Chapter 2 Primer

Three years ago, five days before my father left this world, he suddenly said to me: "When you are at home, I want to take a look at the park. I heard that it is very beautiful now..." The park mentioned by my father is the Suzhou Industrial Park in my hometown. Park.At that time, my father had already asked several people to help him even turn over, and his lamp of life had left the last glimmer of light. "Okay. Let's go tomorrow." After I said this, I felt regretful. Can he support it?Finally, after discussing the result with my sister and sister, I decided to take him there.The next day, our father and son drove out of the old city of Suzhou and headed for the park located in the east of the city. "Western style! It's really western style!" Along the way, my father, like a child who has just left the house, kept cheering softly, and told me what it was like in the "past" from time to time.Whenever he sees those antique new bridges and flowing water scenery, he actually dances with his arms and legs, he doesn't look like a seriously ill person.

Before sunset, we arrived at the shore of Jinji Lake in the industrial park.I saw my father's eyes shining under the setting sun: This place is so beautiful, when was it built so well?He asks me every now and then.I didn't intend to watch it, but I was also infected by my father's emotions. I couldn't help watching everything around me with his eyes—but no, New Suzhou by the Jinji Lake is like a beautiful paradise: the water is Groups of blue waterfowl playfully pass over our heads, as if they want to amuse us; there are tall modern skyscrapers on the shore of the lake, but you don't feel that it is a noisy city, because the skyscrapers Surrounded by vast green spaces and gardens, there are many unnamed trees.The road is smooth, not a single piece of paper and waste can be found.By the lake, there are several dreamlike long embankments, and the melodious singing and dancing sounds from there are fascinating...

"Heaven. It's really heaven..." That day, my father said these words countless times.When I returned to Beijing, my father suddenly took my hand again and murmured: "You have written so many books, why didn't you write about Suzhou Park? It is said that Suzhou is a paradise on earth. I think Suzhou Industrial Park is China's Heaven, if you don’t write about it, you will be a writer in vain!” For some reason, tears welled up in my eyes... "I must write it." I said to my father. Since that day, I have been looking forward to having time to introduce the Suzhou Industrial Park to the people of my motherland, because it is the blueprint for China's future development to become a world power, and as my father said, it is a real Chinese-style paradise on earth.Now I can finally hand in the paper to the father under the nine springs——