"Beijing Literature" Liu Qingbang's short story "The Delicate White Soap" depicts the daily lives of ordinary miners and finds beauty in their everyday existence and labor. What kind of beauty is it? Xi Han's new work "Oath" tells the story of a divorced couple promising each other to wait until their son enters a key university before remarrying, which takes more than 10 years. With the son finally taking the college entrance exam, will their lives begin anew? Shun Zi, nominally a tinker, is actually a chivalrous "words guest" wandering by lakes and rivers. On his way to look for Li Chuang Wang, he gets caught up with a shadow play troupe led by Laohu and his daughter... The short story "Guest Words" by Yimin, published in "Beijing Literature," is one of the very rare works themed on the "present."