Making a Living
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Summary
At first few people watch, but then there is always one person who won't let him take off his clothes to move bricks, and won't let him bare his shoulders to cook.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Realist readers concerned with the lives of low-income workers and ordinary people
- Readers who enjoy the atmosphere of everyday urban life and slow-paced daily narratives
- Readers interested in single fathers raising children while making a living
- Those who seek warmth and empathy in short-form reading
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer strong plots and fast-paced wish-fulfillment fiction
- Readers expecting a clear romance line or sweet, doting storyline
- Readers with little patience for construction-site and child-rearing minutiae
Reading tips
- Read section by section, treating Zheng Haichuan’s daily life as slices of life to savor slowly
- Pay attention to the video comments and tipping scenes, and reflect on the dignity and boundaries of the person being watched
- Relate the reading to your own or others’ experiences of working for a living; this makes it easier to enter the character’s emotional world
About the publisher
Jiangsu Kewen Culture Development Co., Ltd. is a Chinese book publisher whose name appears on the copyright pages of e-book platforms such as WeRead, iReader and Dangdang. Owing to limited public information, its founding background and full history remain unclear, yet the four titles in our database reveal a fairly clear publishing direction: suspense and mystery fiction as the main focus, alongside modern romance and classic works. Representative publications include the courtroom mystery series (3 volumes) by Golden Dagger Award winner Steve Cavanagh, as well as works such as The Shoemaker and Making a Living. In terms of authors, besides Steve Cavanagh, the company works with translators and writers including Ye Minzhen, Wen Ruoting, Lin Ling and Ya Dou, and publishes Zhao Lirong's sober-minded growth guide (3 volumes). Overall, the company focuses on e-book publishing, emphasizing imported mystery titles and domestic personal-growth reading.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 1早上好
- 2祁医生
- 3刷视频
- 4炖鸡汤
- 5工地上
- 6钢筋工
- 7急诊室
- 8刨冰机
- 9没恶意
- 10真有缘
- 11换一件
- 12不检点
- 13骗小孩
- 14逛超市
- 15小黄鱼
- 16好吃的
- 17找工作
- 18停水了
- 19上门修
- 20没搞定
- 21擦头发
- 22我朋友
- 23不累么
- 24不讲理
- 25你讹人
- 26多回家
- 27吕老师
- 28隔壁屋
- 29住哪里
- 30捡垃圾
- 31拉进房
- 32一起吃
- 33蒸鸡蛋
- 34有人气
- 35西米露
- 36起心思
- 37怎么补
- 38染过病
- 39闹着玩
- 40体检单
- 41咱不怕
- 42多打的
- 43扛不住
- 44徒手扛
- 45打赏费
- 46大老板
- 47吃粽子
- 48有傻子
- 49急死人
- 50医药费
- 51不带脑
- 52关心他
- 53受震撼
- 54没办法
- 55接地气
- 56有证据
- 57闷闷的
- 58红米肠
- 59一百分
- 60说真话
- 61一片天
- 62涨粉丝
- 63长进了
- 64想道谢
- 65别乱动
- 66这一口
- 67考虑下
- 68我饿了
- 69好朋友
- 70你自己
- 71等不及
- 72死崽子
- 73回家吧
- 74你是药
- 75媳妇儿
- 76睡不好
- 77煎鳕鱼
- 78给我做
- 79小心心
- 80买的菜
- 81我想看
- 82大闸蟹
- 83掏一半
- 84想当然
- 85讲故事
- 86谈对象
- 87等你啊
- 88不能亲
- 89你醉了
- 90一点点
- 91秃噜瓢
- 92你管我
- 93一家人
- 94是你爹
- 95动不了
- 96不能等
- 97帮一把
- 98你真好
- 99只一个
- 100很特别
- 101这辈子
- 102能捂热
- 103睡地上
- 104故意的
- 105请吃饭
- 106红玫瑰
- 107都变了
- 108求求我
- 109尝一点
- 110他疼我
- 111供读书
- 112钵钵鸡
- 113一直是
- 114变化大
- 115应该的
- 116等着他
- 117就好吃
- 118守秘密
- 119养家糊口（完）
- 120番外1 开店
- 121番外2 放学
- 122番外3 贵重
- 123番外4 君桂（1）
- 124番外4 君桂（2）
- 125番外4 君桂（3）
- 126番外4 君桂（4）
- 127番外4 君桂（5）
- 128番外5 吃醋
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About the author
Ya Dou is an author who writes mainly contemporary romance. Public information about her is limited: her dates of birth and death, nationality and English name are all unknown. Three of her works are held in the collection—Hu Kou (Making a Living), The Cobbler and Only Sunshine for Me—and their titles suggest that she focuses on the everyday circumstances and emotional relationships of ordinary people, with themes close to real life rather than fantasy narratives detached from it. Her output is small but thematically consistent, indicating a clear and steady direction in her writing. Because the available material confirms only the existence and category of these three works, nothing can be verified about her background, how she began writing or her views on craft, and no speculation is offered here. Readers who wish to understand her style may begin with these three works and see how she handles contemporary urban romance.
