Chapter 35 postscript

This is my third book, counting the first two - "Grassy Love I" and - made up my "Trilogy of Youth". The reason why I say "mine" is that the emotions and states of these three books are my real reactions at the corresponding age. "Grassy Years I" is about the chaos in college, and about the confusion after one year of graduation. This "Grassy Years 2" is about the loss and helplessness after three years of graduation. This book took me a long way. After finishing the first draft, I sent it to the publishing house, thinking that I could get the printed book in half a month, then I bought a ticket to Tianjin, met some college classmates, and started to give myself a vacation.But as soon as I returned to Beijing on the fifth day, the publishing house called and asked me to go over and have a chat.Hanging up the phone, I had the feeling that the manuscript might have to be changed, not just to fix typos and punctuation.

The next day I went to the publishing house and met with the planner and editor.After affirming the first draft, they said: "but……" Sure enough, as I expected, it has to be changed.I expected every "but" the editors said.I also realized these problems during the writing process, but I ignored them because I was in a hurry to finish the manuscript, because summer was coming, and when it was hot, I didn't have the heart to do things. Some animals need hibernation, I need summer rest.The summer in Beijing makes me very uncomfortable.As soon as July entered, I started to dawdle completely, waiting for the arrival of autumn. Except for eating, drinking, and sleeping, I was still going on on the basis of the disorder, and I couldn't continue to do other things, including writing.Those failed subjects when I was in college also mostly appeared in the exams before the summer vacation.What is particularly clear in my impression is that my fourth grade was passed in the exam during the winter vacation.

This happens for about three months a year, and in September, I start to get better.Every time I summarize myself at the end of the year, I find that there is nothing to summarize in the days starting from the second half of the year. My effective time is only three quarters of others.If a person lives for 80 years, then I have 20 years of waiting - what a waste of life! But this summer, I have something to do, and I must finish it in the summer, because if it is delayed until autumn, my mentality will change at that time (when I was twenty, my worldview changed every day; now, I The world view changes every quarter), maybe it will completely negate the first draft, overturn and rewrite it—just like when I read the first two books now, I wonder if I wrote it—but after all, it is the 200,000 yuan that I have put in my hard work Words, I decided to hurry up and publish before changing my attitude towards life.

This conversation also let me know that writing must not be done quickly, because everyone's eyes are sharp, and if it is served on the table before it is cooked, whoever eats it will not feel bad.I have to go back to the pot. After leaving the publishing house, there was a Xiali taxi parked on the right hand side of the door. The driver kept staring at me. I resolutely turned to the left. The driver honked the horn a few times, but I didn't look back.I want to take a walk and think about the issues mentioned by the editors just now. This is my habit, just like taking a walk after eating, it helps digestion.

With my head half down, I walked unhurriedly through a smelly underground passage along a dry river.I don't know how long I walked, but I had a preliminary idea of ​​how to modify it. When I looked up, I found that the Madian Bridge had arrived.I came from Jianxiang Bridge. The distance is about two kilometers. I didn’t take the Xiali just now, so I saved three yuan. If it was Fukang or Elantra, I could save four yuan. After walking such a long distance, I didn't feel tired at all, maybe because my mind was occupied by other things.I suddenly realized that the reason why the Long March was able to win was because the revolutionary situation at that time was not optimistic. The dawn is ushered in.

When you get back, start editing.Maybe it was because I was anxious (although I know that being anxious is not good for writing at all, but I still couldn’t control it), there was a fire, and I was blown by the cool wind when I slept at night. The next day I started to cough, and I coughed for more than 20 days. , from the heart, vomiting without bleeding.The sound is so loud that sometimes it can cough up the car alarm while walking on the road. During this time, I ate three meals a day, four meals of medicine, and took the first photo of this year, which was taken in the X-ray room of the hospital.Avoid smoking and alcohol in diet, avoid spicy food, drink cold food, and eat hot food.I finally found a cheap place to eat boiled fish. I planned to go once a week, but now I have to fall through.Eating out with my buddies, not only can’t drink cold beer, even room temperature ones, I can only drink free tea, watch them dangling cups in front of me, and accept that they treat me in between drinks The criticisms made by me let me know that good health is not only for myself, but also for more people.

I revised the second draft while sick and sent it to the publishing house. After reading it, they said it was ok, and asked me to go back and think of a name for the subtitle of the book.I thought about it while recuperating, and finally came up with the current name: post-university era.Because this book is about the impact of four-year university on the follow-up of graduates, and no matter how long people graduate, they cannot get rid of the inextricable connection with the university.These four years, to be more serious, can affect a person's life. The writing of the "trilogy" accompanied me growing up.My understanding of life is like a spring that keeps coming out. Over the past 20 years, it has become a small puddle. Now I put the water into three tanks, and there is not much water left in the puddle. It's not enough to fill another jar. Fortunately, I am still growing, and the spring has not dried up, and it still bubbles out from time to time. When the water is almost stored, it can be filled into the jar again.

Maybe the "trilogy" is just the beginning, and maybe it will develop into a "six part", or even more. Sun Rui August 2005