After Kang Kang learned to speak, he made rapid progress and soon learned to say "Daddy, meat, want, eat." Su Qingmeng complained: "It seems he is a little foodie."
Lin Xiuyao: "It's good to be a foodie. Eating more will help you grow up faster." He helped Kang Kang up, and Kang Kang was able to stand on his own for a while.
"You two father and son can play." Su Qingmeng went to the study to write. Her new serialized book "It's Hard to Say Love" was quite popular and did not need to be taken off the shelves. The picture book was also handed over to the publishing house and was being arranged for publication.
"Cloud Shadow" has been published, and the royalties for the first quarter were 6,700 yuan. Su Qingmeng's monthly income ranges from 2,000 to 8,000 yuan, and it will be a little more if there are new books. The average salary in Beijing is only more than 90 yuan now, and she is very satisfied with her income.
Su Qingmeng opened the letters from readers that the editor had sent her a few days ago one by one. Ever since she received the inexplicable letters from readers after the publication of "Zhao Di", she now just read them casually and never took them to heart.
Someone who had read Zhao Di wrote to criticize her, saying the heroine was unfilial and not as good as Wang Di. When Su Qingmeng was writing the book, she set up a control group, Wang Di, a foolish and devoted character. After reading the letter, she was so angry that she decided to distance herself from readers and focus on writing.
Now she only reads letters from readers when she is bored, but rarely replies. She rarely interferes with her friends' affairs, let alone strangers. She has no helping complex and does not need to make pen pals.
On the weekend, Lin Xiuyao was at home looking after the children, and Su Qingmeng went to visit He Rui's house. He Rui moved to a new house and invited her to visit.
Su Qingmeng came to He Rui's house with a bag of fruit and knocked on the door. Her new home was a building on the sixth floor. There was no elevator, and climbing the stairs every day was hard enough. He Rui opened the door, "Qingmeng, you're here."
Qiu Ling had already arrived, so He Rui invited the two of them. She felt that they were the two with whom she had the best relationship among her college classmates.
Su Qingmeng looked around the room. It wasn't big, probably about 30 square meters, but it was enough for two people to live in. It was a one-bedroom and one-living room design with a large living room, a small bedroom, a bathroom, and a kitchen. In this day and age, this kind of building was considered high-quality housing.
He Rui smiled and said, "How is it?" She was very satisfied and asked her friends to come and see.
Qiu Ling said, "That's great. The tube-shaped building I bought was far worse than this." Su Qingmeng also said it was good.
The three of them sat down on chairs in the living room. "This building is newly built. It draws on the design of commercial buildings and is comfortable to live in." He Rui looked satisfied. She didn't expect that the housing allocation this time would be so good. Her colleagues were particularly envious of her, and she felt much more comfortable after moving out of her in-laws' house.
Qiu Ling: "It seems I have to work hard and strive for housing allocation in the future."
He Rui joked, "It's not just work, it's also important to seize the important things in life. Do you want me to introduce you to someone?"
Su Qingmeng frowned. All married women like to act as matchmakers. She didn't expect He Rui to get into the role so quickly. She felt like she was still a girl.
Qiu Ling blushed, "Sister Xiao Rui, I'm not in a hurry." She is 24 years old this year. She will work hard first and wait for a few years before finding a partner.
Fortunately, He Rui did not continue the topic. The three of them shared interesting stories about work and life. It was a rare gathering with friends, and Su Qingmeng was also very relaxed. They talked until noon. He Rui said, "I'll go cook. You two can eat here at noon."
Su Qingmeng was well prepared and did not refuse to stay for dinner. They cooked three dishes and a soup together in the kitchen. Qiu Ling asked, "Where is Brother Qian? Isn't he going to be home for lunch?" Today was a day off and he hadn't been back all morning.
He Rui: "Don't worry about him, he went back to my in-laws' house." She used the excuse that she was entertaining friends today and didn't go back with them. He Rui really didn't want to face her sister-in-law's face. She had finally moved out, so she would rather not go back than not.
After staying at He Rui's house until the afternoon, Su Qingmeng and her partner said goodbye. She rode a motorcycle to take Qiu Ling to the bus stop. Her home was in Zhongguancun, so she had to take the bus back.
Winter had arrived in Beijing, and the heating had begun. Kang Kang had already learned to walk. He could push the walker that Lin Xiuyao had brought back from Hong Kong City for several meters.
On the third day of the eleventh lunar month, Su Qingmeng's birthday, Lin Xiuyao brought back a birthday cake. "Birthday present." He handed over a small cloth bag. Su Qingmeng opened it and found a gold necklace with a long, thin chain and a rose branch in the middle.
"This style is so special! I like it." Su Qingmeng liked the little surprises that Lin Xiuyao created from time to time.
"As long as you like it, I asked a goldsmith to make it for you." He knew his wife liked roses, so he chose them specially.
Shortly after his birthday, Lin Xiuyao came back and said happily, "The movie 'Red Skirts Are Popular on the Street' has been released."
He had accumulated thousands of red skirts in the warehouse, but could only sell a dozen or so each month in the store. He later bought some more fabric, and the small workshop continued production.
"Congratulations! Your stock can be sold." Nowadays, people like to learn how to dress from movies, and the "red dress craze" is coming.
"Congratulations." After a few jokes, Lin Xiuyao said seriously, "Well, I might be a little busy next."
"You stay busy. My novel is almost finished, so I'll have some free time soon." She's almost finished writing "Misplacement," a novel about a real and fake daughter. "I'm still thinking about my next time-travel novel." She can't write directly based on future life, so she needs to use her imagination and exaggerate a bit.
Su Qingmeng made clothes for Kang Kang. She designed a red cotton-padded jacket in Chinese style to wear during the Chinese New Year. Aunt Mi was watching the child and said, "Xiao Lin has been very busy lately?" He has been going out early and coming back late for several days.
"He has a lot of things to do in his shop. Aunt Mi, how is your youngest son's business?" Aunt Mi's youngest son was also setting up a stall, and she asked Lin Xiuyao a lot about his business situation.
Aunt Mi smiled and said, "It's not bad, much better than his odd jobs. He took home more than 100 yuan last month." She sighed, "I didn't expect self-employed people to make so much money." She used to look down on it!
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