Ba Jin is a very interesting person, he spends three-quarters of his year writing, and the remaining two or three months he travels around to see friends, spending all the money he earns. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn order to avoid running around because of life, he didn't get married until he was 40 years old, and he was fed alone and the whole family was not hungry.

In Ba Jin's own words, he has no home, and his friends' homes are his homes, and he goes everywhere to see his friends, and he can write some travel essays along the way.

This is a second man who has no concept of money, and later he became famous all over the country, and still has few savings. One day, when his wife saw him go out to buy books, she couldn't help but say, "There is no money at home." Ba Jin didn't know anything about this, and replied: "Money is used to buy books, and if you don't buy books, how can a writer live?" ”

Ba Jin was stopped by his wife that day, and the next day he took his children to the bookstore.

It was May, and the Great War in the Central Plains had begun.

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi sent troops from Guangxi to Hunan, and the strategic goal was to capture Wuhan. Feng Yuxiang set out from Henan to attack Xuzhou, with the goal of joining forces with Li Zongren in Wuhan. Yan Xishan marched from Shandong and cooperated with Feng Yuxiang in his attack on Xuzhou, targeting the central government in Nanjing. Shi Yousan, who swayed repeatedly, mainly attacked Yanzhou and Jining this time, and at the same time cooperated with the Jin army to take Jinan. In addition, He Jian from Hunan and Liu Wenhui from Sichuan also fought with Lao Jiang's people on their own turf.

From south to north, from east to west, the war continued.

Shandong, which has been plagued by disasters for several consecutive years, has not yet eased up, and now it has once again become the main battlefield of warlord melee.

Ba Jin originally planned to go to Shandong to visit Lao She, but under the continuous war, he could only give up.

Before leaving Tianjin, Ba Jin was encouraged by a friend to ring the doorbell of Sanle Hall in a rickshaw.

Zhou Hexuan is playing with the child at home, and his daughter Lingjun has been successfully weaned and has learned to walk - barely walking two steps before falling.

"Go, go to my brother's side!" Zhou Hexuan let go of his hand and shouted.

Xiao Lingjun tugged on Zhou Hexuan's sleeve, his body swayed, and said in a glutinous voice: "Dad, hug." ”

Zhang Leyi sat on the edge of the cradle and beckoned to Xiao Lingjun: "Lingjun, come and play with my brother." ”

Xiao Lingjun looked at Zhang Leyi and then at Zhou Hexuan, suddenly lying on the ground and crawling towards the cradle slowly.

Zhou Hexuan sweated wildly, picked up his daughter and stood up: "Don't climb, you have to walk with your feet." ”

Xiao Lingjun seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and walked forward a few steps with his fleshy legs, and then suddenly stopped. She was scared, a few steps in front was Zhang Leyi, and a few steps behind was Zhou Hexuan, she stood in the middle without any landing.

"Wow, wow, wow......" Xiao Lingjun stood stupidly and cried.

Zhou Hexuan hurriedly changed the location, ran to Zhang Leyi's side and shouted: "Come here!" ”

Xiao Lingjun seemed to have forgotten the fear of falling, and ran towards Zhou Hexuan quickly, hugging Zhou Hexuan's knees and continuing to cry.

Zhou Hexuan sighed: "What a crybaby." ”

What Zhou Hexuan didn't expect was that Xiao Lingjun learned to run in a few minutes after he completely mastered walking. Although she fell as she ran, she got up on her own and continued to run, giggling and walking around the house.

Infected by her sister's laughter, little Verie leaned on her mother's arms and writhed, clapping her little hands excitedly and laughing, and the room was filled with children's laughter.

"Sir, there is a Mr. Li Yaotang outside asking to see you." The servant came to report.

Zhou Hexuan didn't connect Li Yaotang with Ba Jin for a while, he asked, "How old are you and what are you doing?" ”

The servant said, "Very young, only in his 20s, he said that he wrote novels." ”

"It's a writer, please let him in." Zhou Hexuan didn't think much about it.

Ba Jin combed a three-seven hairstyle, wore a pair of round-framed glasses, and looked a little handsome. He took the initiative to step forward and shake hands and said, "Hello Mr. Zhou, my name is Li Yaotang, a little author, and I came here." ”

"Hello Mr. Li, please take a seat." Zhou Hexuan smiled.

Zhang Leyi hugged her son, took Xiao Lingjun by the hand, and quietly left the living room, leaving only Zhou Hexuan and Ba Jin.

Ba Jin said some words of long-admiration, talked about "The Goddess" and "Dog Official", and finally took out a stack of manuscripts and said: "Mr. Zhou, this is my recent novel, which is not finished yet, I hope you can give some comments." ”

Zhou Hexuan opened it and took a look, only to see the name of the novel *** Dream", a very cliché name, it should not be a famous work.

It wasn't until Zhou Hexuan read the text and found that the names of the characters in the book were Juemin and Juehui, that he suddenly looked up at Ba Jin: "Dare to ask what Mr. Li's pen name is?" ”

Ba Jin smiled: "Ba Jin." ”

Sure enough!

Zhou Hexuan couldn't cry or laugh, he said how the novel manuscript reads like "Home", but the title and content of the first draft are many different, and it is impossible to determine for a while.

Zhou Hexuan put down the manuscript and said, "Mr. Li, I will read your work carefully." It seems that "Perdition", which was serialized in "Novel Monthly" some time ago, was also written by you, right? ”

"Exactly," said Barkin, laughing, "I wrote that novel when I was in France, and studying abroad was so boring that I had to find something to do to pass the time." ”

"In the past two years, the Chinese literary scene has been in decline, many writers are mentally exhausted and exhausted, and it is difficult to see good works in "Novel Monthly", Zhou Hexuan unabashedly admired, "In today's Chinese literary circle, in addition to Lao She's "Two Horses", only Mr. Li's "Annihilation" is the most dazzling. ”

With Zhou Hexuan's current fame and status, Ba Jin was a little embarrassed after being praised, he rubbed his hands and said: "It can't be compared with Lao She's works, his works are humorous, especially the unique Beijing flavor, I myself admire it very much." I heard that he was teaching at Qilu University, and I thought about going to pay a visit, but I didn't know that I encountered a war in Shandong. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "It's better to stay in Tianjin for a few more days, and when the war is over, it's not too late to go to Shandong." By the way, does Mr. Li have any other jobs besides writing novels now? ”

"I used to work as a magazine editor, but I quit at the end of last year." Ba Jin Dao.

Zhou Hexuan sent out an invitation and said: "It's better to go to my "Popular" supplement, it won't delay your writing." ”

Ba Jin was puzzled: "I love freedom, I'm afraid it won't be long before I want to quit." ”

"Haha, it's okay, go and stay at will." Zhou Hexuan said.

Ba Jin agreed, and chatted with Zhou Hexuan about "The Rise of Great Powers", and then began to discuss the French Revolution in full swing.

Initially an anarchist, Barking became obsessed with the Revolution after studying in France, and enjoyed studying and reading the history of the French Revolution. Now that he has met Zhou Hexuan, a historian, he will naturally not give up the opportunity to discuss the French Revolution.

The two chatted until the evening, Liao Yaquan and Cui Huifu went home from work, and Wanrong also came back from the salon, and Ba Jin left regardless of his retention.

Zhou Hexuan sent Ba Jin to the gate and said, "In two days, a writer friend will get married, who is also from your Sichuan, and his surname is Li, and we will go to the happy bar together when the time comes." ”

"Such a coincidence? Then I must go. Ba Jin laughed.

Ba Jin and Li Shoumin, these two people who can't beat each other, should be able to talk very well.