1939年的冬天格外寒冷,抗日战争进入第三个年头,中华民族承受着最深重的苦难。这一年12月底的一天,雪花飘落,苦雨凄风。大后方四川合江县一座万年台上,各届“迎元旦”晚会正在进行。一个叫王永梭的年轻人,兴奋而差涩地表演了一段11分钟的小节目《卖膏药》。剧中那个挣扎在饥寒交迫中的小人物的遭遇,激起了观众的深切同情,演出大获成功! The winter of 1939 was exceptionally cold, and the war of resistance against Japan entered its third year. The Chinese nation bore the deepest suffering. One day in the end of December this year, the snow falls and the bitter wind bleak. Large rear Sichuan Hejiang County, a million years stage, “Welcome New Year’s Day,” party is underway. A young man named Wang Yongshao, excited and poorly performing an 11-minute program “sell plaster.” The scene of the struggling little man suffering from hunger and cold aroused the audience’s deep sympathy, the show was a success!