Literary Master 1978

Amao is a cheerful American young man who originally went to college in the United States. One day he accidentally discovered a copy of "Red Star Shines on China" in the school library.

This book, also known as "The Journey to the West", is a documentary literature created by the American journalist Edgar Snow. It was first published in London, England in 1937. It records Edgar Snow's four months in 1936. What he saw and heard in the base areas in northwest China during that time truthfully reported various situations of our party and our army.

Once published, it caused huge repercussions in the Western world.

This book broke the news blockade in the West and allowed many Westerners to see that in the barren land of northwest China, there is still a group of people with a strong sense of mission who are fighting tenaciously for this ancient and declining country. To a certain extent, It changed the prejudice of international public opinion against China at that time.

Amao, who had read "Red Star Shines on China", was deeply moved by the country and people described in the book, so he decided to study in China. He is now a freshman in the history department of Yanda University.

While waiting to find the book, Lin Chaoyang chatted with Amao for a while and had almost all the information about him.

This wasn't Lin Chaoyang's deliberate cliché, but Amao's words were a bit confidential, so he explained the situation himself.

"Amao!"

While the two were talking, someone not far away called Amao, "Why are you here?"

The person who came was a tall and thin young man. When they saw Lin Chaoyang, they were both stunned.

It turned out that he was also a student in the history department, named Liu Huimin. After the Chinese New Year, several of his students even organized a group to visit Tao's house to celebrate the New Year.

Knowing that Lin Chaoyang was Professor Tao's son-in-law, Liu Huimin exchanged a few polite words.

Shaoyuan is a gathering place for international students at YSU. In the words of YSU students, it is colorful and resembles a small "United Nations". Liu Huimin and Amao now live in the same dormitory in Shaoyuan.

The moment Liu Huimin saw "Jin Ping Mei", he exclaimed, "Amao, how can you read this book?"

Amao was startled by him. He didn't understand why and asked in a weird tone: "What's wrong with this book?"

Liu Huimin didn't know how to explain it to Amao. Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "This is an ancient Chinese novel, and the language pattern is somewhat different from modern Chinese. You can't even understand Mandarin now. Reading this book is too much." It’s early.”

He helped Liu Huimin solve the problem, and Liu Huimin nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, this book is all in classical Chinese. You can't understand it at all. It's just a waste of time. How do you know this book?"

"I met an old professor when I was running. I asked him for advice on how to learn Chinese quickly. He was very enthusiastic and specially recommended this book to me."

The image of Amao and Zhu Guangqian running together flashed through Lin Chaoyang's mind. As expected, Amao should have been beaten by the old man.

"This old man is so evil!"

Lin Chaoyang muttered, then winked at Liu Huimin, "Borrow him a book."

Liu Huimin understood Lin Chaoyang's thoughts instantly and thought that the old professor was not kind, and you are not a good person either!

He couldn't help but feel a sense of humor when he thought about Amao, a curly-haired foreigner, talking about "peasant issues" but silently saying "down with the local tyrants and squires."

"Amao, do you want to see the works of our great leader?"

Seeing that Liu Huimin didn't respond, Lin Chaoyang asked.

Amao's eyes lit up, "Is it Mao's work? I have seen "Red Star Shines on China" and I like him!"

"Then you really should read his works. They are all words of wisdom."

Liu Huimin looked at Lin Chaoyang helplessly. He didn't even recognize every word. Would you recommend it to him?

After borrowing the books, Lin Chaoyang sent Liu Huimin and Amao away. Looking at Amao's back, he felt very happy.

It was not a prank that he encouraged Amao to borrow books. This kind of reading material was quite suitable for a Chinese beginner like Amao, and most of the contents were easy to understand.

A few days later, on the weekend, Zhu Guangqian came to Tao's house in the morning.

Tao's father was folding paper airplanes for Tao Xiwen. He thought he was here to play chess with him and said, "Wait for me."

"I'm not looking for you. Where is your Xiaolin?"

Father Tao was slightly surprised, "He? Is he in the house?"

Lin Chaoyang was called out of the room without knowing why.

"Come on, come on, play a few games of chess with me." Zhu Guangqian greeted.

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "Uncle Zhu, you'd better stay with my father."

Zhu Guangqian waved his hand, "His level is not good."

Father Tao had long been accustomed to his old friend's venomous tongue. He shook his head and did not argue.

Lin Chaoyang saw that Tao's father did not express his position and said, "Okay, I'll play two games with you."

"Two sets? How can two sets be enough? Ten sets at least!"

Lin Chaoyang was surprised. This old man must have taken Liuwei Dihuang Pills.

After Zhu Guangqian laid out the chessboard, he realized that he wanted to play backgammon.

"I told you, you can't beat me in backgammon."

There is no father or son in the chess field. Why is Miyamoto Musashi called the Sword Master by the Japanese? The key is that you have to win, don’t use any tricks, just win.

In the game of chess, the priority is to attack the heart. The first step is to give the old man a psychological attack. It doesn't matter if you lose once, but if you lose too much, his words will become the old man's inner demon.

If you play chess with him again, you will definitely get flustered and short of breath.

"Hiss~"

"Hey!"

"It shouldn't be!"

After a while, Comrade Lao Zhu's long and short sighs came from the Tao house.

While Zhu Guangqian was frowning, Lin Chaoyang still had the time to take a sip of tea.

He is an amateur in Go, but a professional in Gobang. He can play three diagonal formations, plum blossom formations, four corner formations, sword formations, etc. He can beat players like Lao Zhu who like to play for fun on a whim.

In less than half an hour, ten games were played.

The score was 10:0.

Lin Chaoyang stood up and was about to leave, but was grabbed by Lao Zhu.

"Don't leave!"

"What for?"

"Play a few more games with me."

"More games? You are not my opponent."

Lin Chaoyang was not afraid of anything else, but was afraid of beating the old man too hard and sending him to the hospital.

He finally realized that the old man's chess character was too average. How could he not let people go after losing?

"Okay, don't hold him, I'll play a game with you."

When the two were in a stalemate, Tao's father appeared and helped Lin Chaoyang out.

Even though he had someone to play chess with, Zhu Guangqian still couldn't help muttering.

"This kid must have memorized the chess manual."

"You're done, you need to memorize the chess manual to play Gobang?" Tao's father couldn't help but complain.