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Woman Dancing under the Stars

Teng Xiaolan

170K03

"Woman Dancing Under the Stars\u002F Book Series of Contemporary Chinese Powerful Female Writers" is written by Teng Xiaolan. It is a book series of powerful contemporary Chinese female writers and is edited by Liang Hongying, director of the Creative Research Department of the Chinese Writers Association. "Woman Dancing Under the Stars\u002F Collection of Contemporary Chinese Powerful Female Writers" selects 5 novellas published by Teng Xiaolan, a well-known contemporary female writer, in famous domestic literary journals, including national award-winning novels. The success of Teng Xiaolan's novels is that they are truly realistic and do not use "life" to fill preset clichéd imaginations. She is good at looking at reality head-on and looking at people and things in reality from a normal and equal perspective. She writes about ordinary people, but there is no ordinary spirit at all. There is an otherworldly feeling in her novels.

Foursome

Foursome

General Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

231K0

This book includes 6 novellas by Teng Xiaolan, a female writer born in the 1970s, including "Four of Four", "Colorful Colors in Bloom", "A Beautiful Country", "A Little Thing", "Beautiful Days" and "Thunderstorm Again". All of them are the author's works that have had a wide impact in recent years and have won national awards such as the Lu Xun Literature Award. The novel writes about the lives of ordinary Shanghainese people in beautiful and delicate writing.

Leave a Message for the Day

Teng Xiaolan

36K0

That was the first time I saw Teacher Wen cry. An old man with gray hair huddled in the corner, crying quietly. He turned over and over recalling the past with "Little Ningbo" and then fell asleep without realizing it. I called Wen Siyuan over, and together with Mrs. Wen, I helped carry him to the bed. Mrs. Wen said in a confused manner, "We are all old - if he is like this, he will still cry in the future." Wen Siyuan and I were silent. It was past ten o'clock when I got home that night. When I walked downstairs, I saw a figure next to me. My heart skipped a beat for no reason, and somehow I had a strong premonition. --The man gradually came closer, and the moonlight brushed his face. It turned out to be the neighbor downstairs. I suppressed my disappointment and nodded to him: "Hello."

Rule Life

Rule Life

General Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

33K0

When Zhu Mei received the call from her sister Zhu Hui, she vaguely guessed what was going on. Half an hour later, she arrived at her sister's place. Brother-in-law Gao Huaide is also there. Ding Ding is taking a nap. Her sister made her a cup of coffee. In fact, she never drinks coffee because it makes her stomach hurt. But she picked it up politely and took a sip. Although they were at their own home, my sister and brother-in-law looked a little reserved, facing Zhu Mei like students who had done something wrong to their teacher. "Mei," Zhu Mei could never figure out whether her sister called "Mei" or "Mei", "Ding ding -" Zhu Mei looked at her sister's mouth with a smile on her face, but her heart lifted. Just as there are overlapping images of things seen with the eyes, at this moment, the words coming out of my sister's mouth also have overlapping sounds. One word inside another word, it makes me dizzy listening to it. "Ding ding - why don't you give it to us." My sister finally said those words.

Hold Your Hand

Hold Your Hand

General Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

33K0

It was just before six o'clock, and the surroundings were already dark. There is no light, it is the kind of black that sinks to the bottom, very thick. There is also stillness, which does not feel pure, but dense, with a bone-deep coldness that penetrates into the bone marrow. Li Qian sat eating noodles, lighting a candle next to him, and the light and shadow flickered on the wall. There was an emergency light, but he didn't use it. The skill he had developed when he was young could prevent noodles from getting into his nose even if he couldn't see his fingers. He has endured hardships, and these things in front of him are nothing. What's more, he came to the door himself. When she made that phone call, Sun Xiaomei's voice was faintly crying, and what could be said clearly in one sentence was divided into several sentences. It can be heard that it is a bit out of proportion. He asked her: "What is your relationship with the 'Sun Xiaomei' in 'Monopoly'?" The other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, "--I am the 'Xiao' from 'Dawn'.

Happy Prince

Happy Prince

General Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

39K0

Everyone around them disappeared. It was empty except for Dad. She grabbed her father's hand and stood up gently. The body is as light as weightless. Dad said, let's go. Yan Hui nodded, and the father and daughter walked out. A door appeared in front of him, and when he opened it, he found a wide avenue. At the other end of the avenue, there was a golden light. There is still faint singing, which is very beautiful. Many angels with wings were flying around there. The father and daughter held hands and walked over step by step. Yan Hui saw an angel holding something in his hand, which was red and beating. She asked, what is this? The angel told her that it was the heart of the Happy Prince. --The most precious thing in the world.

City ​​within a City

Teng Xiaolan

276K0

Teng Xiaolan's "City Within a City" is a head-on, extremely challenging original novel on financial reality. The novel creates a "new literary image" of two generations of financial people represented by Zhao Hui, Miao Che, Tao Wuji, etc., And describes hot issues and major events such as finance's promotion of the development of the real economy, safety supervision in the financial field, China's achievements in responding to the international financial crisis, and the new development of China's finance in the new era. A "City Within a City" reflects the glory of the construction and development of Lujiazui Financial City in Shanghai and presents a colorful picture of China's contemporary financial reform and development.

People Climbing Outside the Window

Teng Xiaolan

41K0

When we got home, Ding Xiaomei was helping her mother prepare dinner. Shuidong pulled Ding Xiaomei aside and said, "I have something to tell you." Ding Xiaomei looked at her mother with a blushing face and asked, "What are you talking about?" "As long as you are with me, I will give you all the money I earn." After Shuidong said this, he looked at her. Ding Xiaomei was stunned for a moment, lowered her head, and then smiled. Her smile is like the peach blossoms in early spring, pink and sweet. She nodded, her face getting redder-the peach blossoms bloomed even more beautifully.

A Happy Marriage for a Hundred Years

Teng Xiaolan

67K01

This book collects four representative short stories written by the author in recent years, namely "A Hundred Years of Love", "Gourd Meat", "Nanny" and "Leave a Voice in the Past". The first article, "Hundred Years of Love" (published in "Chinese Writers" in October 2010), tells the story of an ordinary urban couple gradually getting along; the second article, "Gourd Meat" (published in "Youth Literature" in June 2007), is about The story is full of bizarreness, but it also pays close attention to the lives of ordinary people. The most ordinary airport shuttle bus driver turned out to be a terrorist; the third "Nanny" (published in "Western" in November 2013) created a The image of a first-time mother who accidentally lost her child and caused her own mental disorder. This mother made up for her guilt for the child by being a wet nurse for other children, but gradually lost control as she could not find the child day by day; the fourth part of the novel "Leave a Voice in the Past" (published in "October" in July 2013) is humorous and full of wonderful life details. It tells the youthful echo left to intellectuals in turbulent times, and how this echo affects the next generation of Shanghai.

Watching the Sunset over Victoria Harbor

Teng Xiaolan

35K01

Guo Ni had a flash marriage with Ding Weian, an elite Hong Kong investment banker, and worked hard to integrate into Hong Kong life, learning Cantonese, making soup, and knitting scarves, but she found mysterious women's underwear in her husband's suitcase. Luo Yan made a surprise visit to Hong Kong on the pretext of "purchasing a dowry", but in fact she had a hidden agenda - she took the opportunity to get close to Hu Shaobin, Guo Ni's ambiguous partner in Shenzhen. As the plot progresses, the conflicts between the sisters escalate: Guo Ni's forbearance behind the mask of Hong Kong elegance, Luo Yan's inferiority under her flamboyant style, and the psychological game between the two that spans twenty years gradually comes to light. Clues such as Ding Weian's family secrets, the cultural collision between Hong Kong and Shanghai, and the truth about marriage are intertwined, and finally the identity dilemma of modern urbanites is revealed in the sunset over Victoria Harbor.

Love Will Grow

Love Will Grow

Short Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

34K0

An urban marriage apocalypse that tears away the sugar coating. This is not a love fairy tale, but a wild documentary about marriage - if you dare to face it directly, you will resonate with it. When "flash marriage" collides with "slow growth", when alley fireworks entangle with the neon lights of Lujiazui, two souls who refuse to grow up dance awkwardly in the trial field of marriage. Here are the Shanghai girl's creations, the literary husband's silent breakthrough, and the true record of a generation breaking out of the cocoon in the siege of love - not a sweet pet utopia, but a survival sample library of real marriages.

Beautiful Day

Beautiful Day

Short Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

31K0

An old lady in an alley and a widow from Jiangxi secretly bonded over the household registration game. When a fake pregnancy coincided with real demolition, the two women used their market wisdom to write the Shanghai version of "Love in a Fallen City". When household registration obsession meets survival instinct, when shrewdness and sophistication meet grassroots wisdom, what grows under the eaves of the alley is an alternative annotation of the market version of "Love in a Fallen City": the real allure is not the stamp on the household registration book, but the beautiful days when two women compromise with each other in the cracks of the times. ?

Pick a Flower with One Finger

Teng Xiaolan

33K0

[Tearer of desire for power × Victim of sober infatuation] Du Ruxuan, a young general, is gentle and elegant on the surface, but in fact he is ambitious. He rose to power by suppressing bandits, circulated among the powerful, and got nothing from the princess, but regarded the affection of his maid Shier as a pawn. The maid Shi'er is Du Ruxuan's loyal servant. She was adopted by the Du family since she was a child and she secretly loves the young master. He is willing to take risks as a substitute, but he sees through the truth and becomes the most sober victim of the conspiracy.

Dacheng Xiaolian

Dacheng Xiaolian

Short Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

33K0

In the collision between skyscrapers and downtown fireworks, two souls search for the true nature of love in the cracks of social class. At a class reunion, Su Yizhen, a bleach collar worker in Shanghai, witnessed the appearance of Du Yuan, the elite male idol whom she had secretly loved for seven years, with her new love. She was drinking to drown her sorrows, but was rescued and sent home by Liu Yan, a delivery boy. The boiled fish disguised as tomato sauce and the clumsy care under the acne made this awkward fate quietly sprout.

Empress the Country and the City

Teng Xiaolan

44K0

She picked up her chopsticks, picked up a piece of crab, and was about to put it into her mouth when she glanced and saw Tong Chengzhi looking at her not far away. She loosened her chopsticks and the crab fell onto the plate. Looking again, Tong Chengzhi was still standing there, motionless. Pang Ying's nose felt sore and he hurriedly pushed back the bangs on his forehead to avoid being seen. Thinking about it, it still felt wrong, so he simply stood up and changed his position in the corner. I sat down, dazedly, and put the lump crab into my mouth. I chewed it for a few times, but it felt dull and tasteless at all.

Happy Prince

Happy Prince

Short Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

39K0

Yan Hui, a paranoid orphan girl, believed in the fairy tale "The Happy Prince" and transformed into a "fallen angel" to weave a network of lies to rob the rich and give to the poor. However, in the gray kingdom built by manipulating drug addicts, prostitutes and disabled people, she was reduced from a savior to an executioner. When the "Happy Prince" takes off his gemstone eyes, what he sees is no longer suffering, but his own cold heart made of lead - this crime fable full of philosophical speculation uses "Blood Fairy Tale" to ask the times: What kind of salvation do we need?

Thunderstorm Again

Thunderstorm Again

Short Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

42K0

A car accident eight years ago made Zheng Ping and Zhang Yiwei orphans with the same disease. Their fathers passed away on the same day. Zheng Ping's mother remarried Zhou's father, who was responsible for the car accident. She founded the "Zheng Yinsheng Drama Club" to commemorate her late father. However, while repairing her father's mobile phone, she accidentally discovered evidence of her mother's extramarital affair with the former drama actor Luo Yida. At the same time, Zheng Ping was ambiguously entangled with Zhang Yiwei. Zhou You, the son of Zhou's father, had been protecting her for many years, but Zhang Yiwei seemed to have a hidden desire for revenge against the Zhou family. The rehearsal of the drama "Thunderstorm" has become a mirror image of real life: Zheng's mother replays "Fanyi" after ten years, Luo Yida is reduced from "Zhou Puyuan" to "Lu Gui", and a heavy rain intertwined with family secrets, love, hate and betrayal is about to come.

You Come and I Go

You Come and I Go

Short Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

35K0

When a widow meets a debt collector: a war for survival that uses tears as weapons and despair as a bargaining chip. Whoever becomes soft-hearted first will lose. The blackened symbiosis of low-class women in the desperate situation of survival tears apart the hypocrisy of the "good guy society".

Foursome

Foursome

Short Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

40K0

Xie Ning, the 29-year-old financial section chief, and Feng You, a young canteen temporary worker, started a sister-brother relationship, but cracks gradually developed under the pressure of reality; Wu Genshui, a businessman, had a blind date with Xie Ning due to traditional concepts, but to no avail, but was accidentally introduced to Xie Ning's colleague Lu Beibei, and the two came together due to practical needs. Xie Ning longs to relive the romantic fantasies of adolescence, Feng You tries to change class destiny through marriage, Lu Beibei uses marriage as a springboard for the family to escape poverty, and Wu Genshui pursues the warmth of a stable family. In the midst of workplace strife, family fetters, and emotional games, the four gradually uncover the survival dilemma and the reality of human nature behind urban love.

Dacheng Xiaolian

Dacheng Xiaolian

General Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

34K0

Before getting off work, Su Yizhen received a call from Qian Wenyi, saying that there would be a reunion of college classmates that evening. Conrad Restaurant at Raffles City. "I heard that Du Yuan will attend with his family. Dress up beautifully and compare with that little woman, so that Du Yuan will regret it -" across the phone, Su Yizhen wanted to cover that big mouth with one hand and said repeatedly: "You are the only one who knows about this matter. If you tell others, I will I will definitely be angry." Qian Wenyi reassured her, "I am the most measured person. I know clearly what should be said and what should not be said." During dinner, Du Yuan indeed brought his girlfriend, who was sweet, petite, and talked like a Huzhou rice dumpling. All the boys privately praised Du Yuan for his good vision.

Love Will Grow

Love Will Grow

General Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

36K0

The subway at one or two o'clock in the afternoon is not very empty, but it is definitely not too crowded. Compared with morning and evening peak hours, at least you can stand and sit as you should. People who are standing can hold on to the armrests or lean on the doors without worrying about being squeezed with their chests touching their backs. The person sitting can have free time to check their phone, and their knees will never touch the calf of the person in front of them. Everyone has his own space and does not infringe on each other. Entertainment news scrolled on the LCD screen, attracting passengers to watch one after another. The woman begging with her baby in her arms walked hesitantly. At this moment, she no longer had the cover of the human wall, and was completely exposed to the eyes of everyone. She was somewhat unjust and embarrassed. She was embarrassed to breastfeed her breasts. Her chest was stretched tightly, and not a single bit was exposed.

Beautiful Day

Beautiful Day

General Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

32K0

Teng Xiaolan's "Beautiful Days" has a calm narrative and exquisite structure. It meticulously depicts the emotions and lives of two generations of women, showing ordinary women's persistent dream of pursuing marital happiness, their bitterness, their meticulousness, their clumsiness and tenacity. It is a cherished expression of beauty and kindness, compassion and love in everyday life. The contrasting description of details such as name and reality, appearance and concealment, urban and rural areas, entry and exit, vividly expresses Chinese family concepts and marriage ethics from a unique perspective.

Moonlight in the City

Moonlight in the City

General Fiction

Teng Xiaolan

143K0

The protagonists of "Moonlight in the City" by Teng Xiaolan are an ordinary couple. They are philistine and trivial, but kind and strong. The story starts from the two getting married and ends with the birth of a daughter. During this period, they take the TOEFL test, want to be an official, stock trading, have an affair, infertility, and are laid off - all the joys, sorrows and joys of ordinary people. The two of them were noisy and never left each other. There was no big storm, only the warmth oozing out from the daily necessities, and the comfort emanating from the broken pieces.

City Within a City (original Film and Television Series Starring Bai Yufan and Yu Hewei)

Teng Xiaolan

275K8.81

It was the graduation season again. Tao Wuji, a young man from Shandong Province, chose to intern at a bank in Lujiazui, Shanghai. However, on his first day of employment, he witnessed the vice president of the branch commit suicide by jumping off a building... Cheng Jiayuan, who joined the bank at the same time, was a silly boy with an extraordinary background, but he only wanted to take revenge on his father who abandoned his wife and son. Jiang Rui, who had a hard time in the private P2P industry and then returned to the traditional financial world, was unwilling to be a child and gradually became interested in leading her daughter. Hu Yue, who is charming and considerate, has been secretly in love with Tao Wuji for many years. As an orphan, what kind of obscure past is behind her... Vanity Fair, the circle of right and wrong, how many people can detect it? When interests conflict with beliefs, should you stick to it or go with the flow? In such a financial kingdom, a city within a city, a spy within a spy, who can not forget the original intention and start well and end well?

Heart of the Heart (original Work of the Tv Series of the Same Name Starring Hai Qing, Tong Yao and Zhang Songwen)

Teng Xiaolan

241K016

"Heart Residence" - a novel by New Shanghai School writer Teng Xiaolan. Diving deeply into life, writing about the struggles in the complicated daily life. This is Shanghai at the moment, with city residents who were born and raised here, old Shanghainese who have spent half their lives just to return to their roots, and new Shanghainese who don't want to be transparent and work hard to make progress. In the ever-changing metropolitan era, the people of Shanghai, represented by the three brothers and sisters of the Gu family, have experienced various joys and sorrows around their houses. After experiencing ups and downs in life, they long for a more abundant material life, and they also spare no effort to find a safe place for their souls to live. The author's unhurried, delicate and soft writing style is the most authentic footnote of the "flavor of Shanghai" - the city and its people retain their warm shrewdness, harmless ambition, and the appropriateness to blend into the fireworks of the world.