? "Eternal Pines in Hongshi Village"
Author/Yang Xinbao
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Comrade Xu Yaoliang is a native of Shajiabang. He has a special affinity for this Feng Shui treasure land with the glorious tradition of Shajiabang. As early as when he was studying at a young age, his school teachers were impressed by this young man's outstanding academic performance, especially in his composition. The articles he wrote had unusual thinking. If you read it carefully, you can even read it. Even adults are ashamed of themselves. Therefore, his masterpieces are often used as "selected model essays" by teachers, and are often read to the whole class for everyone's reference and study.
After Mr. Xu completed his studies, due to his poor family at the time, he participated in field work early at the age of 15. For example, during a heavy physical labor of "carrying river mud", I was doing the same farm work as my uncles and uncles, so the work was very strenuous. Why! Even though he is young, he is quite serious about his work. His load carrying river mud dustpan is filled with as much river mud as an adult. However, the kind-hearted uncles think that he is still young. In terms of physical strength, he has not yet reached the load capacity of an adult man, so I advise him to pick less and not to tire himself. But he is very strong, and it is not difficult to see that he has the ambition to constantly strive for self-improvement and move forward courageously. During this period of farming, after work, whenever night fell, he would always write at his desk under a kerosene lamp. After repeated conception and deliberation, his works often appeared in major newspapers and periodicals both inside and outside the province. Time has received rave reviews. Therefore, his reputation for writing articles is also well-known in Shajiabang. The development of a place is indispensable for technical talents engaged in economic construction, and it also requires special talents such as intellectuals. Therefore, Comrade Wang Xin, who was the secretary of the township party committee at the time, had a keen eye and decisively chose him as the "pen" of the township government. He is the current Shajiabang red classic writer Xu Yaoliang.
Since then, Teacher Xu has served as a correspondent in the township government, responsible for news reporting. Over the years, he has been diligently writing and has written a large number of valuable news articles, making important contributions to publicizing the party's policies and economic construction achievements.
Teacher Xu once served as the director of the Shajiabang Town Cultural Station, the director of the Shajiabang Revolutionary Historical Memorial Hall, and the secretary-general of the Shajiabang Branch of the Changshu New Fourth Army History Research Association. He loves the party, the country, and his hometown. With the pen in his hand, he enthusiastically praises the earth-shaking changes that reform and opening up have brought to people's lives. All these are reflected in his works. He also wrote vivid and wonderful words in various styles and themes. Such as opera sketches, reportage, commentaries, poetry and prose, folk tales, novels, etc. For example, his collection of works "Last Night in Shajiabang" won the 2005 Chinese Writers' Creative Achievement Award. People say that Teacher Xu is a versatile writer, a "living dictionary" of Shajiabang, the pride of the people of Shajiabang, and the spokesperson of the revolutionary martyrs of Shajiabang.
? Recently, I reviewed the long documentary "Love in a Lifetime" written by Teacher Xu a few years ago, which recorded in detail the story of Zhao Jian leading the class of soldiers to bravely kill the enemy. Zhao Jian was gloriously wounded in a battle. Fortunately, local people Cuihua and his mother, Aunt Wang, carried Zhao Jian, who was covered in blood, to their home and took good care of him. After some time passed, Cuihua secretly fell in love with Zhao Jian and silently hoped that after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, she could become friends with Qin and Jin. Unexpectedly, after they separated, they never heard from each other again for a long time. It was not until after liberation that Zhao Jian found out that Cuihua, who had been deeply in love with him back then, had waited until the age of 28 to no avail and chose a new mate. Because this plot brings a lot of associations to the readers, objectively, the potential creative rights are left to the readers. Perhaps, this is the lofty state of Mr. Xu, a generalist in the literary world, who demonstrates that "kung fu lies beyond poetry" in the process of writing articles.
A drop of water can see the sun. Teacher Xu has written numerous books and articles. While reading Teacher Xu's works, I collected a beautiful wave from his outstanding talent, and deeply felt the colorful clouds reflected in his literary halo.
Teacher Xu is a party member writer in Shajiabang. He is approachable and affable. He has an unimaginable persistence and pursuit of culture and art; he is always unashamed to ask questions about knowledge and strives for excellence.
Teacher Xu is a good mentor and helpful friend to those of our peers, and is also a model and teacher worthy of learning from young and middle-aged people. Although Teacher Xu is a little older, he has an eternally young heart. He never lets go of the scroll or the pen. Excellent works have been coming out one after another. Since the beginning of this year, despite the "epidemic" situation, in the first half of 2020, another new work is about to be released. He, Teacher Xu, is really an immortal pine in Hongshi Village of Shajiabang!