When Zhang Zhong read "The Clockwork Girl" for the first time, he could feel a sticky feeling.
This sticky feeling is similar to when you go out early in the morning, and you are surrounded by haze that is only visible five meters away, and you can't see it from a little further away. Not only that, but you can also smell a strong musty smell all over your body.
Even someone like Zhang Zhong, who has experienced many battles and has seen various themes, various writing techniques, and literary themes, can still feel this way when reading this book. It is conceivable that for ordinary readers
In general, this book may not be friendly.
But it doesn't matter. Before "The Wind-Up Girl" meets everyone, readers will first see a more viscous novel - To Live.
In fact, it is not appropriate to say that "To Live" is sticky, because Zhang Zhong read this book very quickly at that time, and it did not even take three hours for the first time.
As a mainstream literary novel, "To Live" has a "brisk" pace and is not difficult to read.
This is related to Yu Hua's own writing style.
Some people say that Yu Hua is more similar to Hemingway because their novels are both concise, vivid and unpretentious in language.
A reporter once asked Yu Hua this question, and Yu Hua made a joke and said: Hemingway is probably like me, and he doesn't know many words.
This is obviously a joke, just like Mo Yan saying that he only knows 500 words.
While waiting for "Clockwork Girl", readers should first see "Alive", and after watching "Alive", they may feel that the haze and musty smell in "Clockwork Girl" are completely acceptable.
"To Live" has only been serialized for two issues in "Zero Zero One", and people have only seen the tip of the iceberg of this book. Most people are still trapped in the whirlpool of hatred for wealth and wealth.
After they finish reading the novel, the knife that cuts into their heart one by one may make them forget that Fu Gui is a bastard.
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On the third day in Marseille, Zhang Zhong and his family went to the Ile Ife, a place Zhang Zhong himself proposed.
Because the place where the Count of Monte Cristo was imprisoned was the Chateau d'If on the Ile-If [Biquge www.biqudu.xyz].
However, there is no "The Count of Monte Cristo" in this world, and there is no Chateau d'If here, so there are very few tourists here.
Zhang Zhong took his family around the island, but he didn't find it interesting.
The group of people found a place with nice scenery on the island, and Xu Yuhan and Peng Peng set up a drawing board and started sketching.
It’s time to have fun, but don’t let your homework fall behind. During this period, whenever you have free time, Xu Yuhan will always take Pengpeng to draw.
But this time on Ile-Ife was the first serious sketching for the two of them.
Pengpeng looked at a sailboat in the distance, shook his head and said, "Dad, do you think this sailboat looks like the one that the bearded grandpa gave you last time?"
Zhang Zhong looked in the direction she pointed, not to mention that this sailboat was indeed somewhat similar to the one Hummels gave him at that time.
But Hummels seems to be only in his forties, maybe because his beard is a bit long and Westerners age faster, so Pengpeng calls him Big Bearded Grandpa.
"How about you draw that sailboat?" Zhang Zhong suggested.
Pengpeng shook his head, "No, if you want to paint it, I can just follow the small painting at home."
Zhang Zhong smiled and shook his head, can this be the same? Painting here, there are islands and water around, the artistic conception is completely different.
It's just that Pengpeng paints by herself, and she can paint whatever she wants.
After spending half a day on the Ile Ife, the family gained nothing except two paintings.
Peng Peng did not draw the sailboat, but Xu Yuhan chose it.
As for Peng Peng, I spent a long time painting, painting here and there, and finally the whole painting was crowded with various things.
There are seabirds, people, trees, houses...
When the family left Ile Ife and on their way back to the hotel, they met someone playing games at a roadside stall.
The family walked up with great interest.
A table, three bowls, and a ball.
The young man stood behind the table, yelled maybe twice, and then started moving the ball and bowl.
Zhang Xingjun looked at it again and said with a smile, "Isn't this the Three Immortals' Return Cave?"
Zhang Chong smiled, the old man was right, this is the traditional Chinese trick of the Three Immortals Returning to the Cave. However, the performance here is a simplified version, because it only uses one ball.
Xu Yuhan understood French and said with a smile, "They are gambling."
The traditional Three Immortals Returning to the Cave is actually a trick performed for the common people, but there are also some evil people who use this trick to deceive people.
Xu Yuhan said that they were "gambling money", which was very euphemistic, but in fact they were "cheating money".
Zhang Zhong looked at the few people standing around and guessed that there might be someone here.
Sure enough, after the man tinkered for a while, a girl smiled and pointed at one of the bowls and said something, which probably meant that there was a ball in it.
The man performing the trick also said a few words, and then the woman took out ten euros and put them on the table.
Seeing the money, the man opened the bowl with a smile.
But after he opened it, his expression changed, because there was indeed a ball lying inside.
The woman stretched out her hand, and the man took out another ten yuan with a distressed look on his face and gave the woman twenty yuan.
When Zhang Xingjun saw this, he was eager to give it a try and said to Xu Yuhan, "Yuhan, please translate for me. I'll play a game with the boss."
When Xu Yuhan heard what the old man said, she quickly warned, "Uncle, this is a lie. That woman is probably a trap. If you go, it shouldn't be so easy to guess."
Zhang Xingjun said disdainfully, "Three Immortals Returning to the Cave is a craft of our ancestors. This kid can't learn it well. Let my uncle teach him a lesson."
Seeing that the old man was so confident, Xu Yuhan was also a little hesitant.
Zhang Chong said with a smile, "It doesn't matter, it's just ten yuan, let our dad play with it."
Xu Yuhan nodded, then walked to the table and said a few words to the man in French.
The man nodded and waited until Zhang Xingjun came forward and began to move the bowl and ball.
After he finished, Zhang Xingjun pointed to one of the bowls and said, "That's it."
The young man's eyebrows moved slightly, and then he reached out to turn over the bowl, but Zhang Xingjun said, "Don't move."
Although the young man could not understand these three words, he still stopped and looked at Zhang Xingjun blankly.
Zhang Xingjun pointed to the child just now and said, "Please turn it over."
Xu Yuhan translated Zhang Xingjun's words. The man's eyes were a little panicked, but he still nodded to the girl.
When it was opened, the ball was inside.
The man had no choice but to take out ten euros.
After playing several games, the old man guessed correctly.
Seeing that he met a master, the man packed up his stall and quit.
Zhang Xingjun did not continue to pester, took the 70 euros he won, and prepared to leave with Zhang Zhong and others with a smile.
However, just as they were about to leave, two people jumped out from among the people watching and snatched the handbags from Xu Yuhan and Hu Huifang's hands.