When Yun Huaying came out of the space, she brought two bunches of slightly ripe wild grapes. She went to the kitchen to rinse them with water and placed them on the small dining table in the main room.
Lin Shan came out of the shower and saw the grapes on the table. Her eyes lit up: "Where did these grapes come from?"
"I picked it in the mountains today." Yun Huaying replied.
Lin Shan broke off a grape and popped it into her mouth. It tasted slightly sweet and sour, better than the wild grapes she had eaten before. She said, "Why are there still grapes in the mountains at this time of year?"
Yun Huaying answered this question frankly: "The temperature up in the mountains is much lower than down there, and the wild grape vines grow in the cool valleys where the sun doesn't reach them, so there are still a few bunches hanging."
In fact, she was not lying. Today she did see a vine with grapes hanging on it in the mountains, but the grapes were so ripe that they were almost falling off. She collected all the grape seeds and transplanted the vine into the space. It would not be long before she built a large vineyard.
Lin Shan didn't think much about it. These two bunches of grapes were indeed common wild grapes, so she just thought it was good luck.
Jiang Yuan didn't think much about it or ask too many questions. There were no grapes in her hometown and she had never eaten them before. She had no idea what a grape vine looked like or when grapes ripened. She liked this sour and sweet fruit the most and ate it with relish while sitting on a bench.
After eating the grapes, they took a short break, then took out their unfinished works and started working on them immediately.
When Han Zheng came over with the heavy basket on his back, the three of them were busy in the main room. When they heard the knock on the door, Jiang Yuan got up to open it and asked cautiously, "Who is it?"
"I."
Only after confirming that it was Han Zheng did Jiang Yuan open the mottled and dilapidated wooden door.
Han Zheng came into the room carrying his things and saw the three of them busy at work. There were a bunch of paintings on the table. He was slightly surprised: "What are you doing?"
"Youth Daily is soliciting articles, and we plan to submit one," Yun Huaying told him.
Han Zheng put the basket in the corner, moved closer to her, took a look at her current painting, his eyes sparkling with surprise: "Huaying, your painting skills are very high."
"It's okay." Yun Huaying said modestly.
Lin Shan wanted to have someone else evaluate her painting, so she handed him the painting she had on hand. "Brother Han, this is what I drew. Can you take a look at it and tell me if it's good enough for submission?"
Han Zheng took it, took a look at it, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Your propaganda painting skills are also very high, not worse than the students of the Academy of Fine Arts."
Receiving recognition and praise, Lin Shan's confidence increased greatly. "With your words, the possibility of our submission being selected should be very high."
"Did you draw a lot?" Han Zheng asked.
"Including the two they drew now, there are ten in total."
Jiang Yuan immediately took out the finished products from the drawer and carefully showed them to him. "Yun Huaying and Lin Shan each drew five. They were in charge of the drawings. I can't draw, so I was in charge of writing the manuscripts and poems. The three of us worked together on the creation. Two of the manuscripts were written by Yun Huaying, and eight were written by me."
Each work is painted vividly and artistically, and the accompanying short poems are just right, concise yet full of charm and poetry. The names of the authors of the paintings and texts are also listed below.
Han Zheng looked at them very carefully, examining each one thoroughly. After he finished, his eyes changed completely, and he had a new understanding of them: "It's really a waste of your talents for the three of you to do farm work in the team."
"The three of us are all excellent students with good character and academic performance." Lin Shan said proudly.
Yun Huaying and Jiang Yuan didn't say anything, but they all had smiles on their faces. The three of them were high school students with excellent academic performance and were among the best in their studies. If the college entrance examination had not been interrupted, they would definitely have been able to get into a good university with their grades, but they didn't say these words out loud.
Han Zheng handed the work back to Jiang Yuan and moved a stool to sit beside her. Seeing Yun Huaying finishing her work with her head down, he asked, "Does the Youth Daily pay me for getting my work selected?"
"Yes, but it's not mentioned in the newspaper."
Jiang Yuan took out the newspaper from the drawer and handed it to him.
Han Zheng took a look and smiled. "This is the type of publication for digest magazines. Once selected, the royalties are very substantial, much higher than for articles published in newspapers."
"real?"
Lin Shan and Jiang Yuan were most concerned about the royalties, and asked in unison, "What's the approximate price?"
Yun Huaying also stopped what she was doing and looked at him with eyes full of expectation.
Seeing their concern, Han Zheng smiled and told them, "If all of your illustrated magazines are selected for publication, printing, and distribution, the total revenue per set will be no less than 500 yuan."
Five hundred yuan!
It was a huge sum of money for them. Lin Shan and Jiang Yuan, who had little savings, were so shocked that their mouths were so full that a big goose egg could fit in them.
Yun Huaying had previously guessed it would be around two hundred yuan, but now it seemed she had underestimated it. Seeing their identical expressions, their smiles blooming like the pure and beautiful stamens of flowers, she said, "If it works, we'll be wealthy ladies."
"Hehe." Han Zheng smiled, his heart filled with her beautiful smile.
"Let's first become a small wealthy woman with a hundred yuan, then a wealthy woman with a thousand yuan, and in the future a wealthy woman with ten thousand yuan." Lin Shan has lofty goals, and her mind is full of fantasies of money flying towards her.
"Hehe..." Jiang Yuan was amused by her.
Yun Huaying also smiled and continued to finish with her head down, saying, "Jiang Yuan, there's a bunch of grapes in the kitchen cupboard. Bring them over for Han Zheng to eat."
"Okay." Jiang Yuan stood up immediately.
"Where did the grapes come from?" Han Zheng asked.
"I picked some grapes today while strolling through the mountains. They're probably the last bunch of grapes this year."
Jiang Yuan brought the grapes over. Han Zheng didn't eat them all by himself. He only took two to try and left the rest for them. He also chatted with them: "Do you know any foreign languages?"
He suddenly brought up the topic, and the three girls looked up at him at the same time. Lin Shan and Jiang Yuan shook their heads in unison: "We don't know how."
They have never taken foreign language classes since they entered school. This is also related to the current educational environment. The county towns where they are from are ordinary small cities and do not have the teaching staff to offer foreign language classes.
Neither of them knew how to do it, but Yun Huaying didn't say anything, so Han Zheng guessed, "Huaying, you know how to do it, don't you?"
"I can."
Yun Huaying admitted it directly, but without further explanation, she asked him, "Why are you asking this?"
"The policy has changed a lot in the past two years. Many scientific research institutions are recruiting translators. In the middle of last year, Kyoto People's Broadcasting Station also recruited English teachers to teach English broadcasting. At the beginning of this year, a conference on the compilation and publication of Chinese and foreign dictionaries was held in Yangcheng. Now all major government scientific research institutions are in urgent need of foreign language talents, especially professional translators in engineering fields." Han Zheng explained.
Yun Huaying understood and said calmly, "I know English, so I can translate foreign medical books and materials. Other majors shouldn't be a problem either."
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