What should I do if the system forces me to copy books?

The important thing is the content of the story. No matter what kind of noodles this bowl is, it will not affect the content of the story. The first thing that flashed past was the Yangchun noodles, and there was no deep meaning in it.

At this time, for the Seven Star Literature Cup, the final works created by the ten finalists yesterday in 12 hours have all been published on the competition works display webpage.

Qiu Zhiguo didn't read his son Qiu Ziyu's works at the first time. Instead, he couldn't wait to click on the short story by the author Li Chungang and titled "A Bowl of Clear Soup and Yangchun Noodles".

As soon as the story begins, it is in a noodle shop, an unattractive noodle shop located in the streets and alleys.

The time is even more in line with reality, and it is also on the eve of the new year when the new year alternates with the old year.

From just a few sentences at the beginning, it can be seen that it is very relevant!

And in terms of creative style, it is more inclined to the narrative type:

[Just when the last customer left the door and the store owner said it was closed, the store door was creaked open.A woman walks in with two children. Two boys, about 6 and 10 years old, in brand new sportswear.The woman was wearing an out-of-season checkered short coat. 】

Looking at this, Qiu Zhiguo couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

The writing style of Li Chungang's previous two short stories are both very personal style. Almost all the well-known and unknown writers in the short story circle in China can't find such a similar writing style. I will feel a sense of enlightenment, and find that writing short stories with this writing method can also write such wonderful stories, even stunning.

Just like ocean waves, in most cases the back wave will always catch up with the front wave, and each wave is higher than the first wave.

For example, "The Necklace", at first reading between the lines seems to be telling a mediocre story, but the more you read later, the more emotions you will accumulate, and then touch at a certain moment at the end When it reaches the most critical "point", it bursts out like a landslide and tsunami.

This is also a factor why "The Necklace" and "The Gift of the Magi" are so popular in the circle.

This kind of creative technique that proceeds step by step until the moment when the emotion is at its highest point erupts in an instant is indeed Li Chungang's previous personal creative style.Most people can't understand how this creative style was formed, and after searching for nothing, they can only attribute it all to their experience of writing online novels.

Because online novels are full-length novels, long-form novels pay more attention to the foreshadowing of the storyline and the gradual progression of emotions, but applying this method to short stories, under the condition of word limit and greatly reduced length, the use of story text The degree of refinement has almost doubled, and even so, he has managed it almost perfectly.

The reason why I say it is almost, not completely, is because when reading "The Necklace", there is still a little bit of innocuous and strange accent between the lines, but these "outsiders" don't know it, it is all because of the original works of the previous two short stories. It's all in English, and what they see is the style of the text translated by Li Chungang, so the translation will be more or less influenced by personal factors.

But this time, in "A Bowl of Clear Soup and Yangchun Noodles", the feeling of awkwardness, jerkyness, and weirdness is completely gone. Although it is not a big improvement, it is indeed a kind of improvement.

In such a short period of time, he was able to find out the shortcomings of his short story writing and correct them. This talent alone is enough to make Qiu Zhiguo amazed.

I don't know if there will be a ground-breaking reversal at the end of this work?

What Li Chungang is best at is the ending of the short story, which is a reasonable but unexpected reversal, which makes the readers shocked and at the same time, their emotions explode at this moment.

At least Qiu Zhiguo has been shocked twice by Li Chungang's move!

If it is still the reverse creative technique, Qiu Zhiguo is still looking forward to it.

But as he read the content behind the story, he gradually realized...

This story didn't turn out as expected.

On the contrary, this time, on such an important occasion as the final, Li Chungang unexpectedly changed the usual writing method for the first time, and wrote a serious short story with plain and straightforward words.

Chapter 442 What Medicine Is Sold in the Gourd

At the same time, Qiu Ziyu, who was a competitor on the same stage, also got up early in the morning and began to read Li Chungang's works seriously.

opportunity!

Qiu Ziyu deserves to be Qiu Zhiguo's "seed". After realizing that Li Chungang's "A Bowl of Clear Soup and Yangchun Noodles" gave up the usual reverse writing method and switched to flat and direct writing, in the minds of the father and son, The same two words flashed at the same time.

Where is Li Chungang's real admiration?

That's right!It is his short stories that can always give an unexpected and shocking ending.

Faced with such short stories with a 180-degree turn and a big reversal, they are often the most popular among readers, especially before that, no one in the domestic short story circle would use similar methods to create short stories.

So this type of short story is also the most suitable type of text to compete for the championship of the Seven Star Literature Cup!

In comparison between the two, a straightforward narrative story cannot produce a similar effect. Compared with the unexpected big reversal, the degree of stimulation is much smaller.

"Could it be that Li Chungang is exhausted, and he can't think of a good reversal plot in such a short period of time. But it's not right to think about it. I saw people who watched the live broadcast in the group say that this guy is the first among the ten finalists. The person who submitted the work spent less than three hours in total, and finished it just in time for dinner. Could it be that he deliberately wanted to try a new writing method?"

Qiu Zhiguo speculated secretly, but after thinking about it, he always felt that it was not correct, and he didn't have much foothold. After all, he was not a roundworm in Li Chungang's stomach, so it was naturally impossible to know the real thoughts in the other party's heart.

Fortunately, he is not a person who likes to get to the bottom of things, and soon he stopped entangled with it. On the contrary, he felt a little happy in his heart at this time.

Now that Li Chungang gave up writing about his favorite genre, he suddenly felt that... his son might really have a chance to fight back in this wave of finals!

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【"Ah...clean soup Yangchun noodles...a bowl...is that okay?" The woman asked timidly.The two little boys hid behind their mother and looked at the proprietress timidly. 】

The background is an ordinary noodle shop on New Year's Eve.

A woman walked into a noodle restaurant with two children to eat noodles, but she hesitated for a long time when ordering, and she only ordered a bowl of Yangchun noodles?Consomme?

It can be clearly understood without analysis that the family's life is very embarrassing.

Ordinary people may guess that the next plot is likely to show that the owner of the noodle shop will dislike something because of this, and there will be a magical turning point at the end of the story.

But in fact, the following plot is very plain but also very heartwarming:

【"Okay, please, please sit here." The proprietress said, and led the three of them to sit at the No. [-] table near the heater, while shouting into the counter, "A bowl of Yangchun noodles in clear soup!"

The boss who heard the shout raised his head and glanced at the three of them, and replied in response: "Okay! A bowl of Yangchun noodles in clear soup—"

Noodles have been prepared on the chopping board long ago, piles like hills, and one pile is for one person.The boss grabbed a pile of noodles, then added half a pile, and put them into the pot together.The proprietress immediately realized that the husband specially gave the mother and child more. 】

This boss is a nice guy!

He saw the distress of the mother and son at a glance, so he deliberately put some more noodles in addition to the original one.

As soon as the hot and fragrant Yangchun noodles came to the table, the mother and son immediately gathered around the bowl of noodles and started to eat them head to head.

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The corners of Qiu Zhiguo's mouth could not help but rise up, as if a warm scene of mother and son eating a bowl of Yangchun noodles appeared in his mind, and the next second the scene changed to a scene of his family of three gathering at the dinner table, so touching People are familiar with.

【"It's so delicious!" My brother said.

"Mom eats too!" The younger brother picked up a piece of chopstick noodles and delivered it to his mother. 】

Then, time quietly came to the second year.

At the same time, this small noodle restaurant named "Happiness" was about to close when the door was pulled open again.

The woman was wearing the same clothes as last year, and walked in with the two boys who had grown a little after a year.

"...this...a bowl of Yangchun noodles in clear soup...is that okay?"

"Please, please sit inside," the proprietress took them to last year's table No. [-], "a bowl of Yangchun noodles in clear soup—" "Okay, a bowl of Yangchun noodles in clear soup—" the boss replied in response, and Relight the extinguished fire.

"Hey, his father, give them three bowls, okay?"

The lady boss whispered in the ear of the boss.

"No, if that's the case, they might be embarrassed."

As the boss said, he grabbed a half portion of noodles and put them in the pot.

……

Seeing this, Qiu Zhiguo was already slightly moved.

Even after a year, the boss and the proprietress are still as kind as ever, because they have to take care of the self-esteem of the mother and son, and even resist the idea of ​​adding a little more noodles.

[After eating, I paid 15 yuan.The proprietress said to their backs: "Thank you, I wish you a happy new year!"]

I have to admit that Qiu Zhiguo was completely warmed by the behavior of the owner and wife of this noodle shop when he saw this place.

But in the next second, a bigger doubt arose from the bottom of my heart!Because a similar plot has been repeated for the second time in this short story, is it possible that Li Chungang's repeated writing method is to reflect the kindness and warmth of the noodle shop owner and the proprietress?

If this is the case, he will feel that Li Chungang, a rising star who is favored by countless seniors in the literary world, is nothing more than mediocre!

With this mentality, I can’t wait to start reading the follow-up content:

[Happiness Noodle Restaurant, whose business is booming day by day, ushered in its third New Year's Eve.

From 09:30 onwards, although neither the boss nor the proprietress said anything, they both seemed a little restless.Just after ten o'clock, the shop assistants left after get off work. The boss and the proprietress immediately turned over the price tags of various noodles hanging on the wall one by one, and hurriedly wrote "Yangchun noodles in clear soup 15 yuan".In fact, since the summer of that year, with the rise in prices, the price of Yangchun noodles in clear soup has been 20 yuan a bowl.

On the second table, 30 minutes ago, the proprietress had already put up a "reservation" sign.

By 10:30, there were no customers in the shop, but the boss and his wife were still waiting for the arrival of the mother and son.Here they come.The elder brother was wearing the uniform of a middle school student, and the younger brother was wearing the slightly larger old clothes that the elder brother wore last year. The two brothers have grown up and are a little unrecognizable.Mother was still wearing the out-of-season faded short overcoat. 】

"Sure enough! It came again the third time, didn't it? I want to see what kind of medicine is sold in your gourd!"

A light flashed in Qiu Zhiguo's eyes, and the follow-up content was exactly as he expected, it was still repeating the scenes from the first year and the second year, except for the changes in the characters themselves, there was no change at all.

Chapter 443

Father's love is like a mountain, and mother's love is silent.

There are never any words related to "maternal love" in the story, but it explains everything in every detail:

The clothes of the two sons seem to change every year, but the mother's outfit appeared on the stage for three consecutive years, and she always said "wearing that faded short coat that is out of season".

For some reason, seeing this, Qiu Zhiguo's nose was slightly sour, and there was a lot of silent emotion in his heart that he wanted to confide in others. Unfortunately, when he looked around, he didn't even have anyone to confide in. His wife was still working at the company. , and his son is far away in Qiongzhou, South of the country.

The plot of the story also came here, and finally began to introduce the situation of the mother and child.

Through the conversation with the mother and son, the noodle shop owner and his wife finally learned the whole story:

It turned out that the child's father died in a traffic accident, but there is no saying in this world that "the lights go out when a person dies". The person is gone, but the debt left behind is borne by the child's mother.

All these years, my mother has been paying off her debts, so the only rare extravagance on New Year's Eve is a bowl of simple Yangchun noodles in clear soup that is readily available in the eyes of ordinary people.

The children of the poor family were in charge of the family early, and their tears were dried up as early as the time when their father died unexpectedly. The two children were also very sensible.

【"My brother and I also have something to hide from my mother, and we can talk about it today. It was a Sunday in November, and I went to my brother's school to attend a parent-teacher meeting. At that time, my brother had hidden a letter from the teacher to read to him. A letter from my younger brother... If my brother's composition is selected as the representative of the town high school, he will be able to participate in the national composition competition. Because of this, on the day of the parent meeting, the teacher asked my brother to read the composition by himself. If the teacher's letter is shown to my mother Yes, my mother will definitely ask for leave from the company to listen to my younger brother reading the composition, so my younger brother did not give this letter to my mother. I still heard about this from my younger brother’s friends. Therefore, on the day of the parent meeting, it was me went."

"Oh, that's right... what happened next?"

"The title of the composition given by the teacher is, 'What kind of person do you want to be in the future'. All the students wrote it, and the title of my younger brother was "A Bowl of Clear Soup Yangchun Noodles". As soon as I heard the title, I knew it was about the Happiness Noodle Restaurant. At that time, I thought, brother, why did he write such embarrassing things.

"The composition is about my father died in a traffic accident and left a large debt. My mother worked hard from morning to night every day, and I delivered the morning and evening papers...My brother wrote it all. Then I wrote it again, December 31 In the evening, the mother and son ate a bowl of Yangchun noodles in clear soup, which was very delicious... The three of them only bought a bowl of Yangchun noodles in clear soup. The uncles and aunts in the noodle shop still welcomed us warmly, thanked us, and wished us a good year. To my younger brother, the voice of blessing clearly said to him: Don't bow your head! Come on! Live well! Therefore, when my younger brother grows up, if he wants to open a noodle restaurant that is the number one in China, he must also say to his customers:' Come on!''I wish you happiness!''Thank you!'My brother read the composition aloud..."]

This night, the mother and son ordered two bowls of Yangchun noodles for the first time.

The boss with red eyes replied, but this time he threw three bowls of noodles into the steaming pot.

Qiu Zhiguo suddenly reached out and rubbed his eye sockets, the eyes hidden under the glasses were already slightly red.

30 yuan is the price for two bowls of Yangchun noodles exclusively for the mother and child.

Up to here, the story is still slowly advancing with this seemingly unremarkable narrative...

In the next few years, every New Year's Eve, the owner and his wife of Xingfu Noodle Restaurant would reserve table No. [-] in advance, but unfortunately, the mother and son never showed up again.

until later.

As the business of Xingfu Noodle Restaurant is getting more and more prosperous, the owner and his wife of the noodle restaurant have redecorated the shop.

The tables and chairs have been replaced with new styles, but the second table is still like wine!

In the eyes of customers who entered this happy noodle restaurant to eat noodles, the No. [-] table placed in the center of the store is so incongruous and incompatible with the whole store, many people are very curious whether there is something unknown in it s story.

Some bold customers deliberately asked the reason, and the noodle shop owner and his wife did not hide anything.

that's it--

The story about Table No. [-] in Xingfu Noodle Restaurant makes Table No. [-] a synonym for "happiness".

Customers spread the word to ten, ten to hundreds, and word of mouth.

Soon someone came from afar on purpose.There are female students, as well as young couples. They come to Xingfu Noodle Restaurant with no other requirements, except that they want to have a bowl of Yangchun noodles at Xingfu's No. [-] table.

Over time, Table Happiness No. [-] became famous because of this!

Ten years later, the mother and son, whom everyone thought had disappeared, finally reappeared.

At this time, the elder brother and the younger brother had grown up and had enough prospects. This time, the mother also changed into a brand new down jacket.

【"Well... three bowls of Yangchun noodles, is that okay?" the woman in kimono said calmly.

After hearing this, the boss's face suddenly changed.The image of the mother and child that remained in my mind more than ten years ago overlaps with the image of the three in front of me.

The proprietress pointed to the three visitors, her eyes collided with that of her husband who was looking for leeks at the counter.

"Ah! Ah... the kid is his father!"

Facing the bewildered boss lady, one of the young people spoke.

"We are the customers who ate a bowl of Yangchun noodles on the New Year's Eve 14 years ago. At that time, it was the encouragement of this bowl of Yangchun noodles that made the three of us work together and through the difficult years. After that, we moved to Shiga Prefecture, the mother's in-laws."