[Reading Notes] Behind the illusory sweetness is the consciousness of facing old age - "Life is Sweet"

The biggest illusions in life are art and love. She once worked hard for this, fighting fire like a fire, but she was always an outsider. As for whether it was something outside her body, she dared not say.

From "I Am Xu Liangliang", "The Necessity of Old-School Dating", "Mermaid" to "Stylish Miss Pig", reading the works of the late writer Li Weijing has always been a pleasure for the author, especially for women. The description of the mood, the text is even sharper. However, "Life is Sweet" is a work that gives people a completely different feeling. Less is the courage of "Sailor Moon", and more is the emotion of the times after experiencing art and changes in the environment. .

The unfolding of the story consists of two main lines of emotion and art. The protagonist Jin Wen has been in the art world for many years. At first, he was full of enthusiasm for art, and at the end he saw the warmth of human beings and realized that he was always an outsider. As for her emotional path, she experienced a passionate love like a young couple, an encounter that was heart-wrenching but unable to act, and the contradiction between stability and freedom. Three completely different relationships could not be completed in the end, and Jin Wen also "missed" Become a member who is limited by the world but also protected.

"Speaking of this Miss Xu Jinwen is good in everything, looks good, and has a good pregnancy, but I don't think I can do anything with her. She is a little older, and I like other conditions." The man wanted to comfort Like an introducer: "But it doesn't matter, even if I don't associate with Miss Xu, it's okay if I want to meet more friends. Big sister, you are so enthusiastic, don't worry about it, you understand what I mean, right?"

Begin with a blind date to write art, love and life

Beginning with a failed blind date, the time flow in "Life is Sweet" is perhaps the most intriguing of all works. Although the time span exceeds ten years, at the end it returns to the day of the blind date, making the more than 200 pages The content seems to be just a life review of a person on the way home after experiencing an event. However, contrary to the feeling of Nanke Yimeng mentioned above, compared with other works, it can make people unhappy when actually reading it.

"The more self-suffering, the more beautiful" is a feature of many Xu Weijing's works, but not only is there less beauty, but the self-suffering in "Life is Sweet" is closer to helplessness, and such relatively unconcerned words make readers feel Greater depression and sadness. The title of "Life is Sweet" is ironic, the sweetness is only an illusory appearance, and this kind of sweetness seems to be suffocating to death after all.

In fact, the content of the book is not sweet. It has nothing to do with sweetness from the beginning to the end, but if I write it sincerely, the reader may sigh after reading it and say, "Ah, it is sweet after all." - Li Weijing

"I'm ready to grow old , not necessarily youth. "

Although there are many descriptions of the dark side of the art world, the backbone of "Life is Sweet" is still about women in the 1990s who faced anxiety, fear and hesitation in the process of experiencing economic take-off and rising gender awareness, especially For unmarried middle-aged women, it may resonate more. Xu Jinwen in the story may also symbolize the process of women stumbling between ideals and reality (whether career or love) as they grow older.

In an exclusive interview before his death, the reporter asked Li Weijing whether "Life is Sweet" was a sort of arrangement or farewell to youth, but Li Weijing replied: "Strictly speaking, it is 'I am ready to grow old', not necessarily a matter of youth. Gone." As the last footnote of "Life is Sweet", this sentence may not be more suitable.

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