When I saw it just now, my heart ached a little.
From this, we can see how uncomfortable and empathetic readers who have had similar experiences would feel when they read this article "Scars."
At this point, Ba Lao stopped again, looked at Qian Lao and asked him: "Zhongshu, what do you think? Scars is the work we have been looking for, but..."
"No buts, Mr. Ba, since we have been looking for such a work. Now such a work happens to appear, why should we have this or that concern?
Didn’t we agree that we must establish a new style in the domestic literary and artistic fields and purify all the bad practices of the past?
Out! This article "Scars" will be put in the new issue of "People's Literature" and published immediately, the sooner the better.
Why are you afraid of bad social impact? Why would it be bad?
This article "Scars" writes about everyone's scars.
Isn't this something shameful or something that everyone doesn't know about?
When we select an article to publish, are we afraid that it will have too much influence? Shouldn’t the bigger the better?”
With a series of rhetorical questions, Mr. Qian easily and efficiently convinced everyone present, including Mr. Ba.
"Yes! It must be published. This is the article I've been waiting for, Scars. I even think that all literary works that reflect on special periods in the future can be named after scars and collectively referred to as scar literature."
Chief editor Zhang Guangnian, who had finally caught up with everyone else and read the entire "Scars", was in high spirits and spoke very decisively.
Ba Lao also relaxed his brows, smiled and nodded, saying: "Guangnian is the editor-in-chief of People's Literature, so let's listen to him and publish it. If anyone has any objections, let them come to the Writers Association to find me and say that this article "Scars" has been approved by our Writers Association and must be published."
"Good! With Ba Lao backing us up, we are not afraid of anything."
"Great! If this "Scars" is published, I dare say it will have a greater influence than Haizi's two poems."
"Of course! Poems only have so many words, but this article "Scars" has a full 7,000 words, and the story it tells almost spans ten years of a special period!"
"Haizi is so talented. His poems are so romantic and shocking, and he is also so good at writing novels. Is he really just a farmer?"
"I didn't believe in genius before, but now I do. Haizi is only 18 years old, but his writings are so sophisticated and real..."
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The editors in the editorial department gave unanimous praise to Lin Huowang's "Scars".
With the solid support of Ba Lao and Zhong Lao, the editor-in-chief Zhang Guangnian made a bold move and moved the first article to the back of the latest issue of "People's Literature" two days later and put "Scars" on top.
Everyone is looking forward to seeing what kind of sensation "Scars" will cause across the country after it is published in "People's Literature".
You should know that the circulation of People's Literature has been over three million copies since its resumption of publication, far exceeding that of Poetry Magazine, and its influence is two orders of magnitude greater.
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Meanwhile, in Shanghai.
The Translation Department under the Bureau of Foreign Affairs is usually referred to as a unit of the Translation Bureau.
After being rehabilitated, Liu Rumeng's mother Guo Linxian returned to her original unit, the Translation Bureau, to work.
In order to compensate her, her rank was even raised to deputy director of the Translation Department.
However, her business ability is really strong. She is not only proficient in English and Russian, but also good at Japanese and Korean. She is even self-studying some minor languages, such as Italian and Polish.
This also made several old employees feel dissatisfied when they saw that she, who was once criticized, became the deputy director. However, after seeing her ability, they were all convinced.
After spending a few days, Guo Linxian finally got things in order at the unit.
Because the villa their family previously lived in, Guo Mansion, still had tenants and the organization was in the process of vacating the premises, Guo Linxian declined other dormitories arranged by the unit.
Instead, he still returned to that small alley every day and lived in a room of only a dozen square meters.
Of course, there is another more important reason why she doesn't want to move away, which is that she is afraid that her daughter will not be able to find her when she returns to the city.
As soon as she gets off work every day, she rides her bike home early, hoping to see her daughter at home.
Three years!
Except for the first time when her daughter came back during the Spring Festival in the countryside, she and her daughter Liu Rumeng had not seen each other for two full years, and they only communicated a few times.
Today, when Guo Linxian returned to her deserted home again, she did not see her daughter.
She couldn't help but feel even more anxious.
"Logically, Mengmeng should have received the letter I sent her a long time ago. Why hasn't she come back yet?
Could it be that because there was too much money stuffed in the letter, it was intercepted by cadres from the commune or production brigade?
Or... Mengmeng is reluctant to leave her in-laws' home in the countryside? She refuses to go back to the city?
No! I can't wait blindly like this any longer. I will take a day off tomorrow and buy a ticket to go to the Northeast. No matter what, I will bring Mengmeng back..."
The night was long and Guo Linxian was alone on her pillow, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, so she made an important decision.
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