Chapter 30
Wang Mengmei sent Qian Ping on the bus home.
After being away from her hometown for two months, Qian Ping felt dazed for a moment when she got off the car.
Two months is neither long nor short, but it feels like I have gone to a different place.
"Qian Ping! It's really you. I saw it on the street corner just now and it looked like you."
Qian Ping found the other person's name from her memory: "Yang Qing...you didn't go to school?"
Yang Qing had short hair and a thin face. She grinned and said, "Why go to school? I'm not going to school anymore."
Qian Ping was surprised: "You're not going to school? Didn't you pass the exam?"
Yang Qing was her classmate in the refresher class, and Qian Ping clearly remembered that her name was on the honor roll.
Yang Qing seemed to have not spoken to anyone for a long time, and she pulled Qian Ping aside to talk about her own affairs.
"What did I get into? I got into an agricultural college in another city. My parents said that it was useless to study there. As a girl, it would be embarrassing for me to raise pigs after graduation. I think so too. Now even undergraduates are not guaranteed jobs. I may not be able to find a job after I graduate in a few years. My parents asked me to help cook at home and take care of my younger brother..."
Yang Qing became more and more excited, staring at Qian Ping with big eyes and asked: "I heard your mother say that you went abroad before, why didn't you believe it later? Where are you working now?"
Qian Ping changed her hand and held the luggage in the other hand: "I don't have a part-time job."
Yang Qing answered quickly, "What did you learn? My mother wanted me to learn tailoring, but it was hard to find a master."
Nowadays, if you want to learn a skill, you have to come from a family, and it would be best if your family does this. Otherwise, the master will not teach you with all his heart.
Qian Ping: "I didn't learn a craft, I just repeated it."
Yang Qing said "Oh", let go of Qian Ping's arm, and fell silent.
Suddenly, she became very sharp again: "You want to repeat a grade, will your parents agree? You have repeated a year, what if you fail the exam in another year!"
Qian Ping closed his eyes and said, "If I can't pass the exam, then I can't pass it."
What can I do?
Her head teacher said that the most important thing about retaking a lesson is the mental barrier. If you always think you can't do it, you will eventually fail.
"I know that many of our class members have repeated their studies twice or thrice. Remember, no matter how big a matter is, it will look one way tomorrow, another way three years later, and another way ten years later. And it will look another way before you go to the grave."
"Your parents paid for you to study hard, not to sit here and worry. Use your time spent worrying to study, or even sleep. Take good care of your body and mind, so that you won't fail again in the college entrance examination."
Qian Ping heard this from her teacher for the first time. She thought that it was useless to worry about not passing the exam. She might as well have fun in the midst of hardship. If she failed again, she would go to help her aunt.
All roads lead to Rome.
Hearing Qian Ping say this, Yang Qing's eyes widened: "Don't you feel ashamed?"
I failed the exam again, which means I failed for the third time.
"You spent so much money on your studies..."
Qian Ping suddenly interrupted Yang Qing's chatter.
She suddenly felt that this classmate, with whom she had a relatively good relationship during the review period, now had no way of communicating with each other.
"I'm going home first."
She has a soft personality and cannot say anything unpleasant.
Yang Qing stood behind her and said loudly: "You will definitely regret it!"
Qian Ping thought, whether I regret it or not is none of your business.
Yang Qing stood in the sun. It was not winter yet, but she felt that winter was everywhere.
Her mother poured a basin of water outside the house, spat at her and shouted at her, "Come back quickly, your brother is crying again!"
Yang Qing's younger brother was born in June.
The tuition that should have been given to her was replaced by a fine for her brother's having more children than allowed.
Yang Qing returned home like a puppet and closed the door.
…
The furniture in Qian Ping's house was already covered with a thin layer of dust.
I can't describe how I feel.
In the past, Qian Ping would not have felt so disappointed, but after living in her aunt's house for so long, she saw that her aunt and her uncle discussed everything. Her aunt sometimes had a bad temper, but her uncle would always look at her and smile helplessly.
My cousin is a playful kid, and when she gets angry, she will talk back to my aunt and uncle.
Qian Ping thinks that is what a home is.
Perhaps out of longing for such a family, Qian Ping made a special trip back.
My aunt called in advance, but when she got home she still found an empty house.
Qian Ping raised a bitter smile and got up to clean up the house.
Halfway through the packing, Wang Menglan came back.
Wang Menglan rode a tricycle with all kinds of waste materials on it. Many of the waste materials on the construction site were taken away by junk collectors, but Wang Menglan wanted to make money, so she always brought the waste back on her tricycle. There was a waste collection station in the town, where she could sell it for a few dollars.
When Wang Menglan walked in and saw Qian Ping, she just said lightly, "You're back."
Qian Ping wanted to ask her why she had lost weight, but Wang Menglan didn't give her the chance.
Wang Menglan took out a pair of thick quilts with great skill, and then found a gray fluffy bag. It was bulging and no one knew what was inside.
"I'm busy today, just pack up and leave."
Qian Ping: “…Okay.”
"There are three hundred yuan on the table. Use it to buy whatever you need. Don't ask me to bring it to you whenever you need it. I'm busy."
"Also, give your aunt a helping hand and help take care of Xiaoli at her place of residence."
"I've paid for your tuition this year. If you can't finish your studies, don't blame anyone but yourself."
After saying these few words, Wang Menglan hurriedly got on her tricycle and left.
After she left, Qian Ping opened the gray bag and saw two pairs of thick cotton trousers inside.
Not pretty, but warm.
*****
After the parents' meeting, Jian Li discovered something very troubling.
That is, Xu Yanan's "surveillance" of herself became more intense.
Before, he just stared at her to prevent her from gossiping with Xia Liu, but now it has developed to the point that whenever Jian Li makes the slightest move, Xu Yanan's eyes will fly over.
The implication was clear - I'll be watching you.
Xia Liu angrily passed a note to Jian Li.
【She is so annoying! 】
Jian Li felt the same way and replied to her on the paper, "You are right."
With someone watching over her, it took Jian Li more than a month to finish the comic.
Jian Li looked through the first batch of comic submissions she was about to send out with satisfaction.
After much deliberation, she decided to paint an "old subject".
A masterpiece of immortal heroes: Three Lives, Three Worlds.
Jian Li chose this theme after careful consideration. She found that most of the comics on the market are passionate comics, and there are also comics with girl themes. But maybe it is due to the spread of the comics, many Japanese girl comics that later became well-known are not read by many people now.
Jian Li wanted to publish a comic book in the style of girls, and after much thought, she decided to give the magazine a bit of a melodrama.
Is there anything more clichéd and melodramatic than a love-hate relationship with gods?
Although this theme was later filmed so badly that no one was interested in it, but in this era when the fairy world view had not yet been fully created, this thing was a king bomb as soon as it was brought out.
Most importantly, Jian Li feels that the painting style of this subject is more challenging.
Because even later, Chinese online fantasy novels still have their own audience and fans on the Internet.
The magnificent fairy world is based on the fairy system of traditional culture and the bloody love story Marie Sue in a different skin.
From the perspective of a product manager, Jian Li feels that this project has a high chance of success.
After deciding on the subject matter, Jian Li began to set up the storyline.
First give the male protagonist an identity: the son of the devil.
Just from this background, one can imagine the love-hate relationship behind the protagonist.
The heroine is a junior sister in the world of immortal cultivation. She is cute and ordinary, but her life story hides a huge secret.
…
Jian Li became more and more excited and gave names to the male and female protagonists respectively.
Start writing about the first meeting of the hero and heroine.
The two met each other on the day the heroine became his apprentice. As an orphan, the heroine's spiritual roots were detected and she became an outer disciple of the world's largest sect.
The male protagonist is a master who has not yet awakened his demonic bloodline.
That’s right, in her first life, Jian Li planned to write a teacher-student love story.
The first chapter describes that the heroine, as an outer disciple, was assigned to take care of a spiritual pet, and this care ended up being taken care of the hero's mount.
The male protagonist, the supreme ruler of the demon world, chose to ride a... parrot.
Saying "parrot" was not quite appropriate, so Jian Li tried her best to lean towards the Classic of Mountains and Seas and said it was Bifang.
The heroine said everything in front of Bi Fang, and because of this, Bi Fang, who had learned human speech, made a lot of jokes at the banquet hosted by the hero.
The male protagonist was at a loss for words and cast a silencing spell on the mount, then asked someone to bring the female protagonist up.
This is the end of the first chapter.
Jian Li added a lot of supporting roles in this process, and also let the gentle second male lead make an appearance.
Jian Li named the first volume "Lovesickness".
After finishing the drawing, she checked it before sending it out.
Then comes the long wait.
Jian Li had ten thousand reasons to convince herself that the chances of winning were very high, but there was also a voice telling her otherwise.
What if it doesn't work?
You have to know that whether it is literature or comics, the production and development will be affected by social development to a certain extent.
For example, the once popular Qiong Yao style encourages people to pursue true love and break free from shackles in this era when marriages are mostly not very free. This in itself is an expression that is in line with social progress.
When everyone has a certain level of economic strength and marriage is no longer just about love, it is also an inevitable trend of the times to encourage everyone to open their eyes and return to reality.
When creating the character, Jian Li tried her best to keep it close to the times.
But she still had the story she wanted to write.
In the entanglement of three lives and three worlds, the heroine has a clear growth line, from entry to foundation building, from golden elixir to spiritual transformation.
Jian Li sketched out the story she wanted on the draft.
Then she waited for half a month, but still no news.
Just when she thought her manuscript had been rejected, a heated discussion was taking place in an office far away in Beijing.
The editor-in-chief of "Mei Hua" magazine saw that his men were about to start a fight.
A little girl wearing glasses held up her sketch and said excitedly: "Editor-in-chief, I am confident that this comic will be a hit! It will be a pity for us if we miss it."
Another editor in charge of long-form serials said, "It's easy for you to say that. I finally got the manuscript. There are only a few famous cartoonists in China. Now you insist on publishing the work of an unknown artist. How are you going to explain this to Teacher Wang?"
"But she draws really well! Look at her style, it's different from anyone else in the country. This style..."
"Jiang Rou! I am the one in charge of the serialization section, not you." The editor who said this looked unhappy: "You are just an editor who helps with the first draft!"
He felt a little regretful. He was supposed to review those submissions, but he just took a break and asked Jiang Rou, a newcomer to the magazine, to review the manuscripts. As a result, she went straight to the editor-in-chief, bypassing him and saying that she had discovered a genius.
He flipped through it and thought the manga style was somewhat acceptable, but how could such a comic be accepted?
"Who would watch this love scene?"
Jiang Rou looked cold and said, "I will take a look! If I were still in high school, I would definitely buy it."
This novel story, just the beginning, made her curious about what would happen next.
Did the male lead meet the female lead? What is there above the Qi training level? Why did the second male lead know that there was a cave in the back mountain?
Jiang Rou said loudly: "I will definitely buy it! I also guarantee that as long as this article is used as the cover, many people will buy it!"
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