In Mr. Lu Xun's "From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Bookstore", there is a fragment about the free and happy life in Baicao Garden, including the story of "Beautiful Snake" told by the eldest mother. The story is positive and has no specific moral. This understanding with specific meaning obviously bears a strong imprint of the Cultural Revolution period.
1. First, let’s take a look at the origin of Mr. Lu Xun’s collaboration at that time. It was the time when Mr. Lu Xun was most tossing and wandering and in the most depressed mood in his life. In order to "find a little quietness in the chaos", Lu Xun could only recall the good things of the old days and find a little "quietness" to comfort him before the unveiling of the plaque. "From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Bookstore" was written upstairs in the library of Xiamen University. At that time, "after being squeezed out of the group by scholars," he had to borrow a little flower from his childhood to relieve his loneliness.
2. "Xiaoyin" also explains that Lu Xun, who was depressed and disappointed, often recalled the fruits in his childhood hometown. This group of essays is a sketch that is soaked in the fresh and sweet taste of the fruits of his childhood hometown, just like the green leaves of the pot of "Water Hengzhi" on Lu Xun's desk.