1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 76 Eat Tofu

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Xian and Shen Congwen carried a basket and went to Xiaoyang Yibin Hutong.

"Teacher Shen, please slow down."

"It's not close. It's too late. San San should be angry."

Teacher Shen’s wife, Zhang Zhaohe, was the third child in the family. Sansan was also his nickname for his wife. Later, this nickname was transplanted into his novels, creating the classic character in "Sansan": Sansan.

Across the street is Zhaotangzi Hutong. Walk to the end and turn right to Beizongbu Hutong. This hutong has the ruins of "Zhaojialou" and Lin Huiyin's "Madam's Living Room".

When we arrived at Xiaoyang Yibin Hutong, Teacher Shen was already out of breath.

"Teacher Zhang." Jiang Xian greeted Zhang Zhaohe.

"Jiang Xian is here." Zhang Zhaohe said with a kind face, "I heard from my second brother that you had a manuscript published in People's Literature."

The second brother Zhang Zhaohe mentioned is Shen Congwen.

"Yes, I wrote a novel for them."

“To which editor?”

"Editors Wang Fu and Cui Daoyi."

"Cui Daoyi is an old comrade. I don't know Wang Fu. He should have been transferred in later."

Zhang Zhaohe also worked at People's Literature and was quite familiar with the situation there.

Teacher Shen didn't dare to say much. Like a child who was afraid of making mistakes, he sat up straight and ate his meal obediently.

Zhang Zhaohe was considered to be marrying down. She was the third daughter of the Zhang family, one of the four great families in Anhui. Her family owned thousands of acres of fertile land. Ye Shengtao even said, "The four talented women of the Zhang family in Jiuru Lane, whoever marries them will be happy for life."

Teacher Shen Congwen was a typical poor boy. He had nothing but property. He only graduated from elementary school and had been a bandit for several years.

Jiang Xian had a free meal and continued to listen to Shen Congwen talk about the history of the Tang Dynasty before riding his bike back to the Beijing Film Studio.

After a day, the progress of Inspiration [Tang Dynasty] (2/10)

The way to obtain it is a bit similar to taking MOOCs. The progress is the length of time you listen, measured in hours.

Academy of Medical Sciences.

Not long ago, China Medical University, which was integrated with the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, officially resumed its operation, established a medical major, and was renamed China Capital Medical University.

Eight-year system!
However, the quality of this university is unquestionable. It is one of the top universities in the country and those who love medicine are welcome to apply.

In the cafeteria, Zhu Lin and Fang Zhaodi sat together eating.

"How is the cafeteria at the Beijing Film Studio?"

"It's very good. The chef is very skilled. I heard that his roast duck skills are better than Quanjude's."

The two were chatting when a surprised voice suddenly came from the side, followed by a person appearing.

"Comrade Zhu Lin!"

A man came over quickly and said familiarly, "Long time no see. I heard you were filming a movie."

"you are?"

"I'm from the dormitory next door to yours. My name is Luo Youmin."

"Oh, hello, Comrade Luo." Zhu Lin greeted him politely, packed up her lunch box and left.

Fang Zhaodi was rather slow, so she had to pester him for a few brief words before she got away. She caught up with Zhu Lin at the door and handed him a piece of paper.

"This Luo Youmin wants to pursue you, let me pass this to you."

"Please return it for me."

"I told you that you wouldn't accept it. These men are like frogs in your eyes."

Fang Zhaodi glanced at the contents on the paper with interest in the dim light.

“Oh, this poem he wrote is pretty good.

If I love you, I will never be like a climbing trumpet creeper, using your high branches to show off myself.

Zhu Lin thought it sounded familiar, so she squinted her eyes and burst out laughing.

"That's not what he wrote." "Then he has good taste. This poem is so unique and so sentimental."

"Poetry is poetry. What does it have to do with him?"

Zhu Lin's attitude was clear. She took advantage of the night to take a walk around the campus with Fang Zhaodi to digest the food.

The evening breeze caresses gently, and insects fly around under the lamp.

“This is not good, and that is also average.

I don't know who your boyfriend is, and how he could stand out from a bunch of frogs."

"He's not a frog."

"He's still protecting it, but his elbow is crooked, eh~"

"Who protected him?" Zhu Lin blushed, hit her arm, and wrinkled her nose. "He is just a toad."

"Ahem!" In the guesthouse, Jiang Xian sneezed for no apparent reason.

He was chatting with Zhang Jie.

I heard that Zhang Jie's novel "There is a Young Man" was noticed by CCTV and adapted into a TV short play "There is a Young Man", starring Zhang Tielin, Fang Shu and Chen Yu. It is said that Chen Yu is the doctoral supervisor of "Doctor Unaware of Knowledge Network".

Zhang Jie said that she did not ask for money because the crew had no money at all. The total investment of CCTV was only a few hundred yuan. The factory for filming was borrowed, and some shots were shot at Zhang Tielin's home. The protagonists did not receive any pay, and the only money they had was a few cents for night shift meals during the late night shooting.

It has to be said that CCTV has this bad habit of being stingy.

When Yang Jie was filming Journey to the West, CCTV stopped funding them halfway through, saying they were a "group that only cared about eating, drinking and having fun," and even formed an audit team to investigate.

Yang Jie was very angry. Later, it was Mr. Li Hongchang, who played the centipede monster, who went to the Ministry of Railways to raise a sponsorship of three million yuan before he was able to finish filming "Journey to the West".

By the way, Teacher Li is also the chairman of the Shandong UFO Research Association.

"How's your script revision going?"

Zhang Jie was transferred to the Beijing Film Studio this time to revise her second film script "We Are Still Young" which she submitted to the Beijing Film Studio's "Film Creation" magazine.

"Film Creation" is a journal sponsored by Beijing Film Studio. Its content is mainly film literature scripts and film stories. Its readers are film workers and film literature enthusiasts. Some good scripts will be selected for filming.

“It will be sent next month.”

"Shoot?"

"Let it go."

Jiang Xian remembered that it was not filmed, he did not remember such a movie.

When I returned to my room, I stripped naked, filled a basin with hot water, sat on the edge of the bed and soaked my feet for a while. Then I turned off the lights, went to bed, and lay comfortably on the mat.

The room was quiet, broken by the occasional sound of cars and horses neighing on the road outside.

carriage movie
Jiang Xian was thinking randomly, and an old movie he had seen before was playing in his mind in fragments.

Talking in my sleep, I fell into a drowsy sleep.

The next day we went to Dongtangzi Hutong again. Teacher Shen was eating the sticky rice dumplings he brought back from Teacher Zhang last night. Wang Zengqi was also there, having a "spiritual dinner" with him.

The so-called spiritual banquet is to fill the gap in material things with human wisdom, and to satisfy one's cravings by recalling and telling stories about chicken, duck, fish and meat. To put it bluntly, it is YY.

"If you want to talk about the best dish, it has to be Chinese toon mixed with tofu. The tender Chinese toon heads are scalded in boiling water, then scooped up, rubbed with fine salt, and a few drops of sesame oil. Once you put it in your mouth, you will never forget the spring. Or it can be Mapo tofu. You need to use a lot of oil to make this dish, and sprinkle it with minced beef. Lean minced pork has no taste. Simmer it lightly, and sprinkle a layer of Sichuan pepper powder on it when it’s done." The old man spoke more and more beautifully.

"What's so good about Chinese toon mixed with tofu? I don't think it's top quality."

Jiang Xian made disparaging remarks like a nitpicker, and before Wang Zengqi could refute him, he changed the subject.

"Mapo tofu is really good. I just realized today that it must be made with minced beef. Senior brother is really good at it. If I learn a few tricks from him, I think I will have no problem becoming a chef at Cuihualou."

"I've said that too much, haha." Wang Zengqi felt proud.

I just always feel that it's a bit weird, but I can't tell what it is.

He didn't know that in later generations, people would call this behavior of first denying and then affirming -

ICU.

(End of this chapter)