Outside the Stone City·The Beiping-Shanghai Express/石头城外·平沪通车

'''Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School'' & Representative Bestsellers of Republican China鸳鸯蝴蝶派代表作品Jin Danran is a small civil servant who moved to the countryside with his family due to feeling the stuffiness of the city and being laid off. He met the girl Juxiang in the countryside, and his wife Suying was wary and jealous of the two, so Jin Danran deliberately distanced himself from Juxiang. Juxiang’s father is a gambler who wants to sell Juxiang. Juxiang and her mother hide in other villages to live. When Su Ying returned to the city for shopping, Jin Danran was inspecting the countryside and happened to meet Ju Xiang. He intervened and sent Ju Xiang to work school. Later on, Su Ying found rural life too boring, and Jin Danran also had friends in the city to help him, which led to a higher position. When Jin Danran went to the city again, he invited Juxiang to watch a movie together. After watching the movie, Su Ying appeared in the back row of the two. They ultimately failed to go to the countryside, but succeeded in bringing rural people to the city.《石头城外》金淡然是一个小公务员，因为感到城市闷热，加上被裁员而举家迁到农村居住。他在乡村认识了姑娘菊香，而他的妻子素英对两人充满提防和醋意，金淡然便刻意与菊香拉开距离。菊香的父亲是个赌鬼，欲卖掉菊香，菊香与母亲躲在其他村子生活。素英回城逛街时，金淡然便在乡村考察，偶遇菊香，便出手相救，送菊香去工读学校。后来素英因乡村生活过于无聊，金淡然也有朋友在城里疏通，有了更高的职位。金淡然再次进城时，约菊香一起看电影，看完电影素英出现在两人的后排，他们到农村去终究是失败了，而把农村人带到城市却成功了。The story of ''The Opening of Pinghu'' takes place on a train from Beiping to Shanghai in the 24th year of the Republic of China. Financial tycoon Hu Ziyun was on a business trip to Shanghai to handle business when he met a single woman named Liu Xichun in the car. By a twist of fate, Hu Ziyun, out of friendship and lust, invited Liu Xichun to his carriage and stayed with him. Unexpectedly, Liu Xichun turned out to be a swindler in the rivers and lakes. After completely gaining Hu Ziyun’s trust, he took advantage of Hu Ziyun’s drunkenness and embezzled all of his financial assets worth over 100000 yuan. Hu Ziyun lost his property and became destitute. Once a wealthy figure in Beiping, he eventually became like a beggar and, after wandering in Shanghai for ten years, reluctantly boarded the train back to Beijing.《平沪通车》的故事发生在民国二十四年北平开往上海的一趟列车之上。金融大亨胡子云出差前往上海处理生意，在车上遇到单身女子柳系春。阴差阳错，胡子云一者出于好友情分，二者出于好色，便将柳系春请到自己车厢，和自己一同住下。没想到这柳系春却是江湖骗子，在完全博取了胡子云的信任之后，趁着胡子云酒醉，将胡子云身上价值十几万元的财务全都卷跑。胡子云丢失财物，穷愁潦倒。曾经的北平巨富，最终却像乞丐一样，在流落上海十年之后，无奈踏上了返京的列车。