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Chapter 51 Adults

Qiu Huoming was not idle at all during his days at home. He was busy until Friday. He went to school early in the morning with dark circles under his eyes and carrying his schoolbag.

When passing by the security room, he was stopped by Director Jiang.

"I heard what Teacher Huang said about you. What Lao Chen did was not right. If you encounter this kind of thing in school next time, remember to come to me and I will take care of it for you."

"Thank you, Director Jiang. Director Jiang, I want to ask you something in private. If Director Chen made a serious mistake and someone pointed it out, would you think it was a shame for the school and not allow it to be made public?"

"What era is this? How can you still have such old ideas? As long as there is evidence, I will be the first to arrest him." Director Jiang glanced at Qiu Huoming with suspicion as soon as he finished speaking. "Hey, why do I feel like there is something else behind your words!"

"Hey, Director Jiang, I didn't say anything. I'm going back to my morning class."

"Go ahead, you smart monkey."

Director Jiang took out a cigarette from his pocket thoughtfully, but then he thought it was time for students to arrive at school, so he held back and put the cigarette back into the cigarette box.

As soon as Qiu Huoming entered the classroom, he found that Gu Xiaoran had already arrived and was talking to He Xinxin about the provincial capital exam. When she saw Qiu Huoming coming in, she pointed and said, "Brother Canghai is here..."

During a morning class, the whole class knew the famous saying Qiu Huoming said in the provincial capital. Even Ding Yu began to call him, "Brother Canghai..."

Qiu Huoming:...

After school ended at noon, Qiu Huoming was looking forward to the next printed material he would see.

"Brother Canghai... uh, Huozi, take me with you to the printing factory and I'll help you with the review!" Ding Yu quickly changed his address before Qiu Huoming got angry, and stood on tiptoe to put his arm around Qiu Huoming's shoulders.

"Does classmate Gu want to join us?" Qiu Huoming asked.

Gu Xiaoran shook his head. "I'm not in a good mood today. I'll go home and take a nap at noon."

Qiu Huoming looked at her rosy face, then touched his own dark circles...

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After leaving the school gate, they went straight to North Street, crossed the moat, and entered the alley. The entrance of the printing factory was still very deserted, and it seemed that business was not very good recently.

"Plum blossom, plum blossom, we are here..." Ding Yu shouted and walked in excitedly.

In the dim light of the workshop, Director Zhou was standing in front of the workbench counting the goods. When he heard the voice, he turned his head and looked over. "Young comrade, it's you. You're really on time. Come and have a look. This batch of goods is yours."

"Where are the plum blossoms?" Ding Yu looked around.

"I'm sick and took a day off." Director Zhou said with a frown.

Placed on top of the goods were samples that were taken out separately. Qiu Huoming took out a box of blank tapes and pasted them on the spot. The sizes matched and they looked much more advanced than ordinary pirated tapes.

"Uncle Zhou, your technique is pretty good."

When Director Zhou heard what he said, he slapped him on the shoulder and laughed, "Hahahahaha, young comrade, you have good vision. Do more publicity for us in the future."

Qiu Huoming grimaced in dismay after being slapped unexpectedly by him.

Director Zhou immediately withdrew his hand with an embarrassed expression, "Little comrade, please count the quantity. If there is no problem, just sign the receipt."

The first batch, a total of 200 sets, including samples, a total of 201 sets. The samples were given and have been used. After counting and confirming that there were no problems, the printed materials were tightly wrapped with kraft paper, tied with a rope, and Qiu Huoming held it in his arms.

"Let's go, Uncle Zhou. I'll pick up the remaining goods in late April or early May."

"I know." Director Zhou took a cigarette and put it between his lips. "Why didn't Xiaoran come today?"

"We men can handle this kind of rough work of moving things. Let's go, Uncle Zhou."

"Goodbye." Director Zhou waved to him helplessly.

As soon as he reached the door, Ding Yu turned around and asked, "Uncle, what's wrong with Meihua?"

"It's just a cold."

Ding Yu finally felt relieved.

Qiu Huoming glanced at him. Ding Yu was an honest man. If you were nice to him, he would be even nicer to you. He was just like the silly son of a landlord.

Having such a brother in this life, he felt that his original fate was not completely bleak. After all, he now had a confidant.

"Let's go to my house for dinner." Qiu Huoming suggested.

"Forget it. I'm not free. Your mother's eyes are always staring at me."

"That's right. Anyway, your mother is back. The food in your house is definitely better than mine."

"Then let's go to my house for dinner?"

"No, I can't wait to go home. I'm going to cover all the tapes with my brother Huozi's logo!"

"Then I'll come find you after dinner and help you paste it."

"Okay, bring me a bottle of soda."

"You just know how to trick me, what's the taste?"

"What other flavor is there? Orange soda."

"Well, I haven't drunk for a long time..."

After separating from Ding Yu at the intersection, Qiu Huoming went straight home with a bundle of printed materials, ate a few mouthfuls of food, and went into the small room. He continued to copy the tape while sticking icons on the tape, folding the lyrics into squares and stuffing them into the gap between the tape and the outer cover box.

On the front of the cover was a picture of a shepherdess standing in a peach forest, with uniform song titles below. On the back of the cover was written: [This Year's Hottest Hit Songs], and at the bottom was the name of the record company that he casually mentioned.

The finished tape looks neat and has a very textured feel in the hand.

After a while, Ding Yu came in panting, carrying a schoolbag and holding two bottles of soda in his hands.

He bought four bottles in total, and gave the other two bottles to his older and younger sisters in the living room.

"Why don't I see your mom and your dad?" He skillfully opened the bottle caps with the edge of the table, handed one bottle to Qiu Huoming, and held the other in his hand.

"One is running for election in the factory, and the other is on a business trip." Qiu Huoming answered casually.

"If I had known, I would have come to your house for dinner." Ding Yu sat down on the edge of the bed, took a big gulp of soda, put the bottle on the ground, and reached out to take a tape that Qiu Huoming had prepared.

"Huozi, this is incredible! This is comparable to what is sold in Xinhua Bookstore!"

"You think so too, don't you? Isn't 5 yuan too low?"

"Six dollars at least!" Ding Yu looked at Qiu Huoming's movements, took a set and imitated him to stick the tapes.

"It's a pity that I've already promised someone else the price. Honesty is the basis of doing business..." Qiu Huoming continued with emotion: "Hey, Fatty, do you think I might really be able to open a record company in the future?"

"I think you can do it. You can play the piano and sing, and you look professional. You are very cunning, and they probably can't beat you..."

"Stop, stop. What you said before was fine, but take back what you said afterwards." Qiu Huoming glared at him.

"Huozi, do you think classmate Gu is a little strange today?"

"It's okay, she just didn't come today! She can't hang out with two grown men like us every day, she is just a little girl after all."

"That's right. Hey, you spent the day in the provincial capital yesterday. Did you have anything delicious to eat?"

Qiu Huoming was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that his birthday was indeed March 3st. This meant that from now on, he was an adult in the legal sense. He felt mixed emotions.

In other words, if he holds a little girl's hand again, he would be acting like a hooligan?

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