一九四○年春天,我调到边区文协工作。秘书长吴伯箫同志,派我到住在文化沟的萧三同志那儿帮助工作。那时,萧三同志正在编机关刊物《大众文艺》,我负责发稿、校对。记得我写过一篇评论曹禺《雷雨》的文章,登在《大众文艺》上。清瘦细高的萧三同志,既稳重又开朗;办起事来很认真,待人也非常好。我当时是个二十出头的青年人,跟他一起工作的半年多时间里,他教会了我不少东西。工作闲暇之时,他常常给我讲毛泽东同志青少年时期的生活。因为他跟毛主席是同学。他讲他在苏联的生活,讲苏联文学的成就。我接触苏联文学是“一二·九”以前, In the spring of 1940, I transferred to the Literary Association of the Border Region. Secretary-General Wu Baoxiao sent me to work in Xiao San, who lives in the cultural ditch, to help work. At that time, Comrade Xiao San was editing the public publication “Popular Literature and Art,” and I was responsible for writing and proofreading. I remember I wrote a comment Cao Yu “thunderstorm” article, boarding in the “Popular Literature”. Slim Sam Xiao comrades, both steady and cheerful; do things very seriously, others are also very good. I was a young man in his early twenties and he taught me quite a few things in more than half a year working with him. During his spare time, he often told me about Comrade Mao Tse-tung’s youth life. Because he is a classmate with Chairman Mao. He talked about his life in the Soviet Union and his achievements in Soviet literature. Before I came into contact with the Soviet literature, I came to “January 29”