Chapter 162 New Year (1,000 words added)
Xiuzhu is now a person with income!
My cousin wrote to me last time saying that the editor-in-chief of the newspaper thought her comic strip was very educational and wanted to publish 300 copies first to test the effect.
The picture book she mailed had a total of 52 pages. If it was printed as a comic book and sold, the price of the book would be 1 cent. If all 300 copies were sold, the total would be 30 yuan. If the profits were split 50-50, Xiuzhu would get 15 yuan in royalties.
Today she received a reply from Beijing City, saying that her book "The Kidnapping of Sanbao" had received very good response, and it had begun to be officially distributed, with 500 copies printed. The last manuscript fee of 15 yuan was also mailed to her.
Xiuzhu carefully put a big unity note and five one-dollar bills in the envelope into her small box with a padlock.
She now knows how hard it was to make money in the 1960s, and feels even more sorry for the 50 yuan she lost before.
We need to sell 1,000 comic books!
Nowadays, there are very few families who can have enough food to eat, and even fewer who can spend a huge sum of money like a dime to buy comic books for their children.
According to my cousin, the best-selling comic books now only publish 1,000 copies a month.
In other words, the top people in their industry only make 50 yuan a month at most.
She couldn't think about it any more, otherwise she would feel extremely heartbroken for her past wasteful behavior.
Xiuzhu continued to work hard on drawing her comic strip. She had to earn back the 50 yuan.
The content of this story is that Sanbao wandered to a famine village. No food could be grown in the village, and the villagers had no food to eat, so they ate tree bark.
But the bark was limited, and finally they couldn't stand the hunger anymore, so they started eating dead bodies and children.
When they saw Sanbao, a young boy, accidentally stumbled into the village, their eyes lit up green, and they tied him up in the dark and windy night.
Everyone was discussing how to eat it, steam it? Boiled? Braised? barbecue?
Sanbao was so frightened that he cried. He was desperate and waited desperately to be eaten.
I regretted even more why I wanted the candy from the human trafficker.
However, at the critical moment, the embodiment of justice, Officer Xiaozhu, appeared again and rescued Sanbao from danger.
Beat up all the bad guys, then capture them and make them do free labor.
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When Gu Yu came home from get off work in the evening, he found the house quiet and his little wife had fallen asleep on the table.
He walked over, laid her down, covered her with a blanket, looked at her lovingly for a long while, then stood up to help her clean up the things on the table.
Seeing that it was the content of a new painting, he casually opened the sketchbook. After reading it, he couldn't help laughing and murmured, "Officer Xiaozhu, the embodiment of justice?"
His sweet girl doesn't need to be the embodiment of justice or save others from danger. She just needs to be herself and his wife.
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Gu Tong returned to Beijing a week ago. When she came back this time, she learned that her mother was about to leave for the island and asked her to live in her eldest aunt's house.
My aunt lives with my cousin's family. My cousin has three children. She finds it noisy with so many people and doesn't want to go over.
Moreover, after returning from Harbin this time, her heart was at ease and she didn't want to continue working at all.
Gu Tong has never had to worry about food and clothing since she was a child. She didn't know that the job she thought was boring was what others dreamed of.
"Mom, I want to go to Harbin to find my second brother. I like the life there." Gu Tong mustered up the courage to tell his mother what was in his mind.
Mother Gu frowned and asked, "How are you going to get there? People are not allowed to move around now. How about job transfer? You should ask your second brother."
"I, I want to sign up to go to the countryside, to Huadong Village, Ding'an County, Harbin." Gu Tong's eyes flashed and he said in a firm tone.
She saw an extremely handsome man, tall, with a high nose, big eyes, white skin, and a pair of deep eyes.
He was different from all the men she had seen before. His appearance could not be described as handsome, but beautiful would be a more appropriate description.
It was the first time she met such a handsome man, and she didn’t want to miss it, she wanted to get him.
Gu Yu received a call from his mother and learned that Gu Tong was going to the countryside. He was very calm, "Then let her go to the countryside. Gu Tong really deserves to suffer a little."
Hearing his mother's concern, he added, "I may be assigned to Ding'an County soon."
When Mother Gu heard this, she felt much more at ease. She did not ask her son why he was being transferred from Harbin to a small county town.
After all, the youngest son must have his reasons for doing things, and his family never needs to worry about him.
After hanging up the phone with his mother, Gu Yu picked up the phone and dialed the number again.
I don’t know what was said on the phone. His eyes were dark, like a long and endless night.
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The sweet days flowed like running water with every sunrise and sunset, and the timeline was pulled sweetly to two months later in the blink of an eye.
This year, Xiuzhu and Gu Yu spent the New Year alone.
Gu Yu's parents are on the island, and Xiuzhu's parents are in Guangzhou. No matter where you go to celebrate the New Year, it will be tiring.
Xiuzhu became lazy when the weather was cold. She didn't want to move at all and simply didn't go anywhere.
What's more, Gu Yu will go to Ding'an County to serve as the county magistrate after the New Year holiday, so the time is indeed a bit tight.
However, due to corruption of public funds, a large number of officials in Ding'an County resigned, including the county magistrate, the director of the Public Security Bureau and other major officials. It was a time of shortage of people, so it was better to do it hastily than to have no one in office.
On New Year's Eve, the last day of 1966, Xiuzhu got up early for a rare occasion.
She was wearing a red woolen sleeveless dress with a black shirt underneath. Her hair was also combed into a princess style and decorated with a red bow. Then gently apply lipstick on your lips with your fingers.
Looking at herself in the mirror, who was full of the atmosphere of the New Year, she raised the corners of her lips with satisfaction.
Gu Yu came in with the Spring Festival couplets. When he saw his beautiful wife, his eyes deepened. He said in a low voice, "My dear, let's go and put up the couplets together."
Xiuzhu rushed over excitedly, and together with Gu Yu, they pasted the Spring Festival couplets on the door of their house.
Looking at their first little home, she felt a little reluctant for a moment as they were about to move away.
"Hubby, Ding'an County is very poor, so won't we be in the same situation as when we were in Yutian County?" Xiuzhu blinked her big eyes, full of confusion.
Gu Yu endured for a long time. Now that the couplets were pasted, he immediately hugged his wife and sat her on his lap after entering the house. He said with some confidence, "We are very poor now, but I will be the county magistrate of Ding'an County in the future. I will work hard to make Ding'an County better and better."
"The transportation in Ding'an County is much more convenient than that in Yutian County. If you are bored, I can drive you to the city for a stroll."
"Okay, husband, I believe you, and it seems I'm going to become the county magistrate's wife, hahaha." Xiuzhu thought so and immediately raised her non-existent little tail.
When she gets to Ding'an County, she will have to walk sideways!
Gu Yu raised the corners of his lips, thinking, what a little fool, the county magistrate's wife is so satisfied, he will make her the wife of a higher-ranking official in the future!
However, we still need to ask for some benefits first.
"Yes, Mrs. County Magistrate, Comrade Xiuzhu, do you want to reward your hard-working husband?"
"Haha, I don't want it, you big pervert, don't touch my waist, hahaha, it's itchy."
Xiuzhu was picked up by Gu Yu and thrown lightly onto the kang. She was tortured so badly that this man knew her weaknesses too well.
In the end, it was Gu Yu's wish...
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The couple spent the first year after their marriage in bed. From morning to night, Gu Yu had the happiest and most enjoyable year in more than 20 years.
Xiuzhu..., this is the most tiring year she has ever lived.
She spent most of the day in bed, and even the dumplings she ate were fed by Gu Yu.
She really wanted to tell Gu Yu that this was not a good idea, it was really a waste of his wife...
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