Chapter 94 is a bestseller. This month, I've earned at least 4,000 yuan.

The order from the capital is a large one, for 100,000 copies!

This is just a test. If it sells well, we will notify them to print more!

This is so exciting! Yao Zhizhi, hurry up and take up your post! Arrange everything!

However, in this case, we have to cooperate with the post office. Otherwise, it would not be cost-effective to contact the city's transportation team separately for this order.

However, the structure of publishing houses these days is relatively simple. Apart from the editorial department and the art department, other departments such as publishing, distribution, and finance have not yet formed specialized departments. Instead, one or two employees are assigned to be in charge. These employees are generally in a large workshop, each with a desk.

Contacting the post office was naturally handed over to the employee in charge of distribution, but Yao Zhizhi was a little worried.

This employee's surname is Gu. She is not talkative. Sometimes when the editorial department calls her to a meeting, she just sits in the corner with her head down and remains silent.

With such an introverted personality, can you do a good job in publishing?

Perhaps it is only possible to fish in troubled waters during the planned economy period. In the era of market economy, one will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

However, Yao Zhizhi still wanted to observe and called out, "Xiao Gu, come here."

Xiao Gu is also an old employee and a survivor of the Hu Jia era.

Perhaps Hu Jia didn't have the ability to make her speak or give in.

Yao Zhizhi didn't have any particularly good way to deal with this kind of taciturn person. In short, she wouldn't speak in an official tone or show off her power.

She spoke calmly, "The orders from the capital require the post office's assistance in delivery. Please go there and discuss the postage. Then, report to the accountant."

Xiao Gu nodded, took out his workbook and wrote it down, but didn't leave and just waited foolishly.

Yao Zhizhi had a headache and couldn't help but look up. He looked well-proportioned, with regular features, but there was always a feeling of weakness and helplessness between his eyebrows.

He looks like the kind of honest person who is easy to bully.

But to be able to survive the Hu Jia era, he must have some real skills, right?

I hope so.

Yao Zhizhi sighed: "There's nothing else, you can go now."

Xiao Guzhen turned around and left. As expected, she had been waiting for Yao Zhizhi to say this for a long time. This person was like the abacus in the hands of the old shopkeeper. Every time Yao Zhizhi moved it, she would move.

That's outrageous!

Yao Zhizhi was convinced. Never mind. He was already in his thirties, and it would be hard to change. So, let it be.

After Xiao Gu went out, Xiao Song came in. She went to Wu Wei's house and got two key pieces of information.

First, Wu Wei's mother was not in the terminal stage yet, so he didn't need to quit his job and stay at home to take care of her; second, the new boy, Xiao Zhao, was a relative of the same clan as the gatekeeper, Uncle Zhao.

"Editor-in-Chief Yao, although I don't have any evidence yet, this matter is really strange. You must be careful recently." Xiao Song is a very careful person, and her reminder is not unreasonable.

Yao Zhizhi understood: "Don't worry, I will pay attention."

After working for a while, Xiao Jiang also came in. It was really lively here today, like a festival.

Yao Zhizhi smiled and asked her to sit down.

Xiao Jiang came to congratulate Yao Zhizhi! He closed the door and pulled out a juicy, crisp peach from his pocket: "Editor-in-Chief Yao, this is for you!"

Yao Zhizhi reciprocated the favor, opened the drawer, felt around, and took out a meat floss pancake for her.

Xiao Jiang was quite greedy and opened it without hesitation, taking a bite. "Hmm, delicious! Where did you buy it? I didn't see it at the grocery store!"

This gave Yao Zhizhi new inspiration. She would ask the system if there was any formula for sale, and then ask Director Zhang to process it.

As for the hostile attitude caused by Lu Yuan, it was easy to deal with. She just didn't believe that Director Zhang would refuse to make money.

Yao Zhizhi took out a peeler, peeled the peach and took a bite. It was so delicious.

"There are ripe peaches so early!" Yao Zhizhi was very surprised.

Xiao Jiang whispered, "This is an early-maturing variety my uncle sent from Xinjiang. He said they have a team there specializing in improving fruit varieties. There are still plenty of grapes! Just cut a grape branch and plant it as a cutting and it will grow! Unfortunately, the countryside has a sowing task every year, so you can't just plant anything you want. My grandma lives in the countryside, so she had to get a broken vat in the yard, put some soil in it, and planted two grapes. I'll bring you some in August. The Xinjiang variety is so sweet, with thin skin and lots of flesh. It's better than the local ones!"

Another way to make money, Yao Zhizhi quickly wrote it down.

Just waiting for reform and opening up!

If you have money by then, you can contract hundreds or thousands of acres of land and build an orchard.

It’s wonderful to think about it!

Yao Zhizhi finished eating the crisp peach and found Xiao Jiang looking at her with a silly smile. She was a little puzzled: "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm happy!" Xiao Jiang is a very sincere person, his joy and anger are all shown on his face.

Yao Zhizhi felt a surge of tenderness in her heart when she saw this, and couldn't help but pinch her cheeks: "Why are you so likable?"

"No, it's Editor-in-Chief Yao who's the best. That's why I like to smile in front of you." Xiao Jiang smiled. He looked at the time and saw that it was still early. He would go back to work later. Then he asked, "Do you know what happened to the Ding and Wu families?"

Yao Zhizhi nodded. Of course she knew. She took a look when the system was settling the dog-blood melon. The Ding family did not allow their son to associate with the Wu family's daughter, and the scumbag son was so angry that he moved out.

The Wu family, on the other hand, felt that it was too shameful for two sisters to fight for one man, so they were looking for a matchmaker to introduce them to potential partners. They wanted the two sisters to get married as soon as possible and completely put an end to their thoughts.

Yao Zhizhi raised an eyebrow: "What do you know now? Tell me quickly."

Xiao Jiang came closer and whispered, "Hehe, I can't guarantee the truth of this. I heard from my aunt over there that Wu San secretly went out to see a guy named Ding a few days ago, and was beaten when she got home. Fortunately, there are no signs of pregnancy, otherwise another unlucky woman would have had a miscarriage. Wu Liu also went for a check-up, and she's not pregnant. Because of this, Old Lady Wang has begun to suspect that the guy named Ding is infertile. These days, she's been running around in crowds, deliberately spreading rumors to disgust the Ding family. But I think she's too happy too soon. Maybe the pregnancy has been too short, so the result can't be detected for the time being."

"Isn't she afraid that her two daughters will be talked about by others?" Yao Zhizhi was really convinced. This kind of idiot, was his brain thrown away like a placenta when he was born?

Xiao Jiang also thought it was outrageous, so he couldn't help but come over to gossip.

Yao Zhizhi is not in a hurry. When things develop to a disgusting level, the system will release new information. There is no movement at the moment, which means that the future of these three people is still unclear.

The two chatted for a while and then went back to work.

When it was almost time to get off work, Xiao Gu came back and shoved the workbook in front of Yao Zhizhi like a mute.

Yao Zhizhi took it and took a look. It was okay. The job was done very well, but his personality was annoying.

Never mind. She nodded and said, "Go find the accountant and include the postage in the cost."

On the way home from get off work, Yao Zhizhi whispered to Qi Changxiao, "You know Xiao Gu, right? I've been here for so long, and I've never heard her speak once."

Qi Changxiao carefully avoided the pit on the ground: "I have some impression. Sometimes he would come to the art department to ask for illustrations. He didn't talk, just put a workbook, right?"

"Yes. What a weird person." Every time Yao Zhizhi walked to this road, she would subconsciously hug Qi Changxiao's waist. The road condition was too bad. I hope it can be repaired someday.

Qi Changxiao pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe she was provoked by something and didn't want to speak, or maybe it's just her nature. Don't worry about it. As long as she can do the job, nothing else matters."

"Yeah." Yao Zhizhi returned home and went to breastfeed the baby.

Little Yueliang can already turn over. As soon as Yao Zhizhi entered the door, she saw this little fool lying like a crawling seal, with his little head raised, crying and watching his brother playing with building blocks.

His black eyes were full of excitement and curiosity. Although he was just a baby, he also wanted to play.

Yao Zhizhi walked over, picked up a smaller building block and asked the little guy to hold it.

The little guy immediately turned over and lay down, holding the building blocks in both hands, kicking his legs with excitement.

Oh, it's so cute.

Yao Zhizhi turned around and kissed Xiao Xingxing. Thank you for your hard work, young man. Every day when your uncle cooks, he comes to look after his sister. It’s so nice.

Yao Zhizhi turned around to feed her baby, and at the same time browsed through the system store to see if there was anything good to buy for Little Star.

Well, I actually found one, a small water gun.

It was cheap, only two tokens, so Yao Zhizhi bought five to make it a perfect number.

Little Star instantly became energetic, dropped his building blocks and ran out with the water gun.

It is only the size of a palm and can hold not much water at a time, which is just right for children of this age. Otherwise, it would be too big and heavy to hold.

In the kitchen, Qi Changxiao was carrying food. When he turned around, he was kicked by this kid. Not only was he not angry, he also happily asked his son to move aside because the food in his father's hand was hot.

Little Star quickly moved aside and went back to nurturing his uncle.

My uncle picked me up and lifted me up high.

Little Star was very happy. Looking at the light bulb so close to him, he subconsciously wanted to kiss it.

Yao Weihua quickly put him down and warned, "That thing is electric! It can't touch water, or else it will—boom! It will explode! Little Star will get hurt. Woo woo woo! It hurts!"

In fact, it is not that exaggerated. It may just cause a short circuit or fire.

The light bulb might be blown to pieces, but he wanted to describe it in a scary way so that the children would be in awe.

Little Star really heard it, and quickly looked at the light bulb, hugged his uncle's neck tightly, and stopped complaining.

Yao Weihua also told him about other things that should not be eaten.

Although the pull cord switch is located high up, it is still within the range of the water gun, so you need to say it.

The radio is within the reach of the children. Although it won't cause a short circuit and power outage in the home, it may cause problems if it gets damp. So let me know.

The socket for the washing machine is hung on the wall in the corner, just say hello.

And the electric fan and light switch in the back room...

Little Star was very serious and wrote down everything.

When grandma and grandpa came to eat, the little guy did not forget to teach them safety tips.

The whole family held back their laughter and listened carefully to Teacher Xingxing's instructions.

Xingxing was very happy. After dinner, he went to talk to his sister, but his sister seemed not to understand. She yawned and went to sleep.

Hearing the adults in the main room still talking and it didn't look like anyone wanted to come in, Xiao Xingxing kicked off his shoes, climbed up, and lay down close to his sister.

He couldn't hold his sister and didn't dare to touch her, so he reached out and patted his sister's little shoulder to coax her to sleep.

This is how his uncle coaxed him, and he learned quickly.

As I was patting myself, I fell asleep.

When Yao Zhizhi came in, she saw the brother and sister sleeping soundly with their heads touching. She quickly turned around and left, asking the child's uncle to come over and take a picture.

Yao Weihua felt sweet and sour in his heart, as if he saw his childhood. If it weren't for those bad things, he would have also accompanied his little sister to sleep like this. How wonderful it would have been.

After silently putting away his camera, Yao Weihua went out to make a phone call: "Dad, do you have two months left until retirement?"

"Well, what's wrong?"

"It's okay. I feel bad, so I'm asking."

"Why are you feeling bad? Who offended you?"

"I feel bad because I see the little star sleeping with the little moon."

"Don't do anything stupid." No one knows a son better than his father. Yao Jingzong quickly reminded him that it is not worth sacrificing his whole life for Yao Jingjing.

Yao Weihua sighed, "I know, it's just uncomfortable. It will be fine once you get here, but where will you live then? A retirement home?"

"Your second sister said it's not far away."

"That's true. I've been there, but unfortunately the environment isn't as good as in the Northeast. How about I see if there's any house I can rent in this alley? Something close by, so you don't have to run around at your age."

"Then you look for it, I can do it."

"By then, only my eldest brother and his family will be left there. Oh, just thinking about it makes me feel sorry for my eldest brother again."

"It's easy for your eldest brother to transfer. Accountants are needed everywhere. But it might not be easy for your eldest sister-in-law. Your eldest brother is a family man. He can't leave his wife and children just to be with us. If it really doesn't work out, he'll have to split his time between the two places."

"It's too far." It's a pity to think about it. It was the eldest brother and his wife who first noticed something was wrong, and in the end, only the eldest brother and his wife couldn't come.

What a pity.

Forget it, I don’t want to think about this anymore.

After reminding his father to take care of his health, Yao Weihua hung up the phone.

A week later, the Xinhua Bookstore in the capital called Yao Zhizhi's office directly, saying that sales were good and they needed to print another 50,000 copies.

Yao Zhizhi went about making arrangements without stopping, and then returned to the office to do some calculations.

This issue sold 60,000 copies in Yicheng alone, and 20,000 copies were also sold in the neighboring Weicheng. Together with the 150,000 copies in the capital, the total number of copies is 230,000!

It would be great if we could promote the magazine to the provincial capital, the sales would be even higher.

Not counting the postage, based on a one-quarter investment ratio, for every 10,000 copies of the magazine sold, Yao Zhizhi can get a profit of 200 yuan.

Two hundred and thirty thousand copies, that’s forty-six hundred yuan!

The postage is also borne by the publishing house according to the investment ratio, which is at most one or two hundred yuan.

In other words, Yao Zhizhi can earn at least four thousand this month.

I'm so happy that I'm about to bubble over!

Yao Zhizhi discussed with Qi Changxiao after get off work: "Let's install a landline at home. It will be much more convenient to call Dad and Big Brother in the future. Besides, if someone wants to talk to me about cooperation after get off work, it will also improve efficiency."

"Then I'll go to the telecommunications bureau this afternoon to ask." Qi Changxiao had no objection. The family had a lot of savings, so they should spend what was needed.

When going to the telecommunications bureau in the afternoon, Qi Changxiao always felt that someone was following him.

He didn't care. After finishing his business, he deliberately rode his bike to the slum.

I turned around suddenly and saw Caibao with a serious face.

Qi Changxiao was about to ask what was going on when Xiao Zhao suddenly arrived on his bike. Without a word, he grabbed the vegetable bun and left, saying, "Hurry up! Zhou Jun and the others caught a big fish. Let's go take a look."

Cai Bao got into the car reluctantly. After driving away, he stopped the car and looked at Xiao Zhao coldly: "What do you want to do?"

"I should be the one asking you this. What do you want to do? Are you looking for death?" Xiao Zhao was still smiling, like a poisonous snake with a smiling face.

Cai Bao clenched his fists: "Then kill me."

"What can I do? I'm not like Lu Henian, who doesn't take his brothers seriously." Xiao Zhao smiled and helped him brush his collar. "I'll give you another month to think it over. Come back to me when you've made up your mind."

Caibao frowned and slapped Xiao Zhao's hand away.

Xiao Zhao wasn't angry either, and continued smiling. "You're so angry, it's easy for others to see through you. I forgot to tell you, your good brother has successfully arrived in Hong Kong and is living a good life. I heard that the wealthy Huang family over there wants to marry their youngest daughter to him. Tsk tsk, no wonder he didn't want to tell you. What if you want to ask him for money? It's easy for people to share hardships, because we are all poor, and there is no gap without comparison. It's difficult to share wealth, because human nature is selfish and greedy. If you don't believe me, just wait and see. When he really gets married, will he tell you? That's a wedding."

After saying that, Xiao Zhao patted Caibao's shoulder and turned to leave.

*

Hong Kong, Huang family.

Looking at the reluctant woman in front of him, Lu Henian had no choice but to suggest: "How about getting engaged first, and announcing the cancellation of the engagement in two years."