Chapter 88. Short Stories
"Now you don't have to bother Aunt Bai."
To be honest, Bai Fan thought Matsuyama Yusuke would be a little tougher, but he didn't expect that he was just a soft guy who bullies the weak and is afraid of the strong.
He was in a good mood today and wanted to make some good meals and turned to the shopping street on the side.
Qianxia's family is not too far from the shopping street, and it only took more than ten minutes for Bai Fan to walk through like this.
Shopping streets are different from Chinese vegetable markets and are not like ordinary shopping plazas. They are also considered one of the RB cultural products. Generally speaking, these commercial streets are mostly distributed in stations or not far from residential areas. They are of large and small scale. Here, you can not only buy ingredients for cooking, but also buy fruits. If you have a little interest, you can also see small retro-style shops in these commercial streets, and you can buy some "coarse snacks" in them, which are some snacks we usually call.
The name of this commercial street is Shimocho Commercial Street. Shimocho actually means a civilian residential area opposite to high-end residential areas. This street has no roof and you can see the end at a glance. Although the shops on both sides are scattered, you can still say that there are all things you need in life.
There are various brands hanging or placing them outside in dim sum shops, seafood shops, fruit shops, butchers shops, etc.
"Isn't this Bai Jun? I'm here to buy the ingredients for cooking again today?" The owner of the fish shop greeted Bai Fan enthusiastically.
Bai Fan has been here for a month, and the residents who can come to this commercial street are basically the surrounding residents. Everyone is naturally familiar with each other when they come and go. In addition to Bai Fan's unique identity as a Chinese student, the residents here are also very impressed.
After all, it is very rare for Chinese students like Bai Fan to buy things that are expensive and much more expensive, and they often cook.
"Yes, I'm here to buy something again, Boss Amano." Bai Fan bent down with a smile and looked at the fish placed outside.
RB's fish shops sell mostly sea fish. After all, they are surrounded by the sea, and there are few freshwater fish. As RB's largest port city, Yokohama is a good place to produce a lot of fresh sea fish.
Bai Fan glanced at the salmon and then looked at the cod on the side.
He thought about eating seafood tonight, so he spoke.
"Please give me ten pieces of cod. If you can't finish eating, you can refrigerate it. You can also show me some other shellfish."
"Okay, okay." Boss Amano smiled so much that his eyes narrowed. Bai Fan has always been his big customer. He usually gives Bai Fan one or two more cod or some shellfish and seafood.
"Don't Orange look at the store today?" After giving the money, Bai Fan glanced at the store with some curiosity and found that the young girl who usually smiled tenderly was not here today, so he asked curiously.
"That little girl doesn't know where she went. It seems that her classmate asked her to go play, but it's a good thing. There is not much busy business in my family, but I don't think much of it." Boss Amano replied kindly.
He still has a good impression of the Chinese student in front of him who has a beautiful face and a kind-hearted look. Once a fish popped out in the sink and Orange Amano couldn't hold him, it was Bai Fan who helped the leader so that the big fish didn't let the stall mess up.
Moreover, Bai Fan is different from ordinary international students, so he is easy to talk to.
Of course, this does not mean that Chinese students are not easy to talk to, but Chinese students are very polite outside, giving people a very serious and serious image. There are still very few Chinese students like Bai Fan who always smile.
"So that's how it is." Bai Fan smiled politely at him, then waved his hand and planned to leave.
"Thank you, Bai Jun, for your patronization." Boss Amano also waved at him.
However, Bai Fan did not plan to go back like this. There were not many fruits at home, so he planned to buy more.
Although buying these ingredients and fruits cost him a lot of money, Bai Fan felt that he could not treat him badly in terms of food, so he picked the best ones.
Miyoko Chika also subsidized him the money for buying these things, and Bai Fan was not pretentious and accepted them all. After all, he didn't eat the things alone, so he didn't think there was any problem with the money he accepted.
Just wandering around the commercial street until five or six o'clock, Bai Fan went home again.
After preparing the meal cleanly, he then sealed the portion of Miyoko Chika and Chika Chiaki with plastic wrap, and he walked up to the second floor.
Since there is no need to call Aunt Bai over, that matter has been resolved smoothly, and Bai Fan also has to start writing his own novel.
"The expenses these days are a bit too high, and I have to earn some income." Bai Fan rubbed his face, looked at the empty document in front of him, stretched a little, and his expression began to be serious.
The meaning of Aunt Bai, who is the editor in MJ Cultural Club, is actually very simple. Let Bai Fan start with short horror novels first. When the popularity accumulates, every short story can be selected. She then helps Bai Fan and strives to give Bai Fan a column for serialized novels.
This may be unfair to other newcomers, but there is nothing fair in this world, and there is no problem with Bai Fan using his interpersonal relationships.
As for the internal news from Aunt Bai, I heard that this MJ monthly magazine will start writing essays in a few days, so Bai Fan also needs to speed up a little bit ahead of time.
Short stories...
To be honest, Bai Fan has never been exposed to topics like short stories. He basically wrote long serialized novels in China.
Writing short stories is not less difficult than long stories.
First, you have to quickly get into the topic in a limited space, then write a suspense and mysterious feeling in a limited space, and then you have to finish it.
This fast pace is something that short stories need to pay attention to.
But have you never eaten pork and you haven't seen pigs running?
Bai Fan thought for a while, drew an outline in his mind, and finally started writing it.
What he wants to write is a very simple story structure, probably the story of a person reincarnation in a haunted house, and finally reveals the theme in one breath, making all the strange suspense in front erupt.
This writing technique is often seen in European and American games, but what Bai Fan wants to write is a novel that is closer to RB readers' aesthetics.
He wrote and revised it, and after about two hours of polishing it in front of the computer, he finally wrote more than 5,000 words.
Bai Fan's pace can be said to be very steady.
"It's still unmatched with those time travelers who can only 10,000 or 20,000 words at any time for one or two hours."
Bai Fan closed the document with some sigh.
He planned to take a shower and rest.
Chapter completed!