"Well, write a reply. Although I don't want to maintain a good relationship with her, I can't just cut off contact." If public opinion turns against her, she still wants to be a writer, so she can't ignore her reputation. "Buy some gifts and send them back. It's just a face-saving project. We have to be invincible."
Su Qingmeng replied that she and her husband had both been admitted to Peking University. She briefly explained her situation and said that she had no time or money to go back to see her because she was in college, so she mailed her some gifts.
In the letter, Zhou Wenxi talked about her daily life. The two of them maintained a correspondence frequency of one letter per month. She said that she participated in a debate competition and her team won second place. She wrote about her excitement.
From between the lines, Su Qingmeng felt a different Zhou Wenxi. She was no longer the taciturn educated youth from the countryside, but an ambitious and passionate college student of the new era. It was great that they had caught up with the best era.
Su Qingmeng finished writing her new novel, "Zhao Di's Life." She edited the manuscript and submitted it to a magazine. A few days later, she received a reply saying it had been accepted. The fee was 158 yuan, which made her very happy. It seemed that she could support herself with her writing in the future.
Soon it was the third day of the eleventh lunar month, Su Qingmeng's birthday. Lin Xiuyao sent her a cart of books, packed in sacks, and bought every novel on the market.
The weather was getting colder, so they went shopping for winter clothes at the mall. Surprisingly, they had down jackets. While not as lightweight as later generations, they were much better than bulky cotton-padded jackets. They both bought black ones as a couple's outfit.
The final exams are approaching, but two major events happened in December: the riots by educated youth in Yunnan and the reform and opening up. The atmosphere in the school was turbulent. Su Qingmeng devoted all his attention to reviewing and ignored the disturbances from the outside world.
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