Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

The man who came in was tall and handsome, and his temperament was even more outstanding. An ordinary black long gown made him look a little dignified.

Mu Qiong didn't know this man, but when he heard Mr. Qi call him "Cunming", he immediately realized that the man in front of him should be Wei Ting, the owner of this house - Wei Ting's character is Cunming.

When he was looking at Wei Ting's materials in modern times, he had seen black and white photos of Wei Ting, but he had long forgotten what he looked like. Now that he saw the real person, he realized that Wei Ting was really outstanding.

"Teacher, are there any guests?" Wei Ting asked.

"This is Mu Qiong, the author of "Study Abroad", whose pen name is Lou Yuyu." Mr. Qi had bad legs and feet, so he didn't stand up at this time, and introduced Mu Qiong while sitting.

But Mu Qiong had already stood up: "Mr. Wei, hello."

Wei Ting looked at Mu Qiong with a very interested look: "You are the author of "Study Abroad"? I didn't expect you to be so young... You studied chemistry abroad? Which school did you graduate from?"

Jiang Zhenguo in the book is studying chemistry, but Mu Qiong...his chemistry knowledge is probably worse than modern junior high school students, after all, he has never studied it systematically.

Because of this, Jiang Zhenguo skipped and didn't write about Jiang Zhenguo's study in school, and when he had to write, he only wrote the knowledge he asked from Dr. Fu.

"I never went abroad to study. This book was written after I asked some things from others and processed them." Mu Qiong said.

Wei Ting was a little disappointed: "No wonder some of the content didn't look right to me. I thought you deliberately blurred it... Then what school did you study in China? What major?"

"I grew up in Suzhou, went to middle school, and then went to Beijing to study for two years. Because I studied intermittently, I didn't even have a middle school diploma, but I can speak English and French." Mu Qiong said.

Wei Ting's eyes lit up, and when he opened his mouth again, it was French: "Who did you learn your French from?"

"I learned it from a man who came back from studying abroad in England." Mu Qiong also replied in French: "He can speak French and English, and I happen to be a bit talented, so I learned them all."

"You put the background of the book "Study Abroad" in England, is this also the reason?"

"Yes."

Wei Ting chatted with Mu Qiong in French at first, and then asked questions in English. No matter what he asked, Mu Qiong answered well in French or English.

He could feel that Wei Ting was deliberately testing.

The two of them chatted for a long time. During this period, Mr. Qi ate a lot of preserved fruit and finished all the preserved fruit on the table.

"You speak English and French very well." Wei Ting finally returned to Mandarin.

"Mr. Wei speaks better than me." Mu Qiong said with a smile, Wei Ting spoke English and French much more naturally than him.

"You two, finally speak human words." Mr. Qi sighed at this moment.Mr. Qi learned Japanese in the early years, but he couldn’t learn English and French anyway, so he couldn’t figure it out. Why do you have to say four twenty when you say 99 in French? Ten plus nine.

Wei Ting glanced at his teacher, and then said to Mu Qiong: "I have been abroad before, so I can speak so well. When I first went out, I talked to those people and they couldn't understand...you have never been out China can speak these two languages ​​so well, the talent is much better than mine.”

Mu Qiong was a little ashamed when he heard the words. In modern times, he spent a lot of money to hire more than one foreign teacher, and then had one-on-one video calls with him, and watched many foreign film and television dramas. Only then did he learn these two languages. Continued to study for several years...

Wei Ting said again: "Mu Qiong, would you like to teach in the university I will open soon? I originally read "Study Abroad" and wanted to invite you to be a chemistry teacher in the school. The class is also good, but now it seems that you are more suitable to be a French teacher or an English teacher."

"I don't even have a high school diploma, so I'm afraid I can't teach in a university." Mu Qiong said, "What's more, I don't have experience, so it's easy to mislead people."

The job of teaching at a university is still very attractive to Mu Qiong.

He wrote novels in his previous life, the biggest problem was that he had too little experience.

Now that he finally has a healthy body, how can he work behind closed doors and not go out for a walk?What's more, having a stable income is not a bad thing for him.

But he didn't dare to overestimate himself.His English and French are good, but he has no teaching experience, and he is young, so it is impossible to teach a group of college students.

Mu Qiong then said: "What's more, even if I can really teach, what will others think? Maybe they will think that this university is too nonsense."

Hearing what Mu Qiong said, Wei Ting hesitated a bit.

"However, if the elementary school or junior high school run by Mr. Wei lacks teachers, I am willing to teach." Mu Qiong finally said.

As a result, as soon as he said this, Wei Ting immediately said, "It would be great if you are willing to teach in a middle school. The middle school I run just happens to be short of English teachers!"

After finishing speaking, Wei Ting stood up and said, "If you want, you can sign a contract now! It's just that this middle school is run by a private party without government funding. It's a bit difficult financially, so the teacher's salary is not high."

"How much is the monthly salary?" Mu Qiong asked.He didn't really care about salary, but Wei Ting deliberately raised it...

"It's only 20 yuan per month." Wei Ting said with some shame, "You have to attend two classes a day, six days a week."

The salary of 20 yuan per month is actually not low, but it is not too much. If you go to teach in a church school, your salary must be more than this.

But other church schools don't necessarily want him.

"Yes." Mu Qiong agreed: "Which middle school is it?"

"Ping An Middle School." Wei Ting said. "

Mu Qiong was a little surprised, he didn't expect that the middle school Wei Ting mentioned was actually Ping'an Middle School.

After Mu Qiong agreed to be a teacher in Ping'an Middle School, Wei Ting became a little closer to Mu Qiong, and it was only then that Mu Qiong realized that Wei Ting was different from what he imagined.

And the biggest difference is... this young master who lives in a mansion, he is very poor now.

At this time, Wei Ting's father was still alive, and he had only one son, Wei Ting. He was very generous to Wei Ting at first, but Wei Ting let go of his hands and devoted himself to education, which made him very poor. This time, he even sold it off to run a university. I picked up some antiques in my hand.

Then, some good things would gossip in front of Wei's father, saying that your son lives on pawns, and the Wei family is not doing well.

This undoubtedly annoyed Wei's father. Wei's father didn't like his son's "doing nothing" to educate him. Now Wei Ting actually did something like selling old things in his hand... He just stopped the large sum of money he gave Wei Ting every month. expenses.

Today, Wei Ting can still live in the big house of the Wei family, but he doesn't have any money. His father even said that if he dares to enter the pawn shop again, his legs will be broken.

The righteous and dignified figures in history have such a side... Mu Qiong felt that the Wei Ting in front of him looked more lively.

Wei Ting keeps Mu Qiong for lunch.

There are not many dishes for lunch, only four dishes and one soup, but they are all very delicate. For example, the boiled chicken on the table is completely different from Zhu Wanwan's casual cooking.

The three of them ate together, Mr. Qi probably ate too much candied fruit, he only ate a few mouthfuls, Wei Ting didn't eat much, but Mu Qiong ate three bowls of rice in a row.

After the meal, Mu Qiong took his leave, then called a rickshaw and went to the Commercial Press.

He had a letter from Zhang Che from the Commercial Press in his hand, and after taking it out, he was brought to Zhang Che immediately.

Zhang Che was a lean middle-aged man, when he saw Mu Qiong, he smiled until deep lines appeared at the end of his eyes.

Mu Qiong was young, some people might underestimate him, but Zhang Che would not, even because of Mu Qiong's young age, he valued him very much.

At such an age, "Study Abroad" can be written, and Mu Qiong may be able to write more novels in the future!

During the period of the Republic of China, publishing novels was very profitable.

In modern times, it is not bad for an author to get 20.00% of the royalties for publishing novels, but in Shanghai at this time, the authors can get at least [-]%, and if they are a bit famous, they can even get [-]% or more... ...Of course, people at this time generally call it a "royalty fee".

In addition, the price of books is also expensive. In addition, there are few books on the market. Generally speaking, it is rare that a book cannot be sold, and the author can often make a lot of money when he publishes a book.

Of course, Mu Qiong is still a newcomer, so it is impossible to be too tall.

Zhang Che's final price to Mu Qiong was 15.00% royalties.

Mu Qiong has no objection to this: "When I have revised "Study Abroad", I will send it right away."

After talking with Wei Ting this morning, he suddenly realized that there were loopholes in the "Study Abroad" he wrote.

There is no way to publish it in the newspaper, but if it is published, he intends to correct all the loopholes.

When Mu Qiong left the Commercial Press and returned home, it was already late.

That night, he taught Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu how to read some characters, wrote "Seeking a Doctor" with more than 1000 characters, and went to bed early.

The next day, Mu Qiong went to Boss Chen's western restaurant first.

Boss Chen's western restaurant is still being renovated, but the business has not stopped. Boss Chen is selling all kinds of burgers at the entrance of the western restaurant.

Tonkatsu hamburger and fried egg hamburger, which he had already had, he still sells them. In addition, he also released braised pork burger and pan-fried meat burger, the latter of which uses a spicy seasoning that he prepared himself.

And after doing this, the income turned out to be good, excluding expenses, there were more than ten yuan in the account every day.

Seeing Mu Qiong, Boss Chen came up to say hello and gave Mu Qiong a fried meat burger.

The meat in the fried meat burger is sliced ​​pork belly, which is also sprinkled with chili powder when fried, which tastes very good.

Mu Qiong felt that with this seasoning alone, when Boss Chen renovated his western restaurant and launched various kinds of barbecue, he would definitely make a fortune.

Boss Chen has been in business for 20 years, and he has shopkeeper Zhang around him to help him. He doesn't need Mu Qiong, a half-baked guy, to do anything else. He stayed for a while and left to go to Ping An Middle School.

He made an appointment with Wei Ting, and today he will go to Ping An Middle School to apply for employment.

Ping'an Middle School is still the same, it looks quite old, and the lame old man who guards the gate is still using a coal stove to boil water.

"I'm here to find Mr. Wei." After Mu Qiong arrived, he directly explained the purpose of his visit.

"Principal Wei is right behind... Let me find someone to guide you!" said the crippled old man, and after finishing speaking, he shouted, "Feng Xiaoya!"

Feng Xiaoya?I didn't expect to meet someone with this name again... Mu Qiong smiled, and was about to see what kind of person Feng Xiaoya was in this school, when she saw Feng Xiaoya who had only been separated for two days and was carrying her child on her back. Ya ran towards him.

"Mr. Mu?" Feng Xiaoya was surprised when she saw Mu Qiong.

"Are you working here?" Mu Qiong asked.

After returning to Shanghai the day before yesterday, Feng Xiaoya and Zhou Laosan followed Fu Yun'an. According to Fu Yun'an, they were going to arrange a light job for them to do first... I didn't expect them to be in Ping'an Middle School.

"That's right! Dr. Fu asked us to work here, and take a look at his younger brother." Feng Xiaoya said: "Mr. Mu, I am cooking for the students now, and the third child in my family will help me light the fire. chopping firewood...it's really nice here!"

Feng Xiaoya's eyes are bright, and her face is full of expectations for the future. At this moment, her whole state is completely different from when Mu Qiong first met her.

"Working in the school is very good." Mu Qiong said.

Feng Xiaoya nodded again and again: "The school manages food and housing and gives us a monthly salary of four oceans, which is much better than being a long-term worker! We don't have any expenses, and I plan to save all the money. When Xiaobao grows up, let him study !"

"You should study. After reading the book, it will be different in the future." Mu Qiong said.

Feng Xiaoya just laughed.

She doesn't look good, her eyes are a little small, and her mouth is a little protruding, but when she smiles now, it makes people feel happy,

Feng Xiaoya took Mu Qiong all the way in, and came to a small room after a while: "Mr. Mu, Principal Wei is inside, you go in!"

Feng Xiaoya didn't dare to go in by herself, she stopped at a distance, but Mu Qiong walked in directly.

Sure enough, Wei Ting was inside, sitting behind a luxurious desk that was incompatible with this dilapidated house.

Mu Qiong suspects that he moved this desk from home.

Seeing Mu Qiong, Wei Ting greeted him enthusiastically, let him sit on a carved mahogany chair, and then talked about Mu Qiong's work.

At this time, the domestic education sector was basically dominated by those who returned from studying in Japan, and the textbooks were basically revised according to Japanese textbooks.

These textbooks are actually not easy to use, so many schools don't use them, such as those church schools, what textbooks they used before, and what textbooks they still use now.

As for Ping An Middle School...

Wei Ting said directly: "Our school lacks teachers who teach English and French, so the students don't have textbooks in hand, so how to teach the classes in the future and what books to use are up to you."

Mu Qiong: "..."

It's fine to find someone who hasn't even graduated from middle school to teach, and you can teach him whatever you want... Something that would never happen in modern times happened now.

"You and I go home for lunch at noon, the food at my house is better." Wei Ting said again.

Ping An Middle School will provide students with free meals at noon. In the past, students usually bring their own food. Wei Ting bought some steamed buns from nearby and distributed them to the students. For the students, there is also free pickle soup for the students to drink.

"Okay." Mu Qiong agreed.

After talking, the two went out together.

It was already lunch time, the students came out of the classroom in a swarm, and Fu Huai'an was among them.

He catches Moo-joon at a glance.

"Mu Qiong!" Fu Huai'an yelled, and ran to Mu Qiong in a few steps: "Why are you here? You want to come here to study?!"

Mu Qiong must be rich, so he wants to come here to study... Although Fu Huai'an was asking a question, he was actually sure of this in his heart, and he was a little excited: "You have finally fallen into my hands! Let me tell you! Here It's my place!"

Fu Huai'an was extremely proud.

Wei Ting frowned immediately: "Fu Huai'an! What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Principal Wei?" Fu Huai'an saw Wei Ting now, took a step back and laughed awkwardly: "I was just talking casually..."

"Just talk casually, you have to respect Teacher Mu from now on, you know?" Wei Ting said.

"Teacher Mu?" Fu Huai'an froze.

"Fu Huai'an?" At this moment, Mu Qiong suddenly thought of a possibility - this brat, isn't Fu Yun'an's younger brother? !