People in the south of the city, an ancient story —— Reading Lin's Biography? From the south of the city

"Outside the pavilion, beside the ancient road, the grass is blue.

The breeze blows the flute, and the sunset is beyond the mountain.

The horizon, the horizon, intimate friends are half scattered.

A gourd ladle of wine is perfect, no Meng Han tonight. "

After reading the last sentence of Biography of Lin, the page number is set at 368. My thoughts are flying. The farewell written and arranged by Li Shutong echoes in my ears. The familiar melody runs through the film Old Things in the South of the City, Xiaoying's childhood and my memory. In the past, about Lin, it was only Xiaoying who stayed in her "Old Things in the South of the City" and stories. All this changed until I saw the biography of Lin written by my second daughter.

Close "Biography of Lin" and keep your eyes on the cover for a long time. On the cover, Lin in his later years is sitting at a desk, holding a pen in his right hand and sticking his ear to it. Her mouth is raised and her eyes are deep, which is probably an occasional moment in her works.

This is an old book from a friend of Beijing Zhengyang Bookstore, together with an inkstone. The thick ink fragrance adds a lot of scroll flavor to the room.

At this time, outside the window, night falls and the lights are on. I live in Xi 'an, which is also south of the city, and there are many old things. On the balcony outside the kitchen, red lanterns are hung on the Lantern Festival night. After I hung up the phone that day, I went downstairs and took photos. Nowadays, colorful lights are flying everywhere in Xi 'an, but what I like in my heart is these two lights outside the window. The light is soft, the red is warm, and it doesn't hurt your eyes to look up, just like the story told by Xiaoying in Old Things in the South of the City, which is pure, simple and implicit.

When writing Old Stories in the South of the City, Lin returned to his hometown of Taiwan Province at the age of 42. He tells stories from the perspective of a child, and probably no one will surpass Lin. This is also the reason why Xiaoying is popular. The novel is written in a quadrangle in the south of Beijing in the 1920s. Xiaoying lives in a warm and happy family. The story develops from 7 years old to 13, and Xiaoying looks at the joys and sorrows of the adult world with a pair of curious eyes. Some people say that Xiaoying is Lin. Lin has no problem with this, but she said that all the stories written in the article are other people's stories, and she and her family are just foil. She just wants readers to share her memories of her childhood.

Lin created Xiaoying and Xiaoying also created Lin.

Some experts say that after Lao She wrote Four Generations under One Roof and Cao Yu wrote Peking Man, Old Things in the South of the City just filled the blank. The madman, the old lady and Xiaoying in the story are all characters that Lao She and Cao Yu wanted to write but didn't write.

1983 director Wu turned an old story in the south of the city into a movie, which touched countless audiences and made Lin a household name in Taiwan Province province. In the early 1980s, there was no contact between the two sides of the Taiwan Province Strait. It was not until the film won an international prize that Lin realized that his work had been made into a film. At that time, Shanghai Film Studio also called on Lin to collect the manuscript fee at her convenience or by entrusting relatives and friends. Now, this payment is still kept in Shanghai Film Studio. In the early 1990s, Lin met director Wu. She said that the film was very satisfied with the taste of "faint sadness and heavy acacia" in the original work.

I saw this chapter a few days ago, and I'm still unfinished. When I came home from work at night, I couldn't help but relive the movie "Old Things in the South of the City" and didn't fall asleep until after midnight. At that time, ZhangFeng yi was still so young, and Jie Shen, who played Xiaoying, had such pure and bright eyes.

Lin, formerly known as Lin, was born in Japan in 19 18. His father Lin and his mother went to Japan to make a living. When I was 3 years old, I went back to my hometown in Taiwan Province Province with my parents. At that time, Taiwan Province Province was still a Japanese colony, and people's lives were very difficult. At the age of five, a family of three moved to Beijing and settled in Cheng Nan, where they lived for 25 years. At the age of 30, he returned to his hometown in Taiwan Province with his husband Xia (pen name He Fan) and three children. Lin returned to Beijing, his second hometown, at the age of 765,438+0, and his appearance changed greatly, still with a pure Beijing accent. Everyone who knows her well likes her beautiful Beijing accent and hearty laughter.

Lin was only 13 years old when his father Huan Wen died. She said that her childhood ended at that moment. As the eldest in the family, she and her mother supported a family together. She is independent and responsible, and all her brothers and sisters regard her as their parents. This habit has been going on for decades.

After reading the biography of Lin, I felt a lot. In the course of Lin's 83-year life, he perfectly interpreted the following roles with his energetic experience.

Author: Lin began to publish articles in newspapers at the age of 365,438+0. Later, he successively published a collection of essays, a novel Xiaoyun and a collection of short stories (including Hui An Ting, Let's Go to the Sea, Aunt Lan, Rolling on a Donkey, and Dad's Flowers Falling). ). Childhood? Camel), children's books "Golden Bridge" and other works. Together with her husband Xia, she is known as half of Taiwan Province's literary world.

Editor: 1937, 19-year-old Lin officially became a reporter of the News of the World, focusing on women's news, where she met Xia and got married. At the age of 27, she returned to the World Journal to edit the women's edition. 3 1 year-old, editing Mandarin Daily. In the weekend edition, he was hired as the editor-in-chief of the supplement of United Daily News at the age of 35, founded Satellite magazine at the age of 39, and founded Pure Literature Monthly as the publisher and editor-in-chief at the age of 49. During this period, a large number of literary newcomers were discovered and supported.

Publisher: Lin founded Pure Literature Publishing House at the age of 50 and ended at the age of 77. In 27 years, * * * has published more than 400 books, leaving a number of outstanding works for the literary world. Whether running a magazine or publishing, Lin always insists on pure literature.

Food, housewives and good wives and mothers are also unique labels of Lin.

Lin is delicious and likes to eat, which is fully reflected in her plump figure and her special research on food. She said that sometimes she would think about what to eat next week and she would look forward to the whole week. She likes to visit the vegetable market and buy all kinds of ingredients. The first thing she does when she comes home from work is go to the kitchen. A pair of skillful hands can make soup, write articles and cut children's clothes. She worked hard all her life, loved her family and took care of her children. Her husband, He Fan, never goes into the kitchen, but this does not affect their happy marriage at all, which has become a story in the literary world of Taiwan Province Province, and all four children in her family have become talents. As it turns out, you can have your cake and eat it in the forest. Among many identities, what she likes best is: Lin, a living person.

Lin's Living Room is praised by literary friends as a living room that never turns off the lights. Guests include writers from Taiwan Province Province, writers from other provinces, mainland writers and foreign writers. Every time she invites someone to dinner, Lin puts a lot of thought into it. She cooks by herself, so that everyone and herself can enjoy themselves. When I was a guest at Xia's house, the guests chatted happily and ate happily. Every time Lin takes pictures of his friends, three or four days later, the guests will receive photos, and Lin will also indicate the time and place after the photos. Strangely, all the wrinkles on everyone's face disappeared, so everyone nicknamed Lin "wrinkle-free photographer" The Living Room of the Summer Family made Lin and his wife friends all over the world.

Lin, a young man who has lost his father, no guidance from his father and brother, and only has a high school education, can combine his life's actions with the pulse of society. A housewife who has to take care of four children can get out of such a big situation in writing, editing, publishing and life and lead such a wonderful life, thanks to her intelligence, diligence, responsibility and backbone.

General biographies are written by others. This biography of Lin written by the second daughter is different from other biographies because the mother and daughter have lived and worked together for decades and know each other very well.

If there are regrets, there are also. Lin He Fan and his wife's four children all settled abroad when they were adults, and Lin was lonely in his later years. According to this book, Lin, an elderly woman, often calls her children for so long that her daughter's neighbors are always worried that the phone bill will bankrupt Grandma Lin.

Biography of Lin is a good book that will be reread one day. Light sadness, heavy lovesickness. Those south of the city, those old things, are all in my heart, and the song "Goodbye" is always in my ear.

Eiko forever, Lin forever.