The song "If I Sell Nothing" is the theme song of the movie "The Wrong Ride", it was written and composed by Luo Dayou and Hou Dejian***, and sung by Su Rui. Introduced to mainland China from Taiwan in the 1980s, this film and song, full of sadness and gratitude, was created through a tearful story. The song touched and shocked the hearts of countless people.

"If you sell empty wine bottles" is a Hokkien saying, it means; Are there any empty wine bottles for sale? It was a language spoken by waste collectors at that time.

"The Wrong Ride" tells the story of a mute uncle, a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War, who adopted an abandoned baby girl named A Mei. Because the mute uncle adopted A Mei, his wife cruelly left home. Uncle Dumb made a living by collecting empty wine bottles and waste products. He also worked as a father and a mother, and worked hard to raise Ami.

After Ami entered the music industry through her own efforts, she quickly became popular and became a big hit. However, she was also controlled by her manager in every possible way. My heart was filled with guilt.

When one day, the mute uncle who missed Ami in his heart was dying in the hospital because he missed his daughter, was depressed, and became ill from overwork. He never forgot Ami in his heart and left amid the singing of Ami’s concert. this world.

After hearing the news that her father had passed away, Ami was extremely sad and sang the song "If the Wine Is Dry and Sold Without" at the concert that made countless people cry...

This is a very old song, more popular in the 1980s. Nowadays, I still occasionally hear this familiar melody on the bus or in a shopping mall or supermarket. Good songs are timeless. The lead singer is also Taiwanese singer Su Rui, and male singer Dick Cowboy has also sung.

In the plot, the protagonist's desolate life experience and the music playing from behind: "If the wine is dry and sold for nothing", it makes people cry.

"If you sell dried wine without it", it is actually a Hokkien saying, which means: "Do you have wine bottles that you want to sell?".

Southern Fujian and Taiwan are similar, and some customs are also basically the same. Scrap collectors are called rag collectors here. They buy these empty wine bottles that people have discarded and don’t want them. They spend a small amount of money to buy them, and then sell them to the recycling station to make a small profit. It comes in the wind and goes out in the rain. Not easy. As they rode their bikes, they shouted: "If the dried wine is sold, it will be nothing." "If the dried wine is sold, it will be nothing."

If someone has an empty wine bottle at home and wants to sell it, and hears the cry "If the wine is sold for nothing", they will stop him and take out the empty wine bottle at home.

It’s been a long time since I heard the song “If the wine is dry and sold without”, after seeing your question, I downloaded another one. It’s really touching.