Chapter 1382 1384 ["Poetry Magazine"]

  Xiang Nan was promoted again, and he had good luck again. The mediator's slack almost broke through the threshold, and Chunming's mother was almost envious.

  Chunming is not bad, but he can't compare with Xiang Nan, and he is a bit worse than others when he speaks to the target.

   As for the Su family who lives in the same courtyard, it is even more depressing.

  Xiang Nan has been promoted to three levels in a row in less than a year. It's like riding a rocket.

  In comparison, Su Meng said that she wanted to write poetry and catch up with Xiang Nan. As a result, I stayed at home for three months and figured out more than a dozen poems. After they were mailed out, they were like mud cows drowning in the sea, and there was no news at all. Not to mention publishing it and becoming famous in one fell swoop.

   At the same time, Xiang Nan wrote poems and reports, but they appeared one after another in newspapers and magazines such as "People's Literature", "Workers' Daily", "Youth Daily".

   Su Meng became more and more aggrieved and depressed.

  And in the summer of 1976, a new batch of high school graduates entered the society. Coupled with the fact that a large number of educated youths have returned to the city, the competition for jobs has intensified.

   It is not an exaggeration to say that it is now a cleaner's job, and dozens of people are staring at it. Many educated youths couldn't find a job, so they could only go to the station to carry heavy bags.

  Su Meng's job in the Children's Palace, which Su Meng has been thinking about, is naturally more sought-after, and he wishes thousands of people could stare at him. Su Jingxuan has no connections, no background, and doesn't know how to make money. If she wants to help her daughter win, it will be as difficult as climbing the sky.

  So the whole family was worried about this matter. When they came out and went in, they didn’t even have a smile on their faces, and they sighed every day.

  Xiang Nan estimated that if this continues, the whole family will become depressed over time.

  But it has nothing to do with him.

  …

  In the second half of 1976, there were turbulent winds and clouds, and major events happened one after another.

  Xiang Nan adheres to the principle of [right and wrong are only caused by talking more, and troubles are caused by being strong], don't say a word, don't do a thing, and live your life honestly.

  But the tree wants to be still but the wind doesn't stop.

  The poems written by Xiang Nan were still noticed by people, and they were composed into songs and began to be sung.

  The earliest song written was "The Sun Is the Reddest, the Chairman Is the Closest". In September of 1976, it was composed by composer Comrade Wang Xiren, and then it was sung across the country.

  As a lyricist, Xiang Nan became popular instantly and became a well-known lyricist, and then honorably joined the Yanjing Writers Association and became a member of the Writers Association.

Subsequently, his works such as "We Are the Successors of Communism", "I Love You, China", "The Spring Water in the Frontier is Clear and Pure", "Our Life Is Full of Sunshine", and "Toast Song" were successively adapted into songs , widely sung.

   This also made Xiang Nan more and more famous.

  So, at the end of 1976, he was transferred to be the editor of "Poetry Magazine". From a young worker to an intellectual.

  As soon as this news came out, there was an instant sensation.

   Not only the leaders of Yili Food Factory were amazed, but even the people in Yangjiao Hutong were surprised.

   Come on, everything is inferior, only reading is high. This sentence has already penetrated into the blood of the Chinese people, and has been regarded as the most reasonable for thousands of years. Even in times of war and chaos, parents want their children to read more books. So there is a natural worship of intellectuals.

  Secondly, those who work hard govern others, and those who work hard govern others. From a secular point of view, workers are doing coolies, and Xiang Nan, who plays with pens, is enjoying happiness.

  So, when I heard that he was transferred to the "Poetry" magazine as an editor, no one envied him.

  …

   "Old Cheng's son is too powerful. He is an editor of "Poetry" magazine. How old is he, and he is really arrogant!"

   "The Cheng family's ancestral grave is really smoking, this is too awesome! Magazine editor, this should be equivalent to the Hanlin Academy, right?"

"It's no wonder he got into the magazine. This kid is so talented. You can see how beautiful he wrote "I Love You, China", "Our Life Is Full of Sunshine", "The Sun Is the Reddest, and the Chairman Is the Closest"~ "

  Everyone talked a lot, and they were almost envious.

  Cheng Baoguo and Feng Aihong were also triumphant.

  The son was transferred to the "Poetry" magazine as an editor, and he was a serious intellectual.

   Not only is the work easy, but also the status is noble, how many people in the four nine cities can compare with it?

  So the two of them didn't even look at the ground in the aisle. They wished they could bend their necks behind their heads and look at people with their nostrils.

  …

   In contrast, the same courtyard son lives in the Su family, and now he can't even lift his head when he walks.

  Su Meng has been idle at home for a year and a half, and has yet to find a job.

  I said that I wanted to become a great poet by writing poems, but I worked hard for a year, but there was no achievement, and not a single poem was published.

  The so-called comparison of people to others makes people mad.

  Seeing that Xiang Nan's career is getting more and more successful, Su Meng is naturally getting more and more angry, wishing to explode her lungs.

  She couldn't figure it out, she was smart since she was a child, graduated from high school, and studied three years more than Xiang Nan, so why should she not be as good as him.

   Anger stems from one's own incompetence.

  Su Meng is very angry now. But, apart from her family, no one cared.

  Chunming didn't care.

   Neither of them spoke in over a year.

  But Xiang Nan knows that Chunming still loves Su Meng.

  Because this year, there were quite a few matchmakers who proposed marriage to him, but he didn't agree to any of them, and he didn't even want to meet.

   Obviously still can't let Su Meng go.

   Regarding this, Xiang Nan didn't persuade him any more.

  Everyone has their own destiny, maybe Su Meng is the evil debt of Chunming's previous life.

  …

  Cai Xiaoli was very reluctant to hear that Xiang Nan received a transfer letter from "Poetry Magazine".

   "Jianjun, you won't abandon me, will you?" She asked worriedly.

  Xiang Nan's achievements are getting higher and higher now, and he has become an editor of a magazine. But she was still an ordinary worker, which made her a little ashamed and felt unworthy of Xiang Nan.

   "What are you talking about, of course I won't." Xiang Nan laughed, "If you don't believe me, I swear to you, if I abandon you, let me go out and get hit by a car..."

   "Okay, okay, don't talk anymore, I believe you." Cai Xiaoli hurriedly stopped.

   "Yeah." Xiang Nan nodded, and then in the name of "Take root in the front line of production", he rejected the transfer from "Poetry" magazine and chose to stay in Yili Food Factory.

   This decision immediately surprised everyone.

   "Poetry Magazine" did not expect that some people would reject its transfer order.

  You know, if it weren't for the few poems written by Xiang Nan, they would be really good. After they were adapted into songs, they would be widely sung. They will not make an exception and transfer a junior high school graduate to be an editor.

  People in Yangjiao Hutong also think that Xiang Nan is too stupid. If you don't want to be an editor, but you want to stay in the factory as a worker, you really have a sick mind.

  The leaders of Yili Food Factory did not expect Xiang Nan to have such deep affection for the factory. It's surprising that he didn't even go when such a good unit transferred him.

  Cai Xiaoli was also a little surprised by Xiang Nan's decision, "Jianjun, why don't you go?"

   "I can't bear you." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "I'm going, I'm afraid you will think too much. So, I'd better stay with you."

   "Jianjun, you are so kind to me." Cai Xiaoli was very moved when she heard what he said. She never thought that Xiang Nan would make such a big sacrifice for her. It almost made her want to give her body.

   Cheng Baoguo and Feng Aihong were furious when they heard their son's decision.

  (end of this chapter)