I have a lot and I have very few

Author/Cao Hongtao [277600] Grade 3 (8) Class of No. 1 Middle School in Weishan County, Shandong Province

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Some people, even though they have very little, are still rich; and some people, even if they have a lot, are as rich as they are, they are still penniless.

It was a fairyland-like village, surrounded by mountains and rivers. The only drawback was that it was economically backward. The undulating mountains block traffic here, and people live a hard life without the pleasure of enjoying the beautiful scenery.

Decades ago, people would often see two boys as close as brothers. They often sang songs happily and went to school more than ten miles away under the morning glow. They are very good friends, one is called Chen and the other is called Xi. What a beautiful name - Dawn. There are two people studying on the stone slab at the entrance of the village every night. People say "there is hope for the village"! That look of joy is beyond words. Both of them thought they would be lifelong friends, but neither of them expected that fate would play a trick on them.

During the college entrance examination that year, a rear-end accident occurred in a small town, and Chen lost the opportunity to meet the "flight-promoting" person. When he was discharged from the hospital on the third day after the college entrance examination, he showed no joy at all. In that college entrance examination, Xi got her wish and was admitted to a prestigious school to study taxation as the number one in the town. When he was a child, he told Chen that he would become a civil servant in the tax bureau and let those domineering wealthy businessmen pay him money.

The night before school started, people in the small mountain village used the dilapidated kerosene lamps at the end of the village to see Xi off. Chen didn't come, he disappeared that day. The two people's life paths parted ways from then on.

Later, someone came back from work and told me that he had seen Xi in a bookstore. Although he was young, he already had the air of a boss. A few years later, news came that he had joined the Internal Revenue Service somewhere and became a junior section chief. Of course, Chen knew all this. He was very happy to see Xi realize her dream, but when he looked back at himself: He was thirty-five years old and had not made a name for himself. He had become the head of a village, but he had not done anything for his own. The villagers were doing some practical things, but they were troubled all day by trivial matters such as "Which family is missing a chicken" and "Which family's daughter-in-law ran away with someone else"; there is not even a decent road in the village, and dozens of The family looked at the mountains all day long and sighed; their own family was bare and had to be a father to three children...

Chen Chen sighed and focused on sorting out the household registration files. The mayor said that they would submit them tomorrow, which meant that he We will walk for more than ten miles and climb the steel cable to cross the suspension bridge.

The next day, Chen walked on the road step by step. Looking at the rushing river under the suspension bridge, he couldn't help but take a breath. He would take a breath every time he came here... The road is being built...

In the city, Xi has already sat in his new office. He just took office yesterday, his face is glowing today, and even his seat seems to be filled with joy. He is no longer the same person. After squeezing the old director out with extremely covert means, he began to figure out how to make his life more comfortable. This is a large coal county, and the fraction of the annual tax payment is enough to squander for two lifetimes, even though it is public money. Of course, he would not be stupid enough to dig his own grave. He knew the psychology of taxpayers well... As a result, Xi's pockets became bulging, but in newspapers and on TV, he was a good leader with a clear mind. He also followed the trend and raised a mistress, and people lined up to send gifts to his home...

And in the village, Chen Zheng was worried about the inability to allocate money for road construction. Twisted into a knot. Slowly, news about Xi's success in the city spread to the small village, and Chen's eyes lit up.

After asking around, he came to Xi's home with great joy. After hesitating for a long time, he knocked on the door. A graceful girl came into view, and in the morning, she was so nervous that she could not speak: "I...I'm looking for..." "He's not here!" followed by a loud slam of the door closing. There was an ambiguous voice in the room: "Who is it, dear?" Chen said like a life-saving straw: "I, Chen."

After a while of greetings, he sat on the soft sofa. He didn't feel comfortable with this kind of atmosphere. Xi's face was full of fat, and he asked with a smile: "Brother, what's the matter?" Chen told him about the road construction. He saw Xi's facial muscles twitching twice, and then he roared: "Are you crazy? Building roads? Does that poor place deserve to build roads? Want money? I don't have any!" Chen was frightened, he had never seen it before Xi lost his temper and was silent for a long time. Chen said two words: "Farewell."

On the way, he thought of the eyes of the villagers eager to build roads, and thought of the girl "I don't want to." To this redneck” scathing words. He thought: I must build the road. Although I don’t have as much money as him, I will definitely build the road. I will! Hey, Xi, what else does he have besides money...

Simple review

This is a concise and comprehensive novel. The author starts with two friends who have known each other since childhood and tells the story of the different life paths they chose. For Chen, he has no money, but he has a lot of love and firm belief; for Xi, indeed, he has a lot of money, but what else does he have? Conscience, sense of responsibility, and even the hope that once existed are gone. The author's purpose is very clear. Through the comparison of "more and less" between two friends, he criticizes the phenomenon of money worship in the current society and praises people who stand up in troubled times.