Before going to bed at night, Xiang Shuying came to Li Xiang's room curiously, at this moment, Li Xiang was still sitting in front of the computer, but he was no longer typing, browsing the old man and the sea who had just finished the book, and heard the movement, and looked back at Xiang Shuying.

"Haven't you slept yet?"

Xiang Shuying glanced at his computer and said, "Your grandmother is coaxing them to sleep, you are writing a book"

Li Xiang nodded, pushed the laptop in front of her, and said, "Just finished writing, do you want to take a look"

"The new book is finished, wow, I'll take a look. Xiang Shuying sat down and began to read the freshly baked Old Man and the Sea.

She cares more about Li Xiang's literary affairs than music, firstly because she teaches Chinese, and secondly because Li Xiang's original escape technique was recommended and submitted by her, and she is Li Xiang's guide, natural and honorable.

"This is what you said earlier about the old man and the sea"

When she saw the headline, she quickly remembered a news article she had seen not long ago, which was about Li Xiang's report at the Forestry University readers' exchange meeting, about the introduction of his new book, which mentioned the old man and the sea.

Xiang Shuying just looked at one page, and deeply felt the great change in Li Xiang's literary style, I am a cat is joking, there is humor hidden between the lines, and the old man and the sea text in front of him are extremely rigorous and solemn.

If I Am a Cat is a delicate sketch, then the Old Man and the Sea is a majestic drama, this type of writing is either boring and boring, or it is a classic.

Li Xiang is only 19 years old, and he just tried to write such a style, I don't know if it is arrogant, or if he really wants to leave a strong mark in the history of literature.

Although Xiang Shuying is full of confidence in Li Xiang, he still thinks that the 19-year-old boy is just trying to try this kind of writing, and he has a superficial taste.

Climbing the majestic summit with bare hands requires several rounds of tentative exploration until the time is finally ripe to reach the summit in one go.

Now Li Xiang and Xiang Shuying thought that she was carrying out the first round of tentative climbing, and she might stop at a tenth of the height, so when she finished reading the content of the first page, she asked Li Xiang with a smile if she had gained a lot after writing this book The Old Man and the Sea.

Although the old man and the sea are only less than 40,000 words, because of the style, none of the words are superfluous, and they are as tight as a machine, so it really looks like it will take no less time. After reading two pages to Shuying, seeing that the time was not early, she asked Li Xiang to send the old man and Hai to her mailbox, and she went back to her room to lie on the bed to watch, so as not to disturb Li Xiaoxiang's rest.

"Good night. Li Xiangmu sent Xiang Shuying away, sat down at the desk again, thought about it, and wrote a sentence under the old man and the sea to send to all the strong and optimistic people, especially the young lady.

Then turn off the computer, turn off the lights in the room, lie on the bed, and look at the ceiling in the dark in a daze

In a trance, Li Xiang wondered if the young lady would continue to appear in tonight's dream, or, maybe even the dream of the drive-in movie theater, she pushed open the door, turned around, and a pair of bright eyes appeared in front of her, this time she would not wake up without waiting for him to look at her, whether the traces of time had crawled all over her face, whether the burden of life and the collapse of faith had crushed her spirit If he could, he really wanted to tell her that there was someone in another world who would also care about her.

Li Xiang calculated the time and time from the word "zheng" in his sister's notebook, which was three years after another Li Xiang left

He thought of the book he had just finished, the old man and the sea, and in many dreams, he remembered that the young lady was reading the book, constantly reading, constantly flipping through it, and it could be inferred from the way she spread out the book, sometimes she was reading the first half, sometimes she was looking at the end of the book, she always turned it over and over, and read it definitely more than once.

She not only watched it herself, but also often read "Li Xiang" and listened to it.

Why does she like this book The Old Man and the Sea?

Li Xiang lay on the bed, thinking about the theme of this book, man is arrogant, we can't escape the fate of failure in the process of fighting against nature, but in the face of failure, people still have to be dignified, brave, never compromise, in Dou Dou's words, is to respect.

"Li Xiang"'s illness was brought from the mother's womb, and after fighting for 26 years, he still couldn't escape the fate of early death, in fact, he and the young lady both knew it, but the young lady hoped that he would be like an old man, even if he was doomed to fail, he would be brave, and he couldn't compromise, when fate showed him his claws, he couldn't do it, he couldn't hold the sword, so at least he had to make a grimace at it, otherwise he would not be bullied by fate in this life too miserable and too wretched.

And what about her

Li Xiang felt that in fact, she was more like the old man, a real sea fighter, and "Li Xiang" was more like her big fish. The big fish was chased and devoured by sharks all the way, she picked up all her own to drive away, and saw the fins of the big fish being eaten, the internal organs of the big fish being devoured, the head of the big fish being broken down little by little, and the flesh and vitality of the big fish passing away little by little, and finally only a cold skeleton remained.

She knew the end result, but she still struggled.

They all could not escape the fate of failure, but, for the old man, he succeeded, he defeated himself, and for the young lady, she resisted fate and raised "Li Xiang" all the way to the age of 26, instead of dying while babbling.

It's just a pity that both of them fell short in the end.

After Xiang Shuying returned to the room, he first cleaned up the cosmetics on the dresser that had been messed up by Master Dou Dou, then turned off the lights in the room, dimmed the bedside lamp, sat on the bed and transmitted the old man and the sea on his mobile phone to KDE, then turned off the mobile phone, put it far away on the bedside table, picked up KDE and turned to the third page, and began to continue reading.

Looking at it, the sleepiness gradually disappeared, the spirit became more and more excited, and the eyes became brighter and brighter

The campus is the most beautiful place in every city, and the next day, Li Xiang was woken up by the sound of birdsong outside the window, and the morning light shone into the room through the cracks in the curtains, dispelling the silent darkness.

The chirping of birds is made by a flock of sparrows, in addition to the tuk tuk of woodpeckers pecking at the wood, and if you listen closely, you can hear the beautiful song of the thrush.

After a dreamless night, without dreaming of anything, Li wanted to get up and go out, and found that his master had risen earlier than him.

The little kid was wearing a little sky-blue pajamas, standing in the yard, holding his little head high and staring at the birds in the woods. Grandpa was tidying up his flowers and plants.

"Pigeon pigeon look" The master saw Li Xiang, showed a smile like the beginning of the sun, pointed to the tree with his little hand, and said happily, "There are so many little birds, they are singing." ”

Li wanted to look into the woods, and he could see some small figures jumping up and down among the branches, and it was very lively early in the morning.

"Would you like to take a closer look," Li Xiang asked.

Shi Shi shook her head and said that she didn't want to get closer, for fear of scaring away the birds, but she still preferred to stand here and listen from a distance.

"They're so cute. ”

Encountering a flock of birds early in the morning made the teacher feel cheerful and had a surprise on his face.

Xiang Shuying also came out, and she also had a surprise on her face, but what made people even more was the pair of dark circles on her face

This aunt watched the old man and the sea last night and saw three o'clock in the morning, after reading it, she was so energetic that she couldn't sleep, she tossed and turned in bed, and finally fell asleep, and woke up again in the morning, feeling that her brain had not rested all night, and it was always full of plots in the book.

When she saw the teacher, she kissed her fiercely, then grabbed Li Xiang and said excitedly, "Come, tell my aunt about the new book." ”

"Auntie, you kissed the teacher's face" The teacher covered his right cheek and said to Xiang Shuying aggrievedly.