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When writing a novel, looking at the dismal sales figures is agonizing. Should I give up?
But if you can't achieve your own dreams, you give up.
She lay down on the bed and began to sleep.
You shouldn't give up on your dreams. Even if you never make money in your life, you should still persevere.
She started to dream with a smile.
In the dream, the technologically advanced parents said, "You really overcame yourself and persevered for so long. You must have gained something from this."
Miao Xingzhou: "Hmm."
Mom: "You will succeed. Even when you're in your eighties or nineties."
Miao Xingzhou: "I am really happy to be able to do what I love every day."
Mom: "Mmm."
Dad: "Have you decided on the path you've chosen?"
He saw once again the Moon River, reflecting light, flowing in the dim night, and she walked along its banks.
I saw that there was no road ahead.
She began to climb forward on foot, ignoring the thorns and rocks, her hands were pricked, and her feet almost slipped several times.
The snakes and insects looked around at themselves.
She went without hesitation.
As she climbed up, she found herself on a flat plain. She spread her arms and lay down on the plain.
I closed my eyes, then suddenly opened them and realized I was awake.
Why do I keep dreaming about that?
And this outfit...
She didn't understand, and didn't want to understand, making herself seem like she was sick.
I suddenly realized that I earned two yuan writing a novel today, enough to buy two steamed buns and have breakfast.
She went to the factory.
As time passed, she kept thinking about the novel.
If I were trapped in a small house, unable to come out or write novels, could I still be happy?
Although she lacked talent, she wanted to express what she desired.
Standing in the torrent of people, I was looked down upon.
This is truly painful.
She looked down at her old shoes.
She suddenly saw a shoe-shining shop, and she often wondered why her father always liked to have his shoes shined.
She entered the rented room, saw her wages deposited into her account, and remembered what her mother had said when she was working: "My happiest moment is when I get paid."
Now I've become a parent myself.
While playing on her phone, she reflected on her life. It wasn't particularly difficult or painful, but she had never been able to realize her dreams.
She was trapped countless times.
She picked up her math book and began to write.
It was already 10 o'clock when I finished writing, time for bed.
She tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.
On the second day at work, I was so sleepy, but I managed to get through it. I was lying face down on the bed and almost suffocated, but I managed to turn over with difficulty.
In the dream, scarecrows began to appear on the plain, their faces beaming with smiles.
Standing under the moon.
As they drew closer, someone asked, "Miao Xingzhou, why aren't you dead?"
Miao Xingzhou retreated, but there was nowhere to retreat to. She began to escape through the gaps, and then the scarecrows stood there watching her.
She ran outside and found two elderly people watching her from the wooden doorway... her grandparents!
She tried to walk forward, but suddenly the wooden house disappeared.
A two-story brick house came into view. Her parents stood at the door watching her. She ran towards it with all her might, but ended up in the mud.
As she sank... she woke up from her dream to the familiar voices calling her name.
Looking at the time, it's Sunday today, no work.
My sister called, "What are you doing right now?"
Miao Xingzhou: "I'm sleeping."
Sister: "Oh!"
Miao Xingzhou: "I want to spend more time with my parents."
Sister: "Don't you plan to stay home for much longer?"
"Your best gift to your parents is to focus on making money right now."
Miao Xingzhou: "But I want to see them more."
Sister: "What's wrong with you? Are you pretending to be compassionate?"
Miao Xingzhou: "What fake compassion? Can't you even use a sentence? There are only parents at home, and no one to farm the land."
Sister: "You just want to be lazy."
Does one have to work to be considered good?
Sister: "Mom and Dad are better off without you."
She started to feel unwell.
My older sister still doesn't know how to restrain herself.
Miao Xingzhou continued typing and then turned off the phone.
She worked for a year and then returned home. Her mother said, "You've come back to write novels?"
Miao Xingzhou: "Farming."
Mom: "Mmm."
She picked up a hoe and began to till the land.
Mom said, "Why would anyone grow vegetables now?!"
Miao Xingzhou: "I'll give you money, go gamble."
Mom: "I don't play cards anymore."
Miao Xingzhou: "So what do you usually do?"
Mom laughed: "You're telling me what to do now?"
Miao Xingzhou smiled and said, "Then I'll write novels."
She felt she had already written that sentence. Her mother looked at her phone, and Miao Xingzhou said, "Mom, time really flies."
Mom: "Mmm."
In winter, when her mother started coughing, Miao Xingzhou said, "I'll go buy some medicine."
When her mother tried to stop her, she said, "I have medicine."
Miao Xingzhou: "Do you need an injection?"
Mom: "Why would you need an injection for a cough? A few days of medicine would cost hundreds of dollars, how can we afford that!"
Miao Xingzhou: "If the cough persists, then get an injection."
My mother's cough worsened at night, and she kept coughing up phlegm and had a runny nose.
No matter what, she took her mother to see a doctor, and after a few days of injections, she felt better.
It cost five or six hundred.
Afterwards, her mother always complained that she had given herself the injection.
The father said, "What's there to say? It's only natural for one's own child to be filial."
The mother's clear eyes gradually lifted.
Miao Xingzhou began by saying, "Sister and brother, it's almost time to go home."
Mom: "Mmm."
Dad smiled and said, "What should we buy to eat for Chinese New Year?"
Mom: "Buy squid."
Mom started drooling.
Miao Xingzhou began by saying, "We'll grill squid then."
Mom: "Mmm."
As the Chinese New Year arrived as scheduled, she looked at her computer. She had written so much of her novel, but still hadn't made any progress.
She started to shut down the computer, and her brother and sister-in-law came in.
My sister-in-law said, "Little sister, we bought you a cake!"
Mom: "Why do we need to buy a cake!"
Dad smiled. The older brother began, "Have you eaten?"
Miao Xingzhou: "I ate it."
Mom: "You haven't eaten yet, have you? I'll go heat up your food."
Brother: "Mm."
Dad looked at his older brother and smiled.
My mother was cooking in the kitchen while my sister-in-law and brother went upstairs.
After her mother finished cooking, she told her to go and call her brother and sister-in-law for dinner. When she went upstairs, she found her brother working and her sister-in-law watching TV.
The older brother said, "Eat? Go eat somewhere else."
Miao Xingzhou went down.
My brother and sister-in-law came down after me.
Mom smiled and said, "What do you like to eat? I made cured pork, pickled cucumber with chili, and beef."
My brother and sister-in-law went to get chopsticks.
As the older brother ate the food his mother had prepared, he became emotional and ate four bowls. The older brother was not fat; on the contrary, he was rather thin. He said, "This is the taste of Mom's cooking."
Only his sister-in-law knew the hardships his brother endured in the world.
Her eyes were filled with sorrow for her brother.
For a while, my brother really enjoyed drinking...
This house is sheltered from the winter outside.
They get together only occasionally.
The mother began by asking, "Miao Xingzhou, how are you feeling now?"
Miao Xingzhou: "I am currently in perfect health."
Watching the snowflakes flutter down in winter.
She slowly closed the door, but suddenly it opened, and her sister, whom she hadn't seen in person for a long time, came home.
She smiled at Miao Xingzhou. "Help me carry my luggage."
Miao Xingzhou: "Hmm."
Sister: "I bought clothes for Mom and Dad."
Miao Xingzhou: "Hmm."
Sister: "Where are Mom and Dad?"
"They went to play, I'll go call them."
Sister: "No need to call them, they will come on their own."
Miao Xingzhou: "Do you want to see your brother and sister-in-law? They're upstairs."
The older sister shook her head, then looked at her phone.
Miao Xingzhou: "My brother also said he wants to see you! I'll go and call them."
The older sister said weakly, "Don't go up there."
She went upstairs anyway, and her brother and sister-in-law came down. Her brother said with surprise, "You've finally come home for the New Year. It's been years since we last saw each other."
The older sister replied shyly, "Mmm."
Brother: "Why didn't you come home for the New Year?"
The older sister didn't say anything.
The older brother sat down. "How did you become like this?"
Miao Xingzhou: "Sister, it's probably because they don't have money that they're not going home."
Brother: "You should go home even if you don't have money. If you don't have enough for the bus fare, you can borrow it from me."
Sister: "I just don't want to go home."
At four o'clock in the evening, Mom and Dad came home.
Mom said, "The whole family is here, looks like we'll have to prepare a big feast."
Sister: "I bought clothes for you."
Clearly, her mother and father understood her feelings, but also subtly expressed their dissatisfaction with the clothes.
Miao Xingzhou recalled the time when his older brother bought clothes for their father during his first job.
The older sister said, "I'm coming back now, but I might not come back later." She pursed her lips slightly as she spoke.
Brother: "Who will be hurt if you don't come back? What are you thinking?!"
The older sister smiled with her head down.
Mom came out: "Dinner's ready."
They sat around the table.
They all like to eat green beans.
Mom said, "Eat more meat."
Sister: "Mmm."
The older brother glanced at it, then said nothing.
The sister-in-law smiled and served food to her brother, but he pretended to be disgusted.
My brother and sister-in-law went upstairs again.
My sister said, "Aren't you going upstairs?"
Miao Xingzhou: "No, thank you."
She has grown up and is no longer the little sister who liked to follow her brother around.
She continued writing novels.
My sister is using her phone.
A long time passed, and when we went downstairs, my brother and sister-in-law came out happily.
Brother: "Want to go play badminton together?"
Miao Xingzhou: "Hmm."
My older sister went to play too. My sister-in-law ranked first in badminton, my older brother second, my older sister third, and she fourth.
After playing with his brother and sister-in-law, they went upstairs.
In the evening, she went upstairs to watch her brother work.
My brother is using AI to write copy.
Brother: "This can be written by AI."
"There's also automatic name generation."
Miao Xingzhou: "The website where I write novels has a name and beautiful words and phrases."
My brother started searching: how to write a good novel, but he misspelled a word and couldn't find anything...
As she went downstairs, her sister looked at her and said, "What did your brother say when you went upstairs?"
Miao Xingzhou: "You want to ask, can't you just go upstairs to see your brother yourself?"
The older sister didn't say anything.
Miao Xingzhou said with a smile, "Why are you afraid of your brother?"
The older sister didn't say anything either.
The older sister used words to elicit what Miao Xingzhou and her brother had said.
She finished speaking while looking at the computer.
The older sister pursed her lips.
When she was little, she slept in the same bed with her older sister because the number of rooms in the house was limited.
We haven't slept together in a long time.
My older sister asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Suddenly, with a "poof," the older sister exclaimed, "...You farted?"
Miao Xingzhou: "We didn't fart, we released poison gas."
As her sister lifted the blankets to let in some fresh air, Miao Xingzhou gasped in surprise as a blast of cold air rushed in. "It's so cold!"
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