Literary Master 1978

On this weekend, Du Feng came to Tao's house early in the morning and mysteriously pulled Lin Chaoyang out of the door.

Some time ago, Lin Chaoyang asked Du Feng to help find a house. It has been two or three months, and there is finally some movement on his side.

"This is the house of my junior high school classmate's uncle's house. The older generation bought three houses before liberation and has property rights."

Du Feng led Lin Chaoyang all the way to the large courtyard near Weigong Village. It was originally a second-entry courtyard with more than a dozen houses divided among seven or eight families. There are many earthquake-resistant sheds built in the courtyard, presumably during the earthquakes a few years ago, and the remaining dirt road is less than two meters wide.

It was morning at this time, and people were coming and going in the courtyard. Some people went out to fill the chamber pots. The smell every time they walked by was more pungent than the biting cold wind in the morning.

Some earthquake shelters have been converted into kitchens. They are cooking at the moment, and there is a lot of water vapor inside and outside the house.

Two strangers, Lin Chaoyang and Du Feng, entered the courtyard and attracted the attention of several residents. Everyone's eyes were vaguely on the two.

Before even looking at the house, Lin Chaoyang's brows were already frowning slightly.

The living environment in the large courtyards of this era was much worse than he imagined!

Especially since it is still winter, in comparison, the conditions of my father-in-law's apartment building are much better.

However, after coming, he still followed Du Feng and took a look at the house.

The house is a three-room house in the east wing, with a total area of ​​40 to 50 square meters. It is enough for Lin Chaoyang and his wife to live in. According to the current housing standards, it will be enough even if they have several children in the future.

According to statistics, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the per capita living area in Yanjing City was only 4.55 square meters.

The head of the household was away, and it was the son-in-law of the household who took Lin Chaoyang and the others to look at the house.

After looking at the house, Du Feng saw that Lin Chaoyang's expression was normal, so he knew that he must not be satisfied. After a few polite words with the son-in-law of the householder, the two of them came out.

"Brother-in-law, are you not satisfied?" Du Feng asked.

"Yeah, it's worse than I expected."

It's not that Lin Chaoyang can't accept the poor housing conditions, but since he already wants to spend money to buy a house, he naturally wants to improve the housing standards. Otherwise, he might as well just "wait", "depend" and "want" like other people at this time.

"There is no way. There are really few people selling houses, and they can't be too far away from Yan University and Yan Normal University." Du Feng explained.

"I understand, thank you for your hard work." Lin Chaoyang patted Du Feng on the shoulder.

"Actually, if you two are not afraid of trouble, our colleagues in the regiment have a courtyard house near Xisi. Their house is not expensive, just three thousand yuan."

Lin Chaoyang's heart moved when he heard this. A courtyard house worth three thousand yuan was very cheap even after entering the courtyard. It was in Xicheng.

"First entry? Why is it so cheap?"

"My family lives in the main house, and there are two families occupying the other houses."

No wonder it’s cheap, there are issues left over from history.

When he thought about the distance from Xisi to Yanda, the idea that just arose in Lin Chaoyang's heart was extinguished.

He would be able to raise three thousand yuan over time, but the ownership of the house was unclear and the distance was so far away that it was too unrealistic.

What he and Tao Yushu have to solve now is the real housing problem.

After seeing the state of the quadrangle (large courtyard), Lin Chaoyang felt that the couple's first choice would be an apartment building or a tube building. Comfort is still the first priority. Siheyuan can be purchased later.

On December 5th, Lin Chaoyang came to Yan Normal University again after get off work.

"The First Floor in the World" has been rehearsed for more than 20 days, which is a long time for a student drama.

The rehearsal time for Yanda's "Beautiful Love" and "Conscience" is basically the same, but different from the two, "The First Floor in the World" is a three-act play.

According to the previous rehearsal time, the performance time of the entire drama reached one and a half hours, and this was despite Lin Chaoyang's repeated streamlining.

Seeing that there were only a few days until the December 9th Capital College Art Performance, Huang Huilin felt that it was time to turn up the heat and let the students perform in front of the audience.

Otherwise, if I don't go on stage for the first time until December 9th, my mouth and legs will be trembling by then, and it will be bad if there is an accident during the performance.

"The First Floor in the World" has been in preparation for nearly a month. Lin Chaoyang, a popular writer, was invited to write the script. Huang Huilin, an associate professor of the Chinese Department, was the leader. More than 50 students from six departments of Yantai Normal University were mobilized to participate.

Not to mention "Beautiful Love" and "Conscience", even ordinary theater performances rarely have such a large scale.

Huang Huilin approached Jia Zhen, a high-ranking official of the Party Committee of Yan Normal University, for the smooth rehearsal of "The First Floor in the World". After some communication, the school opened the auditorium for students to rehearse the drama, and specially approved a fund of 2,000 yuan.

The momentum of preparations for "The First Floor in the World" alone is much greater than that of ordinary student dramas.

As soon as the news of the premiere was released, it immediately spread throughout the YNU campus.

In the evening, students who came upon hearing the news surrounded the entrance of the auditorium.

Fortunately, all the school leaders came to watch the show today, and the security personnel responded quickly, maintaining order in time and arranging for the students to enter in an orderly manner.

When Lin Chaoyang arrived outside the auditorium, there was a long queue at the door. He wanted to enter the auditorium, but the security guard didn't recognize him. He didn't have a student ID card, so he could only worry.

Lin Chaoyang was about to ask the security guards to help him enter the auditorium to find someone to prove his identity, when he heard someone calling him from behind.

"Chaoyang! Chaoyang!"

Lin Chaoyang looked and saw that it was Chen Jiangong and Zhang Yaozhong.

"Why are you two here?"

"I heard that "The Best Restaurant in the World" was going to be performed this afternoon, so I hurried over. You are really mean. You didn't tell me that the play was about to premiere." Chen Jiangong complained after explaining.

In recent days, "The Best Restaurant in the World" has been spreading among teachers and students of Yanshi University, and some students have praised it in various ways.

At this time, students from major universities are closely connected, and this kind of news naturally spread to other universities. However, word of mouth often cannot convey much useful information, especially "The Best Restaurant in the World" is a relatively complex script with relatively complex content and structure.

So despite the fact that it was well-known before, many people from other schools who were concerned about this play only knew that it was based on Quanjude and told the rise and fall of a roast duck restaurant.

"You... didn't go in either?" Chen Jiangong understood Lin Chaoyang's situation, and his smile was full of sarcasm when he spoke.

Before Lin Chaoyang could answer him, Tao Yushu walked out of the auditorium.

"Chaoyang!" She called Lin Chaoyang, and saw Chen Jiangong and Zhang Yaozhong again, "You are here too?"

"We came here to spy on the enemy!" Zhang Yaozhong joked.

Tao Yushu smiled, "Come in quickly."

With her leading the way, the few people entered the auditorium.

The auditorium of Yanshi University is almost the same size as that of Yan University, with more than a thousand seats, and now it has been filled with students from Yanshi University.

The students are full of expectations for the upcoming drama, and they gather together to whisper and talk to each other, filling the huge auditorium with a noisy sound.

Lin Chaoyang is the behind-the-scenes hero of "The World's No. 1 Restaurant", and his seat was arranged in the middle of the front row.

Chen Jiangong and Zhang Yaozhong came in for free, and were arranged in the middle of the back row, with a good angle and view, the only regret is that it is a bit far from the stage.

Chen Jiangong looked around. It seemed that there were more people in the auditorium not long after he sat down. He looked at the back. Because there were too many students, they seemed to have to occupy the aisle.

He stood up and looked around the seats around him. He found several familiar faces, all of whom were active members of various colleges and universities who were keen on social activities.

"The students are really enthusiastic!" he muttered.

"It seems that everyone is looking forward to Chaoyang's script." Zhang Yaozhong said with a smile.

"It has been rumored for a month. Everyone must be curious."

As the two talked, the security guards over there were already maintaining order and asking the students to calm down.

At this time, in the front row, Lin Chaoyang was being introduced to several school leaders of Yanshi University and several senior professors of the Chinese Department by Huang Huilin.

"Thank you Comrade Chaoyang for your support for our Yanshi University." Jia Zhen, a senior party official of Yanshi University, said with a smile and shook hands with Lin Chaoyang.

"You're welcome."

Huang Huilin said with a smile: "Comrade Chaoyang and classmate Yushu are a loving couple. They are also a family of Yanshi University."

Jia Zhen laughed out loud, "Yes, yes, we are all a family."

After a few words of gossip, the atmosphere in the auditorium gradually quieted down. The curtain on the stage was closed. Time slowly came to half past six. The lights in the auditorium dimmed. Everyone knew that the drama was about to begin.

"In the summer of 1917, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, under the call of his people that 'the imperial system must be maintained and the people want the old master', was escorted by the pigtailed general Zhang Xun and took the throne again.

The old and young people inside and outside the Forbidden City were immediately excited, digging out the court clothes that had been pressed at the bottom of the box for many years, and continued to put on real and fake pigtails. The streets were full of ancestors.

According to the tradition of our Chinese nation, the only way to express a happy mood is to eat.

So, the meat market in Qianmen was noisy like a last gasp."

Accompanied by the female voice narration, the curtain opened.

Zhengyangmen, also known as Qianmen. Under the feet of the emperor, the population is dense and the market is prosperous. The essence of the capital is here.

Shops, teahouses, theaters and stalls are lined up one after another. People are bustling during the day and the lights are brilliant at night. It has been prosperous for five hundred years and has been particularly lively in recent days.

There are restaurants on both sides of the small alley called Roushikou outside Zhengyangmen. Each restaurant has its own unique flavor. The most representative one is the roast duck that is famous in Beijing. The old brand "Fujude" is located in Roushikou.

At dinner time, Roushikou is very lively. The kitchen stoves of various restaurants are frying, stir-frying, and deep-frying. The waiters are busy greeting the guests, and the diners are toasting and playing guessing games.

The family business of the old Tang family of Fujude has now been passed down to the third generation. There are three plaques hanging side by side on the lintel in the middle of the door.

"Fujude" is in the middle, "Chicken and Duck Shop" is on the right, and "Lao Lu Pu" is on the left. These are the three businesses of Fujude: roast duck, raw chicken and duck, and Su box.

There are two large wooden basins on the left side of the front hall, and apprentices are sitting next to them, plucking duck feathers with nimble hands and feet.

Along the wall, a row of wooden racks are hung with freshly-opened duck embryos. The ducks are all blown up and painted with sugar color. Each duck is plump, tender, white, and very fat.

On the right side of the front hall is Fujude's century-old oven, with red bricks on the ground and the fire always burning. There is a couplet at the mouth of the oven: The golden oven keeps burning for a thousand years, and the silver hook always hangs a hundred delicious flavors.

The stage scenery was made by Yanshi students and school workers. The result was a little rough, but the lights on the stage covered up many flaws, making it look decent and a bit like a drama stage.

From the street, the sound of gongs and drums of Guanghelou Peking Opera was faintly heard. Mixed with the sounds of eating, laughing, and guessing.

Drama is not only an art of performance, but also an art of stage scenery and sound. For these street sounds, students have put a lot of effort.

The environment setting for the opening of the first act of "The World's No. 1 Restaurant" consumed a lot of energy from the students and school workers of the crew, but the results were also remarkable. In just a few tens of seconds after the curtain was opened, the audience was completely immersed in the drama.

The background of the first act is that the emperor has ascended the throne again. Various characters appear in the meat market of Fujude in Qianmen, including the police who took advantage of the dragon flag to take advantage of the situation, the old man Kewu who is shaking up again, the smart and sweet waiter Changgui, and the master chef Luo Datou who is proud of his merits and wants wages...

The old shopkeeper of Fujude is old, and the two young masters in the family are useless. He is afraid that the family business will be ruined. The second shopkeeper Wang Zixi helps the old shopkeeper to find his fellow apprentice Lu Mengshi. But Lu Mengshi sees that Fujude is in trouble both inside and outside, and does not want to take over this mess.

In the end, the old shopkeeper shouted "Lu Mengshi" on his deathbed, and finally let Lu Mengshi take over Fujude.

So far, the first act ends. When the stage changes, Zhang Yaozhong comes to his senses and whispers to Chen Jiangong: "Jiangong, Chaoyang is a play... not ordinary!"

He held back for a long time before he could say this.

An expert knows whether it is good or not as soon as he makes a move.

Not everyone can write a good play, but everyone can see a good play.

Although it is only the first act, the contemporary atmosphere, the vivid characterization and the story with just the right beginning, development and ending all show the excellence of this play to the audience.

Chen Jiangong had a complicated expression at this time. The light in the auditorium was dim. Zhang Yaozhong only saw his lips stammering, and it took a long time before he made a sound.

"It's really extraordinary. This first act alone is not at the same level. I really didn't expect..."

His eyes revealed a bit of unwillingness, but he had to face reality.

"... Chaoyang's script is so good!"