Seeing his son standing there in a daze, Feng Haidong smiled and handed ten yuan to his son.
"What are you standing there for? This ten yuan is your first payment for writing. Your parents are proud of you, but you can't be complacent. You have to keep up the good work."
Feng Qifan looked at the ten yuan in front of him, then looked up at his father.
He didn't take the ten yuan. Instead, he asked, "Dad, my essay got published in the newspaper. Did you help me revise it?"
Hearing his son's words, Feng Haidong laughed and asked, "What's wrong? Are you so insecure? Don't you believe it's because you wrote well that Uncle Wang from the newspaper noticed you?"
Feng Qifan was taken aback again, and then said, "It's not that I lack confidence, it's just that I feel it's very difficult to get published in the newspaper. Dad, every time you write an article for the newspaper, you have to revise it many times before sending it to the newspaper, but I haven't revised this essay much."
Feng Haidong laughed and said, "Haha, you haven't changed it much, which means you wrote it very well."
Then Feng Haidong pulled his son into the house, put down his schoolbag, and asked his son to sit down.
Feng Haidong also sat down face to face with his son: "Your Uncle Wang read your essay and his evaluation was that although the writing is a little immature, it expresses genuine feelings. In particular, through your essay, people feel as if they are really in the countryside and seeing the sunset."
Hearing this, Lu Wanling couldn't help but laugh and ask, "Fanfan, after listening to what your father said, don't you think that his explanation is even better than your essay?"
Hearing his mother's words, Feng Qifan thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Yes, yes, Dad is right. I didn't even know I could write such good essays."
Lu Wanling burst into laughter: "Hahaha, my son is so real."
Feng Haidong was amused by his wife and son. He smiled and said, "Alright, alright, anyway, this is the first time our Feng Qifan has written an article that has been published in the newspaper, so shouldn't we celebrate?"
Lu Wanling said, "Of course we should celebrate! Let's go to the night market and have a nice meal tonight."
Feng Haidong said, "It's not just about going to the night market for a nice meal."
As he spoke, Feng Haidong looked at his wife, Lu Wanling, who immediately got up and brought out a notebook and a fountain pen from the inner room.
"Fanfan, this is a gift from your father and mother. We hope you will continue to write and produce more good essays. You must work hard."
Feng Qifan was very excited to receive the notebook and pen from his parents.
Especially when I opened the notebook and saw the blessings written by my parents.
At this moment, Feng Qifan was truly encouraged, and his confidence was overflowing.
The family of three finished a hearty lunch.
After the meal, Feng Qifan mentioned that his essay had also been rated as an excellent essay by the school, and he even took out the letter paper that Teacher Yan had given him from his schoolbag.
"Our homeroom teacher told me to carefully copy it myself, making sure the characters were written neatly and without any spelling mistakes, and then hand it in to him. After that, it would be posted on the school's outstanding essay exhibition board."
Lu Wanling became even more excited upon hearing this: "My son is so amazing!"
Feng Haidong smiled and said, "Great! Then start copying. You've been practicing calligraphy with the copybook your teacher Yan gave you lately, so copying this essay today will be a test of your calligraphy practice. Be sure to write it carefully."
Feng Qifan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Dad, should I write with a pen or a pencil?"
Feng Haidong could tell that his son wanted to write with a fountain pen, but he was clearly worried that his handwriting wouldn't look good.
Feng Haidong said, "Logically, you should use a pen to copy it, but if you are not confident, you can write it with a pencil first to make sure you can write it with a pen before you copy it with a pen."
After hearing his father's suggestion, Feng Qifan immediately started doing as his father said.
First, write it out carefully with a pencil, and then make sure that you have written it correctly.
Feng Qifan picked up the fountain pen that his mother had filled with ink for him and began to carefully copy the composition word by word onto the letter paper.
Seeing their son's serious expression, Feng Haidong and his wife exchanged a glance, and both of them smiled with satisfaction.
Afterwards, Feng Haidong had his wife stay with their son while he went to the yard to wash the crayfish.
While washing the crayfish in the yard, Feng Haidong was also planning what to do next.
Crayfish are now accepted in night markets.
These past few nights, many customers have been coming to the night market specifically to eat Feng Haidong's spicy crayfish.
Spicy crayfish with beer has even gradually become a popular combination in night markets.
At first, the people who came to eat were mostly people getting off the night shift.
In the past few days, it's not just people who have finished their night shifts; some people who don't have night shifts have also been getting together in small groups to go to the night market for a meal of spicy crayfish and a few beers.
Even many of Feng Haidong's coworkers at his factory had begun to hear about his spicy crayfish.
A couple of nights ago, several of my coworkers from the same workshop even made a special trip to the night market by bicycle to have a meal there.
Therefore, Feng Haidong's daily consumption of crayfish has been increasing these days.
Fortunately, Feng Baoan from the village had made preparations in advance.
Now, every other day, Feng Baoan sends Feng Haidong a batch of crayfish.
Moreover, as summer approaches, the number of crayfish in the ditches and canals in the countryside is increasing.
As Feng Haidong washed the crayfish, he pondered in his mind that the time would be ripe for him to open his shop once summer arrived.
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