“I also believe that Poetry Magazine will get better and better.”
Editor-in-Chief Yan nodded and said affirmatively.
The train went all the way north, and the carriage was not as crowded as the green-skinned trains of later generations. There was basically no one without a seat.
Some positions are even still vacant. After all, it is still the first month of the year. Even if most units send employees on business trips, they will wait until the second month of the lunar calendar for non-urgent matters.
so……
Most of the people in this hard-seat carriage are actually educated youth returning home from the capital.
As mentioned before, the train ticket home is not cheap.
Many educated youth who went to the countryside often stayed there for several years without ever returning home.
Most of the educated youth in the carriage now come from well-off families, with both parents working. Their combined monthly salary is over a hundred yuan, so they can naturally afford their children's round-trip train tickets back to the city.
Educated youth like these who come from wealthy families are often also serious literary youths.
Many of them were bored on the train and were reading a book.
When they were halfway through the journey, one of the educated youth suddenly stood up excitedly and said loudly to everyone:
"Comrades, I am Liu Jinfeng, an educated youth from Beijing who went to Harbin to work in the countryside. I recently read a great poem that resonated deeply with me.
Here, I want to share with you. Even though we don’t know each other, we are all strangers.
But the fact that we can take the same train today proves that we are destined to be together.
Next, I will recite the poem "Facing the Sea, Spring Flowers Blooming" written by Zhong Yuejin. I believe many of the friends here have also read it.
You can read along with me, and let us feel together the beautiful scene of spring flowers blooming as described by the poet Zhong Yuejin..."
In later times, if someone suddenly stood up like this on a train, people would definitely look at him as if he were crazy.
But this era was completely different. Many educated youth stood up excitedly when they heard that he was going to recite the poem "Facing the Sea, Spring Flowers Bloom".
"I can recite it, too. The poem Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms is so well written. After reading this poem, I vowed to go to the south to see the sea once within five years."
"Count me in. Zhong Yuejin is truly a role model for us educated youth who went to the countryside. In the difficult life of educated youth, he was able to write such a positive and sunny poem and convey his optimistic attitude to every reader. He is truly amazing."
"I heard that Zhong Yuejin was sent to work in the Northeast. I don't know which commune he was in. It would be great if I could meet him."
…
There were only about thirty people sitting in this carriage, but more than a dozen educated youth stood up and recited the poem "Facing the Sea, Spring Flowers Bloom" together.
"From tomorrow on, be a happy person!
Feed the horses… chop wood… travel the world.
From tomorrow on..."
As more than a dozen people recited the poem "Facing the Sea, Spring Flowers Bloom" in unison, the entire train carriage seemed to be traveling in an ocean of poetry.
Li Ying and Yan Chen also became excited, especially Li Ying, who said to the editor-in-chief Yan Chen with tears in her eyes: "Editor-in-chief Yan, did you see it? This is an excellent poem, and it can convey spirit and energy!"
"Yes! Good poetry can touch people's hearts directly and can be passed down through the passage of time."
Yan Chen also said very excitedly.
Wouldn’t any writer like the works he or she writes or edits to be liked and recited by random strangers, just like they are doing now?
"I really wish Comrade Zhong Yuejin was here, so he could truly feel how powerful the poems he wrote are."
Li Ying said with some regret.
"Haha! Comrade Li Ying, do you think there will be more scenes like this? Who knows, we may see them again on the train when we take Zhong Yuejin back to Beijing!"
Yan Chen replied with a smile.
“I just want to face the sea and see the flowers blooming in the spring.”
When the last sentence was recited, the whole carriage was silent at first, and then almost at the same time, everyone burst into warm applause.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
Amid the applause, everyone seemed to have forgotten the discomfort and fatigue of the long car ride.
"Did you see that? Comrade Li Ying, this is the true power of poetry! When you go back, you can write a simple draft of what you saw and heard today, and we can attach it to the next issue of Poetry Magazine.
The title could be "The Power of Poetry", what do you think?"
Editor-in-chief Yan Chen said with emotion.
"Great! Editor-in-Chief, I'm really touched right now. I'll write it down right away..."
Upon hearing what the editor-in-chief said, Li Ying, who was impatient, couldn't wait any longer. She immediately took out the pen and paper she carried with her and wrote down her feelings.
Even at the end of the article, a sentence was added.
"Dear Comrade Zhong Yuejin, do you know how much hope and strength your poetry has brought to young literary people all over the country?
Now, the editor-in-chief and I are on our way to find you. I am so excited to meet such an excellent poet like you..."
…
The train rumbled through mountains and plains, entered Shanhaiguan, and headed for the three northeastern provinces with fertile black soil.
Over at the Linjiagou Production Brigade, female reporter Qian Shuzhen proposed to go up the mountain with their hunting team in order to interview Lin Huowang.
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