The wedding date of Li Aihua and Zhao Kang was set on the sixth day of the first lunar month. Nowadays, everyone's wedding date is set on the year before or after the New Year. Zhao Kang was eager to marry a wife and chose the nearest date.
On the ninth day of December, the two went to the provincial capital to buy things. Tian Shao had no money, so he asked Li Aihua to help him collect the royalties.
Li Aihua was a little surprised and asked: "Didn't you say that since all the royalties for the next year have been donated, how can I still receive royalties?"
Tian Shao explained: "Recently, the book sales have been pretty good, and the money distributed has been a bit more. The advance payment of 1,000 yuan has been full. I only have more than 40 yuan left on hand now, and I will not be able to do anything this year if I don't receive the manuscript fee."
pass."
Because Tian Shao called Gu Hongxue, Li Aihua got the royalties smoothly. Because the royalties were put in an envelope, she didn't know how much it was when she accepted it, but she felt it was very thick.
Gu Hongxue took a slip and asked her to sign it.
When Li Aihua saw that the amount of the manuscript fee on the table was 360 yuan, Li Aihua said in surprise: "Editor-in-Chief Gu, how much is Xiao Shao's monthly manuscript fee?"
She thought that Tian Shao's monthly manuscript fee was really only one hundred and eighty yuan, but now it seems that it is probably two or three hundred yuan.
Gu Hongxue said with a smile: "She gets royalties, and the more she sells, the more she earns. The books have been selling well in the past few months, so she gets more money. But starting from last month, the sales volume has been higher than the previous two months."
Months have dropped a bit.”
"Why?"
Why else? Naturally, there have been books on the market similar to "Little Hero A Yong". Some of those books are also very exciting, and they have attracted some readers. No matter what era, there is no shortage of people who follow the trend, as long as they make money
Someone will write it.
Li Aihua was a little confused: "How could these people do this?"
Gu Hongxue is in this field and thinks this is normal: "Go back and tell Xiaotian to ask her to publish new books as soon as possible. This way, the new books will be easier to sell when the old books are connected."
Li Aihua returned to Yongning County, and after handing the money to Tian Shao, he relayed Gu Hongxue's words to her: "Xiao Shao, Editor-in-Chief Gu said that he hopes you write different themes, so that those people will not be able to imitate it in a short time."
Tian Shao shook his head and said, "I'm too tired this year. I won't write again before I graduate from high school next year."
Hearing this, Li Aihua was very supportive: "Then I won't write it. Making money is important, but health is also important."
Tian Shao hummed and asked, "What did you buy when you went to the provincial capital this time? Did you spend a lot of money?"
Li Aihua's heart ached when he mentioned this: "I bought a red woolen coat. Do you know how much it cost? One hundred and eighty yuan, equivalent to half a year's salary. I didn't even want it, so Zhao Kang secretly bought it.
Already."
When she got the clothes, she was both happy and heartbroken. At that time, she thought about quitting, but Zhao Kang said that she would get married once in her life and hoped that she could dress beautifully. In the end, Li Aihua stayed.
Tian Shao became worried after hearing this. If Li Aihua knew that the style of the clothes was made by her, would he want to settle the score with him? After all, buying materials and making them according to the style would only cost one-third of the money. From this point of view,
This Zhuang Liangpeng is quite shady. Of course, he makes money for the garment factory, and he can only get a small bonus.
Tian Shao said: "Sister Aihua, what should I give you when you get married?"
Does she really don’t know what to give? In the past, when my best friend and roommate got married, there were many choices to buy jewelry, bags or skin care products, but now she can’t buy them even if she wants to.
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. If you have time, help me draw a picture."
Tian Shao had an idea as soon as he heard it and agreed with a smile.
On Sunday, Tian Shao went back to the countryside, had lunch and then returned to the county town. Before leaving, Tian Shao called Liuya into the house and handed her an envelope. In her puzzled eyes, Tian Shao said that he wanted
Rebuilding primary school classrooms.
Liuya said: "Sister, this is a lot of money!"
Tian Shao smiled and said: "Sister, I have about 300 yuan in royalties every month recently. If I save three or four months, I can build a classroom. Liuya, building a classroom can benefit many people. Here is 100 yuan,
You ask the principal to buy wood first."
The most expensive components of a brick house are bricks and wood. For bricks, you can get the goods directly from the brick factory, but the wood must be prepared in advance. Uncle Li, for example, started preparing the year before last.
Liuya still didn't accept the money and said, "Sister, our house hasn't been built yet! If you build a house for the elementary school, your mother will definitely scold you, and the people in the village will be jealous of you if they know it."
For example, the last donation to the disaster area and the donation of cotton shoes this time were obviously good things, but the people in the village had nothing good to say.
Tian Shao said: "The house in your school is too dilapidated. It is not a big deal to get cold. If there is heavy rainfall, the house may collapse. If there is a class at the time of collapse, the consequences will be disastrous."
Liuya herself was studying in school, so she knew what the house was like. She was so cold in the classroom even though she was wearing such thick clothes, let alone others. But thinking of spending so much money and adding to Tian Shao's burden, she
Reluctant to part with 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 the eldest sister enjoys it. The eldest sister hopes that you can do what you like in the future. As for donating money to build a classroom, it is the eldest sister now.
I have this ability. If I didn’t have this ability, I wouldn’t be brave.”
Liuya knew that she could not change Tian Shao's decision, so she finally accepted the money.
After school on Monday, Liuya took advantage of her break to go find Principal Xin and give him 100 yuan.
Principal Xin's eyes instantly turned red. The school was too dilapidated. Although it was renovated and reinforced every time, he was still worried. Now it is better and he has money to build new classrooms.
Liuya said: "Principal, my sister actually has no money now. She is planning to use the royalties from the next six months to build a house. If something goes wrong, the house may not be built, so I hope you won't tell anyone about this."
After a pause, she added: "If word spreads, many more people will come to our house to borrow money."
After word spread about her eldest sister's donation last time, many people came to borrow money from her home. After her mother sent those people away, she scolded her eldest sister at home. When she heard this, she felt very aggrieved for Tian Shao.
Principal Xin was deeply moved and said, "Don't worry, I won't say a word about this."
Liuya added: "Principal, my eldest sister also has a hard time writing books. In such a cold weather, she has to work until eleven or twelve o'clock at night. Principal, I don't think my eldest sister can afford all the money for building a house. Our school
There are so many students, and they should also contribute."
The principal understood what she meant and said with a smile: "Don't worry, when the time comes I will mobilize everyone who has money and strength to contribute."
Tian Shao has a big head, and it is easy to raise a small head.