Wenhao: This child has been smart since he was young

Chapter 118 Teacher’s Home Visit
Sunday is a time of both busyness and leisure.

Gu Lu was more leisurely. He strolled downstairs to have breakfast and waited for the head teacher to arrive.

The one who is busy is a certain editor of Mengya...

"Why haven't you resubmitted it yet?" Editor Qi Bian frowned. He remembered all the writers he had negotiated with.

On the one hand, he cherishes this job very much, and on the other hand, he just enjoys the pleasure of writers being instructed by him.

"This is too slow. Do you still want to submit it?" Qi Bian used to give this advice to the author. The latter would revise and send it back in two or three hours at the fastest, and even if it was slow, it would not take more than a day. However, it had been two or three days since "Yesterday's Park" and "Moon Stone" were rejected.

After breakfast, Qi Bian took a walk and prepared to read "Yesterday's Park". He wanted to find some real flaws in the article and ask the author to revise it!

But in just over 20,000 words, Qi Bian was more and more shocked the more he read, especially the brilliant ending, "I know you have tried very hard to save me."
The charms of novels and comics are different. The images have a direct visual effect, while the text connects the entire text somewhere, linking the shock from the beginning to the end.

It's not that the story design is clever, but it contains very strong emotions, the protagonist Zhou Lu's friendship with his friends, and the father-son relationship between his son Zhou Ning and his father. Yesterday's Park does not allow you to change the past, but just gives you a chance to say goodbye.

"Gu Lu? Is he a famous writer?" Qi Bian couldn't wait to go back to fiddle with his computer, so he took out his cell phone to search.

Searching for the two keywords "writer, Gu Lu" yielded some information.

"Mr. Holmes? The first secondary creative work to be included in the list of outstanding works?!" Qi Bian found it difficult to find an excuse using the same name.

Oh no! I rubbed the stainless steel plate. I panicked and didn’t even need to read the other article “Moonstone”. I immediately contacted the author…

"Teacher Gao, this way--" Gu Lu was meeting someone at the intersection. He could see the expressionless poker face of his head teacher from across the street and immediately waved.

"We live so close to the school." Teacher Gao sighed.

"I rented the house here because it's close to the school," said Gu Lu.

Did you rent the house yourself? Or did you suggest it to your parents? Teacher Gao pondered.

Following the students forward, Gu Luling introduced the surrounding environment in front.

"The lady boss of this breakfast shop is very stingy. I started eating here, but later I found that the buns and dough sticks were smaller than those at other stalls."

"The fish hotpot tastes good for now, but whether it will cut corners in the future remains to be seen."

"It's very cheap to buy vegetables in Tikan. Around 6 or 7 in the morning, many elderly people gather here. They grow their own vegetables and sell them here. They are very fresh and cheaper than those in the vegetable market."

Gu Lu himself did not notice that someone was following him and talking eloquently about the situation near his home.

Very full of life, but——

“Most individual vegetable vendors actually buy vegetables wholesale at three or four in the morning, and they are the same batch as those in the vegetable market. They are cheaper because they don’t have to pay stall fees,” said Teacher Gao.

"Ah?" Gu Lu looked at the head teacher in astonishment, "You didn't grow them yourself?"

Those old men and women looked honest and said they grew the crops themselves.

“We do grow our own crops, but they are relatively few. This is a sandy area and there are too few private plots suitable for farming.” Teacher Gao’s father-in-law is a mobile vendor who does wholesale business.

However, Teacher Gao did not intend to go into more details on this topic, but changed the subject, "Do you usually buy your own groceries?"

"I only buy groceries and cook for myself during holidays, and I eat at school when I'm at school." Gu Lu kept this sentence, after all, he can enjoy the benefit of free meals.

Teacher Gao didn't say anything. When he arrived at the student's home, there was no sign of other people living in the shoe-changing area at the door or in the house. "No need to change shoes, teacher, just come in." Gu Lu didn't have any extra slippers at home.

Greeting the teacher as he entered the house, the two of them sat on the mahogany sofa. Ever since his sister came to visit last time and he had to sleep on the sofa for a night and it hurt a lot, he bought a thick cushion.

"It's hard to live alone. How much living expenses do parents usually give you?" asked Teacher Gao.

Gu Lu was silent for a moment, "It's mainly to train the children's survival ability."

"Three hundred?" Teacher Gao did what he hated the most in the past, asking questions about things that others didn't want to talk about.

"Before I went to high school, it was about two to three hundred a year," said Gu Lu.

Are you going to starve to death?! Teacher Gao couldn't believe it and asked, "You have been paying for your own meals since junior high school? Are you sure it's 300 yuan a year?"

"The main reason is that the adults in my family only come back less than two or three times a semester, and I give them twenty or thirty yuan each time they come back. The total may be less than three hundred yuan." Gu Lu said.

Gu Lu no longer needs to sell his original miserable life to win people's attention. Due to the special nature of the competition class, his homeroom teacher for the three years of high school is probably Mr. Gao.

Since you are here for a home visit, there is no need to hide family matters. It will be better to tell everything once and for all.

"..." Teacher Gao couldn't control his expression for once, and his voice unconsciously rose, "Less than one dollar a day? With such a small amount of money, do you think your parents are training their children's survival skills?!"

"It's more comfortable to think this way. Otherwise, I can't think that my parents don't care whether I live or die." Gu Lu said, "Since I didn't starve to death, I have to look forward."

"Parents have an obligation to support their minor children. How can they live with such little money?"

As Teacher Gao was asking questions, there was a knock on the door.

Arrived so early? Before nine o'clock, Gu Lu thought of who had come. He quickly opened the door and it turned out to be reporter Wang from the Pioneer Newspaper.

Long time no see... Huh? Your skin has become whiter. If it was dark before, it is now dark.

Teacher Gao hoped that the visitor was a student's parent. She hoped that the student was lying, otherwise she could not imagine how a junior high school student could live with less than one dollar a day.

Unfortunately, Teacher Gao's hopes were dashed. She heard Gu Lu introduce——

"Teacher Gao, this is reporter Wang from the Young Pioneers," Gu Lu introduced. "Reporter Wang, this is our class teacher, Teacher Gao, who is visiting our home."

"Reporter Wang, nice to meet you." "Teacher Gao is such a dedicated teacher." The two adults greeted each other with only a few superficial compliments.

However, the atmosphere became awkward for a moment, and Teacher Gao did not dare to continue asking because he did not know the reporter's background.

Reporter Wang wondered if he had come at the wrong time.
"This is the second time that reporter Wang has come to interview me. Teacher Gao is also curious about my current source of income. Let me briefly tell you." Gu Lu interrupted.

Gu Lu said, "When reporter Wang interviewed me, I said that my dream was to be a writer. In fact, I have been submitting articles to Story Club and Youth Literature since the third year of junior high school, and I have seen initial results."

"At present, I mainly serialize the long mystery novel "Mr. Holmes", and the income is enough for me to live on," said Gu Lu.

Did you start writing novels in junior high school? Teacher Gao knew that Gu Lu was a regular writer for two magazines, but she hadn't thought about it that early.

However, these words surprised reporter Wang. An ordinary interview brought him unexpected gains!
"Oh? Mr. Gu Lu, please tell us in detail about your development in the field of writer." Reporter Wang was a little excited.

(End of this chapter)