The annual Xunweizhai Cultural Salon has come to an end, but the attention it brought continues.
Compared with salons in previous years, this year's salon had higher standards, a larger scale, a wider scope of radiation, and more materials and angles for discussion. It became one of the focuses of discussion in the domestic literary circles in April 1985.
After finishing their work in the salon, Lin Chaoyang and his wife were free. The appointment letter from the new Kunlun Pictures had arrived in the mail, and Tao Yushu could go to the government department to apply for the procedures to go to Hong Kong.
But now the couple encountered a problem. Xiaodongdong was not yet three years old, so he would definitely have to go with them. Tao Yushu was confident that she could take care of him while pregnant. After all, this was how everyone had been here in the past few years.
But Lin Chaoyang was worried. The couple's trip to Xiangjiang wouldn't take too long, but after all, they were unfamiliar with the place, so he still wanted to be on the safe side.
"Why don't you take Yu Mo with you?"
"She still has to go to work."
"Is it different if she's not in that class? She can do better than her eldest brother!"
If Tao Yumo heard what Lin Chaoyang said, he would have to fight him to the death, not because he was spitting blood, but because the truth was too hurtful.
Tao Yushu was a little hesitant. She was afraid that this matter would delay her sister's work, but Lin Chaoyang was right. Tao Yushu's performance in the past year or so after graduation did not look like he was ambitious.
"This is not easy to handle. Even if she helps us take care of the children at home, how can we take care of them when we go to Xiangjiang?"
Lin Chaoyang also scratched his head a little.
After all, she is a sister-in-law, Dehua and all are just jokes, there is no way she can really use her as a confinement nanny.
"How about you talk to her first?"
Tao Yushu nodded hesitantly.
After the couple finished talking, Tao Yushu came to the living room. At this time, Xiao Dongdong had been coaxed to sleep. Tao Yumo was playing games in front of the TV. When the villain on the screen died, she became upset and frustrated. If she passed the test, she would
Cheers for a while.
He is obviously in his twenties, but he behaves like a child.
Tao Yushu looked at her sister's carefree performance and couldn't help but smile. She sat on the sofa and watched Tao Yumo play for a long time.
"Sister, why don't you make any movement when you walk?"
Tao Yumo's character died again. She shook the controller angrily and planned to continue playing. Suddenly she found someone else beside her. She was startled and complained angrily.
"You are too involved in playing games."
Tao Yumo also knew her problem when playing games, so she didn't dwell on the problem anymore. She asked again: "Why are you sitting here if you don't want to sleep?"
"It's nothing. Your brother-in-law and I are going to Xiangjiang, right? We plan to take Dongdong with us."
"Oh." Tao Yumo was a little disappointed when he heard this, "This little guy usually knows how to torture people, and he was a little reluctant to leave when he left."
"Then you're going to go too?" Tao Yushu asked in a joking tone.
Tao Yumo's eyes immediately lit up when he heard this, "Can I go?"
Tao Yushu was surprised by his sister's reaction. How about you show your embarrassment?
Seeing that she didn't speak, Tao Yumo asked again: "Sister, do you really want me to go?"
"No." Tao Yushu replied dryly.
Tao Yumo was reluctant, "You just said it!"
"You really want to go to Xiangjiang? Why didn't you tell me before?"
"I'm not afraid of causing trouble to you. This time you brought it up on your own initiative, not at my request!"
Tao Yushu rolled his eyes at her, "Going to Xiangjiang just for the game, right?"
Tao Yumo said coquettishly: "No, the main reason is that I can't let go of Xiao Dongzi!"
"Come on. Are you so big-hearted that you don't even want to work anymore? Are you willing to let go of your family?"
"I can just apply for a leave of absence without pay at work. It's not like you don't know at home. Mom now regards me as a thorn in her side and a thorn in her flesh."
"That's because I'm worried about you."
"It's useless for her to be anxious. I have the final say in my life. Sister, I know you want me to help you take care of Xiao Dongzi, right?
No problem, leave Xiaodongzi to me, and I promise to take care of him until he is fat and healthy."
Tao Yushu shook off her coquettish hand and said, "He is fat enough. What if you don't want to work at all in the future?"
"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Besides, I am taking a leave of absence without pay." Tao Yumo said very bachelorly.
Tao Yushu shook her head. She really couldn't understand. Both sisters were raised by their parents. How could their personalities be so different?
"Sister~" Tao Yumo saw her shaking her head, thinking that she didn't want him to go to Xiangjiang, so he quickly shook his sister's arm again.
"Stop shaking! Stop shaking!"
Tao Yumo stopped then, and Tao Yushu looked at her silently for a long time before saying, "Why do you think you are not motivated at all?"
Tao Yumo said confidently: "If I don't make progress, isn't that because I look after your children? If you don't thank me, forget it, but you still look down on me!"
Although Tao Yushu was sometimes merciless when trying to trick his sister, and although he knew that Tao Yumo was bluffing, Tao Yushu still couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
"Okay, then you come with us to Xiangjiang."
"That's great!" Tao Yumo jumped up and hugged her sister, shaking her left and right.
Tao Yushu was shaken by her a few times, feeling dizzy and retching. Tao Yumo was so frightened that she immediately helped her sister sit down.
"Sister, drink some water."
Tao Yushu finished drinking the water and felt a little better. He glared at his sister with almond-shaped eyes. Tao Yumo, who knew he was in the wrong, smiled dryly.
"Sister, drink more!"
After returning to the room, Tao Yushu told Lin Chaoyang the situation, and he laughed, "This girl is really playful. As for her parents..."
"Let me tell you something. Yu Mo is already old, so just treat going to Xiangjiang as a way to see the world. There is nothing wrong with it."
Lin Chaoyang nodded, "Okay."
In the next few days, Lin Chaoyang and his wife first went through the necessary procedures for leaving the country, and then told Tao's father and Tao's mother that Tao Yumo was going to Xiangjiang with them.
Although Tao's mother always disliked her little daughter, she was naturally a little reluctant to let her go so far away.
Tao Yumo, on the other hand, acted carelessly, and even wished he could fly to Xiangjiang early to see the outside world.
In a flash, early April has come to an end. All the procedures before leaving for Hong Kong have been prepared and the luggage has been packed. However, there is still one big thing to do at home.
The courtyard of Xiaoliubukou Hutong spans the east and west courtyards. When Lin Chaoyang bought it, the east courtyard was already dilapidated, but the west courtyard was well maintained, so the family simply cleaned up the west courtyard and moved in.
Lin Erchun had been making arrangements for Lin Chaoyang to clear out the east courtyard. Previously, Lin Chaoyang took into account that Xiaodongdong was still young and was afraid that the large-scale construction work at home would scare him, so he did not start the construction until the spring of last year.
After more than half a year of reconstruction last year, the courtyards and houses in the east courtyard have been restored as before, showing the original style of the carved beams, painted beams, red paint and green tiles.
The inverted house in the south was transformed into a boiler room, and from now on the hot water and heating of the entire courtyard will be supplied from here.
In the main courtyard, two pomegranate trees stand on the east and west sides of the courtyard. In front of the pomegranate tree is a square fish tank made of stone. Goldfish will be raised in the future, adding a bit of fun to life.
If the style of the west courtyard is a combination of Chinese and Western styles, then the renovated east courtyard is a serious traditional courtyard style.
Entering the house, the hardware and decoration inside have been further upgraded. Compared with the living facilities in the west courtyard, the living facilities are more modern. The most important thing is that there is a bathroom in the house.
Living in a courtyard house, sewage drainage is undoubtedly the biggest problem.
As early as the Ming Dynasty, the drainage design in Yanjing City was relatively complete. The homes of dignitaries and dignitaries even had their own independent sewers. The courtyard of Lin Chaoyang's family was also built by a wealthy family at that time, so the sewers naturally existed. However, they had been abandoned for many years and had long been blocked.
During the reconstruction of the east courtyard, it took a lot of effort to open the blocked sewer underground.
This kind of project would have disturbed the neighbors, and the neighbors must have been reluctant, but Lin Chaoyang asked people to help the neighbors clear the sewers.
He spent hundreds of dollars more for this, but he gained a good reputation among his neighbors. From now on, the neighbors no longer have to carry domestic sewage to the street to pour water.
After the construction of the east courtyard, the living facilities were much better than those in the west courtyard. Before leaving, Lin Chaoyang moved all his belongings to the east courtyard, including his collections.
When they returned from Xiangjiang a few months later, they would live in the east courtyard.
"Dad, Mom, you can live here during this period. After the east courtyard is repaired, the conditions will be no worse than those in the Overseas Chinese Apartment.
The key is that living in the city makes it convenient for both of you to go out."
"That's okay, so I don't have to run away later." Lin Erchun readily agreed.
Lin Chaoyang added: "I plan to use the west courtyard as a guest house in the future. Friends will stay there when they come."
After the small courtyard was renovated, the east and west courtyards each have gates, and there is a hanging flower door connecting the middle courtyard wall, but an additional door can be sealed at any time, which can fully ensure privacy and prevent the two courtyards from disturbing each other.
If it were in the past, Lin Erchun would definitely say that it would be a pity not to rent out so many houses.
But today, Lin Erchun said nothing.
After the Xunweizhai Cultural Salon had been held for several years, he could clearly feel that the writers who came to participate in the event had become more and more respectful towards Lin Chaoyang.
Lin Erchun has been a production captain for half his life. Although he is not a high-ranking official, he understands the meaning of majesty and fame.
Only now did he understand that his son's invitation to dinner over the years was not for free. He had cultivated such a strong reputation without even realizing it. He really had the demeanor of the heroes he had heard in "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses".
.
After arranging things at home, Lin Chaoyang called Li Tuo again and gave him a key to the west courtyard.
"I am going out with Yushu during this period, and the West Courtyard is free. If any writer or editor friends come to Yanjing later, you can take them to live in the West Courtyard, and it will be a temporary place to stay."
Li Tuo had already known that Lin Chaoyang was going to Xiangjiang, but he didn't expect that Lin Chaoyang would give him a surprise before leaving.
Freeing up his own yard to accommodate writers and editor friends who come to Yanjing, does Lin Chaoyang want to work as a LF?
This idea was killed by Li Tuo as soon as it came up. He might have thought so a month ago, but after seeing how cunning Lin Chaoyang was in the cultural salon, he was no longer the naive Li Tuo he was before.
.
Invite to buy people's hearts.
These four words immediately flashed through Li Tuo's mind, and when he looked at Lin Chaoyang, he couldn't help but feel strange. Is this still the honest, honest, kind-hearted Lin Chaoyang he knew?
"Chaoyang, do you really want to make the name 'Folk Literature Association ZX' a reality?"
Lin Chaoyang smiled and said: "What is this mess? The yard at home is already big. The east yard was not cleared out before, and there was only the west yard, which was not too empty.
As soon as we left, both the east and west courtyards were empty. We are not afraid of living in the house, but we are afraid that it will be empty. Let some people live in it to make it more popular."
Lin Chaoyang's explanation made sense, but Li Tuo looked at him suspiciously. He could no longer believe Lin Chaoyang's mouth.
Lin Chaoyang was too lazy to explain to him, "Forget it, the key will be returned."
Li Tuo immediately put the key in his arms and said, "I gave you all, how can I go back?"
He said with a smile: "Your yard is big enough. I've been attracted to it for a long time. There will be a place for gatherings in the future."
Lin Chaoyang warned: "You send people here, but don't make a mess."
Li Tuo suddenly became unhappy, "Who do you think we are? We are cultural people!"
"Educated people have the most colorful intestines!"
After exchanging a few insults, Li Tuocai said with emotion: "In the future, editors who come to Beijing to compile manuscripts and writers who revise manuscripts will be lucky. They can live in the courtyard at the foot of the imperial city. Writer Lin has great merits!"
"Go!" Lin Chaoyang cursed with a smile.
After settling things at home, Lin Chaoyang could finally get up and go to Xiangjiang.
Early on the morning of April 15, a black Santana stopped at the entrance of Xiaoliubukou Hutong, and Li Hanxiang got out of the car.
The filming progress of "Fire Dragon" after the new year started is faster than expected. It just wrapped up in early April. Li Hanxiang has been waiting for Lin Chaoyang to return to Hong Kong in the past two days.
"Chaoyang, let's go!" Li Hanxiang shouted to Lin Chaoyang who had just walked out of the courtyard.
"Coming!"
Chapter completed!