Chapter 43: The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl
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Liu Xuan got up early for morning exercises, and then sent Chen Yuanyuan's sister and brother to the bus, and then went to have breakfast.
When I got back, I got a phone call.
The call was made by Lu Fengxian.
Lu Fengxian said politely: "Mr. Liu, I haven't seen you for a few days, are you okay?"
Liu Xuan thanked: "Thank you Mr. Lu for your concern, everything is fine, everything is fine!"
After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Lu Fengxian congratulated Liu Xuan: "Mr. Liu, congratulations." Today, your work can be presented to the public in paper form. ”
Liu Xuan expressed surprise at the news. You know, time is so short, and publishing and other work is not as simple as cooking and eating.
Liu Xuan was surprised: "Could it be that you have solved all the problems of printing and publishing?"
Lu Fengxian affirmed: "Yes, all these problems have been solved."
Liu Xuan sighed with emotion: "Your work efficiency is really high!"
"Where, where. It's all about us. Lu Fengxian said politely.
Lu Fengxian added: "By the way, in the afternoon, you will be able to receive the sample we mailed to you."
"Yo, send me a sample?" Liu Xuan was surprised.
"Hehe~ I have to send it to Mr. Liu Xuan......" Lu Fengxian said with a smile.
"Thank you very much! It's free, I like it so much......" Liu Xuan thanked.
Talking about the matter of the Daguanlou Changlian, Lu Fengxian asked: "I don't know the work prepared by Mr. Liu Xuan for Qixi Festival......
Tanabata? For the work prepared for the Qixi Festival, Liu Xuan had already thought about what he wanted to write.
Liu Xuan smiled: "Mr. Lu, is this a reminder?" Haha~ I didn't expect that one day I would also be treated by such a famous person as a reminder......"
"Mr. Liu, don't get me wrong, you think slowly, and there is still time to do it. We're not in a hurry.
It's just that...... We have to prepare the propaganda and other work first, so let's ask first to see if we can help......" Lu Fengxian explained.
"Hehe~", Liu Xuan said with a smile: "I'm joking, about the Qixi works, I hope to rest assured, I already have inspiration."
When the time comes, it will definitely not disappoint everyone. ”
"That's it, that's good!" When Lu Fengxian heard this, he was obviously relieved.
The two talked again before hanging up.
"I didn't expect that the efficiency of Spring City's literature and art is quite high~" Turning the phone to vibrate and putting it under the pillow on the bed, Liu Xuan muttered.
Then, it's time to start preparing for the work to be written about Tanabata.
Stories about Tanabata?
The story about this date in Liu Xuan's memory includes a love story like "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl".
Legend has it that there is a Vega star in the sky, and there is also a morning glory. The Weaver Girl and the Morning Glory fell in love and wanted to print.
However, the laws of heaven do not allow men and women to love each other and fall in love with each other.
The Weaver Girl was the granddaughter of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother reduced the morning glory to the mortal dust, and ordered the Weaver Girl to keep weaving cloud brocade as punishment.
The Weaver Girl's job is to use a magical silk to weave layers of beautiful clouds on the loom, changing their color with the time and season. This is the "heavenly clothes".
Since the morning glory was degraded, the weaver girl often washed her face with tears and missed the morning glory with a sad brow.
She sat by the loom and kept weaving beautiful cloud brocade in order to win the Queen Mother's kindness and let the morning glory return to the heavenly realm as soon as possible.
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Legend has it that on the seventh day of July every year, if people listen quietly among the vines under the grape trellises, they can faintly hear the sound of fairy music, and the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd are talking affectionately.
It's true: it's hard to say goodbye when you meet!
Day by day, they looked forward to their reunion on July 7 of the following year.
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"The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" was in Liu Xuan's previous life, but it was classified as the first of China's four major folk love legends.
At the same time, it is also an important part of Chinese folk culture.
China's four major folk love stories, they are: "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", "The Legend of the White Snake", "Meng Jiangnu Crying on the Great Wall".
The first time Liu Xuan wrote a novel in this world, he chose to write such a classic love story as the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, for several reasons.
First, it is also a special date to help the work reach a higher level and be more legendary.
Second, now is the era of chivalry and romance. Writing such a love story as the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl has a wider market, and there are more people who can get a share of the cake in this regard.
The third aspect is that Liu Xuan feels that he can contribute to the country.
At this time in the world, Chinese culture is still under the influence of Western culture. Some customs like Western countries, such as Christmas and Valentine's Day, have been introduced to China.
And some young people in China are almost forgetting their own cultural customs while celebrating Western festivals.
Therefore, Liu Xuan also wants to make a contribution where he can. In order to resist the invasion of Western culture.
The fourth aspect has some connections with the third.
Liu Xuan is not a pure angry youth, and the country's culture is not affected by the invasion, which really has little to do with him as a common man.
He did so purely out of his ambition.
Although there is such a festival of "Qixi Festival" in this world. But why there is such a festival, everyone can't tell.
Therefore, Liu Xuan wrote the Cowherd and Weaver Girl to tell everyone that the festival of Qixi Festival is Valentine's Day in China.
If the love story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can really make the folk set Qixi Festival as Valentine's Day in China, then Liu Xuan believes that his status in the folk literature world will be imaginable.
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The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, in Liu Xuan's previous life, was also divided into several versions.
Liu Xuan felt: "Legend has it that there is a Vega star in the sky, and there is also a morning glory. The Weaver Girl and the Morning Glory fell in love and wanted to print. ......" version is a little more artistic.
Of course, the other versions are not bad, but in comparison, Liu Xuan prefers this version.
However, the other versions are not without their highlights.
Liu Xuan considered that the highlights of these versions could be mixed with each other, using the version of "Altair, Vega" as the framework.
Thinking of these, the highlights of the various versions in Liu Xuan's mind began to be mixed, collided, and sparked.
The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, Liu Xuan wants to write it into a long chapter.
Therefore, the plot aspect has to be added a little.
Liu Xuan's version of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl can be divided into five major plots to write.
The first big plot first writes about the love between Morning Glory and Weaver Girl.
Considering the current very popular "Talented and Beautiful Woman", "Red Sleeves Add Fragrance to Night Reading" and other novel plots, there are already many, many plots.
Liu Xuan decided to set up the cowherd a little frustrated.
After all, in the real society, ordinary people always account for the majority.
In the end, the frustrated Cowherd got the love of the Weaver Girl. It reflects the theme of "I am frustrated, but I am gentle". ……
The second major plot is to write about the underground love between the morning glory and the weaver girl who is discovered, which violates the rules of heaven.
As a result, the bitter morning glory backstage was not hard and was demoted. ……
The third major plot is the reincarnation of the bitter morning glory in a rural family. continued to be forced and abused by his sister-in-law. ……
In the fourth plot, the Cowherd has the guidance of the old cow and meets the Weaver Girl. After the meeting, something ridiculous happened. In the end, the two got married and lived happily together.
The fifth major plot, the happy two were finally known by the heavenly court. The Weaver Girl violated the rules of heaven by going down to earth without permission, and was captured by the heavenly soldiers and generals sent down to the world.
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In the end, there is also the origin of meeting on the day of Tanabata every year......