Writer 1979: Writing for the People

In fact, Xu Lu's words were not just something he wrote casually.

In the original story, after moving beyond "problematic novels," Chen Zhongshi's first work to re-enter the national readership was "Kang Family Courtyard."

This work revolves around the theme of "rural ethics and human dignity".

He felt that offering such a reminder might be of more help to Chen Zhongshi.

And that is indeed the case.

After seeing this sentence, even though Chen Zhongshi hadn't yet thought of the corresponding plot, he became very interested in the topic.

His creative instincts, honed over many years, allowed him to sense a vast creative potential within it.

He can then focus on this specific creative direction and develop plot and character ideas, instead of wandering around aimlessly like a headless fly.

The thought that his confusion and bewilderment of the past few days had finally been resolved almost made Chen Zhongshi jump up from his chair with excitement.

He never expected that Comrade Xu Lu, whom he had never met before, would actually give him such practical and feasible advice.

He had initially thought that the other person's creative ideas were somewhat different, but now he realized that the other person's literary talent was far more terrifying than he had imagined!

No wonder he was able to write such unique articles as "Receiving the Precepts" and "My Distant Qingping Bay".

I wonder what kind of new work he will write next!

Chen Zhongshi was somewhat looking forward to it, and at the same time really wanted to meet the other party in person and say "thank you" in person.

This advice was extremely important to him.

Although he hasn't tried writing yet, without the other person's reminder, he doesn't know how much longer he would continue to be confused and lost.

  

At this moment, he has at least found a direction to move forward.

He will remember this kindness.

The next second, Chen Zhongshi suddenly remembered what the other person was going through.

Although Xu Lu's being attacked has nothing to do with him personally, if he, as the creator of "Trust," had stood up and said a few words in his defense, perhaps his situation would not have been so difficult.

After a moment of struggle, Chen Zhongshi's eyes revealed a hint of determination.

He has made his decision!

Even if he might "get burned" by this incident and be ostracized from the literary world again, returning to his previous situation, he still had to stand up and speak out for Xu Lu.

For no other reason than to have a clear conscience!

So he took out paper and pen and first wrote a reply to Xu Lu, expressing his gratitude for the suggestions he had made.

Then I started writing!

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At the end of June, when the first rain of the rainy season fell on the Loess Plateau, Zhangjia Village's "snatching food from the dragon's mouth" this year finally came to an end.

Everyone was racing against time during this period, including Xu Lu.

Fortunately, he had decided long ago to send the first half of "Calabash Brothers" to the Shaanxi Daily first; otherwise, if he had stayed here, he wouldn't have had the time and energy to start writing.

He has received the acceptance notice from Yanhe magazine. Maike will appear on the front page of the next issue of the magazine, and the editorial department has set a price of 7 yuan per thousand words.

Xu Lu didn't know why the review process was so fast this time, but as long as it was approved, that was fine.

If he gets his royalties sooner, he can buy Li Xiuzhi a bicycle sooner.

The school is currently on holiday, so she doesn't have to go to work. However, in a few days, around the beginning of July, she will have to return to her post.

The middle schools in the commune didn't have summer vacations; they only had wheat harvest breaks, autumn harvest breaks, and winter vacations.

Therefore, "bicycles" remain very important to Li Xiuzhi.

To surprise her, Xu Lu kept quiet about the manuscript being approved.

To be honest, the young couple had become quite familiar with each other after spending so much time together.

However, they still haven't taken any further steps in their intimate relationship!

Although Xu Lu was indeed somewhat annoyed by the fact that he was given a wife right at the start of his journey.

But after spending time together, he had already gotten used to her presence.

She was beautiful and virtuous. Although she was quiet and reserved, she always took care of herself quietly, such as making nourishing soups for herself, massaging her shoulders to relax her, and mending her clothes...

He rarely said anything, but he saw everything.

He wasn't without other thoughts in his mind...

He didn't know what Li Xiuzhi was thinking, and he was worried that acting rashly would frighten her, so he could only wait and wait for the right opportunity.

In addition, he had received Chen Zhongshi's reply, which did not mention that he was going to publish an article to speak on his behalf, but only expressed his gratitude.

After reading it, Xu Lu's lips curled up. It seemed that the letter he wrote to him last time had been useful, and the other party had indeed drawn some inspiration from it.

Hopefully, this will help him overcome his confusion and write more and better works!

As for the "purging" of him by the outside world during this period, he had actually heard about it.

He didn't know anything about it at first, after all, Zhangjia Village was just a small village, and he had been busy with the wheat harvest, so he had no time to care about such trivial matters.

It was only after being reminded by the other educated youth in the village that he realized that during this period, he had been portrayed by outsiders as a person with no talent and who only cared about fame and fortune.

Some say his articles are worthless and are merely a publicity stunt.

"Old Xu, you'd better write an article to respond! You finally gained some fame with these two articles, you can't let them smear you unjustly!"

"Or do you know any influential writers or critics? Ask them to speak on your behalf!"

These people were secretly pleased, but they offered plenty of "advice and suggestions" verbally.

Of course, they were just jealous and couldn't stand Xu Luhao. As for Lin Xiaocong, that guy was just a complete scoundrel!

When the June issue of Yanhe was first published, this guy immediately became a coward, avoiding him every day.

Recently, upon learning that Xu Lu was being criticized by a large number of critics, he immediately jumped out again, hanging around in front of him every day, and occasionally making sarcastic remarks!

Lin Xiaocong was naturally happy. He originally thought he would be returning to the city soon and would no longer see Xu Lu's embarrassing situation of being pushed around by everyone.

Who knew that he would offend so many writers? Each of them might not be a big deal on their own, but when five or ten of them were put together, Xu Lu was instantly branded as a disgrace to the literary world!

Lin Xiaocong, who witnessed this scene, has been eating and sleeping well lately. Even though he is busy harvesting wheat every day, he feels incredibly happy!

He didn't know why Xu Lu could still pretend to be fine lately, but he felt that the other party was just putting on a brave face.

But what's the use of forcing yourself to stay strong?

Can we salvage the current situation by simply holding on?

He didn't think Xu Lu had the ability to refute the doubts!

However, Xu Lu didn't really care about these trivial matters.

The manuscript for "Maike" has already been approved, and it's just waiting to be published on July 1st. What are these little storms compared to this!

Let them curse!

Let the bullets fly for a while!