"The Ordinary World" is summarized in chapters

Chapter 1

The time begins in February or March of 1975, and the scene is the former West County High School. There are three characters appearing, and of course the one introduced in the most detail is our protagonist Sun Shaoping.

When Sun Shaoping appeared on the scene, his current situation was shabby. Hao Hongmei appears, and at the end of this chapter, she makes a point with Shaoping's eyes. The lame woman Hou Yuying is just a sketch.

Chapter 2

Using Sun Shaoping’s psychological activities, he introduces the main members of the most important family in the novel, Sun Yuhou’s family, and mentions that this family will be in the novel for a long time. economic conditions over a period of time.

Chapter 3

A month or two passed, and by early April, the weather had turned warm. The narrative time and story time of the novel finally coincide. In addition to deliberately portraying Runye's kind and considerate image, the scene and location of Tian Fujun's house were used to naturally explain the composition of the Tian family members, and the first meetings between Shaoping, Tian Xiaoxia, and Tian Fujun were arranged. Let the other two main characters of this book meet the readers quickly in the third chapter of the novel.

Chapter 4

The time has come this weekend. Shaoping, who is in junior high school, goes home for the weekend. The author's perspective in the first half follows Shaoping and Jin Bo from the county high school all the way to the Stone Ge Festival. In the second half, a character from the Sun family, Sun Lanxiang, officially appears. Sun Lanxiang's appearance leads to another story that will dominate the book's theme - Wang Manyin was sent to a labor camp. This chapter is the beginning of solving the problem. The author's artistic thoughts mainly focus on "volt".

Chapter 5

When introducing Wang Manyin, a very vivid plot was inserted. The capable Wang Manyin bribed his pretending young man with cigarettes. The brilliance lies in arranging "Sun Yuhou, a relative of class enemy Wang Manyin, to act as a dirtbag", so that Sun Yuhou's character perspective can be naturally inserted into such dramatic conflicts. At the end, the current living conditions of the Sun family are reviewed through Sun Yuhou's psychological activities, which further enriches the history and current situation of this "first family" in the readers' minds.

Chapter 6

On Friday evening, the scene was Sun Shaoping’s house. The plot of this chapter has three parts, namely before Shaoping and Lanxiang return home, after returning home, and after Sun Yuhou returns home. The three parts outline the images of Shaoping and Lanxiang, and also enrich the image of himself through Yuhou's psychological activities.

Chapter 7

After dinner, Shaoping gave food and bedding to his brother-in-law Wang Manyin who was imprisoned in the elementary school. The main line is Sun Shaoping's journey from his home to the village primary school and then to Jin Bo's home. Most of the article introduces the geographical layout of Shuangshui Village based on what Shaoping passed along the way, and introduces in detail the history and present of Tianjia Ge Lao, Jinjiawan, Shenxian Mountain, etc.

Chapter 8

The perspective follows Sun Yuting, and the scene starts from outside Sun Yuhou’s house, passes by Jin Junshan’s house, and ends at the evening criticism meeting.

Chapter 9

The scene is Shuangshui Village Primary School, the site of the criticism meeting. The entire criticism meeting process was recorded.

Chapter 10

The character perspective naturally transitions to Sun Shaoan, the story after returning home on Friday night.

Chapter 11

The main part is Shaoan standing under the apricot tree, recalling the first half of his life with Run Ye.

Chapter 12

The perspective turns to Runye. About noon Wednesday. Most of the book is a review of Runye.

Chapter Thirteen

At noon on Wednesday. It records the plot of Tian Fujun, Run Ye and others celebrating the birthday of old man Xu Guoqiang.

Chapter 14

It is recorded that Shaoan came to the city to meet Runye at Runye's invitation.

Chapter 15

It records the smooth resolution of the Bank of Montreal matter.

Chapter 16

There are two main plots, both of which revolve around the relationship with Hao Hongmei. One is the split, and the other is the illusion of reunion.

Chapter 17

Introduces the background of the character Hongmei.

Chapter 18

The opening chapter follows the first half of the above article, with Shaoping wandering sadly to the riverside. There are two main plots. One is that Jin Bo beats the squad leader Gu Yangmin for Shaoping, and the other is that Shaoping and others are selected into the artistic performance team and go to the region to participate in storytelling competitions.

Chapter 19

We remember that in addition to Wang Manyin’s story, there is also Run Ye’s love story to solve the problem. After nearly twenty chapters, the focus of the novel returns to Runye.

Chapter 20

Continue to talk about the relationship between Shaoan and Runye, but the perspective turns to Shaoan. The first half responds to Runye's cold reception in the previous chapter through Shaoan's psychological activities; the second half echoes Runye's decision to look for Shaoan again at the end of the previous chapter, recording the encounter between the two outside the village.

Chapter 21

Tian Futang began to intervene in the two people's affairs, pushing the story forward. This chapter follows the end of Chapter 20, using Tian Futang’s perspective.

Chapter 22

It records that Shaoan was punished by Tian Futang and criticized by the commune for expanding his private land. The background of the "Pig Feed Land" was introduced in a rather large space in a humorous and serious way, which is actually a discussion of the background of the times.

Chapter 23

Shaoan’s perspective, book continued from above.

It is roughly divided into two parts. One part is Shaoan's psychological activities, his review and confusion, confusion and re-determination. The scene is on the way home from the commune; the other part is the exchange between Shaoan and Yuhou, and the theme finally belongs to Shaoan's life. On Marriage

Chapter 24

Mainly records a progress in the novel - Shaoan will go to Shanxi for a blind date. In the first half, Yuhou went to Yuting to plan the introduction of a partner to Shaoan. It happened that He Fengying mentioned a woman in Shanxi who did not want a bride price. So it was decided that Shaoan would go on a blind date.

Extended information:

Creative background:

"The Ordinary World" was created in 1975, and the cultural background of the mid-to-late 1980s All kinds of new literary trends are surging. Literary concepts such as modernism and stream of consciousness are all the rage. The changes and novelties in the forms and techniques of literary creation are dizzying. In contrast, traditional realist creation has been "left out".

Some critics even believed that the realistic writing techniques of Lu Yao's other novel "Life" were outdated, but Lu Yao still persisted in writing and completing this novel.

Lu Yao spent three years preparing and three years writing. In order to expand his horizons and master information, he read a lot, including nearly a hundred novels, newspapers and other related books from nearly ten years before and after. Living a life of "morning starts at noon", he also traveled to all walks of life to experience life.

The writing of the first draft began in a remote coal mine hospital. From his creative essay "Morning Starts at Noon" we can see his persistent confidence in the literary career and the price he paid: " Writing enters a complete state of frenzy. The body almost disappears; life seems to be a purely spiritual form, and daily life becomes robotic."

The first draft of the second part was written in a remote small county in the hinterland of the Loess Plateau. Because of the irregular life, Lu Yao was severely overdrafted and finally fell ill. Later, after taking more than a hundred decoctions, his body recovered slightly. He relied on a spiritual force to continue writing. The first draft of the third part was changed to Yulin Hotel. On May 25, 1988, Lu Yao finally completed all creation of "The Ordinary World".