(Thanks to the book friend for reminding me, in 1927 there was no railway from Jiujiang to Wuhan.) Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Lao Wang checked carefully, and it has been changed to take the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line to Hangzhou. ）

In the city of Hangzhou, a rickshaw rushed to the dock.

Zhang Leyi's heart is indescribably happy, like a bird out of the cage, running towards the free and vast sky. Passing by a bookstore, she thought that the boat ride would be boring, and quickly shouted, "Stop first, I'll go buy a few books." ”

The coachman stood guard outside the bookstore, his eyes fixed on Zhang Leyi, for fear that the woman would run away without paying for the car.

"Boss, what's the latest good new book?" Zhang Leyi walked into the store and asked.

The bookstore owner smiled, "What book does Miss want to read?" A pastime novel, a foreign masterpiece, or a new piece of literature? ”

"Everything." Zhang Leyi is not picky.

The owner of the bookstore said: "Coincidentally, our store has just returned a set of 'Literature Research Society Books', and there are more than 10 books, and they are all rough-edged editions. ”

The rough edges are the kind of books with rough corners, not shoddy, but deliberate. This kind of book needs readers to buy it back and cut it by themselves, and there is a different kind of intimacy, and Lu Xun is a lover and advocate of rough-edged books.

Zhang Leyi raised her eyes and swept away, and found that there were both Chinese and foreign works in that series. For example, Xia Yazun's translation of the foreign masterpiece "Brocade Quilt", and Lao She's "Lao Zhang's Philosophy", what makes her most pleased is that Zhou Hexuan's "Goddess" is also impressively listed.

"Is this kind of book easy to sell?" Zhang Leyi asked.

The bookstore owner smiled: "There is no popular novel that sells well, but it is better in the long run, and it will always be sold out." Today's progressive youth are particularly fond of it, and they can sell several copies every day. ”

Zhang Leyi asked again: "Is this "Goddess" good-looking?" ”

"I don't quite understand it," said the bookstore owner, shaking his head, "this book is weird, and the preface doesn't match the afterword." However, the sales are okay, and the teachers and students at the school say that it is a masterpiece. As for where Qi is, I don't know, it feels similar to "Liao Zhai". ”

"Then I'll buy this one." Zhang Leyi said with a smile.

Zhang Leyi took a car to the pier, she bought a first-class cabin, with a separate room and bunks.

After the merchant ship set sail, Zhang Leyi opened "The Goddess" and read it carefully. She could understand the metaphors, but she didn't like it very much, it was too uncomfortable to read. This is no longer a sadistic heart, but a punishment of the heart, like a sharp sword, poking at your heart.

Zhang Leyi only read a third of the 200,000-word novel, and she couldn't help but close the page and was shocked to sweat all over her body.

"Don't look at it, don't look at it." Zhang Leyi said to herself.

said that she didn't want to read it, but she felt panicked in her heart, Zhang Leyi went out of the cabin to relieve herself for a while, and couldn't help but go back to the room and open the book.

Not only Zhang Leyi, but many readers at this moment can't bear to read "The Goddess", and they can't hold back the urge to read it.

Since the advent of "The Goddess", "Novel Monthly" has been increasing the length of its serials at the request of readers. From the initial publication of more than 10,000 words per issue, to the direct publication of 40,000 words, until last month, all serialization was finally completed.

This was followed by a collection of books, which was not published individually, but was published as a "Literature Research Society Book Series".

The "Literary Studies Series" is a series of books, published by the Commercial Press, and a batch of books is published every year, including a variety of excellent Chinese and foreign works, and all those that can be selected and included are high-quality works.

"Novel Monthly" is a magazine after all, although it has a large circulation, but its audience is limited, and many people do not know that there is such a work as "The Goddess". Until now, it has been placed in bookstores, and "The Divine Woman" has once again attracted people's attention, and various book reviews have been flooded in newspapers.

……

Guangzhou.

The second floor of the bell tower of Sun Yat-sen University.

Lu Xun sat in the room smoking cigarette after cigarette, he wanted to pick up a pen to write something, but he was full of grief and indignation. Half an hour later, the manuscript paper in front of him was still blank, and only the thick smoke swirled around the room.

Xu Guangping pushed the door in, and just wanted to speak, but he was choked by the smoke and coughed. She hurriedly came in and opened the window, reproaching, "You smoke so much again, and you don't pay attention to your body!" ”

"I'm in an irritable mood." Lu Xun sighed.

Lu Xun came to Guangzhou at the beginning of the year to serve as the dean of the Department of Literature and the dean of academic affairs at Sun Yat-sen University. There is a theory that he lived with Xu Guangping after he came to Guangzhou, but in fact this is not the case, he lived with Xu Guangping's father, and Xu Guangping lived next door with a female worker.

But it's true that the two often visit the door.

Xu Guangping knew what was on his mind and comforted: "The situation is like this, you and I are just teachers, and it is useless to think more." ”

"Alas," Lu Xun laughed at himself helplessly, "It's useless to be a scholar, the reactionaries want to kill people, and I can only open my eyes and watch." Don't even dare to write an article and scold a few words, otherwise you will be arrested tomorrow. ”

Lu Xun wrote an article, which was published two days before the principal purged the party, and the title was "The Side of Celebrating the Restoration of Shanghai and Ningbo". The full text mentions three issues: first, the victory of the Northern Expedition was won by the blood of patriotic youth; second, we should not be blindly optimistic and be vigilant against someone stealing the fruits of the revolution; and third, the reactionaries have already sharpened their knives, and I hope that they will attract everyone's attention.

It is also miraculous to say that Lu Xun quoted Lenin's original words in the article, and even bluntly said that "in the dark area, the work of *** is also being carried out silently". This practice was not arrested as a red element, it is estimated that he is too famous, and he is only a writer, so it is inconvenient for those people to be killed.

But if he writes an article again, Lu Xun will never dare to save his life.

"Didn't you go to the bookstore? I'm back so soon. Lu Xun changed the topic and asked.

"As soon as I arrived at the bookstore, I saw Mr. Zhou's novel, and I didn't read it, so I bought it back." Xu Guangping said and took out "The Goddess" from the bag.

Lu Xun is not a member of the Literature Research Association, and he usually doesn't read "Novel Monthly" much, he smiled: "It won't be a martial arts novel again, right?" ”

Xu Guangping handed the book to Lu Xun and said, "It shouldn't be, you can take a look." ”

Lu Xun looked down and saw that the cover read: A masterpiece of realistic magicalism, a new chapter of Mr. Zhou Hexuan.

"You read first, I'll cook, and my dad should be back in a minute." Xu Guangping said.

Lu Xun slowly opened the book and frowned after reading a few pages. After patiently reading the first 30,000 words, he threw the book away directly, and his mood became more and more irritable.

Xu Guangping was busy in the kitchen for a long time, but when he returned to the room, he saw Lu Xun looking up at the ceiling and smoking again, and said strangely: "What's the matter, aren't you reading a novel?" ”

"If you don't read this novel, it hurts everywhere when you read the heart, liver, spleen, stomach and kidneys." Lu Xun smiled bitterly.

Xu Guangping asked: "Bad writing?" ”

"On the contrary, it is so well written," Lu Xun said, "that Mr. Zhou has a thorough view of society." ”

Xu Guangping asked, "What is written in the book?" ”

Lu Xun said leisurely: "Cannibalism! ”