Back to 80: My Literary Life

After Dick finished the introduction, Li Li looked at Fang Minghua.

"How about we buy this set? The educational resources here are good."

"OK."

Fang Minghua agreed happily.

The asking price of this villa is US$1.08 million, which is relatively expensive in San Francisco. Of course, Fang Minghua cannot agree immediately.

There were some legal issues involved, so I called Meng Dawen and asked him to send a lawyer to assist - for a fee, of course.

At noon the next day, Fang Minghua and Li Li, together with their lawyers, drove to Kewei International Real Estate and learned some bargaining. Finally, the deal was settled for 990,000 yuan, and various taxes and fees had to be paid, which came down to nearly 1.1 million US dollars.

There is no housing authority in the United States similar to that in China. Transfer procedures are generally handled at a title company.

"Write your name on the real estate certificate." Fang Minghua said to Li Li.

"The house you bought" Li Li hesitated.

"You are so different from me? What's yours and mine?" Fang Minghua replied and ordered the staff to handle it as he wished.

Li Li said nothing more.

After the transfer procedures were completed and the keys were obtained, the house belonged to Li Li completely. The two of them prepared to move and worked hard for several days before finally moving from the original community to Seacliff.

Li Li was humming a song and arranging clothes in the bedroom, while Fang Minghua stood on the balcony on the second floor and looked at the surrounding scenery.

The environment here is indeed much better than where Li Li originally lived, with green trees and lawns, not far away there are children playing happily and the occasional luxury car passing by.

Of course, compared with those real luxury houses with KTV, swimming pool, miniature golf course, helipad, art collection room, and wine cellar, it is still far behind.

Let’s talk about it later.

"Minghua! Come on."

Hearing Li Li calling him in the bedroom, Fang Minghua left the balcony.

"Look, do these curtains have a good color? I want to change them to something like this." Li Li asked enthusiastically, holding the curtain pattern provided by Springmaid Company.

"Okay, okay, as long as you like."

Although she checked in with her bags, Li Li still changed many of the accessories in the room to her favorites.

Women are like this.

Today is January 27th, which is also the traditional Laba Festival in China. Fang Minghua and Li Li drove out and went straight to the airport after eating in the morning. Song Tangtang came to San Francisco with her two children to celebrate the new year.

The Spring Festival of 1996 came late, so the winter vacation was relatively late. As soon as the two children had the vacation, they couldn't wait for their mother to take them to the United States.

One said he wanted to see his father, and the other said he wanted to see his aunt.

Fang Minghua and Li Li didn't wait long in the airport departure hall when they saw Song Tangtang walking out of the customs channel dragging a trolley suitcase, followed by two children.

She was wearing a gray woolen coat, high-waisted leather boots, and sunglasses, looking very elegant.

"cousin!"

"Ruirui! Lele!"

Li Li ran over like a child and hugged Song Tangtang.

"Cousin, I haven't seen you for more than half a year, and I find that you are becoming more and more charming." Li Li praised her sincerely.

She thought she was pretty good-looking, but in terms of temperament, Song Tangtang always overshadowed her.

Song Tangtang took off his sunglasses and looked at his cousin carefully.

The look on his face and his mood are much better than before.

Sure enough, women need nourishment from men.

That's fine, this way the lingering guilt deep inside me will be alleviated a lot.

Fang Minghua also hurriedly walked over, bent down and hugged the two children, and kissed them hard on their little faces.

It's sometimes annoying to see them being naughty and mischievous when I'm at home, but after being away for a few months, I feel very concerned about them.

Finally, Li Li hugged Ruirui and took her cousin's arm. Fang Minghua dragged the suitcase with one hand and his son with the other, and together they walked out of the terminal hall to the parking lot and got into a car and headed straight to the city.

Arriving at the small villa Fang Minghua just bought in Seacliff, the two children got out of the car. Ruirui looked at the house in front of her and immediately said, "Wow, my aunt's house is so beautiful, much more beautiful than mine."

"Ruirui, why don't you go back to China? How about you and your aunt living in the United States?" Li Li said with a smile.

"Okay. But my mother doesn't agree." The little girl replied immediately.

"Okay, Lili, stop teasing her." Song Tangtang quickly interrupted: "How can you not go back? I can't bear to let her come."

"Cousin, when Rui Rui Lele gets older, she can really come to the United States to study in college or even high school. The teaching quality here is indeed better than that in China." Li Li said as she walked.

"We'll talk about it when the time comes. Let's lay the foundation first. Don't let the time come when you can't even learn Chinese well."

The two sisters chatted, but Fang Minghua didn't interrupt at this time.

After packing their luggage and tidying up the room, everyone went to the living room to chat around the stove. The little cat Huahua became the group favorite, and the two children couldn't put it down.

"Minghua, let me tell you something." Song Tangtang turned sideways and said to her husband:

"Before I left, I received a call from Han Shaogong. He said that Hainan's "Tianya" magazine has been revised. He is now the president and has created a special column called "Writer's Viewpoint" and invites you to write."

Of course Fang Minghua had heard of "Tianya" magazine, which is a magazine sponsored by the Qiong Province Writers Association and has always been tepid in China. When Han Shaogong became the president, after the revision of "Tianya", the magazine's circulation increased significantly and it became the first square of domestic magazines.

The revision of Tianya magazine was also rated as one of the top ten events in the domestic literary world in 1996 by Xinmin Evening News, ranking second!

This shows how influential this event is.

There seems to be a certain relationship between this magazine and the Tianya community on the Internet. It is said that Tianya community was originally called Tianya Virtual Community, which is an online version of Tianya magazine.

Now hearing Song Tangtang say this, Fang Minghua smiled and replied: "I am abroad now, and I have to go back to write if I want to."

"Well, I said the same thing to Han Shaogong." Song Tangtang replied: "I heard that this time Han Shaogong invited famous writers such as Zhang Chengzhi, Shi Tiesheng, Su Tong, Ye Zhaoyan to write, and also invited French writer Milan Kundera!"

"Milan Kundera? Is he the writer of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"? " Li Li interrupted.

"Yes, it's him!" Song Tangtang replied.

"Not surprising." Fang Minghua smiled and said, "A few years ago, Han Shaogong translated his book. His novel style is very influenced by Milan Kundera."

"It seems that Han Shaogong is quite powerful." Li Li said again.

"Well, among domestic literati, he and Zhang Xianliang are both more fond of tossing, but Zhang Xianliang is a businessman, and he runs newspapers and magazines. The former is mainly for making money and the latter is for conveying ideas. In a sense, Han Shaogong is an idealist." Fang Minghua said.

After hearing this, Li Li fell into thought, but Song Tangtang glanced at Fang Minghua.

"You don't like to toss?"

"Me? I like to be lazy."

"Puchi" Li Li couldn't help laughing.

"Dad, Mom, Auntie." Seeing the three people chatting enthusiastically, Ruirui was a little unhappy: "I'm hungry!"

"Auntie will cook for you, what do you like to eat?" Li Li asked immediately.

"We want to eat McDonald's!"

The two children said in unison.