"There are no gentle and innocent Indians here to sell their priceless goods, and then exchange for the worthless goods in your hands." In the stable of the state-owned Oriental Hotel, the largest hotel in Hexi County, a manager wearing glasses looked at the people who were unloading goods in large bags and small bags, and said in a slightly teasing tone.

To be honest, the manager was very annoyed by the people in front of him. When they came with the letter of introduction, they not only did not pay for free accommodation, but also had to help them take care of horses. Sometimes they had to send some fruits and snacks at night. It was costly, which made the manager who was used to calculating very unhappy. However, he couldn't refuse them. He had to receive the letter of introduction issued by the headquarters (he also took a telegram to verify it). This was an iron rule and could not be violated, but this did not prevent him from not giving them a good face.

The young man named Li Peng who led the team smiled shyly and said, "Manager Chen has troubled. The goods we brought are not for sale, but for giving away. They are all local specialties from our hometown, not worth a few dollars. Besides, it seems that within dozens of kilometers, are there Indians living nearby? Even if there are, after so many years of life, who can deceive them? Haha, these are not those stupid Indians in the New Northland."

"It's good that you know." The manager ran into a soft nail that was not too light and heavy, and could only say in disappointment: "If you need to call the waiter directly. Accommodation is not expensive, and snacks and tea are also free, but if you want to eat three meals a day in the hotel, you need to pay according to the price list."

After saying that, the somewhat mean manager left the stable. Several young men who were unloading looked at me and I looked at you. Finally, they shook their heads and smiled helplessly and continued to unload the goods. They came here for a long distance and were really tired. They planned to go back to their room to rest after finishing their work.

An hour later, Li Peng and others moved all the goods back to the room, then went to the hotel kitchen to borrow a stove, and boiled the dry food (mainly bread, salted fish, beef jerky, etc.) and water, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

Li Peng lay on the wooden bed emitting the fragrance of pine wood. He listened to the whistling wind outside the window and couldn't sleep for a moment. He put on a coat and opened the rear window. Because it was on the third floor, it was an empty field.

The moonlight tonight was very good, making the field white silver. Li Peng looked at the thistle swaying in the night wind and a small river not far away, and felt that the night was so quiet and beautiful that he felt like singing out loud for a moment.

There is no doubt that Li Peng has really learned how to sing systematically. As the grandson of Li Dayan, the former editor-in-chief of Pravda, he has lived a good life since childhood and has a dedicated person to teach various knowledge. I don’t know how much higher the starting point than ordinary children. After Li Peng expressed his interest in art, their family immediately spent money to hire a musician and a painter to be a teacher, and trained him.

Li Peng has no career now. To put it nicely, he is a freelancer, and to put it bluntly, he is a vagrant and wandering around. However, he recently applied to start a music magazine and was preparing to do his own career. Therefore, after some preliminary preparations, he found several like-minded people and traveled a long distance to the Chaco Plain to look for "inspiration".

Along the way, they did not take a boat or a car, and insisted on traveling to every city and every village by themselves. Every time they went to a place, they would look for rural artists that might exist in various places and search for various songs. You should know that there are many foreign immigrants on the east coast. Even though the culture is mainly in the east, there are quite a lot of foreign elements - this can be seen from the difference between the east coast dance and traditional Chinese dance - so there are quite a lot of various songs, especially folk songs, which surprised Li Peng and others.

Li Peng himself is particularly fond of various folk songs. Because of the teacher he has been in contact with since childhood, he has a strong humanistic thought, believing that poetry is the essence that emerges from the human soul, and folk songs are the most natural spiritual product. He has also created some poems and contributed them to various magazines, and has some fans in the literary world.

However, not everyone loves Li Peng very much. Many people in the cultural circle criticize the poems written by Li Peng, believing that they are neither regulated quatrains nor traditional lyrics and music. The so-called "new poetry" is completely bullshit! Some people even say that if that kind of thing is also called poetry, it will simply defile the sacredness of poetry.

These people are very powerful and have many supporters. Li Peng was a little unbearable, so he brought a few friends to the Chako grassland to avoid the limelight by using the interface of experiencing life. However, even after he got here, Li Peng still did not intend to admit defeat. On the way, he wrote a commentary article, intending to send it to the supplement of Minsheng magazine for them to help publish it. In this article, Li Peng tried his best to criticize many people who wrote articles due to Chinese traditions and set too many rules and regulations, which made the things they wrote "dull" and "not high value". Li Peng believed that they needed to break the literature

The old form is to adapt to the need for free expression of emotions. He even stated clearly that Chinese tradition is a huge treasure house, a precious spiritual food and source of creation for people, but if you cannot make breakthroughs on these basis and take a new path, then your creative career will be repeated constantly and meaningless. The parent body of East Coast literature is ancient Chinese literature, but there is no equal sign between the two. East Coast literature should be superior to the top, should be "spiritually independent", and should launch a vigorous "ideological liberation movement", so that East Coast literature can be improved and "rebirth".

Li Peng has a half-written novel, called "A Man Like Me". With Boris, a Russian-born non-national labor worker, as the first perspective, it tells the life changes in more than 20 years since he arrived on the East Coast. The fate of the little person is consistent with the background of rapid development on the East Coast, indirectly interspersed with a large number of Boris' life comparisons in Russia, and expresses the significance of anti-feudalism, anti-authoritarianism and anti-religion.

This novel is undoubtedly very consistent with Li Peng's purpose of "East Coast literature should seek inspiration from the lives of its own people, rather than blindly imitating traditional Chinese literature." As the saying goes, to establish national literature, you must have a very deep affection for the nation, and on this basis, find corresponding cultural forms and contents. Folk literature and folk songs are good means to cultivate national feelings.

Therefore, Li Peng and others were very enthusiastic about the collection of various folk literatures - no matter what form, vulgar or elegant, when the latter was impossible - and the collection of folk songs. He even planned to sort out and proofread after returning, and strive to publish a "Folk Song Collection" in the past few years. Local, foreign, and even Indians can be collected and published, so that everyone can open their eyes. Li Peng hopes to get rid of the narrow and dull creative atmosphere of the literary world, bring fresh air and nourishment to the East Coast national literature, and accelerate its formation.

It should be said that the East Coast government should support people like Li Peng, because he has a strong East Coast ideology and there is no doubt about his love for this land. Moreover, what he has always advocated is the direction advocated by the government, so there are actually many common points between the two sides. However, Li Peng often writes novels that satirize the government, which embarrasses many people. Therefore, the praise that should have either disappeared invisible or greatly reduced the level, which is really a pity. Fortunately, Li Peng does not attach much importance to these things. He is more concerned about when the East Coast's own literature will be reborn from the ashes. This is the most important thing.

"It would be great if you could compose a song and write a poem." Looking at the scenery outside the window, Li Peng suddenly sighed. Like literature, Li also has his own view on East Coast music. He insisted that many (not all) of Chinese traditional music are too elegant and obscure, just like literary works. This is caused by the consolidation of the old order and the old system of the feudal ruling class. But now many new classes have appeared on the East Coast, such as the working class and the bourgeoisie, which are all emerging classes. They also have a pursuit of music, that is, the audience has undergone tremendous changes and are no longer traditional literati and nobles. Therefore, creating a clear and concise new music has become an inevitable thing. And this seems to be the soil for the birth of local music on the East Coast, which is very worthy of musicians to create and explore.

Unfortunately, at most, the musicians on the East Coast have only made some modifications to traditional classical music to make it more suitable for the social development of the East Coast. However, there are still many people who mechanically copy ancient music forms, and these people are all despised by Li Peng. He has also learned music, but his talent is not very outstanding and has no outstanding works. Therefore, he really hopes that someone can carry the banner of innovation in the music field and develop musical forms and works that belong to the East Coast. Especially now, there are many musical instruments that are not available in ancient times, which is a powerful tool for people to break through the old constraints and old stalemates. If you can no longer make any breakthroughs in this, it is really a problem. It is worth everyone to think deeply - the literary and artistic expression forms have not changed significantly for thousands of years. No matter how they are decorated, it is terrible, because this means that culture has lost the ability to renew and innovate.
Chapter completed!