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The Man Who Sells Stars in the World: the Counterattack Life of a Rural Youth Who Dropped Out of School

Lin Keke

260K0

His academic qualifications remained in the fields, his dream was to climb over the mountains, a record of the class jump of a dropout salesman. A college student in his prime and a young man who dropped out of school due to a failed family education. Although they are very different in quality, they chose their own path to success due to unexpected accidents and mistakes. They both experienced the process of doing business and being a salesman. The two protagonists of this novel have never forgotten their girlfriends during the promotion process. Every Christmas they will go to the place where they broke up due to an accident. After a successful career, he won himself the title of "the greatest salesman in the world" and gained both fame and fortune. Love is a promise in life. They finally met here in the vast sea of ​​​​people, and the lovers finally got married.

Notes from the House of the Dead (With Quality Library)

(russian) Dostoevsky

215K0

A man who killed his wife was asked after ten years of hard labor: "Do you regret it?" He thought for a while and said: "No regrets." It was not because he was cold-blooded, but because the days in prison were more like a place where a person lives than the life outside. Geng Jizhi's translation "closely adheres to the original text, and his translation style is smooth and beautiful." Together with Ge Baoquan, he is called the double wall that cannot be bypassed in Russian and Soviet literature. His translation is like a gray-white prison cell with peeling walls and dim light, but every brick is solid. This is Dostoevsky's Siberian exile record. He wrote about how jailers invented new punishments, how prisoners gambled and dreamed amidst the sound of shackles, and how a man had not been alone for even a minute in ten years, and even when he peeed, someone was watching him. But the cruelest thing about him is: people can get used to anything. In such an environment, shackles can also express feelings.

I Don't Have the Wings of a Roc

Zhang Shouchun

78K0

This is a youthful sadistic novel. The two girls Ono and Pingjing and I play and redeem each other in the colorful world. Within the boundaries of being tortured by growth and society, we build a cabin where we can gently stretch our hands and feet...

Bitter Cauliflower (Korean)

Feng Deying

389K0

This book is a novel of more than 300,000 words written by the writer Feng Deying in the mid-1950s. The novel is set in Wangguanzhuang in the Kunyu Mountains of the Jiaodong Peninsula during the Anti-Japanese War. It takes the fate of Renyi's wife and her family as the central clue, and starts from the beginning. This aspect reflects the indomitable and heroic struggle of the soldiers and civilians in the anti-Japanese base area in the anti-mopping up, clearly shows the heroic and unyielding spirit of the people in the base area, and successfully creates the artistic image of Sister-in-law Renyi, an ordinary and touching revolutionary mother.

Railway Guerrilla (Korean)

Zhixia

445K0

During the Anti-Japanese War, a group of coal miners and railway workers headed by Liu Hong and Wang Qiang in the Zaozhuang mining area in southern Shandong could not bear the oppression and ravage of the Japanese invaders. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, they secretly established a short and capable guerrilla force. "Engaging intelligence", "seizing cloth trains", "going up to Jinan" and "going down to Xuzhou" were active along the Shandong line of Jinpu Line, the main railway lifeline of the Japanese invasion of China. They inspired the anti-war morale of the people along the railway and effectively cooperated with the main force in the war against Japan. The common people called them "Flying Tigers", and their official designation in the Eighth Route Army was "Railway Guerrillas."

The Biography of the Heroes of Luliang (Korean)

Ma Feng Xirong

344K0

The novel is set in Kangjiazhai in the Luliang Mountains. It records the heroic deeds of the villagers who formed a militia under the leadership of the Communist Party to fight against the Japanese and puppet troops. It not only praises the indomitable national spirit of the Luliang people, but also reflects the anti-Japanese war in the entire North China anti-Japanese base area behind enemy lines in a microcosm of the struggle in the mountain villages. It has become an artistic portrayal of the Communist Party's leadership of the entire nation in the anti-war.

Song of Youth (Korean)

Song of Youth (Korean)

General Fiction

Yang Mo

479K0

The novel is based on the patriotic student movement from the "September 18th Incident" to the "December 9th Movement" that occurred during Japan's invasion of China in the 1930s. Through the growth story of the heroine Lin Daojing, the novel constructs a classic narrative of revolutionary history and also reveals the historical inevitability of the growth path of intellectuals.

Daydream

Daydream

General Fiction

(ireland) John Banville

185K0

Vander is an outstanding senior scholar. However, he is not as simple as he seems. One day, a letter arrives unexpectedly, threatening to reveal his secret and his true identity to the world. So Vander rushed to Turin to meet the letterer - a mysterious woman named Catherine... John Banville is a master of sculpting language. He uses diamond-like elegance and light to depict deception, fear, desire and death.

Kepler (Part 2 of the Scientific Trilogy)

(ireland) John Banville

138K0

"Kepler" is the second part of Irish literary master John Banville's "Science Trilogy" and won the 1981 British "Guardian" Novel Award. The novel is based on the European Scientific Revolution and the "Thirty Years' War" in the 17th century. Through the interweaving of fiction and historical facts, the novel reconstructs the legendary life of the great German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler. The novel cleverly uses Kepler's five scientific masterpieces - "The Mystery of the Universe", "New Astronomy", "Refraction Optics", "Harmony of the World" and "Dream" - as chapter titles to connect his life of tireless scientific research. In Banville's writing, Kepler is no longer just a heroic figure in textbooks, but a real "mortal" caught in religious conflicts, war turmoil, and family misfortune.

Newton's Letters (The Final Chapter of the Scientific Trilogy)

(ireland) John Banville

44K0

This is a story about obsession and the fragile boundary between reason and desire. A historian retreats to a quiet cottage in the Irish countryside to write a biography of Isaac Newton. However, his creative work came to a standstill when he became immersed in a mysterious letter written by Newton in 1693 - a letter that vaguely revealed a spiritual crisis on a personal and philosophical level. As historians try to decipher the letter's meaning, his own life spirals out of control and into chaos. He cannot help but become involved in the lives of those around him. His concentration on writing and his clear understanding of reality are slowly crumbling. Like Newton, it was not science that defeated him, but the dark and immeasurable emotional undercurrents deep in human nature. Banville's writing is both lyrical and precise. "Newton's Letters" is both a profound meditation on genius and a delicate picture of the quiet collapse of human nature. For readers who love psychological novels and elegant literature, this book is not to be missed.

Born in 1902

Born in 1902

General Fiction

(germany) Ernst Glaeser

183K0

This is the first full-length work of the extremely controversial and legendary writer Ernst Glaeser. This book mainly tells the story of a 13-year-old German boy E. Who grew up with the outbreak of World War I. E. Has just begun his ignorant exploration in adolescence. His psychology, physiology and daily life are full of changes. He is surrounded by workers, aristocrats, bourgeoisie and other people of all colors who were prone to social conflicts in Germany in the early 20th century. Accompanied by the collision of different ideas and the worries of youth, he wandered around factories, shops, manors, and suburbs of the city, drawing out the vivid appearance of a small German town in the early 20th century. All of this was quickly lost with the outbreak of World War I...

Female Head Teacher and Her Family

Wake

102K0

[Rural Life|Family Warmth|Education Struggle] Xiulan has been working as a graduating class teacher for many years and has achieved outstanding results. She was later transferred to the township central primary school. Facing the new environment and challenges, she not only achieved excellent results in teaching, but also worked hard to balance family and work. Her husband Liu Hua silently supports her and jointly takes care of her elderly mother. With the death of their mother, the lives of Xiulan and Liu Hua changed...

Young Mao Ailian

Young Mao Ailian

General Fiction

Chen Hongxiao

47K0

Queen Yue Tiao was born in an extremely poor family. Her mother died when she was young. As a last resort, her father gave her to Mao Huang for adoption. Based on her love for Yue Tiao drama, Mao Ailian resolutely devoted herself to the drama career despite the strong opposition of her family. In view of her drama talent and hard-working spirit, she quickly became famous. At the age of thirteen, he started to pick his own team and sang for people everywhere in the dark and troubled times. In the process of singing and growing up, she often encounters "tigers" and "wolves". However, in order to survive and develop, Mao Ailian is unyielding and responds skillfully, highlighting her superb wisdom, which also makes this novel full of twists and turns. The story is vivid and attractive, and the fragrance is endless after reading...

Divine Whip (Feng Jicai's "strange Tales of Strange Worlds" Series of Novels)

Feng Jicai

81K0

"Magic Whip" is set in the urban arena of Tianjin Wei in the late Qing Dynasty, telling the legendary story of "Silly Er" who used his ancestral braiding skills to dominate the streets. One of Sha Er's pigtails appeared mysteriously, and a set of braid skills allowed him to sweep across the martial arts field, causing a huge disturbance in the docks and rivers and lakes, and earning him the reputation of the "Magic Whip". Later, during the Boxer Rebellion, Sha Er fought against foreigners, and the "Magic Whip" became a "magic weapon" against foreign guns. However, pigtails were ultimately no match for long guns and short cannons. When the "divine whip" was interrupted by a foreign gun, he decided to cut off his pigtails and give up martial arts, and instead practiced marksmanship hard to regain his reputation in the name of "divine spear". Mr. Feng Jicai, a master of contemporary culture, uses humorous and absurd writing methods to outline the collision between tradition and modernity, metaphorizing the dilemma and rebirth of old culture in the wave of the times.

Three-inch Golden Lotus (Feng Jicai's "strange Tales of Strange Worlds" Series of Novels)

Feng Jicai

100K0

In the late Qing Dynasty, Ge Xianglian was forced to have her feet bound as a child. In her youth, she married into the wealthy Tong family with a pair of recognized "three-inch golden lotuses" and won the first prize in the Tong family's foot competition. Because of her small feet, she won temporary status and favor in the family. Stories surrounding the small feet continued to occur, and Ge Xianglian gradually transformed from a victim to a defender of this dross tradition. As society changes, people's consciousness gradually awakens, and those who were addicted to it eventually became victims of the changing times due to their small feet. "Three Inch Golden Lotus" is a masterpiece that reflects the changes of the times through personal destiny. It shows the profound suffering of women in China's feudal society in a shocking way, and arouses readers' examination and thinking of traditional culture.

Yin and Yang Bagua (Feng Jicai's "strange Tales of Strange Worlds" Series of Novels)

Feng Jicai

96K0

"Yin Yang Bagua" uses a bizarre Feng Shui scam as a guide to reveal an absurd picture of civil society in the late Qing Dynasty. The Huang family, a wealthy businessman, suspected that someone had "calculated" the feng shui of their ancestral tomb. They suffered a series of disasters and their family fortunes fell into decline. However, the new generation of managers of the Huang family's shop, Jia Jiu, had business acumen and strived for changes. They tried their best to get the Huang family's business back on track. As a result, charlatans, peddlers, market scoundrels, etc. All appeared one after another, staging a farce of "changing fortunes" that was difficult to distinguish between true and false. The work combines the five elements of yin and yang, charlatanism and human greed with a blend of fiction and reality. It is humorous and thought-provoking. Through the ups and downs of the Huang family, the work shows deep thoughts on traditional culture and human nature.

Youth Portrait

Youth Portrait

General Fiction

(korean) Lee Moon Yeol

113K0

Writer Lee Moon-yeol's most cherished autobiographical work is a spiritual portrait of a generation of Korean youth. The confusion and struggle of that era are still felt by readers today. The estuary, youth, and winter are three life trajectories that connect the shaky youth of a Korean young man from the 1970s to the 1980s: poverty and loneliness are accompanied, ideals are smoothed by reality, and he wants to change the world but is frequently frustrated. Amidst the noise of the times, he persistently asks: "Who am I and how do I live?"

Dust in the Sunset

Dust in the Sunset

General Fiction

Liu Gang

146K0

"Dust in the Sunset" is a novel. The story revolves around the fight between the police and the gangsters for the Yinzhu account book. The two sides staged a life-and-death battle between the two sides. Xu Xiangdong has been ill for some time. He decided to visit his ex-wife and son, but on the way to Wang Xiaodie's house, he found someone following him. He suspected that these people should be related to the "Yinzhu Ledger". Lao Xu found policeman Wang Zhi, and the two started a battle with the gangsters. The powerful enemy has completely grasped their movements, and they have been pursued and escaped countless times. Dozens of members of the 528 Major Crime Team watered the tree of justice with their blood.

Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

General Fiction

Pang Wenzi Pang Mengyuan

108K0

"Floating Clouds" is a full-length novel set in Yulin, a small town during my country's economic reform period in the 1990s. Through the intertwined fates of the protagonists Xu Yun, Wu Feng and others, it shows the living conditions and human struggles of ordinary people during the social transformation period. The main line of the story revolves around Xu Yun's workplace setbacks, reflecting how young people maintain their composure when they enter society and face various problems. The language of the novel is concise and vivid, the psychological description is accurate and rich, and the characters are lifelike. It depicts the ups and downs of individuals under the torrent of the times with delicate brushwork, and presents a true picture of small town society in the 1990s. It has strong practical significance and is thought-provoking after reading.

The Wind Blows Hundreds of Miles, and There is No Return Date

Xu Hangning

266K0

This book takes Sun Ning's growth experience as the main line, with a long time span and a broad narrative space, unfolding a magnificent yet delicate historical picture for readers. In the story, Sun Ning's rich life experience is like a mirror, reflecting the changes of the times and the progress of society. The author uses a unique writing style to focus on the special campus of the military school, and carefully describes the youthful atmosphere and passionate feelings unique to that era. Sun Ning grew up in a military family and followed his fathers to the north and south. The clear mark of the times has already been engraved in his soul. As an adult, he became a medical worker, but encountered setbacks in the workplace and marital changes. At a critical turning point in his life, he resolutely gave up his stable job within the system, joined the private sector, and continued to shine with the glory of his life. While opening up a new path in life, he finally gained precious love.

Washan

Washan

General Fiction

Zhang Junmiao

164K0

"Washan" describes the gradual changes in the concepts of marriage, love and reproduction among five generations of women during the one hundred years of transition from a patriarchal society to an egalitarian society in the Taihang Mountains, as well as the female protagonists of each generation, under the historical background, showing the hidden spirit of Nuwa. The novel starts from the remote and wild Taihang Mountains, starting from the single social function of women "reproducing children", to the awakening of feminism, and then to the emergence of the DINK and Dingsi tribes. It involves weirdness, absurdity and bizarreness, as well as the warmth and warmth of the world, love and hatred. Features of the work: It shows the special regional environment, local folk customs, intangible cultural heritage and myths and legends of the South Taihang Mountains.

All 2 Volumes of Decision (Humanities Classics Library)

Zhang Ping

347K0

"The Choice" is a novel written by the writer Zhang Ping. What Xiaosuo described was that a large state-owned textile factory with tens of thousands of people was on the verge of bankruptcy. Thousands of workers who were about to lose their jobs gathered at the factory gate to petition the provincial party committee. Traffic in such a big city was about to come to a standstill. At the critical moment, the upright and honest mayor Li Gaocheng went to the factory alone to understand the situation. After some setbacks, the cause and culprit of the company's collapse was finally figured out. Just when he was about to fight back against the corrupt forces, he learned that his beloved wife was actually a member of this corrupt group. Standing in the face of party spirit and family ties, he faced a difficult choice... "Decision" won the fifth Mao Dun Literature Award.

The Roaring Land

The Roaring Land

General Fiction

Jiang Guangci

126K0

[The pioneering work of the red classic] In the late 1920s, a village ruled by landlords was as dull as a backwater. Miner Zhang Jinde returned to his hometown with the fire of revolution, and young landlord Li Jie also broke with his feudal family and joined the peasant movement. They organized peasant associations, mobilized the poor, and shouted the slogan of "Agrarian Revolution" - reduce rents, resist debts, and overthrow the local tyrants and evil gentry. However, when the guns of the revolutionary army suddenly turned, and the former allies turned into enemies, this group of barefoot farmers had to take up arms and retreat into the mountains to make a final struggle for survival and dignity. "The Roaring Land" is the representative work of Jiang Guangci, the pioneer of "revolutionary literature". It is also the first novel in the history of modern Chinese literature that positively describes the armed struggle of farmers. There is no exquisite rhetoric in the book, only the roar after the land is trampled; there are no perfect heroes, only ordinary people who stand up from the mud. It is rough, fiery and full of idealistic passion, and also records the most real struggles and sacrifices of that era. Open it and you will hear how a land roars and see how a group of people search for their own dawn in the darkness.

Philosopher Among the Rooftops

(france) Emile Sauvest

83K0

This book is a classic philosophical novel by French writer Emile Sovest. It tells the life and philosophy of poor intellectuals on the rooftops of Paris slums in a diary style. The protagonist lives in a shabby house, overlooking the city with an indifferent heart, recording the gap between the rich and the poor, the warmth and warmth of people, and the relationship between all living beings in society. He insists on love, compassion and kindness in the midst of hardship, and reflects on money, desire, happiness and the value of life. With gentle and simple words, the work conveys the philosophy of living in peace with poverty, compassion and tolerance, and praises goodwill and perseverance in ordinary life. It has both literary warmth and ideological depth. It has been praised by the French Academy. It is a classic reading that enlightens the soul and cultivates the mind, and has influenced generations of readers.

Last Smile

Last Smile

General Fiction

Jiang Guangci

67K0

[The rebellious smile of the insulted person] Wang Agui, a 19-year-old cotton mill worker, was fired without reason by the foreman Zhang Jinkui. He was desperate and wanted to be hit by a car in exchange for fifty yuan in pension. But a little ant who was bullied by his own kind but resisted with all his strength awakened his dignity: How can a human be inferior to an ant? From that moment on, he stole a pistol and embarked on the road to revenge. He killed the informers, he killed the scabs, he killed anyone who oppressed the poor. Every gunshot is the last smile of the insulted person. Jiang Guangci is a pioneer of "revolutionary literature". This novel is the first novella in the history of modern Chinese literature that positively describes the workers' resistance struggle. It is rough, fiery, and full of the blood and anger of the people at the bottom. How does a young man who has never killed a chicken turn into a murderer step by step? This is not a crime story but an indictment of one era against another.

Candide (Voltaire's Classic Novel)

Voltaire

58K0

This book is a classic philosophical satirical novel by the French Enlightenment thinker Voltaire, which focuses on the travels of the innocent young Candide. He initially believed in his teacher's optimistic philosophy that "the world is perfect and everything is good", but he experienced human suffering in exile, wars, disasters, and scams, and witnessed the absurdity and cruelty in Europe and America. With a humorous and playful writing style, the work mocks blind optimism, exposes feudal autocracy, religious hypocrisy and social injustice, and explores the ultimate propositions of fate, suffering and happiness. In the end, the protagonist points out the true meaning of life by "cultivating his own garden". It has both philosophical depth and literary interest. It is a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation in enlightenment literature with great critical spirit and wisdom.

Higher Than Mountains

Higher Than Mountains

General Fiction

Zhang Yongchen Hua Xiangrong

304K0

The story revolves around Su Ke, captain of the Tibetan aid medical team, and Chang Zheng, a poverty alleviation cadre, leading a youth team, teaming up with Tibetan doctor Jebu, entrepreneur He Wei and others to overcome problems such as backward medical technology and poverty due to illness in plateau Tibetan areas. Through measures such as establishing a Tibetan medicinal material planting base and developing cultural industries, we explore green paths to wealth, present the process of coordinated advancement of medical assistance and targeted poverty alleviation, and convey the spirit of perseverance and dedication of the times.

Redstone Pierce

Redstone Pierce

General Fiction

Yan Zenglian

301K0

The work eulogizes the Taihang elders, represented by Cui Laoguo's family, for their indomitable national character and awe-inspiring righteousness, who fought tooth and nail against the bullies. It focuses on shaping Cui Luotang, a young hero with extraordinary talent and iron-blooded spirit, and shows us a passionate legend that promotes the Taihang character and inspires the national spirit.

Dream of Qinghe

Dream of Qinghe

General Fiction

Zhao Tianchen

125K0

"Dream of Qinghe" is a collection of short growth stories. In the critical stage of our growth, young people aged 17-21 are often active in thinking and have wild thoughts. The book uses the transformation and reconstruction of residence as the entry point to vividly show the ups and downs of human relations and sophistication under the tide of the times, and deeply reveals the uncertainty of personal destiny under the fate of the times. This not only reflects the first generation of the 21st century's deep reflection on the times they live in and their exploration of complex human nature, but it is also full of memories of the lost beauty.

Big Drug Dealer

Big Drug Dealer

General Fiction

Smile Charmingly

186K0

The story takes place in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. The Liu family is the largest drug dealer in Qizhou. Mr. Liu is the president of Qizhou North Congress and has a high reputation in Qizhou drug business circles. As the scale of the Qizhou Pharmaceutical Market continues to grow, the Zhao family, who are also large pharmaceutical merchants in Qizhou, begin to feel jealous of the Liu family. Liu Wenyuan, the only son of the Liu family, is the master of Anke Hall. He is an upright person. He has been taught by experts since he was a child. While studying medicine, he also studied medical management with his father. By chance, he met Bai Yuzhu, a famous theater actor from the capital. Their love aroused the hatred of Zhao Tianma, the second son of the Zhao family. In order to win love with a knife, and to make the Liu family's business in Qizhou decline and push Liu Wenyuan out of the position of the leader of Anke Hall, the Zhao family used various means to frame the Liu family, and an overt and secret government-business dispute and a love story began in Qianqian Medicine.

Reclamation

Reclamation

General Fiction

Dong Libo

410K0

The novel "Reclamation" is a key work support project of the Chinese Writers Association in 2024, a key publication of the Central Propaganda Department in 2024, and a project funded by the National Publishing Fund in 2025. By writing about the experiences and knowledge of several generations of people who reclaimed the land in Populus euphratica, the novel tells the story of a series of deeds by the Xinjiang Corps members who shouldered the sacred mission of establishing land reclamation and guarding the border and reclaimed and constructed Populus euphratica in the Xinjiang border. It reproduces the grand history of production and construction in Xinjiang for more than seventy years and the life struggle history of the Xinjiang Corps people. Many clues in the novel go hand in hand. A large group composed of soldiers who have fought in the war, passionate young people who support the frontier, farmers who have escaped from famine, and intellectuals who support the frontier, under the guidance of the same flag, assume the sacred mission of reclaiming wasteland. The flower of life blooms in their flesh and blood. From a desert to crisscrossed roads, clusters of high-rise buildings, and bright lights, this is proof of Xinjiang's continuous progress and prosperity. It is also the epitome of the Chinese people's hard work and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Sound and Fury

Sound and Fury

General Fiction

(us) William Faulkner

221K0

"The Sound and the Fury" is the most outstanding masterpiece of American Nobel Prize winner and 20th century literary master William Faulkner. It was published in 1929. This novel describes the decline of the Compson family, a prominent family in the town of Jefferson in the south of the United States from the late 19th century to the 1920s, as well as the experiences and mental states of each family member. The book is divided into four parts, each part has a character narrating the story.

Time is Like a Song (All Three Volumes)

Zhang Yonggang

1.0M0

"Song of Time" is a modern chapter-length novel with a total of one hundred chapters and more than one million words. The author has invested a lot of emotion, tried his best to use delicate brushwork and beautiful language, and used time as the axis and the writing principle of "let the story happen naturally" to show readers a vivid and real picture of life, reflecting the social changes and development in the two decades from 1997 to 2017. "Years Like a Canticle" takes the staged life experiences of four girls as its main content, with their love experiences and career as the main line, showing birth, old age, illness and death, love and hatred, various situations in the world, and various tastes of life; by constantly switching gender perspectives, dialogue with social reality and the background of the times, it reflects the living conditions of people from different walks of life, especially the hardships and difficulties of women's survival and development in today's society. Through the description of ordinary people's love, marriage, family, work, entrepreneurship, and life, "Song of Time" shows the joys and sorrows of ordinary people and records the great era we live in.

Time is Like Flowers (Part 2 of the Time Trilogy)

Liu Dezhou

162K0

This is a novel that reflects work and life in the modern workplace. It is the second part of the "Times Trilogy" series after "Times Are Like a Song". The work takes as its main line the incident in which the mayor of Xiakou Town was suddenly pulled away by a procuratorate vehicle just after the May Day holiday. It describes the different ideas and approaches of everyone facing the sudden situation, and profoundly reveals people's impetuous psychology and various aspects of life in the tide of reform. The story of the work is compact, the plot has twists and turns, the content is ups and downs, the language is vivid and vivid, the suspense is gripping, and it has strong artistic appeal.

He Will Only Understand When He is Old

Xiaoliang

171K0

The novel takes "obsession and disillusionment" as its core and revolves around the absurd journeys of a group of people such as Wang Guangtian, Ke Hongfeng, and Liu Agen who are obsessed with "the unfreezing of national assets" and underground treasures. It is intertwined with human greed, the absurdity of the times, and the uncertainty of fate. Seventy-year-old Wang Guangtian stood on a high-rise building and wanted to jump off the building. He recalled his half-life obsession: in the 1990s, after the restructuring of the machinery factory, he was unwilling to make a living by running a street vendor with his wife. He was seduced by an old acquaintance, Ke Hongfeng, with the lie of "hundred billions of dollars of national assets being unfrozen." Armed with forged red-headed documents, he embarked on a "treasure hunt" across many provinces. They traveled south to Guangxi, traveled to Fujian, and went deep into the Qinling Mountains. While making up the false identities of "Prince" and "Pavilion Elder" to paralyze themselves, they encountered dilemmas such as fortune-telling scams, farce treasure hunting in sinkholes, and being investigated for forged documents. They were also involved in the illegal trade of hunting wild animals, but they were always chasing the dream of "pie in the sky." Liu Agen and his nephew Deng Zhuzhu, who were traveling with him, were also fascinated by wealth. They traveled from Shandong to Shaanxi in search of warlord treasures and asset deposit certificates, and were eventually involved in the wildlife smuggling chain. After more than ten years of running around, this group of people exhausted their savings and betrayed their relatives - the "gold ingot" Wang Guangtian sent to his wife was actually a fake alloy, and his wife immigrated to Australia with their children; Ke Hongfeng's dream of exchanging "gold and silver" was shattered. The story connects plots such as false document fraud and illegal hunting, revealing the absurd behavior driven by greed, and finally ends with the disillusionment of everyone's dreams. It illustrates the reality that "the obsession with getting something for nothing will eventually devour life", and also reflects the loss and struggle of ordinary people under the temptation of wealth in a specific era.

Wang Laogui's Family Affairs

Xiaoliang

262K0

The novel is set in Guihuachong, northwest Hubei, and revolves around the ups and downs of Wang Laogui's family. It connects the changes of the times, family ties and life choices, and outlines the survival picture and emotional entanglements of ordinary farmers in the passage of time. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Wang family moved to Guihuachong with their golden osmanthus and silver osmanthus saplings. After several generations of reproduction, this place became a village where every household planted osmanthus trees. Wang Laogui was born in the Republic of China and grew up in the new society. He has a daughter and three sons. He fully hopes that his children will be rich and prosperous. The eldest daughter Wang Guifang has been engaged to Liu Musheng, an honest man from Shanghe since she was a child. The two went through twists and turns such as theft of dowry wood, misunderstandings and quarrels, and finally got married in the sweet-scented osmanthus season; the eldest son Wang Fu relied on the recruitment quota obtained by his father and went to the city to become a machine factory worker, forming a two-income family; He was looking forward to recruiting a job or entering a higher education, but failed repeatedly. After experiencing setbacks such as breaking off the engagement and being defrauded of the marriage, he went to the south to work, from construction sites to coal mines, saving money to make a living through hard work. His younger son Wang Wang was rebellious when he was young, participated in robbery and was sent to a labor camp. Later, he followed his fellow villagers to go out and struggle in a complex society. The story is intertwined with the joys and sorrows of multiple families: Liu Musheng's honest persistence, the different fates of the Chen sisters, the hardships and opportunities of migrant workers, and the changes in the countryside after the reform and opening up - household quotas, the boom in migrant workers, and the change in concepts under the impact of the market economy. From collective labor to dividing fields to households, from isolated mountain villages to connecting with the outside world, the life trajectory of Wang Laogui's family is closely connected with the tide of the times. There are not only the warmth and contradictions of the parents' shortcomings, but also the struggle and perseverance in the face of fate. In the end, over the years, everyone has found their own answer to life, and the cinnamon fragrance of Osmanthus Chong has always lingered in the lives of several generations.

Yongchengmeng

Yongchengmeng

General Fiction

Long Gefeng

731K0

The novel "Yongcheng's Dream" uses the personal experience of the protagonist Long Yongcheng as a clue to narrate his growth, love, marriage, family and social life; the novel reflects the joys, sorrows and joys of ordinary workers in my country after liberation and their pursuit of the Chinese dream of a prosperous country and a strong people. The novel has broad life scenes and complex relationships between characters. It describes the customs and customs of the rural areas of Jidong, Hebei during the childhood and adolescence of the protagonist; he went to Beijing to study with his uncle for ten years, describing the old events in Nancheng, Beijing, and the daily lives of ordinary citizens; he went to work at the Luoyang Tractor Factory, describing what he saw, heard and felt in the ancient capital Luoyang during his apprenticeship; and he went to the third-tier factory in Qinghai, where he worked, studied and lived.

Footprints on the Horizon

Elaeagnus

477K0

This is a long novel describing geophysical exploration. This novel has a grand structure, spans more than half a century, and spans many provinces and cities in the western region. It is a literary work with historical themes and has certain historical theme value in the process of socialist construction in New China. This is a positive work that praises the builders of socialism. It promotes the "Iron Man Spirit" as the main melody and plays the song of exploration. It is another masterpiece after "Entrepreneurship" that praises the hard work and selfless dedication of oil workers. The characters in the book are distinct, mainly demobilized soldiers, as well as intellectuals, transferred workers from various oil fields, educated youth and social youth recruiters, farmers, herdsmen and other figures at different levels. The book begins in the 1970s. In those passionate years, tens of thousands of people gathered in the Western Basin and stayed in the wastelands, deserts, Gobi Desert, and grasslands all year round. They worked hard and dedicated themselves. In particular, scientific researchers continued to explore and tackle key problems, solving exploration technical problems one after another, achieving scientific research results one after another, and overcoming the world-class problem of ultra-low permeability. , It can be said that the seismic exploration results awakened the basin and found the "golden key" to unlock the oil treasure. Torch Oilfield has grown from an unknown small oilfield to China's largest oil and gas field and has become the "new eldest son" of the Republic's oil industry. Their spirit of selfless dedication is deeply touching and makes people cry. The image of the oilmen and the story of seismic exploration depicted in the book are very down-to-earth, and the spirit of the oilmen's selfless dedication to the country's energy industry is deeply moving. After reading this book, I seem to see the image of "Iron Man" Wang Jinxi again. The story of this book is real, the plot is exciting, and it is highly readable.

Because I Don't Want to Live in Korea Anymore

(korean) Zhang Kangming

65K0

"My motherland only loves itself, so it only cherishes those citizens who have brought glory to her, such as Kim Yuna, such as Samsung Electronics." How should ordinary women who have no social competitiveness, cannot roll in money, who have no money now and are destined to have no money in the future, and who do not want to get rid of poverty through marriage, how can they escape from this society? From a cold office building to a tropical seaside, Guina's life focuses on "choosing with her feet" - she can't stand the boss's pretensions, she has PTSD on Metro Line 2, and she can't bear to face her "snobbish" boyfriend's parents. She doesn't want to be defined, she doesn't want to be involved, and she doesn't want to live like "the way she should be." Even if she escapes to a foreign country, she still has to find a place where she can breathe comfortably, because she firmly believes that penguins who are afraid of the cold also have the right to choose to embrace warmth!

Send Tourists

Send Tourists

General Fiction

Wu Chun

180K0

"Sending Travelers" is the first novel of young writer Wu Chun. The author uses his imagination to construct a polyphonic narrative labyrinth full of creativity: while writing a new novel, the writer, who cannot type, found six scribes to enter the contents of the novel manuscript into documents, but then discovered that part of the manuscript was missing. "I", one of the scribes, accepted the writer's commission to help her find the person who stole the manuscript - "I" and the writer named it the search for G. During the investigation, "I" met several scribes one after another. Unexpectedly, the scribes seemed to have their own thoughts, and they were all people with explicit and implicit connections to Chaoshan: historians, young dropouts, elderly people living alone, descendants of the Wu family looking for their missing lovers, mysterious Internet girls... "I" seemed to have entered a confusing maze, undergoing a narrative experience of identity replacement: Why did G steal the writer's manuscript? What exactly was written on the stolen manuscript? "The Traveler" is a web of language woven by the author with his own unique style of delicate, charming and leaping words, sifting out the darkness and aura of dreams and reality, history and memory. It is also his warm response to the world, people, Lingnan customs, complicated life and broader knowledge and interests.

Restless

Restless

General Fiction

Mediocre

195K0

The novel explores the position of individuals in the gap between the system and the market through images such as freelancers and "future warriors", puts forward the dialectical thinking that "freelancers may be the lubricant of society, or they may be trash cans", and predicts that "most people will become freelancers in the future." The book uses humorous, sharp and slightly absurd writing style to describe the common "anxious" state of modern people when facing work, value and self-identity. It is called "a black humor version of the truth about workplace survival" by readers.

The Spring Breeze Blows and Gives Birth Again

Studio Around You Ding Jia

458K0

[Female Growth + Female Mutual Help + Female Entrepreneurship Group Portrait + Legend of the Age] In the 1980s, changes arose. Gu Sheng, an abandoned orphan girl in Chashan, Fujian, grew up under the relay care of three adoptive mothers. Along with the ups and downs of the tea industry, she fought side by side with her adoptive mothers, shuttled through the complex entanglements of friendship and interests, and eventually grew into a well-known female tea merchant in Guangzhou. This is an inspirational chapter that focuses on female entrepreneurs. It depicts with delicate strokes the twists and turns and brave ways out of women's destiny in the tide of the times, presents the warm mutual help among women at the bottom, and presents a magnificent picture of how women make choices and struggle in the midst of change.

Yanyuyao

Yanyuyao

General Fiction

Han Xueli

45K0

The novel is set in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River and revolves around the emotional bonds and fate of the Zhang and Wu families. It connects family, love, and feelings of home and country, and the core highlights "persistence and perfection accumulated by time." Zhang Yunlang, who was born in a scholarly family, had become acquainted with Wu Wanru, his uncle's innocent and innocent cousin since childhood, and they got married with the help of their elders. She married into the Zhang family with a generous dowry. Although she was not good at housework, she was very talented in embroidery, which complemented Yun Lang's calligraphy and painting. The two had a daughter, Yunyao. However, due to her weak body, it was difficult to conceive again after giving birth to Yunyao, and she was treated coldly by her mother-in-law, Aunt Zhang, who favored boys over girls. Fortunately, thanks to the support of everyone in the Wu family, Yun Lang has always had an unwavering affection for her. Wu Wanhong, the eldest son of Wu, fell in love with Chuntao, who was capable and tenacious in the embroidery business, and insisted on getting married regardless of the family gap. Chuntao, with her intelligence and diligence, not only supported the Wu family's business, but also became a solid support for the two families. The two families supported each other and lived a stable life in the small town, but the appearance of a mysterious Japanese couple, Yingzi and Li Zhumu, caused a bit of trouble. Yingzi and Wanru were married. Li Zhumu appreciated Yunyao's artistic talent, but quietly left due to his special status and the turmoil of the times. Years go by, as if he died prematurely, and Yun Lang sticks to his vows for many years without renewing his vows; Yunyao inherits her mother's embroidery and father's calligraphy and painting talents, and studies in Shanghai and Hong Kong in the tide of the times. She reunites with the grown-up Erlang (Li Quan), but they are separated by the war; Wan Hong joins the army, Chuntao sticks to the rear to take care of the young and old, and Wan Ying balances business and family. The story is intertwined with the gentle fireworks of the Jiangnan water town, the collision of tradition and new ideas, and the involuntary consequences of the war years. It depicts a group of ordinary people who stick to their family ties, love, and original aspirations through time. In the end, the tranquility of the town and the turmoil in the distance reflected each other. Yunyao completed her mother's last work "Sakura Dream", and the two families achieved perfection in the years, interpreting the background of life that "persistence in ordinary days is the most touching".

Compromise

Compromise

General Fiction

Wang Xiao

208K0

An original novel that tells the story of a group of young people's difficult journey of struggle and compromise in life since the 1960s. Suddenly out of school, He Sen fell into confusion and began to think about where to go in life. While wandering, in order to eat for free for seven days, he chose to become an educated youth and go to the countryside. He also had a dream, worked hard like local farmers, and became a prominent figure among the educated youth. However, the successive changes and setbacks made him disheartened. His life was inspired when he met Wu Feng, who was also undergoing labor reform. It transformed him from a person who was forgotten in the countryside and emotionally abandoned, to working as a plasterer, a small contractor, and then a branch manager. Wu Feng and Sister Feng are a pair of hard-luck mandarin ducks. Sister-in-law Feng is a hard-working and kind-hearted woman who has suffered from domestic violence for a long time. The emotional entanglement between her and Wu Feng was a kind of abnormal emotion at that time. When Sao Feng was imprisoned for manslaughter, Wu Feng took on the responsibility of raising Sao Feng's son until he reached adulthood. He did not investigate whether the son was Mrs. Feng's husband's or his own, nor did he conduct a paternity test. He Sen's junior high school classmate Zhang Ziqi and others, at that time, some entered official careers and some became scholars. Zhang Ziqi is one. But her life is also full of hardships, and marriage and love are a mess. They all go to different destinations in life. The entanglement of love, the disputes and distortions of human nature. It is the author's abbreviation and record of the life of that era, and it is also the characteristic of that era. The novel tells this kind of bizarre story.

Looking for Kittens

Looking for Kittens

General Fiction

Li Li

56K0

I said, go to the provincial capital. Er Mao was puzzled. Why did he go to the provincial capital? I said, go get the kitten back. Er Mao frowned, why did he come back with her? The provincial capital is miles away! I said, I know! No matter how far away we are, we have to find her back.

It Will Always Be Sunny after the Rainy Day

Wang Xiao

200K0

This book describes the life growth experiences of several boys and girls in the tide of social economy and the arduous and challenging paths they each took. These innocent teenagers experienced different life destinies due to different living and learning environments. Wei Siqi emerged from a harsh environment and had a wonderful life, but because of his marriage, he reached the bottom of his life and became a prisoner in prison. Wu Weiwei dropped out of junior high school, struggled all the way, and finally had his own small stall. He did not sink, but always struggled at the bottom of society. The novel describes the unfortunate love of Wei Siqi, Wu Weiwei, and Tang Hui of their generation, as well as the anxiety, gains and losses of pursuing love. It also reflects the frustration, hesitation, hesitation, and depression of many contemporary people in marriage and love, as well as the process of searching and exploring. The author writes about the transformation of the characters in the novel, as well as the characters' prayers and desires. I hope that beauty will always exist, and that people will be less painful and confused.

The Moon is the Brightness of My Hometown

Xiaoliang

238K0

"The Moon is Hometown Bright" takes "fetters of fate and self-achievement" as its core and revolves around the ups and downs of Wang Mingyue's life. It connects rural survival, the ups and downs of the business world and cross-regional struggle, and outlines the counterattack of ordinary people in the context of the times. In the Mid-Autumn Festival of 1976, Wang Mingyue was born in Wangjiashan, northwest Hubei. She was punished for being born too late and was regarded as a "disaster star" since she was a child. During his childhood, his home was repeatedly attacked by jackals, with relatives injured and livestock damaged. He even ran away from home because of his mischief and got into trouble, got into a truck and traveled across the Central Plains. On the way, he was taken in by Zhang Heizi and his wife, who were working in transportation. Starting from accounting and business, he got involved in daily necessities, seafood, chemical fiber cloth trade in Tianjin, Wenzhou and other places, and gradually understood the rules of business. As an adult, Wang Mingyue was mistakenly involved in the counterfeit wine business and was imprisoned. However, she learned winemaking technology and financial trade knowledge in a labor camp. After being released from prison, she founded the "Mingyue Winery" and promoted the development of a green ecological industry chain in her hometown of Wangjiazhuang. Later, he seized the business opportunities after the collapse of the Soviet Union and established an international trading company to export Chinese daily necessities and agricultural products to Russia, while importing furs and cars. His business territory spanned China and Russia, and he accumulated huge wealth. During this period, he experienced tax evasion fines, market fluctuations and other twists and turns, but always adhered to the bottom line. Eventually, he and his Russian wife Annanova took root in Wuhan and Baoding, deeply engaged in food processing and cross-border trade, not only realizing personal value, but also nurturing their hometown. The story is intertwined with the ups and downs of human relationships in rural society, opportunities and risks in the business world, and cross-cultural collisions and integrations. It shows the transformation of Wang Mingyue, a "troubled boy" from the mountains, who has experienced hardships and continued to grow in the tide of the times, and finally became a cross-border entrepreneur. It interprets the life background of "fate is unpredictable but struggle is controllable".

Grow Up

Grow Up

General Fiction

Bai Xuege

347K0

The novel truly reproduces the local personality and spiritual conditions through the protagonist "I" - Rui Zhaodong's life and work experience in rural and urban areas. Rui Zhaodong was born in a village called Ruiyuan by the Yellow River. When I was in elementary school, I was influenced by my mother to like painting. In junior high school, I found that painting things were very expensive. Under the influence of my teachers and classmates, I decided to become a writer. After high school, he planned to write his own novel, but he never found the material he wanted... After graduating from business school, he came to work in Miyuan County. At the county coal construction company, after a series of events such as elections, yard fights, and employee signatures, I realized that urban people, like rural people, also care about themselves and themselves; and then realized that we are the same as before, and deep down in our hearts has not changed. How can people remain unchanged? He checked information on the Internet and called Chen Qin. He had to figure it all out... The novel reveals our long-standing personality dilemma, that is: we have not grown up spiritually.

Lockdown

Lockdown

General Fiction

Jiang Level

204K0

The novel focuses on the major historical event of Wuhan's lockdown to fight the epidemic, and tells touching stories from the 76 days of lockdown from the personal experiences and perspectives of ordinary families and ordinary citizens; it also tells the sacrifices and prices they paid during the days of lockdown to fight the epidemic. Through these stories, the novel praises the vast number of medical workers and volunteers with full enthusiasm; it praises a new generation of young men and women born in the 80s and 90s, praising them for rushing to the front line of the fight against the epidemic and composing an ode to the motherland with their fearless and courageous youth; it also praises the country's determination and will to fight the epidemic, and the national sentiment that values ​​life above all else.

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