Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 525 Wang Zi Comes to Xijing
As July approached and the weather became hotter, Fang Minghua completed the series of essays entitled "Fragments of Civilization", totaling 21 articles.

The essays start from the Tianhan area and end at Baiyin in Gansu Province. There are also several travel notes about Guanzhong, such as the more familiar Famen Temple and the less popular Guanzhong Academy inside the Yongning Gate of the Xijing city wall. This is the place where the Guanxue thought founded by the great scholar Zhang Zai in the Song Dynasty was passed down, and it was the highest institution of learning in Qin Province during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

"Establish a mind for Heaven and Earth, establish a destiny for the people, carry on the lost knowledge of the ancient sages, and bring peace to the world for all generations." This was said by Zhang Zai.

After the essays were completed, they were handed over to the special issue of "Yanhe" magazine for publication, and Shengshi Books also published them in the form of an essay collection.

During the holidays, Fang Minghua was free and mainly took care of the children. The kindergarten was closed, so the task of taking care of the two children fell on him.
Of course, I also practice calligraphy and appreciate calligraphy and painting. Sometimes I have to go to Chaoyangmen to take a look at the building I built myself. The decoration is basically completed. I will leave it for a summer and move in in the autumn.

Her younger sister Fang Mingli also gave birth to a daughter. Fang Minghua and his wife went to visit her and gave her a huge red envelope of 5000 yuan.

The economic performance of the 631 Institute where my sister and brother-in-law work is still not good - in fact, the performance of most state-owned enterprises in those days is relatively poor, and in some places, enterprises have begun to close down and employees have been laid off.

Although the above phenomenon will not occur in military scientific research institutes like 631, the economic benefits are very poor and the unit is half-dead.

I usually give my sister money, but she doesn’t want it, so I can only help her through this opportunity.

This afternoon, the sun was scorching outside. The two children were playing with toys in the living room, and Fang Minghua was practicing calligraphy in the study.

What he copied was Ouyang Xun's "Zhongni Mengdian Tie". After practicing Ouyang Xun's regular script for several years, he can now practice running script.

Ouyang Xun is famous for his regular script, and his running script is also very good, flowing, straightforward and casual.

At this moment, the phone in the living room rang. Ruirui, her daughter, ran over to pick up the phone and said a few words before calling out to Fang Minghua in the study room in a baby voice, "Dad, there's a phone call. A sister wants to see you."

"elder sister?"

Fang Minghua was a little surprised when he heard this. He put down his brush and went to the living room to pick up the phone on the TV cabinet.

"Which one?"

"Uncle Fang, it's me, Wang Zi." A girl's cheerful voice came from the microphone.

"Wang Zi, hello." Fang Minghua smiled: "How about going to Jingtai to teach?"

"It's OK. I was a little uncomfortable at first, but now I'm slowly getting used to it."

"It's summer vacation already, right? Where are you now?"

"I'm at Xijing Railway Station. I'm going back to my hometown, Shanghai, and I have to transfer in Xijing. I wanted to come visit you, Uncle Fang. Are you welcome?
"Welcome, welcome. Just wait at the exit. I'll drive to pick you up. Be careful and don't run around." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

Wang Zi left Yanjing after the Chinese New Year this year and signed up to teach in Gansu Province. Fang Minghua found Yu Hailong, one of the leaders of the Hope Project, and asked him to contact Gansu Province to take care of Wang Zi. Originally, she was going to be arranged to study in the newly built primary school in Bandeng Village, but she insisted on going to the neighboring village - Liushudian Village.

Don’t be fooled by the nice name, it is actually closer to the Tengger Desert and the conditions there are even more difficult than those in Bandeng Village.

After the girl arrived in Liushudian Village, she wrote a letter to Fang Minghua, so he roughly knew the situation there.

Fang Minghua hung up the phone and said to the children in the living room: "Ruirui, Lele, let's go to the train station to pick up a little sister."

When the two children heard that they were going out, they immediately cheered. They were so bored at home.

Fang Minghua first changed the clothes of the two children, put a beautiful pink dress on her daughter, and then went out.

It was very hot outside, but luckily there was air conditioning in the car, so I felt cool after a while.

"Dad, can the little sister play with us?" Ruirui, who was sitting in the back row, asked childishly, holding in her arms the Barbie doll that she was reluctant to separate from even when sleeping.

Wang Zi plays with you two little brats?

Fang Minghua almost laughed out loud, but held back his laughter and said, "It depends on whether you are willing to play with others."

Arriving at the train station, Fang Minghua parked the car in the parking lot and took the two children to the exit. Sure enough, she saw a girl with a travel bag and two long braids. It was Wang Zi. Her skin was darker than when she was in Beijing, but she was in good spirits.

Fang Minghua greeted them with a smile, and then said to the two children, "Ruirui, Lele, call Wang Zi sister."

elder sister?

Ruirui tilted her head and looked at Wang Zi in front of her. She looked like her mother, so she should be called Auntie, right? Why was she called Sister?
Wang Zi was very outgoing. When he saw the Barbie doll the little girl was holding, he immediately said, "Ruirui, your doll is so beautiful."

"Yes, my father bought it for me from the United States." The little girl was very proud.

"I like it so much, can I hug you?"

"Yeah." The little girl generously handed her Barbie doll to Wang Zi.

They became familiar with each other immediately. Fang Minghua helped carry the travel bags, and the four of them got on the off-road vehicle.

Wang Zi sat in the back row and chatted with the two children.

Not bad, very friendly.

The car drove directly to Fang Minghua's house. Fang Minghua took the girl into the house and said to her:

"You take a rest first. When your sister-in-law gets off work, we'll go out for dinner together."

"Thank you."

"Sister Wang, I'll take you to see my doll." Ruirui interrupted.

"Okay, sister likes toys the most."

"Sister, I also have Transformers!" The son was not to be outdone and quickly took out his own beloved toys.

"That's cool, what's it called?"

"This one is called the Hermit Warrior, and it's very powerful."

Fang Minghua was also very happy to see Wang Zi having fun with her two children.

Children are very cute sometimes, but they can also be very annoying. They always ask you to play with them, and they will make trouble when you are practicing writing.

It would be great if Wang Zi was with them every day.

Food and accommodation provided.

Of course that is impossible, the girl has to go back to her hometown.

At around six in the afternoon, Song Tangtang drove back from get off work and met Wang Zi.

Song Tangtang had seen this girl in Yanjing and had also heard about her from Fang Minghua. Now when she heard that the girl was passing by Xijing during the summer vacation and was returning to her hometown, she immediately acted like a hostess and said let's go to Xijing Restaurant, which is a time-honored restaurant in Xijing with a good environment and air conditioning.

"Thank you, sister." Wang Zi's words were very sweet.

Call my husband uncle and call me sister?
Song Tangtang smiled at Wang Zi's address, but didn't say anything.

Fang Minghua drove everyone to Xijing Hotel, asked for a private room, and ordered Xijing specialties such as gourd chicken and fish in milk soup, and drank Xijing specialty - Bingfeng.

Everyone chatted while eating.

(End of this chapter)