"5 yuan, 6 cents and 7 cents, just such a amount of money, of which six cents is a penny and a penny, one by one at the grocery store owner, the vegetable seller and the butcher shop owner, every time I make a fuss, I feel that this kind of transaction is really embarrassing. Maggie counted three times, and it was still 5 yuan, 6 cents and 7, and the next day was the fifth wedding anniversary of her marriage to her husband. ”

After reading the first paragraph at the beginning of the article, Yan Youyu, who couldn't keep his spirits up, suddenly sat up slightly straighter, and his eyes were much more focused.

The beginning of "The Gift of the Magi" gave him a kind of ** to read.

"I hope it's a good novel." Yan Youyu is looking forward to it, he has read too many childish novels in the past half a day, hoping to have a comfort at the end.

He read it and saw this passage: "Maggie did this, but the spiritual emotion came spontaneously, life is crying, sobbing and smiling, especially sobbing dominates." ”

At this time, Yan Youyu completely lifted his spirits, his eyes widened a lot, and the impulse in his heart became even worse, and he vaguely felt that this was a very good novel.

The rest of the article is not unexpected by Yan Youyu, and the story is very simple, nothing more than that Maggie and her husband's fifth wedding anniversary is coming, and she wants to give him a gift, but the poverty of her family makes her very embarrassed.

To do this, she sold one of the things that they were both proud of—her hair.

With the money from the sale of his hair, she bought him a white gold watch chain - because her husband Jimu had something else to be proud of - an ancestral gold watch. The gold watch did not have a bracelet, and he was embarrassed to take it out in front of outsiders to see the time, so Maggie prepared a bracelet for his watch.

"It's an interesting story." Halfway through it, Yan Youyu commented on the structure of the novel with a professional eye, and felt that the author's writing was very skillful, and he portrayed the psychology of the heroine Maggie very well.

Especially after selling her hair, when Maggie went home to cook, Yan Youyu felt that a plump female character image jumped on the page.

Maggie was worried that her husband would scold her for selling her hair, and after she permed her own hair, Maggie was worried:

"If Jimu doesn't kill me when he looks at me...... "he'll say I'm ...... But what can I do - alas, with only eight dimes and seven cents, what can I do? ”

……

Jimu always came home on time. Maggie folded the bracelet in the palm of her hand and sat in the corner of the table closest to the door he usually entered. Then she heard his footsteps on the stairs below, and her face lost its color for a moment. She was accustomed to silently praying for the simplest everyday things, and at this moment, she whispered, "Please, God, let him think that I am still beautiful." ”

……

"Good!" Yan Youyu couldn't help but snort, feeling that this description of his heart was really excellent, and it vividly portrayed the worry of a husband who loved him deeply and was worried that he would sell his hair.

Yan Youyu was envious and jealous, envious that Jimu had such a wife, and he was also jealous that Jimu had such a wife!

In his opinion, how much shit luck did Jimu have to marry such a good wife and mother.

When Jimu returned, he saw that his wife had no long hair, and his expression was very strange, not angry, not dissatisfied, just a very strange attitude. Maggie begs him not to blame her, he just wants to give her husband a memorable 10th anniversary gift.

Jimu asked Maggie several times in a row how she had cut off her hair, but Maggie was still panicked and pleading.

Finally, Jimu also took out the gift he had prepared for his wife, which the author describes as follows:

……

The white fingers deftly untied the rope and opened the paper packet. This was followed by ecstatic screams, oops! Suddenly turned into a female nervous tear and cry, and immediately the owner of the house needed to comfort her by all means.

Because in front of me was the set of combs that were stuck in the hair—a full set of combs, both for the temples and for the back. It was something Maggie had seen in a shop window a long time ago and was envious of it. These wonderful combs, made of pure tortoiseshell and trimmed with jewels on the sides, were coloured to match the beauty she had lost. She knew that the comb was too expensive, and she only envied and longed for it, but never thought of keeping it for herself. At this time, this qiē actually belonged to her, but unfortunately the beautiful long hair that was qualified to wear this long-coveted ornament was gone.

……

Syllable!

"Absolutely!" Yan Youyu finally got up and applauded the plot of this novel, this arrangement is really unexpected.

The husband bought a comb for his wife as a gift, but the wife sold her long hair for a gift for her husband!

This paragraph of the novel is so exciting.

Even Yan Youyu, a professor who specializes in novel creation and commentary, couldn't help but applaud.

He couldn't wait to read on to see how the author wrote this ending.

After receiving the gift, Maggie also took out her own gift, saying that the bracelet was worthy of his gold watch, and he could take it out at any time in the future to see the time.

At this time, Jimu is like this:

……

Jimu collapsed on the couch, his hands under his head, and laughed slightly.

"Maggie." He said, "Let's put our respective gifts aside and keep them for a while." They're just too good to work at the moment. I sold my gold watch and bought you a hairbrush for the money. Now, make me a sumptuous dinner. ”

……

This is the end of the novel!

Yan Youyu was stunned, staring at the manuscript in his hand, only feeling that it weighed 10,000 catties.

His heart was like being punched suddenly, there was an indescribable taste, he opened his mouth wide to say something, but he couldn't say it, and finally only recited the sentence at the end of the novel: "I sold my gold watch and bought you a hair comb ...... for money"

He finally understood why Maggie loved his husband so much.

He deserves her love!

The two, in order to prepare gifts for each other, one sold his proud long hair and bought a bracelet for her husband to match a gold watch; One sells her ancestral gold watch to buy her wife the hair comb she dreams of!

The other party can't use the gifts.

This contrast, unexpected, almost made Yan Youyu unable to breathe, and the feeling of suffocation circulated between his chest and abdomen.

For the sake of gifts, they gave what was most precious to them.

This gift, heavier than a daughter, is a portrayal of the brilliance of human nature!

"This gift...... What a "Maggie's Gift"! What a gift, a gift from God! Everyone should take a look at this novel. This is a great gift from God to the world! I ......" Yan Youyu choked up, silently, two tears came out of his eyes and flowed down his cheeks.

The tears this time are different from the previous sadness.

These are tears of emotion!

On the ground, Yan Youyu stood up suddenly, slammed his fists on the table, glanced at the other judges with an extremely firm gaze, and shouted: "Who dares to prevent "Maggie's Gift" from becoming the first in the semi-finals this time, I have to fight with it!" This is the best short story I've read in all these years! ”

The judges of the same group were all shocked when they heard this, and they didn't know why Yan Youyu suddenly went crazy.

Yes, Yan Youyu is about to go crazy, just because he watched "The Gift of the Magi". Under his push, this novel broke out of their group and entered the top 100, competing with other works for that dazzling crown!

Yan Youyu didn't expect that when he pushed "The Gift of the Magi" to be the first in the top 100 competition, Xiao Kewen, dean of the Provincial Academy of Literature, couldn't find his favorite work, and was very dissatisfied, looked around at all the judges who looked innocent, and roared in an extremely angry tone:

"You bastards, who messed up my Generation! Which guy has no eyes, you stand up for me and tell me where you got my "Generation"! ”

Teacher Xiao, who was full of peach and plums, was furious, and everyone was stunned.