Jiangjin.

Bai Lang put down the pen and sat up straight, stretching comfortably. In the summer, she and her husband Luo Feng participated in the writers' war visit group, Huashan, Zhongtiao Mountain, and Taihang Mountain...... I have walked around all over the place, and now I am compiling and revising the war diary and preparing it for publication in the form of a reportage.

"Lily, what do you think this is?" Luo Feng entered the house with a thick stack of books.

Bai Lang's previous pen name was Liu Li, and those who knew her well were referred to by her pen name, although "Bai Lang" was also her pen name.

Bai Lang looked over curiously, and saw the two big characters "Black Soil" printed on the spine of the book, and she stood up in surprise and said, "Mr. Zhou's "Black Soil" has finally been published? ”

Luo Feng said with a smile: "Yes, there are ten books in five, with more than 4 million words. After buying this set, the family will not be able to eat meat for several months. ”

"You can't skip meat, and you can't buy Mr. Zhou's works." Bai Lang took out a copy and opened it as he spoke.

Speaking of Northeast female writers during the Republic of China, many people naturally think of Xiao Hong, in fact, Bai Lang was as famous as Xiao Hong for a long time. They are also best friends in reality, from the Northeast, Shanghai, Wuhan, and then to Chongqing, they have been supporting each other, and Xiao Hong's "premature" child was born in Bai Lang's family.

Bai Lang and Luo Feng are cousins and sisters, and they are married by the elders of the family. Soon after getting married, Bai Lang found that Luo Feng often did not return home at night, and after several interrogations, he learned that her husband turned out to be an underground party and was directly led by Yang Jingyu. As a result, Bai Lang also became a member of the underground organization, and at the age of 21, he became the editor of the Communist Party's underground publication, the International Communion.

Bai Lang's most famous deeds were also won during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, she donated her entire net worth to buy aircraft and cannons.

Luo Feng carefully put "Black Soil" on the bookshelf and said with a smile: "I'll cook today, you can read it with peace of mind." ”

"That's a grievance for you." Bai Lang said with a grin.

Although "Black Soil" has been serialized in "Non-Attack" magazine, it has lasted for several years, and it is inevitable to miss a few issues when reading it, and no one can say that they have read it all.

Bai Lang quickly immersed himself in the plot, sometimes smiling, sometimes frowning, and when her husband called her to eat, she didn't realize that her cheeks were already stained with tears. She thinks of the white mountains and black soil of her hometown, and thinks of her relatives in the Northeast, which evokes too many memories for her.

At the dinner table, Bai Lang couldn't help but sigh: "Mr. Zhou's work is really well written!" ”

Luo Feng nodded and said: "Yes, it is difficult for ordinary people to control a tome of such length, he can't help but write it, and he also sketches an era that belongs to the Northeast." ”

"I heard that Mr. Zhou came up with the idea of writing "Black Soil" after reading the first draft of Duanmu Yuliang's "Horqin Banner Grassland". Bai Lang smiled.

Luo Feng said: "Duanmu went to Mr. Zhou's house every day at that time, specifically to talk about the customs of the Northeast. ”

Bai Lang couldn't help but think of Xiao Hong, and said with emotion: "I don't know if Duanmu and Sister Hong have arrived in Hong Kong safely, she is a poor person, and life is always not smooth." ”

Luo Feng was about to comfort him, when suddenly there was a knock on the door outside.

"Who?" Luo Feng asked.

"Me."

"Come in." Luo Feng said.

The person who came was also a writer in exile in Northeast China, with the pen name Luo Binji. He joined the guerrillas in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, joined the Communist Party early last year, and traveled to Chongqing.

Bai Lang stood up and greeted: "Have you eaten?" I'm going to get a pair of chopsticks. ”

"I've eaten, I've eaten," Luo Binjilian said, rubbing his hands embarrassedly, "that ...... I heard that Luo Feng bought a set of "Black Soil", can you lend it to me? ”

Luo Feng scolded with a smile: "Your dog nose is really smart, how do you smell it?" ”

"Hehehehehehe." Luo Binji had a simple smirk on his face.

Bai Lang pursed his lips and said, "Let's go to the study and see it yourself." ”

Not long after Luo Binji entered the study, two more people came, and this meal couldn't be eaten cleanly. These writers in exile in the Northeast all live very close, and when there is a stir, they all come and rush to read books - no way, the complete set of "Black Soil" is too expensive, and the writers in exile are too poor.

Everyone took down a book, no matter which one they started from, and opened it and read it.

In the next two or three months, they came to sit whenever they had time, and the whole set of "Black Soil" was quickly turned over, and from time to time they had to raise it to discuss the plot and techniques, and wrote seven or eight review articles on "Black Soil" alone.

Not only the group of exiled writers in Northeast China is paying attention, but the entire Chinese literary circle is discussing it, and even the vast occupied areas are also quietly circulating-this set has a strong anti-Japanese ideology from the second part, and has been banned by the Japanese army and the puppet government.

Ba Jin commented in the magazine "Beacon Fire": "The book "Black Soil" can be described as a masterpiece of anti-Japanese war literature. It takes the three families of Northeast China as clues and reveals the great changes in Northeast society for more than half a century. There is very little space about anti-Japanese resistance in the whole work, but the anti-Japanese ideology is reflected everywhere. The three major families in the book, from prosperity to decline, all have the shadow of the Japanese. It was the Japanese invasion of China that shattered countless families and overturned countless families...... "Black Soil" is the most powerful literary indictment of the Japanese invaders. ”

Liang Shiqiu also wrote an article to praise it, and by the way, he also defended himself a few words: "I have always opposed the anti-Japanese eight stocks. What is the Anti-Japanese Eight Shares? That is, all literary creations will inevitably move closer to the anti-Japanese content. Even when you drink saliva and eat a meal, you have to shout twice to resist the Japanese...... Propaganda against Japan is, of course, a patriotic act, but we cannot resist Japan for the sake of resisting Japan. In particular, when engaging in literary creation, the emergence of a large number of inferior anti-Japanese literature can only make readers annoying, and on the contrary, it will have a negative impact on propaganda against Japan. Mr. Zhou's "Black Soil" should be used as a model for anti-Japanese literature, except for a few characters in the book who are fighting against Japan head-on, more than ninety percent of the characters have not resisted Japan, and many are even traitors. This situation is true, we read it reasonably, and it resonates with it. Whether it is a traitor or a patriot in the book, their endings are tragic, and they all show four words together - national hatred and family hatred! This is the true way of writing anti-Japanese literature. ”

Although Zhang Hatshui became famous for his love pastime, he has now rewritten the Anti-Japanese War. Since learning of the Nanjing Massacre, he applied to fight guerrillas in the battlefield behind enemy lines at his own expense, but unfortunately he did not know how to operate it, so he could only continue to write. He has now begun to write "The Great River Goes East," the first Chinese film to reflect the Nanjing Massacre.

Zhang Hatshui wrote an article and commented: "Talented and beautiful women are easy to write, and national enemies and families hate difficult books." Ever since I wrote about the Anti-Japanese War, I have felt that it is very difficult to write, full of grief and indignation into words, but it always seems so pale. Zhou Mingcheng's "Black Soil" deeply shocked me, sprinkled with more than 400,000 words, showing the suffering of the entire nation. Don't want any "Goddess", and don't want any "Dog Official", just one "Black Soil", Zhou Mingcheng is enough to be called a great writer, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to surpass the literature of the Anti-Japanese War in the future. ”