After the short National Day holiday, those who should go to school have gone to school, and those who should go to work have also gone to work. However, in addition to fishing at work, Lin Chaoyang recently picked up the pen again, and wrote exactly what he told Li Tuo and Feng Jicai two days ago.

story.

The context and details of the story were already in Lin Chaoyang's mind, but because he wanted to write about Van Gogh and Europe in the 19th century, he didn't know much about Europe at that time, so he had to spend a lot of time looking up the stories at that time.

information.

At this time, the benefits of working in a library became apparent. As one of the libraries with the best hardware conditions and the largest collection of books in China, the collection of books in the Yanda Library has provided huge help to Lin Chaoyang's creation.

On Saturday night, Lin Chaoyang and his wife went back to Tao's house for dinner.

Tao Yucheng talked about the recent lively news in Yanjing City, including the banning of "Today", the second Stars Art Exhibition, and the country's first self-employed business license that was recently issued.

During the National Day holiday, the news that the people of Yanjing City paid most attention to was the opening of a Yuebin restaurant in Dongcheng District on September 30.

This is the first individual restaurant in Yanjing City to obtain a business license issued by the government, and it is also the first in the country. The "Yanjing Daily" specially reported it.

Everyone understands that Yuebin Restaurant is an important landmark result of the implementation of the reform and opening up policy in Yanjing, so ordinary people also have a strong interest in this restaurant.

It is said that on the opening day of Yuebin Restaurant, there were dozens of times more onlookers than diners, and the restaurant's originally small front was completely packed with water.

"Dad, let's go to Yuebin for a meal tomorrow when we go into the city. Let's also experience a private restaurant." Tao Yucheng suggested.

Originally, Tao's father was not interested in things like eating and drinking. Generally, the Tao family went to the city to improve their lives either during holidays or because of happy events at home.

But Tao's father felt that the emergence of Yue Bin Restaurant was of historical significance. He said happily: "Okay, let's go together tomorrow. I'll treat you!"

Early the next morning, the family gathered together and headed into the city. Thinking of the Yuebin restaurant they wanted to go to, Tao Yumo, a college student, felt proud to witness history.

But when she arrived at Cuihua Hutong in Dongcheng, her expression was full of disappointment.

"Is it just such a small place?"

The Yuebin Restaurant in front of us is only two meters wide, with the word "Yuebin" hanging on the red door. The narrow door with gray walls cannot even accommodate two people entering and exiting side by side.

"You still thought it could have a facade like the Xinqiao Hotel?" Tao Yucheng joked.

"If the mountain is not high, it will be famous if it has immortals; if the water is not deep, it will be spiritual if it has dragons."

Tao's father recited something, and Shi Shiran walked into the restaurant. Seeing this, the whole family followed suit.

As a result, the large group was blocked back just as they reached halfway.

It turns out that Yuebin Restaurant is a small place with only four tables in total, but it is already full of diners.

The space inside the house is so small that there is no place to even stand and wait for a table, so you have to come out.

Moreover, the landlady also said that there were two tables of customers waiting in front of them.

A family of nine people were all waiting here. Tao's father asked Tao Yucheng and his wife to wait here. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he took the rest of the family to stroll around the alley.

Cuihua Hutong starts from Wangfujing Street in the east and ends at Donghuangchenggen Street in the west. It is named after the flower house that used to grow flowers for the royal family. It has nothing to do with the Cuihua Hutong of pickled cabbage.

To the west of the alley, you can see a deep house courtyard with a plaque of "Cuiyuan" hanging on it. Tao's father said that it was the private garden of Ruilin, a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. It is now the office of the Democratic League.

Thirty years ago, when there was no Langrun Lake Apartment, Ji Xianlin lived here, and he visited here twice.

"This courtyard is not good. It has multiple buildings and pavilions, winding corridors, and scattered courtyards. However, it has never been popular and has a dark atmosphere."

Along the way through the alley, several high-gate courtyards have now become public offices. The tall locust trees in the courtyard are lush and leafy, and many of them stick out of the courtyard wall, blocking out the sky and sun. It is a place to enjoy the shade in the summer.

A great place.

There was an old lady selling popsicles at the east entrance of the alley. There was no one in the alley. The old lady sat quietly waiting for customers. When she saw a family with their children, she immediately shouted.

"Popsicles! Popsicles! Big butter popsicles cost five cents each!"

As soon as the Tao Xiwen brothers heard the old lady's cries, they were like Zhu Bajie when he encountered the spider spirit, unable to move his legs.

"We have to eat later, and I'll buy it for you after we finish eating," Tao's mother said.

The two brothers looked at the old lady's stall, swallowed their saliva and nodded.

After strolling around for a while, Tao Yucheng came to invite everyone back to Yuebin Restaurant for dinner.

There are only four dining tables in Yuebin Restaurant. Each dining table was originally equipped with four chairs. Because the Tao family had too many people, the boss and his wife specially arranged a few more chairs.

The table is not big, there are many chairs, and the dining space suddenly becomes cramped.

Fortunately, what the family came to have a meal with was not the dining environment, but to experience for themselves the concrete results of reform and opening up.

Apart from anything else, the service attitude of the boss couple is much better than that of state-owned hotels. They speak and act quickly, answer all questions, and have a warm and thoughtful service attitude.

The taste of the dishes is also good, especially the minced garlic elbows taste amazing, the skin and meat are fat but not greasy, and they melt in your mouth.

The amount of dishes is also much larger than that of ordinary state-owned restaurants, which highlights the economic benefits. No wonder the business is booming.

After finishing the meal, I paid the bill. Not counting food stamps, I spent a total of 6 yuan and 90 cents.

Tao Yucheng said: "It would be great if all restaurants in Yanjing City were like theirs, economical and affordable, with good service attitude!"

"It's convenient for you to go out to eat and drink, right?" Tao Yumo said sarcastically.

"You girl, you are neither old nor young!"

Tao Yucheng scolded his sister, but unfortunately it had no deterrent effect.

The Tao Xiwen brothers had been thinking about the big cream popsicles at the east entrance of the alley. After leaving the restaurant, they dragged Tao's mother and rushed there.

The family had been dining for less than an hour. Diners at Yuebin Restaurant were coming and going in an endless stream, and the flow of people never stopped.

After leaving the restaurant, Tao's father sighed: "The individual economy does have its unique advantages, and I'm afraid the changes will become bigger and bigger in the future!"

"Everyone welcomes changes like this that can help ordinary people live a good life," Lin Chaoyang said.

After the family finished eating, they wandered around Yanjing City for a while and then separated. Lin Chaoyang and his wife went to Wangfujing Department Store to watch TV.

When they first moved, the couple didn't have much money, so they didn't buy any furniture or appliances. They bought a washing machine in the summer.

Now that their savings have exceeded five figures, they can buy some furniture and appliances for their home without any pressure.

In today's China, there are few department stores with a more complete range of products than Wangfujing Department Store. The couple walked around Wangfujing. You can see TV brands from all the northern provinces here, and the prices are also very good.

They are all the same, some are high and some are low.

"Hey, which brand do you think is better?" Tao Yushu asked Lin Chaoyang.

"I think they're pretty much the same."

It was as if he had not said this. When Tao Yushu was struggling, he heard two aunts chatting next to him.

"Don't rush to buy it. My son's girlfriend told me that the Japanese production line introduced by their factory can produce color TVs."

"Color one? How expensive is it? The director of our bureau has an imported color TV at home, and it cost almost two thousand yuan."

"Isn't it because they are expensive because we didn't have them in our country before? Now that we can produce them ourselves, isn't it cheaper? Trust me, don't buy it yet. Wait for next year and buy a colorful one. Then your son

If you get married, you will earn enough face!"

Tao Yushu listened carefully to the conversation between the two aunts, then pulled Lin Chaoyang and walked out.

"Don't watch it?"

"I don't want to watch it anymore. Didn't people say it? Color TV will be released next year. I will buy a color TV by then."

"Next year is next year, you won't watch it this year?"

"You can't just buy a TV and then use it up in a year, right? Don't worry, it's not necessary to watch it anyway. The effect of a color TV should be about the same as watching a movie, right?"

Tao Yushu asked with some longing. Most TVs these days are in black and white. People can only see color pictures when watching movies. When they imagine color TVs, they will naturally associate them with the pictures in movies.

TV pictures these days are not fidelity, Lin Chaoyang replied: "It's not as clear as a movie, but it's definitely better than black and white."

Tao Yushu rolled her eyes at him, "Nonsense, if it's not as good as black and white, why buy it?"

Two days later, a batch of new publications arrived at the library. Lin Chaoyang wanted to be the first to try them out. He flipped through a pile of magazines and found a magazine with a name that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

"Yenjing Literature"?

Is this a name change?

Lin Chaoyang has not been in contact with the editors of "Yenjing Literature and Art" recently, and he was a little surprised to see "Yenching Literature and Art" become "Yenjing Literature".

The name of the publication contains the word "literary and art", which represents a comprehensive journal that can cover a wider range of content. For example, "Yanjing Literature and Art" previously published Lin Chaoyang's "The First Floor of the World" script, published review articles, and published art talks.

and other types of literary and artistic works.

But changing it to "literature" undoubtedly strengthens the literary nature of the journal.

The development of domestic literature has made great progress in the past two years, and such changes can be regarded as complying with the changes and needs of the times.

It has been almost a year since I received a new work from Lin Chaoyang, and the development of "Yenjing Literature" is still good.

As the first issue after the name change, "Yenjing Literature" took a big step this time and created a special issue for novels.

Lin Chaoyang took a look at the catalog and realized that "Yanjing Literature" must have put a lot of thought into this special issue of the novel.

Li Guowen, Mu Guozheng, Cong Weixi, Zhang Jie... It is rare to see the works of so many well-known writers in the literary world gathered together in one issue.

Among them, the most eye-catching thing is Wang Zengqi's name and his classic short story "The Ordination".

Speaking of which, among the writers who contributed to this issue of "Yenjing Literature", the most famous one nowadays should be Cong Weixi.

"Harvest" resumed publication at the beginning of last year, and his novel "Red Magnolia Under the Wall" sparked a heated discussion in the domestic literary circle.

And Wang Zengqi's current reputation among readers may not be as good as that of young people like Zhang Jie.

However, Lin Chaoyang knew that this situation would soon be completely changed with the popularity of this issue of "Yanjing Literature".

An article called "Ordained" made Wang Zengqi, a veteran in the literary world, a popular figure in the literary world in a short period of time. Since then, he has been making rapid progress and became one of the most influential writers in the Chinese literary world in the 1980s and 1990s.

Wang Zengqi is good at short stories and prose. The 1980s can be said to be the golden age for the development of short stories in China. A writer can become popular in the literary world and become the idol of thousands of readers with a short story of several thousand words. This is in later generations.

The literary world is unimaginable.

One of the important reasons for this is the vigorous development of various literary magazines, and the strong promotion of the National Outstanding Short Story Award, a national award.

Looking through this issue of the magazine, Lin Chaoyang suddenly realized that in the last few months of the last year of the 1970s, contemporary literature was accumulating an unprecedented power.

This force contains the long-suppressed creative enthusiasm of literary creators, the irrepressible love of readers, and the ambition of publishers to reshape the boundaries of literature.

Contemporary literature, with this powerful force, is making rapid progress in the coming 1980s and is invincible.
Chapter completed!