The breeze blows the flute, and the setting sun crosses the mountains.

The horizon of the sky, the corner of the earth, and the intimate friends are half scattered.

A spoonful of wine is enough to make you happy, so don't leave Meng Han tonight. "

After reading the last sentence of Biography of Lin, the page number is fixed at 368. My thoughts are flying, Li Shutong's Farewell, which is composed by lyrics, echoes in my ears, and the familiar melody runs through the movie Old Things in the South of the City, Xiaoying's childhood and my memory. In the past, about Lin, only Xiaoying stayed in her "Old Things in the South of the City" and stories. All this changed until I read the biography of Lin written by my second daughter.

Close the biography of Lin, eyes stay on the cover for a long time. On the cover, Lin in his later years is sitting at his desk, holding a pen in his right hand and putting it to his ear. Her mouth is raised and her eyes are deep, which is probably an occasional moment in her works.

This is an old book sent by a friend of Beijing Zhengyang Bookstore, together with an inkstone. The thick ink fragrance adds a lot of scroll flavor to the room.

At this time, outside the window, night falls and the lights are on. I live in Xi 'an, which is also south of the city, and there are many old things. On the balcony outside the kitchen, red lanterns are hung on the Lantern Festival night. After hanging up the phone that day, I went downstairs to take pictures. Nowadays, there are colorful lights everywhere in Xi, but what I like best in my heart are these two lights outside the window. The light is soft, the red is warm, and it doesn't hurt your eyes to look up, just like the story told by Xiaoying in Old Things in the South of the City, which is pure, simple and implicit.

Lin was 42 years old when he wrote Old Things in the South of the City. He told the story from a child's point of view. Perhaps no one can surpass Lin. This is also the reason why Xiaoying is popular. The novel is written in a quadrangle in the south of Beijing in the 1920s. Xiaoying lives in a warm and happy family. The story develops from 7 years old to 13, and Xiaoying looks at the joys and sorrows of the adult world with a pair of curious eyes. Some people say that Xiaoying is Lin. Lin has no problem with this, but she said that the stories written in the article are all other people's stories, and she and her family are just foil. She just wants readers to share her memories of her childhood.

Lin created Xiaoying and Xiaoying also created Lin.

Some experts say that after Lao She wrote Four Generations under One roof and Cao Yu wrote Peking Man, the old things in the south of the city just filled this gap. The madman, the old lady and Xiaoying in the story are all characters that Lao She and Cao Yu wanted to write but didn't write.

In "1983", director Wu made a film of an ancient story of the south of the city, which touched countless audiences and made Lin a household name in Taiwan Province Province. In the early 1980s, there was no contact between the two sides of the Taiwan Province Strait. It was not until the film won an award on the international stage that Lin realized that her work had been made into a film. At that time, Shanghai Film Studio also called on Lin to collect the manuscript fee at his convenience or by entrusting relatives and friends. Now, this payment is still kept in Shanghai Film Studio. In the early 1990s, I met director Wu. She said that the film was very satisfied with the taste of "light sadness and heavy lovesickness" in the original work.

When I read this chapter the other day, I was still unfinished. When I came home from work at night, I couldn't help but relive the movie Old Things in the South of the City and didn't fall asleep until after midnight. At that time, ZhangFeng yi was still very young, and Xiaoying's actor Shen Jie had a pair of pure and bright eyes.

Lin, formerly known as Lin, 19 18 was born in Japan, and his father Lin went to Japan with his mother to make a living. When I was 3 years old, I went back to my hometown in Taiwan Province Province with my parents. At that time, Taiwan Province Province was still a Japanese colony, and people's lives were very difficult. At the age of five, a family of three moved to Beijing and settled in Cheng Nan, where they lived for 25 years. At the age of 30, he returned to his hometown of Taiwan Province Province with his husband Xia (pen name He Fan) and three children. Lin returned to his second hometown Beijing at the age of 765,438+0, which changed his appearance and remained a pure Beijing accent. Everyone who knows her well likes her beautiful Beijing accent and hearty laughter.

When his father Huan Wen died, Lin was only 13 years old. She said that her childhood ended at that moment. As the eldest in the family, she and her mother supported a family together. She is independent and responsible, and all her brothers and sisters regard her as their parents. This habit has been going on for decades.

After reading Biography of Lin, I felt a lot. In the course of Lin's life in 83 years, he used his rich experience to perfectly perform the following roles.

Author: Lin began to publish articles in newspapers at the age of 365,438+0. Later, he successively published a collection of essays, a novel Xiaoyun and a collection of short stories (including Hui An Ting, Let's Go to the Beach, Aunt Lan, The Donkey Barks Rolling, and Dad's Flowers Falling). ). Childhood? Camel), children's books "Golden Bridge" and other works. Together with her husband Xia, she is called half of the literary world in Taiwan Province Province.

Editor: 1937, 19-year-old Lin officially became a reporter of the News of the World, mainly covering women's news. There, she met Xia and started a family. At the age of 27, I returned to the World Journal and edited the women's edition. At the age of 3 1, I edited Mandarin Daily. Weekend Edition was hired as the editor-in-chief of the supplement of United Daily News at the age of 35, founded Satellite magazine at the age of 39, and founded Pure Literature Monthly as the publisher and editor-in-chief at the age of 49. During this period, a large number of literary newcomers were discovered and supported.

Publisher: At the age of 50, Lin founded Pure Literature Publishing House, which didn't end until the age of 77. In 27 years, she published more than 400 books, leaving a batch of excellent works for the literary world. Whether running a magazine or publishing, Lin always insists on pure literature.

Gourmet, housewife, wife and mother are also Lin's unique labels.

Lin is delicious and likes to eat, which is fully reflected in her rich posture and her special research on food. She said that sometimes she would think about what to eat next week, and she would look forward to a week. She likes to visit the vegetable market and buy all kinds of ingredients. The first thing she does when she comes home from work is go to the kitchen. A pair of skillful hands can make soup, write articles and cut clothes for children. She worked hard all her life, loved her family and took care of her children. Her husband, He Fan, never went into the kitchen, but this did not affect their happy marriage at all, which became a much-told story in the literary world of Taiwan Province Province, and all four children in her family became talents. As it turns out, you can have your cake and eat it in the forest. Among many identities, what she likes best is: Lin, a living person.

Lin's living room is praised by friends in the literary world as a living room that never turns off the lights. Guests include writers from Taiwan Province Province, writers from other provinces, mainland writers and foreign writers. Lin always puts a lot of thought into inviting people to dinner. She cooks by herself, so that everyone and herself can enjoy themselves. When you visit Xia's home, the guests have a good time chatting and eating. Every time Lin takes pictures of his friends, three or four days later, the guests will receive photos, and Lin will also indicate the time and place after the photos. Strangely, the wrinkles on everyone's face disappeared, so everyone jokingly called Lin a "wrinkle-free photographer". Xia's living room makes Lin and his wife friends all over the world.

Lin, a young man who has lost his father, no guidance from his father and brother, and only has a high school education, can combine what she has done all her life with the pulse of society. A housewife who has to take care of four children can walk out of such a big pattern in writing, editing, publishing and life and live such a wonderful life, thanks to her intelligence, diligence, responsibility and backbone.

Biographies are usually written by others. This biography of Lin written by the second daughter is different from other biographies because the mother and daughter have lived and worked together for decades and know each other very well.

If there are regrets, there are also. Lin, He Fan and his wife's four children all settled abroad as adults, and Lin was lonely in his later years. According to the book, Lin is an old woman. She often calls her children for so long that her daughter's neighbors are always worried that the phone bill will bankrupt Grandma Lin.

Biography of Lin is a good book that will be reread one day. Slight sadness, heavy lovesickness. Those south of the city, those old things, are all in my heart, and the song "Farewell" is often in my ear.

Eiko is always there, and Lin is always there.