A few days after He Dongchuan went out, Su Ting took the two children to the city to withdraw money.

In fact, in addition to the remittance slip, Su Ting also brought two delivery notes. It was not because she wanted to bring the packages back together. He Dongchuan was not at home, and she could not bring so many things back without taking the child with her, not to mention that she was taking the child with her today.

She just wanted to ask the staff if they could open the package to see if there was anything important inside.

In the past, the publishing house would send her a reader's letter every half a month, but this time they sent her one package each at the end of June and the beginning of July. Because the former was surface mail and the latter was during the holidays, the two packages arrived one after the other.

Su Ting was very confused after receiving two delivery notes. She was now worried that there was something important in the second package, but because she couldn't get the package back, she delayed her business.

So after arriving in the city, Su Ting's first stop was the post office.

The staff at the counter had known Su Ting for a long time and knew that she was a writer, so they treated her politely. However, their unit stipulated that items could only be opened after leaving the cabinet.

Especially in a case like Su Ting's, where she opened the items but didn't take them away, that is absolutely unacceptable. Otherwise, when she comes to get them next time, she will say something is missing, and they won't be able to explain themselves even if they have eight mouths.

After the other party finished speaking, he responded and explained, "Don't mind me. I'm not saying you would do this, but this is indeed the case. Today, you have started it. If there are other requests for pickup, we can't refuse them. Don't you agree?"

"I see. Thank you for your help today." Su Ting had thought about this possibility before coming here. She did not make things difficult for the other party and said with a smile, "Then I'll make a phone call and ask."

"This is the proper way." The other party said with a smile, watching Su Ting take the brother and sister to queue up to make a phone call.

After waiting in line for more than half an hour and spending some more time on the phone, Su Ting finally got through to Wang Jingfang nearly fifty minutes later. She explained the situation to her and asked what was in the package.

Wang Jingfang snorted and said, "If I had known your husband was not at home, I would not have rushed to send you an expedited package. The shipping fee is expensive."

Hearing Wang Jingfang's tone, Su Ting knew that there was probably nothing important in the package, and her tone relaxed: "Yes, I saw the expedited delivery mark on the delivery note, and I was wondering, thinking that "Three Fires Working Diary" is about to be released, and I have received the remittance slip for the balance, what else needs to be sent expedited? Just now I wanted the staff to be flexible and let me open the package to see what's inside."

"Did they compromise?"

"No, they said that if they start this, it will be hard for them to do their jobs. Besides, if you were to compromise, I wouldn't have to call you." Su Ting said and changed the subject. "By the way, you haven't told me what's in the package?"

Wang Jingfang said: "Nothing, just letters urging me to submit my manuscripts."

Every three to five months or six months, the publisher will add a question-and-answer section to the "Comic Book" to respond to questions raised by readers in the past period of time. Occasionally, the publisher will invite the author and the reader to have a brief conversation.

As the most popular story in the "Comic Book" in the past few months, "Sanhuo's Working Diary" is naturally inevitable to be mentioned.

Therefore, in the illustrated magazine that went on sale in early June, the publisher gave a simple answer to the question about the length of the story raised in the reader's letter, informing that the story would be completed in early July. At the same time, it revealed two pieces of news: one was that the story would be compiled and published after the serialization was completed, and the comic strip would be on sale in mid-July; the other was that the author would continue to draw the story of Sanhuo, so everyone should look forward to it.

The reason for revealing so much information is, firstly, to warm up for the publication, and secondly, to pave the way for new stories.

The effect was very good. After the current issue of the pictorial was released, readers wrote to the publishing house one after another, some asking about the publishing situation and some asking when the new story would begin serialization.

After it was announced that the serialization date of the new story was yet to be determined and would depend on the author's status, the letter forwarded by the publishing house to Su Ting contained a lot of reminders for submission of manuscripts.

But the story was not finished at that time, so the number of letters urging manuscripts was limited. It was not until the beginning of July when the latest issue of "Comic Book" was published and "Sanhuo Working Diary" officially came to an end that the number of letters urging manuscripts sent to the publishing house doubled.

Not only are readers eager to read the new story, but the publishing house is also anxious. They hope to start serializing the new story during the summer vacation, and hope that Su Ting will draw the new story longer, preferably serializing it for a year and a half.

But Wang Jingfang and even Su Ting's personalities are, to put it nicely, more Buddhist, but to put it bluntly, just lazy. When she used "A Durian" as her pen name, she was still quite diligent, but after the completion of "The Educated Youth", she became more and more reluctant to update.

It's been almost a year, and she has only just drawn one book, "Sanhuo's Working Diary"!

In order to let Su Ting feel the readers' urgency and paint well, Wang Jingfang sent out the two snakeskin bags of readers' letters before mid-July, and she sent them expedited!

However, she did not expect that Su Ting's husband was not at home and could not pick up the package in the short term.

After understanding the whole story, Su Ting couldn't help laughing. Wang Jingfang on the other end of the phone heard her laughter and gritted her teeth and said, "Comrade Su Ting, although you can't pick up the mail recently, I think it's necessary for me to tell you that readers are eager to see your new story, so please work hard on your painting and don't be lazy. Try to start serializing before the end of summer vacation. Do you think it's okay?"

"I think..." Su Ting wanted to say that it was not going to work, but before she could finish her words, she heard the sound of the editor grinding his teeth, and immediately changed her words and said, "I will try my best."

"Very good, I'll hang up if there's nothing else."

"Again……"

"By the way, the express mail contains a sample copy of "Sanhuo's Working Diary". I originally thought that at the speed of mail, you could get the book before the comic book is released. Forget it, it won't affect anything anyway."

Su Ting smiled: "Thank you, Sister Wang."

"Thank you so much. I will hurry up and start serializing it soon."

Su Ting choked up, but she still said, "I'll try my best."

…

After leaving the post office, Su Ting took her two children to the credit union.

Two volumes of "Three Fires Working Diary" were published, totaling 30,000 copies. Based on the selling price of 26 cents, she could get a total of 1,116 yuan. The publisher paid half of the money when signing the contract, and this time she received the remaining half, a total of 858 yuan.

After taking out the money, Su Ting directly took out 600 yuan, took out her household registration certificate, and asked the staff to help her open a passbook.

Not many people are willing to deposit money in a credit union these days, especially since Su Ting comes to open a passbook every now and then, and she only deposits 2,000 yuan in each passbook. The staff already knows her, and while they are processing her paperwork, they ask, "You opened so many passbooks, aren't you afraid that they will get mixed up?"

"Aren't there amounts written on them? How could they get mixed up?" As for the password, there is no need to worry about getting it mixed up, as she has set them all the same. Even if you forget the password, you can withdraw money in minutes with your passbook and household registration certificate.

There are even some places where you can withdraw money without any proof, just with a passbook. If it weren't for this, she wouldn't have opened so many passbooks. It's all because she's worried.

It is easy to withdraw money these days, and it is not difficult to open an account and deposit money. The staff asked Su Ting to fill out a few forms, and soon handed her a new passbook.

Su Ting put the passbook at the bottom of her backpack, and then divided the more than 200 yuan in cash into two parts, one with the passbook and the other in a bag at the mouth of the bag for easy access.

After packing her backpack, Su Ting took her two children out of the credit union and went to the state-owned hotel.

They left home late, and when they got to the city they did two more things, none of which were troublesome, though they took time. By the time they came out of the credit union it was almost eleven o'clock, and the state-owned hotel had already opened.

However, there were not many people in the store. Today was not a holiday, and most people who could afford to eat in the state-owned hotel were at work.

That was why Su Ting brought her two children to eat so early. She brought her children, as well as a large savings book and cash, and did not dare to squeeze into the crowd.

The meal lasted until around 1:00 p.m., and seeing that there were fewer people in the store, Su Ting took the children to the department store. There were also few people in the department store at this time.

After entering, Su Ting did not dare to spend money openly, for fear that she would not be able to take the things she bought back. She only bought a toy for each of the two children, and then picked out some cakes, biscuits and candies that were not commonly available in the supply and marketing cooperatives on the island.

Su Ting also bought a wide-brimmed hat for herself and her two children. The sun is very strong in the summer, and it is not easy to use an umbrella when going out in this era. People would think she is crazy and can only wear a hat to block the sun.

After buying things, on the way to the bus, Su Ting bought a string of candied haws for the two children and asked He Yan to pinch it, and the brother and sister ate it together.

The bus went directly to Rongcheng Pier to transfer to the ferry. Su Ting finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the familiar scenery outside.

It must be said that it was not easy for her to take the two children out alone when He Dongchuan was not at home. Manman was still young and walked slowly. He would get tired after a while, so she had to hold him all the time. He Yan was also not very old, and there were many people in the city, so she was afraid that he would get lost, so she had to hold him all the time.

So when walking, Su Ting basically held the baby in one hand and held He Yan in the other. Although her arm strength increased a lot after the birth, she couldn't hold it for a long time and her hands were very sore.

And because no one was picking up anything, Su Ting didn't dare to look at anything or buy anything while shopping in the department store, and she didn't enjoy her shopping at all.

Sitting paralyzed on the ferry seat, Su Ting thought that she should wait for He Dongchuan to come back next time and then go to the city with him and the two children, otherwise her arms would not be able to bear it.

…

After a stroll in the city, Su Ting's arms were sore for two days after she returned home. She didn't even have the strength to carry her girlfriend to bed at night, so she just lay around for two days. She didn't paint, and she didn't even do any homework.

But she didn't fall behind in reviewing. After all, reading a book doesn't require much effort. She can just spread it out on the desk and turn the page from time to time. However, the efficiency of reviewing in this way is very low, so after reading for a long time, Su Ting felt at ease and gave herself two days off.

The holiday ended on July 16, the day when "Three Fires Working Diary" was published.

Su Ting was painting that day when she suddenly thought of this incident and felt a little sorry. If she had known that there was nothing important in the expedited package, she would have gone to the city a few days later and maybe stopped by Xinhua Bookstore to buy a few books.

But now, she was really too lazy to move and could only wait for He Dongchuan to come back.

Su Ting did not go to Xinhua Bookstore, but someone in the compound did go there. However, she was not a military wife, but a child who went to school in the city. She took advantage of the weekend to buy books with her classmates.

Her classmate likes to read comic books very much, and usually doesn't spend her pocket money, so she uses it to buy picture books. So although they went to Xinhua Bookstore to buy reference materials, her classmate couldn't resist the temptation and went around to the comic bookshelf. When she picked the materials and turned around, she found that there was no one behind her.

Since they came together, they should go back together. So she didn't check out right away, but searched from bookshelf to bookshelf. After several minutes, she finally found her classmate among a group of children who were sitting and reading comic books.

She called her classmate's name in a low voice. He raised his head when he heard the voice, and after seeing her, he got up from the ground and walked over to her with the comic book in his hand.

As soon as she lowered her head, she saw five eye-catching characters on the cover of the comic book - Sanhuo's Working Diary.

"What is this?" she asked.

The classmate answered: "Comic strips."

"I mean, what kind of comic strip is this?"

"It says on the cover, 'Three Fires' Part-time Job'. I tell you, this is the most popular comic book right now. In order to catch up with it, I have spent all my pocket money in the past few months on buying illustrated magazines." The classmate said as he held the comic book in front of her, "Do you want to read it?"

She had no interest in comic books, but after her classmate straightened the comic book, she looked down and saw the author's name - Su Ting.

If it was just the name Sanhuo, she could still tell herself it was a coincidence, but Sanhuo plus Su Ting aroused her curiosity and she took the comic and started reading.

Unconsciously, she finished reading the second volume and flipped through the last page twice. After confirming that there was nothing left, she looked up and asked, "No more?"

"There are still some books left." The classmate turned around and searched the bookshelf, but soon said to her with regret, "It seems that they have all been taken away. Do you want to wait a while?"

"How long will it take?"

"That's hard to say. Maybe I'm lucky for a few minutes and unlucky for a few ten minutes." said the classmate. She had just glanced and saw that there were quite a few people waiting to read the next volume.

She frowned and said, "I don't have that much time."

Although it was a summer remedial course, their vacation was not longer than the regular classes, with only two days off in half a month. Because her home was far away, she did not go back last night. Before going to bed, she talked to her classmates about buying reference materials, so they agreed to come to the bookstore this morning and go back after buying the materials.

It was almost ten o'clock now, and if she had to wait for a few minutes, she might not be able to make it in time for lunch.

"Then let's come back next time?" the classmate suggested.

She pursed her lips and said, "Forget it." Their school is a bit far from Xinhua Bookstore, and it takes a long time to get here by bus. Unless she wants to buy reference materials, she basically doesn't come here.

"Forget it, don't you want to see the ending?"

“I’m really in a hurry,” she said.

"Actually, I have another idea. You can buy the next volume and take it home to read it whenever you want. What do you think?"

She really didn't have much time, but she really wanted to read the next volume. She hesitated for a moment and asked, "How much does it cost?"

"Twenty-six cents."

She counted the pocket money in her hand, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll buy the next book."

When the classmate heard this, he applauded and said, "Then I will buy the book, so that we can take turns reading it in the future."

"Haven't you seen it? And you have some pocket money?"

"You can watch it again after you've read it. As for pocket money," the classmate waved his hand and said cheerfully, "you can save up and get it~"

So she and her classmates bought the upper and lower volumes respectively and took them home.

Because her grades were always good, her parents were confident in her and did not forbid her to read extracurricular books. So after reading "Three Fires Working Diary", she did not hide the book, but placed it casually on the desk.

When her younger brother came to her room, he saw this book by chance. Out of curiosity, he opened it and started reading. The more he read, the more familiar it seemed to him. When she returned to her room, he asked, "Sister, is the protagonist of this book He Yan?"

Although she also felt that the main character's family was somewhat similar to the He family, and their names were similar, she was not sure and shook her head and said, "I don't know. Do you think they are similar?"

"Yes, look, Father He, Mother Su, and Sanhuo Sanhuo, aren't they He Yan's family? And the incident of him going out to work, didn't it happen last year?"

Because she had been studying outside, she didn't know what happened in the compound, so she asked in confusion: "Is this true?"

"Yes." The younger brother nodded and told him about He Yan's work at the seafood supply station last year.

After exchanging information, the brother and sister both felt that this story was most likely based on He Yan. Considering that the author's name was Su Ting, they suspected that this was her real name.

She was a quiet person who didn't like to gossip, so she didn't tell anyone after she knew about it. But her brother couldn't keep it to himself, so he told everyone about it. Then word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. In less than a day, the whole family knew that Su Ting had drawn a comic book based on He Yan and published it.

After the news spread, the family compound was in an uproar!

Who is Su Ting? She is a well-known lazy daughter-in-law in the compound. Ever since she came to Pingchuan Island with the army, no one has seen her cook. As long as her husband is not at home, she eats three meals a day in the canteen.

There was nothing wrong with just eating in the canteen. Although there were few women as lazy as her in the compound, there were others. But she not only didn't cook, but He Dongchuan always washed the clothes at home. She also refused to go to work and just stayed at home and relied on the man for support.

Not to mention that she is not the only unemployed military wife in the compound, the situation is different.

Other military wives don't go to work because there are no good jobs, unlike her, who has a good job but is unwilling to do it.

Although Su Ting and Principal Jiang did not make it public, rumors eventually spread. When Duan Xiaoying resigned from the military primary school, Principal Jiang originally wanted her to take the vacant position, but she was unwilling, so the job was assigned to another military wife.

That's a job at a military primary school. The hours are flexible. I go to school if I have classes every day and stay at home if I don't. The work is easy too, all I have to do is talk. The salary is not low, more than twenty dollars a month!

Such a good job, other people can't even dream of it, but she just rejected it directly!

Therefore, in the past two years, many military wives in the compound have looked around but have not discovered any other advantages in Su Ting except her good looks, and they cannot understand why He Dongchuan is so devoted to Su Ting.

But now, Su Ting has transformed herself into a comic artist and a cultured person!

If they had known the news two years earlier, no, six months earlier, they would not have been jealous. So what if they were intellectuals? Those who were sent to live in the cowshed were all intellectuals.

But the situation is much better this year. Those who were demoted have been released one after another. People with keen sense know that the policy is going to change.

In this case, having more educated people in the family is no longer a bad thing.

What's more, "Sanhuo's Working Diary" is purely children's literature and does not involve any risky content. "Comic Pictorial" has been running for so many years without any problems, so Su Ting, who paints children's literature, will be fine too.

This is the benefit of changing the pen name. If Su Ting had serialized "Three Fires Working Diary" under a durian, and people knew her first two works, there would definitely be a lot of negative voices.

It’s not like now, the most sarcastic comments are: “Such a simple story can be published, it seems I can be a cultured person too.”

But as soon as I said this, someone retorted: "Come on, this story is simple, but it's so interesting to read. And can you draw? You dare to say that you can publish it? How can you publish it? In your dreams?"

This is also one of the reasons why Su Ting changed her pen name. Before the serialization of "Three Fires Working Diary" began, she had considered exposing the identity of the protagonist because it was too easy to identify with the protagonist's family.

To be honest, she was quite surprised that the secret could be kept secret for half a year, but this also indirectly proved that no one in the compound really read comics.

Because she was mentally prepared, Su Ting did not deny it when she was approached. There was no point in denying it anyway, as she still had to appear in the sequel and there was too much information to match.

Hiding it will only make everyone continue to pay attention to it. It is better to admit it directly. Maybe when the heat passes, people will no longer care about it.

As long as a durian doesn't fall out of the horse, it's fine.

With this idea in mind, Su Ting remained very calm after being exposed. She answered whatever people asked her, although her answers were not necessarily true.

She couldn't tell the truth, for example, when someone asked her when she started learning to paint, she couldn't say she started in her previous life, could she? She could only make up a story, saying that she had never formally learned it, but had always been interested in painting and had been painting secretly for many years.

But she answered everything she could and told the truth. As for the questions she couldn't answer, including how much the royalties were and how much money she would get from publishing, Su Ting was vague about them all.

The more she did this, the more people thought she made a lot of money. They had all heard that "Sanhuo's Working Diary" was the most popular comic strip at the time. It was first serialized in "Comic Book" for several months and was only published because it was so popular.

I heard that there were quite a few books published. There was a bookshelf in the Xinhua Bookstore in the city that was filled with "Sanhuo's Working Diary". For this reason, someone in the compound went to the Xinhua Bookstore on purpose to find out whether the news was true or someone was just bragging.

The result is obvious, "Three Fires Working Diary" is really popular!

Su Ting's reputation turned upside down overnight. No wonder she did nothing at home and refused to go to work. It turns out she had the confidence!

With the popularity of "Sanhuo's Working Diary" in the compound, He Yan once again became a celebrity in the compound. He is Sanhuo himself, the prototype of the male protagonist!

What’s more important is that this summer, it’s not only Su Ting and He Yan who have become celebrities in their family compound, but also He Dongchuan.

No, He Dongchuan was not only famous in the compound, but also famous throughout the navy.

Although the participants of the competition had not yet started their return journey, the news that He Dongchuan had won first place in two individual events quickly spread back to Pingchuan Island after the competition.

This is a good thing, there is no need to be too low-key, so Commander Lu did not deliberately conceal the news after hearing it. The news was passed down layer by layer and finally spread to the entire family compound.

For a moment, everyone in the compound turned their eyes to the He family, but the more they looked, the more complicated their feelings became.

You really can't compare this person to another. They all live in the same compound, but their own life has remained dull for ten years, while others' lives are getting better and better, more lively and prosperous.

But everyone knows that this cannot be achieved by envy. Who can blame their own people for not having their ability?

Su Ting’s first reaction after hearing the news was, two firsts, so will this fight last one night or two nights?