Literary Master 1978

For later generations, New Year's Eve without the Spring Festival Gala is incomplete, but people nowadays do not have this concept. Lin Chaoyang's family does not even have a TV.

On New Year's Eve, the family had a happy New Year's Eve dinner, and the sound of firecrackers outside the window continued.

In the year when there is no ban on fireworks, the New Year's atmosphere should be stronger.

After getting up early on the first day of the New Year, after paying New Year's greetings to their parents, Lin Chaoyang and his wife rode their bicycles to Yanda. They did not care whether to return to their parents on the second day of the New Year. Anyway, they were close and had time, so they could return whenever they wanted.

After paying New Year's greetings at home, it was inevitable that several children would ask for New Year's money.

Tao Yumo asked her sister for New Year's money with a drooling face, but Tao Yushu slapped her hand away.

"You are so old, and you still want New Year's money!"

"I am only a sophomore, and I haven't even started working yet. Why can't I ask for New Year's money?" Tao Yumo said unconvinced.

"Okay, okay. Come on, take it."

Lin Chaoyang took out a five-yuan bill and gave it to Tao Yumo.

Tao Yushu rolled his eyes at him, "You are the only one who knows how to be a good person, look how spoiled she is!"

"It's New Year's Day!"

It's New Year's Day, it's a big festival, it's early in the morning, it's late at night... Chinese people can always find ways to mediate.

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

Tao Yumo shouted out the sweetness of four plus signs in her throat, and happily put the money in her pocket.

After having lunch at home and making an appointment to visit her uncle Du Ruolin's house on the third day of the first lunar month to pay New Year's greetings, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu prepared to go home.

When they went out, they ran into Wu Zuxiang saying goodbye to someone and greeted him.

"Uncle Wu, Happy New Year!" Lin Chaoyang and his wife wished him a happy New Year.

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year!" Wu Zuxiang also bowed in return.

Lin Chaoyang secretly tried to give Wu Zuxiang a pack of cigarettes, but the old man pushed his hand away.

"Take this one!"

The old man handed Lin Chaoyang a cigarette, and Lin Chaoyang saw that it was still a Phoenix brand.

"Sure, this treatment has been improved." Lin Chaoyang took the cigarette and said jokingly.

"Who doesn't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year?" Wu Zuxiang smoked a cigarette with a proud look between his eyebrows.

Phoenix is ​​a Class A cigarette, 46 cents a box, and has also won the national tobacco industry's external fragrance quality product. For smokers, this is a high-end ration.

During the Chinese New Year, department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives have Spring Festival cigarettes, 25 boxes per household, and Class A cigarettes can only buy three boxes.

Single young people are more miserable, they can only buy nine boxes.

So, no matter what time it is, single dogs are discriminated against.

After smoking a cigarette and chatting for a few words, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu returned home.

On the third day of the Chinese New Year, the couple came to the military compound in Shijingshan with the Tao family as promised.

While eating, Du Feng suddenly asked Lin Chaoyang: "Brother-in-law, I heard from my aunt that you bought another courtyard house?"

"Yes, in Mianhua Hutong."

Lin Chaoyang did not deliberately publicize the purchase of the courtyard house. Seeing Du Feng asking, he answered truthfully.

"You writers really make money!" Du Feng said enviously.

Tao Yumo on the side said maliciously, "It's better to retreat and make a net than to envy the fish by the abyss. If you want to make money, write it!"

Faced with her malicious ridicule, Du Feng naturally would not be polite and went up to pinch her chubby cheeks.

"Look at how fat you have become in this year, and you still eat!"

In the past year or so since she went to college, especially after eating at Lin Chaoyang's house, Tao Yumo has indeed become much rounder than before, but this roundness has not diminished her beauty, but has added a bit of cuteness.

What Du Feng said and did, no girl could withstand such a double attack of physical and magical.

"Du Feng!"

Everyone only heard a sharp explosion in their ears, and then saw Du Feng running away with his head in his hands, and Tao Yumo, who was chasing after him, was furious and gnashing his teeth.

Several elders shook their heads helplessly. The two siblings had been quarreling since they were young, and everyone had long been accustomed to it.

After laughing and joking, Du Feng sat back at the table with a grin, rubbing his arms. Tao Yumo had taken advantage of him, but she was still angry and looked at Du Feng with vicious eyes.

"This girl's temper is getting worse and worse!" Du Feng muttered.

The two-story building of the Du family was full of laughter and joy. As expected, Tao's father was drunk by his eldest brother-in-law Du Ruolin.

After Tao's father was drunk, Du Ruolin turned his attention to Lin Chaoyang again.

"Chaoyang, it's right for you not to come to the army. It's only been a short time, but your reputation in the country is getting bigger and bigger!"

"Uncle, I was just lucky."

Du Ruolin glared with a mouth full of alcohol and said, "What luck? This is called strength! Come, have a drink with uncle."

Lin Chaoyang reluctantly accompanied Du Ruolin to drink a few glasses of wine, and was let go by him, and then watched him find Tao Yucheng.

"Nephew, it's New Year's Day today, why don't you show any expression to your uncle?"

Tao Yucheng had been avoiding drinking before, waiting for now. For so many years, he knows his uncle too well.

"Uncle, I'm just thinking about having a few drinks with you alone?"

"Yes, this attitude is right. You can't be like your father, who has to be forced to drink."

With that, the two of them drank a glass of wine.

After the family dinner, Lin Chaoyang left with his family.

The third day of the New Year means the end of the Spring Festival holiday.

On the first day of work, the library was filled with a festive and lazy atmosphere. The Spring Festival had just passed, and according to Chinese tradition, the Chinese New Year is not over until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so it was normal to have such an atmosphere.

That afternoon, Du Rong approached Lin Chaoyang mysteriously, "Hey, do you want to know some news?"

"No."

Lin Chaoyang did not give Du Rong a chance to keep her in suspense. She held her breath and felt uncomfortable.

"I have to tell you even if you don't want to know." Du Rong said angrily.

"You know? After the spring, the museum will evaluate professional titles!"

Our country's colleges and universities first adopted "academic titles" to clarify the level of academic ability, work ability and work achievements of college teachers.

But at that time there was no degree system corresponding to the academic title system. Later, relevant departments began to replace academic titles with technical and academic titles, but they were not fully popularized. After buzzing, the professional title work was forced to stop.

In 1977, the National Science Conference was held, requiring the implementation of the technical professional title evaluation system nationwide in 1978.

But the construction of the professional title evaluation system involves all walks of life and has far-reaching impacts. It is not something that can be achieved overnight. In the past two years, the state has officially approved only 12 professional title regulations, and the professional title evaluation work of Yanda Library is carried out under such a background.

"Professional title? That thing has nothing to do with me." Lin Chaoyang said casually.

His correspondence education has not been issued yet, so he can't evaluate the professional title even if he wants to.

Du Rong looked at his expression and was bored, "You are a great writer, of course you don't care about the professional title, but we poor people rely on it to increase our salary."

The professional title not only involves salary, but also welfare benefits. The most direct impact is naturally the allocation of housing. One of the important reasons why Lin Chaoyang doesn't care about the professional title is that he has his own house.

Du Rong has a college degree and has been in the library for more than two years. It's easy to evaluate a junior professional title, which is why she is excited.

Not only her, as the news of the professional title evaluation came out, many colleagues in the library are paying attention to this matter.

After the buzz, the job title evaluation was stopped. Old comrades need job title promotion and new comrades need job title evaluation. This matter concerns everyone's vital interests, so colleagues naturally pay attention to it.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, Lin Chaoyang received two letters, one from Shenzhen, which was written to him by Ermaitai before the New Year.

This year, Ermaitai did not go home, but chose to stay in Shenzhen.

He has been in Shenzhen for more than half a year since April, and gradually got used to the life in Shenzhen and the work on the construction site.

He wanted to go home during the Chinese New Year, but later he calculated that it would take five or six days to go back and forth, and stay at home for a few more days, which is half a month. Counting the round-trip fare and the expenses of going home, it would take at least two or three months' salary, so he thought about it and gave up.

Ermaitai was so careful with money, and naturally he had his own ideals.

In the letter, he happily told Lin Chaoyang that he had saved nearly 400 yuan in the past six months.

He planned to go home after saving up 2,000 yuan, build three large tiled houses, add three turns and one bell, and marry a beautiful wife.

Lin Chaoyang couldn't help laughing when he saw the end of the letter.

You traveled thousands of miles just to make some money to go home and marry a wife? Are you worthy of the rolling tide of reform and opening up?

Lin Chaoyang wrote back to Er Maitai, asking him to work in Shenzhen with peace of mind and use his spare time to strengthen his studies. In the future, the country will become more and more open, and there will be more and more opportunities. Maybe he will get a chance someday.

As for marrying a wife, don't worry. A real man will never worry about not having a wife. He is only in his early twenties. When the conditions are better in the future, will he still be afraid of not being able to find a wife?

After replying to Er Maitai's letter, Lin Chaoyang opened another letter, which was sent by the editorial department of "Novel Selection".

"Novel Selection" is a monthly magazine founded by the National Federation of Literary and Art Circles, which was founded in October last year.

As the name suggests, this publication is a literary publication that selects and publishes already published works, and it is mainly based on novels.

The purpose of the editorial letter was to request the reprint of Lin Chaoyang's three novellas, "Little Shoes", "Wreaths under the Mountains" and "Parental Love".

As some of the most influential works in the domestic literary world in the past two years, it is not uncommon for any of these novels to be selected by "Novel Selection".

But Lin Chaoyang was still a little surprised that three works were selected at once. The editorial department of "Novel Selection" paid too much attention to him.

However, reprinting novels can not only expand the influence of the works, but also earn royalties. Lin Chaoyang certainly would not refuse.

He immediately wrote a letter to agree to the other party's reprint request. According to the usual royalties for reprinted works, this time he earned more than 700 yuan. No matter how small the mosquito legs are, it is still meat.

Just when he was happy, Lao Xie from the communication room came over and said that there was a phone call for him.