A few days ago, I went back to my hometown to accompany my old mother, and I slept in the bed of my hometown and woke up late at night and couldn't sleep again, turned on the light, and found that there was a dilapidated suitcase on the wall, which actually contained several villain books that I had read in my childhood, and I carefully took out one, which was actually a photocopied version of "Railway Guerrillas". The villain book is a treasure of my childhood, I read it with great interest, Liu Hong's fierceness, Li Zheng's calmness, and Lu Han's courage in the book...... Many heroes still ripple in my heart.
The comic strip that had a profound impact on me when I was a child is also called "I Want to Read". The painting is part of the plot of Gao Yubao's autobiography, about Gao Yubao, a poor child in the rural areas of Northeast China, who has a short and difficult reading career for a month, and the painting style is simple and simple. The day before going to school, his sister helped him sew a schoolbag, and Gao Yubao was so excited that he couldn't sleep on the dilapidated clay kang, looking forward to the dawn; Later, he was retaliated by the chief of security and forced him to drop out of school to herd pigs, still on the dilapidated earthen kang, Gao Yubao was afraid of the dawn; When bidding farewell to the school, the kind-hearted Mr. Zhou was still standing outside the house, and the wind lifted his shirt...... Those paintings, through the back of the paper, bring the reader into the fate of Gao Yubao, a bitter child, through different scenes and compositions, to bring out the mood of the protagonist at that time.
A villain book is a comic strip, photocopied, sketched, and painted, and the book is about the size of an adult's palm and can fit in a coat pocket. With its diverse pictures, easy-to-understand words, and vivid twists and turns, continuous and complete storyline, it has become the most popular reading material and the best spiritual food for children in the seventies and eighties of the 20th century, that is, our generation.
In my childhood, it was through the small window of the villain book that I saw the colorful outside world, and my love for the villain book also began with reading the villain book. As a result of my conscientious and continuous reading of villain books, the seeds of small literature were sown in my young mind.
At that time, I finished elementary and junior high school in a "hat-wearing" school in Xinhe Village, Xiaji Township, where the teacher left very little homework, plenty of spare time, and almost no cultural and recreational activities except for one or two open-air movies every year. Take my village as an example, there are more than 300 households and nearly 1,000 people in 10 groups, and before the 80s, the whole village did not even have a television set, and occasionally those who had the conditions only had a simple radio. Being able to have a few villain books that are "less head and no skin" naturally makes me ecstatic and can't put it down.
At that time, the price of a single villain book ranged from a few cents to a few dimes, and the most expensive villain book I ever bought was "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", which was priced at 8 dimes at that time. Limited by the material conditions at that time, it was difficult for my friends and I to get the villain books we liked, and once some of my classmates got a few new books, everyone was envious and rushed to circulate them to each other.
Even though my villain books have increased every year, they still don't get enough to read. So, I thought of a good way to exchange villain books with the friends in the class and the village. Today I took a copy of "Little Hero Rain", my friend gave me a copy of "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", and tomorrow I will bring a copy of "Red Lantern", and everyone else will exchange "Master Qiao in the Sedan". Due to the limited time for exchanging readings, I sped up my reading speed, and whenever I saw a joint, I would always forget to read or eat without sleep, and when I returned to the exchange, I still couldn't get enough of it.
I am really grateful to the villain book, because of the company of the villain book, I have spent a sunny day, which is the most comfortable spiritual enjoyment of my childhood and even adolescence. I often sit under the dim kerosene lamp, pick up a beloved villain book, look at every illustration, taste every detail in the book, and immerse myself in the wonderful world, from which I know Pan Dongzi, who is a small person, Yang Zirong, who is witty and brave, Luo Shengjiao, a volunteer soldier who saved Korean children and sacrificed his life, and Huang Jiguang, who blocked the gun's hole with his body...... The vivid pictures and the words that reverberate often make me tearful and enthusiastic. Although the villain books are not beautiful or even shabby, they cultivated my interest and habit of reading, and finally led me to read the original classics.
Now, with the development of the times and the progress of science and technology, all kinds of books are colorful and endless, such as wire-bound books, hardcover books, and even e-books, villain books have gradually faded out of people's sight. However, at some point in my life, the book of villains opened my eyes, nourished my heart, enriched my spiritual world, taught me the principles of being a human being, and at the same time gave me wisdom and strength, which still deeply affects me to this day...... (May 15 morning)