Chapter 93: In the Newspaper

Old Mrs. Ji immediately ran to Captain Tang's house with the newspaper in her hand. Shen Ruoqing couldn't stop her. Of course, she didn't intend to stop her.

As she walked, Old Lady Ji did not forget to show off on the road: "The newspaper sent a letter to my sweetheart! My sweetheart's article was selected by the newspaper!"

Anyway, by the time he got there, half the people in the village knew that the article written by Shen Ruoqing was in the newspaper.

When Captain Tang saw it, the newspaper was a little wrinkled due to being touched.

"Captain Tang, look, this is the article. My sweetheart's name is written on it! It was not easy for my sweetheart to write this article. She revised it alone in her room. I don't know how many times she revised it before sending it out. Look, it was selected after it was sent out!"

"Aunt, this article can't be selected just by revising it many times. Since it was selected, it means that Ruoqing is very talented in writing. This is a good thing, a great thing. You don't know that the commune has encouraged us to submit articles to the newspaper in the past two years. Many people have tried, but none of them were selected. I didn't expect Ruoqing to be so capable that she was selected." Captain Tang took a closer look and saw that it was about how their village was self-reliant and sold mountain products to improve farmers' living conditions. He slapped his thigh again and said, "This is a good article, aunt. Give me this newspaper and I'll take it to the commune to show it to the leaders. Maybe there will be some rewards from above."

Old Mrs. Ji was a little reluctant to give the newspaper to Captain Tang, as she wanted to take it home and frame it. But after hearing that the commune might give her a reward, she reluctantly gave the newspaper away: "Captain Tang, I'll lend you the newspaper first. Please take good care of it. I'll frame it when you get it back."

Captain Tang quickly promised to take good care of the newspaper.

It was still early, so Captain Tang got on his tractor and headed towards the commune.

When Old Lady Ji came back, she found that people who had an ordinary relationship with her were very enthusiastic and took her hands and asked her questions.

"Dahai, did your Ruoqing's writings really appear in the newspaper? Where is the newspaper? Let me see it."

"Mr. Dongliang, you can't read, so what can you see?" someone laughed.

"I can't read, can't I ask someone else to read to me?" said Dongliang's family unconvinced.

"Captain Tang has taken the newspaper away. You have to wait until he comes back before you can read it." Old Mrs. Ji was very proud now and began to praise her little daughter: "My sweet girl has been sensible and smart since she was young. People still need to study. Look, it is because I support her to read so many books that she can write good articles now. It is because universities are cancelled now, otherwise there will definitely be a college student in our family."

The people around echoed.

Shen Ruoqing waited for a long time but Mrs. Ji didn't come back, so she knew that she must have gone out to show off again.

She opened the reply from the newspaper. Most of the content of the letter encouraged her to continue creating and asked her to continue submitting good works in the future. It also expressed a certain affirmation of what she wrote.

Then there is a remittance slip for 10 yuan, which I need to take to the county town to get the money. But there is no rush.

Wang was extremely jealous when she learned that Shen Ruoqing received ten yuan for her writing. "I didn't expect that my sister-in-law really had some talent in her. Her writings were appreciated by the newspaper. Hanwen and Hanwu, learn more from your sister-in-law in the future."

Han praised Shen Ruoqing openly: "Ruoqing's writing is very good. Although she is young, the language of her articles is sincere. Han Song told me that your composition is very good. I didn't expect it to be so good that it was even published in the newspaper. Now Mom can be happy for half a year."

Shen Xue also came over and said, "I want to learn from my aunt and write articles to send to newspapers in the future."

"Your aunt is the God of Literature who has descended to earth. Who are you? You are trying to imitate your aunt. Is what you write worth reading? Go and wash your clothes. Don't think about these trivial things all day long." Mrs. Du scolded Shen Xue.

Shen Xue felt a little aggrieved: "Mom, my aunt can do it, why can't I?"

"Don't listen to your mother. If you are also interested in writing articles, you can write something yourself in the future. Come to me to discuss it first." Shen Ruo touched Shen Xue's head and encouraged.

Mrs. Du opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn't say it.

When Old Lady Ji came back, Han was already cooking.

"Old man, take out the bacon and cook it. Today is a good day, make something good to celebrate."

"Mom, I knew you would say that and I've already done it." Han said with a smile.

"You are sensible. Let's eat rice today." Old Mrs. Ji nodded with satisfaction. Wang on the side couldn't help muttering that if she acted on her own, Old Mrs. Ji would definitely scold her for being greedy.

When Captain Tang arrived at the commune, he immediately went to find Director Kong, the second-in-command of the commune.

Since they were all familiar faces, the guard did not stop him and let him in directly.

Director Kong was a little surprised to see Captain Tang. What was Captain Tang doing in the commune during the slack season? I heard that Zhongxing Brigade was not short of food this time. He couldn't be applying for relief food just now, right?

Just when Director Kong was about to ask Captain Tang what he was doing there, he saw Captain Tang take out a newspaper, which was the best-selling "Dazhong Daily" here.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

He could tell at a glance that this newspaper was the latest one. Why? Because he had never seen the pictures on it, so it must be the latest one.

Since Dazhong Daily is distributed in the provincial capital, it usually arrives in the communes on the third day after its publication each week. The latest issue should still be on its way to their communes.

Captain Tang acted quickly and spoke quickly: "Director Kong, the article written by Comrade Shen Ruoqing of our brigade was published in the newspaper..."

In fact, now all newspapers have reporters to do this kind of interview work, so there is no shortage of manuscripts in major newspapers. However, in the eyes of leaders, the articles written by editors who specialize in providing manuscripts are not particularly relevant to the actual lives of farmers. Therefore, some leaders like the articles submitted by farmers themselves, which seem to be real in their eyes.

If it runs well, the commune's funding and grain allocations can be increased to a higher level, such as applying for relief grain.

Shen Ruoqing's article is not that good. It is written from the perspective of a 15-year-old girl. It describes the situation of farmers who had very little income in the past two years and worked together to sell mountain products through the supply and marketing cooperative to improve their lives. It depicts a little girl's beautiful yearning for a better life in the future and praises the policies and leaders.

Director Kong immediately felt that he had seized an opportunity: "Is this article really written by a 15-year-old girl from your brigade?"

Can little girls write this kind of article now?

Captain Tang said, "That must be it. Director, please look at the name here. It's Shen Ruoqing, the name of the 15-year-old girl in our team. This newspaper was sent from the provincial capital newspaper office, there's no mistake."

"Okay, okay! This is very good!" Director Kong suddenly laughed.

(End of this chapter)