Literary Master 1978

Li Qingquan and Zhang Dening listened to Lin Chaoyang quietly, and gradually understood his thoughts.

Lin Chaoyang's position is not that kind of extreme Z thought, but to look at the problem from a macro perspective of history. The country is willing to make peace with Japan for the sake of interests.

But some people in the society regard enemies as friends, which is really confused.

"At that time, the things that many people do will become knives stabbing us!" Lin Chaoyang said faintly at last.

Li Qingquan comforted: "Don't think too much, this is a matter between countries after all, and you can't change it alone."

Lin Chaoyang smiled, "I don't think of myself as a savior, I just want to express my position."

After talking about the topic of novels, Zhang Dening mentioned the annual National Excellent Short Story Award.

This year is the third year of the award. It has formed a unique influence in the domestic literary world and has achieved great success because of the award. This year, the Literary Association has added the selection of the novella award on the basis of short stories.

In October last year, the selection notice for these two awards was published in People's Literature.

The selection of the Excellent Short Story Award is still based on the year, and because the Excellent Novella Award is held for the first time, the selection scope is the novellas published in newspapers and magazines across the country from 1977 to 1980.

With less than half a month left before the award ceremony, the literary community is discussing the final results of this year's awards.

Last year, Lin Chaoyang did not publish any short stories, but he has published three novellas so far, all of which are within the scope of this year's Excellent Novella Award, namely "Little Shoes", "Wreaths under the Mountains" and "Parental Love", all of which have received good responses.

If you have to rank them, "Wreaths under the Mountains" will undoubtedly be the first, followed by "Little Shoes", and finally "Parental Love".

This can also be seen from the sales of the three novels after they were published. With the support of President Hu, "The Wreath under the Mountain" has sold nearly 4 million copies so far, and "Little Shoes" has sold nearly 800,000 copies in more than a year.

"Parental Love" is not as popular in comparison. The novel was published by Renwen Press in January this year. Two months have passed, and the first print of 80,000 copies has just been sold out, and the additional 50,000 copies are still on sale.

The sales of "Parental Love" are already quite good results if placed in the general contemporary literary works, but compared with Lin Chaoyang's other two novels, there is a huge gap.

According to the award requirements of the National Excellent Novella Award, Lin Chaoyang's three novels are eligible for the award, and in terms of response, they are also strong competitors for the award.

According to Li Qingquan, all three of Lin Chaoyang's novels were nominated, which is not uncommon, because the selection of excellent short and medium-length novels is based on public recommendation and expert review. With the influence of Lin Chaoyang's novels, it is easy to be nominated. He is not the only writer whose works are nominated at the same time.

However, nominations are nominations, and the actual award depends on the votes of the public and the results of expert review.

Talking about the award, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but think of Zhang Guangnian's phone call to him some time ago. It is estimated that when the award is judged, he will be asked to join the Literary Association.

After lunch, Lin Chaoyang said goodbye and left. Li Qingquan reminded Zhang Dening, "This time you must keep an eye on the manuscript for me!"

Feeling the strong distrust in the leader's words, Zhang Dening complained in his heart, is it a question of whether I read it or not? It's because you didn't pay the manuscript fee in place!

Returning to the Overseas Chinese Apartment from "Yenching Literature", as soon as he entered the courtyard, Lin Chaoyang saw his father and a thin old man sitting in the pavilion in the garden chatting.

"Dad!" Lin Chaoyang walked over and called Lin Erchun.

When Lin Erchun saw Lin Chaoyang, he introduced him to the old man with a smile on his face: "Brother Wu, this is my son, Lin Chaoyang."

The thin old man wore brown glasses. The weather was still cold during the early spring. He wore a black leather jacket and had an elegant and calm temperament.

"I heard that a great writer moved to the community before." The old man smiled and stretched out his hand to Lin Chaoyang.

"Hello, Uncle Wu!" Lin Chaoyang greeted politely, and then said: "You are too kind. He just wrote a few novels. We have met several times."

When Lin Chaoyang went to work in the morning, he occasionally saw the old man buying pancakes, but the two had never talked.

After a few greetings, Lin Chaoyang went home. More than half an hour later, Lin Erchun came back.

Lin Chaoyang asked, "Dad, do you two know each other?"

"We met while walking downstairs. You and Yushu go to work and school respectively, so you don't know many neighbors, do you?"

Lin Chaoyang smiled, "Yes. Do you know what he does?"

"They said he's a painter, but I didn't ask for details. Do you know?"

"Yeah. That Uncle Wu is a painter, and he should be quite famous."

"Don't you know him? How did you know?" Lin Erchun asked.

"Before I moved in, I heard that there was a painter named Wu Zuoren in this courtyard. You said he was a painter, and his last name is Wu, and his age is right."

Lin Erchun exclaimed, "Oh, I didn't realize it! Is he famous?"

"Do you know Xu Beihong?"

"Who wouldn't know him? He's the one who paints horses."

"He's Xu Beihong's disciple."

"Ouch!" Lin Erchun screamed. He had no idea of ​​Wu Zuoren's fame, but in his opinion Xu Beihong was a first-class painter. Since he was his apprentice, he was also a master.

He sighed: "The people living in your courtyard are not ordinary people! How do you say that? What's wrong with talking and laughing..."

"Talking and laughing are great scholars, and there are no ordinary people coming and going."

"Yes!"

The next day, Lin Chaoyang's family appeared in Mianhua Hutong together. Today is the last day for Li Quanfu's family to move.

These days, Lin Erchun comes here every day to check, fearing that Li Quanfu's family will take things away when moving.

It was originally a friendly thing, but their family made everyone uncomfortable. This time the courtyard was finally vacated.

This is the first time Tao Yushu has come to the courtyard since it was bought. She took Lin Chaoyang to look around inside and outside.

"There are many places in this house that need repairing!"

After the initial excitement, Tao Yushu found many problems in the courtyard house. After all, it is a house of hundreds of years. Except for the main house where Li Quanfu's family has always lived, other houses have more or less problems.

"Old houses must be cleaned up after buying them."

Lin Erchun took out a small notebook from his pocket. It has been three months since the house was bought, and he has not been idle. During this time, he has already recorded all the places in the courtyard house that need repairing, and even counted the materials and quantities.

"Your mother and I are thinking about leaving in two days. You have to clean up this yard by yourselves."

Lin Erchun suddenly talked about returning to his hometown.

"It's not spring plowing yet, stay for a while." Lin Chaoyang advised.

Lin Erchun shook his head, "No, I won't stay. I've been at home for a whole winter. I have to clean up and prepare when I go back. A month has passed in a flash."

"When will you come back?"

"After the autumn harvest."

After staying in Yanjing for a whole winter, Lin Erchun and his wife have adapted to the life in Yanjing. After all, it is in the north.

Especially Lin Chaoyang's house is big and spacious, with heating and running water, which is really comfortable to live in.

But there are also some bad things. First, there are no fellow villagers around. Although I don't like some people at home, I will miss them when I leave that familiar land.

Second, without land and yard, the couple always feel that this life is not down to earth, and they feel empty every day, so the couple often talk about going back to the Northeast.

Finally, it was spring, and Lin Chaoyang had no reason to stop them. After all, they agreed to let them go back to the Northeast in spring last winter.

"Then you have to come back, otherwise I'll buy this house for nothing, and it'll be a waste of thousands of dollars if I renovate it."

After Lin Chaoyang said this, Lin Erchun complained, "I advised you not to buy it at the beginning. Why don't you put the money in the bank to earn interest? Now it's just sitting there."

He is a thrifty person. It's okay if his son doesn't mention it. Once he mentions it, he can't help but feel distressed because of the waste.

"If you feel sorry for it, don't go back." Lin Chaoyang said with a smile.

Lin Erchun's face showed some struggle, but in the end, the homesickness in his heart prevailed, "No."

"Okay, you can leave if you want."

Lin Chaoyang understands the attachment of the older generation to their hometown. Anyway, his parents are not in their seventies or eighties. The climate in the Northeast is still quite comfortable in spring, summer and autumn. It's also good to come to Yanjing to spend the winter.

"The house is afraid of being empty. When the repair is almost done, you can rent it out and leave two rooms for us old couple.

With popularity, we don't have to worry about the house being damaged, and we can earn some rent, which will give us money to repair the house in the future."

Lin Erchun reminded again with concern.

"Don't worry about it."

Lin Erchun's idea is good. If all the more than ten houses in the courtyard of Mianhua Hutong can be rented out, at least 40 to 50 yuan can be earned a month, and the courtyard will not be empty.

But Lin Chaoyang doesn't think so. If the courtyard is really renovated, it will cost at least 7,000 yuan. If all are rented out, it will be ruined in a few years. The courtyards in Yanjing City today were not like this in the early years.

Besides, if there are more than ten or eight families in the courtyard, I don't know how much time he will waste on the mess all day long.

For that little rent, it's really not worth it.

After spending a morning in the courtyard, Lin Chaoyang and his son planned the renovation.

Knowing that Lin Erchun and his wife were going back to their hometown, Tao Yushu took them to Xidan to buy some local specialties for them to take back to their hometown.

When they returned home in the evening, Tao Yushu said to Lin Chaoyang: "Chaoyang, my parents didn't go to the Forbidden City when they came. It happens that you have time these days, take them to the Forbidden City while they are still here."

Zhang Guiqin said: "It's not like we won't come in the future, just do your own things."

"It's okay. Mom, Yushu is right. It happens that I have nothing to do at home these days, and the weather outside is warm. I will take you to the Forbidden City tomorrow, and buy tickets the day after tomorrow."

These days, you don't need to make an appointment in advance to visit the Forbidden City. At this moment, the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City is being repaired, and you don't have to queue up to buy tickets at the ticket office. On weekdays, there are not many people in the morning, but there are more people at the ticket office for foreign guests and overseas Chinese.

"There are so many foreigners!"

Zhang Guiqin saw foreigners up close for the first time, and felt as happy as if she were watching a monkey show.

"Mom, watch your expression, we didn't buy tickets for this monkey."

"Go! You're just making fun of your mother."

The family of three entered the Forbidden City with a joke. Two imperial guards in court robes stood at the entrance. The court robes were made of azure cloud satin with a velvet edge. There was a python on each of the square pleats in the front and back, four pythons around the waist, and pleats in the middle. The collar and sleeves were also azure satin.

Lin Chaoyang took a closer look at the two people. The COS restoration was quite high. Even the hairstyle was restored. There was nothing wrong with the dress. It was much more professional than some COSERs in later generations.

When they arrived at Taihemen Square, Lin Chaoyang noticed that there was a Red Flag car in a corner of the square, and there was a sign next to the car.

"Under the condition that it does not affect my work, the audience will be charged 20 cents for using the car."

Oh, I'm not that lucky!

There were not many people in the square. They all just came in from the Meridian Gate. Many of them were overseas Chinese and foreign guests. Lin Chaoyang's family of three fell behind a few foreigners. Lin Erchun and Zhang Guiqin couldn't help looking at the monkey again.

"This foreigner has so much hair!" Zhang Guiqin muttered.