Chapter 9 New Mission: Raising Sheep
"Mom, I made money!" Cui Xue heard her voice, picked up the remittance slip in her hand and waved it proudly.
Everyone was confused, wondering why she was holding a piece of paper and saying that she made money.
Seeing their confused expressions, Cui Xue calmed down and explained to them.
"I wrote a few stories and submitted them to the newspaper. They liked them. This is the royalties for me."
"Ah? Really?" Liang Xiaoying's eyes widened in surprise, "Show it to mom!"
As Cui Xue spoke, the remittance slip in her hand was handed to her. She didn't recognize many words, but she knew the numbers. She looked at the twenty yuan on it again and again to make sure it was correct. She was so excited that her hands were shaking.
"Her father, look, your daughter has made it big, she earned twenty yuan!" He pushed the remittance slip in front of Cui Xiongnian, almost poking him in the nostrils, but luckily he reacted quickly and leaned back.
Compared with Liang Xiaoying, Cui Xiongnian, the captain, could certainly read, and he took a careful look at the words on it.
The title of the manuscript, the time of publication, the page, the manuscript fee, etc. were written on it, plus the official seal, there was no possibility of falsification.
"My daughter, Cui Xiongnian, has made it big." After confirming that it was correct, he couldn't help but sigh.
He passed it to Cui Yingxiong and Liu Ping to take a look, and both of them showed an expression of honor on their faces.
There is a golden child in the family who can make money, how can life be difficult in the future?
"This is a great event, we have to celebrate!"
Liang Xiaoying did not refute Cui Xiongnian's words this time.
The newspaper sent a letter saying that Cui Xue's story was very novel and the feedback was very good. They hoped that she could continue to produce more good stories and increase her royalties in the future.
What else could she say? Cui Xue worked hard and rushed out five children's stories in two days. At the same time, she also sent a long novel that she had written while waiting for the news.
After sending the letter, Cui Xue was not as nervous as last time. She gave herself two days off to let her brain rest and think carefully about the next story and novel plot.
Cui's family was very happy for several days because of her contribution and the money she made. But when Cui Xiongnian came back from a meeting in the county, he was no longer as happy as he was a few days ago. He looked sad and worried, and it was obvious that he was stumped by something.
"Dad, what's wrong with you? Your eyebrows are so wrinkled that they can kill flies." Cui Xue came back from outside and just wanted to go to the kitchen to drink a bowl of water, she saw Cui Xiongnian sitting under the eaves smoking with a sad face.
"Hey, I went to the county for a meeting today. I don't know who gave the idea that each village should take a few sheep back to raise. You see, we can raise cows and pigs here, but we have never heard of raising sheep. What if the sheep can't survive? Wouldn't we be unable to be selected as the excellent team this year?"
Perhaps he was really worried. Elder Cui Xiong sighed and complained to Cui Xue about the task issued during the meeting today.
"We? Raise sheep?" Cui Xue just thought it was ridiculous.
Not to mention that they don't have a pasture here, they may not even have the grass that sheep need to eat.
Of course, someone would suggest letting the sheep roam free. Good guys, if the sheep go out and eat something, who will be responsible if they die.
So the person who proposed this was really out of his mind, and the leader who agreed to this proposal was no less impressive.
"Dad, didn't the higher-ups come down to investigate when they made the decision?"
"Who knows? Anyway, the mission has been given. They said the sheep will be here in two days. There will also be some experts who will stay with us for two days to teach us how to raise sheep."
Cui Xue's mouth twitched. She really didn't know what to say. She wanted to comfort her old father, but she couldn't find the right words, so she simply kept silent. Two days
later, a car really came into Daping Village.
The old truck had five medium-sized sheep in the back compartment. They looked like they had been weaned for a few days.
Cui Xiongnian, who was already worried, looked even uglier when he saw the lambs.
Adult sheep were more or less acceptable, but the lambs that were delivered were lambs, which greatly reduced the survival rate.
Helplessly, the sheep and the people had already arrived, so he could only wipe his face, force a smile and make arrangements.
As a young person in the village who had attended high school and the daughter of the captain, Cui Xue was naturally arranged to learn how to raise sheep.
The so-called expert frowned secretly when he saw a little girl like Cui Xue coming to learn.
Sensing their secret emotions, Cui Xue immediately knew that something was wrong.
Sure enough, when the expert taught the key points of raising sheep, he was as perfunctory as possible, and for some of Cui Xue's questions, he either pretended not to hear or answered them impatiently.
In order for her father's work to proceed smoothly, Cui Xue finally put up with these so-called experts.
Fortunately, they only stayed for five days, and she had written down everything she needed to learn, so she would not be blind to the sheep.
After sending the experts away, Cui Xue was still thinking about how to raise these sheep when she received two letters.
One was naturally a reply from the newspaper, and the other was actually from Liang Zongshan.
She ignored the reply from the newspaper and opened Liang Zongshan's letter first.
On a piece of letter paper, he first greeted her politely, then explained that he had to leave without saying goodbye because of a temporary mission, and finally asked in the letter if he could exchange letters with Cui Xue in the future.
It was impossible for Cui Xue not to understand such an obvious message. Even if she had never eaten pork, she had seen pigs run.
Moreover, she could not ignore her slightly happy mood when she received the letter.
After thinking for a while, she spread out the letter paper and wrote a reply to Liang Zongshan, first expressing her willingness to keep in touch with him through letters, and then briefly talking about what had happened in the past few days.
When she stopped writing, she found that she had already written three pages.
Looking at her lengthy reply, she hesitated whether to send it, but after reading it again and again, she didn't really want to write another one, so she simply stuffed it into the envelope and threw it aside.
The reply from the newspaper was much simpler. The remittance slip for the manuscript fee was fifteen yuan more than the last time, and it also brought her good news.
The beginning of the novel she sent was noticed by the magazine editor, and it has been serialized. It will take some time to see the feedback before she can settle the manuscript fee, and at the same time, she was urged to submit the next manuscript.
It was too late to open it, otherwise Cui Xue would have written about it in her reply to Liang Zongshan.
After packing the reply to the newspaper, she began to study the sheep breeding.
She took out the notebook she had written down with the expert, and after reading the key points inside, she gradually had some ideas.
The next day, she found Cui Xiongnian and asked him to discuss raising sheep with Daliang Village.
"Ah? Raise sheep with them?" Cui Xiongnian looked at her in confusion, "We don't even know how to raise sheep ourselves, why should we bring them along? If something goes wrong, it will be a disaster."
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