Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 352 Buying a Motorcycle for Aunt
After the screening, Lin Chaoyang chatted with the leaders for a while. Du Ruolin suddenly said with emotion, "The pension for martyrs is too low now. We are sorry for our comrades!"

His words aroused unanimous agreement from the generals present. Today, the sacrifice pension for our soldiers is still the standard of 515 yuan set during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. After years, this standard has not changed at all.

"It is indeed too low. But even with such a pension, almost none of our martyrs' families have ever asked the organization for it."

"This standard should be adjusted. We can't let the families of our martyrs shed blood and tears!"

Although all those present were generals, they were also a group of veterans who had fought in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation. They could empathize with the efforts and sacrifices made by the grassroots officers and soldiers.

Taking advantage of this opportunity today, someone raised the issue of pensions. Without any communication, everyone immediately spoke with one voice and put the pressure on leader No. 3, who is the highest leader present today.

"What are you doing? What are you doing? Seeing that no one else is here today, I am the only one who is easy to bully, right?"

"Look at what you said. You are the leader. We are reporting the situation to you!"

The veterans who had been through blood and fire were all used to the trials of life and death. Faced with the evasion of responsibility by leader No. 3, they showed no fear at all and surrounded the leader, talking to him one after another. The situation was out of control for a while.

"Alright, alright, I'll go report my work to the senior leader in a few days, and I'll definitely bring up this matter." Leader No. 3 was annoyed by these old guys, and finally had to agree to their request.

Lin Chaoyang witnessed the old generals fighting with their superiors for the rights of the soldiers. Although he didn't know what the final outcome would be, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride when he thought that this incident was triggered by his work.

The sensational effect of "The Garland under the Mountain" lasted throughout the last month of 1983. This phenomenal film that shook the film industry also brought a huge impact to the Chinese cultural circle.

With the popularity of the movie, the original novel of "The Garland under the Mountain" was first snapped up by the audience and the copy was hard to come by.

Various film magazines and media were talking about movies and the concept of "Xu Lingjun Years". Young people were proud of their military uniforms. The bell-bottom pants and jeans that were popular in the past two years suddenly disappeared this winter.

After New Year’s Day, Yan University was about to go on holiday, and the school specially borrowed a copy of "The Garland under the Mountain" to show to the students.

Although many students had already seen the movie in the cinema, the dining hall was still packed with enthusiastic college students when the movie was shown.

The large dining hall was just converted into a large lecture hall this year. Fixed seats and a stage were installed and it is used exclusively as a lecture hall and auditorium.

After the movie was over, the lecture hall was silent. Some people were wiping their tears, some were thinking seriously, and many more people were reluctant to leave.

At this time, the college students who were still immersed in the movie actually saw He Wei, the actor who played Jin Kailai, appear in the lecture hall.

The students were excited. They all rushed over, surrounded him tightly, and touched his face affectionately.

This was the hero they saw in the movies. The students were as devout as if they were worshipping an idol. As He Wei appeared, the applause and cheers continued for a long time.

Lin Chaoyang was in the corner of the lecture hall, watching the scene in front of him, and was very worried that He Wei would be squeezed into a photo by the students.

He said to the person in charge of the school's Youth League Committee, "Xiao Li, your safety awareness needs to be improved!"

“Teacher Lin, if you are worried, you can go to the stage and meet everyone.”

Lin Chaoyang waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I'm just a behind-the-scenes worker and I'm not that popular."

Soon, Lin Chaoyang was slapped in the face by his own words.

His face was more famous than the president's at Yanjing University. As soon as he appeared on stage, the students' enthusiasm reached its peak and surged towards him. Lin Chaoyang was so frightened that he rolled and crawled onto the stage.

Yanda was going to screen "The Garland under the Mountain" and had specially invited He Wei, the actor who played Jin Kailai in the movie. As a novelist, film screenwriter and Yanda employee, Lin Chaoyang naturally could not not attend, so he had another rare day of work today.

The heated exchange lasted for more than half an hour. Lin Chaoyang bowed to the students to express his gratitude, and thunderous applause broke out in the lecture hall again.

"The Garland under the Mountain" was screened in the lecture hall for two consecutive days, allowing Yan University students to watch this year's most popular movie before the holiday.

After the screening, the college students’ winter vacation began.

For Lin Chaoyang, it makes no difference whether there is winter vacation or not, because he doesn't have to go to work anyway.

Just two days after New Year's Day, we entered the twelfth lunar month, and after the holiday it was already Laba Festival.

This period of time is the coldest in Yanjing in the year, and Lin Chaoyang stays at home and is unwilling to go out easily.

On the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, snowflakes began to fall from the sky. The snowflakes were as big as fingernails and fell down in a large number. In a short while, a layer of snow had accumulated on the ground.

The house was warm as spring. Lin Chaoyang stood in front of the glass window, the teacup in his hand filled with steam. He muttered to himself, "This snow is a bit heavy!"

"Ah~ah~ah~"

On the floor of the house, little Dongdong took steps without recognizing any relatives, and staggered along, learning to walk with the encouragement of Tao Yumo.

Tao Yumo was standing three or five steps in front of him, with a smile on her face and her arms open to him, "Xiao Dongzi, come here quickly, into your aunt's arms!"

Xiao Dongdong kept making anxious noises with his mouth, but unfortunately his feet were not very nimble. The more anxious he was, the more he ran off the track. Finally, he stumbled and fell two steps away from Tao Yumo.

He fell to the ground with a plop, grabbing a piece of shit, but he didn't cry.

He lay steadily on the ground, tilted his head and looked at Tao Yumo with a silly smile.

With this smile, he couldn't help drooling again, and Tao Yumo quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth.

"Don't be silly and laugh. You drool when you laugh. When will your mouth sores go away? I don't know what your parents think of this!"

Lin Chaoyang turned a deaf ear to his sister-in-law's ridicule. Seeing the snow falling heavier outside, he put down the teacup in his hand, turned his head and said to Tao Yumo:
"Yumo, take care of Dongdong. I'll go pick up your sister!"

Before Tao Yumo could reply, Lin Chaoyang had already walked out the door.

Looking at his brother-in-law's anxious back, Tao Yumo hugged his eldest nephew in his arms.

"Hey! Dongzi, why do I feel like you were picked up by your parents?"

"Ah~ah?"

"You think so, right? These two are only concerned about their own coolness and don't care about our feelings at all."

"what!"

"That's right. I've never seen such irresponsible parents."

"Ah!"

"Auntie, you've got it in your heart, right? I'm still good to you!"

"Ah~"

"When you grow up, you must not forget your aunt."

"Ahhh!"

"That's right. You thought that when you become rich in the future, you would buy a motorcycle for your aunt. Your aunt works so hard, and she has to travel dozens of kilometers!"

"Wow~Wow~" Xiao Dongdong suddenly started crying, and Tao Yumo was touched, "You still care about your aunt, dear baby!"

Tao Yumo kissed Xiao Dongdong's soft and bouncy face twice. Suddenly, she felt hot in her chest and her face fell.

"I've already given you a diaper, why did you pee on me? I think you deserve a beating!"

"Ah! Ah!"

Dongsi 8th Hutong, inside the editorial building of People's Literature.

It was just past two in the afternoon, and seeing that the snow outside was getting heavier, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu Jianqing asked everyone to leave work early if they had nothing to do, so as to avoid returning home late as the snow was too heavy and the roads were difficult to walk on.

He has always been a good guy, and as soon as he said this, he immediately drew praise from his colleagues in the editorial department.

Everyone was packing up and getting ready to go off work, but Tao Yushu was the only one who was still sitting there calmly reading the manuscript.

"Yushu, let's go quickly. It will be difficult to ride a bike if the snow gets heavy soon." Zhu Wei reminded.

Tao Yushu was so absorbed in reading the manuscript that he replied without even looking up, "You guys go first. I'll leave as soon as I finish reading this manuscript. It will be quick."

As we were talking, colleagues left the editorial office one after another.

Tao Yushu was the only one left in the huge office, and the only sound in the office was her flipping papers.

"Bang, bang!" There were suddenly two knocks on the office door.

Tao Yushu, who was immersed in the story, was awakened. She got up to open the door, only to see a young man with a young face standing at the door. There was a lot of snow on his shoulders and head, which had not melted yet.

Tao Yushu thought that the young man's clothes were somewhat inappropriate for the current temperature in Yanjing. His trouser legs were long and slender, and he didn't look like he was wearing cotton trousers. He did wear a sweater on his upper body, but he only had an autumn jacket on the outside.

This kind of clothing seems too thin in today's weather.

"Hello, I'm looking for Teacher Tao!"

The young man spoke with a slight accent from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and pronounced retroflex words as flat tongue words.

Hearing his words, Tao Yushu's eyes lit up, "You are Yu Hua from Zhejiang, right?"

When Yu Hua saw Tao Yushu called out his name at once, a smile immediately broke out on his face. When he smiled, his eyelids drooped, and he looked like a cute dog.

"Are you Mr. Tao? I am Yu Hua."

"Come in quickly, come in quickly!"

Tao Yushu let Yu Hua into the office. It was the first time for Yu Hua to enter the editorial department of a literary magazine, and it was the top literary magazine in the country. He felt indescribably nervous.

He glanced around the office environment. There didn't seem to be anything special about the desks, piles of manuscripts, and potted plants on the windowsill.

Tao Yushu asked him to sit down and poured him a cup of hot tea. "I didn't expect you to arrive today."

Yu Hua sat down on the chair and put the bag he brought with him on the table. "I set out on the day I received your letter, but I didn't expect Yanjing to be so cold."

"Do you think the winter in the north is a joke? Your clothes are too thin. Did you bring any thicker clothes?"

"I brought one."

Tao Yushu knew from his tone that he must have brought thin clothes, "Is this your first time in Yanjing?"

Yu Hua nodded.

"Go buy some thick clothes later," Tao Yushu reminded.

Yu Hua agreed vaguely. He didn't bring much money with him when he came, and the key point was that he didn't have the national cloth coupons.

After chatting for a while, Tao Yushu took Yu Hua to meet the deputy editor-in-chief Liu Jianqing.

When Liu Jianqing met Yu Hua, he had a cordial conversation with him and told him to concentrate on revising the manuscript here.

"You need to be more careful about this. Originally, you didn't need to come to Yanjing to revise the manuscript for a short story like yours.

Comrade Yushu thinks you are a promising talent and wants you to come to Yenching to exchange ideas with the editors and gain some knowledge. That’s why you have this opportunity. You must seize it.”

After listening to Liu Jianqing's words, Yu Hua realized that this opportunity to go to Beijing to revise the manuscript was not easy to come by. He nodded repeatedly in agreement.

"That's it for now. Yushu, take him upstairs first and take care of his daily life."

"it is good."

Tao Yushu led Yu Hua out and was about to take him upstairs when he saw Lin Chaoyang walking up the stairs.

"How did you come?"

"It's snowing so heavily, I'll come pick you up!" Lin Chaoyang said gently with a smile on his face.

As he spoke, his eyes glanced at the young man next to Tao Yushu.

Whoops!
Isn't this a sloppy puppy?
Seeing his gaze, Tao Yushu introduced them to the two people: "This is Yu Hua, a young author from Zhejiang, and this is my wife..."

Before Tao Yushu finished his introduction, the office door behind Tao Yushu and Yu Hua opened, and Liu Jianqing walked out of the office. When he saw Lin Chaoyang, he immediately smiled warmly.

"Chaoyang! It's really you. I think your voice sounds similar to yours."

Lin Chaoyang smiled and shook hands with Liu Jianqing. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Liu Jianqing asked, "Are you here to pick up Yushu?"

"Yeah, it's snowing hard outside."

Liu Jianqing said to Tao Yushu, "Yushu, why don't you go first? I'll take care of Yu Hua. I have to leave soon anyway."

"It's okay, just a few minutes. Wait for me."

She said the last sentence to Lin Chaoyang.

After saying that, she quickly took Yu Hua upstairs. After making some simple arrangements, she went downstairs to meet Lin Chaoyang.

"Let's go!"

The couple walked out of the building hand in hand. It was snowing heavily outside and their figures were hidden in the white snow and wind.

Yu Hua upstairs put down his luggage and looked around the room. When he lost interest in the novelty, he stood in front of the window and happened to see the couple gradually disappearing.

Teacher Tao and his wife are really loving!
(End of this chapter)