Chapter 179 "Inspirational" Story
Because it is to be published abroad, the novel has to be translated into English first. Zhao Yanshu's English level is average, so he has to find a professional to translate it first, which takes time, so it will not be published quickly in a short time.
Seeing this, Lin Yuzhu was no longer in a hurry, but she thought that she should tell Zhao Yanshu more positive stories when she had the chance, to prevent him from writing such a good article and failing to publish it. That would be a pity!
So, for the next period of time, Zhao Yanshu would listen to Lin Yuzhu tell many interesting, fun, or inspirational stories every day after school.
Gradually, he understood Lin Yuzhu's idea, smiled in his heart, and thought of some recent inspirations. So, after completely handing over the publishing matters of the novel "Going Home", he started writing again.
Seeing this, Lin Yu specifically asked him what the subject matter was. Only when he learned that it was positive did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Seeing Lin Yuzhu so worried, Zhao Yanshu also smiled and showed her the outline of the new book.
But after reading it, Lin Yuzhu didn't know what to say.
There are two protagonists in the new book, two brothers. The elder one is the eldest in the family, and the younger one is the youngest. They have reached the age where they were sent to the countryside as educated youth.
Because the parents loved the youngest brother more, they forced the older brother to give his job to the younger brother and go to the countryside to replace him.
I thought the two brothers would have very different lives in the future, with the elder brother suffering in the countryside and the younger brother enjoying life in the city.
Unexpectedly, the brother who went to the countryside did not give up. He worked actively in the countryside and became a middle school teacher. When the college entrance examination was resumed, he was admitted to university and returned home in glory.
As for the younger brother in the city, he did not work hard after taking the job. He was often caught skipping work and was transferred to the factory to clean public toilets. Later, his family had to spend a lot of money to find someone to get him a job as an ordinary worker.
After the college entrance examination, the fate of the two brothers changed completely.
My brother went to college and became a cadre after graduation, rising step by step.
However, because my younger brother did not work hard, he eventually made mistakes and was fired from the factory. He became a gangster and achieved nothing.
The fate of the two brothers changed completely.
During this period, the attitude of the parents also changed. The elder brother went from being the eldest son who was sensible and gave in to his younger brother, to a hopeless person who was destined to stay in the countryside and not be a burden to the family. Then he became the pride of the family, and finally the support of everyone in the family.
However, they had the opposite attitude towards their once favorite youngest son, which changed from pampering to disgust later.
The whole article is full of absurdity, sadness and warmth, and has a strong sense of irony.
Lin Yuzhu was silent after reading it. "Is this the inspirational story you mentioned?"
"Yes, my brother worked hard to change the shackles of fate, and finally succeeded. Isn't that inspiring?"
Zhao Yanshu's expression remained unchanged, and he continued: "I understand what you mean, but I don't want to write stories where everything goes smoothly, as if you can get everything as long as you work hard.
How can life be so perfect? That only exists in idealism, and I don’t want to write an idealistic novel. Life is not always smooth sailing, and the road of life is never smooth!
I want to write something that readers can think about seriously after reading it, rather than something that makes readers feel that the story is smooth and happy, but then it ends and they forget about it in two days... If that's the case, there's no need for my book to exist."
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