Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

Mu Qiong has been very busy since leaving Yao's house, so he put aside all the people and things there.

Left and right their family does not owe others.

At that time in the Yao family, only Aunt Zhao treated them fairly well, but that was all.His mother did a lot of things for Aunt Zhao back then, and even gave gifts, never taking advantage of others.

However, compared with others, Aunt Zhao's family is really pretty good.

Mu Qiong greeted with a smile: "Uncle Zhao, what a coincidence."

Uncle Zhao smiled embarrassingly, with deep lines on his black face: "It's a coincidence... I didn't dare to recognize it at first, where are you going?"

Mu Qiong got into the car, and after a little thought, he reported his address.

Uncle Zhao is not a talkative person, he pulled Mu Qiong and left without asking any other questions.

"Uncle Zhao, is Auntie okay?" Mu Qiong asked.

"Very good." Uncle Zhao just said two words.

What kind of person Uncle Zhao is, Mu Qiong already knew, and Mu Qiong didn't care about his few words.

In fact, many of those who have been struggling at the bottom of the society and are full of hard work every day are as taciturn as Uncle Zhao in front of them-for them, it is better to work more than to spend energy talking.

Uncle Zhao sent Mu Qiong to the door of his rented house.

Mu Qiong got out of the car and gave him a dime: "Uncle Zhao, you don't have to look for it."

This way, in fact, it only costs four or five copper dollars, which is too much for Mu Qiong.

Uncle Zhao didn't say anything, he took the money and bowed: "Thank you."

After Uncle Zhao left, Mu Qiong entered the house.

Two candles were lit in the room, and Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu were waiting for him.

As soon as she saw Mu Qiong, Zhu Wanwan asked, "Qioner, have you eaten yet?"

"I've already eaten." Mu Qiong said.

"The duck was roasted at home today, do you want some more?" Zhu Wanwan asked again.

Mu Qiong was quite full at night: "No, save it for tomorrow."

"Then I'll go clean up." Zhu Wanwan said as she entered the kitchen, and put the food on the iron steaming rack covered with a lid into the cupboard.

"Brother, what did you do today?" Mu Changyu looked at Mu Qiong curiously.

"Discuss with someone about running a magazine." Mu Qiong took out all the remaining money: "I also went to get the manuscript fee."

What he has done and how much money he has, Mu Qiong never hides from his mother and sister.

Everyone is part of the family, and they have the right to know what is going on at home.

"Brother, you are really amazing!" Mu Changyu looked at Mu Qiong, his eyes sparkling: "I knew you were the best, that man and his concubine are talking nonsense!"

"That's it." Mu Qiong laughed.

In fact, his performance was a little too outstanding. The original owner did not have his ability, but he knew that Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu would not be able to see it.

When the original owner was in Suzhou, he had been brought up by his grandfather, and his grandfather valued him very much. At home, he always said that he was better than his father.

At that time in school, he was always the best one. Although Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu didn't go out much, but whenever they went out, others would praise the original owner.

From this point of view, the two naturally felt that everything was fine with the original owner.

As for the original owner who was frustrated in Beijing and failed to pass the Peking University preparatory class... This is because the original owner suffered a disadvantage because he had not learned English before, and it was also because the original owner had just arrived in Beijing at that time and was not acclimatized to the environment. Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu have always been I firmly believe that if he is in good health, it is absolutely impossible for him to fail the middle school entrance examination.

As for the person Mu Changyu was talking about, that is, Mu Yongxue, his thoughts were just the opposite.

The original owner was not admitted to the preparatory class of Peking University, and his attitude towards him was not respectful, so he felt that the original owner was rotten wood, and said all day long that the original owner had no ability and no future, and he must be a prodigal son in the future.

Mu Changyu was afraid that he was angry all the time, so he only talked about it now.

Zhu Wanwan came out just in time to hear Mu Changyu's words.

Zhu Wanwan didn't have any relationship with her husband when they got together less often. Later, Mu Yongxue had a concubine... At that time, people around her persuaded her to be more open, saying that her son was her reliance, and she thought so too.

In her heart, her husband is absolutely inferior to her son. Recently, after studying with Mu Qiong and being instilled by Mu Qiong in some ideas such as "a woman can live well without her husband", Mu Yongxue is even more in her heart. useless……

Zhu Wanwan said: "The man's concubine didn't see you being good, so she said bad things about you, and that man was deceived... In short, don't believe what he says."

"Mother, we know." Mu Changyu said immediately.

Zhu Wanwan smiled, and then noticed the silver dollars and banknotes on the table: "Qiong'er, this money..."

"Mother, [-] copies of "Study Abroad" have been printed, and this is the manuscript fee." Mu Qiong laughed.

"Then you quickly collect the money... what is this?" Zhu Wanwan pointed to the cream and lipstick that Mu Qiong took out with the money.

"This is face cream and lipstick, mother, it's very cold now, you and Changyu remember to put some face cream on every day, as for lipstick...it looks good after you put it on," Mu Qiong said.

Both Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu have pale lips, so they should look much better with some lipstick.

"Aren't these cheap? What are you buying these for?" Zhu Wanwan felt distressed.

"Not much money." Mu Qiong said.

"Brother, don't lie to us, what you bought is imported, it's so precious!" Mu Changyu said, "Actually, you should buy domestic ones. Domestic pearl cream and rouge are much cheaper than these, and they are easy to use. Difference."

Mu Qiong actually doesn’t know anything about cosmetics and skin care products. This time he went directly to a foreign goods store to buy them because his mother and sister bought them from abroad in modern times... "I don’t know much about these. I will take you there in the future , pick your own."

"What to choose." Zhu Wanwan immediately said: "I'm so old, I can just put some lard on it, so why use these? Changyu is also, she is still young, so she can just put on face cream, you buy lipstick and make it for her What? Can you wipe it and go out?"

"The things you use on your face can't make do. As for lipstick... you can just rub it at home." Mu Qiong said.

"Things that cost four or five yuan, you can rub them at home?" Zhu Wanwan was very distressed.

Before Mu Changyu directly said that the things he bought were imported, Mu Qiong felt strange, but now Zhu Wanwan can tell the price: "Mother, Changyu, how do you know the price of lipstick?"

He thought that Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu knew nothing about this.

"Brother, we saw it in the newspaper." Mu Changyu said.

Mu Qiong had never seen these in the newspapers before, and was about to ask again when he heard Mu Changyu continue: "There are advertisements in the newspapers!"

I see……

Mu Qiong would buy newspapers every day, and after reading them himself, he would show them to Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu at home. Although the two of them could not understand, they read a lot in their free time and learned a lot.

"It's good to read more newspapers, and you should dress up more in the future," Mu Qiong said.If Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu were vain and beautiful, he would definitely not encourage them to dress up, and would only let them study hard every day, but since these two study hard every day, he felt that it would be a good thing for them to learn how to dress up.

Although Mu Changyu thinks it's expensive, she still likes lipsticks that she has never used. As for Zhu Wanwan...my son bought them all, so what can I do?

"Face cream and lipstick will not be usable in a few months after dismantling them. Mother, you must not be reluctant to use them." Mu Qiong coaxed them again, thinking at the same time that she would take Zhu Wanwan and Mu Chang with her when she was free next time. Yu went to make some clothes.

As a man, he is the same no matter what clothes he wears, but Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu should wear something nicer and more modern.

Especially Zhu Wanwan.Zhu Wanwan is only in her early thirties, and her style is just right.

When Mu Qiong was trying to make Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu treat him better, Fu Huai'an, who had returned home, was reciting Mu Qiong's short English essay for them to recite.

Relying on his own foundation, it is no problem to read these short essays, but he can’t recite them... He plans to make up for them in the next few days, and make up all the short essays that Mu Qiong asked them to recite but he didn’t. Back down.

Fu Yun'an came home late today due to business, and was quite surprised to see this scene as soon as he came back.

When Fu Huai'an saw him, he immediately stood up: "Mmm...Third Brother..."

"Are there any words you don't understand?" Fu Yun'an asked.

It really is!Fu Huai'an came to Fu Yun'an with the paper in his hand, pointed to a word and asked, "Brother, what does this mean?" He could read some words, but he didn't know the meaning...

Fu Yunan said.

Fu Huai'an then asked a few more questions, which he answered one by one.

He didn't like Fu Huai'an, but he didn't hate him either. He was quite relieved that Fu Huai'an was willing to learn.

Fu Huai'an asked a few words in one breath, and then asked again: "Brother, do you have the original documents? Can you lend me some?"

"Follow me to get it." Fu Yun'an said.

After Fu Huai'an asked to borrow the book, he regretted it.The original document was quite precious, and he was afraid that Fu Yun'an would not lend it to him, and it would be embarrassing!

In the end, Fu Yun'an agreed without hesitation... He was overjoyed, and suddenly felt that his brother was actually not that bad.

Fu Yun'an took Fu Huai'an into his study.

There are many books in his study, most of which are original documents he brought back from abroad or bought from abroad.

"You can choose a few of the books there to read." Fu Yun'an pointed to the bookcase where he kept his novels.

Fu Huai'an looked in the direction he pointed, and the first thing he saw was "Study Abroad" placed in a prominent place: "You also bought "Study Abroad"?"

He bought five copies of "Study Abroad" in one go, sent two copies to his mother, kept one for himself and read one, and kept one, thinking that if Fu Yun'an wanted it from him, he would give it to Fu Yun'an.But he didn't expect that Fu Yun'an had already bought the book by himself.

"Yes." Fu Yunan nodded.

"I have it too, mine is different." Fu Huai'an said proudly, his "Study Abroad" had the author's signature on it!

His brother definitely didn't!

Fu Yun'an didn't know what Fu Huai'an was thinking, and he didn't bother to know. He gave Fu Huai'an a few English novels, and he sent them away.

Yao family.

Yao's yard, where Mu Qiong's family once rented, is still as lively as before.

After Mu Qiong and the others couldn't live anymore, the room was empty for a long time. Not long ago, it was just rented to a woman who couldn't live in her hometown and came here to beg for a living.

The old lady Yao said that Zhu Wanwan was not serious at first, but in fact... the current tenant of the Yao family is really not serious.

She specializes in doing business with the sailors of the Sha Shipyard who have not seen women for several months when they go out. She does business with flesh and blood, so there are always men coming and going in and out of her house.

Aunt Zhao couldn't understand her the most, and the other women who rented at Yao's house were also very dissatisfied - such a woman was in the yard, and the men in the family always looked at her, and even went to her room in the middle of the night!

In the middle of the night, Aunt Zhao, who had fallen asleep, woke up when she heard the sound of the door opening, and saw her husband come back.

"The water on the coal stove is still hot." Aunt Zhao said.

Uncle Zhao responded, picked up the kettle from the coal stove, drank some water, poured water to wash his face, and finally poured the water from the washbasin into the footbath to wash his feet.

After washing, he took off his clothes and lay down on the bed.

Aunt Zhao moved in, and gave her husband the warm blanket. She was about to sleep with her husband when she heard teasing voices from outside.

Aunt Zhao frowned, and said contemptuously, "This man is really shameless!"

Uncle Zhao didn't speak.

Aunt Zhao has long been used to talking to herself: "Zhu Wanwan is so nice, she is quiet and doesn't cause trouble, and she is willing to help with any work. This woman... She actually used my basin to wash her clothes today! I don't know her Do you have those dirty diseases!"

"I saw Mu Qiong today."

"She's still hooking up with the Tian family in the yard... wait, what are you talking about?" Aunt Zhao didn't expect her husband to speak up.

"I saw Mu Qiong, he was well dressed and called me to pull the cart... I didn't dare to recognize him at first." Uncle Zhao said.

"Is he doing well now?" Aunt Zhao was a little envious.

"Their family probably lives alone in a yard... He gave me a dime for a trip of four copper dollars." Uncle Zhao said again.

"Then he is really developed! Mrs. Yao also said that he is a liar... Tsk tsk!" Aunt Zhao was surprised for a while, and then regretted: "Oh, Chunjuan asked me to be nice to them at the beginning, saying that he would Promise, but I didn't manage things well."

Although she helped Zhu Wanwan, she didn't treat Zhu Wanwan too well. Earlier, she always left her work to Zhu Wanwan.

Later, when the life of the Mu family improved, she also alienated Zhu Wanwan because of jealousy.

Now, even if she knows that the Mu family is getting better, she is too embarrassed to post it.

"Go to sleep." Uncle Zhao said, closing his eyes, and snoring after a while.

Aunt Zhao hated snoring too loudly, pinched his nose, and fell asleep too.

Early the next morning, there was the sound of pots and pans banging in Yao's yard.

"It's so early in the morning, why are you arguing! You are sick!" The woman who lived in the house where the Mu family used to live scolded.

When Aunt Tian heard the words, she made her voice louder, but she didn't dare to yell.She just satirized this woman a few words before, but this woman went to seduce her man, and even said to her man, "Your wife is so fierce, you must have worked hard."

She was so angry, but her man actually thought that this woman was right.

"From the Tian family, you didn't like Zhu Wanwan at the beginning, but now you changed to this one, how about it?" Aunt Zhao was a little gloating, she was much better than Aunt Tian, ​​and her men would not fall in love with that kind of seductive woman!

Aunt Tian didn't speak.

Aunt Zhao chatted with others: "The head of my family met the Mu family boy yesterday, and now they call rickshaws when they go out, and they live in a single-family courtyard... They are doing well!"

Everyone loves to talk about this, and someone immediately said: "I thought the Mu family boy was a good person at the beginning. He is not in good health, so I help his mother carry buckets of water."

"That's right! When he got better, he went to find a job. He went out before dawn every day and didn't come back until dark."

"A hard-working person always stands out, not to mention he is knowledgeable. His family's life will definitely get better and better."

"The Yao family just... tsk tsk!"

……

The fragrance is far away and the smell is near. After the Mu family is not around, they are not jealous of the Mu family anymore. As for the Yao family...

When Mu Qiong left such a sentence when he moved away, they all knew that the one who stole the money was probably that precious grandson of Mrs. Yao.

However, they usually don't see the Yao family's phoenix egg, and they don't dare to offend the Yao family, so they talk about it in private, but they never tire of talking.

For a big family like the Yao family, it's okay to have a smoker before, but now there is such a "scholar", I'm afraid they will lose... They couldn't help feeling secretly happy.

"In winter, Yao's house doesn't open fire at noon, Mrs. Yao probably can only eat cold."

"I don't know if there is anything to eat!"

"Mrs. Yao and her two daughters look thinner. It's really pitiful."

"It's raising a child. Let him work, otherwise it will be for nothing."

……

While these people were talking, they lived day after day without any change.

At this time, Mu Qiong had already left the house with the duck meat that Zhu Wanwan had left for him last night.

He called a rickshaw to take him to school as usual, and even stopped the driver on the way, calling a newsboy to buy some newspapers.

"Seeking a doctor" has been written, and even the short English essay is almost done. Mu Qiong didn't write anything at school that day. After two classes, he took the ending of "seeking a doctor" and went to The editorial department of the popular newspaper.

He hadn't been here for some days, and when Li Ronghua saw him, he greeted him warmly again.

"I've finished writing "Seeking Doctor", this is the ending." Mu Qiong gave Li Ronghua a thick stack of manuscript paper.

Li Ronghua looked at it as usual, and then said: "I will have someone copy it later and count the words. Come back when you have time, and I will pay you all the manuscript fee for this book."

"Then I'll come back tomorrow." Mu Qiong said.

"Okay." Li Ronghua agreed, and then asked, "What's your new book?"

"I have to think about the new book." Mu Qiong said.

"Think about it, you should... But it's better if you can connect, and your reputation can be bigger."

"I know, when I write it out, I will definitely bring it over."

This is what Li Ronghua was waiting for, and he immediately smiled: "Okay! I will pay you an extra fee when the time comes."

"Then I would like to thank Editor-in-Chief Li." Mu Qiong said.

"Thank you, Dazhong Daily's current sales are thanks to you! Mu Qiong, readers still prefer "Study Abroad" to "Seeking Doctors". You'd better write such stories. "

Li Ronghua chatted with Mu Qiong for a while, wanting to know what Mu Qiong planned to write next, but Mu Qiong didn't know himself, so naturally he couldn't answer.

Li Ronghua stopped talking about this and mentioned something else.

"Seeking Doctors" has been serialized for more than half, and they have received many letters from readers. These are for Mu Qiong to take back. In addition, many people have come to Mu Qiong recently... "By the way, Mu Qiong, the reporting reporter wants to I want to interview you."