Literary Master 1978

If we take the high-speed rail in the future, it will only take five or six hours from Yanjing to Heilongjiang, the farthest place in the northeast.

Unfortunately, it is still the era of green-skinned trains. Long-distance travel starts at twelve hours. Lin Chaoyang and his friends took a full day and a half to travel, including the time for transfers. Even sitting in a hard sleeper is exhausting.

After getting off the train with great difficulty, Lin Chaoyang saw his father Lin Erchun squatting beside the flower bed at the exit, his face flushed by the cold wind.

"Dad!"

It has been more than a year since they last met. It is very cold now. When Lin Chaoyang thought of his father waiting for them in the cold wind, he felt indescribably moved.

Lin Erchun looked up and saw Lin Chaoyang, and immediately smiled. Then he saw Tao's father and mother standing next to Lin Chaoyang. His smile became more enthusiastic, but also a little embarrassed.

In Lin Erchun's eyes, Tao's father is a great cultural figure in Yanjing, and it is normal to feel a little embarrassed when seeing Tao's father.

"Father-in-law, we finally meet!"

Father Tao came forward and shook Lin Erchun's hand enthusiastically without waiting for Lin Chaoyang to introduce him.

His action immediately relieved Lin Erchun's nervousness, "Father-in-law, you have worked hard all the way and suffered a lot."

After a few pleasantries, Lin Chaoyang and the others learned that Lin Erchun had been waiting at the train station since morning, and it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon.

Thinking of Lin Erchun waiting for several people in the cold wind for several hours, even Mother Tao was a little moved.

"Hurry up, get on the car and go home. It's much colder in our Northeast than in Yanjing."

The car Lin Erchun mentioned was a donkey cart, which was parked in the square of the train station.

He took a few people to put their luggage on the car, and arranged a few people on the car. Just as he was about to drive the car, he slapped his head again, "I almost forgot."

"What did you forget?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

"Wait for me for a while."

Lin Erchun did not answer Lin Chaoyang's question. He got off the bus and trotted towards the state-owned restaurant next to the train station. After a while, he was seen kicking a fierce young man out of the restaurant.

"I told you to go in and warm up for a while, but you got your butt stained, right?" Lin Erchun drove Ermaitai to this side while cursing.

"You went in and rested for only a little while, and I can't warm up for a while?" Ermaitai retorted with a smug look.

Ermaitai saw Lin Chaoyang's face full of joy, "Da...Chaoyang, I heard that you became a great writer!"

Lin Chaoyang introduced Ermaitai to Tao's father and mother, and then the two watched Ermaitai constantly asking Lin Chaoyang about his experience of becoming a "great writer" along the way.

"Chaoyang, how did you become a great writer?"

"I heard from my aunt that the horse herder you wrote about is very popular!"

"Everyone in the team says that being a writer makes money. You can make hundreds of dollars by writing a novel."

...

Er Maitai took the initiative to come to Lin Erchun to pick up Lin Chaoyang today, in order to get first-hand information so that he could brag to the team members after returning.

The donkey cart entered the team and immediately attracted the attention of the naughty children who were playing outside the team, and then attracted the attention of the team members.

A few days ago, Lin Chaoyang wrote a letter to his family, stating the date of his return.

These days, due to the vigorous publicity of Ms. Zhang Guiqin, the news that Lin Chaoyang was going to take his college wife and his father-in-law's family back to his hometown was known to everyone in the team.

The winter in Northeast China is long, and there is no farm work at this time. Every family has nothing to do, and it can be fun to get together and chat. The return of Lin Chaoyang, a great writer, is enough to make the team lively for several days.

After they returned home and sat for a while, the courtyard was surrounded by villagers who came to watch the excitement.

Everyone was tired of seeing Tao Yushu, the college student. This time, everyone's main focus was on the professor of Yan University. Xiaoyangtun had never produced such a cultured person in history.

Tao's father and mother were surrounded by a group of people through the window. They were a little uncomfortable at first, but they gradually adapted after a while.

It gets dark early in winter. It was already dark outside. The meal was almost ready. Zhang Guiqin came to the door and raised her voice.

"Go home for dinner if you should. Are you waiting to eat at my place?"

The professor's in-laws came, and Zhang Guiqin's attitude was more arrogant than usual. It was estimated that even if the commune secretary came today, she would be kicked out.

There is no heavy physical work in the winter in the Northeast. Everyone has two meals. There is no need to eat now. Zhang Guiqin came to kick people out, and many people refused to leave, just wanting to watch the excitement.

When she was in a stalemate with everyone, someone outside suddenly shouted.

"Auntie, let me in, let me in!"

As they were talking, a sturdy man squeezed to the door with a baby in his arms.

"Damingzi, you bastard, why did you bring a child out in such a cold weather?"

Zhang Guiqin cursed, but still let Damingzi in.

Damingzi greeted Lin Chaoyang and the others when he entered the house, and then brought the baby in the swaddling clothes to Mr. Tao.

"Uncle, our child was born only a few days ago, and he hasn't been named yet. You are a cultured person, please give him a name!"

Learning the purpose of Damingzi's visit, Lin Chaoyang and the others didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Father Tao looked at the child with embarrassment and said, "It's better for your family to name the child properly."

"We are all country folk, and the names we give are rustic and ugly, not as good as the names you cultured people give.

Just like your Yushu, she has a nice name, and she is not only beautiful, but also smart. Please help her." Damingzi begged.

Father Tao was helpless. He didn't expect to receive such a task on the first day of his arrival in Northeast China.

"What's your surname? Does your child have a generation name?"

"Our family surname is Li, and the child's generation should be 'Chang'. This one is a boy, just half a month old." Damingzi introduced.

Father Tao stared at the child for a few seconds, pondered for a moment, and said: "Born in the twelfth month, the Han Dynasty's "Customs and Meanings" said: "La means connection, the new and the old are connected, so a big sacrifice is held to report the merits." It is the time to worship ancestors. For the generation name Chang, then add 'Qi', the 'Qi' of praying, what do you think?"

Although Damingzi didn't understand Father Tao's quoting from classics, he knew it was very impressive, "Li Changqi, Li Changqi..."

He repeated the name several times with a happy silly smile on his face.

"It sounds nice, really nice! My son will be called Li Changqi from now on!"

After he finished laughing, he bowed to Tao's father, "Uncle, thank you so much."

Tao's father waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's just a piece of cake."

"You just said, how did this name come from?" Damingzi asked.

Tao's father repeated what he just said, and Damingzi memorized it several times. This is all the capital for bragging to others in the future.

After he finished speaking, he carried the child out of the door, and the people watching the excitement outside were talking about it.

"After all, he is a cultured person. Look at how he gave this name. It's different just by reading it."

"He is a great professor. The names he gave have their origins. Look, this is called quoting classics."

"No wonder Chaoyang can become a great writer. With such a father-in-law, how much knowledge can he learn?"

"Erchun is so lucky!"

While everyone was talking, Damingzi came back again. This time, the child was gone, and there was a frozen pheasant.

"I'll give you a taste."

"This is not appropriate..."

Father Tao wanted to refuse, but Damingzi left and left, and he couldn't catch up with him, so Father Tao had no choice but to accept it.

During the day, Lin Erchun went to the train station, and Zhang Guiqin was responsible for cooking at home. She was busy for half a day. Today, the Lin family's dinner was as rich as the New Year's Eve dinner, which made Father Tao and Mother Tao fully feel the enthusiasm of their in-laws.

When the family was eating, the onlookers outside finally dispersed.

It's not that everyone didn't want to watch the fun, but the temperature was too low at night, and they couldn't stand the cold after standing outside for a long time.

After eating, Tao Yushu whispered to Lin Chaoyang.

"Did you notice my mother just now?"

Lin Chaoyang gave her an affirmative look. Before eating, the team members leaned on the window to watch. Tao Yushu was known to everyone, so their focus was on Father Tao and Mother Tao.

What everyone is concerned about is Tao's father's professorship and knowledge, but this thing can't be seen just by looking at it. Many people looked at Tao's father for a few times and then set their sights on Tao's mother.

Appearance is much more eye-catching than knowledge. Tao's mother is now old. Although she is no longer graceful, she can still glimpse the charm of her youth.

Especially she and Tao Yushu seem to be carved from the same mold. When everyone sees Tao Yushu, they have a more concrete concept of Tao's mother's appearance when she was young.

Many people can't help but sigh that it's no wonder that Tao Yushu looks so good. It turns out that he has a good mother.

The discussion of the crowd was not loud, but it still reached Tao's mother's ears, causing Tao's mother's body to be tense, and every move was stiff, and she had a bit of idol baggage.

After washing the dishes, Tao Yushu began to take out the things he brought back home.

The last time she and Lin Chaoyang left, Lin Erchun and his wife gave them 500 yuan. Tao Yushu wanted to send the money back, but Lin Erchun and his wife refused to take it, so Tao Yushu exchanged the money for things.

But she also knew that for Lin Erchun and his wife, who were used to being frugal, this money would definitely not be enough to buy food, so she exchanged it for things she could use.

She bought two sets of clothes for each of them, one set of spring and autumn clothes, and one set of winter clothes, and also brought a quilt. The rest were some daily necessities, thermos, enamel basin, soap...

These days, you have to use tickets to buy everything, and money alone is not enough. The quota of tickets in rural areas is far less than that of urban residents, and tickets in various places are usually not universal, so you can only bring back physical objects. The things Tao Yushu brought back are all things that Lin Erchun and his wife can use.

"Oh, tell me, you guys, every time you come back, you bring so many things, how much money does it cost?"

"They are all for home use, you two old people can use them."

With the frugality of Lin Erchun and his wife, the things Tao Yushu bought for them are enough for them to use for ten or eight years.

After putting away all the things he took out, it was already past seven o'clock.

The Lin family has three rooms, one is the kitchen, and the other two are for living. There are kangs in each room. The kang is about two meters long from north to south and nearly four meters wide from east to west. It can sleep a lot of people, but considering avoiding suspicion, they have to sleep separately at night.

In the end, three men slept in the outer room and three women slept in the inner room, so that it would be more convenient even if they got up at night.

When it was time to go to bed at night, Tao Yushu had just crawled into the bed, and Zhang Guiqin approached her with a single volume of "Little Shoes".

"Yushu, how do you pronounce this word?"

"Mom, this word is pronounced 'xun', which means taming or domestication. The original meaning is that the horse is tamed."

"Oh." Zhang Guiqin nodded, "You college students know more."

Tao Yushu smiled and asked curiously: "Mom, have you been reading Chaoyang's novels?"

"Isn't that right?" Zhang Guiqin's expression was full of pride, "If someone asks me about the book written by my son, and I don't know anything about it, wouldn't that make people laugh?"

Tao Yushu pursed her lips and smiled, thinking that the old lady just wanted to show off in front of the team members.

Zhang Guiqin never went to school, but she did attend literacy classes when she was young. Unfortunately, she had long forgotten the few words she learned while doing farm work for so many years, let alone reading novels.

"Then I have to give you extra lessons these days and try to make you understand Chaoyang's novels," Tao Yushu said.

Zhang Guiqin said happily: "Okay."

Mother Tao looked at Tao Yushu and Zhang Guiqin happily, feeling a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Tao Yushu noticed his mother's expression and said to her: "Mom, you should also read Chaoyang's novels when you have time."

With Zhang Guiqin present, Mrs. Tao couldn't say anything. She just said angrily: "I don't like reading novels very much."

Tao Yushu laughed at her mother's pretense but did not expose her.

Privately, her father had already told her that her mother had been secretly reading Chaoyang's novels.

Out of some bad taste, Tao Yushu took out "Harvest" which was just released this month.

"Hey, I recently read a good novel. Please read it when you have time."

"As I said, I don't like reading novels." Tao's mother said impatiently.

She glared at Tao Yushu vaguely, feeling that this girl was giving her eye drops.

She clearly said in front of her in-laws that she didn't like reading novels, and she didn't even read her son-in-law's novels. Now her daughter actually asked her to read other novels. If she read them, what would her in-laws think of her?

Tao Yushu didn't bother and went to answer Zhang Guiqin's questions.

A night of silence.

After breakfast the next day, Tao Yushu told Lin Chaoyang about Zhang Guiqin reading novels.

"It's also hard for her old man."

It was not difficult for Lin Chaoyang to guess what Ms. Zhang Guiqin was thinking.

Tao Yushu asked again: "Is An Jie in your movie "Parental Love" based on my mother?"

When Tao Yushu learned about "Parental Love", the manuscript of the novel had already been sent to "Harvest". She had never read the novel. It was not until the novel was recently published in "Harvest" that she was able to understand the specific content of the novel.

She was busy writing review articles a few days ago. The couple wanted to buy a house, and Lin Chaoyang was working hard on writing a novel. She also wanted to make some money to relieve her husband's burden, so she had never taken the time to watch this movie Lin Chaoyang was wearing A novel written by Ma Jia.

On the train back to Northeast China in the past two days, she finally started to read the novel. She could see at a glance that Anjie's character in "Parental Love" was very similar to her mother.

"Aren't you afraid that my mother will be angry if you write this?"