Someone makes a comment that this teleplay can be called creativity in the history of Chinese TV plays, which can be categorized as “three without” products: without famous star, without handsome man, without woman. However, it is such kind of play that makes nearly half Chinese people laugh and cry with the complicated plot.

With the companion of my husband, I had finished watching several Episodes of “soldier sortie”. What impress me most are the six big words” no abandon, never giving up”, which like a big slogan pressed in my mind. No abandon, means the deep friendship between comrades in arms. No matter in the war field or in other emergency, no abandon represents an attitude towards the comrades in arm. And never giving up refers to the responsibility to oneself. One will never regret when he stick it out even with the result of failure. This is the understanding after I have watched this teleplay.

Xusanduo and Chengcai are two soldiers from the same village. They have the experience that seems alike: the same beginning and the same final. Actually, due to the difference of their character, the procedures they went through are totally different. Xusanduo, who is as naïve and innocent as the corn in the field, is easy for person to look through. And maybe for the quality of naivety, even some fond, people who contact with him will feel sympathy with him. And because he is one track minded, he will persist doing what he thought was right. His considerations for not making trouble to his comrades and not bringing shame on them make himself the respectable image in the people’s heart.

In my view, the keen sense of justice of Xusanduo is not so reliable in modern society: at least I had never encountered such good person. Maybe it’s a must for a teleplay to have a main role with a high identified character. He is much more like a great teaching book of truth. He did the things which had been encouraged in the book, the truth mentioned by great people, the slogan appealed by people. He played a role like that of the actress in Qiongyao’s TV, with the quality of kindness.

The audiences’ fondness for Xusanduo is because of his unreality. It seems that he represents an idealized life, which is created by people in their ideal world.

 
Many people imagined their livings as significant as Xusanduo’s. However, in the real world, it is too hard to live as him. Therefore, it added our favor to Xu. As to Chengcai, his role is common in daily life. There is an old saying---Self-preservation is the first law of nature. Chengcai is a role more familiar to us. But people seem to prefer an ideal one to a realistic one with the reason that Chengcai is just like our human beings, sometimes have to give up our conscience in order to meet our ambitions.

Chengcai is a smart and canny person who is good at catching opportunities. However, in people’s eyes, his cunning became an expression of selfishness and hypocrisy. Actually, Chengcai was not a bad person, but he didn’t understand to compromising his ambitions to the society. After his becoming the first member to jump to another company, he even got the thought that people in the old company would see him off. However, the fact was no one spoke to him except his unique friend Xu.  Chengcai is selfish. In his eyes, his comrades in arms are all his competitors. He could abandon them to seek fame at the critical moment without feeling guilty. However, his hardworking, motivation and activeness received no appreciation from his leader.

He is undoubtedly outstanding, but there is a confusion in his mind that why his achievement had so much a difference with his image in other’s eyes.

Yuanlang, one of his leaders said that he did not understand what was “no abandonment, never giving up”. Hence, he was kidded back to his hometown where was remote, quite and far away from the uproar of the city; it was a vast grassland that extends as far as the eye can see. As Xu had said, in there, no matter how excellent you were, no body could discover your talent. Chengcai was forced to slow down his step or even stop for thinking. There was a scene that Chengcai told Xu at their separation, I came with my roots cutting up, now I have to turned back to find them.

As expected, Chengcai had changed through half year’s reflection. He was more than ever to understand what content meant. He just likes tiny dust covered in the vast grassland. However, he felt comfortable to enjoy such beautiful time. Finally, he returned to the Old A company of Yulang. Compared with Xu, Chengcai went through much more than him, but I think it worth: no pains, no gains.

In my understanding, each of us ordinary person to some extent has the mixed quality of Xu and Chengcai. We behave as common as others. Sometimes we play a little trick, use some means or make some charity. Sometimes we are the most favorite one in our heart, sometimes we also love others. We all are the mixture of all kinds of emotions. We dream for being a kind person but sometimes will play a trick; we are a little bit far from naïve and with a long-term or short term sight; we are sometimes narrow-minded but sometimes with a broad heart. That is life, so wonderful and colorful.

 I will remember Xu and Chengcai; for they have the quality we should learn----Xu’s toughness and Chengcai’s persistence. Every time when I consider the six words—no abandonment, never giving up, I will get the feeling that I become a little bit outstanding. “Soldier sortie”, only can we learn never giving up others, we will not be give up by life. That’s my understanding!