One year after writing this work; It's a process that is both painful and enjoyable. It's obviously writing about some established facts; But I would sit for hours because of how to describe a sentence or even a word more realistically, but fortunately, it made me look back on more than 20 years of energy again brilliantly and briefly.

I once shared one of the original manuscripts with a few friends, and they all read it carefully; There are a lot of suggestions and a lot of miscellaneous.

In general, I was advised to make the content a little more complicated; Each scene and each character needs to be described in deliberate detail, and three or two sentences should indirectly reveal some philosophy.

Or let me insist on myself, everyone has their own style; The best way to describe it is to be bold enough to write about your own characteristics and stories.

I've never been one

People who "say sorrow for new words" just think of what to write again; Where to write where you want to go.

is even entangled in how to describe a sentence more concisely. Too much rendering is added to a simple work; It doesn't make readers praise your writing, but rather fatigue.

The birth of anything is imperfect and controversial, if it is blindly catered to change its original appearance; Then eventually you will find that it is no longer your work.

Just like what teacher Huang Lei said: "If a person is recognized by everyone, how mediocre should he be?" "In the early years, at the recommendation of A Pu, I read a copy of Mr. Wang Zengqi's "Grass and Trees in the World"; Most of the stories are about the plants recorded by Wang Lao in various places for decades, but what inspired me more was the various states and truths of the world interspersed in the stories.

In the book, Professor Luo Changpei wrote such a sentence: "Universities do not cultivate writers, but writers are cultivated by society." "I think it's especially useful.

Although I am not a writer who writes great works, I can write both real and fictional; are inseparable from the influence of society.

Perhaps this inspiration came from a lesson I had tasted, to know someone; An interesting thing to witness, a touching surprise.

The most important thing is how to write about something or someone in a way that feels most appropriate for you.

As for the title of the book, "Cha Tan"! It is also very concise to say, which can be understood as a casual time, sitting on the floor to talk.

It's always been like that with friends, and so have you and me. This is my first twenty-odd years; It's as simple and scattered as the content of my book, and it's clear that I'm still a vagrant; But who can hide what will happen tomorrow?

When we meet in the next twenty years or so, hopefully we can all accomplish something to brag about. Thank you to the readers who can read this, and see you soon!

The book was completed on December 28, 2022