Chapter 40 Beidaihe
The trip to Beidaihe that the class had been looking forward to for many days finally took place, and all the people in the Institute of Cultural Research went out without leaving anyone behind.
The day before departure, Jia Dashan told Teacher Tang that he didn't want to go to Beidaihe.
"Why don't you want to go for such a good opportunity?"
"Since you are all gone and the dormitory is empty, I will bring my wife and children to Yanjing to play for a few days."
After hearing what he said, Teacher Tang did not try to persuade him any further.
The classmates in the class were discussing privately that although Jia Dashan usually did not show off, he was a man of great talent.
We set off for Beidaihe by train and bus, leaving in the morning and arriving in the afternoon.
The sea was just a few hundred meters away from the guesthouse where they were staying. Everyone got excited and ran to the beach without even putting down their belongings. Then they were called back by Gu Jianzhi.
Gu Jianzhi gave a brief explanation to everyone at the meeting, mainly asking everyone to rest well, have fun, and pay attention to safety. In addition, they should take this opportunity to promote mutual understanding and break the boundaries of region and age.
After the meeting, everyone had dinner first.
The food in the canteen of the guesthouse is much better than that in the institute, and there is a lot of seafood, which is very rare in the Institute of Cultural Studies. In those days, transportation and logistics were not well developed, and many students from the central and western regions had never eaten seafood in their lives. This seafood meal alone made everyone feel that this trip to Beidaihe was worthwhile.
The next morning, when Lin Weimin was half asleep, he heard someone getting up in the room. Huang Zonghan called him, but he ignored him and continued to sleep. When he woke up, he found that his dormitory, as well as the surrounding dormitories, were already empty.
After asking, I found out that everyone had gone to watch the sunrise.
For most people who don’t live in a coastal city, the sunrise at the seaside is something they really need to go see specially.
After having breakfast in the cafeteria, Lin Weimin went out wearing a vest on his upper body, shorts and slippers on his lower body.
The guesthouse is very close to the beach. It was a little after seven in the morning and the sun had already risen high in the sky.
Looking around, the sky is blue, the sea is green, the view is broad-minded and the heart is heroic.
He walked for a few minutes and arrived at the beach. He saw many of his classmates from the Institute of Literature and Research soaking in the water. Many of them could not swim, but since they were at the beach, it would feel like a waste of time if they didn't go in the water, so they might as well just experience it.
Beidaihe's beaches are probably the best among the beaches in the north, with fine, smooth and uniform sand.
"Thinking back five years ago, I never would have imagined the life we have now!" Jiao Yundian sighed as he lay on the beach basking in the sun.
"There will be good times in the future!" said Guo Yudao beside him.
Lin Weimin did not go into the water either. He found a clean piece of beach and lay down next to a few classmates who were basking in the sun.
After the tide receded in the morning, many shells, starfish and pebbles were left on the beach.
After several female classmates in the class came out of the sea, they picked up these things along the beach.
Ever since they came up, the atmosphere on the beach has become a little subtle.
The swimsuits they wore were very conservative, revealing very little, but it still made many male students feel embarrassed. They didn't know whether to look or not to look.
After a few minutes, everyone gradually got used to it and sat or lay on the beach chatting.
The sun slowly rose, the sea surface began to turn golden, and it gradually became hotter outside.
He returned to the guesthouse to eat around noon. After a nap, Lin Weimin didn't want to go out so he continued writing in his room in the guesthouse. The plot of "The Cliff" had already progressed to the middle and late stages.
At night, Lin Weimin heard a commotion in the next room, walked over and asked, "What's going on?"
Cheng Shixu said: "Just now, Abaier received a call from his hometown, saying that his wife gave birth to a big fat boy!"
Lin Weimin smiled and said, "What a great event! Congratulations!"
Abel smiled shyly and said, "I'll treat everyone to dinner tonight!"
The students were delighted.
Seeing that it was time for dinner, Abel started to prepare to go out. They walked out onto the street and after searching for a while they found a Western restaurant - Cheeseland.
Abaier was a kind-hearted man and was about to go in without thinking, but was quickly stopped by the others.
By the standards of this era, judging from the facade alone, the decoration of Cheeseland is already very luxurious, and the price is definitely not cheap.
There are more than 30 people in the class, and they are determined to feed Abel until he goes bankrupt.
So everyone went into a state-owned restaurant nearby, but Abel was not giving up. While everyone was not paying attention, he went into Cheesecake and bought a few sundaes for everyone as after-meal dessert. In the end, the sundaes were given to a few girls in the class.
Abel spent a lot of money on today's meal, more than a month's salary.
Just like the last time Qu Xiaowei treated everyone, this time everyone gave him money afterwards.
This time the reason is easier to find, just think of it as a gift for the children.
The days in Beidaihe were carefree. We didn't have to go to classes, and the leaders and teachers in the institute rarely had a rest. No one cared about us except for problems in our lives. My classmates always appeared in groups of three or five on the beach and in the streets of Beidaihe every day.
In such a relaxed atmosphere, Lin Weimin's first novel was finally completed.
Upon hearing the news, his manuscript immediately caused a frenzy among his classmates.
If for no other reason, everyone is just curious about how he could write the same thing twice and still make it feel fresh and new.
A week passed quickly and the vacation trip to Beidaihe ended.
Back at the campus of Chaoyang District Committee D School, as summer vacation was about to begin, the students were feeling somewhat bored.
Lin Weimin's manuscript was circulated in the class for a few days, and everyone finally finished reading it.
At the same time, several people in the class also completed this special writing, but they were mainly short and medium-length stories.
It is indeed a bit exaggerated that Lin Weimin could write a novel of 200,000 words in just one month. No one knows who started it, but when people talk about this, they will mention the "quickshooter".
Lin Weimin attributed the matter to Huang Zonghan. He still remembered that the first time he heard this title was from this old man's mouth.
"I am innocent! Really, it's too unfair! I only said this once in the dormitory. Besides, Weimin, you can't blindly interpret this. Everyone is clearly praising you!"
Lin Weimin thought about it and it was true. Nowadays, the three words "quickshooter" did not have any special meaning.
On the fourth day after returning from Beidaihe, the institute was about to have a month-long holiday, and most of the students in the class chose to go home.
We have studied and lived together for four months, and now we are about to part, so naturally we have to say goodbye properly.
While everyone was saying goodbye, Lin Weimin found a few classmates who had finished their works and asked for their manuscripts. He was very mysterious and didn't say what he was going to do when people asked.
"Let's talk about it when you come back."
With questions in mind, the students left the Institute of Literature one by one.
Lin Weimin had no plans to leave, and he had nowhere to go.
He made an application to Teacher Tang Yuqiu and he continued to live in the dormitory during the holiday.
The day after the holiday, which was a day without classes, Lin Weimin slept in and did not get up until after nine o'clock.
After taking his time to wash up, he waited for a while for the cafeteria to open for lunch. After lunch, he picked up a bag of manuscripts and left School D.
(End of this chapter)
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