Back to 80: My literary life

Chapter 176 175 "Only those who have lived underground can understand the value of sunlight."

Fang Minghua and the other three rushed to Lu Yao's temporary residence at the Coal Mine Hospital, which was a dormitory converted from a small conference room.

There was a table, a bed, a small cabinet, and several sofas. It seemed that the coal mine leader took good care of him.

But it was very messy inside, like a single man's home, with a mess of books, newspapers, and manuscript papers on the desk.

Fang Minghua randomly opened a book, and it turned out to be a bound volume of Yan'an Daily for ten years!

There are also "People's Daily", "Guangming Daily" and "Qin Province Daily".

This is preparing the writing background and materials.

Kung Fu is simply beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Not long after, Lu Yao hurried in. This time it was much cleaner than the previous one, but there were still streaks of coal dust on his ears and neck.

"The house is quite messy." Lu Yao quickly tidied things up. Seeing Fang Minghua and the others looking at him, Lu Yao smiled: "Don't laugh at me. There is coal dust no matter how you wash it. Miners are like this anyway, so I am too." Just get used to it.”

"Then don't let your sister-in-law see it, otherwise they will drag you into the bathhouse and make you rub yourself again." Fang Minghua said humorously.

"Linda is from Yanjing and loves to be clean, so I am determined not to let her come to the mine to see me."

Speaking of Linda, Fang Minghua remembered what he had brought along and quickly took out a bucket of Nescafe coffee from his travel backpack.

"My sister-in-law asked me to give this to you, saying that you can't live without this now."

"Nescafé? Lu Yao, do you drink this?" Shi Tiesheng was surprised.

"It's all Minghua's fault. He originally gave me a bucket, but it made me addicted." Lu Yao told the story about Minghua giving him Nescafe coffee three years ago, and several people laughed after hearing this.

"What I meant at first was to ask you to drink coffee and smoke less cigarettes, but as a result, you smoked less cigarettes and drank coffee too!"

At this point, Fang Minghua sighed.

Both of these are refreshing, but long-term use is not good for the body.

"It's almost noon, I'll treat you to dinner." Lu Yao greeted enthusiastically: "There is a small restaurant next to the hospital, let's go there."

Everyone did not refuse and pushed Shi Tiesheng's wheelchair and followed Lu Yao out of the hospital. As expected, there was a row of makeshift houses with asbestos tiles next to them. One of them was a small restaurant. Once inside, it was very narrow.

"The conditions in the mine are difficult, so there is a small restaurant nearby, so I can make do with it," Lu Yao said.

Although the place is simple, the dishes cooked in the restaurant taste pretty good. There was an argument only when the wine bottle was opened.

"Brother Lu, I won't drink today. I have to drive, and Tie Sheng can't drink." Fang Minghua stopped him and advised him.

Lu Yao refused.

"Tie Sheng can't drink, isn't he Li Zhe? Why don't you get some wine? And you, Minghua, drink less while driving."

"Brother Lu, don't drink either. It's good for your health."

"I'm in good health. Lizhe, you're a doctor, take a look, how is my health?" Lu Yao said.

Li Zhe smiled: "You can't see anything on the surface. You need to check it out. Alcohol hurts your liver. Minghua is right. Drink less."

"Okay, I will listen to you today. Let's control the total amount. The three of us will drink one bottle of Xifeng. Is that okay?"

Seeing Lu Yao's excited look, Fang Minghua had no choice but to shut up.

The four of them chatted while eating. When talking about seeing Lu Yao going into the mine, Sun Lizhe asked curiously: "Lu Yao, you are also a great writer. To experience life, you need to go underground in person? That is too dangerous."

"Yes. It's quite dangerous." Lu Yao sighed after hearing this: "To tell you the truth, I was scared when I went into the mine for the first time. I felt an inexplicable sense of suffocation and fear dozens of meters underground. I was only worried that the mine would It won’t collapse.”

Finally, he followed the miners onto the cage and rose quickly like a bucket in a well. The moment I walked out of the well, I saw the golden sunshine and breathed in the fresh air greedily, I knew what I was thinking at that time. "

"What do you think?"

"Only those who have lived underground can understand the value of sunlight." Everyone was silent.

"So, this is the value of personal experience." Lu Yao continued: "Otherwise, you will not be able to write about that true feeling."

"Lu Yao, will the protagonist of the novel you are going to write work and live here?" Shi Tiesheng interjected and asked.

"No, it started in the Qinbei Plateau and ended up here." Lu Yao said. "Perhaps this is the best place for him to belong, right?"

Listen to this tone? Do you have any regrets about Sun Shaoping's ending in "The Ordinary World"?

Indeed, including his love tragedy with Tian Xiaoxia.

In fact, the more tragic ones should be Sun Shaoan and He Xiulian, right?

Such a good daughter-in-law was written to death, which is simply disappointing.

If I were to write, others could die, but not He Xiulian.

"Minghua."

Fang Minghua suddenly woke up when he heard Lu Yao calling him.

"Why are you so dazed? Drinking? Li Zhe and I did it."

"Okay, okay." Fang Minghua quickly raised his glass and drank it down.

At this time, Shi Tiesheng said: "I have been away from Qinbei for ten years. I have long wanted to return to Yanchuan, go back to Guanjiabao, see the cave dwellings where I once lived and the folks who worked together. Now Li Zhe and Minghua finally help I have fulfilled this long-cherished wish in my heart, Lu Yao, do you want to go back and have a look together? You have lived in Yanchuan for many years."

Lu Yao chuckled after hearing this: "Yancuan is my hometown, and I go back almost every year. But since you and Li Zhe are here this time, I will accompany you, and take a look around to accumulate some materials."

"That's daring!"

Shi Tiiesheng was in poor health and it was not suitable to travel by car on a hot day, so everyone agreed to rest in the mine for one night and wait for the coolness the next morning before setting off on the road.

Heading north along National Highway 210, you will soon enter the Loess Plateau after passing Tongchuan. On the hillside on both sides, there are golden canola flowers, pink buckwheat flowers, dark green potato seedlings, oats have been filled, and the Maran-colored flax flowers are intoxicating.

Seeing this scene outside the window, Shi Tiesheng became excited. "It's still like this. Sometimes I even dream about it."

After hearing this, Lu Yao, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head and smiled at Shi Tiesheng, who was sitting in the back seat: "Tiesheng, then you don't want to sing a song?"

"What to sing?"

"When you jumped in line, our aunt from Qinbei taught you so many songs, have you forgotten?"

"Huh? Okay, then I'll sing a song!"

Shi Tiensheng looked at the scenery outside the window, worked up his emotions, and sang a cappella:

Big red rooster hairy legs,

Thinking of my little sister,

Sister, what seductress are you?

Brother, I miss you so much that it’s hard to fall asleep, ahem~

The singing is melodious.

Everyone laughed.

Lu Yao laughed so hard that he couldn't breathe:

"I said Tie Sheng, you don't sing so many folk songs in Northern Qin, but you only sing this most sour song. Was it because you were trying to seduce other girls?"

When Shi Tiesheng heard this, he quickly said: "Hey, I don't have that, Lu Yao. I was mature at that time, but I wasn't as handsome as others, and I could cure diseases, and I was popular with older girls and younger wives. Is there someone called "Little One"? "Fang" girl likes you?"

"Xiaofang? Is there really a girl named Xiaofang?" Fang Minghua, who was concentrating on driving, couldn't help but ask.

"This is true. There really was a local girl named Xiaofang who liked Sun Lizhe. However, the girl's family background was not good and she was a rich farmer. She was afraid of affecting him and eventually broke up."

(End of this chapter)