Back to 80: My Literary Life

Song Tangtang originally wanted to go with him, but considering that he had to accompany his grandma and grandpa when he came back, he didn't follow.

"Minghua, pay attention to safety on the road and come back for dinner at night." Song Tangtang warned before leaving.

Fang Minghua agreed.

Naturally, he couldn't go to Shi Tiesheng's house empty-handed. Fang Minghua bought milk powder, malted milk, and three pounds of apples in the store. Taking the sweater knitted by Chen Ximi and the letter, he went to find Shi Tiesheng.

Like last time, he did not go to Shi Tiesheng's home, but went straight to Ditan Park.

This is Shi Tiesheng's favorite place, and it's spring now.

As Shi Tie himself wrote in the article "Like Rock and Writing":

"All spring and into summer,

These are all seasons of enjoying exclusive romance in life.

It’s windy and rainy, the sun is bright and the moon is bright.

Unfortunately, this time, Fang Minghua came up short.

There were a lot of people in Ditan Park, but there was no Shi Tiesheng in a wheelchair.

So he went straight to Yonghegong Street, walked to the yard where Shi Tiesheng's family lived, carefully walked through the aisles between the low kitchens of each house, and finally arrived at Shi Tiesheng's house.

As I got closer, I heard laughter coming from inside.

have a guest?

Fang Minghua hesitated for a moment, and then called Shi Tiesheng's name.

The door creaked open, and what came out was not Shi Tiesheng's father but a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a suit and tie.

Fang Minghua didn't know him.

"I am Fang Minghua from Xijing's "Yanhe" magazine. A friend of Tie Sheng's at Northwest University gave him some things and asked me to bring them over." Fang Minghua introduced himself.

"Minghua is here? When did you come to Yanjing?" Following a cheerful voice, Shi Tiiesheng came out in a wheelchair.

"Hello, Brother Shi. I arrived yesterday and had to do something in Yanjing." Fang Minghua said.

Originally, when Fang Minghua saw that Shi Tiesheng had guests at home, he wanted to explain the matter clearly and put down his things before leaving, but he was stopped by Shi Tiesheng enthusiastically.

"Minghua, since you are here, please sit down for a while. This is my junior high school classmate and best friend Sun Lizhe. He is studying in the United States and has just returned to Yanjing for business. There is also one of your colleagues here - Zhu Wei, the editor of the magazine "People's Literature".

"Hello, Mr. Sun." Fang Minghua took the initiative to shake hands with the other party.

"Haha, if I go to the United States to study, I won't call him gay when I come back?" Sun Lizhe said with a hint of humor, holding Fang Minghua's hand.

"In line with international standards." Fang Minghua replied with a smile.

After following the two people into the house, Fang Minghua saw a middle-aged man sitting on a chair.

"This is Zhu Wei"

"This is Fang Minghua"

Shi Tiesheng explained to each other, Zhu Wei stood up and said with a smile: "Tiesheng, I know Fang Minghua's name without introduction."

"It's a novel he wrote."

"Not only that, our editor-in-chief Wang admires you very much and has praised him several times." Zhu Wei said with a smile.

The editor-in-chief Wang mentioned by Zhu Wei is the current editor-in-chief of "People's Literature" Wang Meng.

Hearing what Zhu Wei said, Fang Minghua smiled and said, "I don't dare take it seriously. I'm going to visit Editor Wang in the afternoon."

"Really? Then don't tell me that you saw me here in Tie Sheng in the morning. He will criticize me for absenteeism."

Everyone burst out laughing after hearing this.

The four of them sat down and chatted for a while, and then Fang Minghua learned that this person's name was Sun Lizhe, a doctor. He once studied for a master's degree at Yanjing Second Medical College, and is now studying for a doctorate at Northwestern University Medical School in the United States.

The four people are from different cities and have different ages. According to Shi Tiesheng, he is very familiar with Sun Lizhe and Zhu Wei, but this is the first time these two met today. Needless to say, Fang Minghua is not familiar with each other.

But while chatting, apart from literature, I discovered that they have a common experience - they all went to the countryside to join a team!

Fang Minghua went to Gansu Province, and Zhu Wei was earlier, working in the Longjiang Provincial Construction Corps for ten years.

Shi Tiiesheng and Sun Lizhe even jumped in the queue together in Qinbei and lived in a cave dwelling.

This gives people a common topic.

"Let me tell you, Li Zhe was a famous barefoot doctor back then! He was actually able to perform surgeries in cave dwellings, and he was even approved by great men, who listed him as a "model intellectual youth"!" Shi Tiesheng said.

so smart?

Fang Minghua was immediately impressed.

"Isn't it going to be unlucky later?" Sun Lizhe said mockingly to himself.

"Isn't it good now? You first studied for a master's degree at Yanjing University, then went to the Australian National University Medical School to study abroad, and now you are admitted to Northwestern University to study for a Ph.D., how awesome! You are the best in our class at the High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University. Now you are the best. "

"But it was recently discovered that I am allergic to animal hair and cannot do experiments. I guess I will not be able to get a PhD." Sun Lizhe said with a wry smile.

Everyone couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

Isn't this amazing?

After everyone chatted for a while, Fang Minghua took a chance and took out the sweater and letter given by Chen Ximi and handed them to Shi Tiesheng.

"Female pen pal?!" Sun Lizhe immediately became energetic upon hearing this.

"Tie Sheng, how did you make this friend? I didn't even say anything to you."

Shi Tiiesheng was a little embarrassed after hearing this: "It's just an ordinary pen pal. What can you say?"

"A normal pen pal? Can I give you a sweater? Look at the stitching, and you can see that the girl knitted it herself!" Sun Lizhe revealed without mercy.

Shi Tiesheng chuckled twice but said nothing.

"Hurry up and tell the truth, how did you meet?" Sun Lizhe asked.

"In 1979, I published the novel "The Destiny of Love" in the journal "Hope" sponsored by the Chinese Department of Northwest University. At that time, Chen Ximi was still a student in the Department of Mathematics of Northwest University. After reading this novel, he gave me Write a letter and I reply, and we become friends from time to time." Shi Tiiesheng explained.

"Sure enough, a thousand-mile marriage is just a matter of faith." Sun Lizhe praised.

"Don't, don't, don't say that we are just pen pals." Shi Tiesheng hurriedly corrected him.

"Brother Shi, I think you will get married in the future." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"Hey, Tie Sheng, have you seen this girl?" Sun Lizhe asked again.

Shi Tiesheng shook his head: "Xijing and Yanjing are so far apart. How can it be so easy for me as a disabled person?"

It's really not easy.

"Brother Shi, if you want to come to Xijing, I, Brother Lu, and your friends in Yanjing can find a way." Fang Minghua said.

"Actually, I would rather go to Yan'an and visit Guanjiazhuang, where I have joined the team. I have returned to Yan'an in my dreams several times and hugged Pagoda Mountain with my arms." Shi Tiiesheng said with emotion.

"Brother Shi, as long as you have this idea, we will help you realize it!"

A few people were chatting, and later they talked about literature.

The winning works of the 1983 National Outstanding Short Story Selection have been announced, and the story "My Distant Qingping Bay" written by Shi Tiesheng won the prize.

"Congratulations, Brother Shi." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

When mentioning this matter, Shi Tiesheng also looked excited.

“I didn’t expect your Yanhe magazine to recommend this novel for selection, let alone win the prize.”

hey-hey

I knew your novel would win an award.

Fang Minghua was secretly happy.

"Minghua, I heard that Tie Sheng said that you stole this novel from you? He originally submitted it to "Youth Literature"?" Zhu Wei interjected.

"I can't help it. The blame is on me, President Huang. He forced me to look for manuscripts everywhere." Fang Minghua chuckled and without hesitation attributed the reason to President Huang.

After hearing this, Zhu Wei said half jokingly and half seriously: "I am now the editor of "People's Literature". I have made an appointment with Tie Sheng. In the future, he will write novels and submit them to our magazine. You are not allowed to compete with me! Otherwise, I will go to Wang The editor-in-chief will sue you!"

"Don't worry, Editor Zhu, I won't compete with you. I've been transferred to the poetry team of our editorial department now." Fang Minghua replied.

Hey, I won’t argue with you about anything else. It’s enough to grab the article “Me and the Temple of Earth” when the time comes!