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Chapter 395 Chapter 394 Go to Chen Zhongshi’s house

The name seems very childish, but the content is very complicated. Shocking reality and confusing hallucinations are actually combined together.

Who would have thought that the revolution that happened decades ago was actually connected with "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"?
There are praisers and there are critics.

Some people say that many things in the novel are metaphors for history. The first task is to kill the toads that are entrenched in the mountains, feed on dirty insects, and hinder the growth of big trees. It was the Qing dynasty that lasted until 1911, declining and decaying.

The dagger is a symbol of war. As the conflicts between the two domestic parties intensified, they could not take the line of reconciliation, so the first civil war broke out. The monster was the White Army.
For a time, the novel received letters from readers and comments in newspapers, and the novel was immediately regarded as a masterpiece of magical realism in China.

Mo Yan, who was far away in Yanjing, also read Fang Minghua's novel.

Although the previous novellas he wrote also had a strong magical realism flavor, he was surprised that Fang Minghua could be so "magical".

It turns out that stories in history were actually written from this perspective.

See those majestic events through the eyes of a child.

He lit a cigarette and fell into deep thought.

A few years later, he wrote one of his masterpieces, "Life and Death Fatigue".

Fang Minghua's life in Xijing was very peaceful, and he was not disturbed at all by newspapers and magazines.

Today is Sunday, the weather is crisp and clear.

Fang Minghua didn't write last night. He stayed at his parents' house, sleeping with his wife and taking care of the children.

After lunch, he made an exception and did not take the children out to play. Instead, he called Lu Yao's home.

"Brother Lu, are you ready?"

"Okay, I'll wait for you at home."

"Okay, you go to the gate of the community, I will drive over to pick you up right away."

Today, Fang Minghua, Lu Yao, and Jia Pingwa made an appointment to visit Chen Zhongshi's hometown.

In the past two years, several families have installed telephones one after another, making it much easier to contact them.

In fact, it was mainly because Lu Yao was bored at home all day. He said that he recently heard that Chen Zhongshi was not staying in Xijing City. One day, Mao was in Bailuyuan's hometown. He didn't know what he was doing. Why don't we go and take a look?
Jia Pingwa immediately agreed.

Among these people, he is the most lively and playful.

Fang Minghua actually didn't want to go.

It's only one day off a week. It would be great to finally talk to my wife and take the two kids out for a drive!
But after hearing this, Song Tangtang still asked her husband to go, saying that as a grown man, you can't always hang around your wife and children.

Besides, if you don’t go, no one will drive, and there is no shuttle bus to Bailuyuan. Lu Yao and the others will have to ride bicycles, and his body may not be able to bear it.

You can do what you want. I'll take my son to my mother's place, and then take my daughter to their uncle's house to play. Fang Minghua had no choice but to agree. He packed up, thought about it and couldn't go empty-handed, so he got a bucket of malted milk at home. With a bag of milk powder, I said hello to my parents, went downstairs, drove my Mazda, and went straight to Xingfu Community.

Lu Yao also lives in this community, but not in the same building. Fang Minghua parked his car at the gate of the community. Within a few minutes, he saw Lu Yao coming out of the community. He was still holding a net bag in his hand. Wrap something in newspaper.

After Lu Yao sat down in the passenger seat, Fang Minghao looked at the net bag placed at his feet and asked curiously: "Brother Lu, what are you holding?"

"A leg of lamb was sent from my hometown. Let's go to Zhongshi's house this time and ask his wife to stew it for us!" Lu Yao said with a smile.

"Then why don't you just wait a minute and I'll get a bottle of Xifeng from my house." Fang Minghua said with a smile: "You can't drink it, we want to drink it."

"You are greedy for me." Lu Yao laughed and scolded: "Forget it, this leg of lamb was given as a gift for free, but you bought the wine yourself. Besides, let's prepare the meat and wine. Will Zhongshi?" If you are happy, let him give you your wine!”

"also."

The car started again and drove towards Jia Pingwa's house. In the car, the two chatted.

"Minghua, how much does your car cost?" Lu Yao suddenly asked.

"This car belongs to a friend of the Red Army who was working in the automobile trade in Hainan. He sold it to me at a discount. It is cheaper than the market price, a little more than 100,000." Fang Minghua replied, and he looked at Lu Yao again.

"Brother Lu, do you also want to buy one?"

"Don't tell me, I really have an idea." Lu Yao didn't hide it either: "Having a car is convenient. I can go wherever I want, no matter whether it's sunny or rainy."

Fang Minghua was not surprised that Lu Yao had such thoughts.

A few months ago, Zhao Hongjun's company paid a royalty income to Lu Yao, netting him nearly half a million yuan!
Now our home is equipped with a color TV, refrigerator, washing machine and even air conditioner. We even bought a piano for our daughter. Isn’t the next step to buy a car?
"What car do you want to buy? Santana? Or an imported car?" Fang Minghua asked while driving.

"Santana is still expensive, but I think Tianjin Xiali is good." Lu Yao said.

"Xia Li doesn't have air conditioning. It's hot in summer." Fang Minghua reminded.

"This?" Lu Yao stopped and his expression suddenly changed.

He is relatively fat and is not afraid of cold in winter, but is very afraid of heat in summer.

"If you want to buy it, buy Santana. Although the price is a bit more expensive than Xiali, the performance is good." Fang Minghua suggested.

In fact, the current price of Santana is not at all 20 yuan as uploaded on later websites. The ex-factory price is 6.75 yuan. If various taxes and fees are included, it will be around 9 yuan and less than 10 yuan. However, ordinary people cannot afford this price.

But Lu Yao could afford it.

50 is the settlement income from the first batch of 100 million sets of publishing, followed by the second batch of publishing and half of the royalties from the third volume!

Judging from this situation, will we continue to print in the future?

Lu Yao nodded after listening to Fang Minghua's words, and was worried about another problem: "But I can't drive."

Lu Yao's worry is not unreasonable. These days, it's not like there were driving schools everywhere in later generations.

In fact, there is also a driving school in Xijing City, which recruits students from the public. It is called Xijing Automobile Technical School, but the study time is long, at least one year.

Moreover, drivers who take the driver's license exam first have a thick book on mechanical principles in their hands. They first have to spend a long time learning car maintenance techniques. After mastering the skills, they can learn driving theory and actual driving. I guess Lu Yao doesn't have this. patience.

Fang Minghua thought for a while and said, "Well, I'll teach you when I have time. Then practice driving my car first. Once you learn how to do it, I'll find someone to help you get a driver's license."

"That's daring!"

The two of them chatted and laughed and arrived at Guangji Street at the South Courtyard Gate.

Jia Pingwa's family still lives in the municipal party committee's family building, but I heard that they think the house is too small and are planning to change their house.

In addition to receiving royalties for publishing his book "Impotence" in China, the English version translated by Li Li has been published in the United States.

What you are given is royalty income!

It is said that the royalty income was settled some time ago, and after tax was paid, it was about 1 US dollars, equivalent to about 3.7 yuan.

This amount of money is not enough to buy a car, but it is more than enough to buy a commercial house in Xijing City.

Fang Minghua drove into the municipal party committee's family building and didn't bother to go up. He stood downstairs and shouted twice, and soon heard Jia Pingwa's reply.

Not long after, I saw Jia Pingwa coming down from the stairs with a cigarette in her mouth, holding a pair of mahjong in her hand!
(End of this chapter)