Back to 80: My Literary Life

As soon as this cousin came, she took her place?

Well, Fang Minghua had no choice but to go to the guest room.

It's late at night, the north wind is blowing outside, and the room is well heated.

Li Li was wearing the cotton pajamas prepared for her by Song Tangtang, and the two sisters were half lying on the bed chatting.

"I think my brother-in-law is getting bolder and bolder, and he actually dares to write official novels! He adopts the structuralist narrative method from Tsvetan Todoro, and at the same time uses binary opposition. More importantly, in the creation of the main characters Without profiling, it would be difficult to label typical characters in literary works as good guys or bad guys.

Seeing her cousin talking endlessly about the novel written by her husband, Song Tangtang couldn't help but interrupt: "Okay, okay, you can tell him these things tomorrow morning! Let me ask you, how are you living in the United States now? "

"I'll tell you as soon as you come back. It's fine. It's still the same." Li Li replied.

"Same old?"

"Yes, I take classes, read books, translate novels, and occasionally go shopping with Demi. Oh, by the way, this summer, I took a train to Boston and Philadelphia in the United States by myself, and stayed at Walden Pond. a few days.”

"When I was passing through Iowa, I went to the small town of Winterset in Madison County and saw the Romance Covered Bridge mentioned in my brother-in-law's novel. I even took a photo by the bridge. It's there now. It has become a popular attraction, and many couples planning to get married go there to hold weddings. The priest in the town is busier than the farmers.”

Seeing her cousin talking happily, Song Tangtang sighed quietly in her heart.

"Lili, are you going to keep going like this?"

"Yeah, sure, I think it's pretty good." Li Li looked as if nothing had happened.

"It's better to divorce Chen Jian. I think his gay status will be known to his family sooner or later. You can't just keep pretending like this." Song Tangtang advised.

"His parents already know his sexual orientation." Li Li whispered.

"Then what did his parents say?"

"What can I say? This thing cannot be corrected at all. In September this year, his mother came to me and told me to let me choose whether to divorce him or not."

"Then what else are you thinking about?"

"Actually, sometimes I feel that this is quite good. We are both peaceful. Although the marriage is in name only, it is also a kind of protection to a certain extent. We are less harassed by some annoying people."

"Hey" Song Tangtang couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.

"Okay, cousin." Li Li hugged Song Tangtang's shoulders affectionately: "Don't worry about me. Maybe one day I will figure it out, divorce him, and live alone."

"Ah? Why don't you search again? Lili, you are still young." Song Tangtang hurriedly advised.

"Yeah, well, if I find someone as good as my brother-in-law, I will remarry." Li Li joked.

Song Tangtang looked at her.

"Okay, cousin, let's stop talking and go to sleep. You have to get up early to go to work tomorrow."

"Well, go to sleep. Christmas will be in two days. Don't forget to come to my house to celebrate the holidays with Lele Rui Rui!" Song Tangtang warned again.

"I know, good night."

Soon, the two got into their respective beds, and Li Li fell into a deep sleep not long after turning off the lights.

Listening to his cousin's even breathing, Song Tangtang stared at the ceiling with wide eyes, but couldn't fall asleep.

When Fang Minghua got up the next morning, Song Tangtang had already driven his two children to school. He asked the nanny who was cleaning in the living room.

"Where's Lili? Have you gotten up?"

"Sister Li has already gotten up and is washing up upstairs."

Within two minutes, I saw Li Li coming down from upstairs.

"Come on, Lili, come with me to eat spicy soup outside." Fang Minghua greeted.

"Okay, I haven't eaten for a long time." Li Li replied happily.

The two of them put on their down jackets and went out together.

It was very cold outside. As soon as she went out, Li Li couldn't help but sneeze.

"What? Do you have a cold?" Fang Minghua asked with concern.

"No, the winter in Xijing is colder than that in San Francisco. I felt a little uncomfortable when I first came back."

"Wear more." Fang Minghua glanced at Li Li, who was wearing a down jacket and only a pair of black tights and leather boots.

"Yeah." Li Li was very obedient.

The two chatted while walking, and soon the topic turned to the novel written by Fang Minghua.

“Brother-in-law, although this novel has not been finished yet, I feel that this subject matter will definitely be welcomed by domestic readers.

Politics, officialdom, and anti-corruption. Whether it is domestic or foreign, readers like to read it. Take a look at "House of Cards". The novel is very popular. The BBC adapted it into a TV series and it was also well received. Even Americans like to read it. . "

"No, Lili, please don't compare my novel to "House of Cards", otherwise I will make a mistake!" Fang Minghua said, half joking and half serious.

"I understand, brother-in-law, I'm just telling you. When you finish writing, I will translate it into English for you and publish it in the United States! Who said that our country can't write about officialdom and politics? It can still be done!"

"We've arrived at Lao Sun's house. Lili, how many vegetable boxes will you eat?"

"One is enough, I don't have a big appetite."

Only one.

Fang Minghua suddenly remembered that once the two of them went to Xijing Foreign Languages ​​Institute to visit Professor Mi Ruizhe, and when they came back they went to a street snack shop to eat sour soup dumplings. Li Li couldn't even finish twenty dumplings, and even put some in her bowl. several.

But that was more than ten years ago.

The two of them ate slowly.

"Brother-in-law." Li Li said suddenly.

"Um?"

"Although your official novel is good, I still like to read your warm-hearted novels, like "The Bridge of Lost Dreams" and "The Love of Ghosts" that you wrote in the United States a few years ago. "Yes." Li Li said.

"Do you like reading romance novels?"

"Not entirely, right?" Li Li swallowed the vegetable box in her mouth gracefully, and then said: "Warmth is healing and poetic. I always feel that the world is beautiful."

Oh?

Fang Minghua looked at Li Li in front of him.

Although he is already over thirty years old, Fang Minghua still feels like the girl who wore a white shirt and a blue suspender skirt more than ten years ago and liked to recite poetry.

"Well, after this novel is finished, I will write you an article." Fang Minghua said.

"Um."

1993 is coming to an end. If you look at the entire literary and art world, both the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan have entered unprecedented prosperity.

In the music scene, the 1993 Top Ten Golden Songs Awards Ceremony brought together almost all the big names in the Hong Kong music scene. From Michelle Yeoh to Vivian Chow, from Tony Leung to Nicky Wu, they are either current superstars or they become famous 20 years later. Huang An got ahead by singing "New Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies Dream", and a Beijing girl named Wang Jingwen wrote Dou Wei's first masterpiece, "Unrepentant".

The singer Jacky Cheung's "Kiss Goodbye" sold 4 million copies, pushing Hong Kong pop music to the top. However, unfortunately, there are only three new songs in "Kiss Goodbye", and the remaining seven songs are all covers of old Cantonese works. The originality is insufficient and exhausted. Show. In a sense, Hong Kong Philharmonic is already close to the afterglow of songs.

Deep in the glory, there is also sadness, including the two singers Beyond's Wong Ka Kui who died young, and Chen Baiqiang who died of brain failure.

In the Mainland, in addition to popular songs such as "Seeing Flowers in the Smoke", "The Sound of the Waves Still" and "Xiao Fang" competing against Hong Kong and Taiwan music, rock music has also ushered in its brightest days. The Magic Rock Three Heroes were established, Dou Wei left Black Panther, After starting to compose the album "Black Dream", Zhang Chu released his second solo album "A Heart that Refuses to be Kitsch".

In the literary world, the "Second Eastern Expedition of the Qin Army" hit the literary world in the first half of the year, and in the second half of the year, the discussion of "humanistic spirit" was in full swing.

It took many years for people to understand that this vigorous discussion was actually the best annotation of the end of the short "golden age" of pure literature in the 1980s. "

On the other hand, the "Social Realist Literature Theme Seminar" held in Nanjing, a seemingly inconspicuous academic seminar, soon set off a surge of realist novels in the literary world, and a large number of outstanding literary works focusing on reality appeared one after another. Panoramically describing the process of economic reform and political system reform since the 1990s as well as the problems and conflicts they face. Later generations called this phenomenon the "shock wave of neorealist novels"

In Qin Province, some changes have also taken place in the literary world. Hu Cai, who had served as chairman of the Qin Provincial Writers Association for more than ten years, retired honorably. After the election at the Fourth Congress of the Provincial Writers Association, Chen Zhongshi took over this position.

Originally it was Fang Minghua who had the loudest voice, but he firmly refused because he was busy with the World Chinese Literature Award held every two years.

In fact, I told my family in private, what is the point of being the chairman of the Writers Association? I have to work at work every day, read documents, hold meetings, and study. How can I, the nominal vice chairman, be so free?

Another thing is that Bai Miao, who was the president and editor-in-chief of "Yanhe" at the time, also resigned.