Chinese Studies

Call Number
CHI0084

山里女人二嫫的丈夫是个下台的村长，整天病歪歪的，床上和地里都不大行，一家的担子全靠二嫫挑着。他们的独生儿子虎子老去邻居家看电视，老被轰出来，二嫫堵气要给儿子买一个比邻居家大的电视。她拼死拼活地做麻花面到几十里外的县城去卖。邻居"瞎子"经常帮助二嫫，一来二去就有了感情，暗度陈仓。"瞎子"介绍二嫫到县城的一家饭店做麻花面挣钱，还经常偷偷地夹在工资里给她钱。二嫫偶然中知道卖血可以挣钱，就经常卖血，还老去看商店里那台全县最大的电视。二嫫得知瞎子常给她钱并且听到别人的闲言之后，和"瞎子"翻了脸，回到村里，继续做麻花面。邻居媳妇大闹一场，和二嫫打了个两败俱伤。过年了，二嫫终于买回了那台最大的电视，村民们涌进她家看电视，"村长"感到很是风光，二嫫却因劳累和贫血不能下炕，她靠在自己的血汗所得-电视机上，愣愣地不知在想些什么。

Ermo is a hardworking village woman in the northern province of Hebei, who makes noodles to feed her husband and child. When her neighbor buys a brand new television, she is consumed by dreams of owning one herself. Desperate to own the largest television in the village, she becomes obsessive in her desire to earn money, eventually leaving the village to work in town. Her efforts to earn enough money damages her health and her relationship with her family.[source]