Literary Master 1978

It was in early October that he submitted his manuscript to Shanghai Literature and Art. Now, more than two months have passed. Even if the time for mailing back and forth is taken into account, the efficiency is still very worrying.

Lin Chaoyang used to think that Yanjing Literature and Art was inefficient, but now it seems that the editors of Yanjing Literature and Art are very diligent.

Fortunately, although the editors of Shanghai Literature and Art are not efficient, their vision is still good. The manuscript he submitted was adopted as he wished, and the editorial department even stated in the letter that the manuscript fee bill would be mailed out in a few days.

The second novel is about to be published, which makes Lin Chaoyang happy again.

Time is coming to the end of December. Recently, there seems to be an unusual atmosphere in Yanjing City.

Early in the morning of December 24, Lin Chaoyang just went to work and saw Hu Wenqiong sitting at her workstation, concentrating on reading the newspaper with a serious expression.

Normally, she should be wiping the table at this time.

Lin Chaoyang was wiping the table when a newspaper fell on it. He looked up and saw Hu Wenqiong looking at him excitedly.

"Sister Hu, what's wrong?"

"Good news! Great news!"

Hu Wenqiong smiled and showed the newspaper in her hand to Lin Chaoyang.

"Look, the old man's important speech was published in the People's Daily. The rain has passed and the sky has cleared up!"

Lin Chaoyang took the newspaper, which published the communique of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee and the old man's important speech. He said with a smile: "Everyone has been discussing this matter for the past two days. This time, it has finally been heard."

Hu Wenqiong nodded heavily, she pursed her lips, her eyes red, "It has been heard! It has been heard!"

Hu Wenqiong's loss of composure was the norm on this day. Not only her, Lin Chaoyang could feel that on the morning of December 24, 1978, the whole Yanda was surging with strong emotions.

At dinner, even the father-in-law rarely poured himself a glass of wine.

After struggling in the mire for ten years, China, the staggering giant, finally shook off the mud and began to move towards the direction of spring.

If it were four months ago, Lin Chaoyang would probably jump up with joy when he saw today's "People's Daily".

It's different now. The ambitions he had at the beginning have long been eaten up.

New Year's Day is coming soon, and it is important to think about how to coax his wife first.

Although it is not popular to celebrate foreign festivals such as Christmas now, New Year's Day still has to be celebrated.

"The Shepherd" and the creative talk earned him two payments totaling 103 yuan in royalties. Now that the small treasury is abundant again, he plans to buy a gift for Tao Yushu.

In addition to meeting his daily expenses, the biggest role of the small treasury is to reconcile the family atmosphere.

But there is a problem. Lin Chaoyang's salary is all handed over to the public, and Tao Yushu only leaves him 10 yuan for pocket money every month, and this also includes his lunch money at school every day.

From September to now, he has received three salaries. If you add the 16 yuan that Tao Yushu originally left when he took away his treasury, and deduct his lunch money at school, the value of this gift must not exceed 25 yuan, otherwise he cannot explain where the money came from.

After thinking about it, Lin Chaoyang found Hu Wenqiong at noon that day.

"Sister Hu, I heard from you before that your brother-in-law works at Xinhua Bookstore, right?"

"Yeah. What's the matter, do you want to buy books?"

Hu Wenqiong took the initiative to ask before Lin Chaoyang opened his mouth. Lin Chaoyang said: "Can you get the "Foreign Literature Masterpieces Series"? It's best to get a set."

"This book is not easy to get."

Hu Wenqiong hesitated and did not dare to guarantee it.

The "Foreign Literature Masterpieces Series" has been planned and published since a long time ago. It was restarted in 1978 and jointly published by People's Literature Publishing House and Shanghai Translation Publishing House. The works included are all world-renowned classics. As soon as they were published, they were sought after by countless readers.

Because the cover is all beige grid, it is affectionately called "grid book" by readers.

"If you want one or two, it's not a big deal. More..."

Lin Chaoyang asked: "It doesn't matter if it's not a new book. You can ask your brother-in-law to help me find out who wants to sell the book after reading it. I will give him 2 cents for each book."

"Foreign Literature Classics Series" is now in great demand in the market. Even if Hu Wenqiong's husband works in Xinhua Bookstore, he dare not guarantee that he can get a set.

But if Lin Chaoyang is willing to pay more, it will be easy to handle. Which bookstore doesn't have some losses? The extra money can be used to treat colleagues to dinner, isn't it settled?

Lin Chaoyang handled the matter smoothly, and Hu Wenqiong didn't feel embarrassed. She agreed happily: "Okay, I'll take care of it, big sister."

At noon after Christmas, Lin Chaoyang met Chen Jiangong and Wang Xiaoping in the cafeteria.

After the two sides greeted each other, Lin Chaoyang heard Chen Jiangong and Wang Xiaoping discussing the first issue of Today, which had caused a sensation in the Yanjing college community a few days ago. This incident has been the hot news in Yanyuan these days.

Wang Xiaoping is an avid poetry lover, and he is full of praise and admiration when he mentions Today.

"Your article "The Shepherd" is really popular now!" Chen Jiangong sighed to Lin Chaoyang in a low voice.

"I guess it borrowed the popularity of "Scars."

"The novel itself is good enough, so don't be modest. At least everyone in our Chinese department who has read it says it's good."

When the two chatted, Wang Xiaoping joined in, speaking in a carefree tone. Lin Chaoyang said helplessly: "Xiaoping, keep your voice down."

Wang Xiaoping then remembered Lin Chaoyang's previous explanation and showed an apologetic smile.

Lin Chaoyang was a little worried because they were chatting so unscrupulously in front of him. He probably couldn't hide the "Xu Lingjun" vest for long.

After dinner, Chen Jiangong took out two movie tickets and handed them to Lin Chaoyang. After the May Fourth Literary Club was established, it often held activities. Watching internal movies was one of the benefits for the members.

It was said that it was an internal screening at the Xiaoxi Tianer Chinese Film Archive, and Lin Chaoyang accepted the movie tickets without ceremony.

He worked as a consultant for "The Unnamed Lake" purely for free, and watching some reference movies was considered as payment.

When he went home in the evening, Lin Chaoyang took out his movie tickets. Tao Yushu was also very interested.

She was at Yanzhou Normal University, and occasionally her department would organize viewings of internal reference movies. Students always flocked to them and cherished such opportunities.

"Where did you get them?" Tao Yushu asked the origin of the movie tickets.

"I usually hold seats for a few students from the May Fourth Literary Club, and I'm quite familiar with them. They gave me this as a gift."

Lin Chaoyang's lies are exactly the same as Nai's wife's.

"Okay, I have quite a lot of connections." Tao Yushu joked.

I heard that the two of them were going to Xiaoxi Tian'er to see internal reference films. Sister-in-law Tao Yumo's eyes turned red with envy, and she always hesitated to speak when looking at Tao Yushu.

The couple couldn't see the girl's little thoughts, but they were of the same mind. The kid was afraid of power but not evil, so she couldn't always let her take advantage.

The next afternoon, the two went to Xiaoxi Tianer to watch a movie.

Because it is an event organized by the May Fourth Literary Society, many of the audience members of this afternoon's movie are members of the literary society, including Chen Jiangong, Wang Xiaoping, Cha Jianying, Liu Zhenyun and several other acquaintances.

Everyone knew that Lin Chaoyang was the son-in-law of Professor Tao from the History Department, but they had never seen Professor Tao's daughter. They had heard Zhang Yaozhong mention it before that Lin Chaoyang's wife was very beautiful.

When I saw it today, everyone's eyes lit up.

Seeing is worth hearing a hundred times!

Tao Yushu's appearance is bright and majestic, which is in line with Chinese people's perception of beautiful women. She is tall and stands out in the crowd.

"Is that Professor Tao's daughter?"

"She's so beautiful. She has an outstanding temperament."

Wang Xiaoping was discussing with several female classmates around her. She was pretty and considered good among the girls at Yanda, but compared with Tao Yushu, she felt a bit ashamed.

Several boys nearby were also whispering, and their topic could be summed up in one sentence: Chaoyang, this kid, has something!

The movie shown today is "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," a French-Italian co-production.

As students of the Chinese Department, the names of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and Victor Hugo were well known to the students present, so much so that today's movie viewing activity unknowingly created a bit of a sacred pilgrimage.

The movie was shot in 1956, but today, more than 20 years later, it can still be called a masterpiece.

After the screening, everyone was still interested. Even Tao Yushu said that he wanted to review the novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" again.

Two days later, on the morning of the last day of New Year's Day holiday, Hu Wenqiong put a bag on the table as soon as he got to work.

"Chaoyang, take a look!"

Lin Chaoyang was immediately happy. He opened the bag and saw a stack of "grid books".

"Puppet", "Selected Poems", "Rose Garden", "Contemporary Heroes", "Hunter's Notes", "Anna Karenina", "Knights of the Crusader"...

Lin Chaoyang counted and found that there were 16 books, several of which were published in the 1950s and 1960s. It seemed that there were almost eighty-five or nine-grade new books. This surprised him. After experiencing such a buzzing It's so rare to be able to maintain such a good performance in an era.

Lin Chaoyang expressed his gratitude to Hu Wenqiong and gave her the money he had promised in advance.

These books cost Lin Chaoyang 26.5 yuan in total, which was slightly over the limit, but not a big problem.

When he got off work in the evening, Lin Chaoyang was walking in Yanyuan with a bag of books. Recently, there were more windbreakers of the same style as Du Qiu in the school, and Mayumi's hats became fashionable. The cultural phenomenon caused by "The Hunt" is becoming concrete, and Constantly expanding.

Lin Chaoyang didn't care about these. He only thought of Tao Yushu's expression of surprise and joy when he saw these books later, and he couldn't help but have a happy smile on his face.