"So," Qiao Jing stood under the city wall, looking at the huge Spring Festival couplets hanging above, and asked in an unbelievable tone, "Is this the 'surprise' you prepared for me?"

After returning from the park that day, Rouge was very happy to see that the two finally got back together, and Qiao Jing's condition returned to the level before Qiao Jing left.But Jing Xinglan still insisted on giving Qiao Jing this "surprise" that he had prepared for a long time. Although Yan Zhi tried his best to persuade him not to do this, he seemed to be very confident in himself.

He also vowed that the calligraphy he had practiced for a long time would definitely make Qiao Jing look at him with admiration.

In this regard, Rouge said: You are happy.

However, no matter from which angle you look at it, this Spring Festival couplet is very eye-catching.

Qiao Jing looked up for a moment, then asked, "Is this what you thought?"

Jing Xinglan nodded.

"What do you think?" he asked expectantly.

The first couplet: Guozuo Changlong Qian Jiafu

The next couplet: The world is peaceful and Vientiane is new

Horizontal batch: Haiyan Heqing

Qiao Jing was silent for a moment, then said euphemistically, "That's a good idea, but the writing is a bit ugly."

The implication of his words is obvious: if it is only pasted on the door of his own house, it will be fine, hang on the city wall...

Maybe, just a little bit, it hinders the appearance of the city.

Jing Xinglan: "..."

Seeing the man's expressionless but extremely frustrated look, Qiao Jing couldn't help but twitched the corners of his lips, and tugged at his cuff: "It's okay, I'll accept your wish."

Jing Xinglan held his hand behind his back, and with Yan Zhi's expression of not being able to bear to look directly at him, he pulled him into a corner and kissed him hard twice.

In the end, the Spring Festival couplets on the city wall were taken down, and he followed Qiao Jing, who was filled with depression, and returned home contentedly.

On the way back, when passing by the toy store on the street, Yan Zhi stared at the toy airplane behind the glass window, and suddenly said without a word: "This is a Chinese New Year old, I don't know how he is."

Qiao Jing and Jing Xinglan looked at each other, knowing that she was in love with the scene, and thought of Qiao Jing who was going to the battlefield.

"Didn't he send a letter back last week?" Jing Xinglan comforted her, "It will be fine."

Yan Zhi forced a smile: "Yeah, this kid's fate is so hard, even the King of Hades would definitely not bother to accept it."

The atmosphere was gloomy for a moment.But after a while, Yan Zhi couldn't help asking curiously: "By the way, sir, can I ask, what did he write in the letter to you?"

Qiao Jing sent them two letters, one for her and one for Qiao Jing and Jing Xinglan.The letter to Rouge was a crooked and nonsensical love poem, and the first sentence at the beginning made her laugh angrily. Eyes, a face as white and fat as the fifteen full moons"... What kind of bastard is this?

After Yan Zhi read the letter, she was so angry that she didn't eat all day.

But it's true that Qiao Jing's bastard can't spit out ivory, so Rouge is very curious, what did he write in the letter to Qiao Jing and Jing Xinglan?

Hearing her question, Qiao Jing replied briefly: "He said, everything is fine, let us not worry."

But he couldn't help thinking about the contents of that letter.

"...Sir, master, I have been staying here for almost a month. Because the only railway here was blown up not long ago, by the time you receive the letter, it must be the end of the new year."

"I know that my choice made you worry, but I don't regret it. You probably don't know how great it feels to fly a plane in the sky and look down at the earth. This feeling is simply addictive."

"Everyone is a little homesick, so they often lie in bed and chat at night. Here, I must thank you, sir, for forcing me to read, otherwise I would be the only illiterate in the team. Many of them actually went to They only came to become pilots in college! There are also a few who have returned from overseas and can speak several languages, which is terrible."

"However, even if I haven't gone to college, I don't think I'm worse than them. Like the stories you told me before, sir, I sometimes tell them some at night, including those in "56" .Now I am the most popular in the whole team, and because I didn’t tell them that I am a middle school student, they still think that I am a tender-looking person, and I am also an international student who came back from abroad haha.”

"... Having said so much, I actually don't know what I want to say. There are wars here every day, but the team I am in has not had a direct confrontation with the enemy, because the commander said that we pilots and other Ordinary soldiers are different, they are very precious treasures. Everyone is very angry and confused. They feel like a piece of trash who can only watch their comrades die. I have the same feeling, but I also feel that the instructor said That's right, and even act like a coward, glad that I don't have to go to the battlefield for the time being."

"Am I too cowardly? Sir, if you read this letter, please tell me the answer. What should I do?"

After receiving this letter, Qiao Jing sat at the desk for a whole night.

But he was not writing a reply letter, but wrote the first [-] words of "Ordinary Man" overnight, put it in an envelope, and sent it to Qiao Jing.

Heroes who are not afraid of the pain of artillery fire, never get lost, and always go forward bravely only exist in myths and legends.In reality, everyone is a mortal body, and a small bullet can take a person's life. No matter how brilliant or miserable he was, no matter how many honors and warmth and joy he had, all his ideals, memories And joy, anger, sorrow, joy, will become pale at this moment, and will be buried by time from then on.

In the face of death, you and I are all mortals.

But if Qiao Jing only wrote about these principles that everyone knows in his articles, his novels would not be so popular.

To be honest, Qiao Jing actually hates these "correct nonsense". He hopes that Qiao Jing and the readers of "Ordinary People" can rely on themselves to find the answer after reading this book.

Like the "All Beings Crossing" he wrote before, this is also a group portrait essay. The background of the story is very similar to the current crisis in China. It is all about broken mountains and rivers, and the nation is in danger.But Qiao Jing didn't write about these in detail, because his focus was not on describing the war itself, but on all living beings under the war.

This book has no protagonist. After discussing with Xu Weixin and Boss Gao of "Aimin Daily", the two newspapers finally agreed to Qiao Jing's request. Instead of sticking to the number of words, they divided it into individual short stories. Serialize.

Or, to put it this way—

Every character here is the protagonist in their respective chapters.

In the book, there is a brave man who smiles to the sky, an idealist who turns white all night, a young bride who cries for her husband to chase after three miles, and a hard-hearted man who performed for the country's charity. Actors...students died in battle, teachers abandoned their pens and joined the army, Taoists returned to vulgarity and went down the mountain, the land of Kyushu ignited the flames of war, thirty fame and dust, eight thousand miles of roads, clouds and moons, countless people chose to leave everything behind and rush to the ends of the world To Shanhaiguan——In "Ordinary People", Shanhaiguan is not a place name, but a symbol.

Why go to Shanhaiguan?

—Because there is going to be a war.

When will the war end?

--do not know.

But everyone said that as long as you pass Shanhaiguan, you will go home.

It can be clearly seen that many of these characters have shadows of reality that Qiao Jing has heard or seen.It seemed that he had met Cheng Yarong backstage in the theater before. Even though Boss Jing Xinglan was not happy, Cheng Yarong and Qiao Jing have been maintaining a weekly correspondence with Qiao Jing until now.

He said in the letter that the reason why he loves "All Beings Crossing" so much is precisely because Qiao Jing wrote about an actor who was reduced to a brothel but was still obsessed with singing.Cheng Yarong didn't think it was offensive, but from these words, she could see Qiao Jing's respect and recognition for their profession from the bottom of her heart.

This kind of respect is not the cheering and applause of the theater audience, nor the superficial politeness of the dignitaries, but the respect for the ancient art of opera.In addition, Cheng Yarong also wrote that he was very grateful to Qiao Jing for rectifying the names of these actors in the article. Although he sang Dan roles, he was by no means the kind of pretentious and unresponsible wimp.

Many people would despise his inner self because of his appearance, but when the country is in crisis, everyone is responsible. He Cheng Yarong has sung in operas all his life, but even if he dies on the stage in the future, he is still a strong man.

Qiao Jing asked for his opinion in the letter, asking if Cheng Yarong could use him as the prototype of the characters in her new book.

After obtaining permission, Cheng Meiwang, the famous Huadan in "Ordinary People", became famous at a young age with the song "The Drunken Concubine", and finally became the swan song of a generation.

On the first day that "Ordinary" was serialized, all the nationwide "Aimin Daily" and "Dongfang Beijing News" were out of stock.

Zuo Xiangting finished reading the morning paper in the office, was silent for a long time, and let out a long sigh of relief.

It can be seen that during this period of time, Qiao Jing has improved a lot in literature. His writing style is more sophisticated and calm, the characters are more three-dimensional, and the plot setting is more exciting.

the most important is……

"What kind of hero?" He raised his head, looked at Wen Chunqiu who came to his office at some time, and said calmly, "All of us are all three-footed lifeless, a scholar, who dare say that he is not a mortal? I After studying Eastern and Western cultures for so long, you can see that the heroes of foreign countries are all gods who surpass mortals, or are the descendants of gods. But the heroes of China are always mortals, and they will only be mortals. The raging waves are falling, and the building is about to fall, which dynasty is not like this?"

Wen Chunqiu picked up the newspaper and read it thoroughly.

After reading it, his eyes were slightly red, and his hands holding the newspaper trembled slightly.

He obviously didn't say anything, but he seemed to say everything.

Zuo Xiangting smiled, looked at the new shoots on the treetops outside the window, and sighed:

"If he can write something like this, he's already a teacher."

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