Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

Cai Songshan was originally here to sell books, and now someone wanted to see what he brought, so he hurriedly took it out.

He even took out some more—he took out more than a dozen educational monthly magazines and distributed one to everyone present.

For readers who were enlightened by articles such as the Three-Character Classic and Thousand-Character Prose at this time, the content of the Educational Monthly was extremely childish.

But they didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and they quickly realized that this book wasn't for well-read people like them, it was for kids.

"This magazine is good!" The young man wearing glasses was a little surprised: "I'm teaching my wife to read, let her read it!"

"It's really good, this magazine helps children understand the meaning of words and sentences." Another person also said.

"This sentence is really ingenious!" There is also humanity.

Several people couldn't put it down, but there was also a man in his thirties who slapped his hand on the table and said, "These are all messy things! Let alone the childishness of the article, he even made up some weird sentences for the sake of public favor. Everything passed down from the ancestors is lost!"

"What a strange look, I think this is the best innovation!" The young man wearing glasses said, "If you only know how to hold the things passed down from your ancestors, how can you make progress? The ancestors' crotch horses are no match cannon?"

"What's so bad about the old ancestor's stuff? If you guys hadn't messed around, the world wouldn't be in such a mess!"

"If it weren't for you old and stubborn people, the world would be much clearer!"

In the end, the two sides were actually arguing non-stop.

When the bookstore owner came out, the young man in glasses rolled up his sleeves, as if he was about to fight someone.

You know, a lot of people who have improved their understanding have a bad temper.

"Everyone, calm down!" The bookstore owner quickly comforted everyone.

The person who was arguing with the young man wearing glasses was already at a disadvantage. Now that he has stepped down, he immediately said: "I don't care about today's affairs. If I meet you again..."

The young man in glasses rolled up his sleeves again.

The man ran away in a hurry.

Seeing him go, the young man wearing glasses looked at Cai Songshan: "I'll buy a copy of your monthly magazine!"

"Okay!" Cai Songshan responded, and said again: "Sir, I have other publications here, do you want to read them too?"

Hearing this, the young man wearing glasses said again, "Take it out quickly!"

Cai Songshan immediately took out several Hope Monthly Reports and gave them to him.

The young man took the book and began to read it hastily.

Before he read the Educational Monthly, he still had time to applaud, but now he reads "I'm in a Hundred Years Later" in the Hope Monthly, but he forgets himself completely and doesn't remember anything.

At this time, Cai Songshan was talking about business with the bookstore owner.

This bookstore is very big, even in Shanghai, it also has a branch.It's just that compared with their main store in Beijing, the Shanghai branch is really small.

The owner of the bookstore has been in the business of buying and selling books, and has a wide range of knowledge. He looked at the books Cai Songshan brought, and immediately expressed that their bookstore is willing to act as an agent for the sale of these two magazines in Beijing and Tianjin.

He also ordered [-] copies of each magazine, even for the few issues that have already been published-although Hope Monthly and Education Monthly have never been sold in Beijing and Tianjin, but as a big book with a branch in Shanghai The owner of the shop also heard about the grand occasion when these two books were sold in Shanghai.

Cai Songshan immediately signed the contract with him, and felt that this trip was the right one.

Although it costs a lot of money to take the train, but this way works well, and there will be a steady stream of money in the future!

Mu Qiong was busy for several days.

He stared at those orphans every day, and finally put the lives of those orphans on the right track. At the same time, he also realized that what he originally thought, that these children might run away because they were too tired to work, was simply impossible.

These children are wandering outside, not to mention that they will not have enough to eat every day, and their lives will be in danger. Therefore, when he gives them food and drink and only asks them to paste envelopes, they will not leave anyway.

Instead, they were worried that he would drive them away.

He has been teaching them counting and simple addition and subtraction recently, and the slow learners are very anxious and scared.

Even the liveliest one, Street Lamp, while flattering him, also became much more diligent, and no longer dared to steal or play tricks.

Mu Qiong was very happy to see this.

What pleased Mu Qiong the most was that Er Shao Huo's orphanage had already started laying the foundation, and even recruited some employees.

Huo Ershao even brought one of them to visit him specially.

The one brought to Mu Qiong by Huo Ershao was a chubby man in his early twenties named Jin Huailai.

"Mu Qiong, this is my subordinate. After the orphanage is built, he will take care of it. Now let him learn from you." Huo Ershao said to Mu Qiong: "What kind of work do you have? Just let him do it, young people need to exercise more!"

"Yes, Mr. Mu, just tell me if you have something to do." Jin Huailai looked at Mu Qiong, his small eyes narrowed with a smile.

"Let's work hard together." Mu Qiong smiled at him.

At first, Mu Qiong thought that Jin Huailai should be the son of the shopkeeper under Huo Ershao's hands, so he was entrusted with important tasks at a young age.

But he soon realized he was wrong.

He met Jin Huailai after finishing Ping'an Middle School in the afternoon, and when he had spare time, he took out his notebook and introduced the children in the orphanage to Jin Huailai.

Then he discovered...Jin Huailai didn't know many words.

He was shocked, and didn't understand why Second Young Master Huo would arrange for such a person who couldn't read all the words to be the director of the orphanage.

Could it be that this person has something extraordinary?

Mu Qiong chatted with Jin Huailai with such a mentality, and found that Jin Huailai was not ignorant, on the contrary, he knew a lot of knowledge and obviously went to school.

What's more, Jin Huailai talked about Yue Mo, but he didn't know how to express a sentence in Chinese, so he actually spoke English.

Mu Qiong was taken aback.

He asked Jin Huailai carefully, only to know that Jin Huailai's parents were laborers who were taken abroad. He grew up abroad, and he learned English very well, but he never had a chance to learn Chinese: "I just returned to China not long ago. I'm learning Chinese, I don't know how to speak or write... sorry."

"I'm sorry for what Mr. Jin said, I'm afraid I don't understand a lot of knowledge you know." Mu Qiong said.Undoubtedly, Second Young Master Huo didn't pay little attention to the orphanage, on the contrary, he actually attached great importance to it.

Otherwise... a talent like Jin Huailai who is extremely fluent in English and good at mathematics and other subjects can definitely arrange him to do other jobs.

To Jin Huailai, being the dean of the orphanage is a condescension.

That night, Mu Qiong took Jin Huailai to the orphanage.

Jin Huailai is a little fat, always smiling, and he is easy to be liked by others. He also has a high emotional intelligence, so those orphans quickly accepted him.

What made Mu Qiong even more happy was that Jin Huailai was very kind to those orphans, he would not look down on these children at all, and at the same time, he could understand his thoughts and follow them one by one.

With Jin Huailai, Mu Qiong finally felt much more relaxed, and at the same time, he finally got the dividends from the Education Monthly.

The Education Monthly needed some follow-up investment, so he only got five hundred yuan in dividends this time, but even so, it was a huge sum of money.

At the same time, the commercial press also gave him a lot of money to reprint his three books.

Mu Qiong already has a lot of savings and can buy a small house, but Fang Hailin has not sent any news, either there is no suitable house, or he has a house, but the house is not his turn.

Mu Qiong asked Sheng Chaohui to inquire for him to see if there was a suitable house, and said: "If there is a suitable house, I might borrow some money from you."

Sheng Chaohui fully agreed, but unfortunately he couldn't find a suitable house for Mu Qiong.

Time has entered April, the weather is not so cold, and there are more vegetables to eat.

Early in the morning, Mu Qiong took Zhu Wanwan to the vegetable market by the river to buy some vegetables, five catties of meat, and two fish.

At first, Zhu Wanwan only helped cook a few dishes every day, and the teachers still brought their own dishes. But later, the monthly education magazine sold very well, and when Sheng Chaohui had money, he generously gave Zhu Wanwan ten silver dollars, saying that he would do the same every month in the future. Here, he provided the school teacher's meals.

The teachers of the school more or less undertook the editorial work of the Education Monthly, and also helped to think of some interesting math problems and put them in. Sheng Chaohui said that he did this to thank his colleagues.

In this way, Zhu Wanwan has an extra job of shopping for vegetables.

In fact, it is also possible for Feng Xiaoya to buy vegetables, but Feng Xiaoya has a habit of picking the cheapest one no matter what she buys. For example, when buying fish, if there is live fish, Zhu Wanwan will definitely buy live fish, but Feng Xiaoya must buy whichever one is cheaper, even if it has been dead for two days.

Zhu Wanwan didn't dare to let her buy it, so she went by herself... She actually prefers this way, so that she can buy her son's favorite dishes every day.

Arriving at school with the vegetables she bought, Zhu Wanwan first did the homework Mu Qiong left her yesterday, recognized characters, read a few articles, and then went to attend classes, either learning Chinese or English.

"Mom, how are you doing at school?" Mu Qiong asked.

"Very good." Zhu Wanwan was a little happy: "I didn't expect that I could still go to school... I think I should be able to learn English well."

"Mother, you can do it." Mu Qiong said.

Because Jin Huailai helped take care of those orphans, after Mu Qiong sent Zhu Wanwan to Ping'an Middle School that day, he did not leave, but stayed.

After getting along with those children, he has a lot of thoughts these days, and he can't wait to write them in "Wandering" as soon as possible.

While he was writing, Fu Yun'an came.