Chapter 386 Caring Liuya
The wedding date of Li Aihua and Zhao Kang is set on the sixth day of the first lunar month. Now everyone's wedding dates are set around the year after year. Zhao Kang was eager to marry a wife, so he chose the nearest date.
On the ninth day of December, the two went shopping in the provincial capital. Tian Shao had no money, so he asked Li Aihua to help him collect the manuscript fee.
Li Aihua was a little surprised, and asked: "Didn't you say that the manuscript fee for the next year has been donated, so how can I get the manuscript fee?"
Tian Shao explained: "Recently, the books are selling well, and the money I got was a little bit more. The one thousand yuan I paid in advance is already full. Now I have more than forty yuan left on hand, and I won't be able to do it this year if I don't receive the manuscript fee. pass."
Because Tian Shao called Gu Hongxue, Li Aihua got the manuscript fee smoothly. Because the manuscript fee was put in an envelope, she didn't know how much it was when she accepted it, but it felt very thick.
Gu Hongxue took a form for her to sign.
Li Aihua saw that the amount of the manuscript fee on the watch was 360 yuan, and Li Aihua said in surprise: "Editor Gu, how much is Xiaoshao's monthly manuscript fee?"
She thought that Tian Shao's monthly manuscript fee was really one hundred and eighty yuan, but now it seems that it is two or three hundred.
Gu Hongxue smiled and said: "She is getting royalties, and the more she sells, the more money will be paid. The books have sold well in the past few months, so the money is also more. But since last month, the sales volume is higher than the previous two months. Months down a bit."
"Why?"
Why else? Naturally, comic books similar to "Little Hero Ayong" have appeared on the market. Some of those books were also wonderfully written, which distracted some readers. No matter what era it is, there is no shortage of people who follow suit, as long as they make money, someone will write.
Li Aihua had some atmosphere: "How can these people be like this?"
Gu Hongxue is in this line of work, and thinks this is normal: "Go back and tell Xiaotian to let her publish new books as soon as possible. In this way, it will be in line with the old books, and the new books will sell better when the time comes."
Li Aihua returned to Yongning County, and after handing over the money to Tian Shao, he relayed Gu Hongxue's words to her: "Xiao Shao, Editor-in-Chief Gu said that he hoped you would write different themes, so that those people would not be able to imitate in a short time."
Tian Shao shook his head and said, "I've been too tired this year, and I won't write again until I graduate from high school next year."
Hearing this, Li Aihua was very supportive: "Then I won't write. Making money is important, but the body is also very important."
Tian Shao hummed and asked, "What did you buy in the provincial capital this time? Did you spend a lot of money?"
When Li Aihua mentioned this, his heart ached: "I bought a red woolen coat, do you know how much it cost? One hundred and eighty yuan, which is equivalent to half a year's salary. I don't even want it, Zhao Kang secretly bought it." gone."
When she got the clothes, she was both happy and heartbroken. At that time, she was thinking of retiring, but Zhao Kang said that she would only get married once in her life, and hoped that she could dress beautifully. In the end, Li Aihua stayed.
Tian Shao became worried when she heard this, if Li Aihua knew that the style of the dress was made by her, would she settle the score with herself. After all, buying materials according to the style will only cost one-third of the money. From this point of view, this Zhuang Liangpeng is quite dark. Of course, he is making money for the garment factory, and he can only get a little bonus.
Tian Shao said: "Sister Aihua, what should I give you when you get married?"
Li Aihua was not polite to her, and said with a smile: "Don't you know how to draw? My new house always feels too monotonous. You have time to help me draw a picture."
As soon as Tian Shao heard this, he had an idea in his heart, so he agreed with a smile.
Tian Shao went back to the countryside on Sunday, and returned to the county after having lunch. Before leaving, Tian Shao called Liu Ya into the room and handed her an envelope. In her puzzled eyes, Tian Shao said that she was going to rebuild the elementary school classroom.
Liuya said: "Sister, this is a lot of money!"
Tian Shao smiled and said, "Elder Sister recently has three hundred yuan of manuscript fees every month. If you save for three or four months, you can build the classroom. Liuya, building the classroom can benefit many people. Here is one hundred yuan. You ask the headmaster to buy the wood first."
Brick and tile houses consume the most bricks and wood. For bricks, the people who go directly to the brick factory can get the goods, but the wood has to be prepared in advance. Like Uncle Li, he started preparations the year before last.
Liu Ya still didn't take the money, and said, "Sister, our own house hasn't been built yet! If you build a house for the elementary school, mother will definitely scold you, and people in the village will envy you when they know about it."
Like the donation to the disaster area last time and the donation of cotton shoes this time, it is obviously a good thing, but the villagers have nothing good to say.
Tian Shao said: "The house in your school is too dilapidated, and it's a trivial matter to be frozen. In case of heavy rainfall, the house may collapse. If it happens to be in class when it collapses, the consequences will be disastrous."
Liuya herself is studying at school, so she knows what the house is like. She is too cold in the classroom in such thick clothes, let alone others. But thinking of spending so much money and adding to Tian Shao's burden, she couldn't bear it.
"Sister, I don't want you to work so hard."
Tian Shao touched her soft hair and said with a smile: "You think writing a book is very hard, but Eldest Sister enjoys it. Eldest Sister hopes that you can do what you like in the future. As for donating money to build classrooms, it is Eldest Sister who is now I have this ability. If I don't have this ability, I won't be brave."
Liuya knew she couldn't change Tian Shao's decision, so she finally accepted the money.
Going to school on Monday, Liu Ya took advantage of the break to find Principal Xin. Give him a hundred dollars.
Principal Xin's eyes turned red instantly. The school is too dilapidated, although it has been repaired and strengthened every time, he is still worried. Well now, there is money to build new classrooms.
Liu Ya said: "Principal, in fact, my sister has no money on hand now. She is planning to use the manuscript fee for the next six months to build a house. If something happens, the house may not be built, so I hope you don't say it."
After a pause, she added: "If it spreads, many people will come to our house to borrow money."
After news of her eldest sister donating money spread last time, many people went to the house to borrow money. After her mother sent those people away, she scolded her eldest sister at home. When she heard that, she was very wronged for Tian Shao.
Principal Xin was very moved and said, "Don't worry, I won't say a word about this."
Liu Ya said again: "Principal, my eldest sister is also very hard at writing books. In such a cold day, she has to work until eleven or twelve o'clock at night. Principal, I don't think my eldest sister can pay all the money for this house. Our school There are so many students, they should also contribute.”
The principal understood what she meant, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will mobilize everyone who has money to contribute money and forcefully."
Tian Shao has a big head, and it is easy to raise a small head.
(end of this chapter)