"Oh my, you three girls are pretty good."
Grandma Han looked at them with a smile. She liked cultured young people the most and quickly came over: "Huaying, can you show me your work?"
"Grandma, the works they submitted are not articles and will not be published in newspapers. They should be published and printed into magazines or digests." Han Zheng told her.
Yun Huaying had just opened the handwritten reply letter from the newspaper's editor, a full page long. She quickly read through it, nodded, and told them, "It has indeed been printed and published as a picture magazine. All ten of our submitted drawings have been selected and have been submitted for review and approved. Printing and publication will officially begin next Monday. The editor-in-chief of the Youth Daily said they would send us a copy later."
“Ah…Ah…”
The two people next to them were still excited and hugged each other, cheering and screaming.
Seeing them so happy, Yun Huaying was amused. She handed them the letter and showed it to them. Her cold voice was tinged with laughter: "The editor-in-chief of the newspaper asked us to continue our work. He asked us to create a series on soldiers or workers next time and try to mail it within two weeks."
"Then let's choose soldiers." Jiang Yuan's face flushed with excitement. She looked at the Han brothers beside her with blazing eyes: "Brother Han, Brother Han, you two are both active and retired soldiers. Can you help us?"
"Can."
Han Zhe nodded in agreement. Although he didn't know the status of their works, he would not refuse to do these small things within his ability.
Yun Huaying and Lin Shan had no objection to writing about military subjects. Lin Shan was now extremely excited. She hugged Yun Huaying and laughed and danced, "Huaying, I made money. This is the first time in my life that I've made a lot of money. I'm going to write a letter to tell my parents and brothers that I made 220 yuan."
"Haha..." Seeing her so happy, the Han family all laughed.
Yun Huaying glared at her and encouraged her, "Write it tonight. Your mother will definitely spread the word among your relatives and friends. Your grandmother will definitely have a heart attack if she hears about it."
Lin Shan's smile froze: "She won't have a heart attack, she will just feel heartache."
What he felt bad about was naturally the money, and he would probably try to get her to send the money back, as he was worried that she would take the money with her when she got married.
"No, I need to take a leave this afternoon. I need to go to the county town to deposit money."
Jiang Yuan thought that she would also have a passbook with her own savings, and she was so excited that she wanted to run around the production team three times right now.
Seeing her so happy, Han Zhe couldn't stop laughing, and was inexplicably infected. He laughed too, even though he usually didn't like to laugh: "Are you happy making money?"
"I'm not just happy about making money, but because our work has been recognized, my creation has been affirmed and praised, and I've earned enough royalties to cover my current living expenses, so I'm very happy."
Jiang Yuan could be said to be the happiest among the three of them. 220 yuan was a huge sum of money for her. With this money, she wouldn't have to worry about food and drink for a long time, and the invisible pressure that had been weighing on her was also relieved.
With money in her hands, she was really not worried anymore.
He jumped up and down a few times, dancing with excitement, and then he made a happy and generous decision: "I'll take the afternoon off and go to the meat processing plant to buy meat. I'll treat everyone to dinner tonight."
Without giving them a chance to refuse, he said, "It's settled. I'll go ask the captain for leave now."
Then, the man ran away.
"Jiang Yuan, wait for me, I'll go with you. I also want to take a half-day leave to rest." Lin Shan also rushed over.
Seeing them both so happy, Yun Huaying couldn't help but laugh. She folded the remittance slip and the letter paper, then looked up to see Han Zheng staring at her blankly. She was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why are you looking at me?"
"Congratulations." Han Zheng smiled.
She had been smiling just now, and all her smiles fell into his eyes and were imprinted in his heart. He, who always had good self-control, felt that he was really sinking at that moment.
Yun Huaying curled her lips slightly, her voice tinged with laughter. "I originally thought the manuscript fee would be around 200 yuan. You estimated 500 yuan, but the actual income was 660 yuan, which is much higher than we expected."
“Your work is worth it.”
Han Zheng only took one look and was sure that their work would be selected.
"Huaying, after the printed magazine is mailed, please send it to us to see." Old Master Han was looking forward to their work.
"Okay." Yun Huaying responded.
The dishes in the kitchen were not ready yet, so the two old people went into the kitchen to busy themselves again. Han Zhe felt that he did not want to stay here as a light bulb, so he went to help, leaving the two of them to talk alone at the door of the main room.
Lin Shan and the others suddenly ran over to ask for leave. The team leader did not disagree. After asking the reason, he learned that their works submitted to the Youth Daily had been selected. He was once again impressed by the three new educated youth. Without saying a word, he agreed to their leave and asked them to send their works to him for review.
As for the royalties, the team leader didn't ask at all, because he didn't know that there was such a thing as royalties for submitting works. He just thought that if their works were published, they would receive special recognition and rewards.
Lin Shan and the others came back quickly. Apart from asking for leave from the team leader and explaining the reason, they did not tell anyone else. Although they were very happy, they still did not want too many people to know about it, so as to avoid others asking about it.
The meal was ready quickly. The three of them stood up to thank their elders, and then helped serve the meal.
Grandma Han prepared a very sumptuous lunch. Except for a bowl of beans, the rest were all meat dishes. Pheasant and rabbit were braised and spicy, pork ribs were stewed in kelp soup, and the fatty pork belly was stir-fried with pickles to go with the rice.
"Huaying, Lin Shan, Jiang Yuan, come and eat meat." Grandma Han first picked up a large piece of pork belly for each of the three guests.
"Thank you, Grandma Han."
The elders served them some food, and the three of them were a little flattered. They took the food with both hands and thanked them politely.
"Come over here often and treat this place as your own home."
Grandma Han liked them very much and said, "I will stay here with Zhengzi's grandfather. Zhezi will return to the army in a couple of days. Zhengzi's job is not yet determined, so I estimate he has about a month of vacation left. After the two brothers leave, our lives will be quiet. You must come and visit us often when you are free and talk to us."
"Grandma Han, as long as you and Grandpa Han don't mind my noise and talkativeness, I will come to visit you often." Lin Shan is the talkativeest among the three of them and has the best communication skills.
"A home needs more people and more liveliness, that's what makes it feel like a home."
"Our family is in a special situation right now. Our children are separated into two places. They all have their own jobs and families, so they can't come over to chat with us."
"I'm new here and I'm not familiar with the people in the team. My old man usually stays at home and doesn't go out often. I guess he doesn't socialize with the neighbors either, so I live closer to you. Let's visit more often in the future."
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