Chapter 185 To Lou Shiyi

...Since then, news from the mainland has suddenly been cut off, and the postage has been slow, which is unexpected.It is said that it is not sure whether the letter sent will be received or not due to various reasons.In addition, when I first arrived, I was exhausted from the journey, my mood was disturbed, and I didn't get a letter from my brother, and I didn't have anything important to tell, so I postponed because of this number.In late April and early May, I began to receive letters on January 15 and March 15, and replied immediately. ...The letter that my brother transferred from Europe on February 2 did not pass through overseas, but still came from Chongqing, and it arrived here more than a month after the letter on March 15.As for the "Wenzhen" sent by my brother, my brother only received two volumes 7 and 8, but these two issues seem to be forwarded from Kunming, not directly [sent] from Hong Kong.

A few days ago, I began to receive 3 [volumes], 7-12 [issues], a total of six volumes, and wrote on May 11th. I was overjoyed. My younger brother did not help me with "Wen Zhen", and my older brother supported me alone, so I was often uneasy, but there is a reason for this; I am more busy "doing chores" here than I am in Hong Kong; There is no title to hate; third, there is nothing to write about the local scenery here.As for the impressions along the way after leaving Hong Kong, I haven't written it yet because of lack of time.In short, there are too many accidents, so the promise to send the manuscript cannot be fulfilled, and I have been lazy for a long time. ...

... Volume 2, Issue 7 to Issue 12, I have skimmed through it, and I haven't had time to finish reading it, but I generally feel that it is not bad.Brother's hard work and support have been rewarded. ... "Literary Front" has not yet been seen.Because of the inland publications, there is not one out of ten here, and the old publications can still be seen after three months, but the new publications are not known here, so they don't know that there are such things in the world. As for my younger brother's life here, it can be roughly described as follows: After coming here, a cultural association was established, and my younger brother and Zhang Zhongshi are now in charge of the work of this association.This association is semi-government-run and semi-popular in nature. The persons in charge of various ethnic cultural associations are members of this association, and the number of members is quite large; however, daily affairs are handled by three or more people. My brother and Zhang Zhongshi are two of the three. .However, the ethnic groups here are very complicated, and the social situation is also quite complicated, and the newcomers have no clue. This kind of work is actually not suitable for younger brothers and sisters. Today, we are only doing our best in compiling books (primary school textbooks). The body is getting weaker and weaker, which is a personal difficulty.The two children often think about the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, and because there is no suitable school to go to, living at home is also very boring.The younger brother of the Xinjiang College did homework seventeen hours a week, and most of the homework had nothing to do with literature and art. Because the main teachers of this school were only my younger brother and Zhong Shi, he almost did the homework for the Department of Political Science and Economics, and my younger brother took care of the homework for the Department of Education.There are not many students, about 120 to 30 people, and 50 or 60 of them are still in high school.Ordinary young people in the mainland, not knowing the actual situation, thought that Xinjiang Academy was so and so, and asked to go in.This generation of youth has too much fantasy, and it is useless to come. ...My brother has suffered through hardships and has seen a little more. I have no illusions, and I don't care whether I am disappointed or not. My personal life has been enjoyed a lot in the past. The so-called coming from the splendor is now in the middle age, and it has returned to mediocrity, so it doesn't matter. Only if you are isolated from the world, you are afraid that if you live for a long time, you will become a cultural ignorant.Although this place is close to the Soviet Union, there are very few books and newspapers from the Soviet Union. There are no bookstores for immediate purchase, only subscriptions. However, the books and newspapers ordered at the end of March have not yet come. Those also.

Finally, regarding "Wenzhen", I hope that brother will continue to support it. The editing style, as it is now, is not bad, and there seems to be no need for reform. "Short stories" are often better. ... There are very few young writers here, and their writing is too formulaic, because they have read too little, and also because the scope of their reading is not wide. ... Mao Dun [1939×month×day]