Chapter 222 Preface to "Youth"

Lao She's daughter Shu Ji called me and said that Zhejiang Juvenile and Children's Publishing House was going to publish a collection of Comrade Fengxia's childhood deeds "Youth", and Comrade Fengxia wanted me to write a preface.Comrade Fengxia talked with me on the phone that night, and sent me her two books "Art Career" and "Memoirs of Xin Fengxia" the next day.In these two collections, there are experiences of her childhood. These two books are relatively thick and heavy to hold!But the more I read it, the more interesting it became, and I finished it in just one and a half days.Some of them have already been read in newspapers, and the preface written by Ye Shengtao for "Art Career", I have read it from "Ye Shengtao's Preface and Postscript Collection".After reading these two books, Xin Fengxia stands tall and straight from the paper, standing in front of me like a lotus emerging from the water!

I have met Xin Fengxia, but she is not on stage, and I am not off stage, because I seldom listen to operas.I remember that it was an occasion to entertain foreign guests. In a circle of chairs, she sang a cappella for us.I am a layman when it comes to drama. I just think this actor is natural and handsome without makeup, and his voice is very mellow. As for her art, she already has a high reputation at home and abroad, so I can't say anything. What I want to praise is her independent and self-reliant personality like a white lotus emerging from the water, which "comes out of the mud without being stained, and without being demonic". This is a good example for our children to learn from.

These short essays of Xin Fengxia's memories and thoughts are very well written!why good?Because what she writes are all the life experiences of bitterness and hatred at the bottom of the artist society from the old society.It's all true feelings, blood and tears, singing and laughing.She writes for the sake of writing, as Ye Lao said, "smooth" and "profound", dotted with some typos in the words and sentences, overflowing with the sweet and bitter feelings in her heart! Xin Fengxia is a woman with ideas.She "witnessed the tragic experience of many actresses after they got married in the old society", so she was "cautious".She said: "For life, I have my own ideals and pursuits. I must choose a person who is knowledgeable and can help me in my career. He must also be a kind, loyal and good person to be my guide. A lifelong companion." She said so and she did.Regarding this "caution" in choosing a life partner, I think some female intellectuals seem to have not yet achieved it.

Comrade Fengxia also has a few words to the young people today, which are heartfelt and painful words: "What I envy most is the young people of today. How happy you are! The unfortunate road has come, and the painful experience and lessons have been borne by your predecessors. The country has hope and the future is infinitely bright. You may be in the future. We are moving forward on the great road, and only by studying hard can we become competent builders of the motherland—youth is very short, very short, but it is the foundation of a lifetime, so you must seize it and don't waste a minute...Old age People often say that "a poor family produces a filial son". Nowadays, it is not easy for children to understand this sentence, because the degree of family poverty has changed a lot compared to the past. Children go to school when they are sensible, and they are assigned after graduation. Life is guaranteed, and there is no threat of starvation. Compared with the old society, it is very different. But I often see groups of young people fighting in the street... the "Gang of Four" advocated turning faces I don’t recognize people, I don’t know how to love others, I don’t understand feelings, I am mean, cruel, rude, disrespectful, self-serving, I want everything, I don’t have the spirit of hard work and entrepreneurship, and I can’t even catch up with us in the old society. Earn it by yourself, learn by yourself, work hard...  

"Dear young people, you are happy people, don't waste time, pay close attention to studying culture and science, and shoulder the burden of serving the people, the country, and the nation, creating civilization and wealth." I copied what Comrade Fengxia said, because what she said was much more thorough than what I wanted to say.I would like to read "Youth" Teenagers in this collection, after reading it, you should remember these words well, it will be of great help to you now and in the future.