
You, Me, and Them in an Ordinary Alley
寻常巷陌里的你我他
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 388k Words
- Genre
- Urban
- Subgenre
- Urban Everyday
- Updated
- 6mo ago
- Source
- Fanqie
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The story begins in the 1970s and tells the story of the Qin family's struggles with family, friendship, and love under the social background of that time. I have really sacrificed a lot for my house and my loved ones, and my feelings are truly profound. The inner monologue and plot deeply moved me. The little characters' handling of things was deeply touching to me. Ordinary people, ordinary stories, but spent a lifetime. Life is so short, just a few decades, let us live well. I hope you like this story.
This period novel with the core of "Destiny overcomes all difficulties, and a real dragon emerges from the streets", with its rough and real texture and the ups and downs of the characters' fate, constructs a picture of the times full of life resilience. The most moving part of the work is the portrayal of the protagonist Qin Hairu. He was born in a porcelain factory shed with the heavy label of "forcing his fate to defeat his relatives." This highly symbolic opening destined him to fight unyieldingly against fate throughout his life. The author did not deliberately beautify the lower class, but used almost line drawings to depict his living conditions as tenacious as weeds and as stubborn as wild dogs in the streets. It formed a sharp contrast with the current trend of the times when the children of high-ranking officials went abroad and the refugees came to seek relatives, highlighting the hardship and dignity of individuals surviving in the cracks of the times. In terms of narrative, the novel skillfully uses the core setting of "life is hard" and wonderfully reverses and sublimates its connotation. From the initial curse and humiliation, "hard life" gradually became his most powerful spiritual core - a kind of "hard strength" and "ruthless strength" that does not bow to fate. His decisive decision to smash the "iron rice bowl" and regain his ancestral business is not only a major turning point in the plot, but also completes the character's sublimation from passively accepting his fate to actively controlling his fate. In the end, those who ridiculed him as his "nemesis" had to rely on his "life extension" setting. It is full of dramatic tension and philosophical meaning, and deeply explores the dialectical relationship between "bad luck" and "tenacity", as well as the ultimate judgment of time on value. The pattern of the work is not limited to the personal sense of counterattack, but reflects the social landscape and changes in a specific historical period through the experience of Qin Hairu's family being "pinned to the bottom", as well as the rise and fall of the porcelain factory and the change of opponents. Qin Hairu's journey from the quagmire to the compound and back to the dilapidated house is also the epitome of a generation's search for its own position and value in the wave of the times. The question at the end, "Can you beat the disease this time?" Has a long aftertaste, leading the story from secular success to thinking about the ultimate proposition of life, giving the work a depth and literary appeal that goes beyond ordinary period texts. All in all, this is not only a cool story of "grassroots counterattack", but also a hymn to all ordinary heroes who stick to their dignity in the face of suffering and spend their lives wrestling with their fate. It proves with a solid writing style that the real "true dragon" is not a born noble, but a Taishan Beidou who has survived step by step from the hardships of ordinary alleys and with the "hard spirit" that refuses to admit defeat.
I have never seen such a "cruel" story, which crushes the mud of life into pieces, fills the readers' eyes with blood and tears, but insists on rooting out a thorny hope in the most suffocating gap. The blood from a delivery in a shack on a rainy night stains the old blanket red, and acupuncture and acupuncture cannot stop the leakage of fate; the warmth of the rags in the cinder stove cannot withstand the sarcastic comments from the neighbors; the mahogany medicine box contains herbs but also pretends to be aggrieved. The children who have broken their heads in poverty still eat half a piece of sweet potato as candy. Qin Jiming's fists are hard, but they can't withstand the softness of reality; Mo Yueqing's waist is tough, and they can't bear the weight of life. There are no miracles from heaven, just little people struggling to survive in the mire, and even their tears have to be swallowed mixed with rainwater. But it is this spirit of "not admitting defeat" that makes the hard days taste a little salty and sweet. It turns out that the most touching thing is not the heroes, but the mortals who are willing to carry the sky for their families in desperate situations.
The novel is based on the theme of "Destiny overcomes all difficulties, and a real dragon emerges from the streets". In the rough and true background of the times, it carves out the hottest life resilience of the people at the bottom. The protagonist Qin Hairu was born in the workshop of a porcelain factory with the curse of "forcing one's fate against one's relatives". The author uses almost line drawing to restore his survival attitude as tenacious as a weed and as stubborn as a wild dog in the alleys. It forms a sharp contrast with the current trend of the times when the descendants of high-ranking officials and refugees and overseas Chinese seek relatives, and illustrates the hardship and dignity of individuals surviving in the cracks of the times. The word "fate is hard" is the soul of the whole book. From the initial curse of humiliation, it is tempered into the spiritual core of Qin Hairu's fight against fate. The decision to smash the "iron rice bowl" and regain his ancestral business completed the character's sublimation from passive acceptance to active control of his destiny; the setting that those who mocked him back then had to rely on him to "continue his life" also hides a profound dialectic of misfortune and perseverance. The work is not only about the refreshing feeling of grassroots counterattack, but also reflects the social changes of an era through the rise and fall of porcelain factories and the ups and downs of families. The question at the end, "Can we defeat the disease this time?" Leads the story to the ultimate reflection on life, allowing this period novel to escape the shackles of cool writing and possess the literary power to directly touch people's hearts.
After reading these existing chapters, although they only write about trivial matters such as food, rice, oil, and salt, I can see how difficult it is to appreciate the years in trivial matters. Although there is no ups and downs like Shuangwen, the characters are portrayed in a profound way. As written in the author's introduction, these stories are like sorting out old things and should be a record of memory. The world is full of fireworks and true feelings. Ordinary people, ordinary things, and extraordinary writings record extraordinary alley stories and describe the characteristics of that era. It is very immersive and worth reading.
In the firewood, rice, oil and salt, you can taste the true flavor of time This article does not have any ups and downs of earth-shattering plot, but the story about the parents is penetrating. Reading it is like holding a bowl of warm old fire soup, which warms your heart. The atmosphere of the city described by the author is particularly vivid: the cries of hawkers in the alley, the help and bickering between neighbors, the family gathering around the small table to calculate the details of food, rice, oil and salt, as well as the concerns hidden in the simple meals and the warmth wrapped in patched clothes, all accurately reproduce the texture of the old times. There is no perfect protagonist in the book. The elders have stubborn partialities, and the younger generations have ignorant stubbornness. Even the relationship between husband and wife is full of grinding and tolerance. But it is these imperfections that make the characters particularly real and amiable - just like the uncles and aunts next door in the memories, or the noisy but always tight-knit relatives in your own family. The calculations of haggling over a few cents, the hard work of staying up late to sew for the children's tuition, and the transparency of taking the initiative to make concessions for the sake of neighborly harmony, all hide the simplest wisdom of life and the warmth of humanity. There are no golden fingers or cool writing routines. This novel uses the plainest writing to restore the true nature of ordinary people's lives in that era: life may be poor, but there is always small beauty to be found; people's hearts may be complex, but they always reveal kindness and enthusiasm at critical moments. After reading and closing the book, it seems that I have followed the people in the book through a slow time. It reminds me of the past events told by my ancestors, and makes me appreciate every moment of stability and warmth in my current life.
"You, Me and Him in Ordinary Alleys" is so good at capturing the spirit of the times! Qin Hairu's "hard-fought counterattack" is wrapped in the fireworks of the market. From the porcelain factory shed to the industry leader, there is a burning vitality hidden in the wild energy. The multi-female main story is heart-warming and relatable, the family disputes are heart-warming and empathetic, and the bottom-up comeback is written in a refreshing and real way. It is a good work that captures the passion of life! A must of the year🔥
The story is very short, and I listened to it three times. These three times made me appreciate the author's delicate writing style and real characters. This is a good read. The ordinary streets and ordinary people's lives can really make people calm down and stop to appreciate it.
The author depicts the fireworks in the city with a plain writing style, but without shocking plot, he writes deeply about the family story. The characters in the book are real and vivid, full of the running-in and warmth of daily life, and the wisdom of life and the warmth of human nature are hidden in the trivial daily life. Reading it is like drinking the soup of old fire, which warms the heart and makes people cherish the stability of the present.
Ordinary alleys, fireworks in the world, spanning decades of time and space, the story is told slowly, but with ups and downs, the characters are vivid, and have been baptized by the years, none of them are you, and none of them are not you! It is recommended to read it carefully and feel the different vicissitudes of time. [Like][Like][Like] As the male protagonist grows up step by step, I can't help but sigh: it is just like the sadness and struggle of a generation.