Chapter 9 9. Start writing in Huangshan

In early summer, Chen Dengke, vice chairman of the Anhui Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, wrote to invite them to Huangshan.Chen Dengke is a student of the first batch of the Institute of Literature, and also a "superior apprentice" valued by Ding Ling. Chen Dengke has always been grateful to his teacher and is looking for opportunities to repay him.It was extremely hot in Beijing that summer, and Ding Ling was looking for a cool place to hide out. Huangshan Mountain, with its beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, was an excellent choice, so go there and write that long-awaited novel!

On the morning of July 5, Ding Ling and Chen Ming boarded the train bound for Bengbu with Xia Gengqi, a civil servant. At 4 o'clock in the morning on the 6th, the train arrived in Bengbu. Chen Dengke picked him up at the station and arranged to live in the communication office.Once in the room, Chen Dengke told them that the itinerary had changed and the road to Hefei was blocked, so the plan to go to Foziling fell through.After discussing with each other, the three decided to change the route, go to Hangzhou first, then transfer to Huangshan from there, and leave that night! Arrived at Huangshan Management Office, lived in Ziyun Villa, where several people lived alone in a small building.Ding Ling liked the coolness here very much. She wrote a letter to Zu Lin, Zu Hui and Kang Zhuo each, telling her itinerary and her address for the few days before leaving Beijing, and then she calmed down and started her writing.That summer there was a lot of rain in Mount Huangshan, and it rained almost every day. Ding Ling started "In the Frost Days" at a rate of two to three thousand words per day amidst the sound of the rain.

They were separated by heavy rain at the foot of the mountain for a whole week. It was not until the morning of the 25th that they went up the mountain in a sedan chair accompanied by Director Sha of the Huangshan Management Office. Ding Ling sat alone and Chen and Chen shared one.Their place of residence is Houhai Shiziling, and Ding Ling loves the scenery there very much.The painter Liu Haisu and his wife also lived there to sketch.Ding Ling saw that they only brought a little canned food with them every day, went out early and returned late, and went out for a whole day, so she respected them, so she gave them some ham sent by Liu Kaiqu.Liu Haisu accepted the ham, and gave the canned food back in return.They were not familiar with each other in the past, but they got along very well in the past few days. When we parted, Liu Haisu left his home phone number, and asked Ding Ling to stay for a few days when he returned to Beijing and passed through Shanghai. He wanted to find a doctor to treat her back pain.In that summer, Ding Ling wrote a total of 50,000 characters at the beginning.