Raising Babies in the 70s

"It sold well?" Qin Rou was very surprised when she received the call, and she asked a few more questions in detail.

"Sold out, now reprint!"

…

Hang up the phone, Qin Rou's heart is still pounding, because the book sells better, the tone of the people in the publishing house is much better, and she also said that it will not take long to transfer the money.

"That's great, I'll bear with it for a while, and when the money arrives, I'll tell my sister the news."

"No way, I just can't hold back! I'll go to my sister's house quickly."

Qin Rou didn't go home anymore, and rode a bicycle to her sister and brother-in-law's house. She wanted to tell them the good news.

In the Chen family at this time, a man happened to be a guest at the Chen family. He was a former junior high school classmate of Chen Mian, called Tang Jiafu. When he was studying, his grades were not very good. I had a good time in a factory. I would come to Guangcheng on a business trip. Knowing that Chen Mian had landed on a deserted island, I followed a newspaper photography team from Guangcheng to visit relatives and friends on the island.

Tang Jiafu is now arrogant in front of Chen Mian. He pulled out his sleeves, revealing a large piece of the Shanghai market watch. Since he bought this watch, he has to show his wrists when he sees people. , to be exposed for people to see, and his large belt to show that he is living a good life.

"A college student who was originally a good student came to this deserted island as an elementary school teacher, and still lives in this kind of house."

Just like Chen Mian, no matter how well he reads, he is still not as useless as he is now.

His brother-in-law, even if he is an officer on this little broken island, what's the point of being an officer? At the beginning of the year, there was also a naval battle, which was even more life-threatening.

"I'm living a good life now and I'm very satisfied." Chen Mian didn't want to argue with him. Over the years, he'd listened a lot to the ridicule of others. Tang Jiafu's words made him feel comfortable. .

Tang Jiafu laughed at him: "You can be a stubborn duck, the times have changed, you should less guard your old ideas."

"Look at me, reading? Reading is a shit, and now my son wants to read, I won't read for him, I want to encourage him to tear up the book, read a **** Book."

Chen Mian said lightly: "Reading is useful, and at least it can get spiritual satisfaction."

"Really satisfied with the spirit, are you really full of love? Let's live your life first, you can talk about you poor teacher, how much money can you make this day, your father, you Dad used to be arrogant, hey, university teacher, he has a high salary, but he just can't get used to you, those who learn knowledge don't deserve such a high salary."

“Does he still make money every day now?”

"Is your life difficult now? Your father, and those old students you used to see you? Are you short of money? If you are short of money, I can lend you some ."

"I just came in and paid fifty cents for your son. You didn't see how bright his eyes were. This is fifty cents. I bought a pair of small leather shoes for my son for a few—"

At this time, a person trotting in outside, Chen Mian turned around and found that it was her daughter Chen Juanjuan, she threw a 50 cents in front of Tang Jiafu, "My brother doesn't want your money. !"

Following her younger brother Chen Jinghua, Chen Juanjuan said loudly: "My younger brother and I were originally stupid, and it is easy to become a fool if we don't study!"

"Brother, stop talking to fools in the future!"

"Hide when you see a fool."

Tang Jiafu's face changed, "How did you talk, you child?"

"How do you teach your child?"

Qin Mian also came over with tea at this time, she said to Tang Jiafu: "I'm really sorry, this is a child taught by a girl like me in the mountains, a little ignorant , please bear with me."

"Because I haven't read any books and I don't have any culture, so the children I teach don't understand etiquette in other people's homes, and even more do not understand etiquette in my own home."

"That's why I asked them to read more. If they don't read well, it's too vulgar to go to other people's houses in the future, to shame the family, to be their parents, and to live in this world. No face."

Tang Jiafu blushed when she said, "You—"

"The people in your family are really stubborn and stubborn, and you will die of poverty on this broken island in the future."

"If you don't go to the factory, do you really want to feed the fish on this broken island?"

"How much money can you make teaching a month, still in this thatched hut-"

Chen Jinghua said: "I don't want to go to the factory, I want to join the army when I get old, and I want to defend my family and the country."

His words startled the people around him, Tang Jiafu laughed immediately when he heard what he said: "You thin arms and legs, black like a monkey, you Still going to join the army, do you have the strength to run? You are like a scholar like your father, no wonder you used to say that you are a scholar.”

"You're still in the army, so you pee and look in the mirror."

Qin Rou heard Tang Jiafu and Chen Jinghua's words outside, she walked in and said, "Why can't my little nephew be a soldier? At this time, technical talents are most needed, even if it is a big soldier. You have to be literate and learn to read, not to mention if you are in the navy. Jing Hua, you have seen your uncle's book at your aunt's house. The books on ships have a lot of knowledge in mathematics and physics. If this person is not smart If you don’t study, you can’t read and learn.”

"Auntie!" Chen Juanjuan and Chen Jinghua called her.

Qin Mian was surprised when she saw Qin Rou, "Amei, why are you running here at this time?"

"Sister, I'm here to announce the good news to your house. The publishing house has remitted 500 yuan, all for Mr. Chen."

"What, five hundred dollars?"

"The fee for publishing a book."

Qin Rou looked at Tang Jiafu, and continued: "You look very strange, are you my brother-in-law's former friend? My brother-in-law's house is about to build a new house, do you want to stay? help?"

"You look like a pig, do you work hard in the factory? Our family just needs people like you to move bricks and mud when we build a house."

, the fish is still as much as you want."

Qin Rou looked at Qin Mian, "Sister, where does this person work? It looks like he just dug coal out of a hole. He can't see the light all day long, so he said No eloquence."

Qin Mian laughed, and Chen Mian also laughed. Tang Jiafu was ridiculed by their family one after another, and was kicked out of the Chen family with an ugly face.

"Sister, you still have to hurry up and build the house, especially the gate, so that no one dares to come to the house."

Qin Mian smiled: "Come on one and I'll scold the other, anyway, I'm not the same as your brother-in-law."

Chen Mian sighed, "When it comes to running people, the two of you are the best at it."

"You don't dare to say—" At this point, Qin Mian stopped, she looked at Qin Rou, and changed the subject: "Amei, what you said just now is true. what?"

"The five hundred dollars is my nonsense, but the publishing house really wants to pay. The exact amount is not clear, but there must be several hundred dollars."

"Really?!"

"Of course it is!"

"Great, great!!"

"My grandpa drew that!"

"The people from the publishing house over there also asked Mr. Chen if he would like to draw comic strips. If he draws a few pages of the cover, he can make a little money."

Qin Rou is also a tentative question.

, Many also hold their noses and paint comic strips for others to earn some living expenses, and the money they earn buys paint brushes to support themselves.

Mr. Chen has stopped painting for a long time, and now he is willing to start again, no one knows.

The people of the Chen family were happy when they heard the news, Chen Jinghua and Chen Juanjuan cheered, Qin Mian said excitedly: "This is a good feeling, when the money arrives, we will divide it up, and we will pay it back. Thanks to your idea, when the father-in-law comes back, I will tell him the news."

"Today is a good day, let's chop some meat to eat,"

"Amy, you just happened to be staying at home for a meal, I'll cook a pork stew with noodles, and the two of us will have mapo tofu. You haven't eaten it for a long time, do you miss it?"

Qin Rou: "..." Ma, Mapo tofu?

"Sister, I'm an announcer, so my throat is not very spicy."

"That's it."

Qin Rou had a meal at her sister's house and met Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen has calmed down a lot in recent years. When he heard about the cover of the series of paintings, he agreed to paint a few.

After agreeing, he asked, "Are you okay?"

"No problem, comic strips, there have been more books on the market in the past two years, much more abundant than before."

Several members of the Chen family don't really want to discuss this matter.

"Jinghua said he wanted to join the army?"

Sister Chen Juanjuan laughed aside: "He said, how can you join the army if you're a kid?"

"What if you don't join the army? Wait a few more years, instead of joining the army, you have to go to the countryside to become educated youth." Chen Juanjuan and Chen Jinghua are now twelve years old, and now they live here , there must be someone in the family to be an educated youth. Now that he and his sister's family are like this, they will definitely not be recommended for college.

, there is not much to come, let him become an educated youth, he is a junior high school student who can only do nothing in the village, can't get along with any village cadres, let alone go to college through this recommendation.

"My sister and I are going to junior high school, but I heard that there are not many classes in junior high school and high school, and I can't learn anything in school. I heard many people say they don't want to go to school anymore. When a laborer returns home, he can still help the family with their work. We can now get a few plots of land. If you work hard, you can get a little dividend for a year. After a few years, I can join the army when I am old..."

"Jinghua, why do you think so?"

Chen Mian and Chen Yubai stopped talking.

Qin Rou said warmly: "Juanjuan and Jinghua should study hard now, maybe when you finish high school, you can go to university."

"Is it really possible? Now universities recommend it."

"But the people you recommend now don't necessarily have a high level of education." Qin Rou whispered: "As you said, you don't study much in junior high school, so how can you learn the truth when you get to university? Things? In the future, for the development of science and technology and culture, it needs real talents to study and build, and I think the way to select talents will be changed in the future.”

"Maybe it will be two or three years, you are still young, first study hard, then wait three years."

Qin Rou smiled and said, "Then three years, you can see again in three years."

I played table tennis a few years ago, and I walked inside and outside the bridge in the deep city. The diplomatic situation has changed rapidly in the past few years, the environment has become better, and the external development has also started from the south.

"Okay, I will finish junior high school in three years."