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The west has a rich history. It was once a wasteland soaked in blood, tears, and smoke. Such a west had appeared in Zhao Benfu's dreams again and again. After many years, he finally went to the west, and he went there again and again, and he couldn't hold it in anymore. He said that the only place that would attract him to visit again and again is western China. So Zhao Benfu embarked on a solo trip to the west. To be precise, he went on a wandering trip to the west. You don't live in a big city, you don't contact the local writers' association, you don't find anyone to host you, you don't stay in a luxury hotel, you have to take care of everything including food, accommodation, and transportation. The general direction is to the west, but there is no specific destination, just take it as you go, wherever you go. He measured the land in his dreams with his footsteps, re-read and wrote about the West with a heart that has experienced vicissitudes of life. This book also contains the fine prose works written by Zhao Benfu over the years, including the latest prose works and the best prose works, which are carefully selected and presented.

"Bat" collects the most classic and representative short stories and short stories by the famous writer Zhao Benfu, including "A World Without Thieves", "The Shoemaker and the Mayor", "Out of the Blue Water River", "The Hole" and other famous works. The short story "Bat" was written in the 1980s, and the female images in the novel are thought-provoking; "The Shoemaker and the Mayor" runs the suspense "Three Wells No. 1" Throughout; "Out of the Blue Water River" breaks the barriers of time and space; "A World Without Thieves" explores the evolution of the human soul and calls for something beautiful. The novel was adapted and made into a movie of the same name by director Feng Xiaogang, which caused a huge sensation in China and also had a wide impact internationally.

This book is a full-length novel that tells the story of the people of Yuwangzhuang in the desert along the Yellow River's old path for more than a hundred years, who have endured many hardships but have always been tenacious. Generation after generation, they have always adhered to the belief of planting trees to change the ecological environment, and finally turned the desert into an oasis. It shows the tenacity, original freedom, life force and perseverance of the Chinese people.

I had a dream when I was young. In my distant past life, I was a young general who died on the battlefield in the west. The strange thing is that I have had this dream many times. The scene was neither very clear nor blurry. It was on a Gobi desert, with thousands of troops and horses fighting together. I rode a dark-colored war horse, held a spear, and led the soldiers to charge here and there. In the end, I was the only one left, surrounded by enemies. Although he fought hard, he still couldn't break out, and was finally shot and fell from his horse. And he was shot twice in the stomach, left and right. I didn't feel any pain, I just fell to the ground like cotton. The moment I fell from my horse, I saw corpses scattered everywhere. Then a strong wind passed by, and the land became empty, leaving me lying there alone, with the dark horse still guarding me... Obviously, this was a heroic dream. I don't know whether it's because I was particularly fond of frontier poems when I was young, or because my hometown of Xuzhou is an ancient battlefield, and the memory of the war is integrated into every young man's blood.

The remote Tianluo Village was once the capital of the ancient Shujiu Kingdom. It suffered from harsh natural conditions and frequent lightning strikes. It became a hiding place for prisoners and exiles from past dynasties. When the Anti-Japanese War broke out, Song Yuan and Qian Zhangzi, two boys from Tianlu Village, formed a guerrilla force. Song Yuan is hot-tempered and bold, while Qian Zhangzi is weak and witty. During the arduous battle against Japan, their superior, female county magistrate Tan Daiyun, was captured by the Japanese army and tortured and sacrificed. Song Yuan vowed to find the traitor, and he gradually pointed his suspicion at Qian Zhangzi, who had made extraordinary achievements in the anti-Japanese war...