Chapter 1,707: Published in a magazine, another year has passed in the blink of an eye
Chapter 1710: Published in a magazine, another year has passed in the blink of an eye
Early the next morning, Huang Ling called Zhou Chen and went to the post office to exchange the money order and exchanged it for 600 in cash.
At this time in 1979, there were no hundred-yuan banknotes in the country, and the largest one was the Great Unity with a face value of ten yuan.
With so much cash, Huang Ling naturally wouldn't just take it home. Instead, she took Zhou Chen to deposit the money in a bankbook.
"Save this money for your future..."
Huang Ling originally wanted to tell Zhou Chen that she would give you money when you study, fall in love, and get married in the future, but then she thought about it, Zhou Chen could already make so much money now, and he might not be able to give it to you at all in the future.
There is no need for her, as a mother, to worry too much about money for him.
For a moment, she really had the illusion that her son had grown up, but in fact, Zhou Chencai was only over eleven years old.
Zhou Chen said: "Mom, this is the money I gave you. You can use it however you want. If you want to buy a TV, you can actually do it."
Huang Ling shook her head without any hesitation and said: "What kind of TV should I buy? Our family does not need to buy a TV. It is best to save this money."
She didn't have much idea about TV. It didn't matter whether she watched it or not. After her two children learned English, they could also go to Song Ying's house to watch TV, so she never thought about buying a TV at home.
What's more, she wasn't even prepared to tell Zhuang Chaoying that Zhou Chen was earning royalties from writing stories, so naturally she wouldn't spend money in a high-profile way. If she really bought a TV, the banker, the old couple, and Zhuang Qianmei's family would definitely be scheming behind the scenes.
, she really didn’t want to get into any trouble with them.
She is actually very satisfied with her current life. The previous quarrels made the relationship between the two parties worse, but it also made them no longer dare to bully their family like before. This is a good change.
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The first day of school came soon. Zhou Chen rode the bicycle he assembled to school on the first day of school.
On the first day of school, there is no class. All you have to do is collect books, assign seats, clean, etc.
As the youngest student in the class and the one with the best grades, Zhou Chen received the care of the class teacher. He was called to the office as soon as he arrived and was given many kind words.
Zhou Chen has a good sense of his class teacher, so naturally he will not refuse her care for him. He only needs to repay her with good grades.
Everyone has just entered the first grade of junior high school. Although Zhou Chen is young, he is relatively tall. Moreover, the learning atmosphere and school spirit of No. 1 Middle School are good, so nothing bad happened after the school started.
Live your study life peacefully.
That night, Huang Ling was in middle class and had not yet got off work. Zhou Chen made dinner after returning from school. Zhuang Chaoying used to do it, but now he is in charge of the high school graduating class, and he got off work much later than the three children.
, so usually when Huang Ling is not at home, Zhou Chen is responsible for preparing dinner.
When Zhuang Chaoying came back, Zhou Chen and the others had already finished eating, and there were only leftovers on the table. He glanced at the three children sitting there reading and studying, and felt a little dissatisfied. He didn't know what would happen after he came back.
Eat together.
Zhou Chen put away a dozen sheets of manuscript paper with illustrations and prepared to send letters over the weekend.
He previously submitted manuscripts to 'Children's Literature' and 'Pictures'. Children's Literature replied earlier and sent them together with the royalties. However, to the Comics, Zhou Chen only sent half of the content. Not long ago, Zhou Chen
After replying to the letter, he was ready to send the entire contents.
The manuscript he submitted to the comic book was the illustration work of "Seven Gems". This is a childhood comic story from the 1980s and 1990s that is full of memories. It is also a comic book that can be published independently, so it is better than before.
The four fairy tales are more complicated and require more discussion by both parties.
After several correspondences, Zhou Chen agreed to publish it, and the copyright would be his own, so he naturally got the publishing royalties, which was much more than the pure royalties.
However, because of his age, he was naturally unable to sign the contract by himself. In the end, Huang Ling followed him to complete these tasks, and this was all done without telling Zhuang Chaoying. Even Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting did not understand
Only Zhou Chen and Huang Ling know the whole situation.
"Mother."
Zhuang Xiaoting ran home with excitement on her face. She is now in the third grade and gets out of school earlier than her two brothers, so she is the first one to get home every day.
She was particularly excited today and rushed into the house with a magazine. Song Ying happened to be there too.
"Mom, Aunt Song, look, this is this issue of a children's literature magazine. Two fairy tales by the second brother are on it."
She opened the magazine and turned to the fairy tale page. This was a fairy tale called "Feng Xing".
"Really? Let me see."
Huang Ling's face was also very excited. Although the royalties had been saved and she knew it would be published in the magazine, her mood was definitely different from seeing it with her own eyes.
Song Ying was equally curious. The two of them stared at the magazine with their heads bent, and saw the author's name in the title of the story.
"Sister Ling, look, it's really called Zhou Chen, and the author is Zhou Chen. It was really written by Tuxi."
I read this fairy tale from beginning to end.
Neither of them had a high level of education. After reading it, they both said it was very well written, but they couldn't tell what was good about it. But since it was published in a magazine, it must be very good. This still needs to be done.
Doubt it?
After reading this article, Zhuang Xiaoting showed them another article.
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In a blink of an eye, Zhou Chen has been studying in No. 1 Middle School for more than a month. His grades are as good as ever. Good students in this era are respected, whether they are teachers or classmates, everyone who gets along with Zhou Chen
Very good, so junior high school life is relatively easy for Zhou Chen.
But something happened to Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting. After they had been in the third grade for a while, the teacher found that they had mastered the knowledge of the third grade, so he specially arranged a test for them.
In the end, the two of them got very good test scores, so the school allowed them to jump from third grade to fourth grade.
When this happened and Zhuang Lin's parents were called to school, Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling were fine. After all, they had experienced Zhou Chen skipping a grade before. Even if Zhuang Xiaoting did it again, they were surprised, but they had no reaction.
Extremely large.
But Song Ying and Lin Wufeng were different. They never dreamed that their son Lin Dongzhe would one day skip a grade.
Although they also knew that Zhuang Chaoying was helping three children make up lessons during the summer vacation, and when Zhou Chen taught Zhuang Xiaoting, Lin Dongzhe would occasionally learn with her, but they really didn't expect that Lin Dongzhe, a skinny monkey, could actually learn well.
The proud Song Ying spread the word about Lin Dongzhe's grade skipping, so that the surrounding neighbors knew about it.
Song Ying also let out a fierce breath. In the past, neighbors said that Lin Dongzhe was the most naughty child in the alley. In the same yard, he was not even a bit worse than the three children of the banker. She knew it herself, but she just didn't like others.
It was said behind the scenes that Lin Dongzhe was not as good as the banker's three children, but he was not worse than other children.
This time, Lin Dongzhe tried her best and skipped a grade, which made her feel very impressive and she felt very proud.
For this reason, she specially bought meat and invited the farmer to have a meal with her.
"Thanks to Teacher Zhuang, otherwise I, Song Ying, would never have dreamed in my life that our Dongzhe could actually skip a grade, hahaha..."
Song Ying was really happy from ear to ear, while Zhuang Chaoying held the wine glass and said modestly: "Dongzhe is already smart."
Lin Wufeng said: "Teacher Zhuang is still more powerful than Bole. He turned this bad horse into a thousand-mile horse. Teacher Zhuang, I respect you and thank you."
Song Ying said: "There is also Tuxi. When Tuxi taught Xiaoting, Dongzhe was also there to learn from him. Dongzhe, I will learn from you Tuxi more in the future. As long as you can learn some skills from Tuxi, you will be able to do it in the future."
Be a big..."
"Ahem, cough."
Lin Wufeng hurriedly coughed loudly and kept winking at Song Ying.
The smile on Song Ying's face froze instantly, and she also reacted. She almost said she was bald just now.
Zhuang Chaoying asked strangely: "Why do you want to be a big deal?"
"Big, college student, yes, college student."
Song Ying was embarrassed to justify herself. Fortunately, she only said "big" and didn't say the word "writer", otherwise she would have been in trouble.
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"What a college student? He is only in the first grade of junior high school and is far away from university. Just because his grades are good now does not mean that he will be good in the future. He cannot relax in his studies in the future."
"Teacher Zhuang, what you say is too modest. It's not that I, Song Ying, am exaggerating. With my sharp eyes, Tuxi will be a solid college student in the future, and it will be a famous university. Tunan and Xiaoting will also be in the future.
I’m sure I can get into a prestigious university.”
Huang Ling said modestly: "Song Ying, if it is as good as you say, I can even wake up from my dreams laughing."
"Sister Ling, look at it. Our Dongzhe, a stupid guy, can skip a grade. Tuxi and the others can go to college. It's not just a dream."
Song Ying and Lin Wufeng expressed their thanks and compliments. Zhuang Chaoying sat upright and accepted it happily, while Huang Ling smiled.
Zhou Chen and the other two were sitting at the small table. Zhuang Tunan was chewing steamed buns and asked: "Xiao Ting, Dong Zhe, can you keep up with the fourth grade courses?"
Zhuang Xiaoting said: "There are many knowledge points that my father taught me during the summer vacation and my second brother also taught me. I don't think it is difficult."
Lin Dongzhe also nodded and said: "I don't think it is difficult at all. Even if there is someone who doesn't know how to do it, we can still ask Brother Tuxi. He knows everything, but he is amazing."
Although Lin Dongzhe is not Zhou Chen's little follower like Zhuang Xiaoting, he still admires Zhou Chen very much. He feels that there is nothing that his Tuxi brother cannot do.
"Mom, I still want to eat this egg custard, can I still eat it?"
"Eat, eat, you can eat as much as you want today."
"Thank you, Mom."
Next door to the Wu family, hearing the excitement of the two small courtyards in Zhuanglin, the atmosphere was a bit dull.
Zhang Amei looked hard to accept, her eyes were empty and had no focus.
"Skinny monkey Lin Dongzhe is actually able to skip a grade. Now Song Ying should be proud again. Everyone in the factory knows that she has fallen in love with Zhuang, a good neighbor."
Wu Jianguo said: "Dongzhe's brain is really bright."
Zhang Amei looked disdainful, but she didn't think that was the case, and she thought it was because of the banker.
She looked at her daughter Zhang Min: "You, did I tell you that if you have any questions you don't understand, just ask Teacher Zhuang? You, you know how to fool around with Lin Dongzhe all day long, and then
Where were you when others were studying? Where were you?"
Wu Shanshan interceded for Zhang Min: "Xiao Min doesn't know how to do it, I have taught her."
Zhang Amei immediately gave her a stern look and snorted: "Is it you who teaches well, or Teacher Zhuang?"
Wu Shanshan was so rebuffed that she didn't dare to speak. Wu Jianguo also kept silent. However, Wu Shanshan's younger brother Wu Jun said something.
"My sister taught me very well."
Zhang Amei glanced at Wu Jun. Although her eyes were very dissatisfied, she did not have the same attitude as she did towards Wu Shanshan.
She has a strong personality. The three children in the family only care about their own daughters and do not take Wu Shanshan seriously. As for Wu Jun, although she does not have much maternal love, she is a boy after all. She gives Wu Jianguo face and treats Wu Jun.
Not good, but not too bad either.
Wu Jianguo whispered from the side: "Let's eat."
Zhang Amei looked coldly at Wu Jianguo and shouted: "You eat it, didn't I let you eat it?"
Wu Jianguo was so cruel that he didn't even dare to let out a fart. Zhang Amei snorted coldly and turned to look at her daughter.
"Xiao Min, let me tell you, if you have any questions in the future, just ask Teacher Zhuang. If Teacher Zhuang is not here, just ask Zhuang Tuxi. You are both in the first grade of junior high school. Zhuang Tuxi has such good academic performance.
You need to have more contact with him. If there is anything you don’t know or don’t understand, just ask him. It’s only a few steps away anyway, so don’t be embarrassed.”
Hearing this, Zhang Min looked embarrassed. Zhou Chen was good at studying, but he rarely played with them. He didn't even play with them as often as Zhuang Tunan, so she and Zhou Chen were not that good.
She was familiar with her, so she was really embarrassed to go to her house and ask.
Wu Shanshan's expression was subtle. Compared to Zhang Min, she and Zhou Chen had been classmates for a year, and their relationship was closer. She didn't like Zhang Amei's behavior, and she wasn't happy to see Zhang Min go to Zhou Chen.
, it was just taken because of Zhang Amei’s family status, she did not dare to speak.
Lin Dongzhe, who was promoted to the fourth grade, was doing well in other aspects, but he was not very good at composition. When writing the composition, he directly copied Zhuang Xiaoting's composition. The key is that the composition was called "My Dad".
As a result, the compositions of the two were extremely similar, and then Lin Wufeng and Song Ying were called to school again.
In the evening, Song Ying and Lin Wufeng would beat Lin Dongzhe if they caught them. The Zhou Chen family next door couldn't help but laugh after hearing the noise.
Zhou Chen also lamented that if Lin Dongzhe was missing from this small courtyard, it would really be a lot less fun.
In the next period of time, Zhuang Tunan went to Lin Dongzhe to tutor Lin Dongzhe in composition, and Zhou Chen also taught him several times. In fact, Lin Dongzhe was indeed smart, but he just had an unconventional mind and a bad attitude towards learning, but as long as he studied seriously,