After Lin Zixuan finished writing "The Catcher in the Rye", the next thing was the translation of Pearl Sai.

This is one of the things that makes Pearl Race quite strange, Lin Zixuan's writing speed is very fast, he can write about 8,000 words a day, and it only took 20 days to complete the whole novel.

It's not hard to understand that some writers, once inspiration strikes, will write without sleep or food, so as to complete it in one go.

It is said that Lin Zixuan was very fast when he wrote "Gone with the Wind", writing nearly one million words in three months, which can prove that Lin Zixuan is very talented in writing.

But what Pearl didn't understand was that he didn't revise it after he finished writing.

The two will discuss the story together, and Pearl Race put forward a lot of his own opinions, but except for some American customs and slang, Lin Zixuan insists on not modifying the plot.

Or maybe he didn't think about revising it at all, he thought it would be published directly.

In order to keep improving, many writers' works have to go through repeated scrutiny and revision, and even change drafts several times.

Pearl Race herself is the same, so writing is a difficult process.

Relatively speaking, Lin Zixuan's approach seems strange, is this the self-confidence of a master writer?

It may also be that Lin Zixuan didn't take this novel seriously at all, it was just an exercise work on his vacation, otherwise he wouldn't have been so rash and sloppy.

Pearl Race thinks that creation is a serious matter, so he reminds Lin Zixuan to take it seriously.

Lin Zixuan was quite speechless.

I'm just plagiarizing, what do you ask me to change, this kind of world-class masterpiece, who will be responsible if it is destroyed by me?

Facing Pearl Race with a serious attitude, Lin Zixuan had no choice but to take the manuscript back, pretend to read it seriously, and then tell Pearl Race that there is really no need to change it, this is already the best version.

"I didn't write this novel in a perfunctory way, but wrote this novel very seriously." Lin Zixuan assured, "I'm the kind of person who will write all the thoughts in my heart once I have inspiration, and you can think of it as a talent." ”

So, Pearl Race believed Lin Zixuan.

After all, there are always geniuses in this world who cannot be looked at in a normal light.

The two of them are rather strange, Lin Zixuan writes American stories as a Chinese, while Pearl Sai, as an American, writes Chinese stories.

By mid-August, Pearl and her husband were going back to Jinling University to give lectures, and everyone was ready to leave Lushan.

At this time, Lin Zixuan received a telegram.

This summer, Shanghai is very hot, close to 40 degrees, and it has lasted for more than ten days, and the plague is spreading.

More than 10 Chinese and Japanese overseas Chinese in the concession have died of cholera, and the hospitals are even more overcrowded.

The telegram told them not to return to Shanghai in the near future until the epidemic had passed.

Lin Zixuan thought about it, there was nothing to do when he went back anyway, it was better to stay for a few more days and wait until the temperature in Shanghai dropped down.

In this era when there is no air conditioning, summer vacation has become a daily activity of dignitaries and nobles in summer, and some people have ice cellars in their homes, which can be used to relieve the heat with ice cubes, but more wealthy people use electric fans.

In this era, electric fans are all foreign goods, and the American Qiqi brand electric fan is very popular in Shanghai, which is a product of General Electric Company of the United States, which is divided into two types: ceiling fans and floor fans.

Lin Zixuan bought a floor fan, the outer frame is made of copper, almost 20 catties, and the style is not much different from the electric fan of later generations, but the wind speed of the fan is not as big as that of later generations.

In addition, the electricity supply in Shanghai is very problematic, and there are frequent power outages, so there are ice cubes in the home.

After Pearl Race left, the villa was free.

At this time, Lin Zixuan really felt the beauty of the world of the two, and the bodyguards and subordinates were very eye-catching and would not disturb their lives.

He also wants to build a small holiday villa here, which should cost more than 100,000 silver dollars according to the land price and labor here.

On an ordinary morning, when the two were having breakfast, Feng Chengcheng suddenly ran into the kitchen and vomited.

The subordinates hurriedly came over to take care of it, Lin Zixuan followed to inquire about the situation, Feng Chengcheng only said that his heart was pantothenic and uncomfortable.

Lin Zixuan is also an old viewer who has been tested by TV dramas for a long time, and the first reaction when he sees this situation is, of course, that the woman is pregnant.

They have been married for more than half a year, there is no separation, no relationship problems, and they usually work hard, but there has been no movement, and the old people in the family are quite anxious.

Lin Zixuan once wondered if it was a matter of crossing, many of them were destined to be lonely and destined to die alone.

Well, it's just his whims.

It seems that this kind of thing needs a comfortable environment, a pleasant mood, and it will come naturally after relaxing.

Of course, this is just his speculation, and it needs to be verified by doctors, and there are no products such as pregnancy tests in this era.

Feng Chengcheng was equally overjoyed, and as a Christian, she was grateful for having children.

She is not the kind of professional woman who sacrifices her family for her career, nor is she a progressive youth who is desperate for the revolution, she is just a literary young woman with a little bourgeois feelings.

There was a hospital run by the church on Guling, Lin Zixuan accompanied Feng Chengcheng to go there, the doctor asked a few questions, and did some tests, and finally confirmed that Feng Chengcheng was indeed pregnant.

Lin Zixuan, who was anxiously waiting, slandered that Chinese medicine only needs to know the result as long as he has a pulse, and Western medicine is too inefficient.

Anyway, I finally waited for the good news.

Lin Zixuan first went to send a telegram to report the good news to his family and Feng Jingyao, which was a big deal, and then he was thinking about returning to Shanghai, after all, it was convenient to do anything in his own place.

Although the doctor said that there would be no accidents with ordinary exercise, as long as you pay a little attention, Lin Zixuan still didn't dare to be careless.

He would rather walk slower than to be steady.

When everything was arranged, at the end of August, they set out on their way back to Shanghai.

The weather at this time is good, it is the season of high and cool autumn, Lin Zixuan has a child, and he is in a good mood.

Japan, however, is not so good.

On September 1, 1923, a strong earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck the Kanto region of Japan.

The earthquake-stricken areas include Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Shizuoka, Yamanashi, and other areas, and more than 140,000 people were killed and their whereabouts are unknown, more than 2 million people were left homeless, and property damage was 6.5 billion yen.

Starving survivors tried to catch fish from ponds and lakes to feed themselves, and waited in two-mile lines for daily rations or a rice ball per person.

The earthquake also led to a cholera epidemic.

For this reason, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government ordered martial law to prohibit people from entering the city to prevent the spread of the plague.

At the same time, the Japanese government also took this opportunity to massacre revolutionaries, Chinese and Koreans living in Japan.

This became known as the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan.