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Chapter 79 Contracts

Fortunately, there was a Qiu Jianshe in my grandfather’s family.

He was a good student. After joining the army, he was directly recommended because of his knowledge and good performance. He went to university in his province as a "worker, peasant and soldier". After being assigned to the county town, he found Chen Suniang, who had a city household registration. During the most difficult years, they were guaranteed food, and the old and young in the family got through it safely.

In a sense, Qiu Jianshe is already a capable person. At least he has stepped out of his own circle and given the children a good starting point.

"Hongshuang is really smart." Old Mrs. Zhu said with a smile as she looked at her little sister who was running with a red face.

"It was them last time. Every family has a few annoying relatives. If you ignore them a few times, they will stop being annoying."

Chen Suniang touched her younger sister's hair, turned around and said to Old Lady Zhu, "That's right, Brother Du and Sister-in-law are coming back, right?"

Old Mrs. Zhu has only one son, so she naturally cares about him very much.

Old Mrs. Zhu grinned, revealing her only four front teeth. "Thanks to your construction, they are coming back..."

He seemed to have thought of something, and then frowned slightly.

"It's Bao'er. He quarrels with his sister whenever they meet. He's very naughty, not good at studying, and likes to fight. At his age, cats and dogs hate him. He is about the same age as Huoming. If he could be half as good as Huoming, I wouldn't be so bothered."

Qiu Huoming, who had just walked a short distance outside, heard his name, immediately touched his nose, and quickly flashed back to his little room.

He never imagined that one day he would become someone else's child. Qiu Huoming had just finished drinking porridge and was still a little hungry. He went into the kitchen, took out a steamed bun from the steamer, ate it in no time, and drank half a bowl of porridge. Only then did he feel at peace.

His eldest sister went out to play, so he listened to the radio in the living room for a while.

Suddenly, Chen Suniang shouted from the door: "Huo Ming, your letter!"

Qiu Huoming was startled and rushed out in his slippers.

Chen Suniang was walking back with a letter in her hand, but Old Lady Zhu had already left.

Qiu Huoming went over to meet him.

"From Guangzhou. I remember your last letter was from the capital."

Chen Suniang handed him the letter and asked casually.

Qiu Huoming glanced at the letterhead in the lower right corner, weighed the email, and found it was a little heavy. It seemed that it was rejected.

"It's another magazine..." Qiu Huoming tore open the seal and took out a stack of documents inside.

The first page was a reply letter. He read it as he walked, then stopped. He turned to the second page, and the following pages were a contract!

This is not his rejection of the manuscript, this is the contract given to him by the editorial department of "Wulin"!

Because it was a long novel, Wulin magazine, for the sake of rigor and also to prevent the author from stopping, simply signed a long-term contract with him for the novel.

He held the letter in his hand, his heart pounding. He had chosen the magazine "Wulin" for a purpose. As the first magazine in the mainland to introduce "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and serialize it (although it was not authorized at the time), it came with a halo of its own.

Qiu Huoming felt honored when he thought that his work could appear in the catalog together with Mr. Jin Yong's books.

He returned to the small room and read the contract carefully. It was more like a supplementary explanation of the work than a contract. It included the approximate number of words in the "Young Fairy Tale", the number of volumes, when it is expected to be completed, the agreed submission time each month, and so on.

The manuscript fee was about the same as that of "Contemporary". Qiu Huoming thought about it, picked up the pen and started filling out the form.

After filling it out, he took out a piece of letter paper and wrote a letter back to the editor of "Wulin", and also stuffed the second chapter he had rushed to work on last night into the envelope.

After changing his shoes, Qiu Huoming carried his schoolbag and put the letter away.

"Mom, I'm going out for a while."

Chen Suniang was sitting at the door sewing shoe soles. She replied, "Will you come back for lunch?"

"Come back and eat..."

Qiu Huoming walked into the living room and pushed the bicycle out. He then hooked the basket from home and put it on the handlebars.

"Mom, the editorial department replied, and my other manuscript was also selected. I will bring some food back to celebrate at noon. You can take a rest at noon and don't cook..."

Qiu Huoming pushed the cart with a smile on his face, stood in the sunshine at the door, and said to Chen Suniang.

Chen Suniang stretched out her hand to cover her eyes with the sole of her shoe, "Don't spend money recklessly, there are vegetables at home..."

The wheel of the bicycle turned, and Qiu Huoming climbed on board. "I'll buy some staple food while I'm at it, so you don't have to cook..."

Chen Suniang quickly stood up and chased after her son for a few steps. Seeing that her son had disappeared, she put down her shoe sole, thought for a while, and sat back in her original position. While mending the shoe sole, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

On Sundays, the compound is bustling with people coming and going.

The older sister and the younger sister were jumping rubber bands with a group of peers at the gate of the yard. They were divided into three teams according to their age. The leash of the little yellow dog was untied by a few children, and it excitedly chased after the group of little kids, causing them to scream.

As soon as Qiu Huoming's car passed by, he was seen by my younger sister.

She ran over excitedly, the sweat on her forehead stuck to a few bangs, and she didn't bother to brush them away.

"Brother, why are you carrying a basket? Where are you going?"

"Go buy something delicious."

"Brother, take me with you."

"Come on up." Qiu Huoming supported himself on the ground with one foot and pointed at the back seat.

"Yeah, I can sit in the back seat!" She happily used her hands and feet to climb up and quickly sat firmly.

Qiu Huoming then remembered that every time he took her on a bike, he always let her sit on the horizontal bar in front of the bike.

"Hold on, let's go." Qiu Huoming smiled, pushed hard with his feet, and the car drove forward quickly.

The weather is good and there are more people on the road.

Qiu Huoming first went to the post office to mail the letter, and then headed towards the cultural center. There was a famous black rice ball restaurant there. This black rice ball was different from those in other places, as it had fillings inside.

Use the leaves of a shrub called "black rice leaves" to mash them, then take its black juice and mix it into glutinous rice. Add lean meat and mushrooms, thicken with starch, wrap it inside as filling, shape it into rice balls, and steam it over a low heat.

It’s 1 cents each, not cheap, but the business is good. Before I even get close, a strong aroma hits my nose.

The little sister took a look at the price list, swallowed her saliva and said, "Brother, it's too expensive, just give me a bite."

Qiu Huoming smiled disdainfully and said to the boss, "Comrade, pack me five black rice balls."

In a moment, he picked up the black rice ball wrapped in lotus leaf and put it into the basket on the front of the car.

The little sister behind me immediately exclaimed "Wow" and swallowed her saliva.

"You can't eat now. Wait until we get home and wash your hands before eating, otherwise worms will get in your stomach..." As soon as Qiu Huoming finished speaking, he suddenly remembered taking anthelmintic medicine a few days ago.

His expression suddenly changed, and he whispered, "Sit down, let's go to the market to buy some cooked food."

"I'm sitting down. Brother, have you made money again?"

"That's right, I'm rich, just tell me what you want to eat..."

"As long as I have the black rice balls, I don't need anything else."

"Oh, you don't want to eat the dregs either?"

The little sister swallowed her saliva again, her expression was tangled and embarrassed, "I want to eat too..."

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