Literary Master 1978

In early July, Lin Chaoyang received a bill for his manuscript fee from October. He gave the money to Tao Yushu in the evening, a total of 45 yuan.

"I want to buy a set of stationery for Yumo."

My sister-in-law is about to take the college entrance examination. If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. Lin Chaoyang agreed without hesitation, "Of course."

The next day, Tao Yushu bought a whole set of stationery, including Hero brand iridium fountain pens, ostrich brand ink, Huaxing brand triangle ruler, ruler and semicircle...

This set of stationery is much more complete than what Tao Yumo usually uses, and the key is that they are all branded. A Hero brand iridium fountain pen alone cost 3.5 yuan. The price of this set of stationery is almost as much as Tao Yumo's pocket money for two months.

She was so happy that she jumped up and threw herself on her sister, "Sister! You are really my good sister~"

"Don't give me that!" Tao Yushu pushed her enthusiastic sister away, "This is for your college entrance examination, don't fail it."

"What a bummer!"

Tao Yumo muttered as she left her sister's arms and turned to look at her eldest brother Tao Yucheng, "Brother, the college entrance examination is coming soon, don't you have anything to give me?"

"Have you forgotten that I helped you make up for a month of essays?"

Tao Yumo suddenly remembered the fear of being dominated by her eldest brother's repetitive words, and was speechless.

Two days later, the annual college entrance examination was held as scheduled.

At this time, it was not important for the whole family to send off the students to the exam. Only Tao Yucheng, who had nothing to do, rode a bicycle to accompany his sister to the college entrance examination.

But early in the morning, the whole family still stood at the door of the unit very solemnly and watched the two leave.

"I don't know how Yumo will do in the exam!" Tao Yushu said worriedly.

"Yumo's grades are so good, she must be good."

The three brothers and sisters of the Tao family inherited the good genes of their parents, and their academic performance is not bad. The eldest brother-in-law was a college student in the 1960s. Tao Yushu was admitted to Yanshi University in the first year after the resumption of the college entrance examination. The sister-in-law's grades are usually among the top ten in the school.

Don't underestimate this top ten, she studied at the Affiliated High School of Yanda.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the students of the Affiliated High School of Yanda shouted the slogan "Yanzhong Affiliated University". The so-called Affiliated University is Shuimu and Yanda, and other famous schools in Yanjing are not even worthy of the word "Affiliated".

After watching Tao Yumo go, everyone did what they should do.

After working for a whole morning, Lin Chaoyang left the library and was about to go to the cafeteria for lunch when he saw a brown-haired foreign girl carrying a makeshift package wrapped in a bed sheet. It seemed that there were a lot of things in it.

She ran to the willow tree by the Weiming Lake, where the sun could not reach, and then opened the bed sheet, revealing a pile of miscellaneous things inside, and sat by the lake without saying a word.

Lin Chaoyang looked curious, approached and asked, "My classmate, what are you doing?"

The brown-haired girl glanced at Lin Chaoyang and said, "Selling!"

Lin Chaoyang could tell that her Chinese was very ordinary, so he switched to English and asked, "Are you selling these things?"

The brown-haired girl saw that he was fluent in English and became interested in communicating with Lin Chaoyang.

It turned out that the brown-haired girl was Aneta Bones, a Canadian student who was about to graduate and leave China, so she wanted to sell some things that she couldn't take with her.

After understanding the situation, Lin Chaoyang looked at Aneta's simple stall with interest, English books, stationery, small electric stoves...

Most of the things Aneta put out were daily necessities. Although most of them were written in English, these things could also be bought in China, so they were nothing rare.

Until Lin Chaoyang saw a "brick", his eyes stopped.

"How much is this?"

"Twenty yuan!"

Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "It's too expensive. Twenty yuan is equivalent to half a month's or even a month's salary for people here."

Aneta explained: "You don't have this in your country. I bought it from Hong Kong."

"I heard that this thing is only a few yuan in Hong Kong. Cheaper, five yuan."

Lin Chaoyang cut towards the ankle as soon as he made a move, betting that the little foreigner in front of him didn't understand the market.

Aneta knew that this thing was relatively rare in China and didn't want to lower the price.

"The price you gave is too low. I don't want to sell it." Aneta said very directly.

At this time, some people also began to be interested in Aneta's stall, so Lin Chaoyang said, "How about ten dollars?"

Hearing the price, Aneta hesitated, "Eighteen dollars."

"Twelve dollars, that's twelve dollars. You might buy a new one in Hong Kong for this price."

Aneta couldn't help but retort, "There are also tariffs!"

"But yours is second-hand. So, I'll give you another dollar, thirteen dollars, no more."

Lin Chaoyang knew that his offer was very close to Aneta's psychological price, and without waiting for her to say anything, he took out his pocket and paid.

Aneta no longer hesitated when she saw this, and the two of them exchanged money and goods, and Lin Chaoyang successfully got this "brick".

Lin Chaoyang wanted to check the battery and recording function, and saw that there were still a few tapes on Aneta's stall, two of which were Teresa Teng's songs.

Aneta said that she used them to learn Chinese, so Lin Chaoyang spent one dollar to buy all these tapes.

After confirming that there was no problem, he said hello to Aneta.

"Goodbye, Aneta, I hope everything goes well for you when you return home!"

"Thank you, Chinese friend!"

Back in the library, Lin Chaoyang hid in the stacks and fiddled with the "foreign money" he bought for 13 yuan.

This was a Sharp brick player and recorder. Anita said she bought it in Xiangjiang. It seemed to be cheap, so it was probably a smuggled parallel import.

Although it is a parallel import, the quality is good and the sound quality is also good.

Lin Chaoyang was tinkering with the recorder when Du Rong ran up from downstairs, "I just said there was something going on on the second floor."

She ran over excitedly, listening to the "Mi Mi music" coming from the recorder, her face full of intoxication.

"There are many stories in this small town, full of joy and joy..."

After being obsessed for a while, Du Rong came back to his senses and asked, "Where did you get this thing? Such a small tape recorder?"

"There was an overseas student who was going back to China and went to set up a stall by the lake to sell goods, and I happened to bump into him."

"How much?"

"Thirteen dollars."

"So cheap?"

Du Rong's face was full of surprise. The tape recorders in department stores these days start at more than 100 yuan.

The one Lin Chaoyang held in his hand was not as big as a book. It was probably not sold in China, but he only spent thirteen yuan?

"You can be regarded as picking up a 'foreign fall' today." Du Rong said with envy.

"If I can buy a new one, I really don't want to pick up this foreign product. I can't buy it!"

Lin Chaoyang didn't just get a cheap deal, but he thought he should buy a brand new one for his wife.

But who said that the current social conditions do not allow it, but it is fine, buy a second-hand one, he does not even have to find a reason for money.

Du Rong nodded. You need money and tickets to go to the department store. Although this is second-hand, it is cheap and you don’t need a ticket!

"Just be satisfied! I think it's no different from the new one."

"Well, it probably won't be of much use."

Given Aneta's Chinese proficiency, the loss of the recorder was a natural consequence.

"You really got a big deal."

Du Rong said again, wishing that she would encounter such a good thing.

Lin Chaoyang smiled and did not answer.

Du Rong didn't say anything anymore, and focused on the record player, mesmerized.

After the song ended, she came back to her senses with a bit of sadness and said, "It sounds so good!"

Du Rong usually has a cheerful personality, but Lin Chaoyang rarely sees such a sentimental side of her. He smiled and said, "It's just a song, how good can it be, no matter how good it sounds?"

"You don't understand at all."

Lin Chaoyang really couldn't empathize with it. After all, his ears had been baptized by so much gaudy music in later generations.

Du Rong and others have been listening to and singing life songs and model operas since they were young. When they suddenly hear this kind of song, they may feel much stronger.

After saying a few words, Lin Chaoyang glanced at his watch. Before he could say anything, Du Rong said "Ouch" and ran downstairs. He couldn't help laughing.

After ten minutes of catching fish, I guess there are a lot of book cards piled downstairs.

After work, Lin Chaoyang walked home humming a little tune. It happened that his uncle and sister-in-law had just returned from the examination room.

"Brother! Yu Mo!"

After saying hello, Lin Chaoyang did not ask about the exam. Back home, the Tao family members tacitly agreed not to mention the matter, but Tao Yumo took the initiative to mention today's exam.

The Chinese test was from 8 to 10:30 in the morning, and Tao Yumo had no idea about the final composition.

She recited the title and the content of her own composition to Lin Chaoyang, hoping to hear the opinions of her brother-in-law, a great writer.

"I've been tutoring you on your composition for a month. There will definitely be no problem." My uncle Tao Yucheng said from the side.

Tao Yumo was impatient, "Brother, don't interrupt yet!"

The eldest uncle retreated with a deeply shocked look on his face and complained to his wife Zhao Li: "This girl is superstitious about authority now."

"You also said that Chaoyang is the authority."

Tao Yucheng opened his mouth and was speechless.

This year's essay topic for Yanjing is: Read the following article from "The Second Examination" carefully and rewrite it into a narrative of "The Story of Chen Yiling".

In the composition of the Chinese language test, the most important thing is to answer the questions, followed by the structure and wording of the sentence. Lin Chaoyang listened to Tao Yumo roughly retelling the composition she wrote, and said in deep thought: "I think it is very good. If I judge the paper Definitely give it an 'excellent'."

At this time, even if my sister-in-law wrote a piece of shit, Lin Chaoyang would still say it was "excellent". There is still an exam tomorrow.

After dealing with his sister-in-law and returning to the room, Lin Chaoyang pulled Tao Yushu into the room and carefully took out the Sharp player and recorder from his clothes.

"Thump thump thump thump!" He held something in front of Tao Yushu as if offering a treasure.

"This is..." Tao Yushu looked hesitant and didn't dare to recognize it for a while.

"The recorder is for you to learn English."

Tao Yushu looked surprised, "It's really a recorder? So small? Where did you get it?"

"This is portable, so of course it has to be smaller."

Lin Chaoyang was very happy when he saw Tao Yushu holding the recorder in his hand and playing with it. He couldn't put it down.

After a while, Tao Yushu pulled away from the joyful mood and asked again: "You haven't told me yet, where did you get it? Is it expensive? Where did you get the money?"

The excited tone showed the hostess's good mood, and Lin Chaoyang pretended to be secretive, "Guess!"

"I can guess where I am, I don't think I'll knock him down."

Lin Chaoyang immediately grabbed her, "Okay, I'll tell you."

"You know there are international students in Shaoyuan, right?"

"nonsense!"

Tao Yushu rolled her eyes at him. She had lived in Yanyuan since she was a child. How could she not even know this?

"I was going to the cafeteria to eat at noon today, and I happened to see a foreign student..."

Lin Chaoyang recounted his experience of buying a video recorder and asked Tao Yushu: "Is this what international students do when they want to graduate?"

"No. Some people give it directly to their roommates, and there are very few people who sell it second-hand. But even if it is a gift, many people don't dare to accept it, let alone a sale."

"Why?"

"I'm afraid of getting into trouble. If you get involved with an international student, it's a big deal. No one wants to get into trouble."

Lin Chaoyang shook his head speechlessly.

"Then this recorder."

Tao Yushu said with a smile: "It's okay. Everyone is just afraid of the possible trouble, but there is no guarantee that there will be any trouble."

She rubbed the recorder with her hand, "With this thing, it will be much easier to learn English."

Lin Chaoyang smiled happily, "Then give it a try quickly."

Tao Yushu shook his head, "Don't try, let's put it away for two days. Yumo will take the college entrance examination in these two days, so don't worry about her."

After listening to her words, Lin Chaoyang held her hand and flattered her, "My wife is so considerate!"

Then he leaned into Tao Yushu's ear and said, "I also want to study hard tonight!"

Tao Yushu rolled his eyes at him charmingly, "That will have to wait until Yumo finishes the college entrance examination."

"Alas! My sister-in-law is taking the college entrance examination, why are you giving her brother-in-law a hard time!"

Tao Yushu patted his chest lightly, "Don't talk nonsense!"