Chapter 121 "Roadside Picnic"
After climbing Huashan Mountain with Song Tangtang, Fang Minghua was in his dormitory that night, took out the manuscript paper and started writing by himself.
The poem he recited on Mount Huashan during the day reminded him of another stream-of-consciousness movie, "Roadside Picnic" directed by Bi Gan.
The film tells the story of a rural doctor living in Kaili, Guizhou Province. In order to find his nephew, he came to a strange town. In this small town that was both real and imaginary, he and his deceased lover lived together in a strange town. The story of reunion in a mysterious time and space.
This film is Bi Gan's debut work. The creative technique of stream of consciousness is mixed with magical realism. The whole film is like a lyric poem, soft as water and radiant.
That poem is one of the seven poems in the movie.
This film has a good box office and reputation, and won the Golden Horse Award for "Best New Director", the "International Film Critics FIPRESCI Award", etc.
Fang Minghua decided to adapt a movie into a novel again.
Of course there is another problem here, that is, the background of the movie is set in the 1990s. If you want to move to this era, you must change the era background, including some props that appear in the movie, such as motorcycles.
But this is not difficult. The motorcycle can be replaced by a bicycle. As for the train - just move the location where the story takes place near the Guizhou-Guangxi Railway and just check the map.
Well, that's it.
Fang Minghua fell into madness again.
I work during the day and don’t go anywhere after get off work. I don’t even watch my favorite movie, “The Great Hero Fearless”—in fact, I can’t watch it.
The color TV set at home was moved to the yard on time every night, and it was already crowded with people. Even people from outside the family yard ran in to watch. Fang Minghua could not see clearly from outside, but the song "Wanli" "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" makes people excited.
Then write with peace of mind.
"Roadside Picnic" is a short story of about 20,000 words. After Fang Minghua finished writing it, Song Tangtang was his first reader.
The girl knew that he was writing these days, so she didn't bother him. Today she received a call from Fang Minghua and came over to see him.
Of course I am not empty-handed. I am holding Mingqian Longjing, newly produced this year.
Fang Minghua was used to the girl's care, so he picked up a handful and brewed a cup to try it first.
Song Tangtang sat aside and looked at his manuscript quietly.
Fang Minghua sipped tea and hummed softly, while Song Tangtang sat beside him and looked at his manuscript quietly.
Red plum blossoms bloom on the red rocks
Thousands of miles of frost underfoot
Why are you afraid of the severe cold?
A heart of love blooms towards the sun, blooms towards the sun
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Ever since watching Song Tangtang's solo dance under the moonlight in southern Xinjiang the year before last, Fang Minghua had become obsessed with this song and liked to hum a few lines whenever he had nothing to do.
He thought Song Tangtang needed to watch for a while, but he didn't expect that the girl was not slow to watch.
“I’ve finished reading.”
“Do you understand?”
“Well, you used dreams, it seems like it happened in another world, and time seems very messy , but that’s not the case.”
"There are three time points in your novel. Chen Sheng and his wife Zhang Xi met when they were building a reservoir eighteen years ago. He was a good brother of Monk Hua. Monk Hua's son had his hands chopped off by his enemies. Chen Sheng avenged him, and the result was that Sentenced to nine years
Nine years ago. , Chen Sheng was released from prison. Chen Sheng said that he learned a song in prison and wanted to sing it to his daughter-in-law Zhang Xi. Huang San told him that Zhang Xi died of illness last year. Chen Sheng’s mother once hoped that Chen Sheng could become a barefoot doctor and be safe.
Now the old doctor gives old Chen. Cupping. Old Chen said he was going to Zhenyuan. The old doctor took out a photo and a piece of clothing and asked him to bring it to Mrs. Lin.
We got on the train and walked through the tunnel to Dangmai. In fact, these were all his dreams! He woke up after leaving the tunnel. Enter reality. Minghua, are you right?”
“The core of the story is about the love between three generations, the old doctor and his sweetheart, Chen Sheng and his wife, and the adult Wei Wei. He Yangyang, Minghua, right?”
Fang Minghua was greatly surprised when he heard this: "Okay, Tangtang, not only are you a good dancer, I found that you are also very capable of logical thinking. You also quickly figured out the last book "The Sun Also Rises" in your reply. The clue of the story.”
“The last book was very obscure and difficult to understand, so I spent a lot of time on it.” The girl smiled and said, “This book is relatively simple, but the text is more poetic. !” “Do you like it?”
“I like it! I also like some of the poems in it. How about I read one to you?”
“Okay. ”
The girl picked up the manuscript and turned to one of the pages, stood in the center of the room, looked at Fang Minghua, and recited with emotion:
Hands behind her back
In a subtropical tavern
Door Blow the air in front
Sit down if it’s late
Watching the soft lightning
Carrying the city on my back
The bank of the subtropical monsoon
Fang Minghua decided to go to Shanghai.
This "Roadside Picnic" has been written. I need to go to Shanghai to revise the draft quickly. I can't delay it any longer.
So I asked for leave from my boss, then said goodbye to my parents, carried my inseparable yellow satchel,
bought a hard sleeper to go to Shanghai, and embarked on the journey eastward.
After one day and one night, we arrived in Shanghai on the second afternoon.
The train slowed down and blew its flute, slowly passing through the residential area. There were low bungalows on both sides, and pedestrians were passing by the track. They were still so calm when they saw the train coming.
Shanghai in the early 1980s was naturally not as prosperous as later generations, but it was still the most economically developed city in the country!
It is now the rush hour for get off work, and there is a constant flow of old-fashioned blue buses and various cars on the street, but more of them are office workers riding bicycles, forming a sea of bicycles.
Fang Minghua also saw a white car with a tough appearance that was very eye-catching.
A generation of magic car-Santana appears!
After Fang Minghua got off the bus, he still bought a map of Zhangshen City, got on the bus and went straight to the "Harvest" magazine on Julu Road, Jing'an.
When he rushed over and had already got off work, Fang Minghua found a state-owned hotel nearby to stay.
In the evening, I took the bus to the Bund.
Oh my God
So many people!
Fang Minghua was shocked by the sight in front of him.
Along the cement embankment wall of the Bund is the so-called Lovers’ Wall. It is densely packed with young men and women, almost all lovers! One by one, we made love to each other, making intimate gestures as if no one was around.
Lian Fang Minghua, an old man who had traveled through time, felt a little embarrassed when he saw it.
Isn’t it said that girls in the 1980s were reserved and conservative? Why are there so many people and so brave?
In fact, how did he know that it all comes down to the housing issue.
After 1950, urban construction in Shencheng was in a state of stagnation for a long time, and housing was the biggest problem for people's livelihood. It is a common phenomenon in Puxi area for three or even four generations to live in a ten-square-meter room. It is even more common for two generations to share a room.
Under such circumstances, it is already difficult for couples to have sex. They need to find opportunities after their families go out, otherwise they must ignore ethics and shame.
Naturally, it is not easy for young people to fall in love. Although there are many shy men and women who have not even held hands after three years of dating, there are, after all, those young people who cannot restrain their "libido".
And the Bund is the best place.
Human psychology is wonderful. When people swarm, the instinct to follow the crowd comes into play. Although most men and women in this era are shy, we see bold couples embracing each other. The more men and women embrace each other, the more they feel ashamed and the courage to break through emerges from their shame.
Therefore, the Bund is really a good place to learn and achieve, which has become a secret reason to attract couples who are trying to achieve a breakthrough.
Forget it, I won’t read it.
I can't sleep at night anymore.
Fang Minghua turned around and left.
(End of this chapter)