Literary Master 1978

Lin Chaoyang said he wanted to invite A Mao to his home for dinner, but he didn't go that day.

He had to explain the situation to the Overseas Students Office first and get permission from the Overseas Students Office, so the meal was put on the evening of the next day.

After work that day, Lin Chaoyang took A Mao back home and found five unfamiliar faces.

"Brother-in-law, these are my classmates, and they live in the same dormitory with me."

Tao Yumo introduced the classmates to Lin Chaoyang one by one. Several female college students looked at Lin Chaoyang with shy faces and curious eyes.

As early as the beginning of the school year, they learned from their teachers that Tao Yumo was the daughter of Professor Tao of the History Department, and her brother-in-law was the famous Xu Lingjun.

Several girls studied law and were not interested in history, but few college students of this generation were not literary youths.

The name Xu Lingjun was very attractive to them, especially in the past few months, when Xu Lingjun's name and his works had formed an overwhelming trend among readers.

In May, "Yenching Literature and Art" published "Little Shoes", and the novel became popular; in July, "October" published "The Inevitable Rise and Decline of Scar Literature", which caused a great discussion in the literary world; at the end of August, "People's Literature" published "The Wreath under the Mountain", which became popular all over the country in less than a month...

How could these female students not be excited to be able to personally meet such a popular writer?

"Sit down, sit down, sit down, everyone." Lin Chaoyang smiled and arranged to entertain the guests, and pressed A Mao in the middle of several girls, "A Mao, you talk to some female classmates."

Lin Chaoyang made A Mao very happy, like Zhu Bajie entering the Pansi Cave, his mouth was almost open to his heels, and he chatted with several girls in half-baked Chinese.

Although several female classmates like writers, they are also curious about foreigners. The most important thing is that everyone learns English. They have no problem memorizing the knowledge in books, but speaking has always been a problem.

Today, a yellow-haired foreigner came to practice with him. Everyone was very enthusiastic. Even Tao Yushu couldn't help but practice with A Mao.

A Mao, who was originally very happy, gradually turned his smile into a mask of pain when facing a group of girls whose English was worse than his Chinese.

With A Mao standing in front, Lin Chaoyang didn't need to deal with endless questions from everyone. He happily ate melon seeds and felt much more relaxed.

A group of young people were chatting outside, but the kitchen was gloomy. There were six more guests at home. They had to treat them with good food and drinks, right?

This burden naturally fell on Tao's mother. The workload suddenly increased. It would be strange if she was in a good mood.

"One or two, they just want to tire me to death!"

But she was just having fun. She didn't miss the dishes when it was time.

At night, everyone left. She was so tired that her waist and back ached, and she lay on the bed and groaned.

At this time, Tao Yushu suddenly ran over and kept asking her about her well-being. Tao's mother was cold on the surface, but she felt very happy in her heart.

In the end, Tao Yushu took out the coat that he was going to give to his aunt Qi Hongying as a reward for his mother's hard work. After a few sarcastic remarks, Tao's mother accepted it with peace of mind.

Back in the room, Tao Yushu proudly gestured to Lin Chaoyang.

That day when he went to Du's house, Qi Hongying did not take the coat, but asked Tao Yushu to give it to Tao's mother.

Tao Yushu knew her mother's temper too well. If she was given something that her aunt didn't want, she would say on the spot: "Do you think I'm a beggar?"

So she waited for a few days and waited for this good opportunity. Tao's mother had done so much work and complained in her heart. At this time, there was a compensation, and she would definitely not resist it so much.

"Wife, who did you learn this set of things from?"

Lin Chaoyang asked, holding Tao Yushu's shoulders.

It is said that understanding the world is knowledge, and being familiar with human nature is writing. Lin Chaoyang felt that his wife was neither like his father nor his mother in this regard, as if she had learned it by herself.

"I was forced by the environment."

Lin Chaoyang thought about his mother-in-law's temper and felt that she was probably the environment.

In October, the autumn was in full swing, the sky was clear, and the treetops on both sides of Weiming Lake were turning from green to yellow, with distinct layers.

That noon, Lin Chaoyang had just finished lunch and was taking a walk by the lake when he met Chen Jiangong who was walking from Triangle.

"Chaoyang, I'm looking for you!"

"What's the matter?"

"The play our class is doing will premiere the day after tomorrow, come and support us!"

"Sure."

The play Chen Jiangong was talking about was not the one he wrote, but the one written by his classmate Li Chun, and the title of the play was "Beautiful Love".

The play was written by Li Chun during the summer vacation, and the students of the Chinese Department started to work on it after school started, and it was scheduled to premiere the day after tomorrow, which is October 10.

Chen Jiangong was inspired by Beautiful Love when he wrote Conscience. Conscience is being actively rehearsed recently, but it probably won't be performed for a while.

After returning home in the evening, Lin Chaoyang told his family member Tao Yushu about the drama rehearsal of the Chinese Department of the Class of 1977.

Dramas have been popular in recent years, and college students have unprecedented enthusiasm for dramas. Tao Yushu was also very interested when she heard about it and planned to go and see it together.

On the day of the performance, she and Lin Chaoyang went to the auditorium of the Yanda Office Building.

Today, the Chinese Department students were performing a drama, and the teachers and students of the Chinese Department were more enthusiastic than anyone else. In addition, there were many teachers and students from other departments. The seats in the auditorium were filled up by a student drama.

When Lin Chaoyang came in, he saw Chen Jiangong waving to him, but he happened to meet an acquaintance, so he could only say hello first.

"Brother Zicheng!"

"Chaoyang!"

Previously, Hong Zicheng approached Lin Chaoyang to exchange his views on scar literature. It turned out that Lin Chaoyang had profound insights into contemporary literature. He introduced Lin Chaoyang as a confidant, and later chatted with him again.

The two greeted each other, and Hong Zicheng asked Lin Chaoyang and his wife to sit next to him.

There were no tickets for today's performance, so teachers and students could sit wherever they wanted, but the students still tacitly agreed to give the front row seats to the teachers.

Hong Zicheng warmly invited him, but Lin Chaoyang couldn't refuse. He sat down with Tao Yushu. Over there, Chen Jiangong was a little surprised to see him sitting in the row with the teachers.

"Why is Chaoyang sitting in the teacher's row?" Zhang Yaozhong also saw Lin Chaoyang and asked.

"He is not a student. Besides, there are no separate seats today. Everyone can sit wherever they want."

Zhang Yaozhong stretched his neck to look, "Is that Teacher Hong next to him? When did the relationship between the two of them become so good?"

"How could I know!" Chen Jiangong said in a faint tone.

He used to think that everyone was good brothers, but who would have thought that you, Lin Chaoyang, would sneak into the ranks of the teachers. Isn't this betrayal of the revolution?

"Beautiful Love" tells the story of Zhuzi, a young man who took the college entrance examination in 1977, and went on a blind date at the house of a girl named Meili.

The beautiful father is a bit snobbish. During the blind date, through the conversation with Zhu Zhu, he felt that Zhu Zhu might be admitted to college, and then felt that Zhu Zhu would not be admitted to college. Therefore, his attitude was repeated several times, which was basically a satirical comedy.

The participants in this drama are all students from the Chinese Department, but they are of different ages. They span the classes of 1976, 1977, and 1978. Liu Zhida, who was born in 1977, acted as the director and the "father" of one of the starring actors. There are also students who were born in 1976. Xia Yinfa, 77-level Wu Beiling, Wang Xiaoping, Huang Beijia acted as actors and others.

Costumes and props were borrowed by students from everywhere, and stage scenery and posters were painted by students with painting talents. Students who had worked as technical workers were responsible for installing amplification equipment and iodine tungsten lamps...

Although the team is amateur, the effect of "Beautiful Love" is unexpectedly good.

Perhaps because of the students' full devotion, or perhaps because of the audience's tolerance, the auditorium was overcrowded on the first day of the performance. There was constant laughter during the performance, and it won applause from all the audience after the performance.

The teachers and students in the auditorium cheered and celebrated the success of the drama's premiere.

In the following days, "Beautiful Love" became the hottest topic on YSU campus. Curious college students rushed into the auditorium and the performance venue was full.

So much so that even the library, which is always crowded, becomes deserted every time there is a performance.

The successful performance of "Beautiful Love" not only stimulated the campus drama craze at Yan'an University, but also attracted the attention of other universities, including students from Yan'an Normal University where Tao Yushu studied.

That night, Tao Yushu was writing on the desk, and Lin Chaoyang thought she was writing comments again.

After glancing at the content on the paper, he found that the format was a bit wrong. He asked, "Jade Book, what are you writing?"

"script."

"Script? Why are you writing a script?"

Tao Yushu stopped writing and said: "Beautiful Love" has become popular recently, and many schools want to organize student dramas. Of course, our school cannot be left behind. Our Chinese department is a writer, and I usually publish a lot of works. So everyone entrusted this task to me.”

"Have you ever written a script?"

"No!" Tao Yushu said, with a look of distress on his face, "I do know the format, but I have no idea about how to write it."

"You should ask big brother for help with this matter!"

"Ask him for help?" Tao Yushu seemed to have heard some joke, "Come on, he's from the drama department. He wrote a script for the school as a gift and hasn't even reviewed it, so why should I expect him?"

"If one person is short-term, two people are wise!"

Lin Chaoyang persuaded Tao Yushu to find her elder brother for help, but she focused on Lin Chaoyang.

"You just asked me to find him, why can't you help?"

The word "danger" hung clearly in front of his eyes, and he said with firm eyes: "I am considering that my eldest brother has more experience in drama creation. If you don't dislike me, then I will definitely be willing to help."

Seeing his statement, Tao Yushu nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, then you can also help me think about what I should write."

Lin Chaoyang sat down, like a dog-headed strategist, "Daughter-in-law, you can't be like headless chickens. At the very least, you must have some creative direction and ideas."

"Creative direction and ideas?" Tao Yushu pondered for a moment and shook his head, "No. If you have to say something, it is to surpass Yanda."

Yes, they are indeed college students who are very brave when their brains get hot.

"Please help me think about it." Tao Yushu begged.

The daughter-in-law had already spoken, so it was naturally difficult for Lin Chaoyang to refuse.

He has watched many dramas in later generations, but there are not many dramas that are in line with the social atmosphere and background of the current era.

After thinking about it, he actually thought of a drama, but wouldn't it be overkill for such a fine work to be used as a training work for students?

"Do you have any ideas?"

Tao Yushu seemed to think of him as a robot cat. He would get an idea as soon as he took his hand into his pocket, and would ask him again after a while.

She was not used to relying on others, whether in study or life. After marrying Lin Chaoyang, she rarely needed his help. Today, she suddenly relied on him from an upward perspective, and Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but feel a little proud.

"Yes!" Lin Chaoyang said cruelly.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s high-quality or not, as long as the wife is happy.

"Really?" Tao Yushu immediately jumped up after hearing this, "Tell me, tell me."

Lin Chaoyang smiled lovingly and said to her: "Do you still remember the last time we..."

The story was in Lin Chaoyang's mind, and it left a deep impression on him. He knew every character and every line in it by heart.

His tone was calm and unhurried, and the story slowly flowed out of his mouth. Tao Yushu was unconsciously immersed in it and was dazzled.

After speaking for about half an hour, Lin Chaoyang finally said in a lamenting tone: "The curtain slowly fell, closing everything inside, leaving only the couplet."

Tao Yushu was immersed in the story he weaved, and the aftertaste was long, and he did not come back to his senses for a long time.

"That's great. Did you come up with this story?" Tao Yushu asked.

Lin Chaoyang shook his head and said with a smile: "How can I be so good? How can I come up with such a complete story in such a short time? It was an idea I had when I went to the city to eat."

Tao Yushu's eyes flashed, "No wonder, you can speak so well. I feel it is more complete and outstanding than the scripts I usually learn in class. You can really hold back, you have thought so carefully, and you still Haven’t started writing?”

"Isn't this a lack of life? I'm afraid that what I write will be too superficial."

Listening to her husband's words, Tao Yushu showed some admiration. What she admired most was her husband's rigor and seriousness in creation.

"This time you are doing a student drama, so it doesn't matter. Write a first draft first and polish it later!"

Lin Chaoyang was thinking very hard about her mischief with her classmates. She felt both the happiness of being valued and cared for, and some guilt in her heart.

"Am I too willful?"

"Willful? What kind of willfulness?" Lin Chaoyang slapped his chest, "You can pamper your own daughter-in-law, let alone one drama. As long as your daughter-in-law needs it, there is no problem with ten dramas."

At this moment, two words clearly flashed on his face:

Licking the dog!