In the afternoon, after a series of activities of the clan association, Huo Chengcai and Huo Yaowen, father and son, registered their names and contact information on the Huo family genealogy, and declined Huo Zongming's invitation, but also promised to go to Shanghai Street to visit the eldest mother together in a few days.

The father and son did not rush back, but first went to Chengcai Study, helped Grandma close the door of the store, and then returned to Tsz Wan Estate together.

Evening.

When I got home, Grandma had already prepared the meal, and the family chatted about the clan meeting during the day while eating.

Huo Chengcai hesitated, but still took out the check from his pocket and told Grandma about meeting Uncle Huo Zongming and Huo Chengguang in the afternoon.

Grandma and Grandma looked shocked and said, "Huo Chengguang gave you a check for 150,000 yuan?"

Huo Chengcai nodded: "Well, it was said that the batch of hardware that was seized back then was later brought back by the Bert Tuo relationship and sold for more than 50,000 yuan, and Chengguang originally wanted to return it to me at that time, but we had already moved away at that time, so he took the money to do business with the uncle, and the remaining 100,000 yuan was the interest over the years." ”

Grandma heard this, pondered for a long time, and said, "That kid has a little conscience. ”

Seeing that his mother's face was not very good, Huo Chengcai didn't continue to say anything, but put the topic on the uncle, and said with a smile: "Today I met the uncle and the third uncle, the uncle said that Yaozu got married last year and gave birth to a boy this year, let's go to Shanghai Street in Kowloon in a few days to see the eldest mother and Yaozu's children." ”

"Yaozu has children?" Grandma covered her mouth and said in surprise: "He seems to be two years older than Yaowen, I remember that my sister-in-law often brought Yaozu to play at home at that time, but I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, he was already married and had cubs." ”

Huo Chengcai sighed: "Yes, time flies so fast." ”

"I'm going to see my eldest brother and sister-in-law. Grandma on the side sighed and said: "I haven't seen each other for more than ten years, and now that we have met again, I always want to go and see it." ”

"Yes, I made an appointment with my uncle to go to the pawn shop he opened on Shanghai Street the day after tomorrow to see my aunt and them. ”

"Okay, the day after tomorrow will be the day after tomorrow, by the way, Awen, you can go over when the time comes. Grandma asked, turning to her grandson.

Huo Yaowen nodded: "Well, there will be no class the day after tomorrow." ”

Grandma said: "Well, it's okay, you haven't known much of your relatives at home over the years, so let Lao Dou take you around when the time comes." ”

After the family finished talking about these things, my mother put her eyes on the check on the table, thought for a while, and said, "This money, why don't you buy a suite for Ah Wen?" Some time ago, I heard from the sister-in-law Wang in the next building that there are many old houses for sale near Central on Hong Kong Island, which are much cheaper than in the past. ”

Since last year's riots, Hong Kong's real estate economy has not been very good, and housing prices have fallen again and again, especially for the sale of old houses, the price is even cheaper, only 20 or 30 yuan for a foot, and a 1,000-foot mansion can be bought for only 350,000 yuan.

Grandma agreed: "I'm going to buy a house for Arwen, Yaozu is already married, and even cubs have been born, and I also want to raise the elderly at home and take care of the children." ”

Listening to Grandma and Grandma bring the topic to him, Huo Yaowen could only smile helplessly.

Instead, Huo Chengcai glanced at his son and asked, "What do you think of Yaowen, is this money for you to buy a suite for decoration or for you to keep in the bank for you to get married in the future?"

"Don't deposit in the bank. ”

Grandma immediately said: "I don't worry about putting so much money in the bank, if I experience another run on Hang Seng Bank, I'm afraid I will faint, so let's buy a suite for Yaowen earlier, decorate it, so that we will have peace of mind in the future." ”

In 1965, the Huo family's life that year was very unsatisfactory, at that time Huo Yaowen wanted to go to college and needed a lot of money, which was originally considered to have lost a lot because of Huo Chengcai's investment failure in the early years, but the family still had a small amount of savings and could still take out tens of thousands of yuan.

But that year, many Chinese-funded banks such as Hang Seng, Guang'an, Dao Heng, and Wing Lung were run out, and Huo's father and Huo's mother didn't do anything every day, so they went to the bank to line up to withdraw money.

But there are so many people in the crowd that even if they line up every day, there is almost an endless crowd of people who can't see the edge.

Although the money was finally withdrawn, Hang Seng Bank was also acquired by HSBC, and with HSBC as a guarantee, the run gradually came to an end, but this incident also made Huo's mother resist the bank, and the family's money was almost stored in different banks in batches, and she didn't dare to put it in one bank at all, because she was afraid that the bank would go bankrupt and the money would not be returned.

"There's no rush. ”

Huo Yaowen shook his head, if it was three days ago, the family had more money, and said that he wanted to buy a good residential building, he would definitely agree, and he would also propose that the family move over.

But now Huo Yaowen has been thinking about the publishing house in his heart, and with this money, he has a little more confidence in the publishing house plan he formulated.

Before, he wanted to hurry up and write the second part of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and then ask Li Daoguang to advance a little manuscript fee, according to the calculation of 10000 words and 100 yuan, the other party should agree to advance tens of thousands of yuan.

But now that he has this money, he doesn't need to go to Li Daoguang to advance the manuscript fee, and this favor is left.

Facing Huo Yaowen, who was still thinking about buying a house earlier, he shook his head and refused now, which made Huo's mother a little surprised, but she still said: "Then don't buy it first, but Grandma will help you see that there is a good house, if it is suitable, we are buying." ”

"Hmm. Huo Yaowen saw that his mother insisted, and wanted to say that he wanted to invest in a publishing house, but thinking of Huo's father's previous investment failure, he was afraid that his family would not agree, so he could only temporarily respond, thinking that he would make a decision after the publishing house was done earlier.

......

The next morning.

Huo Yaowen got up early and went back to the University of Hong Kong, and before leaving, he made an appointment with Huo's father to visit his grandfather's family tomorrow morning at Kowloon Dazhu, Shanghai Street, Kowloon.

After the two classes in the morning were over, Huo Yaowen went back to the dormitory, and when he was about to rethink the publishing house plan he wrote the day before yesterday, he heard a knock at the door.

Walk straight to the door and open it.

Uncle Wang held a paper bag in his hand and said with a smile: "Teacher Huo, I just received your mail. ”

"By mail?"

Huo Yaowen took the mail from Uncle Wang's hand, and the outside was wrapped in a layer of paper, I don't know what it was, but it looked like it should be a book.

After thanking Uncle Wang, after Huo Yaowen closed the door and returned to the house, he immediately opened the wrapping paper outside, and when he opened it, he saw that it was a brand new book with a beautiful cover.

Title: Sweet Honey

That's right, it's the book Huo Yaowen wrote in "Literary World".

When he took out the book, a letter happened to fall, Huo Yaowen opened it and took a look, only to know that this was a sample book mailed by "Literary World", and the official book will be sold in Hong Kong tomorrow, and "Literary World" is also cooperating with Taiwan's Aoki Publishing House, and the book will also land in the Taiwan market tomorrow.

After reading the letter, Huo Yaowen put the letter aside, picked up the first book he published and looked at it, the cover was very beautiful, in addition to the title of the book, there was a line of "Sweet Honey" preface written by him next to it: "Sweet honey, how sweet you smile......

On the cover, a graceful woman in a cheongsam leans sideways against a phantom, her big bright eyes staring straight at the dark and bright night above the book.

This cover is very charming, Huo Yaowen knew at a glance that the woman on the cover should be the first heroine in the book, Lin Wanrong, a woman flower swaying in the wind and dust, while being crazy about love, she also knows that loving someone and choosing to let go may be the best choice, and it can leave the best memories.

For example, Xu Zhimo's "Farewell to Kangqiao": gently I go, just as I come gently, I gently beckon, as a cloud of farewell to the western sky.

Turning the first page, it is a preface co-written by Nie Hualing, Zhang Ailing, Qiong Yao, Yishu and other judges.

Nie Hualing:

In the Dream of Red Mansions, Jia Baoyu once said that women are made of water, and men are made of mud.

I don't really agree with that, because I'm not a sentimental person, but I've cried more than once or twice while reading this book.

To be honest, when I first read this book, I found it hard to believe that this is a story of a woman flower swaying in the wind and dust written by a man made of mud.

I like the character of Lin Wanru very much in the book, the first time I saw the content about Fusheng describing her, I had a very vivid impression in my mind, singing "Night Shanghai" in a nightclub, wearing a cheongsam, with long wavy hair, red lips and white teeth, and those eyes with affection, which is enough to arouse even if I am also a woman, I have a deep yearning and love for beautiful things......"

Zhang ailing:

“…… I actually hate Huo Zainian, the male protagonist, because I think he is very cowardly, so cowardly that he doesn't even dare to say love out loud.

But when I saw what he said to Lin Wanrong: May you be warm in three winters, may you not be cold in spring, may you have lights in the dark, umbrellas in the rain, and may you be accompanied by loved ones along the way......

At that moment, I couldn't control my tears anymore and rolled down.

I once said that the passage of a man to a woman's heart is xx, but now that I think about it, it may not be as difficult as love to occupy a woman's body and mind......"

Qiong Yao:

“…… To love someone, you can choose to possess, you can choose to let go, but it is difficult for you to bless.

In the book, Lin Wanrong understands that Huo Zainian loves his seriously ill wife Li Yanran very much, and this love may have three parts of family affection, three points of love, three points of childhood sweethearts, and one point of pity.

But no matter what, Lin Wanrong chose to let go, because she loved Huo Zai Nian more than herself, she loved every word Huo Zai Nian, she loved every action Huo Zai Nian did, she loved Huo Zai Nian for everything good to her, she loved Huo Zai Nian for his wife, she loved Huo Zai Nian and didn't want to delay her love......

Just like Huo Zainian's love for his wife's three points of affection, three points of love, three points of childhood sweetheart, and one point of pity.

The same Lin Wanrong's love for Huo Zainian is three points of obsession, three points of admiration, three points of yearning, and one point of letting go.

It was this last point of letting go that Lin Wanrong resolutely chose to leave Hong Kong......"

Yishu:

“…… I once met Mr. Huo, the author of "Sweet Honey", and at that time he was dressed like most literati, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, tall and thin, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, polite and polite, and always with a charming smile on the corner of his mouth.

Yes, although I am a little shy to admit it, he is indeed very handsome and charming, and very much in line with everything that all women yearn for a lover in the depths of their hearts.

Perhaps it is precisely because of Mr. Huo's appearance that all women love, as well as his witty conversation, that he can write such a story about women and flowers swaying in the red dust.

I once asked Mr. Huo what he meant by the preface, just to express a poignant and graceful love?

I was surprised by his answer, which he said was a song he had written based on Indonesian folk songs.

At that time, I wanted Mr. Huo to sing, but I felt a little abrupt, so I didn't ask more.

Later, I consulted with a friend who made music, and he said that the ballad had been adapted into a Chinese song by two singers, Huang Yuanyi and Wu Meiling, in the 50s.

I asked someone to find a record, and sang the lyrics of Mr. Huo softly in the house with the accompaniment of the record player, and I have to say that I fell in love with this song, this lyric ......

I don't know what Mr. Huo's original intention was in writing this book, but in my humble opinion, from the perspective of his surname, perhaps Mr. Huo, like "Mr. Huo", has had the most beautiful and most missable memory, which is buried in his heart and his story......

The same is imprinted in my heart, in my mind, in my singing......

When I was at the "Literary World" newspaper, we took a photo together, and Mr. Huo had already discussed with the editor-in-chief about the style of the book, but I secretly told the editor-in-chief that I hoped to add this photo of Mr. Huo to the back of the book.

At that time, the editor-in-chief Deng said that he would consider it.

Although I don't know if Mr. Huo's photo will be published after the book is published, I am looking forward to seeing Mr. Huo's photo as I expected.

Yes, I'm looking forward to it, I hope you guys can see it!!"

Seeing this, Huo Yaowen hurriedly turned to the last page, only to see that on the last piece of paper, his appearance was impressively printed, although it was black and white, without any color, but it was precisely because of the black and white background that he was wearing a suit and glasses Standing politely among several people, the charming smile on the corner of his mouth when taking pictures.

Huo Yaowen smiled bitterly, feeling helpless about Deng McKee really chasing Yishu's idea of publishing his own photos.

......

Following.

"Sweet Honey" was officially released in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

An initial 30,000 copies were printed in Hong Kong and distributed to all bookstores and newsstands throughout the territory.

Because romance novels are very popular in Taiwan, and the population is larger than that of Hong Kong, Aoki Publishing House directly printed 50,000 copies and sold them throughout Taiwan.

Since the late 50s, in addition to martial arts novels, Wanwan is the most popular romance novel, among which the best-selling romance author in addition to Qiong Yao, there is Yan Qin, a very mysterious literary female writer, since the year before last "Heart Wall" sold more than 200,000 copies in Taiwan and Hong Kong, this year her new book "Green Manor" was released in July, and sold 300,000 copies again, which can be described as a limelight for a while.

Wanwan New Taipei City, Sanchong District, Jinling Bookstore.

It's been a lively day.

Many female students from Jinling Girls' High School next door went straight to the bookstore after class at noon.

Today's female students, unlike the students of later generations, have no entertainment on weekdays, only read romance novels and fantasize about the plot in the book to pass the time.

A long-haired girl walks into a bookstore as usual, searching for some interesting new books to read, when she suddenly catches a glimpse of a book with a beautiful cover.

The title of the book is "Sweet Honey", and the woman in the cheongsam on the cover is very beautiful, which shows that the book is very well made and the quality of the instructions is very good.

The girl curiously picked up this "Sweet Honey" and flipped through it, and when she saw the preface, there were prefaces by Nie Hualing, Qiong Yao, Yishu, Zhang Ailing and others, and she was immediately surprised: "It's amazing, is it Yan Qin's new book? Why are so many people writing prefaces." ”

When she noticed that the author's pen name was "Fusheng", the girl frowned, she had read at least dozens of romance letters, but she had never heard of this person's name.

After reading the preface patiently, I found that almost all of them were praise, which aroused Zhang Liren's curiosity, especially what Yishu said at the end, which caused her to turn the last page.

"Ah, it's so handsome!"

After the girl saw Huo Yaowen's black and white photo, her eyes suddenly lit up.

Picked up the book, walked to the bookstore owner, reluctantly spent all his pocket money to buy the book, and hurriedly ran back to school.

All afternoon, the girl was almost immersed in the plot of the book.

After school in the afternoon, the girl immediately grabbed the hands of several friends and said busily: "Qingxia, don't leave yet, listen to this passage." ”

Qingxia and the other girls curiously stopped leaving the classroom.

The girl coughed twice and read aloud in the reading voice taught by the teacher in class: "Spring and autumn are better in your eyes than all the mountains and rivers I have ever seen and loved......"

"It's so beautiful!" Qingxia, who was just fifteen years old, heard this sentence and her eyes lit up.

"yes, who wrote this? It's so poetic!"

When the friend girl heard this, she quickly recalled it and read it repeatedly: "There is spring and autumn in your eyes, better than all the mountains and rivers I have ever seen and loved, wow, this is so poetic, who wrote it?"

"And, more!"

The girl listened to the words of a few friends, felt as if she was praising her, and hurriedly flipped to the page that she had folded before, looked at the paragraph on it and said: "May you be warm in three winters, may you not be cold in spring, may you have a light in the dark, an umbrella in the rain, and may you be accompanied by a lover all the way......"

A friend girl hurriedly glanced at the title of the book in the girl's hand, and asked curiously: ""Sweet Honey"? This is the book written, is it Qiong Yao?"

"No, the author's name is Fusheng, it seems to be the author in Hong Kong, and this is a male writer, oh, very handsome, you see. The girl turned to the last page of the book, pointed to the picture and smiled.

"Wow, that's so handsome!"

"The literary quality is polite, even more handsome than Yang Qun!!"

At this time, Taiwan's hottest romance student is not Qin Han or Qin Xianglin, but a Yang Qun who is almost thirty years old, he played the male protagonist He Mutian in the movie of the same name adapted from Qiong Yao's "Several Degrees of Sunset Red" released in 1966, which quickly became popular in Taiwan and became synonymous with popular handsome students.

Qingxia took the book from the girl's hand, looked at the author's photo on the last page, nodded and said, "He is indeed much more handsome than Yang Qun." ”

"Hehe......"

The girl took the book happily, as if others were praising Yaowen's handsomeness, and they were saying that she was beautiful.

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