However, although Yang Xia has admired Jin Dada for a long time, Yang Xia's works have been sold to several newspapers in Xiangcheng Port, but Ming Pao has not sold a single one, and he has not fished a single column.

Of course, this did not affect Yang Xia's desire to see Jin Dada. Perhaps, if the relationship with Jin Dada is good, Yang Xia doesn't care about the new way of writing a novel.

Early the next morning, Yang Xia replied to the Xiangcheng Hong Kong Writers Association by phone, expressing his gratitude to them for inviting them to join the association, and at the same time expressed his willingness to participate in the New Year's symposium held by the association, and asked about some preparations to join the Writers Association on the phone, such as work clipping, self-introduction, photos, membership fees, etc.

The Chinese writers' and artists' organizations are financed by the financial support, so the membership fees of the members are almost equal to nothing, of course, under normal circumstances, the writers' association will not hold any meetings, and ordinary members will not even have the opportunity to attend the meetings held by the writers' association in their lifetime.

But in Xiangcheng Port, it is different, the Writers' Union is a writers' self-help organization, it is purely non-governmental, perhaps, you can find a boss to sponsor, and the organization of activities will have a little more funds; If you can't find it, only the writers have to pay the membership fee, and sometimes, for relatively small-scale activities, the writers themselves need to pay the bill, but the writers' association in Xiangcheng Port has also filed a case with the British authorities in Hong Kong, and in the words of later generations, this can be regarded as an "industry association".

handed over the type and number of materials that needed to be prepared to Song Mingzhao to handle it, Yang Xia waited for a while, and then hung up the phone at home. Postal telecommunications in Huaxia. At this time, it was called the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and postal and telecommunications were not separated. The level of telecommunications is estimated to be comparable to that of Africa, and may even be worse. Yang Xia remembers very well that before the nineties, there were only two telephones in the entire Wuxianmiao Commune, one in the office of the Revolutionary Committee of the Commune and the other in the postal agency; As the location of the district office, Chiquan Town will have one more telephone, that is, the post and telecommunications office, the Revolutionary Committee of Chiquan Commune, and the Revolutionary Committee of Chiquan District.

As soon as the phone rings. The whole compound can be heard. It's like the bell of middle school, and the phone at this time is a hand-cranked telephone, and the telecommunication line is not good. All the people who answered the phone. They all yelled into the microphone: "Hey. Where are you, who are you looking for...... I'm just, what's the matter? ”

If there's a timid kid on the phone. You might be scared to cry.

Originally, in Yang Xia's understanding, it was almost impossible for the eldest brother Yang Chongwen to hang up a phone in Xiangcheng Port in Chiquan District, because it was already called "international long-distance call", and in this particular era, 100,000 people in Chiquan District may not meet one international long-distance call a year. Perhaps, Yang Xia's face is really big, in short, the post office actually allowed Yang Chongwen to hang the Xiangcheng Port long distance in the Chiquan District Revolutionary Committee, which cannot but be said to be a change, and Yang Xia still has to remember this feeling.

For his family and classmates, Yang Xia, who came to Xiangcheng Port, would write a routine report letter at the end of each month. For grandparents, the main thing is to report safety, let them not worry, and at the same time ask them to pay attention to nutrition in their lives; For Yang Chun and the other three, Yang Xia will not only greet each other's studies, but also introduce some world situations, mainly science and technology and cultural trends, which means that they will study hard and meet the challenges of the world as soon as possible. For Liu Xing and other more than 30 "disciples", they supervised their study and exercise, and at the same time entrusted them to greet the teachers on their behalf.

Because Yang Xia's thinking and writing level were quite high at this time, these letters from Yang Xia to Chiquan's hometown were later published nationwide as inspirational works, and a generation of young people learned how to see the world, how to live, and how to learn from Yang Xia's letters, which were only fifteen years old. It can be said that the power of this example is really enormous.

In other words, Yang Chongwen actually called, indicating that this is a big deal.

The phone was connected, and the effect itself was not very good, but even if Yang Xia just listened to the sound of electricity, he could guess what the eldest brother Yang Chongwen said. It turned out that recently, the matchmaker almost chased and beat several young men of the Yang family, almost all of Yang Xia's grandparents surrendered, and most of the six fathers surrendered and agreed to call them daughters-in-law.

"No way!" Yang Xia immediately wanted to simply oppose on the phone, but he felt that it was not clear on the phone, so he said, "I want to come back for the Spring Festival, and I will decide when I come back!" Until the eldest brother Yang Chongwen said, "Okay, wait for you to come back!" Yang Xia breathed a sigh of relief.

The eldest brother Yang Chongwen, although he only has a primary school culture, but like the Yang family tradition, the real cultural heritage of the eldest brother is very good, after all, there is a family heirloom factor, and the eldest brother himself is very eloquent, in the previous life, because of the deviation in the direction of development, the eldest brother stayed in the countryside, and finally although he served as the village chief and branch secretary, but compared with the possible wonderful and achievements after walking out of Caijiawan, what is the achievement in Caijiawan?

At that time, there was a situation that the eldest brother's marriage affected him to get out of Caijiawan. In this world, there is a kind of woman who loves their man deeply, but does not like men to achieve careers, and their men are better off staying at home all the time and getting along with themselves; Because, the world of flowers outside is very wild and dangerous, and maybe one day your own man will be hooked away by a wild fox.

In Yang Xia's feelings, the sister-in-law in her previous life loved her eldest brother very much and loved her family very much, but it was this concept of small family spirit that made the eldest brother never go out of Caijiawan in his life. In those years at the turn of the millennium, the eldest brother regretted it very much, and the sister-in-law also knew that she had made a big mistake, and basically didn't say a word at home except for doing things, but at that time, it was too late, and the eldest brother was in his forties, and he belonged to the 4050 people, not to mention that you were a farmer, even the people in the city were not easy to find something to do.

Yang Xia said no, of course, not only the eldest brother Yang Chongwen, but also the other second brothers, third brothers and fourth brothers. In the previous life, the marriage of the second brother and others will not have signs in a few years, and now it suddenly appears, obviously some people see that the Yang family's family situation has suddenly improved, and they want to talk about this family business a long time ago, but only Yang Xia can penetrate the hearts of the people, these people, the real purpose is to climb the high branches, and the matchmaker just wants to thank him.

Yang Xia disagreed with the marriage of several elder brothers because the Yang family had just changed at this time, and the so-called cucumber had just started to be titi, so wouldn't it be quite a loss to hand himself over at this time?

However, let's talk about this matter when I go home for the Spring Festival, and now, I have to prepare to attend the writers' annual conference to be held at the Chinese University of Xiangcheng Port at half past two o'clock in the next day.

Speaking of preparations, Yang Xia only brought some of his own works, including some poetry and prose works written in the mainland, as well as the poetry collection "Fire Southern Xinjiang" that has been published in the mainland.

In the afternoon, Yang Xia arrived at the conference room on the third floor of the Chinese University Library on time, and when Yang Xia announced his name at the reception, he was asked by the staff to show 2 photos, membership card and a one-year and five-year membership fee of 500 Hong Kong dollars, and a buffet cocktail party fee of 200 yuan that night.

The cost is not high, even ordinary people can afford it, but the sense of superiority of a writer that Yang Xia used to have is gone. It turns out that the writers of Xiangcheng Port really eat their own food, and if they want to eat official food, then continue to work hard, unless you can get a banquet from the governor of Hong Kong.

Of course, Yang Xia didn't pay a little more money in 2B, just follow the rules, besides, compared with these sitting tigers in Xiangchenggang, he is really still a proletarian, although he has hundreds of thousands of yuan of funds to float in the stock market, but he even has a house is money provided by the state, before thinking about his best situation.

After Yang Xia signed up, he got a seat tag and was led to his seat by the waiter. originally thought that Yang Xia would definitely have applause or something when he entered the city, but Yang Xia walked to the seat and sat down, and no one welcomed him.

"Hey, you're Yang Xia, the same Yang Xia who opened columns in several newspapers?" An almost equally young colleague next to Yang Xia greeted warmly.

"Hello! I'm the Yang Xia you said. Yang Xia replied politely, and at the same time looked at the seat sign on the other party's position, and the three words "Han Mingren" were firmly remembered by Yang Xia.

"Hey, my name is Han Mingren, assistant professor of modern Chinese literature at Chinese University."

"Hehe, hello Professor Han, I'm still a first-year student at the University of Hong Kong." Hearing that the other party was a professor, Yang Xia was suddenly in awe.

Unlike the mainland, the writers' union in Xiangchenggang can also be joined by literary researchers, educators, communicators, etc., in fact, this kind of association may be of greater significance to writers. After all, many writers are at a loss in the early stages of creation, and if they can be analyzed by educators and researchers from a theoretical point of view, it must be a kind of promotion for the creation itself. (The real situation is that Erlong doesn't know Ha, the ideal writers' association, don't spray)

In the same way, literary educators and researchers, through the conversation with writers, can get in touch with the vivid aspects of literary creation, which is also a good promotion for their research and theory, which is beneficial to both parties.

"Hey, if I am a professor, I am a teaching assistant, and I occasionally have the opportunity to give lectures on the podium, and occasionally write some poems to be published in "Xiangchenggang Poetry". Han Mingren said with a sense of humor.

"Then I'll call you Teacher Han." Yang Xia said sincerely. As soon as Han Mingren said it, he remembered that he had read Han Mingren's works in "Xiangchenggang Poetry", which belonged to the kind of relatively elegant light and light lyrical poetry.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet, the symposium is about to begin!" Yang Xia originally wanted to chat with Han Mingren, but the conversation was snatched away by the host. (To be continued......)