Back to 80: My Literary Life

The baby was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fang Minghua. When he saw his mother coming, he immediately stretched out his little hands and babbling toward Song Tangtang, asking for her mother to hold her.

"Jiu Ruirui, now that mom is here, we don't want aunt anymore." Li Li smiled and cursed, then handed the baby to Song Tangtang, and then took Lele from Fang Minghua's arms.

At this time, Song Tangtang's parents came out of the house, and Fang Minghua hurriedly greeted them. Of course, he did not forget to bring out gifts, as well as food toys for his daughter, such as rag dolls and music boxes. He quickly "cheated" his daughter into his arms.

A few people sat in the yard and started chatting.

"Li Li, the book "The Impetuous" you translated for Jia Pingwa was good. I heard it was successfully published in the United States." Fang Minghua said.

"The main reason is that the writing is good." Li Li was very modest.

Just last year, after Jia Pingwa wrote his first novel "Impotent", he was very envious when he saw Fang Minghua's novel published in the United States. Later, with Fang Minghua's encouragement, he decided to publish "Impotent" abroad.

The first problem encountered was how to translate the novel into English.

Jia Pingwa didn't know anyone in the translation field, so she simply asked Li Li to translate. Of course, the translation fee was cheap.

Li Li spent more than half a year studying in the UK while working on translation. She translated the 300,000 yuan novel into English and sent it to Professor Nie Hualing in Iowa, USA. Through Nie Hualing's operation, it has been translated by Simon in the USA. Published with Schuster Group.

Jia Pingwa was very happy.

Now Li Li heard Fang Minghua mention this and said, "Brother-in-law, you can also give me the novel you wrote. I will help you translate it into foreign languages ​​and try to publish it in European and American countries. The translation will be free of charge."

"Okay, which one do you want to translate?"

"Well, first translate the book "Selected Short and Novels of Minghua" that you published before, and then you can translate your novel "Crossing Guandong"! I told my cousin about this."

Song Tangtang interrupted and said with a smile: "I have no objection, it's up to you."

"Are you going to translate into English or French?" Fang Minghua asked.

"It's okay. I'm learning Spanish now and can help you translate it into Spanish in the future." The girl said with a playful wink.

Amazing.

"Lili, how many languages ​​are you going to learn?" Song Tangtang asked again.

"Let's master these three first. If I have time in the future, I would also like to learn Japanese and Russian!"

Oh my God

As expected, he is a top student.

"Lele, Ruirui, did you hear that? You must be like your aunt and become a top student in the future!" Song Tangtang immediately started educating the two children.

The daughter was happily playing with the rag doll Fang Minghua bought and ignored her mother's words. The son blinked and looked at his mother, but kept stuffing biscuits into his mouth.

He looks like a foodie.

Li Li sat for a while before leaving, saying it was not good to go back too late.

"Lele, goodbye Ruirui! Wait until my aunt comes to see you tomorrow." Li Li gave Lele to Song Tangtang and then stood up.

"Okay, then be careful on the road." Fang Minghua warned.

"Goodbye!" Li Li rode the Xiaokun car placed in the yard and left the yard.

After Li Li's figure disappeared into the night, Zhou Yunjuan said: "Well, my niece is good at everything. She has a high degree of education and is pretty. Why don't you find a partner quickly? She is almost 26 years old. , making my second sister anxious."

Lao Song held a cattail leaf fan and gently fanned his granddaughter, who was holding his daughter in his arms. After listening to his wife's words, he said, "Isn't Lili still in school? Studies are important."

"She is studying for a doctorate now, not an undergraduate! She can get married a long time ago, and she will be twenty-seven or eighty-year-old by the time she gets her doctorate! As an uncle, you are not in a hurry?" Zhou Yunjuan said angrily: "There are so many young people in your army Officer, you won’t introduce me either.”

"There are quite a lot of young officers in the army. Are you asking her if you like her? Besides, when others hear that she is studying abroad for a doctorate, they will be scared and shy away. Who dares to talk to her? Don't worry, we can find her after she graduates and returns to China. ." Lao Song laughed.

"I'm worried that she will find a foreign young man in school and never come back. My second sister is also most worried about this."

The two old men were chatting, but Fang Minghua and Song Tangtang didn't say anything.

Now that Fang Minghua is back, Song Tangtang will take his son and daughter home tonight, and the family of four will sleep together.

After washing up in the evening, both children fell asleep, and the couple leaned on the bedside and whispered.

"Minghua, what do you think about Lili's marriage?" Song Tangtang asked.

"How do I know? I don't know many young heroes in Xijing." Fang Minghua replied.

"It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, Lili would have found someone else!"

"Blame me?"

"Actually, I should be blamed. Without me, Lili would be with you." Song Tangtang said quietly.

"Don't talk nonsense." Fang Minghua quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, the fate has not come yet, Lili will definitely find her right husband."

"Then do you think Lili will look for her while studying in the UK? My second aunt is very worried if she finds a foreigner who won't come back." Song Tangtang asked again.

"You can ask Lili what she thinks? You have such a good relationship with her." Fang Minghua said.

"I asked, but she didn't say anything. She told me everything except this, hey."

Fang Minghua also fell silent.

"Okay, let's not talk about this. Go to sleep first." Song Tangtang rolled over and got out of bed in her pajamas.

"What do you want to do?" Fang Minghua asked.

"I still have to do some work. The company has expanded greatly during this period, and the personnel and finance are in a bit of a mess. I am in charge of these two aspects and have to sort them out." With that said, Song Tangtang took out a stack of information from the briefcase he brought back.

"You turn on the light and go to sleep. I'll go to the living room."

"No, you're in the bedroom. I can't sleep so early, so I can read a book." Fang Minghua said.

Song Tangtang didn't insist, and just sat at the dressing table with the information and read it carefully.

Fang Minghua also picked up a book casually and opened it at will.

"Selected Short Stories by Maupassant".

It contains Maupassant's classic short stories, "The Necklace", "Beautiful Friend", "Ball of Suet", "My Uncle Jules", etc. Fang Minghua read another less famous novel: "Moonlight".

It tells the story of Elder Marignan, a priest who is "devoutly religious, fierce-tempered, upright, and firm in his beliefs". On a beautiful moonlit night, after experiencing violent turmoil in his inner world, he finally admitted that love is allowed to exist by God. reality, and retreated in the face of this reality.

"What we love is often not a person, but love itself. That night, the moonlight is your true lover."

When Fang Minghua saw this sentence, he fell into deep thought.

Song Tangtang went to work early the next day. Today was Saturday. Fang Minghua did not go to the magazine. It was business to come back and spend more time with his son and daughter. It would not be too late to go to work on Monday.

Fang Minghua first drove to the train station, moved the computer and printer he had checked back to his Xingfu Community, and then returned to his parents.

Throughout the day, Fang Minghua played with his two children. The seven- to eight-month-old child was very playful, not stubborn, and obedient. He played games with his father, and the room was filled with the giggles of the two children.

Song Tangtang returns home at noon to breastfeed her child, but her sister Fang Mingli usually doesn't come back. Lunch is served in the workplace cafeteria, and the whole family reunites in the evening.

While eating, I suddenly heard Fang Mingli say shyly: "Mom, dad, brother, sister-in-law, my boyfriend wants to come to our house at noon tomorrow."