The reason why Zhang Zhong chose this book "The Adventures of Hal Roger" to tell Pengpeng was that he wanted his daughter to broaden her horizons.
Different from the stories he told before, this time the story is very informative. The author Willard himself is a naturalist who has traveled all over the world and has rich experience. Most of the stories in it are what he has seen with his own eyes.
Very true.
Zhang Zhong wants to take Pengpeng around the world with stories one by one, including the tropical jungles of Africa, the straits at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, Mount Kilimanjaro, and uninhabited islands...
It is said that a scholar can know the world without going out. This is the advantage of reading. Readers can see through Willard's eyes places they have never seen and may never see.
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Pengpeng listened to the story for a long time before falling asleep.
After she fell asleep, Zhang Zhong walked to the study unconsciously.
In fact, he didn't know what he was going to do before he got to the study, and he didn't have any urgent tasks on hand recently.
But after he actually entered the study, his brain seemed to suddenly become active and he had many, many ideas.
Speaking of which, points have been rising a bit slowly recently, and it’s been a long time since I’ve accumulated enough points to redeem works.
He actually thought of a book, and the inspiration came from Hu Huifang.
Yesterday, Hu Huifang complained that she did not go to the temple to pray during the Lantern Festival this year, but she must burn incense during the Qingming Festival.
Zhang Zhong feels that Qingming Festival has little to do with Buddhism, but now they don’t pay attention to burning incense and worshiping Buddha. In fact, they themselves don’t pay attention to Buddhism. After it was introduced to China, they also knew
As the Romans do, there have been many changes.
After thinking about it, he thought of a book, "Being Ordained" by Wang Zengqi.
This is a short story with only over 10,000 words. Zhang Zhong has read it several times before, not only for the ignorant love of the young monk, but also for Wang Zengqi’s humorous language.
Zhang Zhong was deeply impressed by Wang Zengqi's humor.
In fact, it is better to say that it is humorous than free and easy.
There is a passage in "Human Grass" that fully reflects Wang Zengqi's humor and freedom.
He said: Gardenias are thick and big, and they are so fragrant that they can’t even be brushed away. So elegant people don’t get them because they think they have low moral character. Gardenia said, “Fuck it, I just want it to smell like this. It smells so good.”
It’s painful and happy, what the hell do you care about!”
Looking back and thinking about the book "Ordained", in fact, the story is a bit "watery". The so-called "watery" means that the structure is loose and disorderly. Not only is there no dramatic conflict in the whole book, there is not even a complete storyline.
Some people say that this is a "prose style", but Zhang Zhong himself disagrees. A novel is a novel, and the novel itself has many styles. It is not necessarily necessary to use "prose style" to describe a novel.
If that's the case, how should we describe the stream of consciousness? Do we need to use a "scripted monologue style" to describe it?
As for why some people use "prose style" to describe it, it is actually because there is not enough research on this book in the literary world.
Of course, this is also because the mainstream literary world is not very willing to study this novel, because it is somewhat unusual in the mainstream literary world.
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Zhang Zhong recalled every word in the novel. Wang Zengqi's simple and concise language style was also a highlight of this novel, and he didn't want to let it go.
It took four or five hours to roughly record a novel of more than 10,000 words, and before I knew it, it was already late at night.
Zhang Zhong let out a breath. He had originally made a rule for himself, saying that he must go to bed in the middle of the night, but now he broke it because of this novel.
But while writing this novel, he really couldn't control himself to stop, as if someone was holding his hand and asking him to keep writing.
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In the morning of the next day, Zhang Zhong turned on his computer, spent two or three hours carefully proofreading "The Ordination", and then uploaded it to the Internet.
He did not post it to "Agitation Literature", but directly posted a long article to Weiyu, where anyone can read it for free.
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"Sister Yan, your favorite fifth-grade vegetable sent a new update."
Fang Qiong, who was on the opposite bed, held up her cell phone and said with a smile. Li Yan lay on the bed and hummed. She also received the reminder message from Weiyu.
There are four people in their dormitory. Li Yan and Fang Qiong are both fans of the fifth-grade vegetable book, but they always joke with each other about "your favorite fifth-grade vegetable."
When Fang Qiong said this to Li Yan in the past, Li Yan would always reply, "Isn't it your favorite?"
Then Fang Qiong would say, "Yes, yes, we all love it."
But this time, Li Yan just hummed and said nothing.
Fang Qiong felt a little surprised, but she didn't take it seriously. If Li Yan had turned her head towards her, she should have been able to see Li Yan's somewhat red cheeks.
"Hey, it seems to be a short story." Fang Qiong said a little surprised.
She looked at Li Yan and felt that something was wrong with this girl today. Normally Li Yan would be the first to jump up.
It's just that now she is busy reading novels and doesn't care about Li Yan's situation.
After reading the novel of more than 10,000 words, Fang Qiong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, there is nothing written in this novel, why is this girl's heart pounding so hard, Sister Yan, I want to fall in love."
"
Li Yan also finished reading. She buried her head and did not reply to Fang Qiong's words.
Her girlish heart is about to jump out of her chest, okay? What did this guy Zhang Zhong do? Even though he didn't write anything out of the ordinary, his cheeks turned red.
Especially in the last paragraph, the young monk and the girl rowed the boat, and the reed flowers sprouted new ears, glowing with silver and slippery...
"This novel is quite enjoyable to read, but it just feels confusing, as if it doesn't say anything. To say that the love between the young monk and Yingzi is too hazy." Fang Qiong muttered, and then added,
"I don't understand, I don't understand."
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"Is this fifth-grade vegetative specializing in short stories?"
Lin Wenyuan said to Li Zhiqiong sitting opposite him.
Li Zhiqiong smiled and said, "How can I say this? Doesn't he have too few novels?"
Lin Wenyuan shook his head and said, "It is true that he has many novels, and the sales volume is even more impressive, but in my eyes, they are not as good as this one, "The Ordination"?"
"Well, his previous works "The Necklace" and "Chameleon" were also very good. Later I saw that he had written many detective novels. I was a little regretful that he should not have wasted his talent on popular novels." Li Zhiqiong nodded and then said
He went on to say, "The structure of this "Ordination" is completely different from his first two short stories. It is loose and disorderly, and the theme is not obvious. If I try to analyze it after reading it, I won't be able to analyze anything at all, but
But it gives people a real feeling, allowing people to appreciate the beauty of human nature, the beauty of the world, and the beauty of liberation."
Lin Wenyuan sighed, "Yes, this fifth-grade vegetative person has a pair of worldly eyes."