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"Xian" is the first collection of short stories and short stories by the emerging novelist Xu Jin. The whole book is lingering in the humid atmosphere and deep and powerful narration. Most of the characters in the book are poor people living at the bottom of the city. They live in a cramped living space and a society of acquaintances. While dependent on their relatives, they are eager to participate in changes in the outside world. The novel involves private lending and the friendship that warms the elderly and the poor. It is a masterpiece of realistic themes that depicts various aspects of the human world in detail.

They never thought that when they were over fifty, there would be a "sun debate" between them - "You come down first, the ground is cool." "You bring some water up first, I am thirsty." "I asked you to come down to drink water, who told you to be so close to the sun." "It has nothing to do with the sun, the fried pork with garlic sprouts eaten in the morning was too salty." "It has nothing to do with the fried pork with garlic sprouts, you Look up, the sun is as big as the plate now, and it won't be as big as the stir-fried pork with garlic sprouts until the evening. "That's your boss's evil intention to deduct food expenses." "Hurry up, if the boss sees it, we won't even be able to eat the garlic sprouts." The sky in the morning is like a piece of metal that has been heated to blue-gray.