Chapter 14 Theme Book Club
"Hey, Zhizhong, are you going to wash up?"
Liu Hongmin made small talk and closed the dormitory door. If Xu Liancheng and Wang Qingyang knew the details, they would probably kill someone tonight.
"That's right." Zhao Zhizhong had no intention of interrupting their conversation. As he walked towards the washroom, he encouraged Liu Hongmin, "Hongmin, you must work hard and let the Chinese department know how powerful our history department is."
Liu Hongmin was speechless. Where did this second-year soul of yours come from? Are you a time traveler with no memory of your past life?
Zou Shifang: "Listen, this is what a good youth of our new era should be like. They should have the spirit of hard work!"
Liu Hongmin complained in his heart: Young people in the new era all want to lie down.
"Lao Zou, go find someone else! I'm busy."
Zou Shifang held him back and said, "Well, if you don't agree, I'll ask Zha Jianying to invite you."
Liu Hongmin's body stiffened. "Old Zou, you are being a bit shameless."
Zou Shifang said proudly: "I don't care, inviting you is my mission. If you make me fail to complete the mission, I will make you suffer."
"mean!!!"
Liu Hongmin compromised because he was really afraid of Cha Jianying.
As the saying goes, one thing conquers another. Liu Hongmin is fearless. Although he seems to be afraid of Xu Liancheng and Wang Qingyang, he actually doesn't want to get on the same level with them. They are all classmates, and there is no deep hatred. They will meet each other sooner or later. Let it go if it can be tolerated.
If these two guys can't open their eyes, Liu Hongmin doesn't mind letting them have a taste of his sandbag-sized fists.
Only Cha Jianying was really scary to Liu Hongmin. This woman was a spirited young lady, full of energy and vitality, and she also liked to motivate others.
Therefore, after entering Kyoto University, she quickly became a student leader and participated in many campus activities.
Compared with Zha Jianying, Liu Hongmin is a lazy person. He doesn't want to participate in any activities and only wants to finish his studies and write novels.
Cha Jianying established a literary club, hoping to recruit talented writers and poets in the school so that everyone could learn and improve together. He invited Liu Hongmin through Zou Shifang, but Liu Hongmin refused. Cha Jianying then personally stepped in and pestered Liu Hongmin for seven or eight days, which annoyed Liu Hongmin.
Facing a female comrade, and one who was good to him, Liu Hongmin could not hit or scold her. In the end, he could only agree to join the literature club and let Zha Jianying leave happily.
Now is the critical period for submitting works to "My Brothers and Sisters". If he lets Cha Jianying get involved, he won't have time to do anything else.
Zou Shifang told Liu Hongmin the time and place of the reading club and warned him: "Bring your manuscript with you on time. If you don't go, I will release Cha Jianying."
Liu Hongmin gritted his teeth and slowly extended his middle finger to greet this scumbag.
It seemed that he had no choice but to go. Liu Hongmin could only think about what to do to avoid embarrassment. Only these students could think of sharing their thoughts and experiences with an unpublished novel.
The reading club was held in an open class classroom. When Liu Hongmin stood at the door, he was startled by the large crowd of people inside.
"Come in!" Zou Shifang walked over quickly and motioned Liu Hongmin to enter the house.
Liu Hongmin pulled him out of the door and asked softly, "What's going on? Isn't this a reading club? Why are there so many people?"
The Chinese Department is divided into literature, Chinese linguistics, classical literature, and journalism. The class of 77 and 78 combined only had about to students.
The students majoring in Classical Literature do not have the dream of becoming writers, and they never attend reading clubs. The students majoring in Journalism generally aspire to become journalists, and they basically do not attend reading clubs. The remaining two majors will not all attend, some people cannot keep up with the learning progress, and some people have to take leave for personal reasons. In this way, it would be good to have more than a hundred people. But there are obviously two or three hundred people in this room, and many of them are not students of the Chinese Department.
Because Liu Hongmin saw his classmates who lived in the same dormitory as him, as well as the classmates from the Department of Chemistry who had asked him for his autograph when he met them in the restaurant.
Zou Shifang said with a guilty conscience: "I don't know how the news of your participation in the book club got out. Many of your fans want to join and want to know more about My Brothers and Sisters first..."
"..."
Liu Hongmin stared at this idiot, not knowing what to say. What do you mean by leaking the news? You are just short of using the school radio to invite everyone.
At this time, Cha Jianying came over.
"Red people, come in!"
Liu Hongmin smiled awkwardly and said, "Why don't we find a small classroom?"
When Zha Jianying heard this, he immediately said, "Hongmin, since we have already promised these students, how can we get rid of them? But don't worry, I have already made it clear to them that they are just auditors and are not allowed to speak or interrupt your speech."
Liu Hongmin was about to say something when he saw Zha Jianying holding out his hand, "Where's the manuscript?"
Zou Shifang took the bag from Liu Hongmin, took out the manuscript and handed it to Cha Jianying. Cha Jianying immediately walked up to the podium and knocked on the table with the eraser.
"Everyone, please be quiet. The reading club will begin now. First, I will read Comrade Liu Hongmin's new work, My Brothers and Sisters."
Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Cha Jianying solemnly opened the manuscript and read aloud with great emotion.
"My Brothers and Sisters, by Liu Hongmin. In the winter of 1977, my father was rehabilitated. He was a music teacher..."
Everyone listened attentively. There was no other sound in the open class classroom except for Cha Jianying's voice. They were all attracted by the story told by Cha Jianying, thinking about the scenes in the story in their minds, in a way that they could understand.
Liu Hongmin looked at Cha Jianying quietly. Because he was not very familiar with the manuscript, Cha Jianying often stumbled and worked very slowly.
But it is precisely because of the slow speed that it gives people room for imagination.
Liu Hongmin was a little dazed. It was not the first time he met Cha Jianying, but he never knew that she could be so charming when doing things.
Cha Jianying's voice was clear and loud, just like her clean and efficient actions. It was not the first time Liu Hongmin had seen such a girl, but he had never seen anyone like Cha Jianying.
Zou Shifang took the kettle and filled Cha Jianying's quilt with hot water. When he walked back, he saw Liu Hongmin's dazed look.
He looked back at Cha Jianying, then at Liu Hongmin, and suddenly revealed a weird smile.
These two people, a talented man and a talented woman, are a perfect match!
Considering that the reading club is currently being held, Zou Shifang plans to talk to the two parties about this matter after the meeting. If it really comes to pass, it will still be a big deal.
Thinking of this, Zou Shifang couldn't help but smile.
(End of this chapter)
