Life is difficult, and we can't forget the joy that animals bring to people.
Commenting on the novella ** "Zoo".
Text: Zhang Kuixing.
The novella "Zoo" (originally published in "Fujian Literature" Issue 8 in 2023 and **Novella Selected Journals, Issue 6, 2023) created by Fujian Chinese writer Honglin (Liu Jianjun), in **Zhonghonglin fictionalized Zhang Daqiang, Lao Yu and Xu Sanchuan Three characters, which are not chicken feathers in the mechanism reform, but also covered with bruises. Zhang Daqiang and Lao Yu both used to be in the company, and in order to make a living, they had to enter the zoo, pretending to be animals to make people laugh in order to make a living. Frogman Xu Sanchuan was originally a civil servant, who was a well-known poet in college, but was dismissed from the unit after the trip and began to make folk films. For the sake of his wife and daughter, he did everything, wrote copywriting for others, drove a taxi, ran through tricks, sold balloons and set up stalls on the street, and was often chased by the chengguan and fled. In the end, Xu Sanchuan had no choice but to deliver takeaways, wearing a yellow vest and running for his life in the streets and alleys of the city. Zhang Daqiang and Lao Yu had no skills in the enterprise, so they had to sell coolies, pretend to be animals, and rely on a piece of animal skin to cover the performance and make people laugh.
Just when Zhang Daqiang was dressing up the bear more and more handy, someone actually posted on the Internet that the bear in the zoo was dressed up by people. As soon as this matter fermented on the Internet, doubts were overwhelming, and the zoo was accused of deceiving tourists with falsehood. The local ** sent someone to investigate, and the zoo director was fortunately prepared, so he informed the reporter that the bear had been sick in the past few days and was sent to the field**. At this time, a child fell into the ice hole in the park, Xu Sanchuan jumped into the water to save the child, and pushed the child to the shore, Xu Sanchuan remembered that he couldn't swim, so he became a hero.
Zhang Daqiang was originally the office director of the local county pharmaceutical company, and he was not a big official, but he had a lot of power, and he was always on the way to eat or go to eat. However, there are unforeseen circumstances, the house leak coincides with rain, Zhang Daqiang's wife actually suffered from the middle and advanced stages of breast cancer, just when Zhang Daqiang was worried about the high medical expenses, Zhang Daqiang found a revelation at the gate of the zoo. Zhang Daqiang consulted with the principal, and he was indeed recruiting, and Zhang Daqiang's physical condition met the requirements. After Xu Sanchuan's accident, Zhang Daqiang also went to work normally. Once, at the urging of the director, Zhang Daqiang climbed the tree to a height of more than two meters, it was really an unforeseen situation, Zhang Daqiang actually fell from the tree, and smashed on the tiger at the root of the wall of the tiger park, which frightened both sides at once, and the tourists in the park waited to see the good show of the bear and tiger fight.
However, the sorrow came from it, and Zhang Daqiang couldn't help crying. Zhang Daqiang suddenly remembered that the zoo had purchased life insurance for himself, and this insurance was the last hope he left to his wife. At this time, the tiger had already walked in front of Zhang Daqiang, Zhang Daqiang closed his eyes in despair, but a voice came, which was definitely from the tiger's mouth: "Don't cry, don't let the tourists see that we are all fake." Zhang Daqiang opened his eyes, looked around, and suddenly felt that the voice was very familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while. When it was time to get off work, when Zhang Daqiang dragged his tired steps to the downstairs of his house, he met Lao Yu upstairs, and Lao Yu greeted him very warmly. At that moment, Zhang Daqiang heard that the tiger's voice was exactly the same as during the day.
As the author said in his creative talk, there are many things in life that seem to have nothing to do with us, but they are actually related to us. Life is like a dream, facing the crossroads of life always have to make difficult choices, although there are unbearable, but life still continues, people still have to straighten their waists, because living is a kind of responsibility, and the strength of ordinary people is actually a kind of greatness. **The three characters of Zhang Daqiang, Lao Yu and Xu Sanchuan are all ordinary people in our lives, but they are also strong and great.