“乡土小说”及其概念自20世纪20年代提出以来,经历了将近一个世纪的发展与演变,形成其独特的文学面貌,在中国现代文学史上占据着举足轻重的地位。[1]短篇小说《五爷和驴》是一篇典型的乡土文学作品。作者以中国乡土社会的小人物为主人公,向读者展现了他们的快乐与苦恼、希望与失望,富有浓郁的生活气息。小说讲述的是五爷和隔壁李老栓大半辈子的过节,作者通过许多典型的生活小事,将两人的矛盾逐渐推向高潮。小说结尾,两人最终言归于好, Since its introduction in the 1920s, “native novels” and its concepts have experienced nearly a century of development and evolution, forming their unique literary face and occupying a pivotal position in the history of modern Chinese literature. [1] short story “Wu Ye and donkey” is a typical native literature. The author of the Chinese rural minor characters as the main character, to the readers to show their happiness and distress, hope and disappointment, full of rich flavor of life. The novel tells the story of Wu Ye and his wife, Li Lao, who spent the rest of his life next door. The author pushed the contradictions between the two to the climax through many typical life events. The end of the novel, the two eventually put it well,