Chapter 49: The Wedding Date Approaches
After sending the manuscript to various major newspapers, Rongzhen thought it would take several days to get any results.
Unexpectedly, after only one day and one night, Ah Cui excitedly showed her three letters and said, "Look, Miss, the newspaper's reply has arrived!"
Rongzhen immediately took it and took a look, and found that the three newspapers that replied had accepted the manuscript she submitted and sent her a fee comparable to that of a newcomer through their reply letters.
In this era, writers are treated well. Even if the manuscripts submitted by newcomers are included, the initial salary can reach one yuan per thousand words.
Don't think it is low. Think about the purchasing power of one dollar today. It can buy enough rice to feed one person for more than half a month, and it can buy meat for several meals.
The total amount of the withdrawal slips in the three letters was five yuan, which was equivalent to the tofu shop's net profit on the first day.
Besides, I have only replied to three letters so far, and there are still some that may be under review and have not been replied to yet.
It has to be said that being a writer in the Republic of China was a particularly profitable job.
Of course, the prerequisite is that you have real ingredients.
Rongzhen lamented the financial prospects of writing articles, handed the withdrawal slip to A Cui, and asked her to find time to withdraw the money.
Ah Cui had nothing to do now, so she immediately went out to run errands for her.
As she left, Auntie Fatty came over with a stack of newspapers that had been delivered today. "Madam, the newspapers that Master ordered have arrived today. Do you want to read them now?"
"Give it to me." Rong Zhen took over everything and searched one by one according to the names of the newspapers on the three reply letters. Finally, he found the one that had published the article the fastest. Sure enough, he saw the story that the original owner had written in a small corner.
The story has become slightly different after her revisions and polishing, but the core content remains the same. Perhaps the original owner would be happier to see it published in the newspaper.
As for the manuscript fee, just consider it as the fee for her help in publishing the article.
"What are you looking at?" Jiang Yu appeared behind her at some point, and even in his wheelchair he could move as silently as a cat.
Rong Zhen was almost startled, but she turned around and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw it was him. It was too late to hide the newspaper in her hand, so she simply said openly, "I wrote a short article and submitted it. I'm reading it now."
A glint flashed in Jiang Yu's starry eyes. "What's that short article? Let me take a look."
Rongzhen directly gave him the newspaper and explained which article was written by "himself".
The short article was only a thousand words in total, with a plain and simple writing style, but it was novel in content. The newspaper might have been anxious to fill a gap, so after choosing it, they quickly published it in the newspaper and also paid the author one yuan in royalties.
Jiang Yu read through the tofu-shaped text at a glance, but didn't notice anything special in it. It was just a fantasy dream of a little girl on a midsummer night.
He closed the newspaper and returned it, softening his tone and teasing, "Is this the dream you had as a child?"
"I guess so." Rongzhen admitted shamelessly.
What the original owner did and wrote down is now equivalent to what she did, there is nothing wrong with it.
Jiang Yu's smile deepened, "I didn't expect you to be such a talented woman."
Rong Zhen said modestly: "Thank you for the compliment. I can't say I'm a talented woman. I can only write a few things. I can't compare to a talented person like you who can go to university."
Jiang Yu's smile froze and he changed the subject, "You want to go to school too?" He could hear the faint envy and deep meaning in her words.
Talking about this, Rong Zhen sat up straight and said: "To be precise, I want to go to a new-style school after the wedding."
She had originally wanted to wait until he ran away from home before planning this matter, but now that the topic had come up, it would be nice to tell him in advance.
Anyway, whether he agrees or not, she will go in the end.
"That's great." Jiang Yu not only agreed, but also showed his support for it. He immediately asked Aunt Pang to call a tailor over.
Rongzhen didn't expect him to make such a fuss, and quickly said that she already had clothes to wear and there was no need to make new ones.
Aunt Fatty smiled and said, "Madam, just listen to the young master. The clothes you wear on a daily basis are different from the clothes you wear to school."
The tailor came to the door soon and when he learned that I needed girls' school uniforms, he began to measure the sizes skillfully.
Shitou came back after finishing his work and handed Jiang Yu a small bag.
Jiang Yu opened it and took a look. After the tailor finished taking the measurements and left, he handed the small package to Rong Zhen: "The gold yuan coupons have been exchanged for small yellow croakers. They are all here. Take a look."
Rongzhen took the small bag and felt that it was quite heavy. When she opened it, it was shining with gold. It was full of gold bars the size of fingertips, commonly known as small yellow croaker.
Rongzhen's eyes lit up as well, and she covered the bag with her hands and thanked him sincerely, "Thank you, thank you for your trouble."
"No, I should thank you for your reminder." Jiang Yu raised his eyes and looked at her.
Rong Zhen's expression was very natural. "I just mentioned it. It's not worth mentioning. It depends on whether you listen or not."
Jiang Yu naturally listened to it, and vaguely guessed one or two of Fusang's tricks.
Could it be that they want to use privately printed □□ to replace real banknotes and flow into the market, so that all the banknotes on the market will eventually become a pile of waste paper, so as to achieve the goal of disrupting China's economy and even the battlefield and current situation?
With this suspicion in mind, Jiang Yu asked Lao Yu to continue decoding deeper intelligence and report the situation to Shancheng.
When Boss Chen learned about it, he took it very seriously and asked him to confirm the truth of the matter as soon as possible.
Jiang Yu's men and Mr. Li immediately started a new round of busy work.
Rongzhen knew nothing about this. She took the five dollars that Acui had brought back, blew on it, put it to her ear and listened carefully. Sure enough, there was a buzzing sound.
Ah Cui smiled brightly and flattered, "Miss, you can make money on your own now. You won't have to worry about going hungry even if the master and mistress stop helping you." After praising her, she encouraged Rong Zhen to write more articles in the future, saying that it would be easier to make money than running a tofu shop.
Just as he finished speaking, Dazhu came back with the account book for Rongzhen to check daily.
Rongzhen doesn't need an abacus. She just needs to look through it and calculate in her mind, and she will basically know how much she has earned in a day.
After paying the tribute, no one came to the tofu shop to cause trouble anymore, and business gradually returned to normal. Every day, she could make four or five dollars just from selling soy milk and tofu. In addition to the new tofu pudding, dried tofu and tofu skin that she asked the waiter to prepare, she could still make three or four dollars a day.
This adds up to about 300 yuan a month. After deducting tributes, capital and labor costs, etc., there will be at least a surplus of 100 yuan, which is pretty good.
The key is that it is not a one-time deal, but a long-term livelihood.
Rongzhen is very satisfied with it and decided to launch a few new products next month, such as bean sprouts, bean curd sheets, etc. There are so many things that can be done with beans, so there is no need to worry about running out of new things. After the development of soy products is completed, various flavors and different beans can be further developed.
If she finds an opportunity in the future, she can expand the factory of several products that can be stored for a long time and sell them to other cities or even abroad.
At present, she is still far from achieving those goals. Currently, she can only run this tofu shop well before she can talk about other things.
Now, let her write an advertisement for her own tofu shop.
In fact, soft advertising already existed during the Republic of China, but the method was rather straightforward. People would write short articles about which store was opening, what each store sold, which store had good products and low prices, etc., and publish them in newspapers for everyone to see. The effect was good, but the price was also very high.
Rongzhen didn't want to spend the money, so she simply wrote a two or three thousand word short story about people's livelihood, and made the protagonist love her own tofu pudding and dried tofu, so as to attract traffic to her own tofu shop. Not only did she not have to pay advertising fees, but she could also get the newspaper to pay her royalties.
It depends on whether the newspaper is willing to accept it.
Ah Cui couldn't help but give a thumbs up when she learned that there was such a trick: "Miss, this trick is really good. You have succeeded in the previous three articles, so you will definitely succeed this time too."
Dazhu responded enthusiastically: "I'll ask them to make some more long-lasting dishes tomorrow. When everyone reads Miss's article and comes to taste them, we won't be afraid of selling out."
Rong Zhen wasn't as optimistic as they were. "Don't rush to stock up. Give it a try first. Wait until the newspaper accepts it and publishes it to see the results."
A Cui and Da Zhu responded in unison. One of them took her new article to submit it in a hurry, while the other one was ready to work hard.
Before any good news came from this soft advertisement with ulterior motives, Rong Zhen and Jiang Yu's wedding took place as scheduled.
The wedding day finally arrived, and the mansion was already decorated with lights and ready for the wedding.
There were not many guests on the bride's side, only the bride herself and three servants, which seemed a bit deserted and lonely.
Therefore, the man specially invited some of his "teachers and classmates" to attend, adding some liveliness to the wedding.
This action successfully won the butler's great favor. Even though he had just used a new course of eye drops and his eyes were foggy and he couldn't see clearly, he insisted on coming out to witness their wedding and fulfill the most important step of his coming here.
Rongzhen did not refuse. With the help of A Cui, she put on the red wedding dress she wore when she came here. She thought that she had finally waited for this moment. After tonight, that person should leave.
After spending these few days together, she actually had a pretty good impression of him, so at this moment, her mood was inevitably a little complicated.
But it was impossible for her to stop him, and he probably wouldn't stay for her. After all, they were destined to be apart, so why force it?
Rong Zhen thought it through and sighed. Ah Cui heard it and advised, "Miss, it's not the right time to sigh on such a beautiful day. Let me put on your bridal makeup."
The so-called bridal makeup is thick eyebrows, red lips, a white face, and two patches of highland red.
After finishing her makeup, Rongzhen saw her horrified self in the mirror and declined the offer, saying she would do it herself.
However, before melting it, the dough needs to be minced first. A Cui doesn’t know how to do it, so she goes downstairs to find Aunt Fat.
Aunt Pang took time out of her busy schedule to come over and strangle Rongzhen twice. The pain was so severe that she wanted to break off the engagement on the spot. Afterwards, her little face became rosy and tender, looking extremely beautiful.
Afterwards, Rongzhen began to take care of her skin and put on a beautiful modern bridal makeup. It didn't surprise Jiang Yu, but it stunned A Cui and Aunt Pang who saw her technique.
Because I used too much force, I didn’t look like a completely different person after the makeup, but it was almost the same.
Ah Cui exclaimed, "Miss, your skills are amazing! Please teach me next time so you don't have to do it yourself."
Aunt Pang obviously wanted to learn too, but she didn't dare to speak up. She decided to find an opportunity to learn from the side later.
The guests downstairs have arrived one after another, filling up the small living room, making it seem lively and bustling. The wedding atmosphere and grandeur are quite good.
When the auspicious time arrived, the housekeeper, supported by Dazhu, shouted loudly: "The auspicious time has arrived, please welcome the newlyweds."
The lively atmosphere in the living room suddenly quieted down, and Rongzhen's red veil on her head was brought down from upstairs by A Cui and Aunt Pang, one on each side.
The bride appeared, and the groom walked out of the door amid the guests' anticipation.
Yes, Jiang Yu didn’t use a wheelchair, he walked here by himself.
Not only that, he also took off the bandages on his body, revealing his handsome face that had been successfully covered to the same color from head to toe.
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