Chapter 174 Encouragement

Lin Anan looked carefully and saw a slender figure. He was wearing a dark gray long coat. The texture of the coat looked quite high-quality and it glowed with a high-end luster under the dim street lights.

Lin Anan's heartbeat suddenly quickened, and an inexplicable sense of familiarity surged over her.

Just when she wanted to take a closer look, the bus had already started, and the figure gradually went away and finally disappeared at the end of her sight.

This is……

"Comrade Lin."

Lin Anan's thoughts were interrupted. She looked up and saw that it was Aunt Luo and Li Lu.

"Hey, auntie, what a coincidence!"

Lin Anan was sitting in the last row. There were two empty seats next to her, so she immediately gave way to them.

Aunt Luo was holding a swaddling baby in her arms. The baby was wrapped tightly and its appearance could not be seen. It must be Li Lu's fourth daughter.

"Our provincial maternal and child health care hospital has just opened, so I took Lulu and Xiao Nier to take a look. Comrade Lin, what are you doing..."

Aunt Luo took the initiative to talk to Lin Anan, and she didn't hide it, "Oh, I just went to the publishing house, signed a contract, and am preparing to publish a book!

I have always had poor health and can’t help much at home. I have written some literary works before and I want to publish them to see if I can earn some living expenses.”

When Aunt Luo heard this, her eyes were full of admiration, "Comrade Lin, you are really amazing! You can even write and publish books, which is not something that ordinary people can do. College students are different from ordinary girls."

Li Lu had a faint smile on her face, with a hint of envy in her eyes, "Yes, Comrade Lin is really amazing."

Lin Anan smiled and waved her hands, "I'm just trying it out, I'm not sure if I can succeed! But as a human being, opportunities are in your own hands, you can't give up easily."

"Comrade Lin is right! You are so talented, the book you write must be good. It must be great if it is picked up by a publishing house."

"Thank you Aunt Luo for your good wishes. By the way, what happened to Lulu and Xiaoni?"

When talking about her little granddaughter, Aunt Luo became worried and sighed softly, "This child has suffered so much! She was weak in the womb and was a premature baby, so her foundation is very weak.

I thought that the Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital was newly opened and the medical conditions must be good, so I brought her here for a checkup. However, they couldn't find anything wrong with her. They just said that both mother and daughter were malnourished and needed to be well taken care of.

After saying that, Aunt Luo patted the swaddling clothes gently, revealing the baby's little face to Lin Anan.

It's really small. It's obviously a full month old, but it looks like it's just two days old. It's very dark and thin, with some wrinkles on its forehead.

Lin Anan felt her heart being tugged at, and she felt very uncomfortable. She leaned forward slightly, her eyes fell on the little girl who was wrapped in layers of clothes, and said softly: "Premature babies require more care, Aunt Luo, don't worry too much, Xiao Ni is not in big trouble."

"Yes, in my heart, I just hope that she can grow up healthy and that she and Lulu can be fine."

Li Lu bit her lower lip, gently held Aunt Luo's hand, said nothing, and lowered her eyes.

Aunt Luo realized that her words had made the atmosphere worse, so she smiled and changed the subject, "My Lulu used to be very talented. She was very good at drawing and writing. She also joked that she wanted to publish a book when she grew up, and become a painter and calligrapher."

Li Lu gently pulled Aunt Luo, "Mom! Stop joking."

After hearing what Aunt Luo said, Lin Anan looked at Li Lu with a smile, "Lulu, I've seen your paintings, they're very beautiful."

"ah?"

"Right at your doorstep."

At that time, Aunt Luo said that the stone carvings at the door of their house were all made based on her daughter's drawings.

The stone carvings are so beautiful, so it can be imagined that Li Lu has a good foundation in painting.

Li Lu's cheeks flushed slightly, and she said a little embarrassedly: "Comrade Lin, I just drew and wrote randomly when I was a child. Besides, these are useless hobbies..."

"A useless hobby?"

This was the second time Lin Anan had heard their definition of hobbies. Whether it was from the teacher or the ordinary people, they all thought these were useless hobbies.

Perhaps due to the influence of the Cultural Revolution, the current educational policy is biased. It is not that they do not value culture, but they place a relatively high priority on children's studies, while paying very little attention to their hobbies.

Lin Anan sat up straight, and her voice became serious, "Lulu, please don't think like that. In this era, people may value tangible achievements and skills that can fill their stomachs for various reasons, but the nourishment of culture and art is equally indispensable.

Look at the educated youth who went to the countryside. They put themselves into difficult environments not only to participate in production labor, but also to actively spread cultural knowledge and carry out various cultural activities, which is to promote cultural exchange and integration to a certain extent. "

Aunt Luo looked troubled. "This... Comrade Lin, what you said makes sense, but we ordinary people just hope that our children can have a stable life. Some hobbies... can't really be used to make a living."

Lin Anan shook her head gently and explained patiently: "Aunt Luo, you see, society is developing slowly now, and we will definitely need more culturally and artistically talented people in the future.

Take the publishing industry for example. If there is no one who can draw to design the cover, and no one who can write to write beautiful slogans, how can books attract readers? "

"That's the truth."

After chatting, Lin Anan learned that Li Lu was not only talented, but also had a great adventure. She was once taught by two old painters who were sent down to work for a period of time.

One of them is a very famous Chinese painting master, and the other is a foreigner...

But after Li Lu got married, she never picked up a paintbrush again because her in-laws didn't like it.

"Lulu, do you want to try cover design?"

Li Lu's eyes widened slightly, full of disbelief, "Sister An An, what you mean is..."

Lin Anan smiled sweetly at her, signaling her not to be nervous. "I have two books that are about to be published. They were just finalized today. As the author, I have the right to provide the cover design myself. So, do you want to try?"

Li Lu waved her hands quickly, "No, no, I definitely can't do that."

How could Li Lu dare to agree? In the past three years, she had been doing nothing but giving birth to a baby and working, and had almost forgotten about everything else.

Lin Anan has a bright future, how could she be dragged down by herself?

Lin Anan looked at Li Lu waving her hands in panic, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable, "Lulu, don't be so quick to deny yourself, I just asked you to try. You know, there are very few good cover artists, and the ones from the publishing house may not suit my taste..."

Aunt Luo saw through Lin Anan's earnest advice and fully understood her good intentions.

Li Lu is probably going to get divorced, it's just a matter of time. It's not easy for a divorced woman to go back to her parents' home, not to mention she has a child with her!

Lin Anan was giving her a chance to use her influence...