Naughty Days and its sequel, Rice Cake Steamed Brothers and Alfalfa Fields, tell the story of two troublemakers Zhu Duoxing and his cousin Xiao Sha. Different from the stories of ordinary little troublemakers, these stories are told from the standpoint of troublemakers. You will read the reason for every trick. Looking back at the world of adults from the standpoint of children, I don't know whether it is children or adults that are ridiculous.
According to Qin Wenjun, many stories of these two little troublemakers evolved from the childhood behaviors of her two younger brothers, but they certainly won't admit it themselves. After all, they are all mighty fathers now.
In particular, the illustrations and covers in these two works were drawn by Qin Wenjun's daughter Dai Yingniao. I wonder how much precious childlike innocence the writer has gained from his daughter? Last year, this talented young woman also published a collection of essays with her mother, The Age of Innocence-Flying in the World of Innocence! In this collection of essays, Xiao Ying's self-confidence is almost equal to her mother's, but her exquisite style is not pretentious, which her mother can't learn. I was so anxious that my father jumped: stop. It is enough to have a writer at home!
Qin Wenjun is the most famous writer in China who tells stories to young friends. In 2002, she was nominated for the International Andersen Children's Literature Award and became famous in one fell swoop. If you are familiar with her early stories about the growth of teenagers, you will be surprised by stories like Naughty Days-this rather serious writer is actually telling interesting stories about children in a monologue language.
My name is Zhu Duoxing, but many people call me Zhi Duoxing, so I have two names.
My cat also has two names, the big one is Zhu Mimi, which means Zhujiajian cat; The nickname is not very nice, it's called choumei. Zhu Mimi is the most popular cat in the world. She always squats on the windowsill and looks around. She also likes taking pictures of scenery. Besides, she seems to have a gift for dancing disco.
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The reason why my aunt can't laugh is simple, because she is so fat that she is almost like a relative of a bear. If she bent down and hugged her legs, it would be a globe. My aunt's name is Zhu, and there are two good words in her name, which is really extraordinary.
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My uncle is so thin that no one can expect to find a bulging muscle on his arm. His cheeks sagged, as if he were sucking straw forever. So my uncle envies the fat man very much and always says, "When can I become stronger?"
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Xiao Sha is a bad name, like a fool. Even if others make it clear that his name is not Xiao Sha, it's no use: sand is worthless, let alone Xiao Sha. It's too easy to give him a nickname. You can give him a ready-made one: bean paste.
In this way, the main characters in the story appeared. A naughty zhixing was fostered in her aunt's house and lived with another naughty egg. My aunt is super fat and has a very good heart. My uncle is a dentist, super thin and has a good heart, but he doesn't understand children's minds. In addition, among the students, there is Lin Yi, who always sits in the last place, who is as timid as a mouse and whose name sounds like a little devil. The head teacher is a green skirt teacher, who likes to wear green skirts, green hair clips and green shoes, but has no green fingers. In a word, this is a cartoon family and school. In this story, Qin Wenjun describes the characters and tells the story in a cartoon way.
Generally speaking, the story focuses on the disappearance of Zhu Mimi, the search for Zhu Duoxing and Xiao Sha, but this clue is not solid, and most of the stories interspersed among them are basically independent. You can read any story at will and even forget the clues. From this perspective, Naughty Days is actually composed of more than 40 short stories, each of which is generally less than 2,000 words. The language is playful and simple, especially suitable for one-on-one leisurely reading. This is probably what the author wants.
These short stories contain interesting things that happened among children. For example, in order to avoid the mid-term exam, Lin first pretended to cough, but as soon as he heard that he was going on an outing, he would be fine soon; Zhu Duoxing and Xiao Sha took a piece of meat to tease the dog downstairs, trying to please Cao, but they accidentally hit the girl. In order to practice the superb skill of "eating two baked cakes in half a minute", they got a reward of 100 yuan and went to buy baked cakes every day. Seeing that kung fu is about to be practiced, the biscuit vendor is gone; Wait a minute. There are also some stories that adults find interesting in the eyes of children. For example, my uncle wants to gain weight. Two children asked the fattest classmate in the class for a fat cookbook and wanted to sell it to my uncle for 5 yuan. After seeing the recipe, my uncle ran to find a fat classmate, but helped him treat his teeth. My aunt wants to lose weight. She drinks diet pills and goes to the toilet a dozen times a day. As a result, she is really thin and sick.
On naughty days, Qin Wenjun tried to put down all kinds of burdens and capture every humor in his childhood. She later said in an essay that the story of two naughty eggs was based on the naughty stories of her two younger brothers when they were children. Now that they have become dignified fathers, they may not admit it. The childlike taste in the story also benefited from the daughter who was in primary school at that time. Dai Yingying, a talented young woman, also gladly illustrated and designed the cover of this book, which comes from the inner innocence of children and adds a lot of color to this book.