Since 1983

1979, April.

Northeast spring is warm and flowers are blooming.

Xiaoxu studies in the fifteenth middle school, and continues to go to school after the winter vacation. This year, he will take the senior high school entrance examination.

Originally, she wanted to join the ballet troupe but failed, so she joined the repertory troupe as an announcer. In 1983, she was recruited by Lin Daiyu. Now, I don't want to play Lin Daiyu anymore.

She wants to be a writer!

She's going to be a tycoon!

She is going to see Zhang Li!

This afternoon, my parents were not at home.

Xiao Yang tried on her mother's clothes one by one, twisting and turning in front of the mirror, Xiao Xu sat cross-legged on the bed and read the newspaper, the new issue of China Youth Daily.

The novel with more than 6,000 words has published a full page.

【Youth Works】

like you

Author: Chen Xiaoxu

Set against the background of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, it describes the emotional story of a pair of young men and women. Apart from the hazy turmoil in adolescence, there are two most distinctive points.

One is that girls actively pursue boys.

The second is that the boys went to the front line, and the girls resolutely became a military doctor and went to the battlefield together.

At the end, there is this passage:

You don't have to persuade me, I made this decision not only because of you.

I do not quite understand.

I like you, I love this country. I can like you while doing what I like to do; or I can do what I like while doing what I like to do.

To me, it's something very beautiful...

An ordinary passage, placed in 1979, when it was too embarrassing to talk about love, was bold and reckless.

Like in The Hunt, when Mayumi came riding a horse, Du Qiu asked, Why did you save me?

Mayumi said, I love you!

Wow, this line has shocked many men and women.

Conservative forces are stubborn, but reform and opening up cannot be turned back. This article is still published.

Xiao Xu read his article and shook his head. There are too many things in the form of yishi. Just wait until the 1980s. That was really the golden age of literature.

sister!

As she was watching, Xiao Yang suddenly came over: When will Mom and Dad come back?

You are hungry?

Um!

I'll take you to eat delicious food.

Xiao Xu was delighted, it was rare for a sister to be deeply in love, she put on her clothes and shoes, then dug out her account book and a few food coupons, and dragged her bewildered sister out.

The air outside is very dry, people in blue uniforms can be seen everywhere, and occasionally the sound of bicycle bells can be heard.

First get on the bus, Xiaoxu paid a dime, and suddenly remembered the situation where Teacher Xu took him to take the bus, and he couldn't help but feel sad again.

When I got off the bus, I saw a state-run restaurant. The waiter in a white coat was reserved and proud. She gave the meal ticket: Two catties of wontons!

Sister, can you eat? Xiao Yang tugged at the corner of his clothes.

Can't you eat two taels of wonton?

Xiao Xu sat down on his own, Xiao Yang counted with his fingers, huh huh? ? ?

The amount of pasta these days is based on the skin, and a catty of wonton refers to the amount of a catty of wonton skin.

Soon, two big bowls were served.

She rubbed her hands, oops, since she got older, her appetite became smaller and smaller, and she only ate two big lobsters on her 60th birthday.

So he picked up his chopsticks and swallowed mountains and rivers with anger!

Others are not surprised, people these days can eat it, especially half-grown children.

Xiaoyang also worked very hard. After eating half a catty, his hair was dry and clean. Xiao Xu was not full in just a few taels, so he bought some furnace fruit for dessert.

Sister, will we be beaten to death?

Is the furnace fruit delicious?

tasty!

Xiaoyang sucked the furnace fruit, and suddenly thought about it: It's worth killing!

The two walked to eat and drink, and arrived at the post office slowly. They queued up and went to the counter, and took out a manuscript fee slip and household registration book: Hello, comrade, I will collect the manuscript fee.

Payment fee?

The salesman glanced at it, and there was only one little girl with two pigtails, and a smaller one next to her.

Yes, I wrote it, look!

Xiao Xu took out the newspaper again, and said with a smile, I'm from No. 15 Middle School. I wrote this article when I heard the news of the self-defense counterattack. I didn't expect it to be published.

Yo ho!

The salesman no longer doubted, and the people around heard it and came over.

Oh, that's amazing!

How old is this, teens?

That's the one the newspaper said it was, that... child prodigy!

That's right, child prodigy! Little girl, will you also go to BJ to play chess with the Prime Minister?

It is said that at the beginning of the reform and opening up, due to holding back for too long before, everything seemed anxious and eager. For example, in 1978, the state established the Junior Class of the University of Science and Technology of China.

At that time, there were three representatives of child prodigies: Ning Bo, Xie Yanbo and Gan Zheng.

Attracted by thousands of people and famous for a while, one escaped into Buddhism, one disappeared, and one became mentally ill.

Xiao Xu coped with it, and went away after receiving the manuscript fee.

Xiaoyang didn't know if he was a thief, or he was afraid that the thief would miss him, so he sneaked all the way, and only barked when he entered the house.

Sister, you are too powerful!

How much is that, take it out and count it!

Ah, did you really write it?

Her sister flicked the envelope, Xiaoyang Pidianpidian locked the door, and slammed it down: 1, 2, 3... 48 yuan! My God!

(Here, refer to Ma Weidu's Tonight's Full Moon in 1981, and took 65 yuan for the manuscript fee)

Xiao Xu was calm, and even despised Mr. Xu: Spicy chicken! If you don't take this way of becoming famous and making money, you actually take me to sell cloth bags?

HE...TUI!

Bang bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

What are you doing, barking in the door in broad daylight?

Xiaoyang frantically collected the money, Xiaoxu opened the door, it was his parents.

Are you two naughty again? Are you hungry? I'll cook right now.

Mother Chen untied her scarf and was about to enter the kitchen when she heard her eldest daughter say, We're done eating, let's go to the restaurant to eat.

What?

Before Chen's father opened the drawer to check the meal ticket, the eldest daughter said again: Mom and Dad, let me tell you something.

As soon as Mr. Chen became aggressive, he arranged the money on the table one by one.

I contributed a manuscript to China Youth Daily, and this is the manuscript fee.

...

...

An hour later, the parents reluctantly accepted that their daughter suddenly became a writer, and Father Chen stammered: Then you, after you...

Go to school, continue to write articles, maybe I will be specially recruited into the university.

Xiao Xu pushed the money over: You take this money, it's considered a subsidy for the family.

Seeing that the parents still have to talk, the little hand pressed down: I know everything in my heart.

…………

Half a month later.

When Xiao Xu came home from school, he just turned into the alley when he saw a crowd of people crowded at the door. He noticed it sharply and yelled, I'm back, I'm back!

Yo, little writer!

What a small writer, a great writer!

Oh my god, I've watched this kid grow up, who wants to be a writer, where can he go to reason?

Fuck off, the child's future is glorious, you are jealous!

Sister~~~~~

Xiao Yang popped out with a long voice, his face was flushed, and he was extremely proud: It's all your letter, and it was pulled by a cart!

Nonsense.

It's really pulled by a cart, there are several sacks!

The younger sister made exaggerated gestures, Xiao Xu struggled to squeeze into the yard, and there were more people inside. The seven aunts and the eight aunts stared at the sacks in the middle as if they were treasures, but no one dared to touch them. The scene was once funny.

mom?

Xiao Xu, ouch, ouch...

The mother was also very excited and couldn't speak, so it was Xiao Xu who politely invited him away. Everyone wondered while discussing, this child has always had a personality, how come he suddenly has a good face?

The remaining three people struggled to drag the sack into the house.

She frowned on her hips, underestimated, underestimated! China Youth Daily has a national circulation of several million copies, and the influence of this article has far exceeded expectations.

Waiting for Chen's father to get off work is more fun, and the family will open letters and play after dinner.

Xiaoxu read a few of them, some wrote and read, some asked questions about life, some made friends, and some strongly criticized...

Generally speaking, everyone expressed surprise at girls actively chasing boys, and from the last paragraph, they extended the discussion on the value of life.

It can only be said that as expected of this era, both mind and body are flying.

After thinking about it, she sat under the lamp and began to write the second article.

Writing and laughing secretly, it seems that Xiaoli is going to lose!

The first problem that the two of them faced must be how to leave their hometown, go to the capital, Shanghai, and Yangcheng, places that are more closely connected with the outside world...

She tends to stay in the country, so Zhang Li naturally wants to go out to make arrangements. After all, in this period, many things in the country are restricted. Of course, you need to accumulate in the early stage, reputation, financial resources, contacts and so on.

The two of them were tacit, and neither of them said their plans, and they were competing to see who would succeed first.

The whole family didn't dare to disturb, Qiqi was bored in the back room. Hearing movement outside, Father Chen came out and asked, Have you finished writing?

No, activity activity.

Oh, I forgot to tell you just now, there is another letter today.

Chen's father took out a letter from the Zhanqi Art Troupe, and Xiao Xu snatched it.

After she got in touch with Zhang Li, she wrote letters every few days, and the frequency never stopped. I can't make phone calls, and I don't have WeChat, so I can only pass on letters to relieve my miss.

At this moment, she couldn't wait to open it. According to the habit, this letter should be a reply to the content of the previous letter.

There is only one sentence in the result:

I'm going to the magic capital!

Xiaoxu: (╯￣Д￣)╯╘═╛