Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

When Mu Qiong came to the school early in the morning, he heard a uniform reading sound from the classroom, and what he was reading was a short English essay written by himself.

And it was Fu Huai'an who stood on the podium and led people to study with a full face.

Among other things, Fu Huai'an's pronunciation is really standard. He is still the kind of person who likes to take care of things and like to be the boss. Entrusting such a job to him is perfect.

Mu Qiong felt that he had made a very wise decision. When he went to Fu Huai'an's class that day and found that the English corner had been set up, he was even more impressed with Fu Huai'an.

He thought that a person like Fu Huai'an would like to hear praise, so he praised him in front of the whole class.

Then throughout the class, Fu Huai'an kept his back straight and looked at him seriously, without distraction at all.

Like a child... Mu Qiong even thought it was a little funny.

What he didn't expect was that Fu Huai'an actually came to him on his own initiative this day, holding a brand new copy of "Study Abroad" in his hand: "You...can you sign it for me?"

"Okay." Mu Qiong readily agreed, took his book, and wrote "To Huai'an" on the title page, followed by his pen name, Lou Yuyu.

Fu Huai'an was even happier. Mu Qiong asked him to be the class representative and praised him again. He must have realized that it was wrong to lie to him before!

He could have forgiven Mu Qiong.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help asking: "Mu...Mr. Mu, what are you going to write next book?" " such a book.

"I don't know yet." Mu Qiong said.

He was telling the truth.

There are quite a lot of stories he wants to write, but "Study Abroad" and "Seeking a Doctor" are very popular, which makes it difficult for him to write some things that he once wanted to write.

Nowadays, so many people worship Lou Yuyu, he can't use this pseudonym to write romance novels...

But he is not in a hurry, he has almost finished writing "Seeking a Doctor", but it will take a month before the serialization is finished, so he has time to conceive the next story.

Big deal, he won't write another story for the time being, and there is no shortage of money left and right.

What he is more entangled now is "I am in a hundred years" written by him.

These days, when newspapers receive submissions from authors, if they are not used, they will often be returned to the authors. The main reason for this is that it is not easy for the authors to write.

Articles of [-] to [-] words are fine. If the newspaper does not reject the manuscript, the writer will copy it and submit it again. Articles of [-] to [-], or even [-] to [-] words... how long will it take to copy?

Mu Qiong has recently practiced his writing speed, but he doesn't want to copy again.

However, he did not give the Hope Monthly an address for the manuscript to be returned. If the Hope Monthly is not published, there is nowhere to return the manuscript to him!

Mu Qiong was a little tangled thinking about this matter, but Fu Huai'an was a little disappointed after hearing Mu Qiong's answer: "I don't know...then you should think about it carefully. You must write it, and don't stop writing it!"

"Okay." Mu Qiong agreed.

Fu Huai'an left happily.

Mu Qiong felt very relieved that this brat finally stopped asking him for spoilers.

Mu Qiong thought so, took out the manuscript paper, and began to write the ending of "Seeking Doctor".

He should be able to finish writing "Seeking a Doctor" today.

When Mu Qiong wrote the ending of "Seeking a Doctor", the book "Study Abroad" had already appeared in bookstores in other cities.

Although "Study Abroad" is very popular in Shanghai, few people in other places know about this book. After all, Dazhongbao is only sold in Shanghai.

Today is a rare fine weather. A few students from Peking University walked into the bookstore near the school while they were not in class, intending to see if there were any new books worth reading recently.

"Boss, what new books are there recently?"

These students are all regular customers of the bookstore. The boss smiled and said, "There are seven new books recently, all of which are over there. One of them was shipped from Shanghai and published by the Commercial Press!"

These days, when people read books, they will take a special look at the publishing house. After all, the quality of books published by big publishing houses is more guaranteed.

"Which one is it?" A student immediately asked.

"It's the book Studying Abroad."

"Study abroad? Isn't this book about studying abroad?" A student took the book off the shelf and flipped through it.

When he saw it, he couldn't let it go.

Tianjin Concession.

The concession is a place for foreigners, but there are many Chinese living in it, without others, it is safe and prosperous here.

Some people committed crimes and went to the concession to hide. After all, once they entered the concession, others would have nothing to do with them.

One day, a young man with a birdcage in his hand, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, and looking at his idleness walked into the bookstore and asked, "What books have you read recently?"

"Master Li, how many books have been shipped from the south, would you like to take a look?" The shopkeeper immediately took out a few books.

"This name... I guess it's all about makeup." The person called Master Li pointed impatiently at the top book called "White Jade Bracelet", and threw the book aside.

Then, he saw the title of the second book: "Study abroad? It's interesting to see the name, so I bought it."

This kind of thing is happening in many big cities.

On this day, Mu Qiong finished writing the ending of "Seeking a Doctor" and was writing an inspirational story in English, when Feng Xiaoya came over and said that someone was looking for him.

The person who came to him was an employee of the Commercial Press. This young man in his twenties showed surprise when he saw Mu Qiong, and then said: "Mr. Mu, our editor-in-chief Zhang has something to discuss with you!"

Hearing that Zhang Che was looking for him, Mu Qiong left school early and went to the Commercial Press.

Then, Zhang Che gave him another [-] silver dollars - [-] more copies of "Study Abroad" will be printed.

Zhang Che still gave Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu the banker's ticket, and Mu Qiong took the banker's banknote and wanted to take Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu to spend the money.

But he is going to Wei's house with Sheng Chaohui this Sunday to discuss the Educational Monthly, so he doesn't have much time...

Mu Qiong thought about it, and finally decided to buy some gifts for Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu.

In modern times, on his mother's and sister's birthday, he would either give jewelry, or cosmetics and skin care products... Buying gifts for Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu can also follow this.

Mu Qiong just made a decision, and suddenly realized that he had overlooked one thing.

It's already winter, and the weather has been getting colder and colder lately, Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu's faces were rough from the cold, and although he had seen the two blobs of red on Mu Changyu's face a long time ago, he hadn't thought much about it...

It wasn't until now that Mu Qiong realized that these two people probably didn't use moisturizing skin care products, or didn't have them at all.

Mu Qiong found a rickshaw driver and asked the rickshaw driver to take him to a foreign goods store, planning to pick out some skin care products for Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu.

There are imported face creams and lipsticks in the foreign goods store. The packaging looks pretty good. Of course, the price is also very "good"-just a lipstick costs four or five yuan.

Four or five yuan is enough for the family's expenses for a month... Mu Qiong took out the money and bought two bright red lipsticks and two large jars of face cream, which cost twenty oceans in total.

As for other things, he didn't buy them. Firstly, there are very few types of skin care products and cosmetics at this time, and secondly, Mu Changyu and Zhu Wanwan don't need them—they have stayed at home every day for the past few months. Whitening a lot, no need to apply powder at all.

Mu Qiong took out the banknote that Zhang Che gave him to pay, and the shopkeeper took the banknote and asked Mu Qiong to rest for a while, and then asked the shop assistants to go nearby to exchange for a 450 yuan banknote and a 50 yuan ocean , and received 20 yuan from Mu Qiong.

Mu Qiong put the remaining banknotes and thirty heavy silver dollars into his pocket, and was about to leave, but he didn't want to see Wei Ting coming in with a young woman in her twenties.

Wei Ting is actually not young, already in his thirties, but he is well maintained. He looks at most 30 years old. Standing with that woman, he looks like a man of talent.

However, he was obviously looking away from the woman, and the woman's face was not good-looking, but a woman in her forties behind the two spoke to them very enthusiastically, easing the atmosphere between them.

"Miss Li, our Wei Ting doesn't like to talk, so please take care of me."

"Wei Ting, you have to pick a few more things for Miss Li today."

"I heard that there are some rare jewelry new in this store, you go and have a look."

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Wei Ting ignored her, and Miss Li didn't answer when she saw Wei Tingying, her complexion became even uglier, and there was faint anger in her eyes.

At this time, Wei Ting also saw Mu Qiong, and immediately showed joy: "Mu Qiong!"

"Mr. Wei, what a coincidence." Mu Qiong said.

"Wei Qiong, I was looking for you. I didn't expect to meet you here. Let's find a place to talk." Wei Ting walked towards Mu Qiong, slapped Mu Qiong on the shoulder, and took Mu Qiong away. .

After walking a few steps, he turned around and said, "Auntie, Miss Li, I'm sorry I have something to do, I have to go first!"

After speaking, he immediately quickened his pace, as if he was afraid that someone would catch up.

Mu Qiong: "..." Wei Ting is becoming more and more different from what he imagined...

"Mu Qiong, shall we find a place to eat?" After confirming that no one was following, Wei Ting heaved a sigh of relief and looked at Mu Qiong.

"What would Mr. Wei want to eat?" Mu Qiong asked.

It was almost time for dinner. He originally planned to go home for dinner, but now that he met Wei Ting, he decided to eat outside.

"Just find any store." Wei Ting said.

Wei Ting really didn't say this casually, he really just randomly found an inconspicuous little shop and walked in.

There are very few dishes in such a small shop, but Wei Ting doesn't mind: "Give us a piece of garlic leaf tofu, a piece of fried vegetables, and a piece of braised pork."

After he ordered, he asked Mu Qiong what he wanted.

Mu Qiong added a sweet and sour fried fish, and ordered an egg drop soup.

Five dishes are enough for two people.

After the two sat down, Wei Ting spoke first and asked about the Education Monthly.

All the articles for the first issue of Education Monthly have been selected, and the preparations are almost done... Mu Qiong told Wei Ting about it, and then discussed the next thing.

The portions of the dishes were not much, and Mu Qiong had a good appetite, so in the end he ate all the dishes on the table.

After dinner, Wei Ting said again: "Mu Qiong, lend me a few yuan, I need to find a place to live."

Mu Qiong directly gave Wei Ting ten silver dollars, and then asked, "Mr. Wei, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, just being forced into marriage." Wei Ting said, "My father said that unless I obey his advice and get married, he will kick me out of the house."

Mu Qiong did not expect that there were forced marriages during the Republic of China, let alone... "Mr. Wei is not married yet?"

"I've married three times!" Wei Ting said something about himself helplessly.

It was only then that Mu Qiong found out that Wei Ting had been married three times, and in the end, all three of these women died.

Wei Ting only got married for the first time, and he married a daughter of a family friend. Then, just over a year later, this woman died of dystocia, one dead body and two lives.

A year later, he married again, and married a woman of the right family, but within two years, this woman died of illness again.

At that time, Wei Ting had already learned to resist, so he did not obey his parents' arrangement to marry a third... He left home and started studying everywhere.

It was at this time that he met his third wife.

This wife was his favorite, and the two had a very happy life after getting married, and gave birth to a son and a daughter one after another.

Unfortunately, his wife died of illness in the end, and his son did not stay.

Therefore, he has no wife now, only a young daughter is raised by his mother, and he does not plan to marry another wife.

But his father always wanted him to marry a wife and have children. Wei Ting said: "My father didn't give me money a few days ago, probably not because he didn't want me to go to college, but because he wanted to force the marriage."

Hearing this, Mu Qiong felt a little sympathetic to Wei Ting's father. His son was not only prodigal, but also unmarried—the feudal patriarchs of this era might find it difficult to accept all this: "Mr. Wei, do you want to have a good relationship with your father?" talk."

"There's nothing to talk about... In fact, I think all of this is retribution." Wei Ting said suddenly: "Our Wei family's money is not coming from the right path, and God can't see it."

After Wei Ting finished speaking, he didn't continue, and Mu Qiong couldn't ask.

He didn't know the meaning of Wei Ting's words until later.The Wei family is a scholarly family, but they didn't have much money at first. The current family business is all because Wei Ting's father seized the opportunity to make war fortune, and the money was mixed with the blood and tears of countless people.

He doesn't know this now... He sent Wei Ting to a rather upscale hotel, then hailed a rickshaw and prepared to go home.

"You are... the Mu family kid?" the rickshaw driver hesitated.

It was already dark, but there were lights at the door of the hotel, illuminating the road and the people under the street lamps.

Mu Qiong saw the appearance of the rickshaw driver: "Uncle Zhao?"

This rickshaw driver turned out to be the husband of Aunt Zhao who took good care of their family when they lived in Yao's house.