At the beginning of August, we caught up with the dog days of summer, and the sun hung high in the sky from the morning, sending warmth to the world like a scumbag.
So even if it was the weekend, Lin Chaoyang was too lazy to go out, so he might as well stay at home and cool off.
His house is transparent from north to south. Once the windows on both sides are opened, as long as there is a slight breeze outside, convection will form in the house, making it very cool. It is very comfortable to stay in the living room in summer.
Tao Yumo disappeared early in the morning. Lin Chaoyang thought she had gone out to play with her classmates. Unexpectedly, she came back around nine o'clock, with two people behind her.
Lin Chaoyang was a little surprised when he saw the two of them, and asked with a smile: "Zhenyun, you didn't go back to your hometown?"
Liu Zhenyun said with a smile: "No, the school has found some work to make extra money."
Liu Zhenyun's family situation is not good. Although he gets a monthly subsidy, he never dares to spend arbitrarily. He never dares to pay more than 10 cents for food in the cafeteria. He usually wears the uniforms he was issued when he was in the army.
Province.
Most of the money saved was used to buy books, magazines and attend performances. His spending habits are not unique, everyone is like this.
Recently, he has another expense, and that is "fellow countryman" Guo Jianmei.
"Hello, classmate Jianmei!" Lin Chaoyang smiled and greeted Guo Jianmei.
Guo Jianmei responded a little shyly. She is a 79-level law major.
He and Tao Yumo are classmates. Except for the meeting on the basketball court, because of Tao Yumo, he and Lin Chaoyang have met several times before, but they have never spoken.
This time, I came to his home with Liu Zhenyun as a guest, which was equivalent to publicly acknowledging the relationship, and I was inevitably a little shy.
Last year, Guo Jianmei was admitted to Yanda University. Her family and Liu Zhenyun's family were in the next town. Because of this relationship, Liu Zhenyun took great care of her at school. After going back and forth, the two of them became what they are now.
After hearing Guo Jianmei's story about how he met and fell in love with Liu Zhenyun, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but joked: "You were deceived by his honest and simple appearance. This kid is so clever that he fell in love with him accidentally.
Tao'er!"
His words made Guo Jianmei feel shy again, and Liu Zhenyun was also embarrassed by what he said.
"I am still a very simple person!" Liu Zhenyun retorted.
Lin Chaoyang laughed.
Guo Jianmei also stayed at the school this summer to work and study. Tao Yumo originally ran over to play with her, but then realized that he seemed a little redundant and wanted to go home.
However, Liu Zhenyun mentioned something that he had not found before when he came to Lin Chaoyang, so Tao Yumo brought the two of them over.
Liu Zhenyun has been to Lin Chaoyang's house before, but this is the first time for Guo Jianmei.
She secretly looked at the decoration of Lin Chaoyang's home, with a bit of timidity and envy hidden in her eyes.
I'm afraid this house is better than what the professors in the school live in, right?
"That day, I'll catch up with Li Tuo's move and go to their house to warm up a pot."
Lin Chaoyang explained something to Liu Zhenyun, and the two started chatting.
Tao Yushu was about to go out to buy some groceries, but before he could go out, another group of people came to the house.
It was my uncle, Chen Jiangong and Li Tuo, followed by a strange old man.
Several people exchanged greetings before entering, and then Chen Jiangong took out a copy of "Yanjing Literature and Art" and said to Lin Chaoyang: "Chaoyang, my brother's novel has been published!"
His latest short story "Danfengyan" was published in the August issue of "Yanjing Literature and Art". This novel took a lot of effort from him and he had high hopes.
"Is this a celebration? Then you have to treat me!" Lin Chaoyang joked.
"It's not my turn to treat guests." Chen Jiangong said, looking at the person next to him with a bit of mystery.
Lin Chaoyang immediately understood what he meant. There must be a reason why they ran over together.
He asked: "What good thing is this?"
Li Tuo smiled and took out a magazine from his bag.
Lin Chaoyang took it and glanced at the cover. It was in English. He subconsciously thought it was a foreign magazine.
After looking closely at the words on the cover, I suddenly said: ""Chinese Literature"?"
"Have you heard of it?" Li Tuo asked.
Lin Chaoyang nodded, "There is nothing else in the Yanda Library, only periodicals and magazines."
The English version of "Chinese Literature" handed over by Li Tuo was founded in 1951. It is the only official publication in China that translates and introduces Chinese literature and culture to foreign countries. It is managed by the Foreign Languages ​​Publishing Administration.
In the early years, the publication only promoted some obviously revolutionary works and works of great leaders. In the past two years, the atmosphere in the domestic literary world has changed, and the literary works recommended by "Chinese Literature" have also become more diverse.
New trends in domestic literary circles such as scar literature and reform literature are introduced.
Since its establishment, "Chinese Literature" has a history of nearly 30 years. It is not well-known in China. However, because it is the only magazine in China that translates and promotes Chinese literary works, it has always had its own unique status in the domestic literary circle.
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At this time, Tao Yucheng finally spoke and introduced the old man who had been following them but had been silent since entering the door to Lin Chaoyang.
"This is Mr. Yang Xianyi from the Foreign Publishing House, the deputy editor of "Chinese Literature". I am here to communicate with you and translate "Lai Zi's Summer" and publish it in "Chinese Literature" to introduce it to foreign readers.
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Listening to his uncle's introduction, Lin Chaoyang looked surprised and held the old man's hand, "Mr. Yang, I have long admired you!"
"Hello, Comrade Chaoyang, I have heard of your name for a long time!"
Yang Xianyi shook hands with Lin Chaoyang and laughed heartily.
He is one of my country's famous translators, but unlike many translators who translate foreign works into Chinese, Yang Xianyi has devoted his life to translating Chinese literary works into English and spreading Chinese culture to the world.
One of the most impressive things about the old man is that he and his wife spent more than ten years translating the masterpiece "A Dream of Red Mansions". Because it spanned the humming period, the process of translating "A Dream of Red Mansions" went through many twists and turns.
Finally, the English version of "A Dream of Red Mansions" was successfully published by Foreign Languages ​​Publishing House and was widely praised in the field of sinology research abroad.
The two chatted for a while, and Lin Chaoyang learned that "Laizi's Summer" has had a great impact on the literary world recently, arousing the interest of "Chinese Literature" in this novel.
It happened that Zhu Guangqian and Yang Xianyi knew each other, and they accidentally mentioned it when they were chatting. Only then did Yang Xianyi find out that the author of the novel was actually the son-in-law of Professor Tao Jingfa of Yanda University, so he asked Zhu Guangqian to help introduce him, and that's how Tao Yucheng brought it today.
Yang Xianyi came over.
"Chinese Literature" is committed to promoting Chinese literary works to the outside world, with the purpose of promoting and shaping the image of China and showing Chinese history, culture and social features to foreign readers.
Yang Xianyi had a brief exchange with Lin Chaoyang and said: "Your latest film "Lai Zi's Summer" is very well written. It not only inherits the advantages of stream-of-consciousness literature, but also pioneers the integration of Chinese culture. It is a rare work.
It’s a good work, and our magazine plans to serialize it.”
"Chinese Literature" is a monthly magazine that recommends a number of Chinese literary works to overseas readers in each issue, but most of them are brief introductions, and only heavyweight works will be promoted in the form of serials.
What Li Tuo just handed to Lin Chaoyang was the eighth issue of this year's "Chinese Literature". In this issue, one of Shen Congwen's famous short stories, "Xiao Xiao", was translated and promoted.
"Chinese Literature" wanted to promote his works overseas, so Lin Chaoyang naturally had no reason to refuse. Moreover, he specifically asked about the royalties, and Yang Xianyi said it would be eight yuan per thousand words.
Normally, the author gets the royalties for publication of works, but the "Chinese Literature" magazine pays double royalties. They not only have to pay royalties to the original author, but also to the translator.
The price of eight yuan for a thousand words is already very high, because it is actually equivalent to reprinting.
"Raizi's Summer" has two hundred thousand words, and eight yuan for one thousand words is one thousand six hundred yuan.
The people around me were almost drooling when they heard this. It was so easy to make money.
It’s no wonder that my brothers haven’t seen the world. Liu Zhenyun is now in the amateur stage. Li Tuo and Chen Jiangong’s creations are also mainly short stories. Publishing a work can only cost two hundred yuan.
Seeing Lin Chaoyang receiving 1,600 yuan in royalties in one fell swoop, how could anyone not be envious?
After talking about the business, Lin Chaoyang originally wanted to stay with Yang Xianyi for a meal, but the old comrade was in a hurry to leave and said he had to go home to be with his wife, so Lin Chaoyang had to send him out.
When Lin Chaoyang returned home, Li Tuo, Chen Jiangong and others began to arrange dinner.
They believed that they had brought Yang Xianyi to their home today, and they had done a great job. Li Tuo also specially made a copy of "Chinese Literature" before he came. Lin Chaoyang received such a large amount of royalties all at once, and he had to treat everyone to a meal no matter what.
It's almost time to catch up with the autumn breeze.
Lin Chaoyang didn't mind treating guests to dinner. He was currently practicing his cooking skills, so he could practice with a few of them.
Tao Yushu planned to go shopping, but Chen Jiangong took the initiative to go shopping.
All kidding aside, they didn't really come to Lin Chaoyang's house to kill people. Chen Jiangong had just received his royalties and was planning to have a good meal.
Lin Chaoyang didn't want Chen Jiangong to spend money, so he proposed to go with him.
"Brother-in-law, be sure to buy a mandarin fish." Tao Yumo told Lin Chaoyang before he left.
Ever since she last ate the dry-fried mandarin fish made by Lin Chaoyang, she has never forgotten it.
They went out to buy groceries for more than an hour, and Lin Chaoyang and Chen Jiangong didn't come back until noon.
"Brother-in-law, why did you guys come back?" Tao Yumo said with a hungry look on his face.
The vegetables have just been bought and it will take an hour or two to cook, and it will be afternoon before dinner.
Lin Chaoyang shook the dish in his hand at her and said, "It's good to have a good meal, so don't be afraid of being late."
Tao Yumo suddenly became energetic when he saw the fish and meat in his pocket, "What are these?"
"Pork, mandarin fish, potatoes, radishes, rapeseed, mushrooms..."
Tao Yumo didn't wait for Lin Chaoyang's answer, he flipped through his pocket, and at the end he saw a pair of pork belly and kidneys. Lin Chaoyang and the others came back late mainly because they queued up to buy this pair of pork belly and kidneys.
"Go wash the vegetables!"
Lin Chaoyang scolded her, and Tao Yumo did not dare to refute. Who told her to eat people and be short-tongued?
There are many guests at home today, so of course we have to prepare more meals.
The two kilograms of pork were divided into two parts, and one part was fat and the other was lean and made into braised pork.
One portion was full of fat. Lin Chaoyang cooked the fat half-cooked, cut it into large pieces, boiled red beans and made bean paste, put the meat in a bowl, spread it with rice mixed with brown sugar, and steamed it until it was mushy.
It was the pork stuffed with sand that he learned from the recipe.
The mandarin fish is still dry-fried and served with salt and pepper.
Pork belly and pork kidneys were stewed together with potatoes, radishes, and mushrooms, making a stew with reduced ingredients.
It took Lin Chaoyang more than two hours to prepare four dishes, all of which were meat dishes. In this era, they were considered a proper feast.
The dishes were brought to the table, and the aroma was fragrant. It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone was already hungry and devoured the food as soon as it was served.
“Yum! So delicious!”
"Chaoyang's craftsmanship is as good as that of the great master!"
After eating for a long time, most of the dry-fried mandarin fish, braised pork, and braised pork were eaten by everyone, but no one touched the pork stuffed with sand.
"Why don't you eat this dish?" Lin Chaoyang asked.
Several people at the table were a little hesitant. The stuffed pork is pure fat meat. A piece of meat is almost as thick as a finger, which makes people feel tired just looking at it.
A few of them were not particularly short of food and water in their stomachs, and they didn’t even dare to take their chopsticks when they saw the meat.
Seeing that no one made any move, Lin Chaoyang pushed the stuffed meat in front of Tao Yumo's eyes and said, "Yu Mo, eat it!"
"Brother-in-law..." Tao Yumo called out, with an expression on the verge of tears.
The shortcomings of eating people with short mouths were clearly revealed at this moment. Her brother-in-law asked her to eat, could she not eat? Would she want to eat and drink again after she stopped eating?
While she was hesitating, everyone watched as Liu Zhenyun took the lead in picking up a piece of fat and stuffed it into his mouth.
Everyone at the table was hungry, but Liu Zhenyun was really hungry. He didn't even bother to order a 15 cent dish in the cafeteria.
Everyone was hesitating just now, no one moved their chopsticks, and he was too embarrassed to be the first to use his chopsticks.
Now that everyone is in trouble, he is naturally willing to be the first guinea pig.
His lips were glossy as he chewed the meat. After tasting the taste, he half-closed his eyes and stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece for Guo Jianmei.
"Jianmei, try it!"
Although Liu Zhenyun said nothing, his attitude said everything.
This stuffed pork tastes pretty good.
"Add some sugar to make it taste better." Lin Chaoyang reminded Guo Jianmei.
Guo Jianmei's eyes lit up as she ate the meat.
Seeing this, several other people stretched out their chopsticks, and the unwelcome pork with pork belly was snatched away.
The total amount of pork stuffed with pork made from one pound of fat meat is not much, and it seems even less when so many people eat it together.
Tao Yumo had eaten two pieces, and his expression was a little unsatisfied.
"Brother-in-law, I can make more of this dish in the future."
"You should eat less!" Tao Yushu's eyes turned around on his sister's face and said quietly.
Chapter completed!