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Chapter 81: "To Live" is on fire (please subscribe!)

on the way back.

Second Aunt Chen Xiaohong was still in shock and said to her husband Sun Desheng: "It is unbelievable that To Live was actually written by that kid Li Heng."

Sun Desheng smiled and said, "Don't be such a brat. After a while, he will be a big name in the literary world."

Chen Xiaohong asked: "My colleagues and leaders are fascinated by it. Is it really that good?"

Sun Desheng commented objectively: "I have only watched half of it today. If you hadn't asked me to come to Big Brother's house for dinner, I wouldn't have wanted to move. It is indeed very attractive."

Chen Xiaohong twisted her finger and said, "But he still has a few months to graduate from high school."

Sun Desheng said with a playful look on his face: "Otherwise, he was able to coax Zijin last year and write "To Live" this year. He is obviously not an ordinary person."

Chen Xiaohong tilted her head, a little unhappy: "Why are you gloating over other people's misfortunes? Which side is your butt tilted?"

Sun Desheng said: "This is not a matter of which side is crooked. I am just talking about the facts. In the past, you three sisters and your eldest sister-in-law, as well as your aunts and uncles, looked down on me every day, saying that I was not this or that, poor in this and bad in that, and there was nothing that satisfied you at all.

Look, the reality is that you all misjudged them, and you simply couldn’t see through their excellence.”

Chen Xiaohong said: "You were there at the time, but you didn't hear anyone say that Li Heng would have a future."

Sun Desheng said: "They say three women make a drama. You guys get together and start nagging each other endlessly. Big Brother hasn't even taken action against you. What can I say?"

At this point, Sun Desheng pinched the cigarette holder in his hand and said meaningfully: "If Li Heng doesn't pass the exam to come to Beijing in the future, it's hard to say whether he will be the son-in-law of your Chen family."

Chen Xiaohong frowned: "What do you mean? Zijin has already slept with him and her reputation has been ruined. How dare he refuse her?"

Sun Desheng teased: "You definitely didn't have this attitude half a day ago."

Chen Xiaohong was stunned for a moment, then said, "You can say that I am snobbish, but people should be realistic. Now Li Heng has the potential to reach our Chen family."

Sun Desheng asked: "Potential?"

Chen Xiaohong frowned: "Do you really think it's that easy to be the son-in-law of our Chen family? The threshold is so low? Believe it or not, we can tell you that there are many people with ability, background and education."

Sun Desheng put the cigarette in his mouth and said nothing.

After walking forward for a while, Chen Xiaohong reached out and held his arm: "What did you mean by what you said just now?"

Sun Desheng said: "It means literally."

Chen Xiaohong stared into his eyes.

Sun Desheng said: "Since ancient times, scholars have been romantic. Li Heng is not bad looking. On the contrary, his appearance is the kind that is more favored by the opposite sex.

Now, with the added bonus of being a writer like To Live, it is fatal to some women, and in the future there will definitely be outstanding women who will throw themselves into the fire.”

In those days, intellectuals had a very high status and women's views on love were relatively simple. The more outstanding a woman was, the more her spiritual pursuits tended to outweigh her material pursuits. Her husband's words were well-founded and Chen Xiaohong remained silent.

But she is a member of the Chen family and has the pride of the Chen family.

After a long time, Chen Xiaohong said unconvincedly: "Huh! Our Zijin will not have trouble finding a husband even if she is slept with. He leaves such a beautiful Zijin aside. I don't believe he can find someone better than Zijin.

Besides, can a movie like "To Live" make you a living? Can you brag about it for a lifetime? "

Sun Desheng looked at his wife, smiled and said, "I bet you'll take back what you said in less than five years."

Chen Xiaohong didn't care. "Oh! Then we'll wait and see. I want to see what he can do in five years."

night.

Zhong Lan tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Sometimes she stared at the ceiling in a daze, and sometimes she got up and leaned against the head of the bed, cursing under her breath, "This damn girl" and "She's getting too arrogant".

Seeing this, Chen Gaoyuan, who was reading To Live, closed the magazine and handed it to her, "Take a look first, maybe you will calm down after reading it."

Zhong Lan became more and more angry as she thought about it. She pushed the book aside and said angrily, "How dare that little guy? He slept with my daughter and dared to put on a show for me. He pissed me off. I won't let him in when he comes to Beijing during the summer vacation."

Chen Gaoyuan could not help but smile bitterly, and said comfortingly: "Li Heng is not venting his anger for himself, but because he feels sorry for Zijin."

Zhong Lan stared at him angrily, "My daughter was born from my belly. She is my flesh and blood. I can do whatever I want. How can he, an outsider, get to tell me what to do?"

This wasn't the first time they'd met, and Chen Gaoyuan had gotten used to his wife's domineering side. He got out of bed and poured her a cup of hot tea.

"Your lips are dry and red. Drink some water and calm down."

Zhong Lan took the water, took a sip, looked up and asked: "Which side are you on?"

Chen Gaoyuan knew that he couldn't go against her at this time, so he had to go along with her. He sat down next to her and said, "Of course it's your side."

Zhong Lan took another sip of tea, put the cup on the bedside table, and said silently: "I don't agree with this marriage, let's not talk about whether Zijin and that little thing are a good match.

I just said that Tian Run'e was very ruthless after being rejected by me last time, and she must be holding a grudge in her heart. I can't bring myself to let us become relatives in the future."

This is indeed a thorny issue. His wife is stubborn, and Yoona is no less stubborn. Once the two of them become enemies, it is estimated that they will not be able to resolve the feud in a short time.

Chen Gaoyuan sighed secretly and said, "The child is still young now. He has to graduate from college before he can get married. There are still many years in between. Don't worry about it for now. Besides..."

Zhong Lan asked: "And what?"

Chen Gaoyuan pondered and said, "They are not even two years old. Who knows, they might meet someone better in the future. You never know what will happen in the future." Zhong Lan raised her eyebrows and said, "You have watched your daughter grow up since she was a child. She is so stubborn. She has quarreled with me so many times over that little thing in the past six months. Do you believe that she will easily change her feelings?"

Chen Gaoyuan said nothing and agreed with his wife's opinion.

Zhong Lan then slapped the magazine and said through gritted teeth, "Only I can bully my daughter. If he dares to bully her, I will skin him alive."

Chen Gaoyuan did not leave. His wife started to speak angrily again. She reached out to take the "Harvest" and planned to continue reading.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Lan grabbed the Yanjing Evening News on the bedside table and stuffed it into his hand. "You can use this to kill time. I'm so angry that I can't sleep tonight. I want to see what that little guy wrote that made him so confident."

After saying that, Zhong Lan picked up the magazine, quickly turned to the page of "To Live", and started reading it angrily.

A minute later, she scoffed, "That's it? I don't see how it's so different."

Three minutes later, she continued her taunting: "The language description is mediocre, the writing is mediocre, and the protagonist is a social cancer. I think you are all wrong."

Chen Gaoyuan, who had just slowly sipped a small cup of tea, just glanced at her without saying anything.

Ten minutes later, Zhong Lan said "it's not good", but continued watching.

Half an hour later, Chen Gaoyuan came back from visiting Mr. Chen's room and asked, "Lanlan, I want to discuss something with you."

Zhong Lan didn't react at all, she just lowered her head and concentrated on reading.

Chen Gaoyuan smiled and had to postpone the matter to be discussed until tomorrow, then he went to bed and fell asleep.

Around 2 a.m., Chen Gaoyuan turned over and asked, "It's already this late, why aren't you asleep yet?"

Zhong Lan didn't even raise her head: "I haven't finished criticizing you yet, go to sleep and don't bother me."

The next morning, Chen Zitong woke up and found no movement in the kitchen. He immediately ran to the door of his parents' bedroom and shouted:

"Mom, what will I eat if you don't cook? I have to go to school."

Zhong Lan opened the door with a tired look on her face and stuffed two bills into her little daughter's pocket. "I have a headache today. Go buy it yourself outside."

Then he glanced in the direction of his eldest daughter's bedroom, "Where's your sister?"

Chen Zitong pursed his lips and said unhappily, "She left a long time ago. Mom, do you want to go see a doctor if you have a headache?"

"No, just get some sleep."

"Do you want me to go to your company and ask for leave for you?"

"I'll call."

"mom"

"Why are you so long-winded?"

He continued to pretend. He was clearly reading "To Live" written by that little guy last night. Chen Zitong imitated the tone of his biological mother scolding Li Heng every day, and ran to school to entertain himself.

Don’t ask her how she knew her mother was staying up late watching “To Live”. She woke up last night and found that the light in their room was not turned off, so she peeked inside through the crack in the door.

The next day, China Youth Daily published a book review on "To Live" in the most prominent position.

The title is: Nothing matters more than life and death.

The commentator is Mr. Yan Jiayan, a famous Chinese historian, literary critic, professor of the Chinese Department of Peking University, and academic leader in the field of modern Chinese literature research.

The review is roughly as follows:

Regarding the book "To Live", first of all, its language expression is very plain, without using too many fancy words to describe it. It is very natural to read, like a refreshing breeze blowing on your face from the mountains. I was intoxicated between the lines for a while.

Secondly, the content is very consistent with reality. Wealth and honor do exist in reality, and it is indeed so. Wealth and honor are just a shadow of most people at that time, with a common destiny. The story is closely linked, which aroused my strong desire to read it in one breath, but I still couldn't suppress the idea of ​​re-reading it and savoring it carefully, maybe I can gain more.

In addition, I was very moved by the character description. Each character has his or her own personality traits. They are a group of lovely people. However, reality is cruel. In the end, they could not escape the clutches of fate and were pushed step by step into the abyss of death.
All the disasters that have happened in China in the past sixty years have happened to Fugui and his family. The successive blows may make readers unable to sympathize with them, but the writer Shi Eryue has used the most sincere words to shape Fugui into a real hero.

When this heavy novel ends, the will to live is the only thing that cannot be taken away from Fugui.

This is a remarkable masterpiece that will become a classic.

As soon as this book review came out, it instantly caused a huge sensation across the country and directly ignited the entire literary world. For a time, all kinds of book reviews emerged like mushrooms after rain.

...

Shanghai Stock Exchange, Harvest Magazine.

Editor Zou Ping was walking in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles building. In the short three-story corridor, he heard no less than four groups of people discussing "To Live" and Mr. Yan's book review.

With a happy mood, as soon as he stepped into the editorial office, he heard his colleagues congratulating him:

"Zouping, this issue of the magazine is selling like crazy! To Live is a hit!"

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