgin, so this time it should not be for Xiangzi, but for Tigress to play with other men. However, this time Xiangzi happened to meet this point. But there is another problem here, that is, Xiangzi later figured out the whole thing. He thought that Tigress was secretly looking for a man and someone would speak ill of her, but he had never heard anyone say that Tigress had any unhealthy tendencies. This made him very confused. Of course, this also makes us wonder. However, this matter can be explained by the following statement: Tigress did find a man outside, but she kept a good secret and probably paid a lot, so no one would tell anyone about it. Besides, who will tell the person she is looking for? Isn't that bring disgrace to oneself? Tigress is ugly, old and fierce. What is there to be proud of finding such a woman? If you tell her, isn't that a joke? Therefore, I personally think this explanation is reasonable.
Tigress is powerful, not only because she has the ability to govern, but also because she is very calculating and thoughtful, and she doesn't drag her feet. This is vividly demonstrated in the case of fraudulent marriage.
Tigress knew Xiangzi was hiding from herself, so she went to find Xiangzi herself. She understands that the key to the success of cheating marriage is to closely link Xiangzi with himself, let him follow his own plan and firmly contain him. So, she cheated Xiangzi with a fake pregnancy. If we look at the whole process of cheating marriage, there is no doubt that seduction is the first step of the whole cheating marriage. However, according to the previous analysis, seduction may have happened by accident. The blind cat met a dead mouse and Xiangzi met it. It's over when it's over. Obviously, Tigress is so good. She seized this opportunity and came up with a plan to cheat her marriage. It can be seen from here that Tigress is really not an idle generation. She can seize the opportunity and will seize it. Honest Xiangzi is naturally no match for her. He also knows Tigress's ability, thinking that Tigress can boss him around with her fingers? I feel dizzy. I don't know him. At this time, Xiangzi was obviously trapped by her and was at her mercy.
But her shrewdness does not stop there. She also has a whole set of plans to keep this cheating drama going. Although she got rid of Xiangzi with a fake pregnancy, her father, Si Liu, was an obstacle, because Si Liu looked down on Xiangzi as a driver and thought that his hard-earned property would be given to a smelly driver at a low price. He would not agree to this marriage, even though his daughter was very old. So what Tigress has to do next is to get Xiangzi to cooperate with her and let Si Liu accept Xiangzi as a son-in-law smoothly according to her suggestion.
And this move is really perfect. Tigress's shrewdness and calculation are all shown? Get the fullest play. Her idea is this: Si Liu's sixty-ninth birthday, she let Xiangzi celebrate, and then show her face in front of Si Liu. When Si Liu was happy, she asked Xiangzi to worship michel platini. After a while, Tigress deliberately made Si Liu feel uncomfortable, and then told Si Liu that she was pregnant. The child's father is the second shopkeeper in the East Prison and has just died. Uncle Si Liu wanted to find an explanation, but the man was dead, so he felt ashamed and didn't know how to explain it. Then he said he could marry Xiangzi. Anyway, Xiangzi is already a godson, so it is reasonable to marry him. At this point, Ye has no reason to disagree.
? This plan is so thoughtful and informative. It is estimated that Tigress has planned it for a long time, but it has to be said that the level is really high.
Later, at the birthday party, Si Liu took it out on Xiangzi because he was not satisfied with the gift money given by the drivers, which led to the suspension of the plan.
At this time, there was a controversy about Tigress.
After the plan was suspended, Tigress and her father turned over and spread the pregnancy to the light. Lord Si Liu didn't agree to the marriage and didn't arrange it, so she could arrange it herself. Everything in the marriage process is supported by Tigress. Tigress's outstanding ability is really admirable.
The controversy is whether Tigress married Xiangzi because she pursues her own happiness, dares to love and hate, and has a true temperament, or whether she just has no choice because she is old, and Xiangzi is just right. I think there are both. Tigress chose Xiangzi because Xiangzi was honest, reliable, diligent and young. Tigress's own youth has been delayed. She wants to find her own youth from Xiangzi, so it is also mixed with her own self-interest. And dare to love and hate, with Tigress's character, this is not unexpected, but there is also a sense of urgency brought by age, similar to the last stop. Tigress should fight hard and seize the only chance left, so it's not hard to understand that she and Si Liu are torn apart.
After marriage, Xiangzi didn't want to stay at home without pulling rickshaws, so he had an argument with Tigress. Tigress had no choice but to buy Xiangzi a car. In the meantime, on the whole, Tigress still had the desire to control Xiangzi. She didn't want Xiangzi to go out to work, but wanted him to stay at home and collect the car, regardless of Xiangzi's feelings. Xiangzi resisted until later, which forced Tigress to reconsider Xiangzi's feelings. Xiangzi insisted on going out to pull carts for two reasons. First, he still likes to be self-reliant and live by his own labor. He doesn't want to live a life dominated by Tigress's money. Secondly, Tigress pinched his body, which made him more and more afraid, especially the words of the tall coachman, which made Xiangzi worry about his health. His body is his capital and the source of self-confidence. He couldn't let his body collapse, so he insisted on going out to pull the cart. It can be said that during this marriage, Tigress influenced Xiangzi to some extent, changed his mentality and changed his life track. Xiangzi hated Tigress more and more.
Tigress and Xiangzi used to be two different classes, but now they live together, so naturally they can't blend well. Tigress likes to hire others to pull carts to earn money, and enjoys it at home. Xiangzi is a person who is willing to work hard to eat. Their lifestyles and ways of thinking are different, which leads to a deep gap between them. This kind of estrangement can be seen from Tigress's attitude towards the neighborhood neighbors. People here are at the bottom of society. They are short of food and clothing, and they live in extreme poverty. Mr. Lao She originally came from the bottom society, so these are his personal experiences and his most authentic records. But in the face of such a miserable social class, Tigress shows her superiority everywhere and stimulates people at the bottom of society. She looked down on these poor people and felt much more noble. Xiangzi himself was one of these people. He was deeply sympathetic to them, but when he saw Tigress's hateful behavior, he hated Tigress even more. Because he and Tigress are not from the same world. Tigress's mentality was also the attitude of the bourgeoisie towards the bottom of the old society at that time, which was really sad.
Among them, the friendship between Tigress and Joy is not pure, because Tigress is biased and disgusted with the bottom of society. Tigress and Joy became friends and were only interested in Joy's experience. She thinks that Joy, who has been with officers, has naturally seen the world and can communicate with such people without losing her identity, because she thinks the women in the painting are vulgar and disdains to deal with them. I have no friends in the painting, but I can communicate with joy. Tigress even encouraged Joy to sell her body in front of interests. In doing so, she has two plans. One solution is that she can provide a room and earn some use fees. Another plan is that she wants to learn the way Joy looks at erotic pictures, and then look for her lost youth in Xiangzi. Later, for her own benefit, regardless of whether the facts of Joy and Xiangzi were true or not, she immediately ruined the friendship and tortured Joy instead. Although they made up later, it can be seen that Tigress is a fickle person.
Tigress has another shortcoming: she is extremely superstitious. Of course, superstition is normal in the old society, and it can't be entirely blamed on her, but unfortunately, this superstition has become an important reason for her dystocia death. Tigress is usually lazy. Since she got pregnant, she still eats endlessly and doesn't exercise. She thinks it's a traditional fallacy to be pregnant and exercise more. She doesn't believe this. In order to show some identity, everyone gets up early for surgery, but she can lie down whenever she wants. It was this bad habit that caused Tigress's dystocia.
When the midwife was helpless, Tigress didn't think of going to the hospital for the first time, but asked Xiangzi to invite the witch, that is, "Grandma Chen Er" in the novel. Grandma Chen Er's operation made Tigress miss the treatment time, which made her condition worse. Although he tried to send him to the hospital later, the cost was so terrible that Xiangzi had no choice but to watch Tigress die. Here, Mr. Lao She said, "Stupidity and cruelty are some phenomena here, so stupidity is cruelty, but there are other reasons." Stupidity here means inviting a witch, and cruelty means watching people die. But these are all appearances, and the real essence is that the poverty of the bottom people is the poverty that leads to life death. Like Tigress, she still has some savings, but she still can't save her life. It is conceivable that the lives of those at the bottom who are poorer than her are so helpless and miserable.
Tigress ended her life in dystocia. For her, we can say that she is a sad person, a poor person. But her influence on Xiangzi can be said to be hateful. Although she died, she can be seen everywhere in Xiangzi's life, like an elusive ghost, haunting Xiangzi.
Later, Mrs. Xia was beautiful and beautifully dressed, which was far from Tigress's appearance. But when Xiangzi saw her, he thought of Tigress and thought she was just like Tigress. I think she is a little scary, as scary as Tigress. As if she had the ferocity and viciousness of all the women he had tasted. Xiangzi felt this way because he saw himself in Mr. Xia and how he was constantly squeezed by Tigress, and Mrs. Xia's lewdness reminded him of Tigress, who would never be satisfied. He hated Tigress, hated her for seducing himself, and hated her for changing his life track. And Mrs. Xia seduced Xiangzi in the same way as Tigress in essence, so he hated Mrs. Xia.
Not only that, the painful shadow that Tigress has caused Xiangzi has made Xiangzi extremely disgusted with Tigress. He regarded all ugly things as Tigress, and Tigress became a symbol of evil in his heart. Later Xiangzi went to the White House to find Xi 'er. The first time he saw the "white flour pocket", he thought of Tigress. She is ugly and boring. Tigress ruined her indifference, her desire for marriage, her body, her desire for life and everything. To Xiangzi, Tigress was full of sin.
? In a word, Tigress has a poor ending, but sometimes her scheming and behavior are disgusting. No matter how to evaluate her, her good and bad have disappeared with the burial of loess and the old society.