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Chapter 236 The Last Leaf

In the courtyard, an old tree is blooming new buds, and the dense leaves block the sunlight, forming a green shade under the tree.

Under the shade of a tree, an old rattan chair and a small bench were standing. There were people on the chair, an old man and a child. The old man was very tough, and the child was not too young. He said that he looked at the bag in the middle-aged man's hand with delighted eyes.

"Dad, I bought the book." Seeing his father and son behave like this, the middle-aged man sped up his pace slightly and walked over, saying.

"Just buy it back. Come on, my grandson and I are going to read." The old man stood up, put the bag in the middle-aged man's hand on the stone table under the tree, opened it, and took out the book inside.

"Grandpa, grandpa, give me a copy first, I want to read the new book by Yue Yuanda." The little grandson on the side shouted.

"Immediately." The old man responded, and handed the book whose name was not clear in his hand to his grandson, not to mention anything else, but his grandson was the guide of Mr. Zijincheng who watched the moon.

"The peacock feather of the seven weapons, what is the peacock feather?" Taking the book, the grandson looked up at the cover and asked his grandfather.

"Kongque Ling, you'll know it when you read it." The old man said, taking out all the books from the bag at the same time.

one look.

"Huh, six? Peng Fei, why did you buy so many books? And this packaging?" the old man asked suspiciously.

"Dad, this package is a deluxe version. I don't have to buy it after today. I only bought it for more than two hours today. The regular version is limited in batches and may not be available, so I bought this. However, Dad , The quality of this deluxe version is much better than the regular version, and there is the author's signature in it. I bought so many, mainly because I want to see it too." The middle-aged Peng surnamed Peng explained to the old man.

"Oh, this kind of packaging should be much more expensive than ordinary ones, right? Hey, wait, you want to see it too, haven't you always liked these things?" said the old man.

"Hehe, Dad, it's only a little more expensive. It's okay. It's mainly because of curiosity. Before the bookstore opened today, there were crowds of people at the door of the bookstore and the compliments from those who were waiting for the bookstore to open. I became very interested, anyway. It's not expensive, just take a look." The middle-aged Peng said.

"Well, take a look, let's read it, it's rare that you are interested in martial arts novels." The old man nodded and said.

After finishing speaking, the old man stopped talking, posed on the old rattan chair, opened the plastic packaging outside the book and read it, the little grandson beside him was already fascinated by the book, and the long-awaited wish was fulfilled, correct My reaction is that I should get things done and be happy again.

Seeing that the old father and son were immersed in the book and stopped talking, the middle-aged Peng surnamed did not procrastinate. He moved a chair in the house and took out a book under the shade of the tree to read. According to the sense of order cultivated by people, What he took was "Seven Weapons: Longevity Sword". Sometimes the order represents a very important meaning, and it is not surprising that the acquired training is not surprising.

The yard fell silent again. People of three ages from different ages held the books in the book and read them carefully. A good story needs to be tasted carefully.In the sky, the sun's line is about to enter the range of the setting sun, and it may not be long to read under the tree.However, the scene of reading, the scenery in the courtyard and the looming shadow of the sunset in the sky, this picture is really beautiful, enough to touch people's hearts, and it is a beauty that makes people sigh.

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Kyoto, the official seat of the Shenzhou Jinbei Literary Competition.

In Gu Qing's office, Ma Shu, who has been busy all day, is reporting to Chairman Gu Qing.

"...Chairman, this is the progress of today's work. Do you see any problems?" Ma Shu was very serious at work.

If it is public, it must be upright, and if it is private, it depends.

"Well, today's work situation is stable to a certain extent. Yes, stability is a good thing, and stability equals progress." Gu Qing nodded, looked at the document handed over by Ma Shu, and expressed his opinion.As a particularly formal essay competition, the speed of examination and approval does not have to be fast, but it must be steady.There are many examples in history that prove the problem of seeking quickness. Of course, there are good and bad among them, and the negative examples are the main ones.Therefore, the word "stable" is the first rule for the judges of the Golden Cup Literature Competition to review essays.

"Chairman, since you have no objection, please sign it." Ma Shu said.

"Ah."

Gu Qing took a pen from the pen holder, signed and stamped on the blank space of the last page.

"Oh, today's work has come to an end. This day is not easy!" Ma Shu said relaxedly after putting away the documents that Gu Qing had processed.

"Hehe, it's hard work for those who can! Hasn't Lin Feng's reply document arrived yet?" Gu Qing asked with a smile.

"I don't know, I specially asked someone to search the folder with the word 'Lin Feng', but there was no document of the Lin Feng we wanted. But I think he should have replied to the document, but I haven't found it yet. .” Ma Shu said.

Regarding the work of Lin Feng, the author who won the first place in the audition and the first poem among the top [-], the two of them are looking forward to it, and they compare their expectations together.

Reading a good article is a kind of enjoyment, the first reading is even more a kind of enjoyment, and the first reading and criticism is the second power of enjoyment.

"I didn't find 'Lin Feng' with the search? How about searching the documents sent by other people? Are they all complete?" Gu Qing frowned slightly and asked.He wondered if there was a problem in that aspect, and asked if there were any similar phenomena, so that he could choose the correct method to infer and deal with them.After all, the difference between individual and collective is too great.

"Other people's names are fine. Although there are people with the same name, they can be found. All of them can be found. Only Lin Feng's one is missing. There are not many people with the same name among 1000 people. There are only a few people with the same name in total. Easy to remember. The manuscript was received recently, and all the teams and departments were quite busy. I didn’t let people check a thousand documents one by one. They would come out sooner or later and couldn’t escape. No matter how many documents you look at and find, it will be very troublesome." Ma Shu said, with a long list, he said all the questions that Gu Qing might ask next.

"Well, you're right, after all, you can't escape." Gu Qing nodded and said.

'How about Wang Sheng's article? "

"It's not bad. I've read it, but I haven't started to criticize or criticize it yet. This kid's intentions are good this time. Compared with last time, he has made a big breakthrough. Last time, he started from Renheshan and talked about the accident of Renheshan. This time, it starts from the nutrient transportation process of trees. It analyzes life and the world through the function of each part of the nutrient transportation level of a big tree. I don’t need to talk about the writing style, you also know that Wang Sheng’s level has always been good, this time it’s the same as usual, neither regressed nor improved.” Ma Shu praised, and seemed very satisfied with Wang Sheng’s answer this time .

"Hehe, that's good, that's good, let's see if he can change from second to first this time, being the second child who can't reveal his name twice, I think he will work hard." Gu Qing laughed.

thump, thump, thump!
Just as he was talking, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in." As the owner of this office, Chairman Gu said seriously.

squeak!
There was an inaudible knock on the door, and a staff member walked in with a few documents in his hand.

"Chairman, just now a colleague found Lin Feng's document when he was doing grouping and selection. This is the printed copy just now." The staff put the document in their hands on the table and reported to Gu Qinghui. As soon as Lin Feng's documents appeared, he immediately reported to me and sent the documents. 'This is the order that Gu Qing gave to all the staff before the rest day just below the title.

"Oh, I found it. Did Lin Feng write his name on the document?" Although Lin Feng's reply was on the table, Gu Qing still said calmly.They are all people with status, and the face of people at the same level can reveal their essence, but when facing people who are not at the same level, they must hold on to it. Maintaining high status and mystery is a mutually beneficial and win-win thing.

"I wrote it. I couldn't find it earlier because there was an extra space between the two names of Lin Feng's document 'Lin Feng'. It is estimated that Lin Feng accidentally typed it when he named it. This is three characters. When searching, he used two Characters, I can't handle it." The famous staff explained to Gu Qing in detail.

"That's right, I understand. Thank you for your hard work, go get busy." After clarifying the cause of the matter, Gu Qing nodded.

"This is what should be done. Goodbye chairman, goodbye horse judges." The staff said goodbye to the two and left.I don't know at all, what are the two respectable judges in the room doing?
what are they doingcross eye.

Neither of them spoke, and they looked at each other with great momentum. Although they didn't speak, if there were other people around, they would definitely feel an inexplicable pressure. It's normal for them to have an inexplicable aura after reading a lot. Things, not just reading other things as well.After proficiency, self-confidence emerges, and people will have a new look, which is not unusual.You must know that ability brings people not only materially but also spiritually.

The mutual look in Gu Qing's office didn't last long, and Ma Shu was defeated, and he was still a little bit worse than Gu Qing.

Pushing the staff's printed manuscript to Gu Qing, Ma Shu raised his head and was stuck without speaking, with a serious and serious look.

After laughing, Gu Qing picked up the stack of manuscripts, suppressed his smile, and read it seriously.

……

The article carried by Lin Feng this time is not too many words, there are more than [-] words, but Gu Qing read it more carefully, and it took a little longer, but fortunately, people who have certain achievements in literature, Self-cultivation is not bad, and they can endure loneliness.Ma Shu looked up at the ceiling without the slightest anxiety, and was still serious, as if he could really see a flower from the ceiling.

"Ugh."

Gently putting down the manuscript in his hand, Gu Qing sighed.

Ma Shu moved his gaze from the ceiling to Gu Qing's face, and asked the common phrase applicable to all judgments, "How is it? Is it good or not?"

"Old horse, I suddenly have a feeling that I am going to be photographed to death on the beach. A new generation replaces the old. This short story written by Lin Feng is really good, quite good!" Gu Qing sighed, "I am young. When I was there, I didn’t have such a height, so you should take a look first.”

"Hehe, it seems that Lin Feng has given us another big surprise!" Picking up the manuscript that Gu Qing pushed from the table, Ma Shu said while reading it.

"The last leaf? For this topic, is it possible to see the big from the small? Only one leaf is taken from such a big tree." After seeing the topic clearly, several nouns popped up in Ma Shu's mind, forming a question sentence.Then he read on with questions.

"The Last Leaf", also translated as "The Last Ivy Leaf", is one of the world's outstanding short stories.

This short story tells a story about life. The poor painter Johnsy was seriously ill. Looking at the ivy leaves on the opposite tree outside the window in the ward, they were constantly being blown off and annihilated by the wind. Pinned on the ivy leaves, she thought that the withering of the last leaf represented her own death, so, as the leaves disappeared one by one, she gradually lost the will to live.The doctor thinks that Johnsy will die if this continues. Just as death is approaching step by step, Bellman, a painter, after listening to Sue's story about her roommate Johnsy, paints with a brush of her heart in a rainstorm night. A piece of ivy leaf that "never fades" came out, which established true faith for Joanshan, and let Joanshan regain hope in life, but he himself suffered from pneumonia and passed away.

This is a story of self-sacrifice for others. Stories of self-sacrifice for others are very common, or there are many, but there are not many who can write flowers like this, and those who write flowers beautifully are the few. Lin Feng thought about it for a long time this time. The "Last Leaf" that was carried was the work of one of those people, the novel king from the other side of the ocean where Lin Feng was located in his previous life.Draw a tree, there are many things on the tree, the biggest and least of which are the leaves, and the leaves are not only on the kind of tree you draw later.So Lin Feng, who chose Ye Zi, looked around Ye Ye and found the ivy.Of course, some places are changed to the names of the United States and Austria in the world.

"I didn't expect it. When I first saw the title, I thought Lin Feng was writing a story about Ye Ye's life reflecting the philosophy of a person's life. I really didn't expect that the story turned out to be like this. If this novel hadn't appeared before, I really doubt that Lin Feng copied it, such a novel was created within three days, it's really..." After reading the manuscript, Ma Shu exclaimed.

"Who said it wasn't? When I saw the topic, I was thinking about the things or the world before and after the last leaf. I didn't expect Lin Feng to choose this way of seeing the big from the small. The leaf is not the leaf on the topic, but the leaf. .” Gu Qing said.

"And this story is still so simple, not complicated at all, Gao! Especially the layout and design of the story reversed at the end. The foreshadowing was laid in the previous text, the foreshadowing was laid, and the contradictions were outlined, and finally at the end suddenly Reversing the psychological situation created by the previous article, unexpected changes occur, both unexpected and reasonable, such a dramatic plot design creates a unique artistic charm that is definitely memorable!" Ma Shu analyzed The structure and layout of the article is very professional.

"This technique is worth learning." Gu Qing patted the case and said, "Well, talking about this technique, I thought of some works that are currently being discussed on the Internet."

"What?" Ma Shu asked, he was talking about the last leaf, where are you going?

"Mystery novels, the narrative style of mystery novels and the reversal of the previous readers' reasoning at the end, don't the final endings of some wonderful mystery novels conform to 'unexpected and reasonable', although this last leaf is very different from mystery novels , but the differences cannot cover up the commonalities." Gu Qing also analyzed.

"Well, it's reasonable." After thinking about Gu Qing's words, Lao Ma nodded, "Then, if Lin Feng writes a mystery novel, it will definitely not be bad."

"Generally speaking, the ability to write mystery novels and short stories of this kind cannot be equated. However, for Lin Feng, I really dare not say that he can't write well. I even doubt that this mystery novel contest Lin Feng's works are included in the popular hundred articles." Gu Qing speculated.

"Improbable, it's good to be able to write, and you can still enter a hundred articles?" Ma Shu couldn't believe it.

"It's hard for anyone to tell. Have you ever seen someone who is participating in a music competition and can write such a wonderful short story?" Gu Qing asked.

"Hehe, that's true. Lin Feng can't speculate with common sense. Well, let's talk about this novel. Chairman, what do you think is the most touching thing about this novel?" Ma Shudao.

"Although the length is not large, after reading the entire article, readers will still feel worried about the fate of the seriously ill female painter, and still be pleased with the pure friendship in the story. Of course, the most touching part of this story is the fraternity of the old painter. Read At the last place, I felt a shocking force, and I couldn't help but be moved!" Gu Qing said.

"Honey, this leaf is Behrman's masterpiece. He painted it there on the night when the last leaf fell. Heroes see the same thing. In the most ordinary question and answer, reveal the last Secrets, things that are revealed in ordinary times make people tremble, the leaves drawn by the paintbrush from the heart, what a leaf!" Ma Shu nodded, indicating that he also agreed.

"I think we can dig deeper. When Qiongshan got sick, she connected herself with Ye Zi in the hospital bed. I think her illness is in her heart. The disease is in her heart. This phenomenon is now..." Gu Qing said.

"It makes sense. In addition, the life of the painter in Bellman's painting is also in the same category. I think..." Ma Shu also opened up his mind.

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The two people who exchanged their reading experience just now became more and more enthusiastic. After analyzing each sentence, it seems that there are more words than "The Last Leaf". If Lin Feng was here, he would definitely praise the two judges Expansion and admiration, a simple short story, praising the nobility of ordinary people, how can it be related to sociology and psychology.

"Wang Sheng lost again this time." The two were discussing happily when Ma Shu suddenly pulled out such a sentence.

"Uh, yes, I met Lin Feng, alas. Although the first one has been decided, the other articles should be carefully criticized and criticized. Don't affect the criticism and criticism of other articles because of Lin Feng's article. Choose [-] out of [-]. We The task is still very heavy, the sun is halfway down, let's get off work." Gu Qing looked out the window at the infinitely beautiful sunset, and said to Ma Shu.

The meaning of the words, the first place in the top sixteen has been set.That's right, there's nothing in dispute anymore.

　Five thousand.

　　Tomorrow, October [-]st, I wish the great motherland prosperity and prosperity, and wish everyone a happy holiday.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)