Zha Haisheng is a law student in the class of 1979. He was only fifteen years old when he entered school last year, making him the youngest student in the department and even the school.

He was born in rural Anhui to a poor peasant, but he has shown superhuman IQ and learning ability since he was a child. He skipped a grade in elementary school because of his excellent grades. By the 1979 college entrance examination, he was successfully admitted to Yanda University with the top score in liberal arts in his hometown of Anqing.

Department of Law.

This news caused a sensation in AQ City that year, making Zha Hai a celebrity in his hometown.

On the day he received the admission notice from Yanda, his father happily slaughtered the pig that he had raised at home for more than half a year, and borrowed another sum of money. Except for his living expenses and travel expenses, the rest of the money was used for living expenses.

Banquet.

His brother went to the town and wholesaled 100 popsicles for a total of 5 yuan. Every child in the village who came to watch the fun received one popsicle.

The younger brother also bought back two kilograms of white sugar, poured it into a bucket, mixed it well and let the villagers who came to sit down to drink it.

There were nine tables set up in the yard, with not only food, but also tobacco and wine. There was no such pomp and ceremony in the villagers' weddings.

Getting admitted to Yan'an University was the most glorious experience in Zha Haisheng's life before he turned sixteen. However, this glory quickly dimmed after entering Yan'an University.

After entering Yan University, Zha Haisheng found that he was not the smartest one, nor was he the one with the best grades. Many of his classmates had much better backgrounds than him.

He is not vain, and does not think that a good background means anything. However, a good background does have an advantage that he cannot compare with, that is, he is well-informed. The gap between him and his urban classmates once made him feel inferior.

Fortunately, Yanda treats students like them equally. Living and studying here for more than a year, he was exposed to many new things that he had never been exposed to before.

I ate chocolate for the first time in my life, watched a drama for the first time, listened to a symphony for the first time, listened to a report by a deputy national leader for the first time...

Studying at Yanda not only broadened his knowledge, but also stimulated his inner thirst for knowledge.

One afternoon when I was busy reviewing in high school, a classmate from a county town family took out a copy of "Yanjing Literature and Art" and said that there was a novel in it about the protagonist being labeled as a Y faction. It was very touching.

Zha Haisheng took it over and read it. He thought the novel was well written, but he had no deep feelings or resonance with the content. He only remembered the name of the novel - "The Wrangler".

He was born in a rural area, and the biggest impact he received in his life was simply attending some batch D meetings or as a spectator.

When he was in high school, his favorite thing was martial arts novels. At first, he read ancient chivalrous novels such as "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses".

Later, someone circulated among his classmates Liang Yusheng's Xiangjiang martial arts novels such as "The Heroes of Sons and Daughters" and "Seven Swords of the Mountain", and he was fascinated by them.

One day after entering Yanda, a classmate suddenly asked him, "Are you going to see Xu Lingjun?"

"Xu Lingjun? Who is Xu Lingjun?"

"The writer who wrote "The Wrangler" and "Little Shoes"!"

Zha Haisheng recalled in a daze that afternoon in high school. He followed his classmates to the Yanda Library. The classmates pointed out to him, "Look, that's Xu Lingjun!"

Zha Haisheng met a writer whom he could only know through typefaces before, but after reading it, he felt that writers seemed to be ordinary people.

A few days later, when he returned to the dormitory after dinner, he heard several classmates having a heated discussion. He listened carefully for a while and found that they were discussing a novel called "Garland Under the Mountain."

Out of curiosity, Zha Haisheng borrowed the "People's Literature" newly bought by his classmates and read it. Unexpectedly, he couldn't put it down after reading it.

The playboy Zhao Mengsheng, the loyal and passionate Liang Sanxi, the fiery Jin Kailai... every character is so vivid and full.

Zha Haisheng is a child from the countryside, and he especially likes Jin Kailai, a rough guy from a humble background.

When he saw that in the second half of the story, Jin Kailai sacrificed his life for the country but could not give merit because he violated discipline, he angrily slapped the magazine on the table.

"That's unreasonable!"

"Hey! Just read a book. Why are you throwing my book?"

The owner of the magazine reminded him dissatisfiedly, and only then did Zha Haisheng realize his gaffe.

He patiently continued to read the novel and found that the author of the novel was Xu Lingjun, the writer he had read in the library a few days ago.

But unlike before after watching "The Wrangler", this time he was deeply moved by "Wreaths Under the Mountain", and he also had an additional filter for the writer Xu Lingjun.

Xu Lingjun didn't write many novels, one short story and three novellas. After reading the novel, he went to read Lin Chaoyang's creative talk published in "Yanjing Literature and Art" and his review articles in "October".

At the end of March this year, there was a sudden rumor among classmates that Xu Lingjun had also published works under another pen name. Zha Haisheng couldn't wait to go to the library and find the two works signed "Wang Qinglai".

Zha Haisheng particularly liked the novel "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" because reading this novel made him feel intimate. He felt that Xu Lingjun really understood the countryside and local society very well.

After reading all of Xu Lingjun's works, he admired this writer even more.

In April, the novel "Raizi's Summer" was published in "Contemporary".

This was the first time that Zha Haisheng came into contact with the concept of stream-of-consciousness literature. When he first read the novel, the jumping timeline, complex psychological descriptions and various textual intentions in the novel made him dizzy.

He used to read novels, and he liked the kind of works with strong storytelling. He was not used to reading novels of this style.

After reading it patiently and communicating with classmates around him, he gradually understood the awesomeness of this novel. The more he read, the more interesting it became.

Understanding the style of stream-of-consciousness literature greatly expanded the depth of Zha Haisheng's reading. After that, his reading became more extensive and in-depth, and he discovered that the charm of literature seemed to be far greater than that of law.

Last month, he heard that "Lai Zi's Summer" was published and went to the off-campus bookstore to buy the book. Because he arrived a little late, he almost didn't buy it. Fortunately, his classmate Tao Yumo gave him his book.

He rarely goes to bookstores outside to buy books unless he particularly likes them.

Because his monthly living expenses are not much, only a few yuan is left after excluding food money, so he must spend carefully.

A few days ago, "Contemporary" once again published Lin Chaoyang's novel "The Death of Van Gogh".

If "The Summer of Lai Zi" opened up Zha Haisheng's understanding of stream-of-consciousness literature, then "The Death of Van Gogh" opened up his understanding of novel creation.

He never thought that someone could write a novel like this.

"The Death of Van Gogh", a book of 220,000 words, took him two and a half days to read, before the final exam.

This was not because he didn't pay attention to the final exam. On the day he bought the magazine, he originally just wanted to read a few pages casually, put it down after knowing what the story was about, and then concentrate on reviewing. Unexpectedly, he never put it down after reading it.

This novel seems to have a powerful magic power that can firmly capture the readers' eyes and minds.

While reading the novel, Zha Haisheng completely forgot about the world outside him. His thoughts followed the author's writing and wandered around Europe in the 19th century. He was immersed in the time and space journey of Aaron and Van Gogh, and could not extricate himself.

After reading the novel, he couldn't calm down for a long time. He had never read such a novel.

In terms of storytelling, it was more exciting than all the martial arts novels he had read. Just the idea of ​​traveling through Europe in the 19th century was amazing enough, not to mention the way the novel combined real history and suspense elements.

The life experience of Van Gogh and the experience of the time traveler Aaron are perfectly integrated to create a world that can be confused with reality.

In terms of literary quality, it is also not inferior to the works of famous writers that he once praised with admiration.

When it comes to abstract terms such as the literariness of literary works, most people always find it difficult to understand. But in fact, if understood simply, literariness is all aspects that constitute the unique quality of a work.

The use of rhetorical methods, the structure of the text, the uniqueness of narrative techniques, and the exploration of profound propositions through the construction of plots and characters are all literary content.

"The Death of Van Gogh" has a unique narrative structure. The text uses a lot of symbols, metaphors, characterization and psychological description. Especially the description of Van Gogh, who is between genius and madman, is wonderful.

The novel's writing is exquisite and full of beauty, which are his unique features in literature.

In terms of ideological nature, Zha Haisheng felt that the topics discussed in this novel went beyond the contemporary literary works he had read before.

At the beginning of the novel, rioters from an extreme environmental group set fire to a famous painting and Aaron sacrificed his life to save the painting, surrounded by onlookers.

The author described the reasons for the emergence of extreme environmental organizations and their logic of action in three thousand words. There was a sentence in the novel that impressed him deeply. It was what the author said through the mouths of onlookers - the earth does not need to be saved, it needs to be saved.

It's us.

When he saw this sentence, Zha Haisheng felt that he was hit all of a sudden. It was so clear and insightful.

When writing about the behavior of the spectators, the novel said that everyone was crying and shouting, but no one took action. The hypocrisy of human beings was vividly displayed in just two to three hundred words.

The ideological nature of such a work is already beyond the reach of most works.

I finished reading the novel before the final exam. During the exam, Zha Haisheng was still a little absent-minded. All that flashed through his mind were the words and various images from the novel.

Although watching "The Death of Van Gogh" affected his exam, Zha Haisheng has no regrets at all.

For him, being able to read such a masterpiece is a matter of great happiness.

After the exam, the students began to leave school, and Zha Haisheng was also packing his bags.

But before leaving, he thought about "The Death of Van Gogh" again. This novel had so much staying power that he still thought about it even after reading it for several days.

An idea suddenly came to Zha Haisheng's mind. He wanted to see Xu Lingjun again.

When he came to the library, because he was shy by nature, he did not dare to go over and talk to Xu Lingjun, so he watched from a distance.

He is young, short in stature, with a round face and has not yet shed his childishness. He has been nicknamed "Dongzi" by the boys in the class since he entered school.

In addition, the weather was cold and I wore a lot of clothes and a Lei Feng hat. From a distance, it looked like a moving meat dumpling, which was very eye-catching.

When Zha Haisheng was looking around, he saw the person opposite suddenly stood up and walked towards him. He stood there nervously.

"Classmate, do you want to borrow a book?" Lin Chaoyang asked, looking at the meat dumplings in front of him.

"I don't borrow books."

Zha Haisheng was only 1.6 meters tall and could only slightly look up at Lin Chaoyang, who was 1.8 meters tall. This was his first time observing the writer at such a close distance.

"Are you going to read a book with your family?"

Family members?

When Zha Haisheng heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he instantly understood what Lin Chaoyang meant. His immature face turned dark, and the excitement of seeing his idol just now was suddenly broken.

In this era, people generally cannot keep up with nutrition, and many people only enter puberty during high school.

Zha Haisheng went to college at the age of 15. He was short and developed late. In the eyes of many adults, he was no different from a junior high school student.

He is in grade 79. There are many brothers and sisters in their twenties in the class. The boys call him "Dongzi" and the girls call him "Xiaocha". Anyway, they treat him as a child.

Although everyone had no ill intentions and usually took good care of him, this made Zha Haisheng very unhappy.

We are all college students, so what qualifications do we have?

Therefore, he doesn't like people looking down on him based on his height or age.

Lin Chaoyang came up and asked him if he had come to read a book with his family. He obviously thought he was a junior high school student.
Chapter completed!