Chapter 21 A few words to readers and friends

In fact, no matter what the outside world says, I have never regarded myself as a writer of officialdom novels. On January 1, 2008, the New Year's bell rang suddenly in the cold dark sky, and the whole city suddenly became lively.I turned off the TV, went back to the desk, rubbed my frozen fingers, and typed a line on the keyboard: "On June 30, 1993, Shazhou College was full of parting thoughts before graduation." From this moment on, I was lost in my fictional Baguolingxi hot land: Hou Weidong, Zhang Xiaojia, Zhu Yan, Zhou Changquan, Zeng Xiangang, Guo Lan and others are like my relatives and friends; I can feel them when I close my eyes You can experience their emotions, even smell their scents and hear their voices.They have constituted the world I live in, and during the nearly four years of uninterrupted writing, this world has become more and more full and open, people and things in real life have been involved, and longer memories have been Aroused, deeper emotions were triggered, and I felt that I had to write all the stories except Hou Weidong.Those people, those things, this hot land, this era that have appeared in my life have completely blended between fiction and reality, and I feel that I must write them all.

After having this idea, I even overwhelmed myself with a sense of mission to record the times and write about everything I love: the passionate customs and culture of Pakistan, the fervent era of change, and the passion to change my own destiny ordinary people. In my mind, I gradually constructed the writing plan of "The Hou Family of Ba State": a Hou family that grew up in Ba State with intertwined roots. They are active in all social strata and fields. They are my relatives. Showing the different desires and dreams of our different people, they are the most ordinary portrayal of this era.During the four years of writing "Hou Weidong's Notes on Officialdom", the idea of ​​"Hou Shi of Baguo" gradually took shape and became full:

Baguo: generally refers to the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River centered on Gujiangzhou, extending to Hanzhong in the north, the upper reaches of the Hanshui River in the east, and the upper reaches of the Qingjiang River in the south. Hou: At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the population of Bashu decreased greatly, and there was a famous large-scale emigration in history-Huguang filling Sichuan.The Hou family moved from Huguang to Tongzi County, Zunyi Prefecture, Guizhou, and moved to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the second year of Kangxi, and settled in the Cuban area.

Representative of Hou's generation: Hou Rangli, who was 14 years old, entered the new school and changed his name to Hou Zhenhua.On the eve of liberation, regiment leader Hou Zhenhua followed Liu Deng's army to participate in the liberation of Southwest China. Representatives of the Guozi generation: some are red soldiers with red roots, some become children of ghosts and snake gods, and some are educated youths who go to the mountains and countryside to receive re-education. Representatives include Hou Guodong and Hou Guoliang. Representatives of the orthodox generation: The reform and opening up has inspired millions of people's desire for life, and countless ordinary people have risen in the countryside. Representatives include Hou Weidong, Hou Haiyang, etc.

Hou Zhenhua, Hou Guodong, Hou Guoliang, Hou Weidong, Hou Haiyang and other Hou family members have different personalities, but they all have distinct personalities. They all have exciting and wonderful stories. They are my ancestors, fathers, and relatives of the same generation; I have been fascinated by their stories for forty years. , Familiar by heart, these stories are both independent and intersecting. The fate of the Hou family's children is intricately intertwined. The real life of ordinary people in the ups and downs. Forty is not confused, I am forty years old this year, and I have found my own destiny and destination in this writing project: to write their own stories for the people, land and times I love.

"Ba Guohou", a legend of the times performed by a group of grassroots heroes. Hope readers like it.