Chapter 125 I remembered Mr. Lao She again

Shu Yi showed me his book "Lao She's Passes and Hobbies", and asked me to write a preface.I opened the book and couldn't let go of it.I already know a lot about Lao She’s hurdle in his own works, especially "Under the Red Flag". As for his last hurdle, because I was also locked in the cowshed at that time, I still My daughter Wu Bing, who is far away in Lanzhou, wrote to me! As for his hobbies, after reading this book, I feel that I know too little. Lao She is really a "true person" who "doesn't show his face"!For example, he can box and sing operas, etc. We have never heard him talk about it (if we had known, our children would have asked Uncle Shu to punch or sing a line or two of Beijing opera!) As for the love of flowers, raising Cats, etc., were only seen when we went to his house after the founding of New China.

Speaking of his "doing good", "sharing" and "giving warmth", I remember one time we talked about the "Bible" (he is a Christian, which I never knew. I was from middle school to college, all received a Christian education).He said that the essence of the Bible is that "the giver is more blessed than the receiver", which I completely agree with.I think Lao She is the most blessed person in terms of "doing good". The period when Lao She had the closest contact with us was in Chongqing during the Anti-Japanese War.I live in Geleshan in the suburbs, and he often goes to the residence of General Feng Yuxiang on the mountain.We all think he is the most hearty, humorous, unpretentious and enthusiastic among our friends.I often said to him with a smile, "You are here, unlike the 'seat in the breeze', but a heat wave that swept the hearts of our family." At that time, he was carrying the banner of the "Artistic Association" in Chongqing, but he always Don't mention the things that made him suffer.When he came, he would fight with the children and drink with Wenzao. After drinking, he would lie on the cot on the porch of our earthen house, silently watching the Jialing River rushing eastward, and would not leave until the moon came up.

Soon he went to live in Beibei. I heard that he had a wonderful "cross talk" with Liang Shiqiu at a meeting in Beibei, but unfortunately we didn't hear it. Of course, Shu Yi knows more about Lao She than we do when he knows his father, but there are always some things in a person's life, such as very trivial knowledge, thoughts, etc., that he did not listen to. Having said that, others will not know.I once wrote a passage about Lao She, and I might as well repeat it here: "The deeds and achievements of a people's artist, language master, and model worker in the literary and art circles are manifold. Every friend has his own understanding of him. On the one hand, a beam of light can be projected from every side, and only when many beams of light are condensed together can a complete Mr. Lao She be reflected."

This is an iron fact. The first edition of China Construction Press in 1988. )