After returning to the dormitory, Wu Dao turned on the computer, logged in to QQ, and added Si Baifang's QQ number as a friend. He found that Si Baifang's QQ username was also Hundred Flowers Fairy, and her avatar was her self-portrait. It turned out that Si Baifang could not only write poems, but also paint, and he could draw very well. He saw He Hua's QQ account again, He Hua's username is Happy Lamb, and the avatar is a lamb on the grassland, and the lamb is wearing a garland on his head. Wu Dao couldn't help laughing, and thought in his heart that the garland on the head of this little lamb must have been put on by He Hua, and those flowers were probably picked by He Hua himself.

Thinking of He Hua and Si Baifang, Wu Dao said in his heart: "Wu Dao, Wu Dao, how lucky you are to meet two such unearthly women one after another!" In addition to sighing, he couldn't help but compare He Hua and Si Baifang, He Hua was innocent, but after all, she lacked some talent, if she was a piece of jade, then Si Baifang was a piece of flawless jade with beauty and talent.

Wu Dao thought of the poetry collection that Si Baifang gave him again, so he took it out and read it carefully. He found that Si Baifang's poems were as fresh and refined as hers, and he only needed to read one to know that the person who wrote the poem was a very talented woman. Although there are several poems in the poetry collection that are very imposing, most of the poems have a kind of fatalistic sadness, which makes people unconsciously think of Lin Daiyu who has a "Yongxu talent". Daiyu is Wu Dao's favorite woman in the "Twelve Hairpins of Jinling", she is extremely talented, has no scheming, does not admire fame and wealth, and loves and hates clearly. He never thought that he could meet such a woman in reality, and felt that Si Baifang was his luck to come to his side, she was a talented woman who was born beautiful, if she could have a family like Lin Huiyin, maybe she could also become famous at a young age, life was smooth, she could only rely on her own hard work and be reborn like a phoenix, isn't this kind of woman even more pitiful?

In the days that followed, Wu Dao would meet with Si Baifang every Saturday, most of the time Si Baifang went to Jeju University, and Wu Dao occasionally went to Gaoyang High School, where Si Baifang taught. When they met, Wu Dao handed over the books he borrowed from the library to Si Baifang, who would talk about the progress of the postgraduate examination and the problems encountered, and if there were newly written poems, they would also show them to Wu Dao, and sometimes they would eat together. In order to facilitate travel, Wu Dao went to buy a bicycle.

As for how to read, modern Chinese literature is known as "Lu Guo Maoba Lao Cao", and Wu Dao suggested that Si Baifang start reading with these six writers. Si Baifang told Wu Dao that some of the masterpieces of the six writers she had read before. She made a list of books she hadn't read, handed them to Wu Dao, and asked him to help borrow them from the library to read.

A month later, Si Baifang finished reading all the representative works of the six writers, and when the book was returned, the two of them had an exchange. Si Baifang said to Wu Dao:

"People often say Lu Guo Maoba Lao Cao, I think this ranking is problematic."

"I also think there's a problem. This question can be divided into two aspects, the first is the question of the ranking of these six writers, and the second is whether there are other writers other than these six writers who are of higher level and more qualified to be ranked. Wu Dao said.

"I didn't think about it so much, but when I heard you say that, I also understood that it included these two aspects. In fact, when I first heard Lu Guo Maoba Lao Cao's statement, my initial thought was why these six writers were all men and none of them were women. ”

This question is not difficult to understand, in modern Chinese literature, the overall level of male writers is higher than that of female writers. At that time, there were very few educated and literate women, which was not much different from the era described in "Dream of Red Mansions". However, there are still a few female writers who write works that are also excellent, such as Xiao Hong, Ding Ling, and Zhang Ailing. ”

"I think Xiao Hong is more qualified than Guo Moruo to be ranked among those six people."

"Xiao Hong is very talented, but unfortunately died young, otherwise he would definitely be able to write greater works than "Life and Death Field" and "The Biography of the Hulan River". Guo Moruo is a very controversial writer in modern literature. If the books of those six writers were sold together, his books would definitely be sold in the end, and they might not even sell at all. I think the writer who is more qualified to be included is Shen Congwen. ”

"I haven't had time to read Shen Congwen's book yet, so I'll borrow it next time."

"Of the six writers, I admire Lu Xun the most, he has never written novels, only short stories, and a large number of essays, but his depth of thought is incomparable to other writers. If according to my thoughts, Lu Xun ranks first, and he deserves it, he should be followed by Lao She and Ba Jin, followed by Cao Yu and Mao Dun. ”

"It's better to line up like this."

"Actually, in my opinion, a good writer should be a poet, even if he doesn't write poetry, he must have the temperament of a poet. Although Ba Jin and Cao Yu did not write poems, they wrote "Home", "Spring", "Autumn", "Thunderstorm", "Wilderness", "Pekingese" and other works can be read as poems, in which you can feel the author's vigorous emotional power, just like Tang poems. They can all be called poets who don't write poetry. I put Mao Dun at the back because I didn't feel that he was a poet. ”

"It's the first time I've heard this point of view, but I think your words are very reasonable, poets are divided into two kinds, one is to write poetry, the other is not to write poetry, if according to your point of view, Xiao Hong should also be regarded as a poet."

"Yes, she is also a poet. There are also many contemporary writers who can be counted as poets even though they do not write or rarely write poetry. There are many people, although they also write poems, and even write a lot, such as Emperor Yang of Sui, Emperor Qianlong, etc., are not poets. ”

"Wu Dao, I think you are also a poet who doesn't write poetry."

"Baifang, you are a poet who writes poetry."

The two men looked at each other and smiled.

After getting along for a long time, Wu Dao found that he was becoming more and more inseparable from Si Baifang, he looked forward to seeing her every day, and even in his dreams, he seemed to have fallen in love with this girl who appeared unexpectedly.

Si Baifang also often calls and texts Wu Dao, in addition to talking about the postgraduate entrance examination, he also often tells about the troubles of life, and the content of some text messages makes Wu Dao think about it, and the content of one text message is like this: "In your heart, which of the following things can represent me: leather gloves, blue roses, cartoon pillows, glasses, tomatoes, cups." ”

Wu Dao didn't know what he meant, and after thinking about it, he replied with a text message: "These things can't represent you, in my heart, you are the most beautiful little red flower blooming in the field in the early morning." ”

Si Baifang replied: "Wu Dao, thank you, you are really the person who understands me best, thank fate for letting us meet." ”

Wu Dao and Si Baifang did not ask each other about their personal emotional problems, when Si Baifang told her distress, she once told Wu Dao that two male colleagues often came to her before, asked her to watch movies and eat, she refused, and she also deliberately avoided them in her life, and when she was working in other places, some people pursued her, and she did not agree. The long-term relationship made Wu Dao completely sure that Si Baifang did not have a boyfriend.

Wu Dao remembered that Si Baifang once said that her favorite modern poet was Gu Cheng, so he asked Jing Like to find out if there was a relatively rare "Gu Cheng Poetry Collection" in the Beijing book market. Jing Like ran all over the book market in Beijing, and really found a very rare collection of Gu Cheng's old style poems in a bookstore, and immediately sent it to Wu Dao. After receiving the book sent by Jing Like, Wu Dao wrote the words "to the Hundred Flowers Fairy" on the title page, and the payment was his name. After the poetry collection was handed over to Si Baifang, she was really happy. They also discussed Gu Cheng's poetry that day, and Si Baifang said:

"Gu Cheng has always looked at the world with pure eyes, it is a world full of dreams and colors. Your poetry collection is full of old style poems, I only knew that he wrote new style poems very well, but I didn't expect him to write so many old style poems. ”

Gu Cheng's success stems from his childlike heart, and the tragedy of his life is also caused by this. Sometimes I think that Gu Cheng just doesn't want to grow up, and wants to be a child for the rest of his life. If he was born in a large family in ancient times, he might be another Jia Baoyu. Wu Dao said.

In winter, Si Baifang made a pair of cotton shoes with wool and gave them to Wu Dao. This made Wu Dao even more surprised, he didn't expect that a talented woman with a literary and artistic atmosphere would actually make shoes. Young girls in Qicheng County, regardless of their level of education, almost no one knows how to make shoes.

The shoes made by Si Baifang are both beautiful and warm, but the soles are bought, the size is not standard, and Wu Dao is a little small to wear. Despite this, he still wore them on his feet and told Si Baifang that the shoes were very suitable. The dormitory mates asked him where he bought the shoes, and he said that it was given by a girl, but he did not say anything about Si Baifang.

Once when he wore those cotton shoes to class, Lu Qianqian saw him and said to him:

"Angkor, where did you buy your cotton shoes?"

"I didn't buy it, it was given to me by a girl." Wu Dao said.

Several other graduate students were very curious when they heard Wu Dao say this, and Yang Xinxin said:

"Is it your girlfriend? When will it be brought over, let's see. ”

Several other girls also chimed in:

"Angkor, when will we meet my sister-in-law?"

Hearing his classmates say this, Wu Dao was very happy in his heart, of course he hoped that Si Baifang could become his girlfriend. But after all, they haven't talked about this topic with each other, and they can't be counted as boyfriend and girlfriend. He smiled and said to his classmates:

"Don't make a fuss, the girl who gave me shoes isn't my girlfriend, at least not yet."

"Then you have to hurry up and make the timetable white, I heard that in many places, girls give shoes to boys, just like him. What's more, Angkor, your shoes are still made by that girl, which shows that she likes you, and you don't want to disappoint others. Yang Xinxin said.

"That's right, that girl must like Angkor." Zheng Tao also said.

Hearing what his classmates said, Wu Dao was a little more sure about whether Si Baifang liked him or not.

Although his classmates advised Wu Dao to confess to Si Baifang as soon as possible, he didn't want to disturb the latter's graduate school entrance examination, and he would wait until Si Baifang was admitted to Jeju University before confessing to her. In any case, this time he will not remain silent again, he didn't confess in the face of the girl he liked when he was an undergraduate, and now it's not a bad thing to think about it, because there are many girls like that, and he also likes He Hua from the bottom of his heart, but all kinds of conditions don't allow him to pursue He Hua, there is no obstacle between him and Si Baifang, and if he misses this strange woman, he will regret it for life.