Jiang Lian insisted on doing so, so Qin Man did not force her and took her to the store the next day.

In the afternoon, Manager Peng came over and took a look. Seeing that Jiang Lian was just as Qin Man said, she left without saying anything and told Jiang Lian to work hard in the future.

Qin Man took her around the store to familiarize herself with the products and their different prices. When customers came, she asked her to follow her and learn how she received customers and promoted products.

The staff dormitory could only be moved into after the probation period, so she had to sleep together with Qin Man for the past three days.

If nothing unexpected happens, her trial period will pass easily.

Jiang Cong was not idle at home either. He finished his novel and then took his manuscript to a famous publishing house in the city to submit it.

If his book can be published, it will be divided into three parts. The one he submitted will be the first part. If the manuscript is approved, he will continue with the second and third parts.

In order to preserve the original manuscript, he only planned to submit the first 30,000 words, which was enough. Whether it could arouse interest depended on these 30,000 words.

Because he had a college roommate who also wrote a book. He took the manuscript to the publishing house, but received a notice that his manuscript was rejected in its entirety. However, three months later, the content of his novel appeared in a bookstore and was published as a book without any changes. The characters and storyline were exactly the same, but the author's pen name was not his, but someone else's.

Obviously, his manuscript was plagiarized, but because he had no strong evidence to prove that he was the original author of the book, he could only suffer in silence!

Although his book didn't sell well in the end and the results were not satisfactory, it goes without saying that for an author, how much effort must have been put into writing hundreds of thousands of words of novel, stroke by stroke and word by word!

Jiang Cong learned his lesson and avoided that unscrupulous publishing house. He kept the manuscript and only submitted part of the content.

The publishing house is located in the city center, in a five-story office building. People inside are very busy. There is a front desk reception on the first floor. Jiang Cong explained the purpose of his visit.

"Are you here to submit an article? Please take a rest in the waiting area. Our editor-in-chief is in a meeting. He will consider receiving you after the meeting. Can you please fill out a personal information form?"

The front desk clerk handed him a form on which he had to fill in his personal information and how to contact him.

In this day and age, no one has a mobile phone, so the only way to contact is the landline phone number of the workplace.

There is no doubt that Jiang Cong filled in the phone number of No. 1 Middle School in the city.

The above involves his academic qualifications, which is a plus point for him. He is a top student who graduated from the No. 1 Normal School in the city. After graduation, he taught at the No. 1 Middle School. This academic qualification alone is very popular.

After Jiang Cong filled in the information, he waited there for nearly an hour, but no one came to notify him during that time.

Just as he was about to ask, the front desk clerk came to him.

"Hello Mr. Jiang, our editor-in-chief is currently not available to see you. You can leave your manuscript here. If our editor-in-chief does not contact you within a week after reading it, it means that your manuscript has not been accepted. At that time, you can choose to publish at your own expense. If our editor-in-chief takes the initiative to contact you, you can come to our publishing house for an interview!"

"Sure, I have a 30,000-word manuscript here. You can take a look at it. I have already written 350,000 words. If this manuscript is acceptable, I will bring all my manuscripts here!"

Jiang Cong also knew that just waiting like this would be useless, and he would contact him when the time came.

I hope I can contact him! But he is confident enough and believes in his writing skills.

"If my manuscript is not selected, can I get my manuscript back?"

Before Jiang Cong left, he still asked a question out of concern. He was a person who was very good at learning from others' lessons and did not want the fruits of his labor to be replaced by others.

"Of course, Mr. Jiang, our publishing house is legitimate and we will never do such shameful things as stealing manuscripts. You can rest assured about this. If the manuscript is not approved, we will return the original manuscript to you at any time!"

The receptionist also saw his concerns, so she explained it to him with a smile.

Jiang Cong then left with peace of mind and went home patiently to wait for news.

When they returned to the rented house, it was still early, so Qiaoqiao brought her winter vacation math homework and asked Jiang Cong to look at it. Of course, Jiang Cong would not refuse and was happy to mark it for her.

It can be seen that Qiaoqiao completed the winter vacation homework she assigned herself very carefully.

Qiaoqiao's mother brought up some fruits and melon seeds and candies, and thanked Jiang Cong very much.

"Teacher Jiang, I am sorry to bother you so much. Qiaoqiao comes to disturb you during your rest time. It's New Year's Day. Please feel free to eat these oranges, apples, melon seeds and peanut candies. I will bring some up for Manman when she comes back!"

"You're so polite, Qiaoqiao's mom. I'm her teacher. This is all easy work. It's what she should do. Qiaoqiao is studious and willing to use her brain. She did a great job on her homework. You don't have to worry!"

Jiang Cong also said a few polite words.

When it comes to such polite words, he is really not as good as Qin Man. He just feels extremely embarrassed and wants to end the conversation quickly.

"These are enough. Please don't send any more. Save them for the children!"

These days, apples and oranges are rare and expensive. Fruit candies cost more than a pound per piece, and he was embarrassed to ask for so much.

"Oh, it's Chinese New Year, we want to have some fun! Qiaoqiao is the only one in our family who likes to talk too much. Her brothers and sisters don't like to eat these!" Qiaoqiao's mother is really enthusiastic. ..

"By the way, I see there's a very pretty girl in your family. She looks a bit like you, but she's your sister?" Qiaoqiao's mother started gossiping and had no intention of backing off.

Jiang Cong scratched his head helplessly. It was really difficult for him who was not good at socializing.

"Yes, that's my sister. She's out here working. She just found a job and is temporarily squeezing in with us!"

"Your family has really good genes. You are so handsome, your sister is pretty, and your daughter Manman is also very beautiful. The young men in your family will be amazing. The boys will be as handsome as Pan An, and the girls will be as handsome as Xi Shi and Diao Chan!"

Qiaoqiao's mother thought that these were clay figures carefully sculpted by the Queen Mother Nv'ao, and they were just casually making clay dots.

Presumably, Teacher Jiang's parents must be very good-looking, otherwise they wouldn't have such good-looking offspring.

"You are exaggerating. You look young and pretty. Qiaoqiao will definitely be a beauty when she grows up!"

Jiang Cong always felt that it was so awkward to hear these words coming out of his mouth.