Writers of migrant workers have written 6 million words of prose poetry for ten years.
Chinese business news (reporter Chen Chunping photography Deng Xiaowei) "life is not in sight, and poetry and far away fields." It is not too much to describe a 52 year old peasant worker's pursuit of literature with Xu Wei's lyrics.
yesterday, after 10 years of dwelling in Xi'an, Li Jian, a migrant worker in Wugong County, wrote another 6 million word "spring dream in his hometown". The book takes the locust tree, the roller mill and the ancestral hall of Li Jian's hometown as a clue, and depicts the persistence and love of the villagers in the neighborhood with prose and poetry.
is free to conceive of
three or four hours on the bed on the bed at night,
yesterday morning, the Chinese business newspaper reporters came to the Beijiao Zhangjiabao street, Xi'an, to run the red community Guo jiimiao village. Through a dilapidated street in the village of a city, a reporter found Li Jian's residence in an alleyway that could not be opened to traffic.
this is a villager's house in a city, with a dim light, a mildew and wet cold in the air, and the more than 20 low beds placed in the 7 rooms are strictly true. Li Jian's dwelling place is in the most important part. The so-called door is actually a part of the window, and the walls being destroyed are still covered with brick. There were 4 beds in the room, two empty, and he slept one, and the remaining one was used as a desk for stacking litter and writing. "The landlord took care of me. In order to facilitate my writing, I changed the small bulb in my room into a large bulb. This room is also I live alone. " Optimistic Li Jian always laughs when he talks, and he is grateful to the landlord for his words. "When I work every day, I think about it when I have free time. Come back in the evening and lie down on the bed for three or four hours.
Li Jian's workmate told reporters that Li Jian is optimistic and cheerful, and he can become one with his workmates. But he seldom participated in the leisure activities of his workmates, he was writing and drawing. At this point, Mr. Zhao, the landlord, has a deep feeling. He said Li Jian was persistent, he had never seen him smoking, drinking, mahjong, and almost devoted his spare time to writing. "He has lived here for 10 years, and it has always been a kind of admiration."
cleaner, builder
paper is saved by
"I do not have much culture, mainly in the army for a year." Li Jian, a small village in Wugong County, is a veteran soldier. He came to Xi'an to work in 2006. In the past 10 years, he has been a cleaning worker, mostly doing small jobs on construction sites and doing odd jobs.
Li Jian's new book "hometown spring dream" is a combination of prose and poetry. There are 20 chapters in the book. With the clues of the people and things in his hometown, the people and things in the village, he depicts the persistence and love of the people in the neighbourhood. Reporters saw his manuscript, thick piles of more than 240 Pages. The paper used in the manuscript is uneven, and on the back of the manuscript, there are also engineering and material terms such as "fire shutter". Li Jian said that the paper was saved and put together.
spring dream in hometown is the third work of Li Jian. The first is the "Chek - Leng village", the second part is "the heart is always hot - a Veterans memoir", the first two are the "internal data" without the publication number. Li Jian's writing spirit and works received many awards and encouragement. Li Kehan, the painter and poet, said, "Li Jian, what kind of person is it?" I have written tens of thousands of essays, which are unbelievable and unforgettable. Meng Yanbo, President of Xianyang poetry society, sent a message to Li Jian, "struggle is the greatest happiness of life!"
a book at least twenty thousand or thirty thousand
is a no small burden
"one book to three thousand or four thousand yuan, plus other costs, a book at least twenty thousand or thirty thousand." Speaking of the cost of publishing books, Li Jian became somewhat hesitant. "I earn more than 2000 a month, 5 yuan per night, 150 yuan a month, only two meals a day, 20 yuan a day. It is a great burden for me to publish books. "
in the city, Li Jian worked while pursuing his literary dream. In his hometown, his wife also guarded an acre and a half of the field, taking care of a pair of junior high school children. "The old girl admitted to a private university the year before, but she did not want to go to work to earn money, and at present in Xi'an."
reporters repeatedly contacted Li Jian's wife and eldest daughter, who were avoiding Li Jian's writing. Li Jian is also very helpless, "they do not support me writing, I am too tired too hard."
"without passion, there is no enthusiasm; without enthusiasm, there is no hope." A man without hope, how can he love this great era with lofty passion? After the interview, the reporter received Li Jian's message, "poetry to the poor, let them know the hardships of migrant workers! Poetry should be sent to the rich to let them know that migrant workers are literate and pursuant.