Look at the recipient and address on the front of the envelope: Hedong Li Middle School, Dengxiang Township, Yincheng County, Henan Province. In the middle, it says "To be received by Kang Luwei." Below the mailing address are eight large red characters: Central People's Broadcasting Station. Look carefully at the red postmark on the envelope: 1991, 1, 14, Beijing
This is a letter from nearly 32 years ago, and it is still there. It is really surprising and unexpected.
Thanks to my own perseverance, I have never sold books, newspapers and magazines that are considered waste in the eyes of others. I am also grateful to my mother who nags me every time I go back to my hometown, and I do not ruthlessly sell them to an old man who collects waste. Let this long-lost letter reappear in front of you. The reason why I don't want to sell it is very simple: if I keep it at home, it won't take up any space. Whenever I look for information, I still have a place to browse.
pulled out a piece of white paper folded in half from the envelope, carefully spread it out, and saw a printed text. From the content of this text, we know that in addition to this letter, there is also a New Year's greeting card attached to the letter. The following signature is: China National Broadcasting Station Children's Club Program at the end of 1990.
Seeing this, some people may ask, 32 years ago, it really felt very old. Some friends will say that I didn’t exist at that time. Some friends will ask, your name is Kang Luwei! Next, let me open the floodgates of memory and tell you one by one.
32 years ago, Yancheng was still a county, but it was more famous than Luohe. It is not yet under the jurisdiction of Luohe City . Now it has become a district of Luohe.
32 years ago, there was a township under the jurisdiction of Yancheng called Dengxiang, which was 4 kilometers away from my village. Now it has been upgraded to a town, and due to zoning reasons, it now belongs to Zhaoling District, more precisely to Luohe City Economic Development Zone.
32 years ago, there was a township junior high school in Licun, Hedong. It was built to facilitate the rural children in the southwest of Dengxiang Township at that time to go to school nearby.
It is said that at that time, not only did the children from Hedong Licun, Yizhuang Village, Houcun Village and Xiapo Village in Dengxiang Township go to school nearby, but it also attracted children from the ancestors of Henan Xiping and the townships of Gaoqiao Village, Huaniu Village, Gaozhuang and Huangzhuang Village to come to school.
At that time, it was not because the school had a beautiful environment and good teaching quality, but because the children went to school nearby. After school, they just picked up their schoolbags and ran home, so parents did not have to worry too much. Now, not only has this middle school been merged, but even Hedong Li Primary School, where three villages were integrated into one, has no students, leaving only an empty campus. Going to school nearby finally came to an end in September last year.
The recipient on the envelope is not me, but my brother. This letter from Beijing was sent to him. In fact, the name on his ID card is not the character Lu.
I remember, my brother told me about it at that time. When he was in school, he studied the works of Lu Xun in his textbooks. Perhaps after listening to the explanations given by his Chinese teacher at the time, he fell in love with Lu Xun and his works, and admired Lu Xun very much. I can't tell whether I changed my name at that time, or whether the teacher changed his name. I can't remember clearly.
In his heart, he has a young Chinese teacher, Teacher Hu, who he thinks is very good at teaching and is loved by students. I don’t remember the exact name. It seems that this teacher’s hometown is in a village in Wugouying, Xiping County, Henan.
Later, Hedong Li Middle School was merged. This teacher did not follow the teachers and students of the original school to the new school, but returned to his hometown to teach in the primary school. Because at that time, most of the teachers at Hedong Li Middle School were private teachers or substitute teachers. The reason why
didn't follow me to the new school was probably because it was too far away from my hometown and I really couldn't take care of my family and go to the fields to do farm work in time. Mainly because the salary of private teachers at that time was too low.
At that time, it was rare for a rural child to communicate with a national radio station in distant Beijing. However, my brother was in the mood to give it a try and mustered up the courage to write a letter and contact the host.
In rural areas at that time, television was still a luxury item for most families.The way the adults in the family got information and entertainment was through the radio. When our brothers were very young, my father bought a radio as a decoration. My father likes to listen to the news Henan Henan drama . My brother likes to listen to novels, radio dramas and other programs. I followed my brother and listened. I listen to what he listens to.
At that time, in addition to "News and Newspaper Digest" and "Small Speaker", Central People's Broadcasting Station also had " Midday Half Hour ", "Tonight at 8:30", "439 Broadcasting Room" and children's programs such as "Star Torch". My brother liked to listen to "Youth" hosted by Zhang Yue. I wonder if Yueyue in the letter is Zhang Yue at that time? Or there is another host.
Some people may ask that "Youth" is a youth program, why is the sender from a children's club? I think it's possible that the host saw that the letter was from a middle school student and transferred it to the children's club. There is no way to verify it now. Deeply influenced by my father and brother, I also fell in love with radio, and I will continue to love it until now and in the future...
After reading this letter, I took out my mobile phone to take a photo and sent the photo to my brother. My brother was obviously very excited after seeing it. From his words: "Oh, I remember it. It's been a long time. Where did you pick it out?" I could really feel his long-lost excitement and joy.
2023 is here, how long has it been since you received a letter. New Year's Day, how long has it been since you received a New Year's greeting card? I really miss those years when I received New Year's cards, and I really miss our friends who mailed New Year's cards to each other. After so many years, how are you?
