Back to 80: My Literary Life

The girl was wearing white sports short-sleeves and blue sports shorts that were very popular in this era. There were beads of sweat on her face and her chest was rising and falling.

Seeing Fang Minghua come out shirtless, Li Hongying couldn't help but feel a little shy. She took a step back and quickly took out a stack of manuscripts from her schoolbag.

"Teacher Fang, this is my new novel, take a look."

Seeing Fang Minghua take over her manuscript, Li Hongying turned around and ran towards the corridor, her heart still pounding.

Fang Minghua was interrupted by Li Hongying and lost his sleep. He got up to wash up and then went to the cafeteria to get food. After eating, he returned to the dormitory and read Li Hongying's novel.

It tells a story about a girl’s growth, a story about Chongqing.

Baisha Town, Tanghe Town, Tuqiang Village, the Yangtze River, Chaotianmen Wharf, barges and buildings on both sides of the Yangtze River. These old wharfs, old streets and old hospitals are all presented in the novel.

Along the Jialing River, family narratives, mother and son, poor life, have their own imagination. The story of Dou Xiaoming and Qin Jiahui is the love in their hearts, the yearning and hallucination of every boy in adolescence.

Fang Minghua suddenly remembered the movie "In the Sunny Days" made by Jiang Wen in the 1990s, which also told the story of boys and girls growing up and growing up.

But compared with the youthful ideals, revolution, violence and passion shown in this movie, the youth of the young people in Li Hongying's "Poppy Flowers and White Moonlight" seems much more ordinary, just like the slow pace of the Jialing River. Slowly flowing river water.

But this is the youth of ordinary people. There are a few young people like those in "On a Bright Sunny Day" whose parents are in high positions. They can eat at the "Lao Mo" restaurant in Yanjing and drive jeeps across the country. Go straight for a fight?

The protagonist Xiao Ming in "Poppy Flowers and White Moonlight" is just an ordinary person, as ordinary as his name. But an unexpected encounter aroused Xiao Ming's inner throbbing.

The boy's feelings were completely pure at first. Xiao Ming was attracted by the beauty and kindness of the heroine Qin Jiahui, and was deeply involved in Qin Jiahui's life: he stole Qin Jiahui's work ID photo and kept it secretly; he tried his best to protect Qin Jiahui, and when she He discovered that Qin Jiahui's husband, the gangster leader Gang Ge, was committing domestic violence, and bravely fought against him regardless of the age difference; he also inadvertently glimpsed Gang Ge's wanton demand for Qin Jiahui's body...

Qin Jiahui is Dou Xiaoming's Bai Yueguang and his poppy flower.

The writing is good, but it's a bit immature. Some of the plots and wording need careful consideration.

Fang Minghua sat at the desk, picked up a pen and began to revise the manuscript.

Li Hongying had classes in the morning and listened to the teacher's explanation, but she was a little absent-minded and kept thinking about her novel.

What would Teacher Fang think?

Will you refuse it directly? Are you saying the writing is too childish?

Or, simply don’t watch it and just fall asleep?

I worried about the outcome all morning, and resisted the urge to go to Fang Minghua during lunch. It was not until after class in the afternoon that I couldn't help it anymore, so I went to Fang Minghua's dormitory again.

The door is locked, knock on the door.

Fang Minghua had been busy all morning and was sleeping soundly at noon, but he was woken up by the knock on the door again, so he had to open the door shirtless and wearing big pants.

It's Li Hongying again.

The girl saw that he was shirtless again and looked like he was yawning. She knew that he was sleeping and that she had come at the wrong time.

But now that she was here, Li Hongying asked bravely: "Teacher Fang, have you read my novel?"

"Look, come in and talk."

Fang Minghua asked the girl to enter the room, put on her vest again, and then returned the manuscripts in the drawer to him.

Li Hongying took it and took a look and was surprised. Almost every page had traces of Fang Minghua's modifications.

"Overall, it's pretty good, but some of the plots are a little childish. I'll modify them for you. Do you think it's suitable?"

Fang Minghua said.

After Li Hongying listened, she sat on the sofa and looked carefully.

Sure enough, this revised novel looks much more mature, and there is a faint sadness between the lines.

"Teacher Fang, thank you." Li Hongying thanked her.

"No problem? Then go back and rewrite it and give it to me. I will publish it in "Yanhe" in June. The remuneration is ten yuan per thousand words."

"Okay, when the royalties come in, I'll treat you to dinner!"

"No." Fang Minghua declined politely and said with a smile, "Okay, I didn't sleep well last night after staying up late, and I still want to catch up on some sleep."

"Teacher, why are you staying up late?" Li Hongying asked curiously.

"Like you, write novels."

At noon the next day, Fang Minghua sent "Platform" written by himself and "Poppy Flowers and White Moonlight" written by Li Hongying to Bai Miao by registered mail.

Fang Minghua felt relaxed when he came out of the post office.

not bad

During this period of time, I successively sent Bai Miao a total of four novels, including those written by myself. Except for Yu Hua's article, the other three can be classified into the category of new realistic novels.

What he didn't expect was that there was another girl in the far north who was also preparing to send a novel to Xijing.

Since ancient times, spring has come late in Xing'an.

In late May, other places have already entered early summer, but spring is in full swing in Xiaoxing'an Mountains. The birch forest has just turned green, and azalea is not to be outdone. The mountains are covered with wild flowers, which are red all over the mountain slopes. White, green, and pink are intertwined on the slopes. , like a beautiful picture.

In a normal school in a small town deep in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains, a girl rode a bicycle out of the school gate and walked toward the post office.

Her name is Chi Zijian and she is a teacher at Xiaoxing'anling Normal School.

Three years ago, he studied in the writer's class of the Chinese Department of Northwest University and began literary creation. In 1986, he was invited to participate in the "Yanhe" magazine's young and middle-aged writers symposium and signed the "Great God Covenant."

Today I am sending a short story I just wrote to "Yanhe" magazine. It is called "The North Country is Vast" and it tells the story of a girl named Luhua.

The story is clean and pure, like the snow in the North, and the writing style is distant and cold, like the winter in the North.

Although avant-garde novels are now popular in the literary world, Chi Zijian feels that he cannot write them. He still likes stories about small people and trivial matters that happen in his hometown.

Will Editor Fang want it?

No matter, just write it and send it off.

Chi Zijian thought, speeding up his bicycle.

Time flows slowly, and in mid-June, "Yanhe" magazine released its sixth issue this year.

Since Fang Minghua took over the editorial department of "Yanhe" magazine in April last year, he has gathered a large number of emerging writers such as Mo Yan, Yu Hua, Can Xue, etc. The style of the novels published in "Yanhe" has also changed, and is full of avant-garde flavor.

Some people jokingly say that if you want to understand the latest trends in avant-garde novels in the domestic literary world, you must read "Yanhe". The publication of each issue of "Yanhe" immediately attracts the attention of readers and literary critics.

However, in this issue, the writing style of the novels published in "Yanhe" seems to have undergone subtle changes.

Li Tuo first discovered this problem.