During dinner, Tao Yumo seemed to be in a very unhappy mood. She was probably in a mood because Tao's father and Tao's mother did not take her to watch the drama.
Lin Chaoyang could also understand his sister-in-law's mood. As the only single person in the family besides Wen and Wu, her current status in the family may not be as good as his own. After all, he still has Tao Yushu's full support.
But what about my sister-in-law?
Really, my father doesn't kiss me, my mother doesn't love me, my sister always shows affection, and my eldest brother only cares about being carefree.
Who could be worse than her!
At night, Tao Yushu was checking her small treasury again.
Today I bought a brown trampoline and a beech wood bed frame for fifty-six yuan, which is more than Lin Chaoyang's monthly salary.
More than half of the ninety yuan that he just received last night was gone in one go, and Tao, a financial fan, felt his heart bleed.
"Stop checking, come and feel our big bed."
Lin Chaoyang pulled Tao Yushu to lie on the bed, and then he was ready to move.
Because of the two broken iron canopy beds, Lin Chaoyang held it in for four months and risked his life to charge last night. However, only halfway through, Tao Yushu couldn't hold on anymore and surrendered.
Now that he has changed to a big bed, Mr. Lin can finally enjoy himself.
These days, if you have to eat soft food, who doesn’t have some special skills?
It's the Chinese New Year, and Yanjing's style is so grand that night that the bed is shaking all over.
After the matter was over, Lin Chaoyang leaned on the bed and looked back, asking, "Are you not going to tell your parents about me writing a novel?"
Tao Yushu's body was dripping with sweat, and his breath was like a orchid.
"There's no rush."
Lin Chaoyang didn't understand what he meant. He thought, with Tao Yushu's temper, she had published a novel in a magazine. She couldn't show off the magazine to her mother-in-law?
"There are too many places where we have to spend money. If Mom knew that you could earn royalties, she would definitely try her best to ask for daily necessities from us."
Lin Chaoyang didn't expect Tao Yushu to have such a hidden agenda, "You two, mother and daughter, are really fighting for wits and courage!"
"Who told her to be partial?" Tao Yushu changed her position in his arms and said: "Besides, you just published a short story, which is not safe. The high-profile publicity is a little too deliberate. It's better to wait and try next year.
Publish a book and drop an atomic bomb on them when the time comes! It’s best if they hear it from others and then come to me to verify the situation. I said lightly: Yes!”
Lin Chaoyang couldn't help laughing as he imagined the scene his wife described.
My daughter-in-law was really born in the wrong era. If she were to write an online novel thirty years later, would she make crazy money?
"How about it? Is this a good idea?" Tao Yushu joked.
"You have a bigger heart than me." Lin Chaoyang said.
"It's because I have you that I have a big heart! If you really are a dou who can't be helped, I may have to spend all my energy to prove that I didn't marry the wrong person."
After hearing her words, Lin Chaoyang felt a little enlightened.
Yes, it was precisely because he had confidence in his heart that he didn't bother to explain and was not eager to prove anything. When he recalled his thoughts during the six months since he came to Yanjing, wasn't it the same?
"And my mother has preconceived notions. Now if I tell her how awesome you are, she might think that I am demonstrating to her."
Lin Chaoyang thought about it and realized that it was a joke, but Tao Yushu's last words were really clear.
Once this person has a bias, everything he sees will be biased.
"You are so talented in literary creation, and your first novel can cause such a big response. If you don't plan your future development, it will be a waste of resources.
Moreover, "The Wrangler" is a short story after all. No matter how good the public response is, it cannot be turned into a publication, and its influence will be less after all. I think your next creative focus should be on medium-length novels..."
Lin Chaoyang remembered that it was Tao Yushu who was the first to surrender, but after a while, she became more and more excited as she talked, and her whole body glowed with a different brilliance.
When it comes to business, he is resurrected with full health. Could this be the aura of academic master?
After holding it in for four months, he suddenly had fun and returned to work the next day. Lin Chaoyang was full of energy. He was a young man after all.
Just after the winter vacation, not only Yanda became deserted, but also the library.
Lin Chaoyang was stationed in the library on the first floor this week. He finally truly experienced the joy of working here. He touched fish all morning and was so idle that he almost wiped off the reflections on his desk.
When he went to the big dining room at noon, he took a look at the menu and found that he had been eating a lot of meat recently, so he planned to change to something lighter.
Just as he was about to get food, he saw Liu Zhenyun coming into the cafeteria carrying a lunch box.
"Zhenyun, you didn't go home?" Lin Chaoyang greeted Liu Zhenyun.
"No, I'll go home before the Chinese New Year."
After getting food, the two chatted while eating. Lin Chaoyang learned from Liu Zhenyun the reason why he didn't leave during the winter vacation.
It turned out that before the holiday, a group of students from the Chinese Department from remote areas did not want to go home and asked the department to give them a work-study opportunity.
The leaders of the Chinese Department responded to public opinion and assigned these students the task of copying manuscripts and reviewing scripts.
Nowadays, there are no computers, and few people know how to use a typewriter. If you have to rush to publish a manuscript for a publishing house or magazine, you need someone to help copy the manuscript.
Anyone who has done writing work knows that writing seems easy, but in fact it is a hard job. Doing homework for hours will make your hands and shoulders sore, let alone copying manuscripts.
In comparison, reviewing scripts is much easier.
However, everything has advantages and disadvantages. Copying manuscripts is hard and tiring, and I was given cash. Reviewing scripts was easy, but I was given movie tickets.
Liu Zhenyun was very active. He felt that he was short of money, but he was not that short of money, so he decisively chose the job of reviewing scripts.
The scripts that Liu Zhenyun and other students were to review were obtained from the Ministry of Culture, and the students were asked to write an opinion after reviewing them, which would serve as the preliminary selection for screenplays.
Every time a play is read, students are given two tickets to the "internal movie".
In this era, most of the foreign films imported into the country were from fraternal socialist countries, and the "domestic film" tickets given by the Ministry of Culture were many new films and classic films from capitalist countries, which were very popular among the people.
If anyone goes to see a movie on the first day, he will be able to play at work for a long time the next day.
Lin Chaoyang listened to the movie titles read out one by one by Liu Zhenyun and said, "Do you have any of them?"
"I just read a play and I have two tickets for "Rashomon", but our classmates still have it."
"Get me some more movie tickets."
Some of the movies Liu Zhenyun mentioned have been seen by Lin Chaoyang, and some he has not seen, but these are not important. What is important is that Tao Yushu and the Tao family have not seen them.
Liu Zhenyun was very happy after hearing his request.
What do these students do when they don't go home during the winter vacation? Isn't it just to make money?
Once the movie tickets are in their hands, they will definitely watch them, but some tickets also need to be sold. After all, both spiritual and material civilization must be grasped.
Wouldn’t it be nice to earn back the train ticket home after working hard for half the winter vacation?
"Okay, I'll collect the tickets and go to the library to find you later."
After the two talked about this, Liu Zhenyun sent eight movie tickets to the library in the afternoon.
Four of them are from the Japanese film "Rashomon", two are from the Soviet film "The Trial", and two are from the French film "Napoleon". The viewing locations are at the Chinese Film Archive in Konishi Tian'er.
Lin Chaoyang counted six dollars and four dollars and handed it to Liu Zhenyun. He quickly waved his hand: "It's too much."
Nowadays, it only costs 8 cents or 10 cents to watch movies in the cinema. It is even cheaper to watch movies in the large dining room. It only costs 5 cents a ticket to bring your own small bench.
Lin Chaoyang gave Liu Zhenyun six yuan, which equals 80 cents per ticket.
"The price of an internal reference movie is the price of an internal reference movie. Can it be the same?"
Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but put the money into Liu Zhenyun's hand. The price was still different from Xiao Xitian'er's ticket price, but it was reasonable for the two of them to trade privately.
After walking out of the library, Liu Zhenyun lowered his head and looked at the money in his hand.
Chapter completed!