Xu Donglin's Creative Interview

Q: Speaking of the "literary nest army", you gave me the impression that you fought your way out of the "oblique thorn". Abrupt and eye-catching Tell me about those days when you were away. Interesting childhood stories, youthful years, the beginning of creation ... whatever you want.

Xu Donglin: From childhood, in chronological order-

You know, I live by the water. When I was a child, I was at the water's edge, playing alone, watching the water and watching the boat. There are also waterside scenery, white pears, green willows, orange sunset and pale white moon. ...

On the bamboo bed in summer night, next to the fire box in winter, I listened to grandma's ancient drama about the legend of the white snake. Later, I learned a few simple words. I like reading comic books on the wall. It's all ancient dramas. I am addicted to it, and the joys and sorrows of the world have entered my heart so early. I also like listening to our Lu opera. Many of its vocals are sad and lyrical, and I often cry. These make me like sadness and lyricism.

I don't like playing with others since I was a child. I like to look around for words that I can read. This is very interesting. When I was about ten years old, I went to my grandmother's house to pay New Year's greetings. I read the Spring Festival couplets for nearly ten miles all the way. My father is a person who likes reading, and he basically reads books. In addition, my father also likes Huangmei Opera. He used to be a craftsman in Anqing, and even bought lyrics when he went home. I took a fancy to it and liked it. It is catchy and full of charm. At that time, for a rural girl, what she could read was really limited! Even my father quoted quotations from Chairman Mao. I love paper with words! However, I still thank God that I was born in the countryside, and I can have a world that children in another city don't have, which makes my experience the background of my later writing. When I saw a serious book, it was the third grade of primary school. I subscribed to Selected Compositions for Primary School Students, and the money was given by my mother. In that era when many parents were unwilling to spend money to send girls to school, my mother gave her daughter such a "snack" in an enlightened way. In primary school, the composition is self-evident, and it has always been read by Chinese teachers as a model essay. Childhood also has sad things, don't say it. I had two ideals when I was a child. I think I may be a little precocious, because when children of the same age only like to fight and hide on the ridge after school, I have an idea about my future. These two ideals are: to be an actor in Huangmei Opera; To be a person with high martial arts, you must at least be able to fly. My father likes Huangmei Opera. In 1980s, Malan was very popular, and he also knew Yan Fengying. Influenced by my father, I also like Huangmei Opera. There is a cow in the production team, and each family takes turns to release it. I took the cow and sang Huangmei Opera on the big radio on the dewdrop-covered ridge. Little me, I can really sing a lot of arias. I have been a teacher for more than ten years now, and my voice has long been broken, so I can't sing any more. I'm dead, too. I stopped singing. I remember at the first Mid-Autumn Festival party of teachers' college, I also sang "Who expected to be the top scholar in the imperial examination".

When I was a child, the leisure books that children liked to read were picture books with pictures on them and a few lines below. They are so popular that people my age may have read them. Look at the heroine, flying horse with a knife and a big cloak behind her. It's still black and white. To my great shock, there is a book that says there is a way to practice lightness skill-walking along a round and shallow basket full of food, and then increasing the weight on your legs day by day, such as tying bricks, so that the food in the basket will decrease day by day. After a long time, you can walk from the branches when you are light. I practiced, knocked over the food in the basket, and attracted grandma's scolding, which was very distressing. Another way to become a strong woman is to get up every morning and take a pig to eat grass in the field. As the pig grows up day by day, my strength will continue to grow. But pigs are really hard to catch, so I can only be disappointed. I also read a lot of miscellaneous books, and my childhood ended in longing and disappointment. Q: In recent years, especially last year and this year, your creative momentum has advanced by leaps and bounds, and your works have blossomed everywhere. Can you introduce it? Also, how do you arrange your daily work, life and writing time?

Xu Donglin: I started writing with a pen again, not to realize my old dream. This is a bit disgusting. The two people who were originally in love just spent the fireworks together, and they have not been polished well, and they are often embarrassed. I am a person who doesn't like making friends and having fun. I'm lonely. I have to read and write. At that time, reading and writing became my crutches. Gradually, I got a vast sky from Chinese characters, which made me feel fresh.

Unexpectedly, the first composition "Oil Paper Umbrella" won the first prize in the National Literary Grand Prix, and won a prize of 1000 yuan, which was in 2003. Mother's Fairy Tales won the first prize in 2004. These two awards and some later awards inspired me. I began to write consciously at the end of 2006, and more things came out. As for grades, this list is meaningless. I don't like it. Now get on the right track, read, write and publish. That's it.

My life circle is very small, and my present state is also closed. I feel very comfortable. It's basically two points and one line, home and unit. When I catch up with the weekend, I will reward myself for shopping alone and occasionally find a place to drink tea alone. I also travel occasionally. There is a vegetable garden in my unit compound, about six or seven square meters. I grow vegetables occasionally, but those who grow "more grass and fewer beans" have cobwebs, which shows that we are not diligent-crops and me.

I don't want to write at work, and I don't miss work when I write. Pay attention to your work and be passionate about your writing.