In China in the 80s, because of the inconvenience of communication methods and transportation conditions, telephones and telegrams were basically used in special or emergency situations, and the Internet had not yet sprouted, so for the general public, writing letters was the most important method of communication, and there was no one. This has also created a very peculiar phenomenon, which is that of pen pals.

Baidu Encyclopedia's definition of a pen pal is like this - a pen pal is a kind of friendship that develops through the exchange of letters. Before the advent of the Internet, it was popular to write letters and exchange letters. Because it takes time to go back and forth through the postman's delivery, the feeling of waiting to receive the letter is very special, and the reading letter, looking at the handwriting that is affected by the mood, and the yellowed envelopes and stationery that come with time often bring another kind of fun.

In the 80s, it was precisely because of the scarcity of communication methods in China that pen pals became a very interesting way to make friends, and the emergence and popularity of this method was not only limited to China, but also in Taiwan, the United States, Europe and other countries and regions. This is why after a writer has written a very influential work, the editorial office and even the writer himself receive so many reading letters.

At the end of the day, it's a form of entertainment that craves communication, friendship, and interaction.

And Sanmao's letter to Gowen is, in a sense, exactly that.

It's not that Govyn hasn't received letters from reading, on the contrary, since the beginning of his debut, he has received countless letters, but these letters are written by enthusiastic readers, and it is very rare for someone like Sanmao to be a writer thousands of miles away.

Coupled with Gowen's love for Sanmao, when Gowen read Sanmao's letter five or six times, he was both excited and excited. It stands to reason that with his current achievements and vision, there are not only many domestic literary masters and literary rookies, but Sanmao is an extremely special one.

Gewen once said in the auditorium of Fudan University that he wanted to be a maverick pig, but despite this, his style of acting still has traces to follow, and his thinking, his thoughts, may have made him more progressive and broad than ordinary people because of the imprint of two lifetimes, but his ideas and habits are still the same path as ordinary people, but they are more advanced. Compared with Sanmao, perhaps the word "maverick" should be placed on Sanmao's body.

What a strange woman this is! She loves to wander, free and uninhibited, but longs for peace, and travels all over the mountains and rivers just to appease the restless soul of this life. She claims to be a little person with only three cents in her pocket, but she has performed a legendary life of her own. She is like a meteor in the rolling red dust, although she has passed away, it is unforgettable! Her name is Sanmao. Her only faith in life was love.

There is a kind of woman who can live for love or die for love, and Sanmao is such a woman!

Her works and her charisma are all deeply attractive to readers. In the field of literature, she is really nothing as a female writer. However, in her superficial works, there is always something that calls people, attracts people, and makes people drink bitter tea, with an endless aftertaste. As to how the genre of Sanmao's works is attributed, later commentators have been quite divided. Sanmao himself claims that he wrote an "autobiography." "Some people call it a novel or a travelogue, but many more call it prose. Regardless of the genre, her works are full of real people, real stories, real scenes and true feelings, which strongly attract readers and make people feel the tremor of their hearts.

and her extraordinary life experience, truancy, bitter love, flying away, and wonderful love in the desert...... and finally self-dying, she was full of joy and sorrow, laughter and tears, she was very wandering, and she lived a wonderful life; She is looking for the home of her heart. She herself is full of strange and moving mysteries; Her true nature and true feelings, moving and beautiful.

Gowen's thoughts slowly wandered in his past and present lives, and the influences and imprints related to Yiqiē and Sanmao emerged, and then they all converged on the letter from Sanmao in his hand.

Sanmao's letter is the same as her prose, the writing is simple and romantic and has a unique charm, and Govine can even see her love for life and reading from between the lines.

This letter is like Sanmao's prose, it does not deliberately pursue a certain technique and style, and every qiē seems plain and natural.

Govyn's heart is filled with a tenderness that is difficult to describe in words, it is not an ambiguity between a man and a woman, it is the appreciation of one writer for another.

To Sanmao:

I received the letter and received it very unexpectedly and very pleasantly surprised.

Maybe you don't know that in the interior of China, you are not unknown, there is a person who is also engaged in writing work and always knows that on the other side of the strait, there is a female writer, a strange woman, her Saharagan story, her love with Jose, the thousands of mountains and thousands of people she has stepped on...

For Sanmao, I'm really no stranger to you.

I know that you are the kind of person who longs to live a free and idle life, and the greatest wish in life is nothing more than to live up to your heart and live in peace. You have written some thoughts about life and life in the collection of "Thousands of Rivers, Thousands of Mountains", in fact, there are many beautiful scenery in the journey of life......

Only when you are alive can you see slowly while walking.

In the reply letter to Sanmao, Govin irrepressibly expressed some of his worries about Sanmao.

At this time, Sanmao was 41 years old, and it has been more than four years since her husband Jose died in 79, but the four years have not allowed Jose to slowly fade the warmth in her memory, but has become more and more unforgettable. During these four years, Sanmao has basically been in a state of emotional depression, as she wrote in her letter, she was in the United States at this time.

As a traverser, Gewen certainly knows that Sanmao's disease is actually a heart disease, and there is no one to cure it except herself. She has always guarded her heart and not let any outsiders set foot on it, and it is precisely because of this that she finally had a nervous breakdown at the end of the year and followed Jose to heaven.

There is a poem in "The Book of Poetry": Death and life are broad, and Zicheng says. Hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son. Yu is broad, not I live. I don't live, I don't believe it.

Gowen didn't want Sanmao to die and live.

Faced with such a writer he once loved, Govin hopes that she can be happy.

Therefore, in addition to having a communication with Sanmao in the letter, Govin wrote his exhortation frankly at the end of the letter.

When the reply full of three pages of manuscript paper was written, Govin thought for a moment, and then spread out a piece of manuscript paper and wrote it gently with a pen.

I would like to dedicate this song "Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms" to you and all the enthusiastic, frank and sincere people, I wish you can live a happy and strong life!

From tomorrow onwards, be a happy person

Feed the horses, chop wood, and travel the world

From tomorrow, care about food and vegetables

I have a house facing the sea and spring is blooming

From tomorrow onwards, we will communicate with each and every one of our loved ones

Sue them for my happiness

The blissful lightning sued me

I will sue everybody

Give every river and every mountain a warm name

Stranger, I bless you too

May you have a bright future

May you have a lover and eventually become married

May you be blessed on earth

I just want to face the sea and bloom in spring

Gewen didn't dare to hope that one of his letters and poems would allow Sanmao to release the depression in his heart, but since he had a correspondence with Sanmao, Gowen was willing to let himself care about this strange woman from now on, this qiē has nothing to do with love, just an ordinary reader's care and love for his favorite writer, but also so that there can be one more frank and sincere strange woman in this world.

In later generations, many people felt extremely sad and sad about Sanmao's early death. Needless to say, even well-known people have come to pay tribute to this temple woman in their own way.

Sanmao's friend, China's most famous actor Lin Qingxia once said this, Sanmao once said that he was very envious of Qin Xianglin's love with me, and he also wanted to find a partner who cared about him, could talk to him and work, but unfortunately failed to find his ideal partner. She still misses her dead husband very much. She is too inattentive to protecting herself, "I once advised her not to be too willful, even if she doesn't care about her body, she must take care of her parents' body."

Jia Pingwa, a mainland writer who has been aware of Sanmao for a long time, also said that Yiyi Sanmao is not a beauty, a tall figure, wearing long hair, and roaming the world with a book and a pen. For many years, I have been talking about Sanmao everywhere, and I am one of the readers, and art survives by conquest, and I envy Sanmao, a real writer.

In addition, writers such as Liang Yusheng, Sima Zhongyuan, Ni Kuang, Li Ao and many other celebrities have given high praise to Sanmaoji's works.

Taiwan's famous singer Luo Dayou even wrote for Sanmao, "Let youth blow your long hair, let it lead your dreams; Before you know it, the history of this city has taken your smile...... 's "Dream Chaser" and "You who were casual at first, and me who was a young man, the love in the red dust, just because of the hurried and silent glue of life...... 's "Rolling Red Dust" are two timeless classic songs in popular music.

When the sealed reply was taken away by the postman, Govin stared at the postman on his bicycle and did not move.

Sanmao, I want to bless you!

May you have a bright future!

May you have a lover and eventually become married!

May you be blessed on earth!

May you face the sea and bloom in spring!