Chapter 19 Spending Money

The two broke up in front of the village, and they didn't make an appointment to play in the afternoon and tomorrow. The school was on vacation, and there were a lot of things to do when they went home. Especially in this harvest season, they were half a laborer now. The chestnuts from Wang Changning's family are late-ripening varieties. They are being harvested these days. The two days at home will only be more difficult than at school.

Grandpa brings Rarity home and the meal is ready. The uncle and his wife took Rongrong to collect chestnuts on the mountain. As for the few trees that my grandfather’s family owned, the uncle and the third uncle had already collected them for him two days ago, and now they are piled up in the backyard.

Not caring about eating, my grandfather went under the pillow and gave it the two remittance slips, as well as the package containing the sample magazines, which my grandfather has not opened yet.

Feng Yiping was of course very happy, although he looked very confident when he sent it out, in fact, he was full of confidence at the time, and he also had a lot of encouragement for himself.

It's just that the family needs money very much, and he also needs money very much. This is the only way to make money that suits him at present. Sending two articles is a real desperate gamble. If it doesn't work, he can't ask his grandfather for money again. Submitted to other magazines, I didn't expect that one draft would be accepted!

The story would be that simple, he probably flipped through it, and selected a little joke of his, which was also something he had experienced.

When their son was not in kindergarten, the family of three went to the farmers market to buy vegetables. On the way back, I saw a drying net. My son didn't know what it was, so he asked Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan replied, "It's a fisherman." The son thought about it and asked, "Is it because the fish are not good? ?" The two aunties who were sitting there to mend the fishing net burst out laughing.

In just a few dozen words, there are five dollars, which is actually quite a lot. He pointed this story to his grandfather, and went to unpack the other package himself.

He tore open the thick large cowhide envelope with his hands. Inside were three new October issues of Harvest and a letter from the editor. He flipped to the page of his article, read it quickly, made little changes, and then read the editor's letter.

The editor's letter is not long, but is handwritten. It is said that his works are close to life, the characters of the protagonists are vividly portrayed, and the subject matter is also very suitable for the mainstream of today's society - in today's words, it is politically correct, and now I hope that the project is in full swing. However, there is still a lot of room for improvement in his writing and sentence making. I hope he will continue to improve in the process of work and life in the future, feel with heart, observe more carefully, and create more and better stories that reflect the lives of ordinary people. The work comes, and finally, you can submit it later, and you can submit it directly to the editor.

Grandpa looked at his printed work with reading glasses, Rarity babbled and stretched out her little fat hand to tear off the colorful cover on Grandpa's hand. Feng Yiping walked over to take Rarity over, and Grandpa said, "Leave it for now, take a good look at it later, and eat now."

"Okay grandpa, I'll leave this book to you."

Grandpa couldn't help but praise him, "Yiping, making money is a small matter, I'm glad you have this talent! The postman who delivered the letter told me that over the years, only a few people in the town have received the manuscript fee, and they are all in the county. In the newspapers here, the most is only seven dollars, which is nothing compared to yours."

Feng Yiping laughed happily.

Grandpa taught him again, "Yiping, no matter how powerful, you must remember, don't be arrogant, and don't delay your studies because of writing this. It's not worth the loss, remember?"

"I know, Grandpa." No way, who told you that you are still a teenage friend, and similar words will take at least a few years.

There are only three dishes at noon. It is estimated that my grandfather, who usually eats alone, has not cooked so many dishes for a long time. There's meat, there's tofu, and there's cucumber. Because if you want Rarity, the soft tofu is still boiled, and Rarity doesn't have to eat, just use his little plastic bowl with a bowl of soup and tofu.

Slice the cucumber, fry it with chili peppers, and add the garlic paste when the pot is cooked, which is very fragrant.

The meat is very special. Feng Yiping only ate it here with his grandfather. The fur is removed, the internal organs are cleaned, washed several times, then smeared with salt, exposed to the sun, and finally hung on the fire to smoke. It tastes no different from bacon.

Grandpa kept filling him with meat, and Feng Yiping felt a little sad while eating.

Grandpa is old now and can't make a lot of money. Now he doesn't even smoke anymore. He has worked hard to raise four sons, but now he can't rely on any of them. If I want to eat some meat, I have no money and I am reluctant to buy it. I can only find a way to catch voles. Although the taste of voles is really good, it is really not something to be happy about.

"Grandpa, tomorrow, I thought about going to town to get the money. Today, the teacher urged the tuition fee to be forty-five yuan, and then I also want to buy two sets of sportswear to replace, and a pair of rubber shoes, which will cost about seventy yuan. You Well, buy a pair of shoes, the weather is getting colder, you can also buy a set of thicker clothes, you can also pull the cloth and ask the tailor to make it, okay?"

"You should pay the tuition if you have money. Now that the season changes, should you buy two sets of clothes. I have some clothes to replace. At such a young age, I usually don't have any relatives walking around, so what clothes should I buy?"

Feng Yiping said, "Grandpa, you haven't made new clothes for several years. Besides, you can't spend a lot of money to rip cloth and ask a tailor to do it. Plus a pair of leather shoes, at most 100 yuan. Weekends in the next few months. , I'm going to eat here with you, can I just treat it as my living expenses? Besides, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't even have the money to send letters, and I wouldn't have this fee."

"Yiping, although you earned the money yourself, you know your mother's temper. You are so generous. When they come back during the Chinese New Year, how will you explain to them?"

"You can explain how you want to explain it," Feng Yiping said nonchalantly, taking a mouthful of rice.

This money is not some kind of lucky money given by the elders, but he earned it himself, so he has some control over it. Judging from the current situation, the family will have a big turnaround this year. By the end of the year, almost all of the foreign debts will be repaid, and the way my parents make money is also my own, so it's not good to be too harsh on myself.

"I'm not spending money, grandpa, as you know, my parents haven't bought me new clothes for three years, and the weather is getting colder, and I don't even have a decent coat. I just bought two loose-fitting sets. The uniform is similar to the school uniform of the middle school in the town. It can also be used as a coat in spring and autumn. If you wear it carefully, it can be used for two years. There are also shoes. Well, if you walk carefully in rainy days, you will inevitably get wet, so just buy a pair of Shuangxing shoes that cost about twenty dollars, you can't say it's a waste of money!"

Hearing what he said, Mei Jianzhong was also a little sad. With five children, the eldest daughter's family is the most difficult at present. Every year during the Spring Festival, among the children who come to the village for New Year's greetings, this grandson wears the most shabby clothes, but he is sensible and has never quarreled with his family over these.

Before his wife left, he fell ill, and he spent all his savings. He was also helpless. Besides, there are nearly ten grandchildren in total, and he only helps his grandson, and there will inevitably be a disturbance in the family. Now that the child makes money and grows up, as the saying goes, he also knows that he likes to watch and wants to buy replacement clothes, which is indeed the case.

In the past few decades, Mei Jianzhong's life was actually pretty good, at least in the village, he was a middle-class person. In terms of clothing, his concept was that he didn't have to be better than others, but he didn't have to be much worse than others, so he was If they agree, they are afraid that the daughter and son-in-law will teach the grandson again.

He gave Feng Yiping another chopstick, "That's it, you made money this year, and your parents also made money, and the family has a better life. Buy what you need to buy, and when they come back, they say I asked you to buy it. , they have an opinion to let them come to me."

Having a grandfather in front is indeed better than Feng Yiping facing his parents directly. Of course he has no objection.

"What about the remaining money, there are still nearly two thousand, what are you going to do?" Grandpa asked him.

"The rest of the money, I think I should buy more chestnuts now. My parents are buying a dozen catties a day, three or four hundred catties a month, and there are still more than three months until the end of the year. If it’s a pound, then there is still a gap of 300 to 400 jin. My parents are doing it smoothly. This business can be done for many years, and it is not much to buy another 500 jin. We can’t receive 3 yuan a jin now. If you buy it in the provincial capital, you can buy it for four yuan a pound, so it’s saving money to buy it now.”

"Well, the chestnuts above you are ripe early, and almost all of them are sold now. The following side is receiving it. We can buy it with cash, which is also easy. Then buy 500 catties?"

Feng Yiping did the math, "Let's just buy 600 catties, it will cost about 1,800 yuan, and after I pay for tuition and clothes, there may be more than 200 yuan left, then you take it, Weigh some meat every weekend, and call the children of the uncle and uncle's family over, we will eat together, and you will be very lively here."

Mei Jianzhong didn't object, the old man alone, of course, likes his grandson, but these little guys, you really can't keep things without something. Besides, the eldest grandson is also growing up. He eats pickles five or six days a week, and his nutrition can't keep up with it. It's okay to eat a good meal on Sunday.

The next day, the grandfather and grandson went to town together again, and all the money was withdrawn. Feng Yiping bought two sets of sportswear, a pair of double stars, which added up to 80 yuan. Mei Jianzhong bought cloth and was going to make a set of tunic suits. Feng Yiping forcefully bought him a pair of leather shoes for 50 yuan. When I get up to ninety-five, I spend a lot more.

The two deliberately went home after lunch, when everyone was busy on the mountain, and the uncle's family was not there. Mei Jianzhong fried a bowl of soybeans and mixed them with pickled vegetables. Feng Yiping said with a smile, "Grandpa, the dishes I brought this time are of a higher grade."

Not only did the dishes go to a higher level, but he also received five yuan pocket money for the first time, which was unprecedented, and Mei Jianzhong also believed that he would not spend money indiscriminately.

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