She was a beauty in the old days

Roxanne 2022-04-19 09:02:56

In the old days, she was a beauty.

The fourth wife, Song Lian, is a dilapidated portrait of a lady. Born rich, but unfortunately his father died early, his stepmother was cruel, her life was higher than the sky, and she was erratic inside and outside the patriarchal power. A drunkenness ruined his good years, and he lived forever sober in the confusion.

The third wife, Mei Shan, is a fragile picture of grievances. The actor has a body, understands his heart, uses his petite charm as armor, and uses mahjong to make up for his life outside the play. It seems that we have to fight for everything, but in fact, nothing can stop the soul that died after leaving the stage and entering the deep house.

The second wife, Zhuo Yun, is a distorted landscape painting. There are endless calculations behind the daily life, no love, no hate, only the twisted life that is accustomed to. She may have had a heart, but under the ravages of life and death in the deep house compound, she left only the lamentations she created by herself.

The eldest lady is a gray still life. The husband who is never by his side, the endless panes, the sweet smiles that can never be heard, the old times that can never be buried. Her life is no longer a dry well, but a cave wall that never penetrates light, the darkest existence in that era.

If you light a lamp, you can order food, if you light a lamp, you can beat your feet. A reluctant sigh.

Big red lanterns hang high - an upside-down world, the air is filled with blood-like scarlet.

In the old days, she was a beauty, but her face was devastated, rickety, and nothing more.

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Raise the Red Lantern quotes

  • The Third Concubine: Good or bad, it's all playacting. If you act well, you can fool other people; if you do it badly, you can only fool yourself, and when you can't even fool yourself, you just can fool the ghosts.

  • Yan'er: Who are you?

    Housekeeper: Fourth mistress, please come inside.

    Yan'er: [losing her cool] So you're the fourth mistress!

    [Yan'er rudely pulls the water bowl away from Songlian and puts clothes in it]

    Songlian: Yes! I am the fourth mistress. Bring my suitcase inside please.