A pen that cannot be heard in the left ear
Li Ziqiang, who is deaf in his left ear, has been struggling on the edge of being "seen" and "ignored" his entire life. Abandoned by his native family in his childhood, the teenager picked up cold steamed buns at the construction site, and the young man huddled under a bridge and coughed up blood while writing. His world was always accompanied by a silent haze, but he held a pencil and refused to let go.
Chen Man's hot buns and the title page of "Les Misérables" are the only light in the cold night; Xiaoya's short-term encouragement and Lin Xiu's kindness allowed him to maintain the purity of his writing in the desperate situation of being consumed and discredited. He engraved the suffering of the poor, the kindness of strangers, and the relief of family affection into the page. From "The Abandoned Left Ear" to "The Light in the Basement", every stroke is stained with blood and tears, but also contains hope that refuses to be extinguished.
Later, he opened a public welfare writing corner in a rental house so that migrant workers, elderly people living alone, and disabled people could write their voices. This "inaudible" pen not only redeemed himself, but also turned into countless glimmers of light, gathering into a warm ocean in the corners of the city.
This is not a counterattack novel, but a true epic of a low-level man who cannot hear the noise in the world with his left ear, but uses words to let the world hear: Ordinary life, broken past, and persistence of goodwill are always worth remembering.
