As for Mandarin songs, Zhang Qiurui chose "As Long as You Live Better Than Me".
This is a gentle and beautiful classic love song that has been sung for a long time. In later generations, this song became popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan and even the mainland, and it was spread throughout the streets and alleys.
Zhang Qiurui can remember the lyrics and melodies of both songs.
After writing the lyrics, I started composing the music. I spent two days revising it and singing it myself from time to time. If I felt something was wrong, I would make changes.
It took Zhang Qiurui three full days to finish these two songs, which was due to his lack of understanding of music.
I mailed it immediately, and it cost three dollars for stamps. In that era, three dollars was enough for the food expenses of a family of five for seven or ten days.
Zhang Qiurui also inquired about it. If it is fast, it will take half a month to send mail from Xingcheng to Hong Kong. If it is slow, it may take a month. A round trip will take at least a month.
After mailing the letter, Zhang Qiurui was busy finishing his manuscript.
People's Literature and Xiaoxiang Magazine have urged me to submit my manuscripts many times. I had put all my novel writing on hold in order to learn music theory.
Now that she has finished writing and composing the two songs and sent them out, she is thinking about submitting a novel to People's Literature Publishing House and Xiaoxiang Magazine respectively.
After repeated selection by Zhang Qiurui, he submitted "Drawing Sword" to Xiaoxiang Magazine.
"Drawing Sword", as a theme of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, not only shows the hardships and cruelty of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but also reflects the bravery and spirit of sacrifice of Chinese soldiers.
The "Spirit of Drawing the Sword" mentioned emphasizes the spirit of not being afraid or retreating in the face of difficulties. This spirit has been inherited and carried forward in the collective, forming a fine tradition and a fertile ground for the emergence of heroes.
It can resonate deeply with those who have served in the military or fought against the Japanese invaders.
After deciding to contribute to Xiaoxiang Magazine, she began to devote herself to the creation of "Drawing Sword" during this period.
Now the Zhang family also knows that the article written by Zhang Qiurui was published in the magazine. After Zhang Qiurui was about to create "Drawing Sword", she specifically told her third brother that she wanted to write a theme about the Anti-Japanese War and wanted to learn from him.
I want to learn from you about the life of a soldier and the details of the war that you have heard.
Zhou Guihua, Zhang Ercheng and others also experienced the war years and obtained a lot of information from them.
Zhang Qiurui deliberately went to them to learn from them because he was young and it was beyond his ability to write an anti-Japanese theme like "Drawing Sword" at that time.
When the time comes, you can say that it is the stories and experiences you heard from your elders, plus your own imagination and creations. This way, people will be convinced and you will have found a good excuse for yourself in advance.
The novel "Drawing Sword" has 350,000 words. Even if Zhang Qiurui wrote 20,000 words a day, it still took her nearly 20 days to finish it. Then it took her five days to revise it, and then she copied the manuscript again, which took a month.
From April to May.
This day.
"Classmates, before get out of class ends, let me tell you two things.
First of all, tomorrow is May Day, and now is the busy farming season, so the school has decided to give you nine days off to go home and help.
The second thing is, after we get back, we'll take the midterm exams for this semester." After class, as soon as Li Xingan announced these two pieces of news, the classroom erupted in excitement.
For students in the county, the upcoming nine-day holiday will be a holiday of enjoyment because they don’t have to work.
"Let's go, let's go back. Qiurui, Mingqi, are you going back to the production team to help for the next nine days?" Wang Shi called Zhang Qiurui, Zhang Mingqi and Zhou Tan to go back.
"If nothing unexpected happens, I will go back to the production team." Zhang Qiurui packed up the manuscript of "Drawing Sword" she had written. She pulled it out of the drawer so quickly that a page of the manuscript was half hanging in the drawer. As she stood up and walked away, the wind blew away and the page of manuscript fluttered to the ground.
Zhang Qiurui followed Wang Shi and the others and did not notice the fallen page of manuscript. He left the classroom while chatting and laughing with them.
However, Li Xin, who was at the podium, packed up her lesson plans and textbooks, and inadvertently glanced at the lost page of manuscript paper.
She walked down from the podium gently, bent down to pick it up, her eyes lingered on the manuscript for a moment, and she could tell at a glance that it was Zhang Qiurui's handwriting.
"Is 'Drawing Sword' a novel?" Li Xin couldn't help but continue reading.
As she read, Li Xin was immersed in it unconsciously. She didn't finish reading the whole page of manuscript until she felt unsatisfied and had a strong desire to continue reading the next content.
She felt like there was a cat scratching her heart, making it difficult for her to calm her excitement and curiosity.
Li Xin looked up at the now empty classroom and thought to herself, "I knew Zhang Qiurui was a good student, but I never expected him to be so talented. The story of 'Drawing Sword' is told with vivid characters, and the words reveal the vicissitudes and bravery of war-torn times."
After Li Xin placed the page of manuscript in Zhang Qiurui's drawer, she turned around and left the classroom.
However, not long after Li Xin left the classroom, Zhang Qiurui came to the classroom and looked in his drawer.
"Fortunately, I checked it on the way, otherwise there would be a page missing. If I mailed this manuscript to Xiaoxiang Magazine, they might have affected the review speed." Zhang Qiurui put away the lost manuscript and walked briskly towards the post office.
She plans to mail the manuscript today.
If nothing goes wrong, it will be published in early May.
The next day, May 1st.
Zhang Qiurui, Zhang Mingqi, Zhang Wenmin and Yu Yang all returned to the production team.
As for Zhou Guihua and others who had been in the county earlier, after they built their houses, they did not move to the county, but stayed in the brigade to earn work points.
They all returned home because the house had been built long ago and all the things in the house had been put in place, so dividing the property was inevitable.
They have to go back and participate in the division of the family property.
This division of the family is not just a redistribution of property, but also the beginning of Zhang Qiurui's brothers' formal independent life, which means that they will each take on the responsibilities and future of the family.
"Oh! It's finally time to split up the family." On the way home, Zhang Wenmin couldn't help but sigh.
The tone was complicated, I couldn't tell whether it was anticipation or disappointment.
"Uncle, even though we have separated, we are still a family." Zhang Mingqi looked at her uncle seriously and said.
"It's true that we're still a family even though we've split up, but it's different after all. I always feel like something is missing, and my heart feels empty." Zhang Wenmin continued, with a barely perceptible sadness flashing in his eyes.
As for Zhang Qiurui, he didn't have any special feelings about the division of the family.
In her opinion, separation is just a new stage in life, something that everyone will inevitably experience after growing up to a certain stage.
When a tree grows big, it branches out; when a person grows big, he separates himself; this is the law of nature.
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