Chapter 1710: On the Magazine, Another Year Has Passed in the Blink of an Eye

Early the next morning, Huang Ling called Zhou Chen and went to the post office to exchange the money order and exchanged it for 600 in cash.

At this time in 1979, there were no hundred-yuan banknotes in the country, and the largest one was the Great Unity with a face value of ten yuan.

With so much cash, Huang Ling naturally wouldn't just take it home. Instead, she took Zhou Chen to deposit the money in a bankbook.

"Save this money for your future..."

Huang Ling originally wanted to tell Zhou Chen that she would give you money when you go to school, fall in love, and get married, but then she thought about it, Zhou Chen could already make so much money now, and he might not be able to give it to you at all in the future. She, as a mother, doesn't need to worry too much about money for him.

For a moment, she really had the illusion that her son had grown up, but in fact, Zhou Chen was only over eleven years old.

Zhou Chen said: "Mom, this is the money I gave you. You can use it however you want. If you want to buy a TV, you can actually do it."

Huang Ling shook her head without any hesitation and said: "What kind of TV should I buy? Our family doesn't need to buy a TV. It's best to save this money."

She didn't have much idea about TV. It didn't matter whether she watched it or not. After her two children learned English, they could also go to Song Ying's house to watch TV, so she never thought about buying a TV at home.

What's more, she wasn't even prepared to tell Zhuang Chaoying that Zhou Chen was writing stories to earn royalties. Naturally, he would not spend money in a high-profile way. If he really bought a TV, the banker and his wife and Zhuang Qianmei's family would definitely be plotting behind the scenes. , she really didn’t want to get into any trouble with them.

She is actually very satisfied with her current life. The previous quarrels made the relationship between the two parties worse, but it also made them no longer dare to bully their family like before. This is a good change. .

The first day of the first year of junior high school came soon. On the first day of school, Zhou Chen rode a bicycle he assembled to school.

On the first day of school, there is no class, just collecting books, assigning seats, cleaning, etc.

As the youngest student in the class and the one with the best grades, Zhou Chen received the care of the class teacher. He was called to the office as soon as he arrived and was given many kind words.

Zhou Chen has a good sense of his class teacher, so naturally he will not refuse her care for him. He only needs to repay her with good grades.

Everyone has just entered the first grade of junior high school. Although Zhou Chen is young, he is relatively tall. Moreover, the learning atmosphere and school spirit of No. 1 Middle School are good, so nothing bad happened after the school started. Live your study life peacefully.

That night, Huang Ling was in the middle class and had not yet got off work. Zhou Chen made dinner after returning from school. Zhuang Chaoying used to cook it, but now he is leading the graduating class of high school, and he got off work much later than the three children. , so Zhou Chen is usually responsible for preparing dinner when Huang Ling is not at home.

When Zhuang Chaoying came back, Zhou Chen and the others had already finished eating, and there were only leftovers on the table. He glanced at the three children sitting there reading and studying, and felt a little dissatisfied. He didn't know what would happen when he came back. Eat together.

Zhou Chen put away a dozen pieces of manuscript paper with illustrations and prepared to send letters over the weekend.

He had previously submitted manuscripts to 'Children's Literature' and 'Pictures'. Children's Literature responded relatively early and sent them together with the royalties. However, Zhou Chen only sent half of the content to the Comics. Not long ago, Zhou Chen After replying to the letter, he was ready to send the entire content.

The manuscript he submitted to the comic book was the illustration work of "Seven Gems". This is a childhood comic story from the 1980s and 1990s that is full of memories. It is also a comic book that can be published independently, so it is better than the previous one. The four fairy tales are more complicated and require more negotiation by both parties.

After several correspondences, Zhou Chen agreed to the publication, and the copyright was his own, so he naturally got the publishing royalties, which was much more than the pure royalties.

However, because of his age, he was naturally unable to sign the contract by himself. In the end, Huang Ling followed him to complete these tasks, and this was all done without telling Zhuang Chaoying. Even Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting did not understand Only Zhou Chen and Huang Ling know the whole situation.

"Mother."

Zhuang Xiaoting ran home with excitement on her face. She is now in the third grade and gets out of school earlier than her two brothers, so she is the first one to arrive home every day.

She was particularly excited today and rushed into the house with a magazine. Song Ying happened to be there too.

"Mom, Aunt Song, look, this is this issue of a children's literature magazine. Two fairy tales by the second brother are on it."

She opened the magazine and turned to the fairy tale page. This was a fairy tale called "Feng Xing".

"Really? Let me see."

Huang Ling's face was also very excited. Although the royalties had been saved and she knew it would be published in the magazine, her mood was definitely different from seeing it with her own eyes.

Song Ying was equally curious. The two of them stared at the magazine with their heads bent, and saw the author's name in the title of the story.

"Sister Ling, look, it's really called Zhou Chen. The author is Zhou Chen. It was really written by Tu Xi."

I read this fairy tale from beginning to end.

Neither of them had a high level of education. After reading it, they both said it was very well written, but they couldn't tell what was so good about it. But since it was published in a magazine, it must be very good. This needs to be done. Doubt it?

After reading this article, Zhuang Xiaoting showed them another article.

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In a blink of an eye, Zhou Chen has been studying in No. 1 Middle School for more than a month. His grades are as good as ever. Good students in this era are respected. Whether it is teachers or classmates, everyone who gets along with Zhou Chen is very good. Very good, so junior high school life is relatively easy for Zhou Chen.

But something happened to Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting. After they had been in third grade for a while, the teacher found that they had mastered the knowledge of third grade, so he specially arranged a test for them.

In the end, the two of them performed very well in the exam, so the school allowed them to jump from third grade to fourth grade.

When this happened and Zhuang Lin's parents were called to school, Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling were fine. After all, they had experienced Zhou Chen skipping a grade before. Even if Zhuang Xiaoting did it again, they were surprised, but they had no reaction. Extremely large.

But Song Ying and Lin Wufeng were different. They never dreamed that their son Lin Dongzhe would one day skip a grade.

Although they also knew that Zhuang Chaoying was helping three children make up lessons during the summer vacation, and when Zhou Chen taught Zhuang Xiaoting, Lin Dongzhe would occasionally learn with her, but they really didn't expect that Lin Dongzhe, a skinny monkey, could actually learn well.

The proud Song Ying spread the word about Lin Dongzhe's skipping a grade, so that the surrounding neighbors knew about it.

Song Ying also let out a fierce breath. In the past, neighbors said that Lin Dongzhe was the most naughty child in the alley. In the same yard, he was not even a bit worse than the three children of the banker. She knew it herself, but she just didn't like others. Behind the scenes, Lin Dongzhe was not as good as the three children of the banker, but he was not worse than other children.

This time Lin Dongzhe lived up to her expectations and skipped a grade, which made her feel very impressive and she felt very proud.

For this reason, she specially bought meat and invited the farmer to have a meal with her.

"Thanks to Teacher Zhuang, otherwise I, Song Ying, would never have dreamed in my life that our Dongzhe could actually skip a grade, hahaha..."

Song Ying was really happy from ear to ear, while Zhuang Chaoying held the wine glass and said modestly: "Dongzhe is already smart."

Lin Wufeng said: "Teacher Zhuang is still more powerful, even more powerful than Bole. He turned this bad horse into a thousand-mile horse. Teacher Zhuang, I respect you, thank you."

Song Ying said: "There is also Tuxi. When Tuxi taught Xiaoting, Dongzhe was also there to learn from him. Dongzhe, I will learn from you Tuxi more in the future. As long as you can learn some skills from Tuxi, you will be able to do it in the future." Be a big..."

"Ahem, cough."

Lin Wufeng coughed loudly and kept winking at Song Ying.

The smile on Song Ying's face froze in an instant, and she also realized that she almost said she was bald just now.

Zhuang Chaoying asked strangely: "Why do you want to be such a big deal?"

"Big, college student, yes, college student."

Song Ying was embarrassed to justify herself. Fortunately, she only said "big" and didn't say the word "writer", otherwise she would have been in trouble.

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"What a college student? He is only in the first year of junior high school and is far away from university. Good grades now does not mean that he will be good in the future. He cannot relax in his studies in the future."

"Teacher Zhuang, what you say is too modest. It's not that I, Song Ying, am exaggerating. With my sharp eyes, Tuxi will be a solid college student in the future, and it will be a famous university. Tunan and Xiaoting will also be in the future. I’m sure I can get into a prestigious university.”

Huang Ling said modestly: "Song Ying, if it is as good as you say, I can even wake up from my dreams laughing."

"Sister Ling, look at it. Our Dongzhe, a skinny boy, can skip a grade. Tuxi and the others can go to college. It won't be a dream."

Song Ying and Lin Wufeng were both grateful and complimentary. Zhuang Chaoying sat upright and accepted it happily, while Huang Ling smiled.

Zhou Chen and the other two were sitting at the small table. Zhuang Tunan was nibbling steamed buns and asked, "Xiao Ting, Dong Zhe, can you keep up with the fourth grade courses?"

Zhuang Xiaoting said: "There are many knowledge points. My father taught me about them during the summer vacation, and my second brother also taught me. I don't think it is difficult."

Lin Dongzhe also nodded and said: "I don't think it is difficult at all. Even if there are people who don't know how to do it, we can ask Brother Tuxi. He knows everything, but he is amazing."

Although Lin Dongzhe is not Zhou Chen's little follower like Zhuang Xiaoting, he still admires Zhou Chen very much. He feels that there is nothing that his Tuxi brother cannot do.

"Mom, I still want to eat this egg custard. Can I still eat it?"

"Eat, eat, you can eat as much as you want today."

"Thank you, Mom."

Next door to the Wu family, hearing the bustle of the two small courtyards in Zhuanglin, the atmosphere was a bit dull.

Zhang Amei looked hard to accept, her eyes were empty and unfocused.

"Lin Dongzhe, the skinny monkey, was able to skip a grade. Now Song Ying should be proud again. Everyone in the factory knows that she has fallen in love with the banker, a good neighbor."

Wu Jianguo said: "Dongzhe's mind is really bright."

Zhang Amei looked disdainful. She didn't think that was the case, and she thought it was because of the banker.

She looked at her daughter Zhang Min: "You, did I tell you that if you have any questions you don't understand, just ask Teacher Zhuang? You, you know how to fool around with Lin Dongzhe all day long, and then Where were you when people were studying? "

Wu Shanshan interceded for Zhang Min: "Xiao Min doesn't know how to do it, I have taught her everything."

Zhang Amei immediately gave her a stern look and snorted: "Is it you who teaches well, or Teacher Zhuang?"

Wu Shanshan was so rebuffed that she didn't dare to speak, and Wu Jianguo was silent. However, Wu Shanshan's younger brother Wu Jun said something.

"My sister taught me very well."

Zhang Amei glanced at Wu Jun. Although her eyes were very dissatisfied, she didn't have the same attitude as she did towards Wu Shanshan.

She has a strong personality. The three children in the family only care about their own daughters and do not take Wu Shanshan seriously. As for Wu Jun, although she does not have much maternal love, she is a boy after all. She gives Wu Jianguo face and treats Wu Jun. Not good, but not too bad.

Wu Jianguo whispered from the side: "Let's eat."

Zhang Amei looked at Wu Jianguo coldly and shouted: "You eat, didn't I let you eat?"

Wu Jianguo was so cruel that he didn't even dare to let out a fart. Zhang Amei snorted coldly and turned to look at her daughter.

"Xiao Min, let me tell you, if you have any questions in the future, just ask Teacher Zhuang. If Teacher Zhuang is not here, just ask Zhuang Tuxi. You are both in the first grade of junior high school. Zhuang Tuxi has such good academic performance. You need to get in touch with him more. If you don’t understand anything, just ask him. It’s only a few steps away, so don’t be embarrassed.”

Hearing this, Zhang Min looked embarrassed. Zhou Chen was good at studying, but he rarely played with them. He didn't even play with them as often as Zhuang Tunan, so she and Zhou Chen were not that good. She was familiar with her, so she was really embarrassed to go to someone else's house and ask.

Wu Shanshan's expression was subtle. Compared with Zhang Min, she and Zhou Chen had been classmates for a year, and their relationship was closer. She didn't like Zhang Amei's behavior, and she wasn't happy to see Zhang Min go to Zhou Chen. , it was just taken because of Zhang Amei’s family status, she did not dare to speak.

Lin Dongzhe, who was promoted to the fourth grade, was doing well in other aspects, but he was not very good at composition. When writing the composition, he directly copied Zhuang Xiaoting's composition. The key is that the composition was called 'My Dad'.

As a result, the two people's compositions were extremely similar, and then Lin Wufeng and Song Ying were called to school again.

In the evening, Song Ying and Lin Wufeng would beat Lin Dongzhe if they caught them. The Zhou Chen family next door couldn't help laughing when they heard the noise.

Zhou Chen also lamented that if Lin Dongzhe was missing from this small courtyard, it would really be a lot less fun.

In the next period of time, Zhuang Tunan went to Lin Dongzhe to tutor Lin Dongzhe in composition. Zhou Chen also taught him several times. In fact, Lin Dongzhe was indeed smart, but he just had an unfocused mind and a poor learning attitude. But as long as he studied seriously, He has made great progress.

The year has passed by like a dream.