Chapter 30 Three Mails to Little Readers Newsletter Nine

Dear children: When I picked up my pen, it was the clear autumn in Beijing.The bright sunlight outside the window pierced through the thick shade of willows, shooting layers of smoky light mist!What a fine day!It is with infinite joy and heartiness that I write this letter to my long-lost friends. This summer, I haven't written a single word to you, but I know that there are many children across the country living a summer camp life in the mountains and seas of the motherland, which not only exercises their bodies, but also enriches their knowledge.Other children also did some beneficial outdoor activities or games during this long vacation, and read some long novels or books.Everything I saw and heard about the children's holiday life satisfied and delighted me.

After the "Gang of Four" was overthrown, there were great changes in the children's study and life.You not only study hard, but also develop the habit of reading extracurricular books, which is an excellent phenomenon.But at the same time, I also noticed that some children pay more attention to reading than sports, and a few even put cultural learning and sports in opposition.I don't think it should be.A healthy spirit resides in a healthy body. If your body is weak, no matter how well you read and how knowledgeable you are, you will not have the energy to work in the future.When you are in good times, you will feel powerless, and when you are in adversity, you will feel depressed. This is extremely inappropriate for the current situation in our country where all people are united and working hard to govern.

I might as well tell the children about my experience and lessons about reading and outdoor activities in my youth. I grew up on the edge of mountains and sea corners. Riding horses on mountain roads or rowing boats in shallow seas gave me the greatest happiness.I feel that being in contact with nature, in the fresh air and under the bright sunshine, always makes people open-minded and invigorated, and their minds are more clear when they learn, and they can be remembered quickly when they learn.But on windy mornings and rainy nights, when I couldn't go out, I closed the door and looked for books to read.At that time, there were not many children's books in the society. The novels I could find on the bookshelves of adults were "A Piece of Meat After Life" translated by Lin Qinnan written by the British writer Charles Charles, and so on.I read it in one breath, and after sitting for a long time and using my eyesight too much, I felt in a trance, and the world was strange!Especially when I saw the characters in the book being tortured and suffering, such as "The Temple of Lin Jiaotou Fengxue Mountain" in "Water Margin", and "The Story of the Rest of the Meat", where the orphan David was abused by his stepfather, etc., I Just sad and depressed, unable to control myself.At this time, I quickly put down the book and ran outdoors, letting the rain and wind from the sky wash away my melancholy and restore my spirit.

The children are much happier than I was when I was young. Not only do you have a lot of children's books for you to read, but you also don't have to play outdoors alone like before I didn't have school life when I was young.Your physical education class in school is a group activity, which can train neat and serious organization and discipline. In inter-class and inter-school competitions, you can also cultivate a good style of unity, cooperation, and hard work.This huge effect will be fully displayed twenty years later when you become the main force of our country's four modernizations.At that time, you will say with satisfaction: Thanks to our active participation in healthy and beneficial activities when we were young, we have successfully resisted bourgeois things, tempered our will, and persisted in learning, so we have so much energy to serve the people. Make due contributions!

That's all for now, I wish the children good health and progress in their studies at the beginning of the new school year! Your friend Bing Xin September 13, 1979