Sun Xiucai, whose name is Sun Zhigao, is definitely the most annoying and despised man in " Knows ".
is obviously penniless, and the whole family is like a parasite, relying on his wife Sheng Shulan to live, but he is justified in "eat soft rice hard".
What is he doing?
1. Good looking.
Sun Zhigao in the play is scathing and looks like a villain. However, Sun Zhigao in the original work is not like this at all.
Minglan When I went to my hometown in Youyang, I saw Sun Zhigao for the first time, and I found that this guy was so handsome that he had a good face.
This is also a very important factor in Sun Zhigao's mother-in-law's choice of this poor child and being a son-in-law for his daughter Shulan.
You should know that a good appearance has a very advantage in ancient marriages.
Grandmother Sheng went to the Wang family to propose marriage to Sheng Hong, but Old Mrs. Wang was unwilling to do so because the strength of the Sheng family and the Wang family at that time were a bit big.
But after Mrs. Wang saw Sheng Hong with her own eyes, she was overjoyed because Sheng Hong was very handsome.
and Sheng Changbai . The Hai family's family is also quite high, but Sheng Hong followed suit and took Changbai to the door in person. As a result, when the old couple of the Hai family saw Changbai in Yushu, they immediately agreed to marry their youngest daughter Hai to the Sheng family.
Let’s go further, the famous talent in history Sima Xiangru , who was penniless, how could he cheat the rich girl Zhuo Wenjun ? In addition to playing the love song "The Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" live, it attracted Zhuo Wenjun, and his high appearance.
Sima Xiangru relied on his good skin and not only successfully deceived his father-in-law, but also made the other party think that he was a big man. He received him and gave him a chance to be seen by Zhuo Wenjun. Because of this good skin, the talented girl Zhuo Wenjun escaped from the monk that night and elope with him.
So, Sun Zhigao's appearance is his pass to knock on the door of "soft rice and hard food".
2. Become famous early.
Sun Xiucai's mother announced more than once that her son Sun Zhigao won the scholar at the age of 12.
The so-called teenager becomes famous, this advantage is so eye-catching. Because Sheng Changbai is recognized as a good student like everyone, he is not as good as Sun Zhi who passed the college entrance examination and was a scholar earlier.
famous female writer Zhang Ailing , once had a very widely circulated saying: "Be famous as soon as possible!" Because people are born with a good impression of people who become famous at a young age. If you become famous late, you will feel regret for no reason.
Because Sun Xiucai became famous early, this news will spread widely and the glory he received will be even more prosperous. But when you are young, the possibility of the future will be unlimited, and people will be more confident in their favor.
So, these reputations invisibly nourished Sun Zhigao's arrogance. If appearance was his stepping stone to "eat soft rice" later, then the young man became famous was his confidence to "eat soft rice".
3, the "great" prophecy of fortune teller.
Sun Zhigao passed the exam for scholar at the age of 12, which attracted the "great" prophecy of fortune teller, saying that he would be the prime minister in the future.
Actually, when we look at this matter now, we think the ancients are really stupid. However, in that era, information was underdeveloped, and fortune tellers still had a certain degree of recognition in society.
The fortune teller's assertion undoubtedly gave Sun Zhigao the glory of becoming famous, and added a more powerful weight, which was more like a final conclusion.
Originally, people just vaguely believed that Sun Zhigao might have a future, after all, he is only 12 years old now. But the fortune teller's words "become a prime minister" have concretized this prospect, and people are more likely to believe that it is true for the concretized things.
Therefore, even though Sun Zhigao has always been a scholar, he firmly believes that he will be a high-ranking official in the future, so he never takes Shulan seriously. Even if there are some people in the Sheng family who are fifth-rank officials in the capital, he dares to "eat soft rice hard".
4. High expectations of widows.
Minglan is in her hometown in Youyang. She was having fun outside with Pinlan, so the maid ran over and asked them to go to the lobby to see the guests. When Pinlan heard this, she frowned and looked reluctant.
As a result, before Minglan and Pinlan stepped into the door, they heard someone laughing unscrupulously in the hall. You should know that the female family members of wealthy families at that time would be ridiculed by others for making loud noises.
This person is Sun Zhigao's mother.
However, the next series of words and deeds by Sun's mother was the real eye-opener for Minglan. The first time this old woman saw Minglan, she held her hand and looked at her carefully, blurting out that she said, "It's easy to have something to give birth at first glance"!
After all, Minglan is still an unmarried girl. Not to mention this in ancient times, even in modern society, it is speechless.
Next, she ran to Minglan's grandmother and said she wanted to introduce Minglan to her nephew, and asked the Sheng family to take advantage of today's holiday to simply handle the marriage between Minglan and her nephew.
Seeing that others ignored her, she said shamelessly that Minglan was just a concubine daughter, and marrying her nephew was considered a high-spirited person.
But his nephew is obviously a lazy man from the countryside, and he is following her to eat and drink.
From this matter, we can see from the side how high the grandmother’s expectations for her son are.
Look, she thinks that a gangster's nephew who can't even support herself should marry a noble daughter. Minglan, a daughter of a fifth-rank official in Beijing, is not worthy of her nephew.
So, in her eyes, Sun Zhigao, the son of her "12-year-old scholar" and who was also said by fortune teller "can be prime minister", probably in her eyes, she must marry the emperor's daughter.
Therefore, Sun's mother's unrealistic high expectations must have been instilled in her son all the time until one day she successfully cultivated her son into a first-class expert who "eats soft rice hard".
5. Will curry favor with others.
Whenever Sun Xiucai appears, he looks arrogant, and not only is he arrogant and rude to his wife Shulan, but he is all this attitude towards his elders.
It’s strange to think about it. Sun Zhigao’s mother-in-law, Li, loves her two daughters so much. If Sun Zhigao even looked down on Sheng’s family and belittled and ridiculed her, how could she be so stupid that she likes such a person?
Even if Li values him as a scholar, he would not find such a rude person. Li is not stupid. She was born with a concubine daughter but could fight against her mistress and her legitimate sister in her parents' home.
Besides, there is also the old lady in the Sheng family’s big house, she is definitely not a vegetarian.
It was not until I read the original work that I understood the whole story. It turns out that Sun Zhigao is not always arrogant. He is actually very good at cursing people, especially for people who are richer, higher-ranking and more prestigious than him.
The first time he saw Minglan's grandmother, he ran up to give a compliment.
Therefore, Sun Zhigao was able to achieve the goal of "soft rice and hard food" later because he would curse himself. At the beginning, he deceived his mother-in-law Li and the elders of Yuyang's hometown, and successfully completed the first step of becoming a son-in-law of the Sheng family.
6. Indulgence between mother-in-law and wife.
Sun Zhigao's mother-in-law has been looking for this son-in-law since the beginning, and she has not been pure in her mind, in order to fight against Sheng Hong's wife. Because Sheng Hong's wife Wang Ruofu , she looked down on Li, who was born in business. In terms of generation, Li was also Wang Ruofu's sister-in-law.
But his son is not a source of study, Li put his hope on his daughter and found a scholar for Shulan.
Why did Sun Zhigao be selected from the crowd?
It’s not because Sun Zhigao not only passed the scholar at the age of 12, but also was told by the fortune teller that he would become the prime minister in the future. This means that Li is very likely to turn over in the future. And once she turns over, she can trample Wang Ruofu under her feet and avenge her previous shame.
Therefore, when Li's idea has it, he may not see Sun Zhigao's other disadvantages, such as character problems, such as being too poor and not being a good match. Or if you see it, as long as you can help her achieve her goal of attacking Wang Ruofu, she will turn a blind eye and be infinitely tolerant.
In order to realize his personal wish, Li will most likely remind his daughter to serve her husband well. In the future, the Sheng family's big house is full of excitement, but it is entirely up to Sun Zhigao.
So, Li indulged Sun Zhigao without principles. Even if he bullied his daughter Shulan, Li just kept using money shop to calm the conflicts between the young couple, constantly nourished Sun Zhigao's greed, and made him "eat soft rice hard" with confidence.
In short, Sun Zhigao and his son are indeed annoying and look down upon. But with such a poor character and being penniless, he can eventually become ignorant of the world. The reason behind it is thought-provoking to such a "soft rice"!
