Back to 80: My Literary Life

Thinking of this, Fang Minghua put down his tea cup and ran outside.

"School City, there's something urgent. Let's go first!" As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Minghua had already arrived outside the door, leaving the two of them looking at each other.

"Editor Fang, what's going on?"

"As I said, it's urgent. Meimei, do you like this poem by Haizi?" Lei Xuecheng asked.

"I love it. Someone who can write such warm poems must be someone who loves life very much, right?" Wu Meimei said with a look of longing.

"That's not necessarily the case." Lei Xuecheng shook his head:

"I told you that Mayakovsky, the famous Soviet poet, once wrote, "I have traveled almost/the whole world,/life is beautiful,/living well. "Iron hammer/and poetry,/please sing praises/to this youthful earth." "Such a poem leads to suicide in the end!"

"Poets cannot speculate on ordinary people."

While Lei Xuecheng was talking about poetry life with his little girlfriend, Fang Minghua was riding his 28-inch big bar and running wildly on the street.

After rushing back to his home in Xingfu Community, he hurriedly packed a few clothes and stuffed them into his travel bag, and left a note for his wife on the coffee table in the living room.

"Tangtang, I'm in a hurry and have to go to Yanjing. Please help me ask for leave from my work tomorrow. I'll tell you the details when I get back. Minghua, today."

After doing all this, he hurried down the building, stopped a Xiali taxi at the gate of the community and rushed to the train station.

When he came to the ticket window, he saw the sign saying that there was a train from Chengdu to Shenyang in half an hour. Without any hesitation, he immediately bought a ticket, not to Yanjing but directly to Shanhaiguan.

Unfortunately, there are only hard seats and no sleeper tickets.

No matter so much, Fang Minghua queued up through the ticket gate with his ticket and quickly boarded the eastbound train.

Sitting in the noisy carriage, Fang Minghua breathed a sigh of relief.

This time he went to save Haizi.

Can it succeed?

he does not know.

Before time traveling, there was a rumor on the Internet that Haizi committed suicide by lying on a train in Shanhaiguan area. Specifically, it seemed to be a place called Longjiaying, but this was only circulated on the Internet, and Fang Minghua didn't know whether it was true or not.

More importantly, even if he is rescued, what will happen?

He is different from Lu Yao. Lu Yao only has physical problems and is mentally normal, but Haizi obviously has mental problems and has despaired of the world.

His body could be saved, but his soul could not be saved.

You can save him for a while, but you can't save him forever.

However, if you know something will happen, you should try your best to stop it.

The train traveled for thirty hours and entered Qinhuangdao city at noon the next day. Fang Minghua's back ached from sitting.

He did not go to Shanhaiguan, but got off at Longjiaying Station, the previous stop of Shanhaiguan.

After getting off the car with his luggage, Fang Minghua stood on the platform and looked around blankly.

Where to go now? I don’t know if the tragedy has happened?

After thinking about it, he went out of the station first, then found a female staff member on the platform and took out a lot of his IDs - he had only one purpose, he wanted to see their stationmaster for something urgent.

The female staff member was a little surprised when she saw the ID handed over by the young man. She was a director of the Chinese Writers Association, vice chairman of the Qin Provincial Writers Association, and editor-in-chief of "Yanhe" magazine. But she still led him to an office on the second floor of the station.

The station manager’s surname is Wang. He is a middle-aged man in his forties. He is eating with a lunch box. After listening to the explanation from his subordinates, he is still very polite to this uninvited guest. He also warmly says that if you don’t have a meal, you can come to the staff canteen of our station. Make a meal.

"Thank you, you're welcome, I'm not hungry." Fang Minghua declined with a smile. One of his friends might have committed suicide by lying on the train in the Longjiaying area, so he asked for their help.

Stationmaster Wang was stunned after hearing this and looked at Fang Minghua: "What? Someone wants to commit suicide again?"

"What? Stationmaster Wang, someone here has committed suicide recently? Is it today?" Fang Minghua's heart tightened.

"It's not today, but some time ago, and there was more than one, there were already three! This year is really evil."

"Then I must ask for your help." Fang Minghua briefly explained Haizi's situation.

Stationmaster Wang was a warm-hearted person, and perhaps he felt that it would be disgraceful if someone committed suicide again on the railway section under his jurisdiction, so he agreed to Fang Minghua's request.

Immediately notify all subordinate units of Haizi's appearance and characteristics. If you encounter this person, stop him immediately, especially the road patrol workers, and pay close attention to the young people passing along the road.

"Chairman Fang, I can only help you with this." Stationmaster Wang finally said.

"Thank you very much." Fang Minghua held the other party's hand and said that he would come over in the afternoon to see if there was any news.

After doing this, Fang Minghua breathed a sigh of relief, walked out of the train station, ate a bowl of noodles at a nearby small restaurant, and then found a small hotel to stay.

I took off my coat and lay on the bed, but I couldn't fall asleep.

It's better to walk along the railway, maybe you can meet Haizi, and a miracle will happen.

So Fang Minghua got up and put on his coat. Under the guidance of the shop owner, he didn't walk far to the railway.

So we walked along the railway towards Shanhaiguan.

Qinhuangdao is already full of spring at the end of March. The weather is nice and sunny today. Walking on the railway track, Fang Minghua can still smell the slightly moist smell of the sea brought by the sea breeze. This reminds people of Haizi's poem.

"Facing the Ocean, Spring and Blossom"

Did Haizi choose this place to commit suicide? Does that mean this?

unknown.

Why did you choose to commit suicide today?

Before Fang Minghua traveled through time, he saw on the Internet that March 26 was the birthday of Taiwanese writer Sanmao. Haizi liked Sanmao's works very much and admired her very much. He knew that Sanmao was born on March 26, so he chose to commit suicide on Sanmao's birthday.

Some people also said that Whitman, the American poet, "the father of American national literature" and author of Leaves of Grass, also died on March 26. Haizi also liked Wyeth's works and his creation was obviously influenced by Wyeth, so he left the world on the same day as Wyeth.

None of this is known.

Fang Minghua walked along the railway for more than an hour while thinking about it. During this time, several trains passed by, but he did not see Haizi.

He decided to go back and find Stationmaster Wang.

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon when he arrived at Stationmaster Wang's office at the train station.

Stationmaster Wang told Fang Minghua that he had not received any reports of suicide from his subordinates so far, nor had he seen Haizi.

"Chairman Fang, don't worry. Maybe your friend has come to his senses and will not commit suicide." Stationmaster Wang comforted.

Will the historical trajectory change?

Fang Minghua smiled bitterly.

At this moment, a staff member in railway uniform hurried in and reported to Stationmaster Wang: "Stationmaster Wang, there is a report from the masses that the young man with glasses, long hair and beard you mentioned was found about 1.5 kilometers away from the station in the direction of Qinhuangdao."

It was Haizi!

Fang Minghua rushed out of the office and ran along the railway towards Qinhuangdao.