Chapter 49: Second update article published in newspaper

They showed their names and brigade addresses to the postman and found that everyone had accumulated letters, and the addresses were all from the same place, Yanjing City.

Ye Yu and Han Jing received letters from home.

This family not only has books for Ye Yu, but also books that Ye Yu asked her to bring back to her grandparents.

this--

Is it a complaint?

Ye Yu opened her own letter curiously.

The letter was written by Wang Lai Di. Her mother's handwriting was really good. Maybe it was because technology was not well developed in that era. Even in developed countries, not everyone could use computers and mobile phones. Most educated people had good calligraphy. In the first one or two years after she traveled to the future, she even participated in a calligraphy competition and won a prize.

The letter consists of three pages.

As for the content, it was mainly about chatting about family matters, repeating a few things over and over again, probably including not being greedy and lazy, not getting into conflict with others easily, not taking risks in the mountains, making friends with others, and getting closer to grandparents so that they can help when encountering danger.

Almost everything Ye Yu did came true, and her guesses were so accurate. Her mother must be a worm in her stomach.

Mistakes are known, but cannot be corrected.

By the way, the letter also mentioned that Ye Weiguo was noticed by the sports training team, saying that the sports training coach liked him very much, and as long as Ye Weiguo didn't make any mistakes, he had a great chance of being selected.

Wang Lai Di and Ye Hongjun are both humble people. Since they said so in the letter, it also means that the possibility of Ye Weiguo being selected is really high.

Sports training team?

If Ye Yu remembered correctly, Ye Country was now being boycotted by many countries in the world.

Therefore, in the 1960s, Yeguo did not even have the opportunity to participate in the Olympic Games, a major global sporting event, and had to wait until the 1970s, 1979.

By then she would most likely have returned to the city, and Ye Weiguo would be almost 25 years old.

Take good care of yourself. This age is considered the golden age for athletes. Work harder and win glory for the country. The name of defending the country is not earned in vain.

To be honest, Ye Weiguo's IQ and personality are not sharp enough and he is easily provoked. He is more suitable for physical training rather than being a soldier or a policeman.

Moreover, his admiration for being a soldier may be because he listened to too many stories about Wang Xiaoer when he was a child. He admires heroism more. In peacetime, sports events are more in line with his nature.

Ye Yu borrowed some paper from Xu Fei, added two lines to the reply letter he had prepared in advance, and sent it back together with the wild boar meat sauce he had processed two days ago.

I knew I would definitely be scolded, so I just let him scold me and eat more nutrition. As for worrying, by the time the letter arrived, it was almost the Chinese New Year.

After eating the meat, whether she gets whipped on the palms with a horsewhip or chased with shoes when she gets home, it all depends on the couple. Anyway, she has thick skin and can't feel the pain.

In addition to letters from home, his family also sent him half a sack of things, which was less than Han Jing's two sacks, but not much less.

Ye Yu also opened it and took a quick look. Most of the items were related to keeping warm, and there was also a small roll of new cloth. Her mother must have owed a lot of favors to her colleagues at the textile factory again.

In addition, there were some food, a jar of pickled melon, a jar of spicy cabbage, a few pounds of old rock sugar and candied dried persimmons.

For Wang Lai Di, buying rock sugar is definitely more economical than those fruit candies wrapped in colorful candy wrappers, so she subconsciously chose this when buying it for her daughter.

Rock sugar is indeed very sweet.

Ye Yu held a piece of rock sugar in his mouth and looked at the excited Hua Feifei and Xu Fei.

Both of them are from the south, and the letters they wrote home might have just arrived home, so the reply will naturally be slow.

The letters they received came from the Yenching Newspaper Company.

Hua Feifei never thought that her article would actually be published in the newspaper. She felt that what she wrote was a little bit different from Xu Fei's, and she was not like Han Jing who always said some inspiring words. She knew that she knew less than the villagers.

Looking at it this way, could it be that the newspaper sent it to the wrong place?

Of course the newspaper would not have sent the wrong letter. In addition to the letter, they also sent back some cash.

Eighty cents.

Yes, only 80 cents.

It’s not a lot, but the article about Hua Feifei that appeared in the newspaper was not long either, probably less than a thousand words. So when you think about it, eighty cents for a thousand words is actually not bad.

The newspaper was called Youth Daily, and they were very surprised to receive the submission from the educated youth, as this was exactly one of the authors they needed.

Hua Feifei's articles are not as bad as she thinks. Her writing is fluent and she is particularly good at depicting details. The characters and stories she writes are vivid, especially the loneliness and helplessness of the educated youth when they went to the countryside. The second half of the story about cleaning the pigpen with the help of fellow villagers is also humorous and vivid.

Therefore, they were chosen.

Hua Feifei didn't care how much the fee was. Being published was a huge joy for her. This was the first time she had earned a salary in her life. She would weigh a few pounds of melon seeds and distribute them to her companions and the people in the village who had helped her.

Xu Fei was also very happy.

Unlike Hua Feifei, he is very interested in the royalties and gains much more than Hua Feifei.

Xu Fei received about seven or eight letters, and almost every newspaper decided to publish the best one he wrote, including the mainstream daily.

The remaining ones that have not been published are either on the way to other provinces and have not been responded to, or they have not been delivered yet.

The mainstream daily newspapers naturally pay more for their articles.

In addition to the best one, the other two were also published in different newspapers.

Although the reason for being selected was definitely related to Xu Fei's identity as an educated youth, not all questions from educated youth were included, and several of Han Jing's articles were not selected.

Xu Fei scratched his head and looked at Han Jing, only to find that apart from being disappointed at first, Han Jing was now only happy for them and was also curious about how much royalties Xu Fei received.

"Wow, this is one dollar."

"Eighty cents."

“This one is one dollar and eighty cents!”

"I'm going to submit to any daily newspaper, just in case he takes a liking to me."

"One dollar, another dollar."

Xu Fei's total royalties amounted to more than ten yuan, which was quite a bit, equivalent to a month's salary for an intern in the city, not to mention that he might have earned more from other provinces.

What a great harvest!

Xu Fei couldn't stop drooling at the thought of being able to exchange meat with Ye Yu, or buying things to exchange with Ye Yu. He also had money to treat Han Jing and Hua Feifei in return, and he couldn't help but smile with his big white teeth.

"Okay!" Han Jing nudged his arm with his elbow. "Hurry up and send the new one along. You'll definitely get more replies next time."

Let’s talk, and the two of them started a new round of delivery together.

Hua Feifei was still a little hesitant. This time she wrote more than just praise. Seeing that Xu Fei and Han Jing voted so readily, she decisively voted as well.

They also persuaded Ye Yu to write together, but Ye Yu declined, thinking that such a good thing was not suitable for her.

Han Jing suggested again: "It's a pity that the town post office only has the People's Daily and the Yanjing Daily. Other newspapers are temporarily unavailable. Let's go back and show them to the team leader and others. No, let's go to the commune now and show them to the commune president, vice president, and commune director."

"Isn't this a bad idea?" Xu Fei couldn't stop blushing and pushed his glasses awkwardly.

"What's wrong with it?" Hua Feifei's eyes sparkled. It was the first time she made money, and her article was published in the newspaper. She wished everyone in the world knew about it.

She had already added this to her reply, and she was sure her parents would read the newspaper to all their relatives.

Let’s see who dares to say that she eats for free.

Hehehehe.

"Go! Go! Go!"

Han Jing raised his hands: "Go, go, go!"

Ye Yu had no objection. The premise she had put forward was that the educated youth needed to make a name for themselves so that they could connect the educated youth, newspapers and the commune, thus giving the educated youth an extra opportunity to contact the outside world.

The four of them walked towards the commune.

Among them, two of them walked with a pace that showed no regard for their relatives. Xu Fei was more restrained, but he was also full of vigor and vitality.

I happened to meet two officials at the gate of the commune.

The clerk got a headache when he saw the educated youth, but because Xu Fei and the other four were one of the least famous educated youth groups and got along most harmoniously with the locals, his face looked much better.

After a pause, it became even uglier.

They are often used as examples in internal commune meetings. Could something have gone wrong with them and they are fighting with the local villagers?

He asked politely, "Did anything happen to you in the Wangjiagou Production Team?"

"What's up?"

"It's okay!"

Han Jing, Xu Fei and Hua Feifei returned with a guilty conscience, as they thought the official was talking about sharing the wild boar.

The dialogue between the two sides was completely irrelevant.

In the end, Ye Yu couldn't bear it anymore, or maybe he had had enough of watching the excitement, and was also afraid that Han Jing and the other young and inexperienced people would fall into the trap, so he handed the newspaper directly to the two officials.

"It's not about the production team?" The two secretaries breathed a sigh of relief.

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"newspaper?"

What newspaper was it?

"In the newspaper?"

"Yes, yes," Hua Feifei said, unable to see her own article, but happily holding the copy of the Yanjing Daily with Xu Fei's article in it, "Look here, there's a huge section with the words 'Xu Fei' from the Wangjiagou Production Team of Pingquan Commune' written in bold and black. Look, look!"

The two officers then confirmed that they had heard correctly and quickly stretched their necks to look.

Oh, it’s true.

"Comrade Xu Fei of the Wangjiagou Production Team of Pingquan Commune," the clerk read the signature aloud word by word. "Great, great! Our commune is in the newspaper!"

"Hahahaha, great!"

"You are indeed a model educated youth!"

Xu Fei, who was called out several times and praised again and again, looked as familiar as a big apple. He felt happy and proud to be praised, but also shy and embarrassed to be called out repeatedly.

An official read the article from beginning to end and read the signature several times, focusing on the words Pingquan Commune and Xu Fei.

Another officer rushed into the commune like a rocket with fire ignited from behind.

He was short, but his legs moved very fast. As he ran, he exaggeratedly raised another newspaper and shouted loudly and passionately: "President, Vice President, Director Li, please come out quickly, please come out and take a look! Something has happened in our commune, a big thing!"

Ye Yu: “…”

Is it reasonable that this ability to grasp key points and express narrative has not been expelled so far?

What?

This job is a stable job with a salary!

That's okay.