Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 467 Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms
The worst period was in the 1990s, when the performance of many military-industrial enterprises declined sharply and talent loss was quite serious. This phenomenon was not reversed until the late 1990s and early 21st century.

The country is poor, so we should focus on the economy and people's livelihood, keep a low profile, and put the military and industrial forces aside for the time being.

This is a historical trend that no one can change.

This is also the reason why Fang Minghua loves his younger sister and tries his best to provide financial support.

Doing scientific research is hard and poor. Others can’t help it, but my younger sister and brother-in-law cannot have such a hard life.

The six-day holiday passed quickly, and people officially returned to work on the sixth day of the first lunar month. However, the number of employees was sparse and uneven. This phenomenon did not completely disappear until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

This year, the second issue of "Yanhe" was published as scheduled. The editor-in-chief's recommended column was Lu Yao's novel "The Tree of Life", which finally met readers after several revisions.

As soon as the novel was published, it immediately attracted the attention of the literary world: After being silent for two whole years, Lu Yao finally started publishing novels again!

However, this novella was neither like his previous work "Life", which caused a sensation in the literary world as soon as it was published and received rave reviews from all walks of life, nor was it like "Ordinary World", which was coldly received and ignored.

Critics have mixed opinions on Lu Yao's "The Tree of Life". Those who praise it praise it as a transformational work for Lu Yao, breaking away from the traditional narrative style, and the article is full of internal tension. Critics believe that Lu Yao does not adhere to realistic writing, but also engages in those fancy magical realism things, and the bold description of lust in it makes people feel uncomfortable.

Some even joked: "That silly man from Qin Province has also betrayed! He has thrown himself into the arms of avant-garde writing."

It is mid-March and today is a Sunday, the weather is nice and sunny.

Song Tangtang drove her two children to her brother's house early in the morning, saying that she, her sister-in-law and her little nephew were going to the zoo.

Fang Minghua did not go, enjoying the leisure time.

After practicing calligraphy for a while at home, he felt bored, so he rode his 28-inch bicycle out and wandered around the city aimlessly.

After exiting the west gate and turning south along the city wall, I unknowingly arrived near Bianjia Village.

He is quite familiar with this area. His sister used to study at Xi'an University and Northwestern Polytechnical University. He often came here and he also gave lectures at Xi'an University.

Also, Lei Xuecheng, whom I know, opened a bookstore here.

He occasionally came over to chat with Lei Xuecheng, and found the conversation quite interesting. Although Lei Xuecheng failed in his literary career and was forced to do business, his literary quality was still relatively high. If he were put in later generations, he would definitely be the literary young owner of an internet-famous bookstore.

The books sold are also unique, some are very niche, and even the songs played in the bookstore are different.

Just then, Fang Minghua rode over and heard a man's hoarse singing voice coming from the bookstore:

I have walked from Jiangnan,

The face waiting in the season is like the blooming and falling of a lotus

Without the east wind, the catkins won't fly in March.

Your heart is a small lonely city,
Like a bluestone street in the evening

Fang Minghua was sitting on the bicycle with one foot on the ground. He heard it.

It’s “Error” sung by Luo Dayou.

"Error" is a modern poem written by Zheng Chouyu, a contemporary poet from Taiwan, China. It is one of the representative works of modern lyric poetry in the Chinese poetry world and has been included in textbooks many times at home and abroad.

Luo Dayou composed and sang the song himself and included it in his first album "Zhihuzheya".

This was Luo Dayou's first publicly released album. Classic songs such as "Childhood" and "Story of Time" came from this album.

In addition, "Lukang Town", "Zhihuzheya" and "Four Rhymes of Nostalgia" are also widely sung, but this song "Error" is very niche.

But in this sunny March, when the warm breeze happened to blow when I stopped, listening to this song again seemed particularly beautiful.

Fang Minghua put away his bicycle and walked into the bookstore.

There were several readers standing by the bookshelves in the bookstore, reading books quietly. The person at the bar was not Lei Xuecheng but a girl wearing a red sweater and a ponytail.

Fang Minghua knew her.

Lei Xuecheng’s girlfriend, Wu Meimei.

This Lei Xuecheng is quite popular with young girls. A few years ago, he ran to a magazine office in the middle of the night to steal books and took a young girl with him. After he opened a bookstore, he was noticed by the girl from the landlord's family and the two established a romantic relationship.

Wu Meimei naturally knew Fang Minghua. When she saw him come in, she called him sweetly, "Editor-in-Chief Fang."

Fang Minghua also smiled and greeted him, and then asked, "You are not going to work today, where is the school city?"

"He's taking a nap in the back. I'll go get him."

Ah.
It's a leisurely day. Fang Minghua sighed and said, "No, I'll just take a walk."

"I'll go call him, he should get up."

The girl ran into the back room, and Fang Minghua stood in front of the bookshelf and started flipping through the books.

There is a row of bookshelves selling various magazines, including serious literature such as "Contemporary", "Harvest", "People's Literature", etc. "Yanhe" is also on the list.

Fang Minghua looked at the cover, it was the latest issue.

At this time, Lei Xuecheng followed Wu Meimei out.

"Meimei, go pour tea for Editor Fang. Editor Fang, please sit down." Lei Xuecheng greeted warmly.

"You're welcome. How's business?"

"It's okay. It's no problem to support me alone." Lei Xuecheng said in a relaxed tone.

"Supporting you alone?" Fang Minghua glanced at Wu Meimei who was pouring tea: "It's not just you, right? When are you getting married?"

Lei Xuecheng immediately became embarrassed when he heard this, but Wu Meimei said openly, "My mom said that I will be 10 years old in October this year, and I can get a marriage certificate when I reach the legal age!"

The girl is not even 20 years old?
Fang Minghua remembered that Lei Xuecheng was almost the same age as her, but she was already 29!
Marry a girl 9 years younger than you!

Beast.
Fang Minghua cursed secretly in his mind.

But look at this girl, she looks so happy.

"Editor-in-Chief Fang, when the time comes, we will treat you to wedding candy!" Wu Meimei said again.

"Okay, when the date is set, don't forget to let me know."

After chatting with the girl for a few words, Fang Minghua noticed the latest book "Yanhe" and took it out to ask Lei Xuecheng.

"Xuecheng, this issue contains Lu Yao's latest novel. As a reader, what do you think of it?"

"I read 'The Tree of Life' written by Lu Yao. It was unexpected but also reasonable." Lei Xuecheng said frankly.

"Oh, can you tell me more specifically?" Fang Minghua picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"It's unexpected because the style of Lu Yao's new work after two years of rest is completely different from his previous works. I didn't expect him to abandon the traditional realism writing style he is good at and move closer to the postmodern writing style of magical realism."

"But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense. I think for Lu Yao personally, Life is the pinnacle of his traditional realist writing style, even better than his later Ordinary World."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Meimei, who was listening to their conversation, interrupted and said, "No, I think Ordinary World is better. It made me cry, and my classmates and the girls in our workshop also like it!"

"You are just laymen who watch the fun, while experts look at the doorway." Lei Xuecheng patiently explained:

"I didn't say that The Ordinary World is bad, but from a literary point of view, Life is more valuable. Lu Yao seems to have seen this, so he strives to change. Otherwise, what he writes next will just be a copy of Life or The Ordinary World."

Fang Minghua nodded. It seemed that Lei Xuecheng did have a certain literary foundation.

"So what do you think of Lu Yao's transformation this time?" Fang Minghua asked again.

"Overall, it is quite successful. Although this novel has flaws, it has brought out the strengths of magical realism without completely losing its original advantages. The combination is pretty good."

"Well, what you said sounds reasonable. I also read his "The Tree of Life", but I still prefer his "Ordinary World"!" The little girl still insisted on her opinion.

Fang Minghua laughed after hearing this.

Lei Xuecheng shook his head helplessly. He seemed not to want to talk about this issue anymore. He changed the subject and said, "Editor-in-Chief Fang, I actually really like a poem published in this issue."

"Is it the song 'Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms'?"

"Yes, it is written so beautifully! Haizi is such a talented poet!" Lei Xuecheng said with admiration.

Haizi?!
Fang Minghua suddenly remembered something, his face changed drastically, and he asked hurriedly: "What's the date today?"

"Today is the 25th, what's wrong?" Wu Meimei said.

What the hell!

Tomorrow, the 26th, is the day Haizi committed suicide!

(End of this chapter)