Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 347 Someone wants to invite Fang Minghua

Read so many novels!

After Fang Minghua left, the students in the classroom looked at the blackboard and started talking.

"Oh my god, why do you need to read so many novels?"

"You haven't seen that one of the purposes of coming here to study this time is to improve and expand our knowledge base. If you don't read a lot of articles, how can you expand it?"

"Hey, why are you reading these novels? Have you read them?"

"No, I've never heard of some of them."

"These are all stream-of-consciousness novels. His next lecture will focus on stream-of-consciousness. He will definitely give examples from certain chapters in the book. If you don't read them, how can you understand them?" It was Yu Hua who spoke.

Everyone immediately nodded and thought he was right.

"Copy the title of the book." Someone had already picked up a pen and written in a notebook, but Yu Hua suddenly thought of something and ran out of the classroom quickly!
Go to the library quickly, otherwise these novels will be borrowed by others!
As soon as he ran, someone immediately understood and ran outside too.

Fang Minghua's classes are scheduled on Monday morning and Friday afternoon. You can do whatever you want during the rest of the time.

These days, there is no door-to-door delivery. I have to go to the train station and have to find a way to get it back.

I came late to class today, and I didn’t get a single book.

Of course, not every student is as lucky as Yu Hua. Chen Hong at the next table was very frustrated.

Wow.
The classroom suddenly became empty.

After reading these two books, you can then exchange them with other students in the class. For example, He Liwei, who lives in the same dormitory as you, grabbed the book "The Opposition" written by Liu Yichang.

The staple food in Yanjing is steamed buns, which Yu Hua, who grew up in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, is a little unaccustomed to, but it’s not like he came here to learn and enjoy.

I am a girl, why do I have the nerve to squeeze in with those grown men?

At this time, Yu Hua and others were sitting around a table, eating lunch.

When the teacher entered the classroom in the next class, he was surprised.

Fang Minghua took a sip of tea happily, but he had something to do today, so he went to the train station to pick up the checked computer.

After all the male students had checked out the books, she asked the librarian and she found out that all the books had been checked out. This made her want to cry.

Looks like I have to bring the teacup to class next time.

It seems easier than working from home.

After resting for a while, Fang Minghua locked the door and went downstairs. He was busy all morning and didn't even go back to school for lunch.

In this workshop, in addition to "Introduction to Avant-garde Literature" taught by Fang Minghua, other teachers also taught the traditional view of new Chinese literature, foreign literature research, aesthetics and creative studies; art appreciation, etc., but the time was not tight.

Of course, what made him feel good was that he "snatched" a copy of "Selected Novels and Novels of Minghua" from the library, which included two novels, "The Sun Also Rises" and "Roadside Picnic". A copy of "The Spot on the Wall" by British writer Virginia Woolf.

According to the course schedule, there are two classes in the morning on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (one class is two hours long) and one class in the afternoon. There are no courses for the second, fourth, and sixth classes, so students are free to take charge, leaving a lot of time for students to read, discuss, and even practice writing.

In one sentence, "The master leads you in, and cultivation depends on the individual."

What's more, this steamed bun is not the black-faced steamed bun written in my novel. The big white steamed bun is very delicious.

Workshop students were absent from class en masse!
The instigator, Fang Minghua, had returned to his dormitory long ago, made himself another cup of tea, and attended class for two hours. His mouth was dry.

Dining with her was another girl in the class, Li Hongying. She was a shrewd girl from Chongqing, so she squeezed in and borrowed a copy of "The Sound and the Fury" by American writer William Faulkner.

Li Hongying and Chen Hong lived in the same dormitory. When she saw Chen Hong like this, she comforted him and said, "It's okay. I'll lend it to you after I finish reading this book."

"What about the other books?"

"Didn't they borrow it? I'll ask them to borrow it when the time comes." Li Hongying looked at Yu Hua, who was sitting next to her.

He was the first to run and borrowed two books!

"Forget it. I'll go to Xinhua Bookstore to see if there's any for sale." Chen Hong said. "There are domestic books in Xinhua Bookstore, but there are very few foreign ones? Anyway, I have never heard of them." Li Hongying said.

Yu Hua heard what the two girls were talking about. He turned his head and looked at Chen Hong's back, but said nothing.

"Hey, Yu Hua, I think Teacher Fang is quite strict." He Liwei chatted with Yu Hua while eating steamed buns.

"Strict? Apart from being strict when reviewing manuscripts, I think he is quite easy-going." Yu Hua picked up a piece of tofu and replied

"Easy-going? I feel like he is so young, why does he have a murderous aura?!"

murderous look? !

After hearing this, Yu Hua puffed out and almost spit out the food he swallowed.

"I said, Liwei, have you read too many martial arts novels?"

This He Liwei, although he writes serious novels, is also a fan of martial arts.

"Okay, let's not talk about this." He Liwei leaned over and lowered his voice: "I mean, I think we should have a good relationship with Editor Fang. How about we just invite him out for a meal?"

This one.
Yu Hua thought for a moment.

I think He Liwei's suggestion is a good one.

I remember when I first met Fang Minghua in Shanghai and submitted an article. He had no place to stay at night, but he kindly let me make a floor in his room, and even stole eggs from the restaurant for him to eat in the morning. I should remember this friendship.

"Okay, just the two of us? How many more people should we contact?" Yu Hua put forward his own opinion.

He Liwei agreed.

Rice is expensive in Beijing.

With my meager salary as an editor at the Changsha Federation of Literary and Art Circles, I still have to support my wife and children, so I can’t spend it frivolously.

Find a few more students and the cost of the treat can be shared equally.

Of course, he knew that Yu Hua also meant this.

Naturally, Fang Minghua didn't know that there were already students preparing to treat him. He went to Yanjing Station and took the bill of lading to find the computers that had been checked back - three large boxes.

Getting this thing back to Luyuan is also a hassle. Generally, the back box of a rental car cannot hold three boxes.

Fortunately, in this era, a type of taxi called "yellow-faced" taxi has appeared in the Beijing-Tianjin area.

The yellow side is the name used for small van taxis in the rental industry, represented by the yellow Dafa minivan produced in Tianjin.

"If you want to make a fortune, buy Dafa and make a fortune!" As this slogan was broadcast, pornographic propaganda swept across the country, especially in the Beijing and Tianjin areas.

Although the yellow-sided one does not have air conditioning and is very uncomfortable because it is hot in the summer and cold in the winter, the price is affordable: it starts at ten yuan and costs one yuan per kilometer. It can seat 5-6 people, and it is especially suitable for carrying a large box like this.

Fang Minghua spent 14 yuan to finally pull three big boxes downstairs where he lived. The driver didn't care about going upstairs, put down the boxes and drove away.

Fang Minghua was about to grit his teeth and carry the box upstairs, when he saw seven or eight people walking over, including Yu Hua.

Oops, they are all students in the workshop, including two female students.

Came just in time.

Fang Minghua was not polite and greeted: "Yu Hua, come and do me a favor. Help me carry these three boxes to my dormitory."

"okay."

Without Fang Minghua having to do anything, several students immediately helped him move the box upstairs and into his dormitory.

"Thank you everyone." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

Yu Hua and others did not leave directly. When they saw Fang Minghua coming out of the bathroom after washing his hands, Yu Hua smiled and said, "Editor Fang, no, Teacher Fang, we would like to treat you to a meal tonight."

(End of this chapter)