Chapter 371 The sensation caused by the suet ball! [Please vote for me, please recommend me!]

During the National Day period, the short story event launched a patriotic theme, and people flocked to the track to prepare for the competition!

But at this time, Li Xiang had bigger considerations.

On the one hand, foreign novels such as Ball of Suif will have a wider audience.

On the other hand, writing patriotic novels from this perspective can elevate the feelings of family and country from a single country to the entire world. This is why Li Xiang chose Suet Ball.

Speaking of Ball of Suet, we have to talk about its author Maupassant.

Guy de Maupassant was an outstanding French critical realist writer in the second half of the 19th century. Together with Russian Chekhov and American O. Henry, he is known as one of the "three major short story masters in the world"!

Among them, Maupassant is known as the "King of the World's Short Stories" in modern literature.

He wrote six novels, 359 short stories and three travelogues in his lifetime. He is the writer with the largest number of short stories and the highest achievement in the history of French literature.

"Ball of Suet" is a novella written by Maupassant and one of his masterpieces.

"Ball of Suif" shocked the French literary world as soon as it was published. It established Maupassant's position in the history of French literature. The strict teacher Flaubert also called it a masterpiece.

From then on, Maupassant "entered the literary world like a shooting star."

In the short story activity, Li Xiang not only took out Ball of Suet, Maupassant's famous work, but also took out The Necklace and My Uncle Jules, two of Maupassant's masterpieces.

No one can compare to Maupassant in terms of short stories. His works are so classic and full of weight.

"Ball of Suif" takes the Franco-Prussian War as the background. It tells the story of 10 people representing all walks of life in France at that time who fled to the port in a carriage.

It vividly reflects the despicable selfishness and the ugly face of betraying the people displayed by the bourgeoisie in this war.

In the novel, Maupassant compared the lower class with the upper class and tested their moral standards.

Ball of Suet is a patriotic prostitute. Among the ten people, Ball of Suet is the only one who deserves to be called a noble and patriotic person.

She was kind-hearted, and even though the aristocratic and bourgeois gentlemen and ladies expressed contempt and insult to her on the carriage, when they were hungry, Suet Ball generously asked them to share his food.

She also has strong national pride.

And those so-called superior people are all scum with ugly souls who benefit themselves at the expense of others.

[For several days, many remnants of the defeated army passed through the city of Rouen.

It was no longer a team, just a number of scattered nomadic tribes. The brothers had dirty and long beards on their faces, and they were all in tattered military uniforms. There were no regimental flags or regimental numbers. They looked exhausted.

The attitude of walking forward.

All of them seemed to have been bruised, had their backs broken, their minds were so dull that they could not remember anything, could not make up any ideas, and moved forward only out of habit, and if they stopped, they would immediately collapse due to lack of strength.

Come down.

What we mainly saw were some people who were drafted due to the mobilization order and many National Guardsmen who were known for their alertness and went out to fight this time: the former were all peaceful people and law-abiding people who lived on fixed interest rates.

They were all hunched over with rifles on their shoulders; the latter were easily frightened and impulsive, ready to charge or desert at any moment.

And among these two types of people, there are several red-trousers infantrymen who are the survivors of a certain division that was annihilated in a fierce battle; many dejected artillerymen mix with these different types of infantry; occasionally there is a person with bright hair.

The bronze-helmeted dragoons dragged their heavy heels behind the brisk steps of the infantry.

Many volunteer teams were established with various heroic names. Their names were: Failure Revenge Team—Xu Tomb Citizen Team—Death Sharing Team, and they all walked with the air of bandits.]

When the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870, the Prussian army captured the city of Rouen, and ten people fled in a carriage.

The identities of these ten people are very special, namely - the notorious profiteer Mr. Bird and his wife;

The big bourgeoisie, members of the Provincial Assembly Karey Ramadon and his wife;

Count and Countess Belle de Breville, members of the Provincial Assembly;

two nuns;

Democrat Corny Day and a prostitute nicknamed "Ball of Suif."

The first three couples left Rouen for different reasons, but their plans and purposes were the same - none of these three couples would return to Rouen.

The least important of the ten men was "Ball of Suet".

On the carriage, several well-off ladies learned the identity of Ball de Suif, and their attitude towards Ball de Suif was very bad.

They whispered that Ball of Suet was a prostitute, a whore, and a disgrace to society.

The husbands of these rich ladies talked about money, food and drink in a tone that looked down on the poor.

The carriage bumped on the road for most of the day, and everyone in the carriage was hungry. Only Ball-of-Fat brought three days' worth of food.

Ball of Suif generously invited everyone in the car to share her food, completely ignoring the disrespect the rich people had shown her.

Soon all the food in the basket was divided up, and people were freed from the troubles of hunger, so people's attitude towards Ball of Suet changed like their stomachs.

The previous contempt turned into intimacy, and the insult turned into praise.

The carriage continued to move forward and arrived at the town of Toth, which was also occupied by the Prussian army. The Prussian officer detained the carriage and asked Ball of Suif to spend the night with him.

Ball-of-Fat flatly refused the invader's shameless request, so a whole car of people traveling with him was detained.

Everyone except Ball of Suet was very anxious. In order to achieve their own goals and protect their own interests, the nine people tried their best and launched various conspiracies to force Ball of Suet to submit.

In the end, the old nun's religious preaching of "As long as your intentions are good, you will not offend God in anything you do" produced quite good results, and Ball-of-Fat sacrificed himself for the benefit of everyone.

The Prussian officer's desire was satisfied and he was released the next day.

But instead of being grateful to this poor girl, everyone avoided her, and the previous praise and closeness turned into initial contempt and contempt.

This time, everyone prepared a lot of food, but Ball of Suet did not have time to prepare it.

The carriage continued to move forward, and the people in the carriage took out their own food and chewed it. Only Ball of Suet huddled in the corner of the carriage, suffering from cold and starvation, sobbing during Cornidet's "Marseillaise".

It is no exaggeration to say that half of the writers in the literary world are involved in the patriotic theme of the sixth track!

The total number of entries this time even exceeded the sum of the previous 5 tracks.

Among them, there are mixed works, there are very good works, and there are also incomplete works. Among these numerous entries, Li Xiang is still the one who stands out the most!

If nothing else, the title of six consecutive championships is just around the corner.

Not only the participants, but even the readers could not conceal their inner excitement.

They all wanted to see for the first time what kind of patriotic novel Li Xiang would write.

Readers made many assumptions in their minds. But when they saw the content of Ball of Suet, their hearts trembled.

Because no one would have thought that what Li Xiang wrote was a patriotic story with a foreign theme.

Moreover, the protagonist is a prostitute nicknamed Ball of Suif. Seeing this, many contestants and those authors who just listen to the wind and rain became furious!

They all ended up angrily criticizing Li Xiang. Many people even just heard other people say something, or just glanced at him a few times, and then started to angrily criticize Li Xiang on the Internet.

The reason is nothing more than that since Track Six is ​​a patriotic theme and it coincides with the National Day, why don’t you write a novel with a foreign theme?

This is the first point!

The second point is that the protagonist in the book is actually a prostitute. This is too sensational and a bit ridiculous!

These remarks are very popular on the Internet, but more people have great confidence in Li Xiang, because they know that Li Xiang is not a sensationalist!

If Li Xiang, who has written five track championship works, is a sensationalist, then I am afraid that there is no one in this literary world who is not a sensationalist!

This is what netizens who support Li Xiang said in response!

When many people read this story, they thought Li Xiang's description was very far away. After all, China has a long history. If you were born in this country, you will take the initiative to understand the history of this country, even if it is 5,000 years old!

But few people know about the history of foreign countries. They don't understand what the scene was like in that country during the Franco-Prussian War. However, they see that although Ball-of-Fat was a prostitute and was criticized by many people, she was willing to share herself.

food, and the change in the attitude of her peers towards her.

It’s all in the eyes of the readers!

The reader found this part of the content very dull, but later everyone saw the Prussian officer seizing the carriage and asking Ball to stay with them for the night. Ball refused, but the people who were traveling with her forced her to do so for their own safety.

, even the goddaughter of the church was trying to persuade her to spend the night with the officer!

But when Ball of Suet sacrificed himself, and when the carriage passed this line of defense, everyone's attitude changed another 180 degrees. They prepared food and ate on the carriage. The sheep who first shared the food

Fat ball, but could only cry in the corner of the carriage.

A grain of dust of the times turns into a big mountain when it falls on an individual!

The story ended abruptly here, and everyone felt panicked after reading it. However, they understood that this novel was not about sensationalism, but about the sorrow of those people in that era. When readers logged on to Weibo and discovered the trend of online public opinion,

They all went to the line and scolded those who angrily criticized Li Xiang!

Cultural and Entertainment Office.

Ji Liqun was amazed after reading Ball of Suif. Even he had to admit that this novel was very bold. He was sure that Ball of Suif would become an indispensable treasure in the history of world literature!

Wei Yuan stood up, carried his briefcase, walked towards Ji Liqun who was sitting on the sofa, and said, "Old Ji, let's go to dinner together?"

Unexpectedly, Ji Liqun sighed and said with emotion: "Li Xiang always surprises people, but also always brings trouble to people. Oh my, I have a headache now! I really don't know what to do with his suet ball!"

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When Wei Yuan heard this, he sat down curiously and took the tablet.

After reading Ball of Suet for a while, Wei Yuan showed a wry smile and said to Ji Liqun: "It's really bold, but you have to admit, this is a good work!"
To be continued...