The Train Driver in the Siheyuan
四合院里的火车司机
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- 7.6M Words
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- Urban
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- Urban Life
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After reading some novels about courtyard houses, I feel like I can write novels too! I plan to write one where the protagonist is 18 years old. His grandparents sacrificed their lives fighting the Japanese across snow-capped mountains and grasslands, his father sacrificed his life during the liberation of China, his two uncles sacrificed their lives in the Korean War, and his mother was killed…
Train drivers don't live in traditional courtyard houses; the railway has its own living quarters. The railway has its own police station, procuratorate, court, hospital, middle school, primary school, kindergarten, and so on—it's a self-contained world!
The train driver is rarely home, and since he lives in the Qinman Courtyard, he might just become a father the moment he gets back.
A traditional courtyard house and a train driver—how did you manage to combine these two things? How can someone from the railway system associate themselves with a traditional courtyard house?
I've never understood the thought process of those who write about courtyard houses; it seems like very few of them are normal.
This book, just like CCTV, embodies a warm and harmonious courtyard in a prosperous, democratic, and republican society. Why? Because the characters aren't very intelligent, and some even have a childish, immature side. To put it simply, you can hit me, but I won't fight back. If the police come, it's your fault. Then someone tries to smooth things over, and I write a letter of forgiveness, and the two of you can continue getting along normally.
Hey guys, any other good novels about courtyard houses, something less violent and not demonizing them? Can you recommend a few?
He was beaten up like that, and he didn't even call the police? His thought process is truly bizarre.
With this kind of opening, just start making a scene and that's it. There's no point in writing it like this.
Damn it, when did the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway open? You're seriously bragging that you've driven all the way to Alashankou, and you even drove it from Beijing, with two people taking turns driving it. It's hilarious.