Fine rice

Author: Cao Wenxuan
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: With an extraordinary brush, Cao Wenxuan writes about ordinary people, making the ordinary immortal; with an extraordinary brush, he writes about ordinary events, making the ordinary move the heart. Xiemi is a boy who is naturally prone to blushing. He and his cousin Hongou grew up together, their days flowing like clear water. However, one day, a huge white sail drifted on the river, and beneath it came a group of girls who seemed to come from heaven. These female intellectuals sent to the countryside from Suzhou brought a fresh and enchanting breeze to the peaceful village. Among them, the girl Meiwen, with her pure and gentle emotions and spiritual strength, led the unruly rural child Xiemi into a new journey of growth. When they first met, they both felt an extraordinary connection. In the years that followed, filled with hardship yet kind, Xiemi, guided by Meiwen, moved forward while secretly falling for her voice, her mannerisms, and everything about her. Meanwhile, she seemed to develop an inexplicable attachment to Xiemi during those lonely and helpless times. A non-romantic romance unfolded in a water world filled with rivers and reeds, movingly capturing the spirit of the place, where grace and poetry flowed everywhere. The novel deeply understands the subtleties of human emotions, crafting a story of love that can stand alongside the sun and moon. With an elegant brush, it completes a sculpture of a young boy's heart. The peaceful village, the quiet wheat fields, the spinning windmills, the small boats on the river, the colorful doves, the snow-white reeds, and the curling smoke from cooking fires—along with the beautiful rural scenery of the four seasons—join in the coronation of this Eastern boy's real world.