The Q&A session proceeded in an orderly manner, and soon someone asked about Li Xiang's new book.

In fact, it is not only asked by people at the scene, but also by people around me since the beginning of this year.

Li Xiang has written four articles so far, from the earliest "Escape Technique", to the later "Love Life", to "I Am a Cat", and then to "Loneliness", the number is very small, especially three of them are short stories, like "Loneliness", a total of less than 2,000 words, and the long "I Am a Cat" is actually less than 310,000 words.

"Escape" and "Love Life" are both short stories, too little space, limited influence, until "I Am a Cat" really pushed Li Xiang to the public, and became famous, so that when he joined the Shengjing Writers Association, no one opposed or abstained, and those old writers who could be his father and grandfather recognized his strength.

However, for Li Xiang, the number of his works does not match the fame and prestige he has gained in literature, it is too little, especially now that he is at the peak of his creation, and his energy and inspiration are bursting, he should publish more books.

That's why when he was in a suburban farm, Feng Jixin tactfully reminded Li Xiang that Bai Su also had such worries, worried that Li Xiang would spend too much time on music and ignore literary creation.

So when someone asked a question about the new work, Bai Su and the others who were sitting next to Li Xiang also looked at him with burning eyes, obviously very concerned and curious about this issue.

Facing everyone's eyes, Li Xiang picked up the microphone and said: "Thank you for your concern, in fact, many people have asked me this question, and I am working hard myself, but sometimes I can't be in a hurry to write a book, and the more I am in a hurry, the more I can't write, and I am not satisfied with what I write." ”

"I am a cat" is to express a view on all aspects of society through the eyes of a cat, there are many views on society and the world and life in this book, because the protagonist is a cat, so the angle and view are very different, very different from people, it will be very novel, but the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, it is impossible to explore and study a certain issue in depth. ”

Bai Su, who was sitting next to Li Xiang, nodded in agreement, "I Am a Cat" is more like a long essay, criticizing everywhere and expressing his opinions everywhere, but it stays at a relatively shallow level, and the problems are all superficial and not in-depth. Considering that the protagonist is a cat, it is a cat looking at these issues, this setting is reasonable, but there will inevitably be regrets, and I think that the author's point of view is so novel and unique, what would it be like if he delved into it.

Li Xiang continued: "When I was writing "I Am a Cat", I couldn't help but think about a question, what should be the ideal mental state of a person? In "I Am a Cat", there are all kinds of people, they are empty and boring, they discuss some meaningless things all day long, they keep changing themselves for some kind of social rules, the longer they live, the less they are themselves, and they waste too much time in life. ”

The scene in the lecture hall was very quiet, and they were all listening carefully to Li Xiang's words, showing a thoughtful expression.

"These thoughts actually predate "I Am a Cat", and when I wrote "I Am a Cat", this kind of thinking was more in-depth and intense, so the new book actually started to be written last summer, and it was written on and off for almost a year, and it is almost ...... completed."

The voice of the discussion on the scene was much higher, Yan Wenlong saw that Bai Su wanted to speak and stopped, and couldn't wait, thinking that Professor Bai Su must be very interested in wanting to know the information of Li Xiang's new book, but it was difficult to answer, so he asked for him: "Li Xiang, can you tell us some information about the new book, such as what is the subject and what is the theme?"

Li Xiang said: "Of course you can, the tentative title of the book is "The Old Man and the Sea". ”

Bai Su couldn't help but ask, "What is the general content of "The Old Man and the Sea"?"

Li Xiang said: "This is a novella, not very long, about 40,000 words, telling the story of an old fisherman fighting against sharks, the sea and fate, and I want to explore what is the winner and what is the loser, what is the strong and what is the weak. ”

Bai Su is an old Jianghu, and he can understand it at one point, and said: "The old man is physically weak, but mentally he is strong, he seems to be defeated in the fight against fate, but in a sense, he is the winner." ”

"......" Li Xiang thought to himself that he couldn't say any more, maybe Bai Suquan had finished guessing if he said anything more.

Someone immediately asked Li Xiang what he expected from the new book "The Old Man and the Sea", after all, he has no shortage of breakthroughs in his achievements, but in terms of literary awards, he only won one "Times Literature" Best Newcomer of the Year, and there is still a breakthrough in honor.

Li Xiang half-jokingly said: "My dream is to enter next year's Zijin Literary Award......"

……

The children were brought home by Xiang Xiaoyuan after school.

As soon as they got home, the two little ones scurried around, climbed the stairs, and Xiang Xiaoyuan thought they wanted to play on the slide, and said, "Put down the little schoolbag first, okay?" Put down the little schoolbag sister and sister~~"

Dou Dou took the lead, snorted and climbed up the stairs, saw the Downtown cat jumping up the stairs like a rocket, stretched out his little hand and grabbed the fur on the back of the kitten's neck, carried it in his hand like a toy bear, swayed slowly, climbed the last step, and ran recklessly on the corridor on the second floor......

The master stopped on the stairs, turned around to answer Xiang Xiaoyuan's words, carefully put the small schoolbag on the stairs, and then continued to climb up step by step, don't look at the small steps, but the speed is very fast, and soon he also ran in the corridor, and shouted in a milky voice: "Sister ~~ Sister wait for me duck ~~~"

Dou Dou stood by the door of the study, beckoned the master to come over quickly, and then leaned on the edge of the door and looked in, Li Elephant was inside!

Li Xiang's voice came from the room: "Which kitten is outside?"

"Meow Meow~~Hee~~"

The Tum swears that it doesn't meow, it's the little master who carries it.

The little master, Li Doudou, pushed open the hidden door, walked in with the stunned kitten, and asked Li Xiang with a smile: "Brother, are you brave today?"

The children forget the unpleasant things quickly, and the idea of a cold war with Li Xiang in the morning is completely gone, listen, I called my brother just now, and the first thing I do when I go home is to care about my brother's exchange meeting today.

The nickname of the little padded jacket did not come for nothing.

The teacher also came in, and the two sisters stood at the desk, holding their little heads high and asking Li Xiang curiously and with concern about the morning readers' exchange meeting, although they didn't understand, and they seemed to be confused, but the words they said and the expressions they pretended to be clearly "Oh, the baby understands it very well."

Not long after Xiang Xiaoyuan came, I also wanted to ask Li Xiang about the morning, but when she saw that her sisters were asking, she stopped making a sound, just listened, and the little sisters asked very carefully, such as how many people were there at the scene, do they all like Brother Elephant, what did Brother Elephant eat at noon, and did he have ice cream......

"Tomorrow we're going to help the old man move to the bookstore, okay? Li Xiang remembered that tomorrow was the day when the old man of the book house moved, and promised to help at that time, so he asked the little sisters, and if he agreed, he would take them there, and if he didn't agree, he would take them there.

"Invited, did you invite the Lun family?" Dou Dou asked from a tricky angle, not caring about whether to go or not, but whether he was invited or not.

Li Xiang: "I was invited, and you and the teacher were also invited." ”

Dou Dou immediately stretched out his little hand and said, "The one who invited, that ......&¥##家伙咧?"

Li Xiang: "......"

Just like the premiere of the movie "Odd Years and Even-Moon" starring Li Bingyun, invitations were sent to the little sisters at that time. Their names were on the invitation, and they are still treasured in the drawer of the desk, tucked between butterfly clips.

Now if you invite them to participate in anything, you must have an invitation, otherwise you won't give face!

The teacher hopes to give the old grandfather a face, and follow his brother to help the old man tomorrow, do good deeds, and be a good baby.

But Dou Dou refused to give it, she had to see the invitation to give it.

She is Dou Dou, not a teacher, and her face is not so good!

Of course, there will be no invitation letter to help the old man in the book house relocate, but this is difficult for Li Xiang.

Li Xiang looked for it from the drawer of the desk, took out a 5 yuan note and put it on Dou Dou's spread small hand, and said, "Oh, this is an invitation, do you recognize it?"

Dou Dou immediately pecked the rice and nodded: "Recognize~"

"Are you going or not?"

"Go~"

"Can you help then?"

"Help~"

"Are you a piggy?"

"Four Little Pigs~"