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  1. Our World Short Story36k Wordscompleted "Our World" takes the fate of Mr. Li Erye, the son of a carpenter, as its context and outlines the bloody and tearful struggle of the young people at the bottom. He dropped out of school due to poverty, his parents died of illness, and he witnessed the oppression of the rich and social injustice. Finally, under the leadership of Lao Jiang, he joined the pirates and fought against exploitation with violence. Through its logic of "sharing the blessings and suffering the misfortunes", the novel tea 0Votes0Recs0Fans
  2. Lotus Falls Short Story16k Wordscompleted "Lotus Falls" is set in the war era and tells the story of a low-class man and woman who lost their families due to the war and wandered to survive. The protagonist "I" and the woman met on the way to escape, and together they made a living by singing "Lotus Falls" and begging. From the initial dependence on each other in the pavilion to the wandering of the world for more than 20 years, the two formed a life community of "we are two people" while being hungry and cold. The novel runs through th 0Votes1Recs0Fans
  3. Diary of a Poor Scholar (Literary Classic by Famous Writers) Short Story9k Wordscompleted "Diary of a Poor Scholar" is a sad realist novel. In the form of the protagonist's diary record, it shows the sinking and helplessness of a lower-class intellectual in a turbulent society. As a teacher, Han Xiaocun struggled to survive amidst poverty and illness. His wife Wei had long-term tuberculosis and had no money for treatment. She borrowed money everywhere and asked for immortality, and finally died of the illness. The novel shows the moral dilemma of a lower-class literati in a moneyed s 0Votes1Recs0Fans
  4. Father (Famous Literary Classic) Short Story8k Wordscompleted "Father" is a short story written by the author in 1933. It uses the first-person perspective to describe the scenes before and after the death of the father in a feudal family. He was once a high-status father in the upper class, but he was experiencing decline and fall from authority to marginality on his sickbed. He used to be a popular family, but now no one comes to visit him. The children are thinking about their father's body and are filled with self-blame, but the sense of alienation is 0Votes1Recs0Fans