Back to 80: My Literary Life

But Fang Minghua made a decision quickly.

"OK, thanks."

"Come on, Uncle Fang, let's have a big dinner today!" The girl was very happy and the two of them left the courtyard.

There was still some distance from Shichahai to the Qianmen, so Fang Minghua simply called a taxi and it took almost forty minutes to arrive near the Qianmen.

It's already dark, and the lanterns are starting to turn on.

The KFC located west of Qianmen is the first KFC in China. It has three floors. Fang Minghua and the others took a ride there. From the outside, they saw bright lights. Although it was a cold winter night, there were still people coming and going.

"This KFC opened in November 1987. The U.S. ambassador also came to cut the ribbon, and there were many big leaders. There were also performances by the gong and drum troupe and the yangko troupe. I also came to watch the fun at that time. There were more people than now." Wang Azusa said as he walked.

"Have you ever tasted it?"

"It's too expensive, I can't afford it. The cheapest set meal costs seven yuan and fifty cents." Wang Zi was a little embarrassed and said quickly.

"But I have money now. Not only do I have royalties, but I also got paid just two days ago."

Fang Minghua couldn't bear the amount of royalties and salary you paid.

But I was too embarrassed to say it, as it would hurt the girl's heart.

The two of them went up to the second floor and saw how long the queue was.

Fang Minghua immediately wanted to retreat.

"Uncle Fang, let's divide the work. You go grab a seat and I'll queue up." The girl made an immediate decision.

"How can I, a grown-up, have the nerve to grab a seat? You go grab it and I'll queue up. I'll ask you to pay when it's almost done."

"Well, you must call me when the time comes."

The girl quickly rushed into the restaurant, and Fang Minghua stood behind and lined up.

After waiting in line for half an hour, it was Fang Minghua's turn.

"Sir, what package do you want?" asked a girl wearing a red sweater and khaki overalls.

Needless to say, the girl is very pretty and quite tall, estimated to be over 1.68 meters tall!

I guess they were chosen according to the criteria for choosing a flight attendant, right?

Fang Minghua sighed inwardly and quickly ordered two set meals when he saw the menu on the table:

2 pieces of finger-licking original chicken + chicken gravy mashed potatoes + cole slaw + small meal buns, and of course a hamburger, a total of 30.8 yuan for two servings!

Oh my God

The price of 40 roujiamo!

Fang Minghua complained in his heart, but still smiled and paid.

"Sir, what other drinks or beer do you want?"

KFC stores in this era were served with beer!

Fried chicken and beer!

Did the Korean-style fried chicken and beer of later generations learn from this?

Fang Minghua ordered a bottle of Five Star Beer and a Pepsi Cola for Wang Zi. After paying, he found Wang Zi at a small table by the window of the restaurant with the receipt.

"It's all booked." Fang Minghua put the receipt on the table.

"Ah? You paid the money, I agreed to pay it." Wang Zi said when he saw the receipt.

"Next time, wait until you make money from writing books before inviting me." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"Oh well."

She just secretly looked at the amount on the receipt.

Nearly 40 yuan.

Half a month's salary is gone

If I didn't live in Fang Minghua's courtyard for free, no matter how frugal I was, I could barely get by in Yanjing with a salary of 100 yuan, not to mention buying books.

Not long after, when she heard the call, the girl hurried over to bring the plate, and the two began to eat.

Fang Minghua was indeed not very interested in this stuff, but Wang Zi ate it deliciously.

Originally, Fang Minghua wanted to remind him that this stuff is high in calories and will make you gain weight easily, but when he thought about it, how many times a year can a girl come here to eat it?

And the girl is not fat either.

The two chatted while eating.

Literature soon came to mind.

"Teacher Fang, that book you wrote is really great!" Wang Zi said.

"'Skywalker'?"

"Yes, those teachers are really amazing."

"In rural areas, especially in the northwest, there are many such teachers." Fang Minghua said lightly: "There is a place where I jumped in line. I went there once last summer." Fang Minghua told what he saw and heard in Baiyin Bench Village. girl.

"It turns out that the stories in your book are all based on prototypes." The girl was eating a hamburger and looked surprised when she heard this.

"Of course, art comes from life. What good things can you write by sitting in the room and making up things?"

After hearing this, Wang Zi fell into deep thought and suddenly said again.

"What to decide?"

Wang Zi put down the hamburger in his hand and said, "I decided to go to the Northwest to support teaching!"

"You're going to teach?!" Fang Minghua raised his head and looked at him in surprise.

"That's right, Uncle Fang, do you think my academic qualifications are not enough? I signed up for a correspondence course at Yan'an Normal University two years ago and graduated last summer with a technical secondary school diploma." Wang Zi explained quickly.

"That's not what I meant." Fang Minghua's expression became serious:

"Conditions in the Northwest are very difficult! Don't read this book I wrote, or listen to the stories I told you and act on impulse!"

"No, Uncle Fang. In fact, I had this idea some time ago. Project Hope is now being promoted on TV and radio. It not only calls on everyone to donate money and materials to poor students in rural areas, but also calls on college students to teach in poor areas. It talks about youth funds. There is also a special teaching project in the association.”

"what else?"

"I have been in Yanjing for almost three years. I want to go out and see the vast northwest described in your book. You don't have to worry that I can't endure hardships. I left Shanghai and came to Yanjing when I was less than 17 years old. I suffered a lot, but I didn't tell you." The girl looked very indifferent.

Fang Minghua was silent.

After a while, he said: "Wang Zi, I respect your choice. Let's do this. If you are determined to teach, I know the organizer of the foundation. I will see if you can go to the place where I joined the team. I am familiar with that place and I also know the local people. It will be convenient for you to go there."

"Great! I really want to go to the place you wrote about." The girl clapped her hands happily.

"Okay, you go and sign up first, and I will contact my friends in the foundation tomorrow."

After the meal, Fang Minghua, who was beaten by the two, sent the girl to the gate of his courtyard house and gave her a few instructions before leaving.

"Uncle Fang, there will be no one to help you watch the door after I leave." The girl suddenly said.

"It's okay, I'll ask someone to come and see it often. Anyway, there's nothing valuable in the yard." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"If I come back to Yanjing from teaching in the Northwest, can I still live here?"

"Yes, you can if you want."

"Thank you, Uncle Fang, goodbye!"

"Goodbye!"

Seeing the girl close the door, Fang Minghua turned and left.

Fang Minghua really didn't expect Wang Zi to make such a decision.

In history, this girl named Mianmian didn't seem to have this experience. She basically lived in big cities like Yanjing and Shencheng, which are the most developed cities in the country but are also full of decadent and corrupt atmosphere.

So the novels she wrote are also full of such atmosphere between the lines.

Come to think of it, it's good to go there. Her life will change dramatically, right?

Since Fang Minghua promised Wang Zi, Fang Minghua called Yu Hailong, the deputy secretary-general of the Youth Foundation, the next morning, and explained her purpose after a few greetings.

In order to make Wang Zi go to Jingtai County, Baiyin to teach, Fang Minghua also emphasized that Wang Zi was his relative - his niece.

Yu Hailong naturally agreed and said that once Wang Zi signed up, he would contact Baiyin, Gansu Province and make arrangements.

After the matter was done, Fang Minghua was going to buy an afternoon ticket back to Yanjing, but at lunch, he received a call from Song Tangtang.

"Minghua, don't come back for the time being. Shu Bin organized a promotional event to promote your book and asked you to sign and sell books in big cities such as Yanjing and Shencheng."