Tao Yushu was certainly happy to have a washing machine added to his home.
Although it is a semi-automatic washing machine, and it does not even have a water filling function. You have to add water to the tank yourself, but at least you don't have to wash the clothes with your own hands. You can save at least two or three hours a week.
Isn’t it delicious to spend this time studying and reading?
In addition to Tao Yushu, the hostess, being happy, Tao Yumo was also happy. This time she had another reason to come to the Overseas Chinese Apartment.
When I went home for dinner on the weekend, I heard that their home had added a washing machine. Tao Yucheng excitedly dragged Zhao Li to have a look.
"This thing is really good. It's time to add a washing machine to our house!" said my uncle.
Zhao Li didn't talk to him. She also wanted to buy a washing machine, but she had to have money!
Tao Yucheng only gives the three melons and two dates to his family every month, and he still has to go back to get some. The two of them haven't saved much money yet.
In the blink of an eye, it is already the beginning of July, and the examination season has come again in major universities in Yanjing.
Lin Chaoyang was fishing in the library that day when he heard thumping footsteps coming from the stairs.
I saw Du Rong coming up with an excited face and waving a newspaper in her hand.
"Chaoyang, you are really on fire this time!"
Lin Chaoyang didn't know what he meant. Du Rong slapped the newspaper in his hand on the table and unfolded it, "Look!"
He looked carefully and discovered the reason for Du Rong's excitement.
The newspaper was the People's Liberation Army Daily, and there was a short message the size of a piece of tofu.
The content of short message reports in the news is relatively simple, the length is usually very short, and the text is concise, striving to report the facts as quickly as possible.
The content of "Tofu Chunks" only has more than 200 words, and the content is exactly what Lin Chaoyang and Liang Junshu mentioned during the phone call - Mr. Hu bought 3,000 copies of "Wreaths Under the Mountains" at his own expense and gave them to the frontline soldiers.
them.
The habit of official media has always been that the fewer words, the bigger the matter.
The fact that Mr. Hu bought books to send to the soldiers was certainly not a big deal for the country, but it was indeed a big deal for Lin Chaoyang himself and the publishers, newspapers, and magazines.
Previously, newspapers and magazines from all over the country swarmed to find Lin Chaoyang to reprint "Wreaths Under the Mountains". Isn't it because they heard this gossip?
Now that the rumor has been confirmed, everyone is naturally elated.
The authority of the military newspaper is unquestionable, and the influence of "Wreaths Under the Mountains" will inevitably expand with the spread of this news, and it will be widespread and nationwide.
Their reprints have attracted readers, and the books printed by the publishing house have been bought. The author Lin Chaoyang can still receive royalties. Because of the great leadership's love for "Garland Under the Mountain", everyone has benefited from it.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! You have caught the eye of the big boss!" Du Rong teased in an exaggerated tone.
Lin Chaoyang smiled, "It's not as exaggerated as you said. The leaders think that novels can be used to boost morale. It doesn't matter who wrote it."
"That's good, that's good. Now you can learn to be open-minded."
After making a few jokes, Du Rong went downstairs.
The news from the "Liberation Army Daily" spread very quickly. In less than a day, everyone around Lin Chaoyang knew about it.
My family was naturally proud when they heard the news, and my colleagues and friends were also full of envy.
These are the effects of the news on the people around Lin Chaoyang. The biggest impact of the news from the military newspaper is on the novel "Garland Under the Mountain" itself.
Originally, the single volume of "Garland Under the Mountain" has been published for more than four months, and sales have experienced an explosive period in the first two months and have gradually stabilized.
As soon as the news of the military newspaper spread, the sales of the single volume immediately skyrocketed.
Not only that, many newspapers and magazines that reprinted the novel "Wreaths Under the Mountain" also received more letters from readers than before, expressing their love for this novel.
Suddenly, the novel "Garland Beneath the Mountain", which had been published for almost a year, once again burst out with amazing vitality, setting off a craze among the general public that far exceeded the time of publication.
Taking advantage of this craze, "People's Literature" contacted Lin Chaoyang and said that it would hold a seminar on "Wreaths Under the Mountain".
"Garland Under the Mountain" itself was published in "People's Literature". No matter what the purpose was, it is understandable that they want to hold a seminar on the work.
Lin Chaoyang couldn't refuse, so he had to take time to attend the seminar.
After the meeting, Zhang Guangnian grabbed Lin Chaoyang and talked to him about joining the Cultural Association.
In fact, after the award ceremony of the National Outstanding Short Story Award, Zhang Guangnian mentioned this matter to Lin Chaoyang. Lin Chaoyang did not express his position at that time. Zhang Guangnian was busy with the awards, so the matter was shelved.
This time Zhang Guangnian brought up the old matter again, and the conditions were more favorable.
Originally, writers who wanted to join a literary association had to apply step by step. They first joined the district and county-level literary associations, then the city, province, and finally the National Literary and Art Association.
When I came to Lin Chaoyang, there wasn't that much trouble. It was just one step to become a member of the Chinese Literary and Art Association.
"Chaoyang, if you join our Chinese Writers Association, you will be the youngest member of our Chinese Writers Association!" Zhang Guangnian said in a bewitching tone.
"Of course it's a good thing to join the Literary and Art Association, but I don't like meetings and I'm usually quite busy with work and writing."
Lin Chaoyang is not pretending to be arrogant, but he has recently come into contact with people from the Cultural Association and knows that this kind of official organization requires some organizational discipline, and inevitably wastes some time on activities and meetings.
He didn't have much time and didn't want to be bound by that, so he wanted to refuse.
Lin Chaoyang holds two National Outstanding Short Story Awards, and his works have great influence. Especially "Garland Under the Mountain" has attracted the attention of big leaders. If such talents are not absorbed into the team of the Literary and Art Association, then they will be
Dereliction of duty by the association leadership.
Zhang Guangnian saw that Lin Chaoyang had no intention of joining the literary association, so he was thinking about how to draw him into the team.
"Chaoyang, you have achieved your current results at this age, and you will definitely have a bright future after joining the Chinese Literature Association.
Apart from anything else, our People's Literature will recruit new editorial board members in the future, and you must be the key candidate."
Generally, the editorial board members of magazines are all members of the editorial department or the publishing house, but this is different for authoritative magazines like People's Literature.
Its editorial board members include three types of people: first, the editorial staff of "People's Literature", such as Zhang Guangnian, Ge Luo and other editorial leaders; second, the older generation of writers in the literary world, such as Bing Xin, Sun Li, Zhang Tianyi,
Wei Wei; and also a relatively influential critic in the literary world.
If Zhang Guangnian really invited Lin Chaoyang to join the editorial board of "People's Literature", this decision would be quite bold.
Because this not only means that Lin Chaoyang is the first new editorial board member after the resumption of publication of "People's Literature", but also the youngest member of the editorial board of "People's Literature".
Before Lin Chaoyang, the youngest editor on the editorial board of "People's Literature" was also in his forties, and they were all well-known figures in the domestic literary circle.
If Lin Chaoyang, who is only in his early twenties, joins the editorial board, he may immediately cause an uproar in the domestic literary world.
"Of course, the editorial board thing is just an idea of ​​mine at the moment. The premise is that you must first be a member of the Chinese Literature Association."
Listening to Zhang Guangnian's words, Lin Chaoyang was a little ready to make a move.
Serving as an editorial board member for "People's Literature" is quite exciting when I think about it.
But Zhang Guangnian's last words made him wake up. He had been talking for a long time just to make a big pie!
Lin Chaoyang suddenly lost interest.
Lao Zhang is so unkind!
"I can't even think about being on the editorial board of "People's Literature". I think it's better to forget about the Chinese Writers Association."
Being rejected by Lin Chaoyang again, Zhang Guangnian was full of regrets. Why don't young people nowadays pursue progress at all?
A few days later, Lin Chaoyang saw the report on the "Garland Under the Mountain" workshop in the "Literary News".
The colorfulness of the article shows that the Association for Literary and Art Circles and "People's Literature" attach great importance to this seminar, and it must be echoing the actions of previous leaders.
It's summer vacation recently, and the work in the library has become free. Lin Chaoyang has a lot of time to read books.
Originally, he had some motivation to write because he bought a house at the end of the year. Unexpectedly, his works were so popular that he earned more and more royalties. Not only did he earn the balance of the house, but he also accumulated more and more savings, and even gave Lin Er
The old couple have enough money to buy a house.
Since this period of time, Lin Chaoyang has received requests from eight newspapers and magazines from all over the world to reprint "Wreaths Under the Mountains", and once again received more than 2,500 yuan in royalties.
With the income from royalties becoming increasingly abundant, Lin Chaoyang's creative motivation was not that strong. Tao Yushu was afraid that if he wrote too much, too fast, it would affect his future creative status, he asked him to read more and observe and experience life more.
In this way, Lin Chaoyang has completely let himself go.
At work, he just reads and fishes. Recently, he has become obsessed with a few collections of essays and recipes written by literati from the Ming and Qing Dynasties about food. When he comes home from get off work, he will think about cooking, and often he will not write a word for several days.
After work that evening, he rode his bicycle to the vegetable market.
As soon as I arrived at the market entrance, I saw farmers selling peaches on their shoulders. There are farmers growing peaches in the suburbs of Yanjing. From July to August every year, you can see these people selling peaches on the streets.
The peaches cost 25 cents per pound, and they look far less smooth than the ones of later generations, but they are better because they are purely natural.
Lin Chaoyang tasted a peach, which was sweet and juicy, so he bought three kilograms for seventy-five cents.
When he entered the vegetable market, he found a mandarin fish seller. It happened that the recipe he read today contained mandarin fish, so he bought one. The mandarin fish cost 80 cents per catty. The fish he bought was almost two catties, which was just right.
One dollar and five.
After buying some vegetables, Lin Chaoyang went home.
When he got home, he started cooking. Tao Yushu wanted to reach out but he pushed him away.
"Today I will make you a dry fried mandarin fish."
"Which cookbook did you read again?"
Lin Chaoyang was cooking, and Tao Yushu was happy and relaxed.
"Don't worry about the recipe, I'm sure you'll be drooling after eating it." Lin Chaoyang said confidently.
Tao Yushu didn't take his words seriously. Recently, he was addicted to cooking and studied the recipes thoroughly. However, if he followed through with specific actions, the probability of success would be relatively low. He could only succeed once after doing it three times.
Mandarin fish, like black fish, is a fish-eating fish. It is called Huaxuan here in Yanjing. The meat is thick and has few spines, and the meat is fresh and tender.
Generally steamed, sweet and sour, or made into squirrel fish, the taste is very good. The soup is as white as milk, thick but not greasy, and is more delicious than ordinary chicken soup and duck soup.
What Lin Chaoyang is going to make today is the dry-fried fried flower dumplings that he learned from the recipe, which is the way they are made in Jiangsu.
Tao Yushu had stewed the rice, and Lin Chaoyang fried the vegetables first, and then packed up the mandarin fish.
Heat the oil in a pan. When the oil temperature is right, fry the whole mandarin fish in the boiling oil. The kitchen will be filled with a fishy smell mixed with aroma.
He was frying fish when Tao Yumo came back. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "I smelled it in the corridor. Are you cooking fish today?"
She came to the kitchen door, sniffed her nose, and swallowed, "It smells so good!"
"Serve rice!"
Tao Yushu gave an order, and she immediately put down her bag, went to serve the rice quickly, and set out the dishes and chopsticks.
Lin Chaoyang brought the fried golden mandarin fish to the table, and the aroma was overwhelming. Tao Yu was so greedy that she almost drooled, and asked: "Brother-in-law, what kind of fish is this?"
“Dry fried mandarin fish!”
The food was served and the three of them ate.
Since it is dry-fried mandarin fish, there are naturally no toppings or soup. The golden mandarin fish lies on the plate with pepper and salt sprinkled next to it.
Tao Yumo picked up a piece of fish, dipped it in some salt and pepper, and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Hmm~" She couldn't help but make a happy nasal noise, her eyes almost narrowed, "Brother-in-law, this mandarin fish tastes amazing."
Listening to her evaluation, Lin Chaoyang was not happy, but asked Tao Yushu to have a taste.
This girl is very self-conscious about freeloading. As long as Lin Chaoyang cooks, it will always be "delicious" and "delicious".
“It’s really delicious.”
Tao Yushu's evaluation was relatively true. After hearing her words, Lin Chaoyang showed a proud smile on his face.
Seeing Tao Yumo wolfing down the food again, the smile on his face became even brighter.
Sure enough, reading books is not free.
After successfully learning a dish, Lin Chaoyang felt a sense of accomplishment.
After dinner, of course Tao Yumo would have to do the dishes, since so many good things are not free of charge.
Tao Yushu took out a letter. As early as the beginning of spring, Lin Chaoyang told Lin Erchun and his wife about buying a house. The old couple was naturally very happy.
Half a month ago, he and Tao Yushu discussed the issue of savings. Lin Chaoyang wanted Lin Erchun and his wife to come to Yanjing to live for a period of time this year to adapt to the environment and climate of Yanjing, and then bring them to Yanjing.
After the chat, Lin Chaoyang wrote a letter to the old couple. Today, Tao Yushu received a reply at home.
Lin Chaoyang opened the letter and took a look at it. The main idea was to just let the young couple live a good life and not worry about home. They were fine in their hometown, but they would definitely not be used to it in Yanjing.
"What should I do?" Tao Yushu asked.
Lin Chaoyang smiled and didn't care at all, "You tell them, they will definitely not come. When I go back after the holiday, I buy the train ticket and slap it on the table. If I don't leave, the fifty yuan will be wasted."
, see if they can leave!"
Tao Yushu couldn't help laughing after hearing his method, "Why do you look like a bandit kidnapping?"
"Which bandit will reimburse travel expenses?"
Chapter completed!