I don't know when I first came up with the idea of writing, maybe it was when I was making sentences in elementary school, maybe it was when my junior high school essay was read by a teacher, or maybe it was when my high school essay notebook was read by my classmates. After all, when the idea of writing was born, it went through a long and difficult process, and finally forged my dream, which became the starting point and ultimate goal of my life.

Dreams are persistent!

Ten years ago, I braved the scorching heat and cold winter in Xi'an, and finally completed a novel of nearly 3 million words after more than three years of work. However, all the sweat and hardship turned into nothing after the thieves patronized. I ran almost frantically through the streets of Xi'an, hoping to find a computer or USB drive from a second-hand computer store, and as time passed, my hope came to naught. I think the month after the manuscript was lost was the most haunting day of my life. I fell asleep in grief, and I could not tell the day from the night.

Writing is painful and tormenting, and my mother still advises me not to do such a draining thing again. But she didn't understand that there was pain, there was suffering, more happiness, and the sweet aftertaste after suffering!

I have already experienced the most painful days, perhaps this is God's test and tempering for me, so that I can have a stronger heart, in the face of all the blows, I can face it with a normal heart, and I can calm down and think about life and the meaning of life?

I know that I am just a speck of dust in the vast world, just a little ordinary in the vast sea of people, but no matter how small a life is, it will strive to bloom the color of life, and I also want to shine my soul. Yes, we are normal, but we are also unique in this world.

If writing is my dream that I have always persevered in, then this novel "The Heart of Grass and Trees in the World" is a mountain that I must cross on the road of my dream. It is both an obstacle and a cornerstone.

I have never been young and frivolous, nor have I been impetuous and exaggerated, and ten years later it seems to be the same as I was ten years ago. But how can it be the same? The times are changing with each passing day, life is constantly growing, and ten years later, perhaps I am more in the state and ability to persevere for my dreams and cross the mountains on my life path.

The main purpose of "The Heart of Grass and Trees in the World" is to write a book about the tea people, and it is also a realistic tone to depict the changes of the times spanning nearly 30 years, as well as the growth stories of small people in the background of the times. The novel is time-axis, starting in 1988, and is roughly divided into three volumes based on the stage of the protagonist's growth:

The first volume, "Candlelight", is the protagonist's childhood and adolescence, depicting the meaning of family to life. The candle flame is light and jumping, but also warm, and the memory in the candlelight is a warm picture in the hearts of many people. Candles are easily extinguished, like fragile childhood, they need care;

The second volume of "Lights" is the protagonist's youth, depicting the meaning of school and society for life, the lights are hazy and shining, which can be the guidance in the dark night, or the temptation in the world of flowers. The lights are real and illusory, like the heart of a teenager, hovering between reality and fantasy;

The third volume of "Hearth Fire" is the story of the protagonist going to the middle age, depicting the meaning of career, love, and marriage for life. The responsibility and responsibility of the hearthman is the ultimate return of the heart.

This is the naming and brief introduction of the three volumes of "The Heart of Grass and Trees in the World", the novel is carried out in an orderly manner according to the development of the story, the candle fire, the lamp, and the hearth fire have no special direction and labeling, and the content of the three volumes will appear, and everything is for the service of the whole book.

People often say that the word "tea" is to depict people among the plants and trees. And the naming of the heart of plants and trees in the world is not only to write the heart of the tea people, but also to write every person who has the nature of heaven and earth in his heart. The word "tea" is between people and plants, and it is also between people and nature.

I have been exposed to tea since I was two or three years old, and I have been accompanied by the aroma of tea for more than 30 years due to the eating habits of my family environment. Jasmine tea in childhood, green tea, black tea, yellow tea, oolong tea in youth, black tea in youth, Pu'er tea. By now, tea has been integrated into my life, and my life cannot be separated. For me, tea is a good memory of my childhood and home.

Tea is the national drink, it is rumored to originate in Shennong's family, smelled in Lu Zhougong, and the thousands of years of tea culture that originated from this is also an important part of Chinese culture. Tea is all-encompassing, eclectic, people often say "firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea", people also say "qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine tea", it is a popular drink, but also elegant enjoyment. The realm of tea is also the realm of people, no matter drinking tea or tasting tea, chewing is their current life.

"The Heart of Grass and Trees in the World" is a long novel, and the overall word count is expected to be more than one million words, which is a creative process polished in time. The depictions of reality in the book are all derived from life, but they are fictional in life. The shaping of characters, stories, environments, etc., is also an artistic image creation according to the main needs of the novel, regardless of politics or any individual or group. As for the characters' views and opinions on tea, it is also based on the character's personality, growth environment, cultural level, etc., and the plot language of the novel is set according to the character's personality. Therefore, please refrain from seating. This is a book about life, about the story of the tea man. It's like a movie, a play, maybe the material comes from reality, but no one will treat movies and dramas as reality.

The author, Wen Ruo, was born in the mid-eighties of the last century, is a little naughty and active, and the more he grows up, the quieter he becomes. Vegetarian eating since childhood has become a habit; No smoking, no drinking, only tea; Reading has achieved nothing, but he never leaves his hand. often cherishes the dream of being a writer, but due to the loss of the manuscript, he is in a slump, and he has written some stories with a beginning and an end one after another. Now I take the creation of "The Heart of Grass and Trees in the World" as a starting point and start again. If you haven't been able to write for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be omissions in the book, and I hope you will forgive me.

Finally, an apocryphal poem is used as the end of the preface, which is also the source of the title of the entire book.

"The Heart of Grass and Trees in the World"

There are Jiashu trees in the south, and the hearts of plants and trees in the world.

The heavens and the earth are moist and turbid, and the years hide the ancient and modern.

Entering the WTO cleanses the wind and dust, and the world is born with a pleasant Zen sound.

Freshwater cooking is bitter, and vegetarian leaves are chewed sweet and spicy.

A pot of spring and autumn is here, and the time is long.

Floating life and sinking flavors, leisurely poverty.