Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

Editor-in-chief Li liked the novel "Study Abroad" more and more the more I read it.

In his opinion, this novel is not only highly readable, but also allows people to understand what it is like abroad.

Speaking of which, he didn't know anything about foreign countries before. It wasn't until he read this novel that he knew some things about foreign countries. For example, it turns out that there are poor people in foreign countries, and it turns out... those people look down on people in their country so much.

He believes that any insightful person in the country will be deeply touched after reading this novel.

And their newspaper...maybe it will change because of this novel.

If it weren't for the fact that there were too few manuscripts in hand at the beginning, he might have published them long ago!

Editor Li's decision is undoubtedly good news for Mu Qiong.

Once the novel starts to be published, he will have the manuscript fee.

Of course, before that, he'd better find a house to rent.

Mu Qiong asked Editor-in-Chief Li if he knew the rental information.

"I don't know much about these things, but I know a person who has the best news." Editor-in-Chief Li took a piece of paper and began to write: "That person is Fang Hailin, who has a nickname Fang Baitong, and usually relies on rent collection. To make money with a middle-aged man, you can find him whether you are buying a house or renting a house. But if you want to find him, you'd better go there quickly, otherwise at noon, he will definitely go out to drink again. "

Mu Qiong took the note from Editor-in-Chief Li, and found that besides the name and address of the person written on it, there was a paragraph written by Mr. Li below, to the effect that this person was an acquaintance of mine who wanted to rent a house, and finally wrote the payment.

Before he went to find a job, the letter of introduction that others asked him for was probably of this type.

Mu Qiong thanked Chief Editor Li, took the note and left.

The man introduced by Chief Editor Li lived not far from the editorial office of Dazhong Daily. When Mu Qiong arrived, he found that it was a rather large house with the door open. When he walked in, he saw three people sitting in the lobby. chatting.

All three of them were smoking, making the room smoky, and they were not smoking the dry tobacco that Aunt Zhao's husband smoked, but modern cigarettes.

Seeing Mu Qiong, someone asked, "What are you here for?"

"I'm here to find Mr. Fang, and I want to rent a house." Mu Qiong said, "Editor-in-Chief Li of Dazhong Daily introduced me."

The person who asked the question said: "I am Fang Hailin, what kind of house do you want to rent?"

Mu Qiong said his request: "I live with my mother and younger sister. At least two rooms are required. It is best to be able to cook."

"It's meaningless to say this... How much do you budget for monthly rent?" Fang Hailin asked.

"I hope it will be less than six yuan per month." Mu Qiong said.

"At this price, you can definitely rent a house, but if you rent in the concession, you need to rent a smaller one. If you rent outside the concession, you can rent a larger one." Fang Hailin said: "I will take you to see it!"

He took Mu Qiong out, looked at a house nearby, walked for about ten minutes to look at another house, and finally took Mu Qiong out of the concession and looked at a small courtyard.

The first two houses are not big, and they are rented together with others, but the small yard outside the concession at the end is different, it is a single family.

Of course, the yard is small.

This yard is also entered from the alley. Open the door to a yard about five meters long and two meters wide. Behind the yard are two rooms.

There is an Eight Immortals table in one room, and there is a door behind it, and the stove is opened to enter. The other room has no furniture and is empty, but there is a staircase to go upstairs, and a firewood shed is connected to the back.

There are also two rooms up the stairs. These two rooms are a bit low and not big, but they are enough to be used as bedrooms. There are also a bed and a chest of drawers in them.

The material used in this house is good, and it is just right for their family to live in. Mu Qiong fell in love with it immediately.

"The monthly rent for this house is six yuan." Fang Hailin said: "The landlord lives next door, so you can go directly to sign the lease."

Mu Qiong knew that Fang Hailin saw that he liked the house.

He did intend to rent the house, too.

The house that Aunt Zhao’s family rented in Yao’s house was equivalent to half of this house, and the room was even bigger. within the acceptable range.

Moreover, it is close to the concession, so it should be more expensive.

Mu Qiong readily rented the house, with Fang Hailin as the middleman, signed a lease with the landlord, paid six yuan for one month's rent, and had a deposit of two yuan.

The landlord gave Fang Hailin one yuan as a reward on the spot.

Fang Hailin took the money and said to Mu Qiong, "Are you going back to the concession with me, or are you going home?"

Mu Qiong went back to the concession with him, and then went to find Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu.

The two stayed in the hotel all the time and didn't go anywhere after hearing what he said. When he came back, they were very happy to learn that he had rented a house.

"Let's go to eat something first, and then go to see our house." Mu Qiong said.

Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu naturally had no objection, but Zhu Wanwan said: "Let's buy something cheap and save a little."

Mu Qiongxiaoxiao: "Eat a little at the roadside stall, it won't be too expensive."

At this time, there were not many kinds of food that could be eaten. He went around and finally went to the place where he had breakfast in the morning.

He is so hungry now that he can eat two more steamed buns.

The three of them finished eating and walked for half an hour before arriving at their residence.

After entering, Zhu Wanwan was overjoyed: "This house is really beautiful."

Mu Changyu was equally happy: "Mother, here is a stove, two large iron pots, and a table for the Eight Immortals."

It was very inconvenient to cook together at Yao's house before, but it's different here, they use the kitchen for themselves!

"Mother, Changyu, please clean up first, I'll go get our things back." Mu Qiong said.

When he took Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu away yesterday, he took the money back, but left all the things there.

Zhu Wanwan was reluctant to spend money recklessly, those things were actually not worth much, but they couldn't be cheaper for others...Mu Qiong was determined to come back.

As for how to come back... Yao's house is full of honest ordinary people who have no background, just scare them.

Mu Qiong planned to go to Li Guangming for help, and call a few more people to go with them. When there are too many of them, the people from the Yao family will definitely not dare to make trouble.

After making a decision, Mu Qiong went to the western restaurant, intending to wait for Li Guangming's work to finish there.

In the end, before he reached the western restaurant, he was stopped by someone: "Hey, stop!"

Mu Qiong turned his head and saw the young man he had seen in the editorial office of Dazhong Daily before.

In order to read novels ahead of time, this kid had been messing around with editor-in-chief Li. He was just a big brat... Mu Qiong had an average impression of him, but he didn't hate him either.

After all, he didn't mess with himself.

"I saw you in Dazhong Daily, do you still remember me?" the bear boy Fu Huai'an asked.

"Remember." Mu Qiong said.

"How much is written in the novel written by your young master, can you show me?" Fu Huai'an asked again.

Mu Qiong was a little helpless: "This manuscript has been handed over to Editor-in-Chief Li, and it cannot be given to others."

"I'll just take a look in advance, it doesn't matter!" Fu Huai'an frowned dissatisfied: "I will never tell anyone!"

"You can read the newspaper when it is published, why bother?"

"You don't know, when I read a good novel and can't see the back, I feel so uncomfortable..." Fu Huai'an said, "Just show me!"

Mu Qiong was a little impatient: "You can find something else to do."

"I don't have anything else to do here. I don't like reading. I used to have other things to do in my hometown. When I come here, I don't have anything to do." Fu Huai'an complained: "You don't know , My brother is very stingy and won't give me money!"

"You are so old, and you don't study, you really shouldn't ask your brother for money." Mu Qiong said, this person is about [-] or [-] years old, and he is still a junior high school student in modern times, but in this age, he can already do it. Apprentice or something.

What happened to Yao Hong yesterday put Mu Qiong in a bad mood, so he naturally didn't like such a young man.

"I'm different from you, my family is rich! Why can't I ask my brother for money?!" Fu Huai'an said angrily.

Mu Qiong glanced at him, turned around and left, but Fu Huai'an was unwilling to "let go" him: "Wait! How dare you ignore me!"

Mu Qiong walked quickly, Fu Huai'an ran directly in front of him, and grabbed his arm: "Hey, if you don't stop, I'm going to beat you!"

Mu Qiong stopped and looked at his own arm that was being pulled.

What happened yesterday made Mu Qiong feel bad, and now he is being threatened again...

Fu Huai'an didn't know what Mu Qiong was thinking. Seeing Mu Qiong stop, he thought that Mu Qiong was afraid of him, and he was complacent: "Isn't it good that you are so obedient? You listen to me, and I will protect you from now on."

"How can you cover me?" Mu Qiong asked.

"I fight very well, and I have a group of younger brothers!" Fu Huai'an said.

"Really...then can you do me a favor?" Mu Qiong asked directly.

"Just say it!" Fu Huai'an said proudly.

"The thing is like this, before my mother and my sister rented a yard outside the concession..." Mu Qiong talked about what happened to Yao's family yesterday.

He originally wanted to ask Li Guangming for help, but now someone came to his door...

As a person who earns money by writing, Mu Qiong easily uses the art of language to exaggerate his own misery.

Sure enough, Fu Huai'an was filled with righteous indignation: "Those people are too hateful! I will definitely teach them a lesson for you!"

"No need to do this, they bully us, we can't bully them like them... I just want to get our things back." Mu Qiong said.

"You have such a good temper!" Fu Huai'an was still very angry: "This kind of person should smash the windows of their house!"

Sure enough, he is a bear... Mu Qiong persuaded him a few more words, and finally made Fu Huai'an give up such an idea. Not only that, Fu Huai'an also felt sympathetic to him: "You are a servant, don't you have much money a month? Now How do you live after being kicked out?"

"I have some savings, but it's okay." Mu Qiong was a little embarrassed to see that the child was so easy to deceive, but after thinking about it, he didn't let the child do bad things, didn't he just find a free laborer?

"Go, I'll help you move things right away!" Fu Huai'an said again.

"Wait, there are only two of us, if we pass by like this, they will definitely not return my things to me." Mu Qiong said.

"Then I'll call a few people!" Fu Huai'an said.

Fu Huai'an led Mu Qiong through two alleys, shouting here and there, and after a while, seven or eight teenagers about his size were called. These teenagers looked dressed, and they were all from ordinary families with affluent food and clothing. .

Also, those who live in the concession are not particularly poor.

Some of these people are older than Fu Huai'an, but they all call Fu Huai'an "Brother Huai".

"Your surname is Huai?" Mu Qiong asked, the surname Huai is quite rare.

"Uh...my name is Huai'an." Fu Huai'an said.

"The name sounds nice." Mu Qiong said.

"What do you know! Are you literate?" Fu Huai'an glanced at Mu Qiong, and then went to greet his group of younger brothers, saying that they wanted to help Mu Qiong get ahead together.

Fu Huai'an was sent to Shanghai by his father, forcing him to live with Fu Yun'an.

Fu Yun'an set many rules for him and sent him to an ordinary middle school, but other places didn't care much about him. Of course, they didn't give him much money.

He can only get a dime a day now!

Fortunately, when he came here, he brought some gadgets with him, and he could pawn some money at the pawn shop, so he was still very generous. He made many friends in and out of school, and even took in many younger brothers.

He usually doesn't study hard, and often plays truant, but he didn't play truant today—today is Sunday, and the school is on holiday.

Fu Huai'an called Qi Renshou and asked Mu Qiong to lead the way to help Mu Qiong move things.

The group got on the tram just like that, and Fu Huai'an generously paid the conductor a dime for everyone's fare.

A group of middle-aged and middle-aged people are very interested in the things of chivalry and righteousness, and they fully agree to the things Mu Qiong explained on the road.

At the same time, after hearing Fu Huai'an's words, they all sympathized with Mu Qiong.

Mu Qiong was very angry at the thought of Yao's family, but he was not so angry after being sympathized with by them.

Walk through an alley and you will arrive at Yao's house.

It was daytime, the gate of Yao's house was open, and there were a few children with runny noses playing in the yard.

Fu Huai'an rushed in first, followed by the others.

Suddenly such a group of people came, and everyone in the yard looked over, and then noticed Mu Qiong.

Someone said in embarrassment: "Boy from the Mu family, are you back?"

Mu Qiong said with a cold face, "My friend is here to help me move things."

"Yes, we are here to move things! Where are the Mu family's things?" Fu Huai'an asked arrogantly.

From Mu Qiong's point of view, this group of teenagers dressed just like that, but to those who rented in the yard of Yao's house, each of these teenagers wore long gowns, which looked a bit extraordinary.

"It's all in your room, no one is moving." The person who came up to talk to Mu Qiong at the beginning was stared at by Fu Huai'an, and shrank his neck uneasily.

After Mu Qiong pointed out the house that his family had rented before, a group of teenagers ran into the house, and then...

"You asked us to move, just this few things?" Fu Huai'an was a little confused.

A few torn quilts, some torn clothes, and some pots and pans... These things, in Fu Sishao's opinion, are similar to rubbish on the side of the road.

"Yes." Mu Qiong said.

Fourth Young Master Fu looked at Mu Qiong with more sympathy.

Those other teenagers are different from Fu Sishao. Although their families are well-fed, they are not rich, so naturally they don't look down on these things... They quickly moved all the things to the place. Outside.

The tenants in the yard kept looking at them, but no one came to speak.

"Xiao Mu..." Aunt Zhao finally came out: "You order something! Don't miss anything!"

"Thank you Aunt Zhao." Mu Qiong said.

There are too few things in the house, so Mu Qiong is still very clear about how many things there are.

He thought that there should be a lot of things in the house due to the trouble yesterday, but he didn't expect...

"One quilt is missing." Mu Qiong was delighted when he saw the things: "Two bowls are missing."

"It's missing?" Fu Huai'an yelled loudly, "Who got it?!"

He shouted while looking around.

Everyone Fu Huai'an saw shook their heads quickly: "We didn't take it!"

"We didn't take either."

Mu Qiong looked around, then walked directly to a room and knocked on the door.

Nothing moved in the room.

"Aunt Tian, ​​if you don't come out, I'll kick the door!" Mu Qiong said.

The broken door of this house in Tian's house is easy to kick, and a few hard kicks can knock down the door frame... So as soon as Mu Qiong said this, Aunt Tian immediately came out and opened the door, and looked at Mu Qiong with a smirk: " Xiao Mu... is there something wrong?"

"Take out my quilt and bowl." Mu Qiong said.

"I didn't take it." Aunt Tian said.

"Then let me go in and look for it." Mu Qiong said again.

Aunt Tian looked at Mu Qiong, then looked at the people behind Mu Qiong, and laughed: "Xiao Mu, you know, my aunt's family is poor, the quilt is all torn, and it's been cold recently... I just borrowed it to cover it all night. I planned to return later.”

It was the first time for Mu Qiong to meet such a brazen person, so it was a little funny.

After seeing Aunt Tian take out his quilt and two bowls from the box, she didn't know what to say.

Fu Huai'an likes to join in the fun, so he followed him to watch, showing an indescribable expression.

With a person like Aunt Tian, ​​it would be a waste of time to even care about it. Mu Qiong hugged the quilt and left, and went directly to the door of Yao's house and knocked on the door.

When he came to fetch things, not only Aunt Tian hid from anyone, but the Yao family also hid.

And Mu Qiong asked Aunt Tian to return the quilt, and the Yao family also had something he wanted to return.

"What are you doing knocking on the door? If it breaks, you will pay for it!" Old lady Yao opened the door and glared at Mu Qiong.

She also knew that Mu Qiong had brought people back to get things, and at first she wanted to say a few words, but when she saw a group of people coming in, she kept silent.

Those fifteen or sixteen-year-old young people are the most impulsive, and the old ladies are afraid that they will be beaten.

But Mu Qiong came to knock on the door... Thinking of him yelling in the yard to kick the door, she finally opened it.

"My family has already paid this month's rent, but I haven't lived for a full month at all. I paid the deposit back at the beginning, and you can refund the money!" Mu Qiong looked at the old lady Yao.

"There is no such thing! You can't live on your own, why do you want me to refund the money?" Old lady Yao said angrily.

“Who drove us away yesterday?” Moo-joon asks.

"Then you left on your own!" Mrs. Yao said, "Now that you want to live, you can come back!"

Mrs. Yao has made up her mind not to refund the money.

Mu Qiong looked at Fu Huai'an.

When he was on the way, he mentioned to Fu Huai'an that he wanted to get back his own things, and in addition, the rent and deposit should be refunded as well.

He is not a person who cares about every detail. If they move out by themselves, even if the month is not full, he will not ask people to return the rent to him.

But he didn't want to move out by himself, and what the Yao family did before was really disgusting.

Fu Huai'an was seen by Mu Qiong, and immediately said: "Are you sure you won't refund the money? Do you know who my father is?"

Mu Qiong asked Fu Huai'an to help him threaten him, and he didn't specify a method, so Fu Huai'an was free to play at the moment: "You don't obediently return the money... Ha ha!"

Speaking of which, although Fu Huai'an is good-looking, he has an aura of domineering and domineering, which makes people feel...he must not be messed with.

He is not easy to mess with, and his father must be even more difficult to mess with.

Not to mention that after he said this, the younger brothers he brought said one after another: "Return the money quickly! Otherwise, Brother Huai wants you to look good!"

"You framed someone, it's generous of us to only ask you to refund the money!"

"Actually, she should be made to lose money!"

……

"That's right, it's not easy for us to make this trip, so we should ask for some hard work... You can give us another two yuan for tea!" Fu Huai'an also said.

Old Mrs. Yao is in a hurry. Her family's life is not good, otherwise she wouldn't go to war for two yuan. She doesn't even want to refund the rent, so how can she give tea money?

But there are a dozen or so young people standing in front of them, and their accents are all local...

Most of these people are bastards on the street, she can't afford it!But she is not happy to refund the money.

Mu Qiong didn't expect Mrs. Yao to be so stubborn...But: "I know your grandson..."

The old lady Yao hurriedly said: "I'll refund you the money, you go!" As for the tea money that Fu Huai'an asked for, anyway, she didn't accept the words and didn't give the money.

Mu Qiong stopped talking.

Mrs. Yao turned around and went into the house. After a while, she came out with a very old money bag: "Your family has lived in this month for half a month, and the rent can only be refunded [-] cents, and there is also a deposit of [-] cents."

With great distress, she began to count out the silver coins one by one.

Mu Qiong really didn't know how many days his family lived in this month, and he didn't bother to worry about it. After Mrs. Yao counted seven silver dimes, he took it and left: "Let's go back!"

"Go back!" These young men who followed helped the coal stove to carry the coal stove, and the bowl and chopsticks to take the bowl and chopsticks, and took all Mu Qiong's belongings with ease.

Of course, Fu Huai'an would not take it.

They came with a whoop, and now they are gone with a whoosh.

Seeing this, Mrs. Yao breathed a sigh of relief even though she still felt sorry for her money.

It's just that she breathed a sigh of relief too early.

When Mu Qiong walked to the door, he turned around suddenly: "Old lady Yao, you have the time to steal other people's houses, so you might as well take care of your grandson. He is very generous outside, and he invites people to dinner casually." A big ocean flower has gone out!"

Mu Qiong said this very loudly, and everyone in the yard heard it.

Although old lady Yao's ears were not as sensitive as when she was young, she could still hear clearly. After hearing clearly, she almost fainted from anger.

This is not the case for other people in the yard... They all suddenly realized when they heard Mu Qiong's words.

The Yao family has always praised Yao Hong in different ways, but Yao Hong is not very popular in this yard.

Firstly, his eyes are on the top of his head, and he has always been ignorant of others, secondly... the Mu family's life is a little bit better, and people will be jealous. Yao Hong's life is so much better than others, How can you not make people jealous?

"Old lady Yao's money, Yao Hong didn't steal it, right?"

"Probably, otherwise he brought a big ocean treat?"

"Oh, this book has been read into the belly of a pig!"

"Mrs. Yao eats sweet potatoes every day, but his life is very good."

……

These people began to discuss in low voices.

"My Hong'er's treat is for socializing! Scholars' socializing!" Mrs. Yao said, "I gave him the money, not him stealing it!" She actually knew that most of her money was taken by her grandson. Grandson knows where her ocean is hidden.

But that was her grandson, the root of their Yao family!

Mrs. Yao tried her best to explain, but no one believed her at all.

When Mu Qiong, Fu Huai'an and others left Yao's house, it was almost dark.

Fu Huai'an looked at the sky, his face was a bit ugly, but he still said: "We did a big thing today, I will treat you to dinner later!"

"No need, my sister and my mother are still waiting at home." Mu Qiong said.

"That's fine... By the way, what did you mean by that last sentence?" Fu Huai'an asked, "What happened to the old lady's grandson?"

"Nothing interesting." Mu Qiong smiled, he said that purely to vent his anger.

Fu Huai'an didn't ask any further questions, he was a little restless looking at the passing scenery outside the tram.

"What's wrong with you?" Mu Qiong was a little puzzled seeing him like this.

At first, because he didn't like Fu Huai'an and was threatened by Fu Huai'an, he tricked him into making this trip, but after getting along for a long time, he found that although Fu Huai'an had a bit of a temper, he was not considered a bad person.

Although he always clamored to hit people, according to the people around him, he had never really hit anyone, and he was quite righteous.

If not, they wouldn't be willing to call him Brother Huai.

"I'm fine, what's the matter with me!" Fu Huai'an said.

Although he said so, what he showed was not like this.

As soon as the tram arrived at the stop, Fu Huai'an immediately jumped out of the car, and then ran away: "I have something to go home! Mu Qiong, take the manuscript to Ping'an Middle School for me tomorrow! I want to read it!"

Mu Qiong: "..."