Red Silk Guide

In the troubled times of the Republic of China, a piece of red silk was obsessed with for half a life. In 1937, Chen Qingshu, an apprentice at Liuzhen Dye Shop, had a pair of hands that could be dyed twelve kinds of red - the number one scholar's red for joy, the rouge for tears and the general's red for blood. He thought he would just spend his life guarding the dye vat until he met Zhou Yanbai, the medical student who posted anti-Japanese notices. The man said that his dye was red like arterial blood. When he taught him to read, his fingertips crossed his palm. When he took him out of the town, he said, after the war is over, I will take you to see the lotus flowers in the West Lake. But in troubled times, promises are always too light and too heavy. Late at night at the battlefield ambulance station, they shared a bottle of ether and clasped their fingers in the pile of memorial tablets in the side hall; during the transfer, artillery fire tore apart the agreement, leaving only a letter written in blood; years after the war, Qingshu guarded the dyeing workshop waiting for someone who would not return, while Inkstone was by the West Lake, watching all the red lotuses falling in his wheelchair... From the raging war to the peaceful years, they spent half their lives missing and dyed the deepest red. ——You said that those who dye themselves red will come back safely. ——But you lied to me. Highlight tags: Ultimate BE aesthetics | sadomasochism in troubled times | craftsman theme The epic feeling of the Republic of China | I will wait for you until the last moment of my life If you have shed tears for "A Handful of Green" and "Battle of Changsha", you must not miss this article.