Confessions of a "Good Guy"

[Country + Rural Intellectuals + Era + Political Movement + Prudence to Protect Oneself + Live in Peace] The most typical ordinary people live and grow like weeds. The confession of a "good man" is also a group portrait of an era. "My" name is Hao Shuren, and I was born in 1912, which coincided with the huge historical turning point of the abdication of the Qing emperor and the establishment of the Republic of China. Because my family is quite well off, I booked a baby wedding very early. He likes reading, hates killing, and was influenced by the May 4th Movement. He was a brand-new modern person at that time. When I was 17 or 18 years old, "I" went to Fengtian to study in a normal school, where I fell in love with my cousin and completed my enlightenment in life. Zhang Zuolin came to Beijing, and the students were furious. "I" went home to marry his baby bride. After the September 18th Incident, "I" fled as a student of Northeastern University. When the Japanese came, a farm lady hid "I" in a broken cabinet. I fled back to my hometown. "I" was an intellectual and refused to be a traitor, so I became a primary school teacher. "I" endured hardship and became a subjugated slave, hoping that others could defeat the Japanese. The Hao family went bankrupt in order to buy a substitute to work for the Japanese. Later, the labor quota was assigned to "me". In order to preserve the bloodline, the family decided to replace "me" as a laborer after family research. During the Northeast War, "I" devoted myself to teaching. "I" have a tenacious vitality and survived typhoid fever; when I saw a child drowning, "I" couldn't swim and never took the risk to become a hero. "I" bumped into a wild mandarin duck, and in order to seal "I"'s mouth, a beautiful woman took the initiative to send her to my door without taking any advantage. During the famine years, "I" privately carved official seals and made fake meal tickets to save my life. During the movement, "I" was impacted and was dismissed from my position as a teacher. To put things right, "I" have passed my sixtieth year and am retiring to take care of myself. My wife died of illness, and "I" found a young nanny to take care of me. The frugal "I" was so stingy that after the earthquake, I donated a huge sum of money to make up for my inner guilt. "I" live a long life, have children and grandchildren all over the world, and are a role model for society. However, every night, "I" look back on the past and regret the way I lived in the past, but during the day, "I" still choose to be wise and protect myself. This book fictionalizes the life of Hao Shuren, a rural intellectual. It is more like a spiritual biography written for the public. He is the most typical representative of ordinary people: he never says the wrong thing, never does the wrong thing, is a good teacher in everything, barely laughs at the joys and sorrows, and just wants to live in peace; he lives like a weed, endlessly. Hao Shuren wanted to say: Stop living like "me"!