An elementary school text called Bitter Pomelo tells the story of a little girl selling bitter pomelo, which was bought by an old man from China in Santiago, Chile. Do you remember?

If the floating cloud town in bitter pomelo really exists, it should be in Jiangxi. But I guess this place name was invented by the author.

Yin Fengting, the author of Bitter Pomelo, is the fifth-grade primary school student with the highest education, and the deputy director of the office of Jinggangshan Canned Food Factory in Jiangxi Province. The reason why he created bitter pomelo is because of a true story he experienced.

1986 It was an autumn. Yin Fengting, who has a soft spot for grapefruit, went to a market to buy grapefruit. The grapefruit in the street is dazzling, and I don't know who to buy. He asked a dozen grapefruit sellers in one breath, and everyone said it was good. He was unmoved and continued to ask as he walked. Soon, he came to a little girl selling grapefruit. She looks like a 14-or 15-year-old middle school student, but she doesn't stare at people coming and going like other grapefruit sellers, but sits there quietly, reading with her head down. "How much is the grapefruit?" He asked. The little girl raised her head, looked at him with big eyes and replied, "Mom said it was cheap to sell her own, a dime." "Is it sweet?" The little girl shook her head shyly: "It's a little bitter!" The little girl's answer surprised him: everyone said her grapefruit was sweet, but she said her grapefruit was bitter. So he said excitedly, "OK, buy ten!" The little girl went on to explain: "This kind of grapefruit is really not delicious. There is a bitter aftertaste after eating it. Most people don't like it. Buy less if you want to buy! " In fact, there are only eight pomelos in the little girl's basket, and he bought them all. When paying, he took out a ten-dollar bill and gave it to her. The little girl shook her lips shyly: "I have no money to change." "Keep the change." He blurted out. The little girl stood there, stroking the book with both hands, unwilling to reach for the money. He had to put the bill in her empty basket, pick up the grapefruit and walk away. After a while, the little girl selling grapefruit found him in the crowd and panted, "Uncle, I'm looking for your change." Before he could react, nine dollars and twenty cents had been put in his grapefruit net pocket. When he came to his senses, the little girl had disappeared into the crowd.

Yin Fengting was impressed by buying pomelo this time. He often tells others about it, but others never believe him. Nobleness is the epitaph of the noble, and meanness is the passport of the despicable. A wanderer standing under the eaves of his hometown always has an impulse to never leave, and Yin Fengting also has an impulse to create, which eventually evolved into words, and bitter pomelo has its original prototype.