Literary Master 1983

Chapter 223 Why Are You Wearing Zhang Li's Clothes?

Yu Qie said, "Okay, let's call it even. I won't cause you any trouble, and you won't cause me any trouble."

"You're not going to cause me any more trouble?" Chen Xiaoxu said.

"I'm not looking for it anymore. Why, are you still not satisfied?"

Chen Xiaoxu was a little disappointed and said, "You have a good temper, just like Zhang Li! I hope I can be scolded, so that I won't feel anything."

"Then just stand here. You just keep standing there until I say something. Are you cold?"

"I'm not cold! It's so hot here!"

Yu Qie shook his head and said, "Zhang Li thought so too, but she caught a cold very quickly. There are some of Zhang Li's clothes in the closet, you can put them on, you two have similar body shapes, whatever Zhang Li can wear, you can wear too."

Chen Xiaoxu searched in the closet, but this made her see Yu Qie's clothes. Yu Qie's clothes were much longer than Zhang Li's, and the fabric and workmanship were very different. After all, he was a man over 1.8 meters tall, and his clothes were definitely different from those of a woman.

Chen Xiaoxu stayed here for a while. She hadn't seen a man's wardrobe for a long time. She couldn't help but take the excuse of changing clothes to carefully look at what was in Yu Qie's wardrobe... It is said that a man's wardrobe is a projection of his inner self.

Sure enough, when Chen Xiaoxu saw the outfit of a suit jacket on the upper body and shorts on the lower body, he couldn't help but smile.

This is so much like Yu Qie's character, and it's something only Yu Qie can do.

As for Zhang Li's clothes, they were very practical, basically some women's shirts and skirts, and the suit jacket also had shoulder pads. Zhang Li took a long windbreaker, put it on, and quietly stood next to Yu Qie.

Yu Qie heard it and turned around to see her. He was shocked and said, "Chen Xiaoxu, why are you wearing Zhang Li's clothes?"

"Ah?" Chen Xiaoxu was also panicked, "Oh, you want me to put it on, right? I forgot."

"It's okay. Zhang Li shouldn't be angry. You two are closer than sisters now. Just stand here. You can sit down when you get tired. You can leave when I finish writing. Don't you want to apologize? Just apologize like this."

"Would I be afraid of you? I can stay awake all day!" said Chen Xiaoxu.

She stood there blankly for a while and got tired, so she moved a bench and sat down. This time she lasted longer, but it was very boring to just sit there. Chen Xiaoxu gradually turned her gaze to Yu Qie, the only person in the room.

Yu Qie is writing a letter!

He is really focused. When he is serious, he is quite nice. If only he could always be like this!
Chen Xiaoxu imagined in her mind that Yu Qi was being particularly polite and well-behaved to her. She shook her head secretly in her heart: No, that would be boring.

Zhang Li is a very serious person, Yu Qie can't be like this.

Chen Xiaoxu held her chin and looked at Yu Qie. At first, Yu Qie felt a little uncomfortable and would occasionally glance at her quickly, but gradually Yu Qi was completely immersed in the scene of writing and didn't care about Chen Xiaoxu at all.

The more Chen Xiaoxu looked, the bolder she became. She couldn't help but lean forward, and her expression became gentle.

Yu Qie's reply was all because of the novel "Little Shoes", which was Chen Xiaoxu's favorite novel. At that time, she quarreled with Yu Qie all day long and felt that Yu Qie was an annoying person, similar to Ouyang Fenqiang who played Jia Baoyu, only a little stronger, richer, more handsome, more educated, and better at cooking...

It's just like that, only Zhang Li praised him to the sky.

Later, Yu Qie miraculously "delivered" this novel to her on the train back home. She realized that Yu Qie actually had such a delicate mind, and he was so great that he wanted to do something that ordinary people could not do!

At the Hangzhou meeting, Yu Qie decided to organize a donation campaign because of a few candies. After two months of media coverage, it has become a household name. Yu Qie has become a role model for young people, and even the author of "Goldbach's Conjecture" came to write a personal report for him.

When the two girls returned to Ancheng for the New Year, Chen Xiaoxu's parents and relatives also came to her to inquire about "Yu Qie". It turned out that Yu Qi, a novelist, seemed to be more famous than these actors.

Chen Xiaoxu's father asked tentatively: "How does Yu Qie know you?"

Chen Xiaoxu said: "Yu Qie is Zhang Li's boyfriend. I know Zhang Li. This is the relationship between us."

Chen Xiaoxu could clearly sense that her father was a little disappointed. Chen Xiaoxu was certainly not a fool, she already knew what her family was thinking. Yu Qie was simply the most suitable person, especially for a young literary woman like her who was not interested in worldly matters.

But is Yu Qie really that good?
The person in front of him is an ordinary person. He also stays up late to write articles, knows how to enjoy himself, and lives a petty bourgeois life all day long... But when Yu Qie is not in front of Chen Xiaoxu, he becomes an omnipotent person. People are about to deify him. In the past two months, almost no one has not mentioned Yu Qie.

The crew had to talk about how much sponsorship Yu Che had brought; on the train back home, the conductor held up the "October" magazine but kept saying "Yu Che's" new work, as if the famous national magazine had become Yu Che's publishing machine; the leader of the Ancheng Theater contacted Chen Xiaoxu's father and asked if Chen Xiaoxu could be the middleman to contact this famous writer and adapt Yu Che's novel into a drama. The price was negotiable, and they just asked for permission.

Although the troupe here was not as good as the Beijing People's Art Theatre, the workers also liked Yu Qie's novels. In the Northeast at that time, the per capita education level was extremely high, and there were many industrial enterprises, so there were often visits abroad. Many people talked about "Da Saba", a book about foreign countries, with great relish.

Previously, Yu Qie's novel "Big Slap" was adapted into a play. The A ticket was 0.5 yuan and the B ticket was 0.4 yuan. It was hard to get a ticket when it was first released. As the performances increased, the tickets for "Big Slap" became hard to sell. At this time, "Little Shoes" became popular again. Audiences who had read the novel rushed to the theater, but were disappointed to find that the play "Little Shoes" had not yet been rehearsed.

Only the original "Big Scatter" is still selling tickets.

The leader of the troupe came up with the idea of ​​printing the words "Yu Qie's Classic Works" very large on the promotional poster, and printing the words "Ancheng Troupe" a little smaller. As a result, this little trick actually increased the attendance rate.

Many people are willing to bring their children to watch the original play again after seeing the two characters "Yu Qie". The recognition of the two characters "Yu Qie" has surpassed the work itself, which is unimaginable for today's actors.

In the middle of the night, Chen Xiaoxu fell asleep in a daze. Yu Qi woke her up and asked her to go back.

"Your debt has been paid. Go back. I won't take revenge on you. Let's write it off."

"Have you finished writing? Yuqie?"

"Not yet. I'm going to Japan in a few days, and I don't have time to reply to the letters from readers in China. So I have to work overtime tonight and deal with some letters from China first."

It’s not finished yet!

It turns out that being a famous writer is so hard!

Chen Xiaoxu was startled awake. She was sent back by Yu Qie. She had a mental struggle on the way and suddenly turned back and said, "Yu Qie, I really should apologize to you! I misunderstood you. When I think about it carefully, you are really a very capable person. But I always can't help wanting to quarrel with you. I don't know why?"

why?
Because you are a child. Yu Qie smiled and said, "Come on, you apologize to me today, but you will be unable to hold back tomorrow. You are just like that. You are only nineteen years old. You are still very young. You don't need to be too entangled. No one will blame you."

I'm nineteen?

You are only two years older than me!

Chen Xiaoxu didn't talk back, because she had just apologized. She was obediently sent to the bedroom door by Yu Qie. Seeing that Yu Qie still wanted to go back to write a letter, Chen Xiaoxu suddenly blurted out: "Yu Qie, you should go to bed early!"

"It won't matter if you reply to fewer letters. Everyone is very tolerant of you."

When Chen Xiaoxu said this, she was very nervous. She thought Yu Qie would laugh at her or tease her about changing her tune. But Yu Qie just said, "I know."

Is this what it means to listen to me?

Yu Qie still listens to me.

Then, Chen Xiaoxu closed the door, but before she lay down, she leaned against the window to see that the light was on. She lay there for an unknown amount of time, then lifted the blanket and looked up. Hey, the light was still on. Chen Xiaoxu thought to herself: You know shit! I shouldn't have said those things, but you didn't listen. You deserve it!
What a peaceful moonlight, but it makes people feel even more upset! You are all show and gold on the outside, but who knows that you are actually a cold-hearted fool on the inside! Yu Qie, to put it bluntly, I am so fed up with you.

Zhang Li was awakened by her tossing and turning and asked her, "Why aren't you asleep yet, Xiaoxu?"

"Got it! I'll go to bed now."

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Jianguomen, in front of UNICEF.

Yu Qie brought two girls to donate. The UNICEF staff already knew Yu Qie's face and reported to him: "Comrade Yu, Operation Spring Rain has raised nearly 200,000 yuan. We have recorded every cent, and we have used several notebooks... We can announce it to the people of the country at any time."

"Please stop asking foreign guests to do things for you. Last time, that person threatened not to invest and made a fuss about it, and we were severely criticized by our leaders!"

When did Yu Qie become involved with foreign guests?
Zhang Li and Chen Xiaoxu pricked up their ears.

As a result, Yu Qie did not talk about this matter, but instead said: "I am not here to cause trouble to you today, but to donate money."

"You also donated money. You wrote a novel and organized activities for this matter, and you also donated money yourself!"

He took out a thousand yuan and slapped it on the table. "This time it's not me who donated the money, it's these two. They are actors from Dream of Red Mansions, playing Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu respectively... They were introduced in Popular Movies in August last year, and they were also reported on CCTV's program."

"They are really kindhearted, even better than in the drama." The staff praised them. "One thousand yuan is a lot of money, we will definitely tell the newspapers and reporters about this. Did they get 500 yuan each?"

"It's like this, just remember this, Zhang Li and Chen Xiaoxu, Dream of the Red Chamber, 500 yuan each, a total of 1,000 yuan."

Wait, how did it become one thousand yuan?

Chen Xiaoxu donated 400 yuan and Zhang Li donated 400 yuan, which together only amounted to 800 yuan. Where did the 1,000 yuan come from?

Yu Qie winked at the two of them, asking them to be quiet. Then, while the worker was counting the money, he whispered, "I gave you some extra money... Of course, I was going to donate some more money anyway."

Zhang Li was so distressed that she grabbed Yu Qie's arm and said, "It's too much, too much."

Chen Xiaoxu was dumbfounded: I was thinking of paying you back four hundred yuan, but you made me owe you another hundred yuan, plus the money I haven’t paid back before, what should I do?
Zhang Li is your wife, so of course she doesn’t care... I owe you more and more, what can I use to pay you back?
Yu Qie said: "You two are now one, you should be fair when you come out. If one donates more and the other donates less, it will have a bad effect. It's better not to donate!"

"That's not necessarily... that much!" Chen Xiaoxu whispered.

"One thousand yuan is a good number. It's a three-digit number. If the entire entertainment industry is ranked by donations, you two will be at the top."

Afterwards, the staff wrote the two names together and stamped them! "Pop!", leaving a donation certificate.

At that time, there were two ways to donate. One was to donate collectively through an organization or social group. This was the case for most people, and the honor belonged to the collective. The other was an individual donation, and for this type of donation there would be a list proving how much money you donated to a certain organization in a certain year and month.

For example, there are some news reports that say that after a certain cadre or soldier died, people found a donation slip among his belongings, and the donation slip talked about this thing.

"China Children and Teenagers' Foundation", stamped with a red seal, plus the names of "Zhang Li" and "Chen Xiaoxu", looks very festive.

They both liked the donation slip very much. Chen Xiaoxu thought it was like a marriage certificate, a testimony of their friendship. Why is there no "sisterhood certificate" or "brotherhood certificate" in our society?

As soon as she thought about it, Zhang Li said, "We should also write Yu Qie's name. He should be written between our names. He also paid 200 yuan."

Zhang Li said so and did it.

After leaving UNICEF, Yu Qie took them to the Sichuan Provincial Guesthouse for dinner and then sent them to the train. Zhang Li and Yu Qie were reluctant to leave, wishing they could grow up together, and stayed together for a while before saying goodbye.

On the train, Zhang Li was sad for a while, then she took out the donation slip and said, "Do you have a pen? Xiaoxu."

"What are you going to do?"

"Write Yu Qie's name. He donated two hundred yuan."

Zhang Li quickly wrote the words "Yu Qie" and handed the donation form and pen to Chen Xiaoxu: "Okay, I'll give it all to you."

"You don't want the list anymore?"

"Here you go. Yu Qie has donated money several times, and there are many bills at home, but you don't have any. I'll give this to you."

(End of this chapter)