Reminiscence: I remember that there was a scene in the library card that year that has always been clear in my mind, that is, the scene of the crowds in front of the library crowding to handle the library card. Although this scene is what I imagined.

Reminiscences: I remember that year I got a library card

There is one scene that has always been clear in my mind, that is, the scene of people crowding in front of the library to handle library cards. Although this scene is what I imagined. Before the nineties, this scene was accompanied by hidden pain...

Fast forward to the late 1970s, shortly after the collapse of the Gang of Four. The library published a message through broadcasts and newspapers, and publicly handled a batch of library certificates. This news is like a spring thunder, exploding over the city and exploding in the hearts of book lovers. Because it has been many years since the library card was suspended, the last time the certificate was issued, I have no way of knowing for those born in 60 years. At that time, bookstores had very few books to read. The vast ocean of books in the library is simply a temple in the hearts of book lovers. There are witnesses who enjoy the right to borrow books for "one certificate forever", and no witnesses can only look at the temple with their eyes. At that time, I always felt that the person with a piece of documentary evidence seemed like a kind of spiritual aristocrat. I secretly aspired to become a writer, and the motivation was that a writer must be eligible for a library card!

There is such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to apply for a certificate in front of you, and you can't miss it no matter what. So I decided to go to the queue early. As soon as it was dark, I got up. But my parents didn't allow me to go out at dawn at the age of seventeen or eighteen, for fear of not being safe. At this time, the little brother went unexpectedly and very sharply. Later, I learned that the little brother who loves to read books has no less thirst for a library card than me! But it didn't take long for the little brother to go back home and bring back a frustrated news, which was not done. I have that regret in my heart. It turns out that many people go there at night to queue up! Because there were too many people, they had to call the call on the spot. The point number where the little brother went has already been sent! Our advance time was too conservative! Just missed the rare opportunity to apply for a certificate!

This miss is more than ten years! It was not until the early 1990s that there was another public certification. But this time it is not completely free, but my mood to get the certificate is still quite unstable, and I have waited for twenty years! Times have passed, and the scene of applying for a library card in that year has not reappeared...

Winter view of Yunlong Lake in Xuzhou