In a blink of an eye, it was January 1, 1917, which was also the time when Zhuang Yan's new book was officially released.

Readers in the United States are doomed to disappointment, as only the Chinese version is released today.

Some readers have been asking Zhuang Yan if he will meet the wishes of American readers, but Zhuang Yan did not come forward to reply in the end, but it was only on January 1 when the major bookstores officially hung up the new books that Chinese readers were at ease, and they did not have to delay seeing the new books because of American readers.

The heavy snow a few days ago didn't really melt until the first day, and it was also because the sun has been shining and the temperature has been good in the past few days since the snow, so the snow can melt away, otherwise it won't melt at all for a month or two.

The sun is good, and Zhuang Yan, who has been at home for four days, is ready to go out for a walk.

He has rested at home for the past few days, and he hasn't done anything else except sleeping and reading every day.

Strangely, I haven't dreamed of Kafka Tamura since that day, and I haven't dreamed about it to this day.

This kind of thing has never happened before, and if you have a dream, it will be done for a few days in a row, and there will be no interruption in the middle.

This situation made Zhuang Yan a little worried, dreaming is inherently uncertain, and no one knows if he will dream in the future.

When he didn't have any big pursuits before, Zhuang Yan's attitude towards these dreams was still relatively indifferent, anyway, he didn't expect to make much money, even if there were no dreams, it didn't matter.

But now it's different, he has more pursuits, and he has more dependence on these dreams, not only because he can make a lot of money, but also because these dreams have become an important part of his life.

Being able to feel a different life in a dream is a rare experience.

However, this matter cannot be forced, there is something, there is nothing, and it is not controlled by Zhuang Yan.

It's not all about going out for a walk, because today is also the day of the release of new books, so Zhuang Yan is going to go to the bookstore to see the sales of new books.

Unlike last time, this time he went to the bookstore, and Zhuang Yan had to deliberately disguise it. It was a little strange to wear sunglasses in winter, so Zhuang Yan found a strict hat to put on, and then found a scarf to wrap his face, looked at it in front of the mirror for a while, and only after making sure that he couldn't even recognize himself before he dared to go out.

The sales of "The Old Man and the Sea" exceeded Zhuang Yan's imagination, he thought that the book lacked publicity, so the sales should be a little lower than other books, but who knows that it will be even better than other books.

In this bookstore in the Drum Tower, as soon as you enter the door, you can see a bookcase specially set up for "The Old Man and the Sea", surrounded by many people. This time, the merchant was very conscientious and put out five or six trial books at once.

In fact, although "The Old Man and the Sea" is not promoted, Zhuang Yan's fame today is not the same as before, especially after he became the youngest winner of the Pu Songling Award, his fame is much higher.

And this book was also taken out by Zhuang Yan at the Pu Songling Award at the time, and as far as he mentioned it, everyone heard about it by hundreds of thousands of people who watched it online, which is much better than any other publicity.

The name Zhuang Yan has now become a golden signboard, as long as they hear that it is a book written by him, readers will buy it without asking.

There are many people who buy books, and they don't care what is written in your book or what characteristics they have, they only recognize the author, as long as the author is the author they like, there is no problem in buying it.

After strolling around the bookstore for a while, it was boring for a while, so Zhuang Yan walked out of the bookstore and began to walk around the Drum Tower.

Today's streets of Jinling, compared with when he came a few days ago, seem to have a more New Year's atmosphere. In order to add to the festive atmosphere, the government has hung red lanterns on the street lamps.

The landscape trees on both sides of the sidewalk are also tied with red strips of cloth on their branches, and if you look closely, you can see that there are many auspicious words written on them, such as "everything is fine".

Even if there are still more than 20 days to celebrate the Spring Festival, this strong festive atmosphere still surprises Zhuang Yan, because in the previous life, the Spring Festival has gradually lost its atmosphere. It's better to live in the countryside, but if you're in the city, you can't even set off fireworks, and you can only watch TV at home on Chinese New Year's Eve.

This era is fortunate that the rapid development of materials has not taken away these traditional things, and the streets now are even more lively than before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

On the way, Zhuang Yan also heard that in the past two days, fireworks will be organized at Zhonghua Gate and Drum Tower, and fireworks will be set off for a long time, and everyone will go to see them.

There are these fragments in the memories of the predecessor, but the predecessor has always been withdrawn, and he has participated in this kind of activity less, so this fragment is relatively rare.

Hearing that there were fireworks to watch, Zhuang Yan was also interested, because the time was so long, and such beautiful fireworks, he had only seen them on TV, and now he had the opportunity to watch them live, of course, he couldn't miss it.

I searched the Jinling Fireworks Festival on the Internet with my mobile phone and found that there was one in the Drum Tower tonight.

The venue where fireworks can be set off on the side of the drum tower is estimated to be on the peacock screen, but next to the peacock screen is a ring road, which is not suitable for fireworks. Therefore, the location of the fireworks show was placed in Jinling University, Jinling University in this era is much larger than the Jinling University in the previous generation, starting from the Drum Tower Hospital to Hohai University is the territory of Jinling University, and the area is several times larger than the previous life.

There is an artificial lake in the school, which has no characteristics, it is a goose egg round, but the area is also very large, it is said that there are more than 300 acres of land, you know, some universities do not have such a large area.

There is a stone bridge in the middle of the goose egg lake, which just connects the top and bottom of the goose egg, the stone bridge has no railings, sometimes when the water rises, it does not cross the bridge deck, people walk on the bridge, and the whole person feels like stepping on the water.

Of course, Goose Egg Lake is just a joking name for the students, and its real name is Xuannu Lake. But the students are not interested in the name Xuannu Lake, and they even think that the name of Horseshoe Lake in Nankai is better than the name of Xuannu Lake.

The fireworks display only started at seven o'clock in the evening, and before that, Zhuang Yan was going to walk around, and wait until six o'clock in the evening to step on it.

At noon, Zhuang Yan walked around the Peace Square for a while and felt bored, so he ran to the Lion Bridge and walked around, and finally went to the duck blood vermicelli shop opened by the old couple.

"Boss, a duck blood vermicelli, eat here. ”

After entering the store, Zhuang Yan shouted this sentence first and then looked around the store, and when he saw the woman sitting next to him, he exclaimed in surprise: "Miss Ren, why are you here?"