The greatest value of this book has two points. The first is the "Historical Records" function. This book reflects the social life of 1975- 1985 in the past ten years, which happened to be the turning point of China from chaos to rectification. The economy began to recover, and the conflict between old and new ideas was the most intense. In order to truly reflect this period of history, Lu Yao read all the materials from People's Daily to newspapers in various regions in the past ten years, and made up all kinds of knowledge.
Therefore, reading this book can give a panoramic view of the images of "ordinary people" at all levels of society in this period and the difficult and tortuous road they have gone through. ("Ordinary World" was originally named "Ordinary People's Road")
In fact, the role of historical records is possessed by many works, especially novels. The greatest value of "Ordinary World" lies in its "lighthouse effect", which inspires countless people who work hard for life and even survival, and inspires them to fight against fate in the most decisive way. Ma Yun failed in the college entrance examination, worked as a secretary, sold groceries and rode three rounds. He gained the courage to struggle again from Mr. Lu Yao's life, and was admitted to Hangzhou Normal University after one year of repetition.
Sun Shaoping, Sun Shaoan and others in Ordinary World are more real and inspirational than Gao Jialin in life. Ma Yun also spoke highly of "Ordinary World" in his later period. Pan Shiyi also wrote an article entitled "Favorite Reading", detailing how to struggle under the influence and encouragement of "Ordinary World".
Ordinary World is not an excellent work in the eyes of "experts". Many people criticize this book as "pale in content, simple in narration and lacking in artistry", but most ordinary readers highly appreciate it. In a survey by Sina, Ordinary World was rated as the most popular book. In university libraries, the borrowing rate is also the highest.
This year, Ordinary World was selected as the most influential novel in the 40 years of reform and opening up. At the celebration of the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up, Mr. Lu Yao was commended as 100 "pioneer of reform", and his evaluation was "excellent writer who inspired hundreds of millions of rural youth to join in the reform and opening-up".
There are a hundred hamlets in the hearts of a hundred people. Similarly, there are a hundred different ordinary worlds in the hearts of a hundred people. At least in my heart, Ordinary World is extraordinary.