"The Young Man and his Wife", written by Liu Wenhua, will be published by Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House in November 2023

This is a collection of short and medium-length novels by Liu Wenhua, among which "The Young Man and his Couple" Chapters such as "If We Recall Love in Flashback" and "A Dog Came from a Far Away" are all classic novels reflecting married life. I recommend you to read them.

Highlights:

That year, our family married and divorced a daughter-in-law. It was my brother who got a wife, and I was the one who left her.

That year, I loved to meditate when I had nothing to do. At night, I would go to the wheat field under the moonlight to air my bored thoughts. Facing the vast moonlight, trying to interpret the relationship and meaning of life, marriage or love. Later, I became confused, and those messy thoughts covered my young head like jagged ears of wheat around me, giving me a splitting headache and being overwhelmed by the mess and burden. I can't deal with those problems. I can only stroke the clusters of wheat leaves and count the passing years, the past and the stars...

——Excerpted from page 001 of "Cha Husband and Boy"

< p>The two sat down to eat pomegranates, the moonlight was shining brightly. Ah Yi pushed up his glasses and said, look at the moon. The umbrella is said to be better than the one from Fifteen. After saying that, he covered his mouth with his hands, turned his face and chuckled. Ah Yi went to pull her face and said, why are you laughing? Isn't it really good? The umbrella was pulled into his arms, and he was so embarrassed that he simply said coquettishly, "You are so bad compared to the moon. You always make others fall for you with your words."

Umbrella is actually not keen on literature, she only has a little interest in it. The books she often reads are "Appreciation of World Mathematics Famous Questions" one after another, which to Hajime is like a heavenly book. But this is what fascinates Hajime, because from a complementary point of view, this is more ideal than having both of them write and write. Umbrella saw that Ha Yi was chasing after him but couldn't avoid him, so she took him home in a hurry. Umbrella's parents naturally looked down upon Ha Yi, so they were polite and went back to other things. When I came out at night, the umbrella was much quieter. Ah Yi asked her what was wrong, and she said a little confused, "I'm wondering how our family will accept you." Hajime said it was bad, and the love was overshadowed before it even started. Umbrella looked up at the sky and said, what do you think? Ah Ben was timid, but he still refused to let go of his hand on the umbrella. He held the umbrella and cheered himself up, saying, "I thought this was a matter between the two of us." Umbrella said that was inappropriate.

The moon hangs high in the sky, its bright light flowing like water, everywhere, and impossible to catch. Ah Yi spread his palms, the moonlight filled them, and when he stopped his fists, there was nothing in his palms. Hajime was confused by this wonderful phenomenon, wondering if everything was like the moonlight that was within reach but far away in the sky? The umbrella was nestled in his arms, but he still didn't feel that "it was done". He was afraid that she would run away and evaporate at any time. He put her down, put her on her back, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Umbrella, umbrella, can we be husband and wife tonight?" Umbrella didn't understand it at first, but when she did, she almost didn't scare her away. The reason why she didn't run away was because she was amused by the ambiguous and tender verb meaning of the word "husband and wife". She twisted her body and said quietly, "This is too fast." , we still don’t know much about each other? Ah Yi said again, let’s go back to the story.

——Excerpted from pages 113~114 of "If We Recall Love" in Liu Wenhua's collection of short stories and short stories "The Young Couple"

Because of a delicious meal, and because of the changes in life Hope was fulfilled, and my wife's high spirits continued into the night. That night she crawled up to me for the first time and said softly and slowly, do you feel that you are a little different today?

I said that I realized that the elder brother really cares about me.

My wife said calmly and coaxingly, "What else is wrong?"

What did I say?

What a fool. My wife was so embarrassed that she said a little shyly, "I put that dog thing in your bowl."

I think this is a wife, she can be as petty as she wants. On the surface, she calls her brother and sister-in-law so close, but secretly she still has a hand in her own man. It is said that dogs can strengthen yang and nourish kidneys, and I really felt the vigorous male power. I was so excited that I turned over and rode her up. We had a long and hearty love, and in our love we found that we were still so young and loved the world so much. We feel that the moonlight and water tonight are equally lovely, and that the stars and wind outside the window are extremely warm.

Under the pressure of life, we have neglected this required homework for a long time. At least for my wife, she never lets me go to bed or fertilize and water my fields. Ever since she created those three children in one go, she no longer needs me as a farmer. As time goes by, I have become accustomed to a lazy life of idleness. Faced with a contract that is no longer valid, we all voluntarily gave up the responsibilities and obligations of contracting and being contracted. Now we are reviewing the past and learning something new, and we have learned from it that the parents of three children have just figured out how to spend the night together as husband and wife, and understand that in addition to having children, there is also so much joy in labor itself. We are so happy, and this happiness tortures us so much that we cannot sleep well all night.

Just when I felt a little confused, I suddenly heard a faint knock on the door. I thought it was an illusion, so I turned over and tried to get confused again, but the knock on the door continued. After listening to it again, I had no choice but to leave my wife in my arms, rub my eyes and open the door...

——Excerpted from "A Dog Came from a Far Away" in "The Young Couple", pages 084~085< /p>