The Ups and Downs of the Commoners

								
Introduction to the novel " The ups and downs of the commoners "

Overview: The non-fictional novel "The ups and downs of the commoners" is a book by a middle school teacher in China (pen name Dongshan Yishi) after his retirement, after ten years of hard work Written. Works tells the mid 20th century, in occur in China's "Land Reform", "Great Leap Forward", "Cultural Revolution" and "Educated Youth Going to the Countryside" movement, the lives of commoners. The book has four volumes, and 1.30 million Chinese characters, and was published by Hong Kong Chinese International Publishing House in 2015.  
         

Brief introduction 
Fang Zhengben was born in a bankrupt landlord family. Their family has lived in Taiqing Town for generations. When he was six years old, he left Taiqing Town with his parents and came to Longyun Mountain, where the mountains overlap. From then on, he began an unusual life: their family hard work, but they couldn't eat enough; he yearned for reading,but he has dropped out of school three times before graduating from junior high school; he is diligent and studious, with excellent grades, but the door of colleges is closed to him for no reason; he was a teacher, but he in  the morning   stood on the sacred podium still, In afternoon he became a prisoner of the "dictatorship of the masses"; no girl in the village dared to associate with him, but he miraculously gained the love of a girl from the city; he was completely desperate for the future , But his fate has changed after ten years. After more than ten years of hard work, he reached the peak of his career.
The stories in this book include: the great famine caused by false reports and exaggerations in the "Great Leap Forward"; after the "Great Leap Forward", a student's difficult journey to school; in the "Cultural Revolution", people criticize and fight each other, and killed each other; Urban middle school students are not allowed to go to school and are forced to go to the countryside to be farmers; Relatives, friends, classmates and neighbors are honest, friendly and help each other; Mother's love for his family and son's filial piety to his mother, The elder brother’s love for his little brother and the little brother’s respect for his elder brother; Like the seventh fairy, she came to the world from heaven and fell in love with Dong Yong, but was forced to break up, leaving a tragedy; Like Zhuo Wenjun, she boldly followed Sima Xiangru and eventually became a happy marriage; The prosperity brought by reform and opening up to society.
Through the narration of the above-mentioned stories, the works review the past with the elderly and feel the happiness of today, hoping to let young people understand the past, cherish the hard-won reform and opening up, let the past tragedy not repeat itself.
Welcome to the memorable stories!

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The Ups and Downs of the Commoners

By Dongshan Yishi (China)

People say that "The Qingming Festival this day drizzle does not stop", this year's Qingming Festival, the weather is particularly sunny. In the early morning, the sun had just risen over the eastern horizon, and a "Beijing Hyundai" brand sedan in which the near 70-year-old Fangzhengben was riding was already speeding on the highway from Longcheng to Chengdu.
Fang Zhengben retired from a middle school in Longcheng City 8 years ago, and today, accompanied by his wife Lin Xinlan, he returned to Longyun Mountain to sweep and worship the graves of his parents who had passed away for many years, and an unfortunate little brother who lost his life at a young age. In less than two hours, the sedan had crossed Lingjing County, leaving the county seat behind. Hearing that the road from Xinghua Town to Taiqing Town was under construction, they decided to take the next exit and exit the highway.
Through a long tunnel, the sedan has entered the Territory of Huachang County.           Exit the expressway from Yong'an exit, and the majestic Longyun Mountain is already within easy reach.           Lin Xinlan sighed and said, "It's so fast!           When we went to the countryside in here, it took two days to go back to Longcheng, and we had to stay in the county seat of Lingjing County for one night.           Now, it only takes two hours!" At this time, through the sedan window, they see is one after another vineyards, citrus groves, aquaculture gardens, leisure resorts and one building after another villa-style houses yellow walls red tiles. The neatly arranged street lamp poles on the side of the road, the well-designed and culturally charged bus stops, the various amusement facilities close to the village, and the carefully cultivated various flowers and plants make Fang Zhengben and Lin Xinlan sitting in the sedan unable to find a trace of the countryside of in their memory.   Fang Zhengben said: "Look at the changes in this rural area over the years. It is really turned the world upside down!” As the two people are talking, a golden glazed tile gatehouse with the words "Loquat Expo Garden in Western China" came into view.               Behind the gatehouse,   Eriobotrya japonica trees of the hills full of are hung with loquats, like emerald sparkling, enviable.  Not much time, the sedan arrived at the foot of Longyun Mountain, and they saw a large yellow cloth hanging on the road, on which was written a few red big words: "Beautiful Dong Mountain① Welcomes you!"
Sedan continued to crawl up the winding, but perfectly clean, concrete road, and soon reached the middle of the hill. Here, there is a long white wall inside the road. Behind the wall and across the courtyard dam, there is a neat row of buildings. On the top of the building stand the four big words "Yunya Mountain Villa". On the side of the road in front of the wall, stood a huge billboard with the words "Dong Mountain Yunya Rabbit breeding Base". Below the big word, there is a line of small word: "Grazing on the Mountain, High Quality". At both ends of the wall and connected to it is a wire mesh, and its two extremity is invisible to the human eye.  Hordes of gray rabbits and white rabbits were skipping under the trees behind the buildings and having fun.

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