In recent years, there have been impressive Taiwanese dramas appearing almost every year. The year before yesterday was " The Distance between Us and Evil ", and last year was " Want to See You ". With the broadcast of the second season this year, Douban scores reached a new high. The throne of "Taiwan Drama of the Year" must belong to " Vulgar Girls' Cultivation Records ".
▲Douban scores in the first and second seasons of "The Story of the Fresh Girls" exceeded 9 points
In the drama, Chen Jialing, a 39-year-old woman from Tainan who has no house, no car, no husband, no children and has lost her job, let us see the ordinary, cute and upright nature of a "Fresh Girl". She is not the kind of woman who only appears in TV series. Chen Jialing is so real that she can see many ordinary Chinese women, even myself.
▲Chen Jialing (Xie Yingxuan ) in "The Story of the Fresh Girls"
TV series "The Story of the Fresh Girls" is actually adapted from the prose of the same name by the writer Jiang E. The simplified version of this book was also released in October this year.
Jiang E was born in 1975. She was also a child born in Tainan and raised in a Chinese medicine shop. She also worked hard in Taipei in the first half of her life but resigned at the age of 39. Like Chen Jialing, she was not married or had children -
- inevitably makes people curious. Could the writer Jiang E be the real "The Story of the Development of Vulgar Girls"?
▲ Stills of "The Story of the Fresh Girls"
On October 30, the reporter met Jiang E himself in Taipei.
neat short hair, a pair of round gold-rimmed glasses, plain clothes and plain skirt, and the voice of speech is gentle and calm. Jiang E said that sometimes she was interviewed and was afraid that the media would like her to "star" in a live-action version of Chen Jialing.
Sorry, there is no Chen Jialing here, there, only a woman who can write articles to be clear and self-supportive.
▲Jiang E's guest appearance in "The Story of the Fresh Girls"
After watching the TV series, different people have different understandings of "fresh Girls", but how does the author himself define fresh Girls? Who is a vulgar girl? Will it be happy to be a vulgar girl?
Traditional Chinese version of the book says "Love Letter to Sixth Grade Women". The "sixth grade" in Taiwanese language is the 1970s. In other words, ordinary women are actually women who have been cultivated under the context of the era.
vulgar female
"vulgar" is not good, it is always at the bottom of the aesthetic rating of Chinese people.
We often have prejudice in our lives. Men are born vulgar. Of course, a "mud-made person" can be vulgar, but beautiful women should be vulgar.
▲ Stills of "The Story of the Growth of Vulgar Women"
If a woman grows up seriously but becomes a "Vulgar Women", it is not something that is worthy of boasting.
However, the popularity of "The Story of the Growth of Vulgar Women" has eliminated the excessive social expectations contained in the word "Vulgar" and the negative emotions caused by it.
Jiange believes that vulgarity means a wide, common and common meaning. A thing is "vulgar" because everyone has it, not special. But there is nothing to be afraid of "not special", because most people in the world are ordinary people, and similarly, there is nothing wrong with ordinary people.
Even if it is a story of ordinary people like "The Story of the Growth of Vulgar Girls", there are highlights that are the first. Even a vulgar girl like Chen Jialing can warm the hearts of millions of viewers.
▲After Chen Jialing resigned and returned to her hometown, she took the English tour guide certificate , and changed her career as a tour guide
The writer's careful writing of the life of ordinary women seems to have set a different path, leading to a path for women to liberate from worldly expectations and reconcile with themselves.
Jiang Ge was born in the 1970s, the era of economic growth in Taiwan. Her own description is: "Our group of girls who were born almost the same as the top ten constructions. Together with the Taiwan economy, we have to develop the same appearance as the dust." What does
look like?
Of course, girls must be both good-looking and obedient. Just like what Chen Jialing was asked by her mother since she was a child.
▲Child Chen and her mother
Of course, today, Taiwan has undergone earth-shaking changes in its economy, population, cognition and even family structure. 0s, 90s and even 00s are increasingly daring to show their uniqueness, and will even fiercely collide and resist old values. "Being well-behaved and obedient" is no longer the most popular quality in youth.
As a woman in the 1970s, Jiang E not only understands the "cannot let go" of her parents' generation, but also understands the "cannot bind" of other generations. She believes that she is the bridged generation.
"You said you simply wanted to support the old side, which is dishonest to yourself, because we expect more new liberation than anyone else to make us more free; but you said I don't care about the old ones, it's impossible, my parents are all inside, I care about them very much, I don't want them to be confused and confused."
▲Chen Jialing used a loudspeaker to confess to her father after having a quarrel with her father
. So, Jiang E's female consciousness awakened a kind of tenderness, so that she could maintain her appearance while not treating the previous generation in an excessively violent way.
She felt that to some extent she was eliminated with her parents, and she also accepted this state of being slowly eliminated.
"I don't know what I will say in another 10 years, but now I think the role of this middle generation is an inescapable fate and identity."
Jiang E wrote "The Story of the Development of Vulgar Women", but is the opposite of vulgar women "lady", the blueprint for a good-lived woman? Such people always believe that they should be someone's lover, someone's mother, someone's daughter, someone's employee, and they do not feel that they are themselves.
▲Chen Jialing chatted with her grandma and said she wanted to change from "Chen Li Yueying" to "Li Yueying"
When a woman's identity and role is higher than herself, she is not able to realize how she is, nor is she aware of herself as an independent life. Everyone follows the rules of the game. Without self, how can they be vulgar?
"Recognizing (you are an independent life) will bring you a lot of confidence. No matter you want to try something that seems reckless or stupid, this consciousness and cognition will bring you a very strong spinal bone ."
Women after 39 years of age
"How many years do children live in a big family, You will know that 'being' is divided into two types, 'naturally good' and 'being hard'... As a speculative villain at home, I know very well that 'naturally good' can only pass the exam in the eyes of elders. If you want to get high scores, you all rely on 'being hard'."
▲ Stills from "The Story of the Growth of a Vulgar Girl"
This is written by Jiang E in the book. She said that she is a dual major in "naturally good" and "being hard".
When she was a child, she was obedient under the eyes of adults: get the exam well and be a flatterer in front of adults and in school. , but in places where adults cannot see it, she is doing evil. She has her own "one-person experiment in the afternoon".
Grandpa and grandpa, as the eldest son of the family, had to sleep in the afternoon, and the whole house had to be silent. Jiang E took advantage of this time to enter a completely free world: break the thermometer and observe Mercury , lick the sugar coat outside the dad's vitamin, roll down in the stairwell instead of walking...
▲Child Chen, a child, secretly watched TV and was discovered by his mother
" Until now, I am still glad that I am a human being. In the process of growing up, I once had the opportunity to get rid of adult attention and explore the world with a first-hand vision." Jiang E wrote in the book.
When Jiang Ge grew up, she was still a model of "being hard and being good" in life before she was 39 years old.
Because she knows that any game in society is beneficial if she plays well, she will try to get high scores everywhere. She was not polite when studying and working.
This reminds people of the movie "Kim Ji-young born in 1982". She is also a model of "being hard and well-behaved" female. She wants to be a good wife, daughter, mother, and daughter-in-law, but she is not happy. She has no self and is not recognized for her value.
▲Kim Ji-young in "Born in 1982" lost himself on the road to becoming a good daughter, a good mother, a good wife and a good daughter-in-law, and even suffered from a mental illness
This seems to be the common pain point of Asian women. Everyone carries too much social expectations and is put into a condom by the society, becoming someone else's wife, mother, daughter, and sister.
In fact, in the TV series "The Story of the Fresh Girls", Chen Jialing's grandmother and mother were also "behaved hard" all their lives. In real life, Jiang E’s mother worked hard to manage the livelihood of a big family and was a very resilient woman in life.
If women of the previous generation feel happiness in their hard work, they will be sure that they have started a correct life model, and they will also look forward to the next generation.
▲Chen Jialing asked her mother if she would be disappointed with herself
And Jiang E, when she was nearly 40 years old, she found that the projects she could hold on to in the past gradually became difficult, and overtime and socializing made her impatient. She doesn't want to be so "motivated" anymore, because she has to cooperate with the rules of the world's game everywhere and is dragged away, which is really tiring.
She wrote in the book: "I tried hard to follow that blueprint of an excellent and virtuous woman. I thought I just let it go. The growing part did not make me much easier. Those that cannot grow obviously will not do my business in this life.
She doesn't want to be "behaved hard" anymore.
▲Chen Jialing worked hard to achieve first performance, and she did not have a high salary. l3
Jiang E finally figured it out- No matter how people want to turn their lives into an exam, there are still some that should not compete.
Moreover, no matter how high a person in life grade point has, there is also an ordinary part, and this part is classified as "common". Then she wants to say something fair to this part of the average value.
Resignation without a dramatic resignation like Chen Jialing , Jiang E and the trading company she lives in were pleasant. But it was difficult for her to tell others about the "internal and external and spiritual mutations". This mutation was that she no longer believed that she should devote her spirit, life and health to pursue career success. she lost her "motivation".
Resignation was a struggle process, and the boss also thought that there was something wrong with her mental problems and kept enlightening her, but Jiang E chose to respect the long-lasting and weak "no" voice in her body, and no longer tried to adjust herself to respect her work. She has worked for so many years and knew that those adjustments were futile.
▲Chen Jialing said that she was simply the boss's maid and slave, which made her think of resigning
So, Jiang E spent a year handing over the work matters, and also made her savings seriously, so she quit.
"My boss still thinks I'm broken now. He is surprised why I didn't starve to death." Jiang E said with a smile.
Jiang E’s boss is a good person. Like her parents’ generation, she is a generation that has suffered all the way. They have been soaking in the air of poverty and hunger. The previous generation finally raised the Jiange generation and raised it in a wealthy place. Therefore, Jiang E believes that the soul of her generation was originally set on the basis of lack of scarcity, which also made her brave enough to make some bold attempts.
is not like Chen Jialing in the TV series looking for jobs everywhere but failing repeatedly. Jiang E did not set limits for herself. She lie down at home for a year first, doing something interesting in a leisurely state.
▲ Stills of "The Story of the Fresh Girls"
She learned human pictures, and because she was running a blog, someone asked her to write a book.
She originally thought that these two things were just small episodes in her life, but she did not expect that she would become her later life direction - Jiang E is currently a human graph analyst and free writer.
After breaking away from mainstream values, life will find its way out.
Because I am a freelance worker now, sometimes when I go back to my Chinese medicine shop in Tainan, my neighbors come to get the medicine. When I see her sitting there and slim on my phone, I will start a series of caring questions: Are you back from vacation? Today is the week, don’t you have to go to work? Where are you working now? Get married? Do you have children? No, why?
▲Chen Jialing was persuaded to return to her family
Not to mention Jiang Ge, "I am 40 years old and I am not married and slim on my phone when I go home to slide my phone". In the 1980s, I am also a "infidelity" behavior.
When dealing with the relationship with the previous generation, Jiang E's mother also stopped her and tried to blackmail her emotionally, but in the end her mother gave up, which made Jiang E very grateful.
There is a consensus between them, "I can't do anything to her, and she can't do anything to me, so we love each other, so we all respect each other, continue to choose each other, and support each other as much as possible."
Vulgar women's wisdom
As a vulgar girl, Jiang E is good at observing and perceiving daily details, and will start debate with life all the time, so her book writes many subtle and interesting small events.
▲Chen Jialing was stinged by bees while decorating her home
The day before she was interviewed by reporters, she had a conversation with Dragon Beard Cooked Chili .
The season of dragon beard is over, and the river goose misses it very much. "What I find funny is that I made cold dragon beard last time. The quality of the dish was good, and I used a very good pot again, so the dish was very delicious. After I took a bite, told myself sincerely: I want to marry dragon beard. "
Jiang Ge certainly knows that people cannot marry dragon beard.
But if there is such a human, Jiang Ge arrives at the moment when she feels calm and happy after eating dragon beard vegetables, she will be able to get married.
Because of this idea of getting married, Jiang E started thinking: people want to get married, maybe it is an overly romantic impulse. In the moment, if you want to maintain the joy and enthusiasm of that moment, you are actually yourself.
▲Jiange's handwritten followers and her cat (Photo source: United Literature Jiange Column)
Jiange is not the kind of person who lives a life without marriage or not. She thinks that falling in love is just the moment, but getting married is a commitment to the future. It’s not that she is not motivated in marriage and love, but that her opponent has not yet appeared.
"If this happens, I will not refuse. I will do it with my usual attitude of studying and exams."
For feelings, Jiang E is always romanticism .
▲Chen Jialing said in a crash: "I am not married yet, I have become less like myself."
If she talks about marriage on the premise of buying insurance, she feels nothing to talk about. If she meets an enemy, she will be willing to help the other party push the wheelchair when she gets old, and she has never even thought about letting the other party push the wheelchair for her. But to tell others about this kind of romanticism, it is a slight loneliness.
talks about loneliness, and Jiang Ge feels loneliness is very important.
Loneliness usually means that you cannot find a companion. Whether it is in the ideological or the current real space, you will feel lonely. But all things that you cannot find a companion must be related to the individual's uniqueness. So when people feel lonely, they are moments when they are with themselves.
▲ Stills of "The Story of the Fresh Girls"
But, how should people understand loneliness?
When people are not mature enough, the familiar coffee, companionship, and the world of the world can all dilute the feeling of loneliness. However, when people mature to a certain extent, they will realize that after they are satisfied with a point, they will never be able to get up again. Loneliness emerged at that time.
Loneliness is, only me and myself are left.
Jiang E said she still couldn't understand it, but she still wanted to look at it, looking forward to understanding what loneliness is one day. If a person says he is never lonely, Jiange will find it difficult to communicate with him.
After all, loneliness is the relationship between oneself and oneself, and it is also a kind of self-consciousness of independent life, so people cannot avoid loneliness, and there is nothing wrong with loneliness.
▲Chen Jialing bought a white sofa in her house that she was not allowed to buy before
Let’s talk about it back to marriage. “Older women” sometimes encounter some unfriendly encounters, and at this time, they must be even more unfriendly than the other party - this is also a kind of “virtual women’s wisdom.”
When there were family activities in the past, some relatives held Jiang E's sign language with great importance: When will you treat me to a meal (this means "drinking wedding wine" in Minnan language ). Ten years ago, Jiang E would have said that she could not find a partner and was not in good condition to fool her, but now she has evolved.
"I would ask him, do you want to eat? What do you want to eat? My income is pretty good now, so let's go now. I just took his hand and walked out directly, and the relatives were very scared."
Now, Jiang E has evolved again, "I won't attend at all." She kept laughing at this point.
▲What Chen Jialing said to herself at the end of the first season of "The Story of the Fresh Girls"
The interview ended, and it was still raining in Taipei, and Jiang Ge left with a long-handled umbrella.
Looking at her leaving, I opened her book again and read those witty sentences: "I started to praise myself for being ordinary and righteous after 40 years of age. I will go to the side of the material."
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