Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

The educational monthly is for children, and there is no wrong word, so when checking, Sheng Chaohui read it first, and then Mu Qiong read it again.

And the two people's inspection really found four mistakes, two of which were slightly unsound, and the other two were typos.

The two corrected it and went downstairs.

Downstairs, the old gentleman in charge of copying is copying the names and addresses of the subscribers to the monthly educational magazine on the envelope.

When the Education Monthly first came out, except for major customers like schools, there were no individual subscriptions, and such individual subscriptions were not accepted.

But then more and more people wrote to want to subscribe, and some people even sent registered letters directly, and even sent money.

It was impossible for Mu Qiong and Sheng Chaohui to keep people from subscribing, so they got busy.

"We must have someone in the editorial department in the future." Sheng Chaohui said.The Educational Monthly is getting bigger and bigger, but it can't be messed around like they did at the beginning. Many things have to be standardized.

Mu Qiong also knew this: "Not only that, it's better to recruit two more people." Now they are not enough manpower...

Sheng Chaohui didn't like to stay in the house, so he was busy with moving. He bought some furniture and came back to prepare all the rooms. As for Mu Qiong, he started to open all kinds of letters.

Many of these letters contained money, so he or Sheng Chaohui had to open them.

When Mu Qiong opened the letter, he was very emotional.

Most of these letters were sent from around Shanghai. Those people subscribed to the monthly educational magazine just to save the trouble of buying monthly. But in addition, he also received letters from Nanjing, Chongqing, Xi'an and other places.

In these places, some people actually know about Education Monthly.

They subscribed to the educational monthly, and the postage required was more expensive than the publication itself, which was actually not worth it, but most of them didn't care about it, so it can be seen that the publication was quite successful.

Mu Qiong and the old man worked hard for a long time before publishing all the materials. At the same time, he also admired the old gentleman who copied the books invited by Sheng Zhaohui.

It's okay for this old man to write very fast, but there are no typos at all when he writes!

Moreover, he still uses a brush!

"Mr. Zhou, how did you develop your skills?" Mu Qiong asked.

"It's nothing more than practice makes perfect... I rely on it for a living." Mr. Zhou stroked his beard: "At the beginning, my parents sent me to study, but my family was poor and couldn't afford a pen and paper, so I relied on it for my classmates. I copied scripts to practice calligraphy, and after a few years of reading, I couldn’t afford to read books, so I practiced decent calligraphy without learning anything, so I just made a living from it.”

What Mr. Zhou said was simple, but Mu Qiong knew that he must have encountered many difficulties at the beginning.

But he is like this, it is already counted, he has a stable job after all.

While the two were talking, Sheng Chaohui came again with someone, and brought in a wooden Chinese-style sofa modeled after a Western-style sofa, put it in the reception room, and then went to decorate the meeting room next to it.

By the way, this meeting room is also used as a restaurant. For the time being, there are not many people in their editorial department, so they won't be able to use it for meetings. In a short period of time, it may only be used for eating.

"Mu Qiong, I think we need to hire a cook to cook and help us clean the house." Sheng Chaohui said.

"I think so too." Mu Qiong said, "I'll pay the money. After the cook cooks, I will send some to Ping'an Middle School. My mother has been getting more and more busy recently, and she can't care about cooking. .”

Zhu Wanwan was willing to continue cooking for the teachers of Ping An Middle School, but Mu Qiong didn't want her to be tired, so she wanted to hire a cook for a long time.

Now there are only two people in the editorial department, not counting him and Sheng Chaohui. In fact, after the cook is done, just leave some at will.

"How can this work? You're not the only one who eats, so it's better to get the money from the company." Sheng Chaohui insisted: "As I said before, the meals of Ping'an Middle School are covered by Education Monthly."

Excluding all kinds of expenses, the Educational Monthly now has a monthly net income of 20 yuan, and the food plus the money for hiring a cook is less than [-] yuan. Mu Qiong thought about it and did not refuse.

Sheng Chaohui said again: "It's so good. If you care about me, it will make me feel embarrassed. In the past two days, I bought a lot of things with the money from my office. I was always afraid that you would say I wasted it."

Sheng Chaohui was really extravagant in spending money. When setting up the editorial department, he picked out everything and bought everything, and spent a lot of money. However, Mu Qiong is not a person who values ​​money, so he doesn't mind.

The two talked for a while, and Sheng Chaohui said again: "Didn't you ask me to help you find jadeite products? Just now, the shopkeeper of my house gave me a few, you can take a look."

As he spoke, he took out a wooden box, and when he opened it, he saw a piece of yellow silk inside, on which were placed four emerald bracelets, an emerald Buddha, and an emerald Guanyin.

Of the four jade bracelets, two are emerald green, and the other two, one is transparent and the other is purple

The Emerald Buddha is also emerald green, as for the Guanyin, it is actually dark green.

This Avalokitesvara has a delicate texture, as black as ink, but with a hint of green, and there is no impurity in it, Mu Qiong fell in love with it immediately.

He didn't have much research on jadeite, but he also knew that these items were good things, especially that piece of black jadeite.

"Isn't this Mo Cui cheap?" Mu Qiong asked.

Sheng Chaohui said: "The texture of this black jadeite is actually the best, but the color is not pleasing, so it is the cheapest among these things."

"How much are these in total?" Mu Qiong asked again.

"It adds up to a thousand oceans." Sheng Chaohui said.

A thousand oceans is not a small amount. Mu Qiong really can't afford so much money for the time being, but he knows that such good things are hard to find, and in the middle and late period of the Republic of China, the price of jadeite will also increase: "I want to I want it, but it will take some time before the money can be given.”

"It's not a problem, you can give it to me later, anyway, this is my house." Sheng Chaohui said.

Mu Qiong knew for a long time that Sheng Chaohui's family was rich, but he didn't expect to run a jewelry shop... "Then I'll give it to you when the Education Monthly distributes dividends next time."

Sheng Chaohui immediately said that there was no problem.

Mu Qiong put the wooden box into the drawer, and then saw Fu Yun'an coming.

He was not surprised at all.

"I heard that you are moving here today, so I'll come and have a look." Fu Yun'an came in with a bamboo basket and put the basket on the table: "I bought some food and came here to congratulate you on your housewarming."

Fu Yun'an brought a lot of things, including pastries, and some sauced chicken and duck. The latter are all cooked food, and they smell delicious.

There are many kinds of things, and this kind of food is basically liked by everyone.

Mu Qiong said: "Thank you, Doctor Fu. By the way, I just got a piece of Mo Cui, and I think it's very suitable for you."

Mu Qiong was embarrassed to keep accepting Fu Yun'an's gifts, and immediately thought of the Mo Cui he had just got, but after saying it, he regretted it a little.

It's not that he loves money, but that you give it to me and I give it to you. I'm afraid there will be no end...

"Really?" Fu Yun'an asked, looking forward to it.

The words had already been spoken and could not be taken back, Mu Qiong took out the wooden box, and then picked out the piece of ink green to give to Fu Yun'an: "Doctor Fu, see if you like it."

"Very beautiful." Fu Yun'an liked it very much.

"Then I'll give it to you." Mu Qiong said.

"Thank you, you've spent a lot of money." Fu Yun'an said with a smile, he put away Guanyin, and glanced over the wooden box.

The four bracelets must be worn by women. As for the Buddha... Men wear Guanyin and women wear Buddha, and they are also for women.

The women next to Mu Qiong are Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu, and this should be for them.

"Nothing." Mu Qiong said.

Fu Yun'an sat in the editorial department of Education Monthly for a while as before, and asked Mu Qiong and Sheng Chaohui if they would be busy.

Before Mu Qiong said anything, Sheng Chaohui said, "We are very busy, so we plan to resign as teachers of Ping'an Middle School."

"When are you going to resign?" Fu Yun'an asked.

Sheng Chaohui said: "It doesn't depend on us. Whenever we recruit people, we will resign at that time."

Fu Yun'an chatted with them again before leaving.

When Fu Yun'an left, Sheng Chaohui said: "Mu Qiong, you and Dr. Fu have a really good relationship. I think you like Mo Cui very much, but you sent it out before it got hot."

Mu Qiong didn't speak, and he didn't know how he did it by mistake.

The four people in the editorial department ate the food brought by Fu Yun'an for lunch. After eating, Mu Qiong left the editorial department of Education Monthly and went to the orphanage.

There was nothing else going on here, he planned to wait for Zhu Wanwan at the orphanage, and help take care of those children by the way.

Recently, some children have come to the orphanage one after another. There are about 60 children in total. Many of them have defects, and it is very troublesome to take care of them, and the place is very busy.

When Mu Qiong passed by, Zhu Wanwan was not there and went shopping, but Jin Huailai was there.

Seeing Mu Qiong, Jin Huailai said: "Mr. Mu, you came at a good time, and the recruiting matter is ready."

"Really?" Mu Qiong was curious.

"Boss Chen introduced a few people to me. I think it should be suitable. They will come soon." Jin Huailai said, and then told the situation of the people who will come.

Those who want to work here are the widow who helped Boss Chen make tablecloths, and her friends.

This widow supported her children by sewing and repairing for others. She was living a good life, but unfortunately, not long ago, her husband's brother brought her in-laws to her house and wanted to occupy her house.

She was naturally unwilling, so she made a fuss, but it was useless.

Her in-laws were just selling out badly, no matter if it was her relatives, friends or neighbors, they all persuaded her to let her in-laws live, after all, they were her in-laws.

She still feels that the house she lives in, since her husband bought it when he was alive, should belong to her husband's family. It's good that she can live in it. How can she drive her in-laws out?

But she disagreed, thinking that her parents-in-law didn't pay a penny when buying the house, so the house should belong to them and be given to her children in the future.

And if her in-laws come to live, her husband's brother will also come to live. Her house is not big. If such a group of people squeeze in, where will she and her children live?

Once people live in this way, they will definitely not move their nests. In the end, they may not be able to tell who owns this house.

This woman was also decisive. She was cruel and simply sold the house, put the money in the bank, and moved out of the house with her children.

She had nowhere to go for a while, and after leaving the house, the person who asked her to sew might not be able to find her, and her job would be gone, so she wanted to find a job, and happened to learn about it from Boss Chen. We're recruiting people, and we're here.

As for her friend, it is said that her experience was similar to hers, and it was also a bunch of broken things at home.

Mu Qiong admired such a woman, and immediately said: "Such a person is very good, she has a craft, and she can teach the children in the orphanage."

"Indeed, it's good for the girls in the orphanage to learn some crafts." Jin Huailai said.

"Why girls?" Mu Qiong said, "Actually, men and women can learn to do needlework, and those children don't have to do things like pasting envelopes." Pasting envelopes is something that everyone can do, but in fact, it's not profitable. What money, but if these children learn to make clothes or something, they can always make more money in the future.

As for both men and women learning... modern fashion designers, why don't men do the same?

"It's true." Jin Huai looked at Mu Qiong with some admiration.

Although many people shouted for equality between men and women at this time, most people subconsciously felt that men and women were different, and he was like that, but Mu Qiong was different.

The two chatted, and Boss Chen came with someone.

"Mu Qiong, Mr. Jin." Boss Chen greeted with a smile.

"Uncle Chen." Mu Qiong also greeted Boss Chen, and at the same time found that...the people who came this time were all acquaintances.

Shanghai is quite small.

Among the people who came, the woman who helped Boss Chen make the curtains was surnamed Hong. Everyone called her Aunt Hong. As for the other one, she was Mrs. Yao.

Mrs. Yao also brought her two daughters and her youngest son.

Seeing Mu Qiong was a little surprised, but also a little happy, she greeted him in a low voice.

Mu Qiong nodded to her with a smile, and then asked about Aunt Hong's basic situation first.