Chapter 88 Letter from the Newspaper
Wen Zhu happily held up the newspaper and said to the family members who gathered around him, "Dad, Mom, and Third Brother, my article is in the newspaper!"
Jiang Qin, Wen Hong and Jiang Jianye quickly put away the other letter and came over to look at the brand new newspaper. They immediately saw the article that Wen Zhu pointed to.
"Hey, this is the short story I wrote. What do you think? Am I good?"
The whole family gave a thumbs-up and said, "How can my daughter be so capable! Oh, my ancestors' graves are so happy!"
Jiang Qin sighed, and Wen Zhu smiled brightly, "That's not the case. This is all because my parents gave me a good birth and raised me well. It has nothing to do with the ancestral tomb."
Wen Zhu sweetly tried to please her parents.
How could she not notice the regret that flashed across the couple's faces after Jiang Qin subconsciously said this?
Jiang Jianye took the remittance slip and said seriously, "There's also royalties, twenty-two yuan. My sister is amazing! She's making money!"
Qian Jingsheng stood behind them, looking at the harmonious and warm family, and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously.
Qian Xusen didn't know when he heard the noise, and he and Xiao Huang were lying on the wall, watching with envy. Thinking of the mess at home, a look of loneliness flashed in his eyes, and it was rare that he didn't join in the fun.
Wen Hong saw Qian Jingsheng, Qian Xusen, and Xiao Huang, and quickly called everyone over. "Come, come, take a look. Our daughter wrote this. She's much better than her brothers!"
Wen Zhu knew that this statement was somewhat exaggerated. After all, it was quite a sensation when his eldest brother was admitted to a top university, and his second and third brothers were also the children of other families that everyone praised.
But Wen Zhu was never a spoiler and happily accepted compliments.
"I have to keep this newspaper well. No, no, I have to frame it!" Wen Hong said and wanted to do it.
Jiang Qin also agreed, "Once it's framed, hang it in the most conspicuous place in the living room!"
Wen Zhu thought that after he published a few more articles, they would probably not be so grand. So he just let them do whatever they wanted.
Thinking of how the principal had been eagerly waiting for his article to appear in the newspaper, so that he could have a chance to bring glory to the school, and seeing how his parents and third brother were happily busy, Wen Zhu decided to buy two more copies, one for his master and one for the principal.
Holding the remittance slip, Wen Zhu felt that she loved writing very much. Whether she received royalties or not was a small matter. The main thing was that she was a person with literary aspirations!
Speaking of submissions, Wen Zhu suddenly remembered that Xu Niannian seemed to be planning to submit an article last time. I wonder if she submitted it with that half address?
Wen Zhu actually hoped that she would submit the short story so that they could have a good show.
If I had known, I wouldn't have taken away some of the address. I wonder if she could figure it out with her brain?
It turns out that sometimes the bad guys’ hard work is not as good as the stupid people’s sudden inspiration.
It all depends on whether Xu Niannian is greedy enough. If she is not greedy, the pit she dug herself will have no effect on her. If she is greedy, then she can only blame herself.
Wen Zhu was delighted when he received the reply from the newspaper, but Xu Niannian was frowning.
Ever since she could no longer do the potato business in the town, she decided to harden her heart and go directly to the county town to do this business. She didn't believe that the family that had suffered from food poisoning could reach the county town?
So she took advantage of the weekend to set up her stall in the county town.
Xu Niannian, who originally thought she would make a fortune, hit a wall again in the county town. This time she applied for a business license and also went through great trouble to obtain a health certificate.
As a result, people in the county town were not interested in her thing at all.
Xu Niannian was very confused.
Logically speaking, even if what she made was not as delicious as Wen Zhu's, she should be the only one in the county who makes this snack.
However, when she arrived at the county, she found that not only was she not the only one, but almost no one was interested in her.
She made up her mind and gave some to someone to try, thinking that would attract some customers. However, one of them complained, "Girl, your pot-crust potatoes aren't as delicious or crispy as the ones in the county's state-owned restaurants. I'm only telling you the truth because I know it's not easy for a little girl like you to run a stall. Listen to me, why don't you try selling something else or improve the taste and texture before you come back."
Xu Niannian was struck by lightning.
Undeterred, she went to a state-owned restaurant and bought a portion to try, and it was indeed the same as what the uncle had described.
What I made myself is incomparable to this, no wonder no one buys my stuff.
After persisting for a whole day, the items sold could be counted on one hand, and I had to return empty-handed, exhausted both physically and mentally.
She hated Wen Zhu even more in her heart. She thought she had created the snack herself, but she didn't expect that she had copied it from a state-owned restaurant.
On the way back, she went to a newsstand and pretended to buy a newspaper, but in fact she picked it up and looked around, trying to find the story she had contributed. When she couldn't find it, she put the newspaper down and left, and was scolded by the newspaper seller.
Thinking that it was hopeless to set up a stall, she placed her last hope on submitting articles to newspapers.
Fortunately, she was careful. After picking up the address of the newspaper that day, she pieced it together and felt that the address was not right. She even went to buy a newspaper and found that the address fragments were missing.
So I immediately submitted Wen Zhu's story.
Otherwise, he would be tricked by Wen Zhu, that scheming girl.
According to the schedule, it will be published in the next two days. She wondered how Wen Zhu would react when she saw that her article was published in the newspaper before her.
Xu Niannian felt extremely excited just thinking about it.
She didn't know why she hated Wen Zhu so much. Perhaps it was because her life had become miserable since she escaped from the traffickers. It was as if fate had somehow caused the opportunities and honors that should have belonged to her to gradually fall into Wen Zhu's hands, and so she couldn't help but hate her.
If another human trafficker could kidnap her, how great it would be. Wouldn’t everything be back on track?
She was shocked by her own thoughts.
Xu Niannian didn't know that once an idea appeared, it would slowly take root and sprout until it became difficult to contain, breaking out of the ground and becoming uncontrollable.
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The next day, as soon as school started, the principal distributed the test papers he had printed overtime to each class in the third grade.
This caused a burst of wailing from the classmates.
Zhou Xiaoju and Qian Xusen rarely united this time and felt that they were ungrateful.
This was the test they had finally gotten by pushing time to cooperate with Wen Zhu, relying on Wen Zhu's painstaking efforts, both memorizing and handwriting. And they actually thought it was a task!?
Wen Zhu didn't care about these things. Her original intention was just to help herself, help her friends, and do a favor for the principal. She didn't care what others thought of these test papers.
After finishing her own test, she compiled a list of predicted questions based on the test ideas and gave them to Qian Xusen and Zhou Xiaoju for reference. She could consolidate her own knowledge while helping her friends at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.
During the break, I gave the newspaper to the principal, and Principal Sun's face was so smiling that it looked like a chrysanthemum.
"Student Wen, very good, very good! A junior high school student's article should be published in the newspaper, and it must be praised in the flag-raising speech! It should be learned from!
"And, Wen Zhu, I'm very optimistic about you. I have high hopes for you in this joint exam!"
Wen Zhu smiled and said, "Thank you, Principal. I'll go back first."
Principal Sun said, "Don't worry! This time, I've decided to give cash rewards to the top three students in our school who perform well in the joint exam! I hope everyone will be proactive! Please, spread the word for me."
Wen Zhu: ...
She felt that the principal was calling her name, but she had no evidence!
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