Literary Master 1978

Before going to bed at night, Tao Yushu was reading the latest issue of "Literary News".

The review article about "Wrangler" that she submitted to this issue of "Literary News" was not accepted. Tao Yushu was a little unconvinced. It happened that this issue of "Literary News" had Yan Gang's "With Xu Lingjun", and she wanted to read it. See what's wrong with you.

"Stop looking and go to sleep."

"I'll take a look again."

Tao Yushu read Yan Gang's article several times, then compared it with his own article to check for gaps and make corrections.

"You haven't passed it yet, so don't change it."

Lin Chaoyang's words made Tao Yushu glare, "Okay, I'll go to bed first, you're busy."

Alas, why did I find a wife who is so good at curling up!

Early the next morning, Lin Chaoyang had just finished brushing his teeth when he met a sleepy Tao Yumo.

"Good morning, brother-in-law!"

Tao Yumo called out obediently.

"Good morning, Yu Mo!" Lin Chaoyang responded.

Tao Yucheng, the uncle who was stretching, was slightly surprised. When did this girl have such a good relationship with her brother-in-law?

While having breakfast, my uncle slurped rice porridge and said to Tao's mother: "Mom, I have the tickets. How about buying the TV this afternoon?"

Tao Yumo's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Yes, Mom, the New Year is coming soon, and TVs are in short supply. Don't be out of stock again then."

"Okay, I'm going to Xidan today."

"I'll go with you, I don't have classes in the afternoon." The uncle said positively.

On the way to Xidan, Tao Yucheng said to his mother: "Mom, Chaoyang gave me fifty yuan last night."

Mother Tao looked surprised, "Why did he give you the money?"

"He said it was the money for the TV ticket. I got the ticket, and he said he and Yushu would also get a share."

"You're still a good person, why don't you just buy a TV?"

"Mom!" Tao Yucheng shouted helplessly, "Although Chaoyang is from the countryside, he is a nice person. He is married to Yushu, so don't be a bad person."

Tao's mother glared at Tao Yucheng, and he shut up angrily and muttered: "What can you do if you don't like her? They are all married."

Tao's mother was too lazy to listen to the nonsense of this soft persimmon, so she took a few steps to distance herself.

My uncle had classes or not, so he went to join in the fun and buy a TV without delay.

Lin Chaoyang was a little envious. He said he wanted to be a salted fish, but the reality did not allow it.

In contrast, the elder brother-in-law who has his parents to rely on and his wife to help him is a real salty fish. He is never active in work and can only treat guests to dinner.

But fortunately, there are also particularly free times in the library job, and that is during the winter and summer vacations.

The library of Yanda is open from Monday to Saturday as usual during the winter and summer vacations, but the workload is much easier than during school. After all, there are not so many students borrowing books and studying.

All departments are on vacation one after another, and the Yanda campus is visibly deserted.

Lin Chaoyang went to the library first in the morning and ordered Hu Wenqiong to watch for a while. Then he ran to the Chinese Department to find Chen Jiangong and asked about the poetry symposium.

Hearing that Lin Chaoyang asked for his sister-in-law, Chen Jiangong smiled and said, "She came here for Zhao Zhenkai, right?"

"Will you have Zhao Zhenkai in this symposium?"

"Um."

With the popularity of "Today" in the Yanjing University community, the name of the poet Zhao Zhenkai has also spread throughout the major universities in Yanjing in a short period of time. His poems have been circulating before, and now they have become the favorites of many students. Idol.

Chen Jiangong pondered and said: "A few editors of the Poetry Magazine and several people from the school league committee participated in the symposium, and the rest are members of the poetry group of our literary club. Your sister-in-law can participate if she wants to. I Arrange a seat for her, but she must agree in advance that she will attend as a non-voting participant and cannot speak. She will just sit there and listen. "

"No problem." Lin Chaoyang patted Chen Jiangong on the shoulder, "Thank you, Jiangong."

"It's a small thing, why are you so polite?"

Chen Jiangong asked again: "Are there any masterpieces released recently?"

"I haven't thought about it yet." Lin Chaoyang said.

Although "The Wrangler" is a short story, it has caused a heated discussion among readers and the literary world in the two months since its publication.

Chen Jiangong thought that since his debut work was so excellent, Lin Chaoyang must be cautious about his next work.

"You have to think about it carefully. After all, your first work is so amazing. By the way, I haven't congratulated you yet!"

"Congratulations for what?"

Chen Jiangong was surprised, "You don't know?"

Seeing Lin Chaoyang's confused face, he said: "Two days ago, Ding Ling published an article in Wenhui Po, specifically commenting on your "Wrangler" and praising you."

Ding Ling is a well-known writer in China. In later generations, her reputation is not as good as that of Xiao Hong, Bing Xin and others.

However, her status and influence in the Chinese literary world in the 20th century are unquestionable. Later literary circles evaluated her as the most influential female writer in the history of the Chinese revolution, which is evident from her status.

At this time, Ding Ling has just been ordinary, but his reputation has not yet been restored.

Chen Jiangong quietly said to Lin Chaoyang: "You don't know, do you? Ding Ling has just returned to Beijing and has not appeared in public yet. The first public text she published after her comeback was actually a comment to you, you kid, you are so awesome !”

"A Hymn of Patriotism" is Ding Ling's first published text in many years. In the article, Ding Ling conducted an in-depth and detailed analysis of the rough experience and artistic image of Xu Lingjun, the protagonist of "The Wrangler", and integrated her His life experience makes him very thorough and dialectical.

When talking about adversity and suffering, Ding Ling described it in the article as follows: adversity, suffering, ten or twenty years can make people see through the world, lose their ideals, lose their original beautiful temperament and character, and even lose their lives, but it can also temper the will of revolutionaries, make them fearless in the face of danger, have a noble spirit, be full of hope for the future, and be passionate about the people. Xu Lingjun belongs to the latter.

After meeting Chen Jiangong, Lin Chaoyang specifically found the issue of Wenhui Daily he mentioned. Working in the library of Yanda University has this advantage, and you can enjoy the most complete and latest newspapers and magazines in China for free.

After reading the whole article, it is better to say that the review article "A Hymn of Patriotism" is not so much Ding Ling's praise for "The Shepherd" as she uses the character and integrity shown by the protagonist Xu Lingjun in the novel to metaphor herself.

Ding Ling chose to use the review article on "The Shepherd" as her first public voice in the literary world after she became ordinary, and the angle she chose was very clever.

Of course, this does not prevent "The Shepherd" from gaining huge benefits.

Kill two birds with one stone, the old ones are still the best!

After reading the article, Lin Chaoyang sent the newspaper back to the newspaper room. In the past two months, the literary world has been commenting more and more on "The Shepherd". According to this trend, it will definitely not stop within half a year, so just treat it with a normal mind.

In the afternoon, Zhang Dening from "Yanjing Literature and Art" came to the library.

"Have you read the "Wenhui Daily" two days ago?" Zhang Dening asked Lin Chaoyang as soon as he came up.

"I just read it."

Zhang Dening looked a little excited and said, "This is the first time that Ding Ling has spoken publicly after many years of absence from the literary world. Your novel is destined to be written into the history of the development of contemporary Chinese literature!"

Lin Chaoyang's performance was not as excited as she imagined, but a little dull.

"Aren't you excited?"

"It's OK. I'm still happy to be praised. But I don't get paid, so I'm not that excited."

"Payments, fees, you only care about fees." Zhang Dening was angry, "Just be obsessed with money!"

She asked seriously, "Our editorial department wants to hold a symposium for "The Shepherd". Comrade Qingquan asked me to come here first to ask your opinion."

"Symposium? Do I need to attend?"

"Nonsense!"

"Then I don't agree." Lin Chaoyang refused flatly.

Zhang Dening's expression was full of confusion, "Why?"

"No reason, I just don't want to participate. I advise you not to do this kind of thing. Writers should rely on their works to speak. Symposiums and seminars are just everyone flattering each other, which is boring."

Lin Chaoyang didn't pretend to be aloof and arrogant to evade Zhang Dening, but the working man's gene made him reject any meeting. It's okay to watch the excitement like the day when the May Fourth Literary Society was founded.

When he went to attend the symposium, he was full of resistance when he thought of a group of people holding a novel and talking nonsense.

Zhang Dening looked unhappy, "What do you mean by flattery? Your idea is really... Forget it, I'm too lazy to say anything to you, think about it again."

Seeing that she didn't mention it anymore, Lin Chaoyang stopped talking nonsense.

Zhang Dening asked again: "Have you got any new ideas recently?"

"Well... I haven't thought about it yet."

Lin Chaoyang certainly couldn't say no, and he had to pay attention to the way and method of shirking work.

When the leader asked, he said "it has been connected" and "it is being implemented". This is a good worker.

"I am very optimistic about you, and so are the comrades in the editorial department. "The Shepherd" has given you your own place in the literary world. You have to polish your next work carefully and don't waste the current good situation."

"The next work needs to be polished well."

Lin Chaoyang didn't make any promises to Zhang Dening. As a worker, Lin Chaoyang knew that if he promised others something too early, he would often suffer.

After seeing off Zhang Dening and fishing for a while, it was time to get off work.

The Tao family was particularly lively this evening. Tao's mother left in the morning and bought the TV in the afternoon. The elder brother-in-law Tao Yucheng fiddled with the antenna again. After more than an hour of fiddling, he still hadn't finished it when Lin Chaoyang came back.

"Brother, let me do it." Lin Chaoyang took the initiative to replace the elder brother-in-law.

"You are such a young master!" Tao Yumo, who had been anxious for a long time, looked down on his elder brother.

Tao Yucheng looked indignant, "That wire is not easy to twist, and it's too awkward to stretch my hand out of the window."

It took less than two minutes for him to finish saying this, and Lin Chaoyang's shout came from the window.

"Yumo, watch the TV, I'm turning the antenna, tell me when it's done, and I'll fix it."

"Okay."

Tao Yumo responded, his eyes fixed on the TV screen, and there was only a snowflake on the TV screen that had just been turned on and had no signal.

"I got it!"

Lin Chaoyang had just turned it a few times when he heard Tao Yumo's excited voice, she shouted: "Brother-in-law is pregnant!"

Lin Chaoyang quickly fixed the antenna and then jumped down from the windowsill.

Tao Yumo was reluctant to take her eyes off the TV screen, and took the time to turn around and mock her eldest brother Tao Yucheng.

"Look, brother-in-law took two minutes to get it done, but you haven't done it in half an hour."

Then she looked at Lin Chaoyang again, with a slightly flattering smile on her face, "Brother-in-law, you are really amazing!"

Lin Chaoyang thought: Little girl, changing your face is like turning a book.

"Brother did the work in advance, otherwise how could I be so fast."

Lin Chaoyang's modesty saved his brother-in-law's face a little, "Did you hear that? It was all my fault."

Tao Yumo wrinkled her nose at her brother-in-law and didn't argue with him. She looked a little cute.

"Is the antenna installed? Finally, you can do something serious."

Tao's mother was preparing dinner just now. When she came over and saw that the TV had a picture, she said to her brother-in-law.

"It was my brother-in-law who installed it." Tao Yumo took the credit for Lin Chaoyang before her brother-in-law could speak.

Tao's mother glanced at Lin Chaoyang and nodded, "Okay, let's eat."

The TV was installed in the room of Tao's father and mother. At this time, CCTV-1 was broadcasting the science and education short film "Basics of Semiconductor Circuits". Tao Yumo watched it with great interest and didn't even blink while eating.

Not only her, most of the Tao family members were like this, especially the two little guys Tao Xiwen and Tao Xiwu, whose eyes were so round that they almost got into the TV.

At that time, there were few TV stations, and there were few TV programs broadcast by TV stations. There were not even any serious TV series. Even popular science programs were interesting to watch.

After dinner, Tao Yumo rarely took her eyes away from the TV and quietly followed Lin Chaoyang, "Brother-in-law, my thing..."

"Tomorrow morning, go to Building 32 to find Chen Jiangong from the Chinese Department. He will arrange for you to go in. Remember not to talk at that time, just listen."

Tao Yumo was overjoyed when he heard this, "Thank you, brother-in-law, thank you, brother-in-law."

"We are all family, don't be so polite."

"Yes, yes, brother-in-law is right."

Lin Chaoyang was very satisfied with his sister-in-law's reaction. The united front had one more good comrade.