Although Xiaohua's experience is tragic at the beginning of "Warm Spring", at least the tone of the movie is not depressing.
Compared with "Into the Dust", it is also set in the countryside, but the style is completely different.
If you simply watch a movie, you may not think so much about it, but after watching "Into the Dust" and then watching "Warm Spring", you will naturally compare it with it.
It's the same in this world, the same countryside, but there are huge differences between people.
In the village in "Into the Dust", the farmers are indeed poor, but in fact, Ma Youtie's third brother's family is actually doing well.
But the fact is that there are no kind villagers in the whole village, but compared to "Warm Spring", they are completely different.
In "Warm Spring", although the villagers each had their own plans, Ergou at least saved Xiaohua. At least the faces they showed were not as indifferent as the people in "Into the Dust".
Therefore, if "Into the Dust" shows the cold side of human nature, then the human nature shown in "Warm Spring" is warm.
Back to the movie.
Grandpa still went to Shanghe Village to find him.
The head of Shanghe Village told Grandpa: "This baby's life is too hard. His parents died before he was two years old, and his only grandma also died in the first half of the year. This family couldn't have children, so they took Xiaohua back, but there was no way. Two months later, I was pregnant too!"
"Then you can't beat the child." Grandpa said.
The village chief sighed and said: "Otherwise, I will ask everyone to bring Xiaohua back tomorrow!"
But the grandfather sighed and said: "The baby is scared and won't come back no matter what. Since he is an orphan, just follow the baby's wishes."
On the other side, the daughter-in-law was doing laundry while cursing: "What are you trying to do? There are so many wild babies, and you want to take them all back? I don't know what An's heart is. If this is a boy, let's see if he still takes it."
A group of adults and children in the village gathered outside their home to eat melon. When Baozhu's wife said this, they all burst into laughter.
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Suddenly Baozhu felt embarrassed: "Have you finished talking? Come in quickly!"
Baozhu's wife was also furious: "Why are you so good at me? If you can, get her away!"
Baozhu pulled his wife: "Why are you so embarrassed? Go back!"
As a result, Baozhu's daughter-in-law became even more aggressive and pushed her husband to the ground, pouring a basin of laundry water directly on him.
Father Baozhu came out and sighed when he saw this scene.
Xiaohua hugged him in fear and he shook his head.
Of course he knew that his daughter-in-law and son did not want him to adopt Xiaohua, but he couldn't bear it.
Grandpa took Xiao Hua to catch ducks. In the field, Xiao Hua ran happily. Grandpa made her a certain flower crown with wild flowers. Xiao Hua happily put it on and ran and played with the windmill. Perhaps only when her grandma was there. , she was so happy.
Grandpa saw that Xiaohua’s shoes were all worn out. When he passed by a stall selling shoes, he wanted to buy her a pair, but even after spending all his money, it was not enough.
Seeing Xiao Hua's pity, the shoe vendor called Grandpa back and sold him a pair of shoes at a low price.
Back in the village, the village was not big, and the whole village knew about the old man's adoption of Xiao Hua.
Everyone also got to know Xiaohua. Xiaohua was chasing ducks barefoot. The village chief's wife and a village woman saw them and asked curiously: "Why is Xiaohua barefoot? Didn't your grandpa buy you new shoes? Why?" Why don’t you wear it?”
Xiaohua just lowered her head and looked at her feet and said, "Those are new shoes that grandpa bought. I don't want to wear them."
Then he went to catch the ducks again.
The village woman looked at Xiao Hua: "This child is so painful. Auntie, why is there no movement in Hua Hua's belly?"
The village chief's wife nodded: "Who says it's not the case?"
But the village woman said: "What else can I do with such a good baby?"
The village chief's wife shook her head and said nothing.
Vanilla couldn't sleep all night because of Xiaohua's incident.
During the day, Xiaohua was sweeping the floor in the yard. Vanilla pulled Xiaohua out and asked her to accompany her to buy something.
The village chief didn't understand the old man and asked him that he was already suffering enough, but what was he trying to do?
The old man said: "Although life is hard, I feel at ease."
At this time, someone from the village came over. When he saw the old man, he smiled and said, "Dad Baozhu, your vanilla is good for Xiaohua. I just watched her take Xiaohua out to buy things."
When the old man heard this, he was not happy but became worried and asked where they were going.
He knew that his daughter-in-law had never liked Xiaohua, let alone adopted Xiaohua, so how could she be so kind?
The old man quickly chased in that direction.
In fact, Vanilla is not so kind. She wants to send Xiaohua back to Shanghe Village.
But Xiaohua didn't want to.
"Why don't you go home?"
"I have no family, my parents and grandma are both dead!"
"Then you can't stay at our house forever, right?"
"Grandpa promised to let me stay!"
"Grandpa doesn't want you anymore, let me send you back!"
"Grandpa wants me. Grandpa said he wanted me."
"Who said grandpa wants you?"
"Grandpa is good to me, grandpa wants mine!"
"Grandpa wants you to be of no use!" Vanilla took Xiaohua and wanted to send her back.
"You have to go today!"
Xiaohua quickly begged: "Auntie, I won't go home. Please don't send me away. I have to wait for grandpa to come back. Grandpa can't find me when he comes back!"
"Grandpa won't look for you!" Vanilla didn't care.
"Auntie, please!"
While pulling, time was wasted, grandpa came, and Xiaohua was not sent home.
But this made Vanilla very dissatisfied.
"My father has no good intentions. He just wants the whole village to know that I can't have a baby! I cry all the time. It's because of my dad that I can't have a baby." Vanilla complained to her husband.
After hearing this, Baozhu said impatiently: "Hey, you said you can't poop, do you blame the latrine?"
"I just can't poop, I'm the weirdo!" Vanilla was furious, took the thing and threw it towards the treasure pillar.
On the other side, Xiaohua was afraid of being sent back and did not dare to eat.
Grandpa tried to persuade her, but Xiaohua just said she wasn't hungry.
"I ate in the morning, I just need one meal a day." Xiaohua said.
Grandpa said with a straight face: "Don't you listen to Grandpa?"
Xiaohua then followed her grandfather.
However, at the dinner table, Xiaohua clearly felt that no one welcomed her except grandpa.
Baozhu's subconscious cough could make her shrink back.
But compared to the past where she was beaten and scolded at every turn and not allowed to eat, things are much better here.
Xiaohua cherishes all this.
When grandpa built the kang, she helped him carry bricks and burn firewood for cooking.
On the other side, Vanilla returned to her parents' home. She was suffering to death because she could not give birth to a child.
"Listen to me, you can't be wrong. This baby has to be born on his own, and the one he brings here is his nemesis."
"When I see someone else's little flower, I won't be able to give birth to another child!"
Suddenly she heard her mother say: "Hey, the daughter-in-law of Erdan's family in Houcun has not had a baby for so many years. Why don't you ask me?"
Vanilla immediately became happy and said, "Okay, Mom, maybe they want to hug one."
The little flower at home made a potato lake and ran to the yard to play. When she saw the hen running out of the nest, she went up and touched it and found two eggs. She curiously held the eggs and looked at the sun, but she saw On to the vanilla.
Vanilla knocked the egg to the ground and scolded her: "If you look at it, I'll steal it from you. Ah, look at it. The eggs are all beaten. You have to pay for it!"
Vanilla turned around and saw Xiaohua's toy windmill on the ground. She immediately vented her anger on the windmill and kicked it away: "Where did this broken windmill come from?"
"Auntie!" Xiaohua begged.
But Vanilla trampled the windmill to pieces one by one.
"Auntie, don't step on my paper windmill. I will never take eggs again. Auntie, please, grandma made the windmill..."
The only thing her grandma gave her was trampled on, and Xiaohua was very sad.
When grandpa came back in the evening, he saw Xiaohua standing there holding the trampled paper pinwheel, crying, and asked her: "What's wrong with this?"
Xiaohua cried and said: "The windmill is broken and was trampled to pieces by my aunt!"
"Grandpa will make one for you, don't cry, don't cry!" Grandpa coaxed Xiaohua.
Grandpa brought some small wild fruits to Xiaohua, and Xiaohua burst into laughter.
Grandpa saw Xiaohua still wearing the old shoes and asked doubtfully: "Hua'er, why don't you wear the new shoes that grandpa bought for you?"
"The old shoes can still be worn. When they can no longer be worn, they can be replaced with new ones." Xiaohua said.
"Silly boy, if you don't wear shoes, you will be too small." Grandpa said helplessly and distressedly.
"But I couldn't bear it. Grandpa spent all the money buying me shoes."
Grandpa sighed and said: "Xiaohua, listen to grandpa and put on the new shoes, otherwise grandpa's money will be wasted."
Xiaohua finally nodded.
In the evening, grandpa made a more beautiful windmill for Xiaohua and placed it beside Xiaohua's bed.
Grandpa was sitting at the door smoking a cigarette. He thought that other children at this age should go to school, but he had no money and could not send Xiaohua to school.
So the next morning, grandpa went out to cut willow branches. When Xiaohua saw the new windmill, she excitedly put on her new shoes and ran out to show her grandpa.
But grandpa was not found.
Xiaohua is very diligent, cooking for grandpa, washing clothes, and chasing ducks.
Although she envied the other children who could play together, she did not go.
Xiaohua has not changed into new clothes since she came here. The village chief's son felt compassion and asked him to see if his children had any clothes that they could not wear for Xiaohua.
Ergou's family has three sons, but they are all naughty and mischievous, which makes her daughter-in-law lament that three bastards are not as sensible as one little flower.
But Ergou said: "Zi Zi, Zai Zi is also his own, and he is better than others!"
He was immediately taken care of by his wife.
Xiaohua's clothes had to be taken off and washed when they were dirty, but she had no other clothes, so she could only wear her grandfather's clothes temporarily.
Several children were passing by after returning from school. When they saw Xiaohua wearing grandpa's clothes, they made fun of her, looking like a little old man.
Baozhu's family killed a chicken, and Baozhu filled a bowl for his grandfather, but he kept stirring out the herbs.
Baozhu said impatiently: "Okay, we can't kill two chickens all year round, so don't go too far."
"Why are you turning your elbows outward?" Vanilla suddenly said dissatisfied.
"No matter what, he is still my father."
"I have nothing to say about raising one, now I have to raise two!"
Baozhu said: "Then why don't you tell me how much work they have done for you?"
The biggest difference from "Into the Dust" is that in "Warm Spring", there is human touch everywhere.
Although other families were unwilling to adopt Xiaohua, at least they sympathized with her and pitied her.
Although Baozhu was not satisfied with his grandfather adopting Xiaohua, he was still filial to his father.
Although Vanilla doesn't like Xiaohua in every way, the most she can do is step on her windmill. She usually scolds her, but she has never shortchanged her.
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Seeing the chicken, Xiaohua reached out and dipped it in her mouth, then took a bowl and put it on the table.
She ran out to see if grandpa was back, but he hadn't come back yet.
She just waited for her grandpa with the chicken and steamed buns.
Grandpa came back with a bundle of willow sticks, and Xiaohua hurriedly greeted her. Grandpa told her to go chop the willow sticks, saying that with these, Xiaohua would have hope of going to school.
"Going to school? Grandpa, are you telling the truth?" Xiaohua looked shocked.
"When did grandpa lie to you?"
"Grandpa, I must study hard!"
"After dinner, grandpa will weave a basket for you!"
Xiaohua nodded: "I want to make as many baskets as possible!"
Xiaohua dragged her grandpa to the dinner table: "Grandpa, look, the chicken was sent by my uncle. It's delicious!"
She picked the biggest piece and gave it to Grandpa, but Grandpa refused to eat it and said that he had eaten everything. Xiaohua didn't believe it.
Finally, grandpa got angry and Xiaohua ate chicken.
After dinner, Grandpa and Xiaohua made baskets together. Grandpa praised her for being so smart and she could learn it as soon as she learned it.
Vanilla Girl is here, and she is here just to care about Xiao Hua.
She went to Erdan's house in Houcun and told them that if they wanted it, she asked them to send it to them.
Vanilla was immediately happy and said that she must be sent away this time.
Xiaohua helped her neighbor, Grandma Gen, feed the rabbits. Grandma Gen asked her, "Hua'er, why do you like rabbits so much?"
Xiaohua said: "Because the rabbit is the most pitiful."
"The rabbit is the most pitiful?"
Xiaohua said: "Pigs can bark when they are unhappy, but rabbits can't!"
"Then I'll give you a rabbit, pick which one you want!" Grandma Gen said happily.
Xiaohua picked the smallest one.
Xiaohua hugged the rabbit and said, "Little rabbit, when did you miss your mother? I will carry you back to see your mother. I also want to have a mother. My mother is dead, and my grandma is also dead."
Vanilla planned to send Xiao Hua away, but she showed a rare smile and asked in a good voice: "Xiao Hua, have you ever ridden a bicycle? Do you want to sit on it? My aunt will take you to ride on it today, okay? That bicycle is very fast." "
Xiaohua glanced at the bicycle and finally followed it.
Sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, Xiaohua happily held the windmill.
As a result, Vanilla brought her to Erdan's house and wanted to give Xiaohua to them to raise.
Xiaohua pulled Vanilla's clothes and refused, but Vanilla turned around and rode away on her bicycle.
Xiaohua chased her out, crying and shouting: "Auntie, don't leave, I am obedient, I am obedient."
Because Xiaohua was crying and shouting to catch up, Vanilla accidentally fell and was crushed by the bicycle.
Xiaohua quickly went up and pushed the bicycle away desperately, but Vanilla had no choice but to take Xiaohua back.
Er Gouzi's father brought rice to his grandfather, saying it was the village's ration supply for him, and the fat aunt gave Xiaohua some old clothes.
He also asked Xiaohua if she hated her aunt. Xiaohua shook her head, but she was concerned about why her aunt couldn't have children.
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Xiaohua came back with a wicker stick and saw Vanilla combing her hair in the yard. She was crazy for a while, dreaming that one day, her aunt could also comb her hair.
It's just that it's all a fantasy.
She was working hard at weaving baskets, and when she saw the children outside playing the word-cutting game, Xiaohua ran out to take a look and recognized the first word "well"!
Baozhu wondered why his father made so many baskets, and his grandfather told him that he planned to make some baskets to sell and send Xiaohua to school after the Chinese New Year.
Baozhu didn't understand this either. He thought it would be enough to give it to those who stutter. What kind of books should a girl read? Besides, after all, he is not our biological child, so what are you trying to do?
When grandpa comes back, Xiaohua tells grandpa the words she has learned.
She said she learned it secretly. She learned a total of twenty-five words.
This strengthened Grandpa's determination to let Xiaohua go to school.
Aunt Kuaizui gave Xiaohua two cooked eggs. Xiaohua hid them in the quilt and showed them to grandpa. Grandpa curiously asked why they were hidden under the quilt.
Xiaohua was worried that her aunt would see her and accuse her of stealing the eggs. She kept the eggs because she wanted to give them to her grandpa.
On the other hand, Baozhu also began to worry about his father making money to send Xiaohua to school, which made Vanilla even more eager to have a child.
In the days that followed, the grandfather and grandson cut wicker sticks and made baskets every day. Xiaohua made cakes again. She thought she made the best today and wanted to send two to her uncle and aunt.
Grandpa asked her if she didn’t hate her aunt?
"Auntie is not a bad person. She didn't give me to Erdan that day. Grandpa, please give me the white rice that Uncle Gen gave me too!"
"Don't you want to eat white rice?"
"I just want to leave two big bowls for grandpa."
People's hearts are made of flesh. Although they still couldn't accept Xiao Hua, Baozhu and his wife were a little moved when they saw Xiao Hua's well-behaved, sensible and diligent appearance.
The next day, Baozhu asked Xiaohua to go out to play.
This was the first time he talked to Xiaohua, which made Xiaohua so excited that she ran out and fell several times, breaking her hand. But when she found her grandfather, she was still extremely happy and said excitedly: "Grandpa, uncle talked to me! "
"Is this why you came out to see grandpa?" Grandpa looked stunned.
But he didn't know how happy this was for Xiaohua.
"Uncle really talked to me, and he even smiled at me."
After returning home, Vanilla Girl came, but Xiaohua remembered that it was Vanilla Girl who wanted to send her away last time, so she was so scared that she ran out.
I didn't dare to go back at night.
Everyone came out to look for him, and when he saw grandpa, Xiaohua dared to come out.
She thought they were giving her away again.
Finally, grandpa saved enough tuition and sent Xiaohua to school. Xiaohua studied very seriously.
She got first place in every exam.
She ran home excitedly, but grandpa hadn't come back yet. It was thundering and raining. Xiaohua was afraid that grandpa would get caught in the rain, so she ran out to look for grandpa with a plastic bag as a raincoat.
Grandpa fell ill due to the rain.
Baozhu was going to get medicine for his father, and Xianghua asked him to get medicine for himself, but Baozhu had long lost confidence in the medicine.
Vanilla also said that there is a particularly useful folk remedy, which is to eat a hundred grasshoppers at one time.
Baozhu naturally didn't believe in any folk remedies, but Xiaohua kept it in mind. She took a jar to catch grasshoppers every day after school.
After catching the grasshopper, she secretly hid it. That day, Vanilla accidentally scalded her feet with boiling water. Xiaohua went in and tried to help her, but she pushed her away. She put her hand on the broken bowl and cut it. Vanilla regretted it after pushing it. But Xiao Hua didn't cry out in pain and ran out to find someone to help Hua Hua.
She also got some mashed cactus leaves, which she had seen her grandma do to treat burns.
Vanilla doesn't know how to face Xiaohua.
Because Xiaohua was reluctant to part with her notebook, she asked the teacher if she could use a pencil to correct her homework. The teacher asked why?
She said that because the pencil assignments could still be used after erasing them, she just wanted her grandfather to chop less wicker.
Xiaohua went to catch grasshoppers after school and didn't come back very late. Grandpa thought she had skipped school. Xiaohua told Grandpa that her classmates said there were grasshoppers on the other side of the mountain, so she went to catch them.
Grandpa was very angry: "You didn't come home from school and went to catch grasshoppers? When did you learn to be so disobedient?"
Xiaohua cried and said, "I'm not disobedient. Auntie said eating grasshoppers can give birth to a little brother!"
Xiaohua put all the grasshoppers she caught into a jar and gave them to Vanilla.
Looking at the jars of grasshoppers, Vanilla and his wife were stunned.
Human beings are not grass and trees, so Vanilla and Baozhu began to try to accept Xiaohua. On this day, they killed chickens and ducks, and let Grandpa and Xiaohua have a reunion dinner together, saying that the family would still eat at the same table in the future.
When Xiaohua came back from school, Vanilla pulled Xiaohua into the house. It turned out that she had made Xiaohua a new outfit.
Xiaohua excitedly showed off her new clothes for the first time.
During dinner in the evening, Vanilla also bought Xiaohua a new windmill. Vanilla decided to accept Xiaohua and let her change her name to mother.
Xiaohua had a look of disbelief on her face, but finally she cried out bitterly: "Mom!"
The village chief called on the village to donate food subsidies to Grandpa’s family!
A secret that had been hidden for thirty years was also revealed. It turned out that Baozhu was not the old man's child at all, but was also adopted by the old man.
Baozhu was picked up by his father in the wheat straw field. Because of him, the old man never married a wife in his life.
At this time, the audience was surprised and suddenly realized why the old village chief had always said that Baozhu's father had suffered all his life, why he kept persuading him, and why he kept helping him.
And when Baozhu asked him what his parents looked like, he always said, good-looking, good-looking.
But in fact, he never married a wife at all.
The secret that had been sealed for many years was revealed. Baozhu and Vanilla knelt on the ground, guilt filling their hearts.
Vanilla completely accepted Xiaohua, and Baozhu was not his biological child, but his father treated him the same as his biological child.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed.
The old man has completely aged, and Xiaohua has become the first college student in the village!
Vanilla never gave birth to a child, but Little Flower became their pride.
