"Border Town" is Shen Congwen's masterpiece. It was selected into the top 100 Chinese novels of the 20th century, ranking second, second only to Lu Xun's "The Scream". It is set in Chadong, a border town at the junction of Sichuan and Hunan in the 1930s. It depicts the unique customs and customs of the western Hunan region with a beautiful style that combines lyric poetry and essays. It uses the pure love story of the boatman girl Cuicui to show The goodness and beauty of human nature. Due to the aesthetics and art of "Border Town", the novel "Border Town" has a unique status in the history of modern Chinese literature!
1. The moonlight is like silver, shining everywhere, and the bamboos on the mountain all turn black under the moonlight. The sound of insects in the grass around me was as thick as falling rain. Occasionally, from somewhere, a grass warbler would suddenly chirp its throat, "Lulululululuo!" Soon, the little bird seemed to understand that it was the middle of the night and shouldn't be so noisy, so it remained closed. The little eyes fell asleep peacefully.
2. After this method was decided, the old horse soldier thought that the two old men would come back soon, so he still entrusted the horses to the camp master to take care of him, and kept Cuicui as his companion in Bixiguo, living life one by one. Go down.
3. Learn trade, learn to socialize, learn to live in a new place, and learn to use a knife to protect your body and reputation. The purpose of education seems to be to enable the two children to learn the courage and justice of life.
4. A traveler who is slightly interested in poetry and pictures will not be bored by crouching in a small boat in this small river for thirty days, precisely because there are miracles everywhere. The boldness and exquisiteness of nature are all fascinating and captivating.
5. This is not man’s fault. Poets will write whole poems on a trivial matter. A sculptor can carve out a human figure of flesh and blood on a piece of stone. A painter can paint a picture of green, red and gray. When creating a colorful painting with magic, who wouldn't be thinking about a shadow of a smile or a mark of a frown to achieve such weird results? Cuicui couldn't use words, stones, or colors to transfer the love and hate in her heart to something else, but she could only let her heart race through all the most absurd things. From this secret, she often got surprises and excitement. The completely unknown future shook her emotions so much that she could not completely hide her obsession from her grandfather.
6. Times have changed, and everything is naturally different. The emperor no longer controls the country, but ordinary people don’t care! Yang Mabing recalled that when he was a young groom, he took the horses to Bixiyu and sang to Cuicui's mother. Cuicui's mother ignored her, but now he was the orphan's only supporter and trustee. He couldn't help but smile bitterly.
7. The emerald green grows in the wind and sun, turning the skin into black. The eyes are green mountains and green waters, and a pair of eyes are as clear as crystal. Nature has raised her and educated her. She is innocent and lively, just like a little animal in every aspect.
8. Cuicui sat next to her grandfather and asked him: "Grandpa, who was the first person to make this little tube?" "He must be the happiest person, because what he distributed to others is also A lot of happiness; but it seems to be done by the most unhappy person, because he can also cause people to be unhappy. ”
9. According to the rules, you will smell the melon simmering in the pot as soon as you arrive at home! The smell of the dishes, and Cuicui's shadow running around under the light can be seen arranging dinner.
10. The sun has not failed us, and we must not let it down.
11. But the young man who sang under the moon, causing Cuicui to gently lift her soul to the sound of singing in her sleep, had not yet returned to Chadong.
12. There is no happiness when you should laugh. There are no tears when it’s time to cry. There are no promises when you should believe.
13. When the Baihe River reaches the lower reaches of Chenzhou and joins the Yuanshui River, it becomes slightly turbid, meaning that it comes from mountain spring water. If you go upstream, you will see the bottom of the deep pool three to five feet clear. The deep pool is reflected in the daylight, and the small white pebbles and patterned agate pebbles on the bottom of the river are all clearly visible. Fish swimming in the water come and go as if they are floating in the air. There are many high mountains on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and there are many thin bamboos in the mountains that can be used to make paper. Their deep green color is eye-catching all year round. People near the water hide in the peach and apricot flowers. In spring, you only need to pay attention. Where there are peach blossoms, there are people there, and wherever there are people, you can sell wine.
14. It is unfortunate when a person remembers too many things, it is unfortunate when he knows too many things, and it is unfortunate when he experiences too many things.
15. In this world, all people with true temperament always have different ideas.
16. Cuicui goes to the side of the White Pagoda facing away from the sun to take a nap every day. It is extremely cool at the height, and there are so many bamboo sparrows and other birds that make people cry in the bamboo bamboo poles on the two mountains. , causing her to be filled with the songs of mountain birds in her sleep, and her dreams were often the most absurd ones.
17. The stream is like the back of a bow, and the mountain road is like the string of a bow, so there is a slight difference between the distance and the distance.
18. "It stands to reason: cooking requires people to eat, and singing requires people to listen. But when people sing for you, they want you to understand the meaning of their songs!" "Grandpa, do you understand what the songs mean?" "Of course it's his sincerity that wants to be with you! Isn't it the same as listening to the bamboo sparrow singing if he doesn't understand that little thing?"
19. Why doesn't the elder want to walk on the road when he fails in the car? ; But as soon as he heard the two elders' frank statement, he knew that only the two elders were interested in the road, and he could not bring up his own affairs.
20. Human affairs are like this, you build your own cage and lock yourself up. Become God yourself and worship yourself. Survival is such a pitiful thing.
21. The weather was very depressing at dusk, and red dragonflies were flying everywhere on the stream. Clouds have risen in the sky, and the hot wind is blowing the bamboo rafts on the two mountains loudly. It looks like it will rain heavily in the evening.
22. Water can flow everywhere, fire can be burned everywhere, the moon can shine everywhere, and love can be found everywhere.
23. You have to make your own decisions. I will stand in the bamboo forest on the high cliff opposite the stream and sing you the song of three years and six months. The road is the road - if you like to walk on the road, I believe that others will do it for you in Japan. Sing passionate songs under your head, sing gentle songs under the moonlight, and sing until you vomit blood and your throat is broken!
24. Some people can be easily erased with time, just like dust.
25. Women like me always appear in relationships as a problem.
26. A month passed normally, and all the aches and pains in people's hearts seemed to be cured under that long day.