Chapter 194 Chapter 132 Sloppy Puppy
Zhijiang Art School, girls’ dormitory.
When Tao Huimin returned to the dormitory, several girls were comforting He Saifei.
"Sai Fei, don't be so depressed. Just let it go if you get scolded! Who in our group hasn't been scolded before? Isn't it common for the group leader to praise you?"
"Yeah. It doesn't matter if we haven't met. He likes you so much, he will definitely contact you in the future."
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At noon, He Saifei fainted backstage at the theater. Everyone thought that she fainted because she was caught in the act by the troupe leader and could not keep her promise to her lover, so she was afraid and anxious.
But in fact, only He Saifei herself knew that the reason she fainted was entirely because of shame and anger.
At this time, she was leaning against the head of the bed with a miserable expression, surrounded by several girls.
Tao Huimin attracted everyone's attention as soon as she came in.
"Hui Min, what were you doing this afternoon? Why did you come back just now? The team leader is looking for you?" a girl said.
Tao Huimin's eyes flickered. "I had a stomachache in the hospital, and I fell asleep after taking a rest in the corridor."
No one took her words seriously. Tao Huimin was usually quiet and did not like to compete with others. After a word of concern, everyone turned their attention back to He Saifei.
Only He Saifei's eyes were still following Tao Huimin.
She took off her clothes guiltily and went to wash up, and when she came back she lay down on the bed.
They all slept on iron beds, and Jiang Yao's bed was opposite Tao Huimin's.
While no one was paying attention, Jiang Yao lowered her voice and asked, "Hui Min, are you going to meet that person?"
A few days ago, Tao Huimin and she went to the West Lake for fun. Tao Huimin also played Yang Wufeng. When Jiang Yao heard everyone reading the contents of the note, she had already guessed what was on it. In addition, Tao Huimin went to the hospital with everyone in the afternoon and disappeared not long after. She became even more certain.
Tao Huimin was startled and quickly covered her mouth and looked around.
"Don't tell anyone." Tao Huimin pleaded.
Jiang Yao gave her a look and Tao Huimin let go of her hand.
"Don't worry, I'm very tight-lipped." Jiang Yao's eyes were somewhat smug, "Why do you think everyone still thinks that man is pursuing Sister Sai Fei? I never told you about our trip to West Lake before, otherwise everyone would have known about it a long time ago."
Tao Huimin gave Jiang Yao a grateful smile, "Jiang Yao, thank you."
The two were talking when it was time to turn off the lights.
"Go to bed early, you have to get up early tomorrow."
Before going to bed, Tao Huimin glanced in the direction of He Saifei and happened to see He Saifei staring at her.
Others don’t know that she and Jiang Yao had been to West Lake, but He Saifei knew that Tao Huimin had made an appointment with He Saifei first that day, and only when He Saifei didn’t want to go did she make an appointment with Jiang Yao.
Tao Huimin avoided He Saifei's gaze and felt a little sorry for her.
The lights were turned off and the dormitory was pitch black. Some girls who couldn't sleep were still whispering to each other.
He Saifei lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling.
Whenever she thought back to the experiences of the past few days, she felt an immense sense of shame and anger.
She mistook the fruit basket and note given to others as her own, and was teased by everyone for several days, even she took it seriously.
But when she read the last content on the note today, her mind was almost blank. It was not until she lay in the hospital bed in the afternoon that she finally figured out what was going on.
It turned out that the person he was pursuing was Tao Huimin, but she expressed her feelings to him in the wrong way for a few days.
She felt ashamed and angry, and even hated Tao Huimin.
But now that I think about it carefully, what did Tao Huimin do wrong?
These past few days, she had neither been making fun of or stirring up trouble, nor had she been trying to trip me up. It was all just a misunderstanding.
and……
He Saifei thought that everyone still mistakenly believed that she did not go to the West Lake to keep the appointment because she was caught by the team leader. She probably thought that Tao Huimin did not tell anyone about this. He Saifei felt a little better.
As she thought about it, her attention inevitably returned to the man who wrote poems for her, no, for Tao Huimin.
Huimin must have gone to see him in the afternoon. What would he look like?
"Tall and very energetic," He Saifei thought of the ticket seller's evaluation of the man, and then thought of the talented love poem, and He Saifei felt uncomfortable again.
Who is he?
What does it look like?
The next morning, Lin Weimin slept until noon. While eating breakfast, his mind couldn't help but recall what happened yesterday. It felt a little unreal until he touched the handkerchief in his pocket, then he felt it was somewhat real.
That fleeting glimpse by the West Lake couldn't even be considered a formal acquaintance, it was only yesterday that it was considered a formal acquaintance. They held hands when they met for the first time. According to the way people get along in this era, the development of his and Tao Huimin's relationship should be considered rapid.
Considering that Qu Xiaowei and Liu Haiyan had been communicating for more than a year and had to send a lot of things before they met, my efficiency was already pretty good.
By now, Tao Huimin should have already left for Hong Kong with her troupe, right?
Thinking of this, Lin Weimin felt a little lost, as his trip in Hangzhou was about to end.
He took a twenty-day leave this time, and half a month has passed. He also has a task to visit several authors in Zhijiang Province.
Thinking of this, Lin Weimin stood up and went to the Zhijiang Repertory Theatre to say goodbye.
The rehearsal of "The Intouchables" was still going on. When Cheng Weijia heard that Lin Weimin was leaving, he organized the crew to have an informal performance for Lin Weimin to see.
After seeing everyone's rehearsal results, Lin Weimin expressed his affirmation.
The final draft of the script will take some time to come out, and then the drama troupe will mail a copy to Lin Weimin, the original screenwriter.
Once again, the drama troupe's car took Lin Weimin to the train station, and it was Zhang Qiang who sent him off. "Teacher Lin, I have learned a lot from you these past few days."
"Don't say that. I still have to thank you for taking care of me these days."
After exchanging a few words with Chang Xiang and saying goodbye, Lin Weimin boarded the train.
He visited the authors at an average rate of one per day. Fortunately, they were within the province, otherwise Lin Weimin would have broken his back from the strain.
On the last day, Lin Weimin came out of the train station and asked for the location of Haiyan County Cultural Center along the way.
The county-level cultural center looks very simple, it is just a three-story building, but in a county like Haiyan County it is a rare and magnificent building.
Lin Weimin found out Yu Hua's office and knocked on the door, only to find it empty.
He stopped a young man who had just filled a hot water dispenser and said, "Comrade, may I ask you something, is Yu Hua not here for work today?"
The young man looked a little surprised, "Here it comes."
"Where is he?"
The young man pointed in the direction of the street and asked, "Did you go outside to look for it?"
Lin Weimin immediately understood what he meant and burst out laughing.
He encountered this situation more than once when he visited the author these days.
After asking Yu Hua where he might be going, Lin Weimin came out of the cultural center.
Haiyan County is not a big county, and the street in front of the county cultural center is not very prosperous. Lin Weimin walked around the street for less than two minutes and found Yu Hua sitting at a breakfast stall eating breakfast.
The sailor shirt, shorts and slippers, the cool outfit is not only practical, but also has a mixed flavor.
Yu Hua was enjoying a bowl of Beijing rice noodles when suddenly a man sat down at the table. He glanced to the side and was so scared that the soup in the bowl spilled out.
"Teacher Lin?" he exclaimed.
"You scared me!" Lin Weimin scolded Yu Hua, "Is this delicious?"
After being startled, Yu Hua calmed down for a few seconds and said, "This is Jingfen, our local specialty. Would you like a bowl?"
What Lin Weimin liked most about Yu Hua was his cleverness. "Then have a bowl."
Yu Hua immediately stood up and said, "Comrade, please give my table another bowl of Jing Noodles."
The method of making Beijing vermicelli is to boil the thick short-line vermicelli until it is soft, simmer it on the stove over low heat, and before serving, use a colander to fill half a bowl with broth, and then add ingredients such as pickled mustard tuber, pig lung, pig heart, beef, etc., and stir it.
The hot Beijing rice noodles were served on the table. Lin Weimin took a bite. His stomach, which had been empty all night, finally warmed up and he felt refreshed.
He has been on the road these days and is very tired.
After taking a sip of the soup in the bowl, Lin Weimin casually said, "You are living a carefree life now. You come to eat breakfast during work hours."
Yu Hua chuckled and said, "This is what I call work!"
The boy's righteous look left Lin Weimin speechless for a moment.
Looking at Yu Hua's daily life and then looking at his own work from dawn to dusk every day, Lin Weimin began to envy the job at the cultural center.
No wonder even Zheng Guo, the second generation of an official, goes to work at the cultural center. How cool!
"Have you started writing recently?"
"I'm sure I've been busy. You know me. Although I'm not very good at work, I'm very diligent in writing. Otherwise, how could I be so rampant in the cultural center?"
Lin Weimin laughed and scolded: "You still know that you are so arrogant!"
After breakfast, Yu Hua took Lin Weimin back to the cultural center. As they walked by, they saw that most of the offices were empty. Yu Hua introduced them, saying, "They haven't come to work yet."
Lin Weimin joked: "What a great unit! You've come to the right place."
"I think so."
When I arrived at the office, Yu Hua's desk was scribbled, just like his appearance.
He took out a stack of manuscripts from the drawer and said, "I wrote this some time ago. Please help me with my instructions."
Lin Weimin took the manuscript, pulled over a chair and sat down.
"Going on a Long Journey at the Age of Eighteen", the title of the novel gives you a glimpse of the content of the novel.
After reading on, Lin Weimin was not surprised.
"I" had just turned eighteen, and with a rebellious spirit and curiosity about the outside world, I started my journey and exiled myself to a huge social environment.
The general content of the novel is that I, who had just become an adult, could not wait to see the outside world. I wanted to take a ride when I went out for a trip, but I met a driver who bullied the weak and feared the strong. He was aggressive in the face of my flattery and kindness, and was timid in the face of the robbery by the mountain people.
As a hot-blooded teenager, I claimed to be righteous and stepped forward to stop the robbery, but was beaten all over by the mountain people. The driver, who was timid in the face of robbery, not only stood by and watched, but also teamed up with the mountain people to snatch my bag when I was unable to move.
To sum up, at the age of 18, I rushed into this world full of enthusiasm and hope, but was hit hard by reality!
Lin Weimin finished reading the manuscript and held it in his hand and said, "Is this based on the news about the 'Apple grabbing' incident a while ago?"
Yu Hua nodded, "You have a really good eye, you saw it right away."
Lin Weimin laughed and scolded: "Don't flatter me, do you really think I don't read the newspaper?"
The apple-stealing incident in the novel happened not long ago. Except for the absence of the character "I", everything else is basically true.
In those days, planned economy was still the mainstream. The trucks that transported apples belonged to the state, and the apples collected also belonged to the state. The driver's first reaction when faced with robbery was to run away. After all, the things belonged to the state, but his life was his own.
After this incident happened, it was directly reported in the local newspaper, and then reposted by newspapers in various places, and it also caused a discussion in society. The topic was naturally the debate between protecting national property and personal life safety.
"You are really keeping up with current affairs and write good novels!" Lin Weimin praised.
Yu Hua was delighted, "Can it be published?"
Lin Weimin hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's modify it again. It's a bit rough. The structure can be optimized to form a perfect closed loop."
Yu Hua is a smart man and he understood what Lin Weimin said as soon as he heard it.
"No problem, I'll send it to you after I revise it."
"OK."
After reading the novel, Lin Weimin asked again: "Is this the only one you wrote? Are there any others?"
"I'm still writing a novella."
Lin Weimin paused for a moment and said, "Then send it to me once you've finished writing it."
"good."
After finishing the business, Yu Hua took Lin Weimin to visit the surrounding attractions.
If you don’t visit some tourist attractions on a business trip these days, you’d be missing out.
Lin Weimin waved his hand and refused, "No. I've been out for too long. If I don't go back, Lao Meng will skin me alive."
Today is exactly the twentieth day since he left Beijing. He has taken twenty days off and it will take more than a day to return to Yanjing. He cannot delay any longer.
After having lunch with Yu Hua, Lin Weimin boarded the train back to Beijing.
(End of this chapter)
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