In the movie, Youqing was killed by the mayor's car. It's not written like this in the book, and the way it is written in the book is even worse.

Celine 2022-10-13 08:05:13

The book is written like this, the county magistrate's wife gave birth to a child, bleeding profusely, and asked the child to donate blood. Youqing has donated a lot, but after donating blood, it’s not enough.
He was hit and killed by the district chief's car, and he said that the district chief was also very tired, so he felt that Youqing's death was a natural disaster and a man-made accident. To say that the mayor's wife is alive and Youqing is dead is to criticize bureaucracy.
But letting Chunsheng be the county head (district head) has a storyline.

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To Live quotes

  • Xu Fugui: What did you name our son?

    Xu Jiazhen: "Don't Gamble".

  • Xu Fugui: If Youqing does as daddy says, our lives will get better and better. Our family is like a little chicken. When it grows up, it becomes a goose and that will turn into a sheep. The sheep will turn into an ox.

    Xu Youqing: And after the ox?

    Xu Fugui: After the ox is Communism, and there will be dumplings and meat every day.