Chapter 34: Believe in the Future
Some people say that the youth of this era can be divided into three types, literary young men, literary young women, and unmotivated young people. The young people of the Chinese Department of Peking University are naturally literary youths among literary youth. Several of them have published novels and are well-known writers. However, this summer, their shine was overshadowed by two new stars who came out of nowhere, one is Lu Xinhua who wrote "Scars", and the other is He Huo, who wrote "Mom Loves Me Again".
The literary youth of Peking University are full of curiosity about Hehuo, but there is no information about this person. Until one day they said that Su Bai, a journalism major in Chinese, knew Hehuo, and Hehuo was in Nortel. So, that morning, they pulled Su Bai and set off on a borrowed bicycle. They didn't have any contact with Hehuo, and they rode their bicycles, screaming, and got on the road.
The early autumn wind blew on them, and the sound of laughter and singing drifted along the road. When they rode into Nortel, Nortel was still in class. They didn't make any noise, they just sat on the edge of the playground and waited.
When it was almost twelve o'clock, Nortel students came out of the classroom, gathered on the stairs, and turned into a crowd of people pouring downstairs. The literary and artistic youths gathered around Su Bai and asked which one was Hehuo. Su Bai raised his head and looked at the crowd pouring out of the staircase, and at a glance saw Xu Wangqiu who was talking to Wu Zhiliu, and waved his hand vigorously: "Wangqiu!
Xu Wangqiu was stunned when he saw Su Bai and the men and women around Su Bai, and then realized that it should be Peking University students, Su Bai said that the students of Peking University would come to look for him, and they should have come to look for him. He smiled and Su Bai waved his hand and walked over: "Su Bai, why are you here?"
"Our classmates from Peking University will come and meet you. These are all students from our Chinese Department. Su Bai introduced a twenty-fifty-sixty male son to Xu Wangqiu, "This is Cheng Jiangong of the Chinese Department and a famous writer." He organized the event to meet you this time. ”
"Hello! I heard Su Bai talk about you. Xu Wangqiu smiled and stretched out his right hand, Su Bai told him that several students in the Chinese Department of Peking University were already well-known writers before entering Peking University, among which Cheng Jiangong, a writer from Mentougou Coal Mine, was the leader of the group.
Cheng Jiangong combed his small flat hair, had a few hairs dyed white by wind and frost, and had crow's feet at the corners of his eyes. He shook hands with Xu Wangqiu very hard: "I cooperated with Lin Hongtong, a teacher from your school, to write a script to fight against "walking/capital/faction" this year, and was favored by the Magic Shadow Studio, and they invited us to the magic capital, saying that they would make a tribute film for the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. One day, I saw your "Mom Loves Me Again" in the library, and I was very shaken, and I felt that a new era had arrived. I said to Lin Hongtong, I won't write this script, it's all pseudo-literature! I especially want to meet you, I know that you are friends with Su Bai, and after going to school at Nortel, I came to you!"
Subsequently, Su Bai introduced the other classmates to Xu Wangqiu. These people are all famous figures in later generations, such as the famous writer Liu Zhenyun, the famous comedy writer Liang Zuo, the famous columnist Zha Jianying, the famous literary critic Huang Zichen, the wife of Zheng Xiaolong and the famous screenwriter Wang Xiaoping, and the film critic Dai Jinghua......
When he saw Dai Jinghua, Xu Wangqiu was especially shocked, this is not Dai Ye. In the previous life, Xu Wangqiu made a movie called "Cold", Dai Jinghua admired that movie very much, and talked to Xu Wangqiu about that movie. It's just that Dai Ye was an old aunt at that time, and Dai Ye in front of him was still a little girl who had just entered school.
In Xu Wangqiu's view, it is very important to have a good relationship with the literary and artistic circles, and no matter how good or bad Zhang Yimou's films are, they always come out one after the other and scold one another, just because the capital's literary and artistic circles do not want to see him; on the contrary, such as Jiang Wen's "One Step Away" and "Evil Does Not Prevail Over the Right" are obviously not very good, but there are still literati who are desperately touting them.
It must be uncomfortable to mix in the film industry, have no friends in the literary and art world, and no one to speak for you, so Xu Wangqiu is very enthusiastic about the visiting Peking University students.
After the greetings, Xu Wangqiu said enthusiastically: "It's time for lunch, you go to the canteen with us to eat." ”
Cheng Jiangong patted the schoolbag on his body and said, "You're welcome, we all brought water and dry food." ”
Xu Wangqiu insisted: "That's not good, you come to our side, how can you let you eat steamed buns! If it spreads, people will laugh at us Nortel for not being able to entertain guests, and we can't afford to lose this person." We are in the countryside here, and we don't have a restaurant, so we can only invite you to the cafeteria to make do with it. ”
Wu Zhiliu is also a literary youth, and he likes to write something. With so many literary young people from Peking University coming to the door, he felt that he couldn't treat others slowly, so he suggested: "Wangqiu, I don't think it's boring to eat in the cafeteria, it's better to do this." We took the pot down and talked while cooking noodles in the lotus pond, which was much more fun than eating in the cafeteria!"
When Xu Wangqiu heard this, he couldn't help but applaud: "This is a good idea, it's much better than sitting in the cafeteria and chatting! Let's go to the lotus pond to talk, you have Weiming Lake in Peking University, and we also have a lotus pond here." Let's sit by the lotus pond and have a noodle cooking thesis!"
When it comes to the lotus pond in Nortel Zhuxinzhuang, ordinary people definitely don't know. But when it comes to Xia Yuhe on the shore of Daming Lake, he must know it. "Huanzhu Gege" was filmed in Zhu Xinzhuang, and the scene of Daming Lake was actually filmed by the lotus pond.
After Xu Wangqiu brought the students of Peking University to the lotus pond, the students of Peking University were all dazzled and felt that the scenery was pleasant, and it was a good place to talk about literature and Taoism.
Wu Zhiliu and the others quickly moved the kerosene stove, lunch boxes, noodles and spices. Instead of taking the pot, they took a washbasin down. The pot in the bedroom is too small, and it is okay to cook the noodles of seven or eight people at a time, but now there are more than ten people, and they definitely can't cook it, so they can only use the basin to cook. Xia Gang and the others made six dishes from the canteen to prepare noodles, and also borrowed nine public bowls and chopsticks from the canteen and distributed them to Su Bai and them.
After the stove was lit, Liu Lin put the washbasin on it, then poured water and put the cabbage and carrots in it. Everyone put the spices in the bowl, put the bowl on the ground, and chatted casually around the stove, making it feel like a picnic.
During the casual conversation, the students of Peking University talked about the literary journal "Morning" they founded, and talked about the poetry in it.
Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "I won't be able to eat noodles for a while, and it's okay, I think it's better to come and recite poetry!"
Everyone applauded, and poetry recitation was a must-have item for literary youth gatherings in this era.
However, before Peking University pushed people out, Liu Lin jumped up: "I'll come first, I'll recite!"
Everyone applauded and applauded, wanting to hear what works Liu Lin would recite.
Liu Lin squeezed his eyebrows, coughed twice, cleared his throat again, and recited solemnly: "Goose, goose, goose, song to the sky." The white hair floats in the green water, and the red anthurium plucks the clear waves. ”
Everyone laughed, Xia Gang laughed even more, this is a poem read by a primary school student, you are a college student reading it, like words!
Xu Wangqiu knew that this guy was deliberately making trouble, and scolded with a smile: ""Song of the Goose" is here, and I am not afraid that our classmates from Peking University will laugh at our Nortel only has a primary school education!
Wu Zhiliu felt that he could not be ashamed, and decided to recite "Believe in the Future" by his index finger. The poems of the index finger are extremely influential among young people, and in 68 years, millions of educated youths copied and recited the poems of the index finger, and even Kitajima was deeply influenced by him. Wu Zhiliu has a very good voice, a good level of recitation, and more importantly, as a child of the Black Five category, he has a deep understanding of this poem: "When the spider web ruthlessly seized my hearth,
When the smoke of ashes sighs the sorrow of poverty,
I still stubbornly lay out the ashes of disappointment,
Write with beautiful snowflakes: Believe in the future!"
Wu Zhiliu's recitation was passionate, like a fire, which ignited the passion in the hearts of everyone present, so everyone stood up and recited aloud with him: "When my purple grapes turn into late autumn dew."
When my flowers snuggle up to someone else's feelings
I still stubbornly use the withered vines of frost
Write on the bleak earth: Believe in the future!
I'm going to use my fingers to the waves that rush to the edge of the sky
I will hold the sea of the sun with the palm of my hand
Swaying the warm and beautiful pen of the dawn
Write in a child's pen: Believe in the future ......"
The recitation of the crowd carried youth, dreams, passion, and expectations for the future, like the mighty Yellow River, rushing and agitating in the bright campus at noon, and the sun shivered in the shouts of these young people.
Brother Chen Kai and Tian Xiangxiang came out of the cafeteria after eating, and saw Xu Wangqiu and them standing by the lotus pond reciting "Believe in the Future", feeling that their blood vessels were beating suddenly, and there was a hot liquid in his heart gushing out, making his blood boil. A voice echoed in my heart, this is the university!
Brother Chen Kai likes the poems of the index finger, and when he took the Nortel exam, he recited the index finger's "Written When a Friend Got Married". The scene in front of him is a college scene that has appeared countless times in his dreams.
As a literary youth, Chen Kaige really wanted to go over and recite together, shout at the sky together, and roar at the world together, but he really hated Xu Wangqiu and really didn't want to get involved with them.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Tian Zhuangzhuang's heart was also quite shocked, and he couldn't help but say: "They really know how to play and have a picnic on campus." But it's really romantic for a group of people to sit around and recite poetry together!"
Brother Chen Kai said to Tian Zhuang: "It's nothing big, I am friends with Beidao and Meng Ke." Their level is much higher than that of Xu Wangqiu's gang. They have a special salon, if you're interested, I'll take you there. ”
Tian Zhuangzhuang smiled and shook his head: "I'll forget it, I don't like to read poetry." ”
Xu Wangqiu's passionate voice was still surging: "No matter what people do about our rotten flesh and skin,
The sorrow of being lost, the pain of failure,
It is the tears that move you, the deep sympathy,
Or give a contemptuous smile, a spicy mockery.
I'm a firm believer that people are for our backbones,
Those countless explorations, strays, failures, and successes,
will definitely give a warm, objective and fair evaluation,
Yes, I anxiously await their assessment.
Friends, firmly believe in the future,
Believe in indomitable efforts,
Believe in the youth who conquer death,
Believe in the future and love life. ”
After the recitation of the song "Believe in the Future", Xu Wangqiu and the others cheered in unison and applauded so hard that their hands were red. They felt that a fire had burned in their hearts, turning the thin veins into the Yellow River, and inside was the roaring Yellow River water.
"Believe in the Future" is not the best poem on the index finger, "This is Peking at 4:08" is, but "Believe in the Future" is the favorite poem of young people in this era, because this poem writes the fearless spirit of young people and the courage to declare war on the reality of suffering!
It was a terrible time, material scarcity, even food and clothing were a problem, but it was also a time of passion, an era of hope and a future. Young people believe that they can change everything through hard work, as written in the poem, believe in indomitable efforts, believe in youth who defeat death!