Just two days after He Yan returned to school, Chen Juanjuan came back to school.

Her parents were eventually moved by the future benefits that Teacher He described, but they also gave full play to their mercenary nature and asked Teacher He to fulfill his previous promise to pay the tuition.

Moreover, after returning to school, Chen Juanjuan also couldn’t neglect the family affairs. During the festivals, winter vacations and summer vacations, she would go to the sea to generate income for the family.

In other words, they want future profits, but they also don't want to let go of the money they can get now. They want to get as much money as they can from their daughter.

Teacher He was very angry, but finally agreed to pay for Chen Juanjuan's tuition. Chen Juanjuan also cherished the opportunity to return to school and agreed to her parents' request.

When seeing Teacher He off, she also said that she would study hard and ensure her ranking.

Teacher He felt sorry for this sensible girl, but she had already done everything she could. She could only give the child a hug and say, "Take good care of yourself."

No matter how hateful Chen Juanjuan's parents are, it's a good thing that she can return to school.

Taking into account the unrest in the class during this period, Teacher He specially organized a class meeting and asked Chen Juanjuan and He Yan to talk about their lives during the time of dropping out of school and taking leave at home, in order to tell the other children in the class that dropping out of school is not as good as they imagined, and that studying hard is the right way.

At first He Yan was embarrassed to go on stage. If Chen Juanjuan was unlucky and was forced to drop out of school, then he was asking for trouble. After returning to school, he was often teased, which was already very embarrassing. Going on stage and telling these things in person was like a public execution.

After Mr. He learned of He Yan's thoughts, he called him outside the classroom to do some ideological work, telling him that it is not scary to commit suicide, but what is scary is to keep committing suicide.

Of course, Teacher He’s words were not so direct. They were very tactful, and he gave He Yan a lot of spiritual chicken soup, which finally made him put aside his shyness and be willing to go on stage and talk about his experience some time ago.

As for the effect of the class meeting, although it was not immediate, at least those students in the class who were eager to make a move gave up the idea of ​​asking for leave to go home and play.

…

He Yan returned to school to study, and not only Teacher He, but also the director of the Women's Federation and the director of the seafood supply station were relieved.

Ever since He Yan started working at the seafood supply station, rumors in the compound have been changing every day. At first, everyone just secretly thought that Su Ting had ulterior motives, and speculated that after a week, she might find a way to prevent He Yan from returning to school.

As time went by, the rumors became more and more outrageous, as if the fact that He Yan dropped out of school was already a done deal, and Su Ting was a vicious stepmother. She had no children before, so she was cautious, but now that her daughter had given birth, and seeing how much He Dongchuan loved the child, her true colors were exposed.

They also said that He Dongchuan looked like a decent person, but in the end he was a scumbag who married a wife and forgot about his children. He Yan was so pitiful, he lost his mother at a young age, and his father was unreliable. They simply described him as a cabbage in the field.

The seafood supply station was also affected by this turmoil. Some people condemned the director of the supply station, saying that he was aiding and abetting the evil by letting He Yan work at the supply station, and that He Yan was only seven or eight years old and was a child laborer, which was abuse.

If Li Guifang hadn't insisted on standing with Su Ting, the director of the supply station would have fired He Yan when he heard the news. But even with Li Guifang's endorsement, the director of the supply station also said that He Yan would only work for one week, not even one day more.

The director of the Women's Federation is under a lot of pressure. The Women's Federation helps not only women, but also children. If Su Ting is really a vicious stepmother who oppresses the children and prevents them from studying, the Women's Federation will definitely intervene.

In fact, after the rumor spread, someone found the Women's Federation and asked Director Qiu to take care of the He family's affairs. If Su Ting really wanted He Yan to drop out of school and work, then she would be the black sheep among the military wives and must be dealt with.

Because there were quite a lot of people coming to the door and the rumors were really spreading, Director Qiu went to the He family in person to try to find out what Su Ting thought in a roundabout way regarding the rumors.

Ever since He Yan went to work at the supply station, the military wives who were on good terms with Su Ting had often come to persuade her and told her what was going on outside. So even though Director Qiu spoke cryptically, she knew why she came as soon as she heard it.

Su Ting didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but she could understand why the director of the Women's Federation came to her house. It was all caused by the rumors.

Finally, after Su Ting repeatedly assured her that she and He Dongchuan let their child work at the supply station just to let him experience life, and that they would let He Yan return to school when the time came, the director of the Women's Federation temporarily let the matter go.

But the director of the Women's Federation was not completely relieved. She kept an eye on the He family for the next few days and only breathed a sigh of relief when He Yan returned to school.

As the director of the Women's Federation, she hopes that every family in the compound can live in harmony.

However, the rumors about Su Ting in the compound have not completely subsided. There are still a few people who think they are sober and believe that Su Ting let He Yan go back to school because she could not bear the pressure of public opinion and that she is not a good stepmother by nature.

Yu Hongzhi and Xu Fen are the main force among military wives who hold this idea.

After Su Ting knew about this, she was not surprised at all. There was nothing she could do. As a top star in the compound, it was normal for her to have many haters.

Su Ting did not choose to swallow her anger, but directly reported it to the Women's Federation, saying that Yu Hongzhi, Xu Fen and others spread rumors about her everywhere, which seriously affected her reputation and caused her great harm. She hoped that the organization could handle this matter seriously and give her the justice she deserved.

After receiving Su Ting's letter of complaint, the director of the Women's Federation had a headache. Where there are people, there are disputes. These military wives in the compound all seem to be harmonious on the surface, but in fact there are many conflicts. It is common for them to say bad things about people behind their backs. In the past, no one would stand up to them like her.

But it is not right for the director of the Women's Federation to blame Su Ting for being unreasonable and unsympathetic. After all, the rumors were indeed too much this time, and it is reasonable for her to pursue the matter.

Therefore, despite the headache, the director of the Women's Federation still went to deal with the matter.

This matter was not difficult to handle. Su Ting had already told her the name of the person who spread the rumor. All she had to do was check whether it was true.

Of course the story is true. Su Ting would not accuse anyone wrongly. Moreover, she accused Xu Fen of not only being a rumor spreader, but also the creator of the rumor.

After finding out the situation, the director of the Women's Federation did not delay and went directly to the homes of the two parties to talk.

Yu Hongzhi has always been a bully and afraid of the strong. Although she hated Su Ting deeply, she was timid and did not dare to do anything in the past year or so. It was not until recently when Su Ting was suspected of having a car accident that she straightened her back and spread bad words about her everywhere.

As soon as the director of the Women's Federation came to her house, Yu Hongzhi frightened, quickly admitted her mistake, and wrote a ridiculous letter of apology.

Xu Fen was not so easy to deal with. She was always a troublemaker and was very good at telling lies with her eyes open. She never admitted that she had made the rumor, nor did she admit that she had spread it.

It was not until the director of the Women's Federation put the confessions of other military wives in front of her that Xu Fen admitted that she had done these things. However, she still did not think she was wrong and believed that Su Ting was a vicious stepmother with a sweet appearance but a bitter heart.

Seeing that she couldn't make sense with her, the director of the Women's Federation gave up and stood up and said, "Since you insist on not admitting your mistakes, I will report this matter to the army. I will not be responsible for any punishment at that time."

Reporting is no small matter. At the very least, it will just be an extra entry on the wife’s resume, and at worst, it will affect the man’s future.

Xu Fen was not afraid that her resume would not look good. Firstly, she had a good family background and her superiors would not send her down to reform over such a small matter. Secondly, she did not have a job, so it did not matter whether her resume looked good or not.

But Xu Fen was afraid that it would affect her husband's future, which would trigger a family war. After hearing what the director of the Women's Federation said, she immediately admitted her guilt and apologized.

After dealing with the two people, the director of the Women's Federation came to Su Ting to discuss the results.

There are two ways to handle this matter. One is to report it to the military, who will then send someone to investigate, but this approach will result in more serious consequences.

Second, the Women's Federation posted a notice to explain the rumor incident, prove Su Ting's innocence, and publish handwritten apology letters from the two. In this way, although Yu and Xu would be embarrassed, at least their resumes would be clean and it would not affect the men's future.

The director of the Women's Federation said frankly that she hoped Su Ting would choose the second way of handling the matter, because the amount of matters reported to the troops could reflect from the side whether she was doing her job well, so from her point of view, she hoped that matters that could be resolved privately could be resolved privately.

Although this may seem like making a big deal out of a small matter, but living in a large compound, there are bound to be bumps and bruises, so we should be lenient with others when we can.

And even if they report this, both of them will be punished and the man’s work will be affected, but the impact will probably not reach the level of transfer, and they will still live in the compound in the future.

Director Qiu believes that neighbors should avoid making enemies if possible.

Su Ting certainly felt that the more severe the treatment was, the better, but she also had to admit that what Director Qiu said made sense. There is no such thing as a thousand-day defense against thieves. If you really offend someone, who knows what they can do.

But Su Ting was reluctant to let them off so easily. After thinking for a while, she said, "It's fine not to report it, but I hope the Women's Federation can organize a meeting of all military wives to explain the rumor clearly and have Yu Hongzhi and Xu Fen come on stage to read out the apology letter in person. Finally, the notice and the apology letter should be posted on the bulletin board for one month."

The notice and apology letter were displayed for a month, and Director Qiu felt that there was no problem. However, organizing a meeting and asking Yu Hongzhi and Xu Fen to apologize on stage was too public a punishment. Director Qiu was hesitant: "They may not agree to it."

"This is my bottom line. If they are not willing to apologize in public, then please report the matter and the army will arrange for someone to handle it."

Seeing Su Ting's firm attitude, Director Qiu sighed and said, "Okay, I'll go and do some ideological work for them."

Upon learning that they had to go on stage to apologize, Yu Hongzhi and Xu Fen were reluctant to do so. However, the former was afraid of trouble, so she quickly slid down to her knees when she learned that she would be reported to the troops if she did not go on stage to apologize.

Xu Fen's reaction was much more intense. She yelled directly, "Let Su Ting dream! You want me to go on stage and apologize? No way!"

Although Director Qiu's personality is not as cold and hard as Director Tian of the Military Family Settlement Office, she is not a soft-hearted person either. The director of the Women's Federation of the Navy Compound is not a commander without troops. She is in charge of many people. If she really has a soft personality, she cannot be the director of the Women's Federation.

She also had the capital to be tough. Her husband was the local commander, and there was no military wife on the island that she dared not offend.

It's just that she has a relatively amiable personality. She doesn't like to make relationships too awkward when encountering problems and is rather smooth in her approach, so she has a very good relationship with the military wives and no one is afraid of her.

But when it comes to someone as reckless as Xu Fen, even the most amiable person will get angry. Director Qiu's face immediately fell, and he stood up and said, "Okay, since you have this attitude, I don't want to get involved in this matter anymore. I will report this matter to the higher authorities by 8 o'clock tomorrow morning at the latest. Whether it's you who will be punished or your man who will be criticized, you will bear the consequences yourself!"

After saying that, Director Qiu turned around and left Xu Fen's house.

In fact, Director Qiu knew that Xu Fen was not as strong-willed as she appeared, and she only reacted so violently because she couldn't save face. She tried to persuade her with kind words and analyze the pros and cons. Xu Fen might even be willing to come on stage and apologize.

But on what basis?

It was Xu Fen who made the mistake, so why should she, as the middleman, coax, persuade, and beg her to apologize? Director Qiu is the director of the Women's Federation, and she also hopes that the military wives can live in harmony, but she will also be annoyed if she is treated coldly after too much effort.

As soon as Director Qiu dropped the bag, Xu Fen was dumbfounded.

She had set the tone too high just now, and now without the step provided by Director Qiu, it would be difficult for her to come down from it.

And if this matter really got to the army, she definitely couldn't hide it from her husband anymore, so as soon as her husband came back that night, she told him about it.

Of course, she did a lot of slandering Su Ting in the process, portraying Su Ting as the villain who persecuted her, Director Qiu as an accomplice, and only she was the weak one who was bullied.

But her husband knew her character and he knew she was wrong as soon as he heard it.

Normally, when she got into trouble, it was just a dispute between military wives, not serious enough to be reported to the troops, so he would just say a few words.

But if this matter went wrong, it would affect his work, so he had to take it seriously. He was afraid that the commander would find out, so he didn't dare to go directly to Director Qiu. However, after arriving at the military camp the next day, he asked his leader for half a day off, went home and forced Xu Fen to go to the Women's Federation to apologize to Director Qiu, and asked Xu Fen to express her agreement to go on stage to apologize.

Director Qiu had a lot of opinions about Xu Fen, but she respected the officers and soldiers stationed on the island very much. For the sake of Deputy Battalion Commander Li, she did not say anything unpleasant. She only told the meeting time and warned Xu Fen that she must write a good apology letter, with a sincere attitude and true words, otherwise if something unexpected happened again, she would not be able to protect her.

After hearing what Director Qiu said, Xu Fen looked indignant, but Deputy Battalion Commander Li kept agreeing. After returning, he stared at Xu Fen and wrote a 3,000-word apology letter.

Although many parts of the letter were dictated by Deputy Battalion Commander Li and written by Xu Fen, when she thought about having to read these contents out at the conference of military wives, Xu Fen wanted to give up.

But as it concerns their future, Deputy Battalion Commander Li is not going to tolerate her anymore and has made a statement in advance: "This apology letter is 3,000 words long. If you miss a word after you go on stage, I will divorce you!"

Xu Fen did not want to divorce, and seeing her husband's firm attitude, she had no choice but to go on stage on the day of the military wives' conference and read out the apology letter, which made her feel extremely humiliated, word for word.

She felt humiliated, but the military wives below were very happy to hear it.

Who is Xu Fen? She is the most unreasonable person in the Navy compound. How many wives of soldiers whose husbands are of lower rank have not suffered from her?

At this time, people think that distant relatives are not as good as neighbors when dealing with things. They are unwilling to make a big deal out of conflicts with neighbors and endure losses.

They really didn't expect that there would be a day when they would see Xu Fen go on stage to apologize.

Besides Xu Fen herself, Yu Hongzhi was also unhappy.

After Director Qiu approached her for the first time and she agreed to write an apology letter, she went to find Xu Fen and asked her what to do and how to write the apology letter.

Xu Fen said very fiercely at the time: "What should I write? Just write whatever you want! I am willing to write an apology letter to give Director Qiu face, what else does Su Ting want to hear?"

As a result, she really wrote a nonsense apology letter with no more than 300 words. But Xu Fen wrote 3,000 words, and the content was so sincere and true.

Looking at Director Qiu again, when Xu Fen went on stage to read the apology letter, her expression was still relatively gentle. But when it was her turn to go on stage, the more she read, the tighter her brows furrowed. Yu Hongzhi almost hated Xu Fen in her heart.

But she couldn't argue with Xu Fen in public, so she could only bite the bullet and add a few words to the apology letter she had already read: "After Director Qiu's teachings, I have realized my mistakes. I am very ashamed and guilty for causing trouble to Comrade Su Ting. I'm sorry!"

After reading the apology letter, Xu Fen, who was standing aside, couldn't help but glance sideways when she heard it, her eyes full of contempt for Hong Zhi's kneeling.

After Yu Hongzhi finished speaking, she turned around and met her gaze. Instead of feeling embarrassed, she looked back at her with contempt. She thought that Xu Fen had the nerve to look down on her just based on the apology letter she had read.

In the end, the two of them turned their heads in opposite directions, and the plastic alliance between them finally collapsed.

After the two read their apology letters, the meeting was not over yet. Director Qiu came to the stage and severely criticized the two's behavior from the perspective of the organization. He also told all the military wives in the compound to take it as a warning and never make the same mistake again.

Finally, Director Qiu said: "In order to make Comrade Xu Fen and Comrade Yu Hongzhi more deeply aware of their mistakes, we have decided after discussion that we will post the apology letter they just read and the notice explaining what happened on the notice board for one month."

Hearing this, the military wives were moved again.

Topics are all time-sensitive. If there is no new hot topic emerging, people will just stop discussing it for two or three days, or three or four days.

Of course there are exceptions, like today when Yu and Xu came on stage to apologize. Since this has never happened before, people may be talking about it for seven or eight days.

But seven or eight days is not a long time. After some time, everyone will forget about it and they will be able to go out and walk around again.

Now, if we were to post their apology letters on the bulletin board, the situation would be quite different.

The bulletin board is just outside the office building where the Women's Federation is located, facing the gate of the compound and the playground. Military wives can see it when they come in and out, or when they bring their children to the playground to play.

It is conceivable that in the next month, whenever the military wives see the notice board, they will discuss this matter, and Yu and Xu will be embarrassed for at least a month.

And it’s not just the military wives who can see the apology letter, but also the children and officers who come and go.

It's okay for the children, as they are young and don't understand anything. At most they are just joking about Yu and Xu. But it's hard to say when the officers see it, especially the leaders of their respective husbands. They can see apology letters from their subordinates' wives every day when they go in and out, and the reason for the apology is to spread rumors about the army wives. When they return to the army and see their husbands, they may have some thoughts in their hearts.

Therefore, although this matter was not reported to the army, after a month, the husbands of Yu and Xu would most likely be implicated by them.

But no one sympathized with the two, and no one thought that Su Ting should not be held accountable.

This happened to Su Ting. If it were a more gentle military wife, she would probably have endured the rumors. In the end, her own reputation would have been damaged, and her husband would have been affected if the rumors spread.

When they spread the rumors, they didn't want Su Ting to have an easy time. Why should Su Ting let them go?

Even many military wives think that Su Ting did a good job. Today's conference also set an example for them, letting them know how to protect their rights and how to make the rumormongers suffer the consequences if they encounter rumors in the future.

Those who usually like to talk behind others' backs also broke out in cold sweats and decided to shut up. They did not want to be publicly punished.

So after the military wives' conference, the number of people talking behind others' backs in the compound decreased significantly, and the overall atmosphere improved a lot.

It was a pleasant surprise.

…

After finishing the previous story, Su Ting has been without any inspiration.

That’s not quite right, as she had some flashes of inspiration during the process, but once the outline was drawn up, Su Ting knew that this story could not be drawn, or rather, could not be drawn for the time being.

In the past year, Su Ting often encountered such a time. Although there was a comic strip being serialized, she would have all kinds of inspirations during the period, which could not be stopped.

Every time an inspiration comes to her, she thinks she should draw this story next time, but when the story is detailed, she knows that she cannot draw this story.

Although the censorship has been tightened after fifty years, many topics cannot be written and the content below the neck must be harmonious, but as long as you don't cross the line, some things will at most be blocked if you write them, and the consequences are within a controllable range.

It is different nowadays. Although there is no explicit ban, no one dares to write about many themes such as romance, martial arts, and suspense, because if one does not do it well, one will be accused of having incorrect thoughts and be sent to labor reform.

What was the largest group of people sent to farms? Intellectuals.

Su Ting did not have any lofty ideals. She drew comic strips just to make money and to eat. She was also very afraid of being labeled or sent to labor reform, so she was very careful when choosing themes, which can be seen from the stories she had previously serialized.

She serialized two stories. The first story, "Leaving Taoyuan Village," actually borrowed the perspective of the people of Taoyuan Village, showing the cruelty of the old society and the beauty of the new society.

The second story, "The Educated Youth," is similar. It tells the story of a group of young people who went to the countryside with their dreams, experienced setbacks, regretted their choices, but ultimately decided to stay.

Both stories are very authentic and Su Ting likes them very much, but she has to admit that in order to avoid being labeled, she did delete a lot of content during the creative process, thus sacrificing the story.

Although the two serialized stories received very good responses and readers' letters were sent in bags, and after "The Educated Youth" was completed, the publishing house also contacted Su Ting to discuss publishing, but during this period, Su Ting really had no interest in drawing new stories.

Especially every time she had a flash of inspiration, after the story was detailed, she confirmed that the story could not be drawn, which really felt like a bucket of cold water being poured down on her.

There are also stories that can be drawn, but before she even starts writing, Su Ting has already anticipated the future. During the serialization process, she must be extremely careful, as if her hands are tied and she cannot draw smoothly.

Then I thought about the fact that "The Educated Youth" is a long novel and there will be at least six volumes published. The publishing house said that two volumes will be published together and all will be published within the next nine months. The royalties will be paid when the comic book is released.

The price and number of copies of the comic book were the same as those of the previous "Leaving Taoyuan Village", priced at 2.6 cents per book, with 10,000 copies published, but her royalties were increased to 17%.

That is to say, in the next six months, even if Su Ting did nothing, she could deposit 884 yuan every three months. Converted to monthly, her income is 294 yuan, which is almost twice that of He Dongchuan.

Therefore, Su Ting was not in a hurry to force herself to draw a new story. Although the publishing house urged her, she had already prepared not to start a new series in the next two years.

Until recently, the fact that He Yan dropped out of school and went home to work gave Su Ting a new inspiration. She wanted to draw a story based on him, and she even thought of a name for it: "Sanhuo's Working Diary."

Well, the name is a bit hasty, but as long as He Yan is willing to be the prototype, the story name can be considered.

He Yan was very willing to be the protagonist in his mother's story. However, although he had already told the story in front of the whole class, he still felt a little embarrassed when he thought that his mother's drawing might be seen by the whole country.

He Yan asked shyly, "What if they all laugh at me?"

"They don't know you, why would they laugh at you?" Su Ting asked back.

"What about the Sanhuo they joked about?" After his sister Sanshui was born, He Yan gradually accepted the nickname "Sanhuo" and never got angry when people called him that again.

Su Ting said seriously, "Sanhuo is so cute, everyone loves him so much, how could anyone make fun of him?"

He Yan blushed: "Am I cute?"

Su Ting praised him generously: "Of course, you are the cutest person in our family!"

"Well... okay then." He Yan pretended to agree reluctantly, then thought about it and added, "Once Mom has finished drawing, she has to show it to me first. Only after I nod can she send it out." He wanted to see if his image was positive and lovable.

"Okay." Su Ting agreed readily.

He Yan thought for a moment and said, "Well... I want to see the pictorial when it comes out."

"Can."

"I also want to read the letters sent by readers." He Yan added again, "I know a lot of words now, I can definitely understand the letters written by readers."

"Yes, yes, you are the smartest. I will show you everything." Su Ting said this, but in her heart she thought that it seemed that she would have one more thing to do in the future. She had to screen the letters sent by readers first and show them to He Yan only if there was no problem.

Su Ting doesn't want to tarnish He Yan's image, nor does she think that the protagonist Sanhuo cannot be liked by readers. It's just that there are nitpickers in every era, and when her first two stories were serialized, not all the letters from readers praised her.

She was not afraid of being criticized, but she was afraid that He Yan would feel sad if he saw bad words.

All his requests were met. He Yan was very happy. He blinked and looked at Su Ting with anticipation in his eyes.

Su Ting saw this and asked, "Do you have any other requests?"

"Mom," He Yan asked excitedly, rubbing his hands, "Can you give me some of the money you make from drawing comic strips?"

Su Ting smiled: "I want to share the profits."

"Yeah!" He Yan nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

In the past, He Yan could not save money. He was the kind of person who would spend whatever money his parents gave him. Therefore, when Su Ting gave him New Year's money, she would never give him too much. A few yuan was enough as a token of appreciation.

But after working at the seafood supply station for a few days and realizing how hard it is to make money, He Yan changed and started saving money.

Although his savings have not yet exceeded five yuan, and two and a half yuan of it is wages from working, this is not because he has saved little, but because the time is short and the pocket money Su Ting gives him is little.

Moreover, He Yan now not only knows how to save money, but also how to open up new sources. Now, he has even thought of sharing the profits from the comic strips.

However, He Yan didn't know how much money the comic strip could make, nor did he know how much he should give him. In fact, he wasn't even sure whether he should give him money, so he didn't dare to ask for too much. He said, "Give me ten dollars. No, five dollars will be enough."

Before Su Ting opened her mouth, she heard He Yan's automatic fracture. She couldn't help but laugh and said, "Okay, I'll give you a share. And it won't be just five or ten yuan. I'll give you half of the income."

"Really?" He Yan was so surprised that he almost jumped up.

Although he didn't know how much money his mother could make from the comic strips, he could use his brain. His mother had said it was more than five or ten yuan, so the money she gave him would definitely be more than ten yuan.

He is going to get rich!

But the next second, He Yan heard Su Ting say: "Of course it's true, but I can't give you all the money now. I can only give you 10 yuan. The rest will be given to you during the Chinese New Year, 10 yuan per year, until it's all given."

Although "The Educated Youth" was not as popular as "Leaving Taoyuan Village", its performance was not bad and it was very popular among the educated youth who went to the countryside. With these two works, Su Ting is now considered a relatively famous comic artist.

As long as her comic strips were not particularly bad, the Comic Book would publish them, and the royalties she received would not be lower than those she received when she serialized them as an educated youth.

She planned to draw this story into a novella, about the same length as "Leaving Taoyuan Village", and serialize it in three to four issues. The royalties would be about two to three hundred yuan, and more than one hundred yuan would be shared with He Yan.

Su Ting didn't dare to give He Yan such a large amount of money all at once and could only give it in batches.

Well, this way, it seems she can save some New Year's money.

He Yan didn't notice his mother's "little trick" and was just happy. Thinking that he would get ten yuan every year in the future, his eyes lit up and he said, "Mom, hurry up and paint! You can paint anything you want!"

As long as you have money, you can draw him less cute!

Well, he is so unprincipled!

…

He Yan has no principles, but He Dongchuan has many principles.

Since the prototype is He Yan, the family relationships of the protagonist Sanhuo must be copied from reality, otherwise it will have a bad implication. In this regard, Su Ting is still a little superstitious.

After finalizing this point, Su Ting quickly devoted herself to the character design of the protagonist's family.

The protagonist Sanhuo, whose personality is copied from He Yan, is a naive and silly little sun. The character image is also referenced, and he is drawn as a handsome little boy.

My younger sister, Sanshui, has a personality... well, she’s too young to tell. She usually sleeps, like a little baby.

Then there is Mommy, whose character is based on herself. She has a gentle, intellectual, mature and rational personality. She may seem a bit self-boasting, but who cares? She is the one who decides her own story.

Finally it was the dad's turn, because his profession was more sensitive, and Su Ting didn't know if she could paint a military compound, so the background was moved to a state-owned factory compound. The dad was a researcher.

In addition, considering that the character design had to be reviewed by several parties after it was completed, and that He Dongchuan was relatively difficult to deal with, Su Ting gave the character of the father many advantages.

The father character that is finally presented is gentle and polite, very handsome, and in good shape. He often wears a white shirt and occasionally wears glasses, and he looks very knowledgeable.

Su Ting thought that this should be able to shut He Dongchuan up, so after drawing the character, she confidently showed it to the other three people in the family and asked for their opinions.

Man Man could not speak, and could not express his opinions. He Yan was very satisfied after reading it and said that there was no need to make any changes. As for He Dongchuan, he looked at the drawing paper for a while before nodding and saying, "Not bad."

He said it was okay, and Su Ting assumed that he had no opinion.

As a result, that night, after taking a shower, He Dongchuan put on a white shirt that he hadn't worn for a long time, and when Su Ting asked him, he said, "Don't you like it like this?"

Su Ting argued: "When did I start liking this?"

"Researcher, gentle, tall, always wears a white shirt and glasses." He Dongchuan repeated the character of the father in the comic strip, got on the bed and hugged Su Ting, lit her up with his hands and asked, "What does gentle mean? Like this, or like this?"