In response to the trending topic #children born after 2024 should have all tuition costs subsidised, an internet blogger says, “Imagine strangling someone every day, until their eyes are rolling back and they’re going purple, and getting a committee together to figure out how to fix the situation.
It's a genre of Chinese novel that I really enjoy, that I'm not sure why it doesn't exist in the west. Basically, as the name suggests, the main plot is all about how a main character goes about farming, and improving his skills at farming, and growing more or better crops. Typically, the protag start in a super poor farming family that may or may not also have a lot of tech. Then, through luck and creativity, they go about improving farming techniques, increasing crop yields, and raising the whole village's standard of living. It's a lot of fun to read, if you can find one that put a lot of effort into research.
Thanks. Sounds like Stardew Valley in literary form.
I guess because the West urbanized and got wealthy long ago fewer people have interest in improving farms and villages. Also small farms are seen as a cherished artifacts of a more traditional past so modernizing would defeat the purpose.
Yes. My guess is what ruined Chinese literature happened in the 50's but in China they can mention the Cultural Revolution in a careful way but not the mass repressions that happened before that.
okay but there's also a country whose chinese name is "grape teeth"
What are agriculture novels?
It's a genre of Chinese novel that I really enjoy, that I'm not sure why it doesn't exist in the west. Basically, as the name suggests, the main plot is all about how a main character goes about farming, and improving his skills at farming, and growing more or better crops. Typically, the protag start in a super poor farming family that may or may not also have a lot of tech. Then, through luck and creativity, they go about improving farming techniques, increasing crop yields, and raising the whole village's standard of living. It's a lot of fun to read, if you can find one that put a lot of effort into research.
Thanks. Sounds like Stardew Valley in literary form.
I guess because the West urbanized and got wealthy long ago fewer people have interest in improving farms and villages. Also small farms are seen as a cherished artifacts of a more traditional past so modernizing would defeat the purpose.
It is exactly Stardew Valley in literary form! That's a good explanation. I will use it in the future!
It's honestly one of my personal favourite genres next to historical fiction, because I'm just so curious about how farms work.
Me too, but I scratch that itch by following a few youtubers that farm.
I enjoy those too--there's just something weirdly satisfying about growing food.
“Yeah, I wonder what happened in the 60s and 70s that would’ve caused that?”
Is this a reference to the Cultural Revolution?
I'd assume so, yeah.
Yes. My guess is what ruined Chinese literature happened in the 50's but in China they can mention the Cultural Revolution in a careful way but not the mass repressions that happened before that.