The book A Corner of Altay is also a series of essays by Li Juan. This book is divided into five chapters according to what the author saw and heard in Altay. In the past, when people read Li Juan's words and mentioned Xinjiang, they always thought of "the desert is lonely and the long river sets the yen", and then the words that came to mind were vast and desolate, vast and far away. However, after reading the author's book, I will never equate Xinjiang with these words on the surface. In the author's works, Altay region in Xinjiang is full of vitality, vigor and interest. For example, there is a strange bank in Kautu. Except for the two days when agricultural loans were issued, it was crowded and very lively. Even the wooden fence around the bank is full of horses, and the rest of the time is deserted, and almost no one goes to work in summer and winter; When Li Juan's family left the summer ranch and moved to another place, they were caught in heavy rain and landslides. The driver didn't dare to drive any further, so he left the family and all his belongings in a place called "Qiaotou". Instead of complaining, the family cleaned up two uninhabited adobe houses in the abandoned village, repaired the roof, moved their belongings in, and hung up the signboard of the grocery store. When the room was too dark, Li Juan's mother began to make a big renovation of the windows. She removed the original window frame, dug out the bottom of the window hole, raised the top and replaced it with a new big window frame. As a result, the lighting effect is not ideal. She began to dig holes in the other wall to install windows. Regarding her mother's tireless efforts to decorate the house, Li Juan wrote in her article: She is so powerful that she can almost do whatever she wants. She is as easy as lifting weights, and as difficult as reaching out to pick apples from trees, she does all the things. She despises difficulties. No matter how difficult it is to pick apples, it is only a matter of picking apples.
? This is the uniqueness of Li Juan's article. In her works, Xinjiang's vast land not only has charming natural scenery, but more importantly, people's lives, people's thoughts, people's joys and sorrows in this natural environment, which makes her works not only fresh and meaningful in prose, but also her profound thinking on human nature. She used clever words to arouse our yearning for nature and questioning about life.
Reading Li Juan's words always makes me think about such a question: Why does her words seem to have magic power? She is like an elf who controls words, so that readers can immerse themselves in it while reading. Even in their spare time, they will recall the interesting little details in the book about her life with her parents and grandparents? I think it should be the rare optimism and ubiquitous love of this family under the difficult natural environment and material conditions! This optimism and love deeply attracted me and infected me, and this optimism and love will affect more people through the medium of books, which I think is what the author wants.