Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 864: The Mother and Daughter Who Came to the Lecture

Jia Pingwa also agreed readily.

A week later, he talked about Ji Xianlin's essay collection "Meeting Over Tea".

"Stop at rice, look forward to tea. Embrace the four modernizations, and place your thoughts on the three pines."

This book covers essays written by Mr. Ji at different stages of his life, from his passionate youth to the hardships he experienced during his ten years in Germany. In the end, he went through the ups and downs of life without any joy or fear.

Jia Pingwa spoke with great relish. He was a master in writing essays. Now that he had reached the age of fifty, he was less impetuous than in his prime and more open-minded. He could better understand the mentality of being indifferent and having clear ambitions in this essay.

The lecture was well received by readers.

Fang Minghua wanted to continue this public welfare literature lecture. Of course, his own strength was not enough, and once a week was a bit too frequent, so he suggested to Lei Xuecheng that he change it to once a month.

"I'll invite a few writers from Qin Province, including Lu Yao, Chen Zhongshi and others, to take turns speaking." Fang Minghua said to Lei Xuecheng.

"Thank you so much." Lei Xuecheng was delighted when he heard this: "Minghua, it makes sense that you and I are friends. Let Chairman Chen and Chairman Lu speak. I should be more considerate, right?"

"Hey, no need. Just prepare some good tea and cigarettes!" Fang Ming said with a smile.

The "Let's Talk" literary salon of Xuecheng Bookstore soon became a beautiful landscape in Xijing City. Before each lecture, the entire second floor was packed with people.

Chen Zhongshi talked about You Fengwei's "China: 1957"

Lu Yao talked about Li Er's "Flower Tone"

It was mid-July and the weather had become very hot, but the reading club at Xuecheng Bookstore was still going on.

Today is Saturday and it is Fang Minghua's turn to give a lecture. There is no air conditioning on the second floor, only the ceiling fan hanging on the roof beam that keeps squeaking.

Fang Minghua is wearing a vest and shorts, holding a palm leaf fan in one hand and a teacup in the other. Today we are talking about Bi Feiyu's novella "Corn"

The novel tells the story of three sisters, Yumi, Yuxiu and Yuyang. The novel revolves around the unbearable sufferings of the three sisters in the Wang family in the process of fighting against fate, reflecting the difficult situation of rural women struggling on the edge of the patriarchal social system under the impact of the torrent of special times, allowing readers to glimpse the living environment and conditions of women in special times.

Bi Feiyu's novels all focus on the little people at the bottom of society and write about their tragic and happy fates. This novel is very well written and won the third Lu Xun Literature Award, the Man Asian Literature Award, etc.

Today Fang Minghua will mainly talk about the language characteristics of this novel.

"The author Bi Feiyu often covers various narrative subjects in one paragraph, and makes the narrative content and angles more diverse by continuously saturating the details of the sentences."

"For example, at the important moment of Xiao Bazi's birth, Wang Lianfang was checking the Spring Festival. The radio, as the voice of power in the village, easily brought together the characters of several scenes into one narrative picture: Wang Lianfang, the men of Wangjiazhuang, Youqing's family, Wang Lianfang's mother, and the air of the village."

Fang Minghua finished speaking while sitting in a chair, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then habitually glanced at the readers who came to listen to the lecture today.

Suddenly he found that a young woman in a dress was standing at the stairs, with a girl next to her.

The young woman saw Fang Minghua's gaze sweeping over her and greeted him with a polite smile.

I looked at the young woman's face clearly. She was not an acquaintance, but I seemed to have seen her somewhere.

Oh, I remember now.

Her name is Shang Ailan. She once wrote a novel called "The Little Restaurant in the Sexy Era", which won the first prize in the first "Banyan Tree Online Literature Original" competition.

The award ceremony was held in Shanghai, and Fang Minghua presented her with the award, so she still remembers it. The little girl next to her is his daughter Jiang Fangzhou.

She is from Hubei Province, right? Why did she suddenly come to Xijing?
Of course, this doubt flashed through Fang Minghua's mind, his mind was on the lecture, which he had not yet finished.

"Did you notice? These people have their own characteristics."

"Please note that in the third-person context, due to the diversity of the events and characters, the narration of the work can evolve into seeking the gap between the various narrative subjects, expressing the similarities of different narrative subjects smoothly, and creating a continuous momentum. The author adopted this writing method."

After Fang Minghao finished speaking, everyone started discussing everything from content to writing techniques to language style. The discussion was very lively.

Shang Ailan, who was standing at the door, did not participate, but just listened quietly.

At 4:, the lecture ended and the readers left one after another. Fang Minghao also got up and went downstairs. At this time, he saw Shang Ailan coming forward to greet him.

"Hello, Chairman Fang, do you still recognize me?"

Fang Minghua nodded.

"I know you. Your novel "Sexy Times Restaurant" won first prize in the first "Under the Banyan Tree Online Literature Originality" competition. I'm giving you the award."

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"That's great, Xiaoqi, call me Uncle Fang." Shang Ailan quickly said to the little girl next to her.

"Uncle Fang." The girl called out obediently.

"This is my daughter, Jiang Fangzhou." Shang Ailan then introduced.

"I saw her. You brought her with you when you went on stage to receive the award," Fang Minghua said.

"Yes, it's mainly to let her see the world and feel the literary atmosphere."

At this time, Lei Xuecheng came up and saw Fang Minghua chatting with a young woman. He couldn't figure out the relationship between them and thought they were friends of Fang Minghua, so he invited them to come down and sit down.

"You are Mr. Lei, the boss of the bookstore, right?" Shang Ailan smiled and said, "I heard about your bookstore in Hubei Province. The books are good and there are literature lectures. I brought my daughter here because of your reputation."

Lei Xuecheng hurriedly said a few humble words, but being praised was a happy thing after all, so he invited the two to go downstairs and sit in his lounge, and poured them tea.

"You guys chat first, I'll go out and take a look." Lei Xuecheng said and walked out.

"Chairman Fang, it's summer vacation now. I saw in the newspaper that there is such a bookstore in Xijing, and there are literary lectures by famous writers including you, so I brought my daughter here. I just listened to your talk about Bi Yufei's "Corn", which was very exciting."

"It really is true that one word from you is worth ten years of reading."

"You're too kind. I remember you're a teacher, so I'll call you Teacher Shang." Fang Minghua smiled slightly: "You came to Xijing just to see this bookstore and listen to the lecture?"

"Oh, there's just one more thing." Shang Ailan continued, "You're a famous writer. I admire you very much. My daughter has written a novel. Can you take a look at it and give her some advice?"

As she spoke, Shang Ailan took out a thick stack of manuscripts from the bag she was carrying and handed it to Fang Minghua.

"Pre-adolescence".

(End of this chapter)