Chapter 152 Submission
After school, we had lunch in the school cafeteria and then went our separate ways.
Lin Zisu and Li Yunxi waved goodbye.
Lin Zisu drove a mule cart to take her mother and brother to the newspaper office, while Lin Youcai rode on an ox cart to go to work with his brothers.
The newspaper office is located near Qingshui Government, not on the main street.
Lin Zisu drove a mule cart to the gate of Qingshui Newspaper Office. The guard checked her temporary ID card and opened the barrier to let her in.
The Qingshui Newspaper Office occupies a large area, with a large courtyard, flower beds and trees. There are many two-story cement brick houses and people coming in and out.
The three of them entered from the main door in the middle. There was a staircase on the left leading to the second floor. On both sides were long corridors, with offices on both sides and signs hanging outside the offices.
Lin Xianwen: "This layout is so familiar."
"There's a sign outside, go find it. Or ask someone, it's faster." Shen Xianglan said, walking towards a girl holding a stack of papers and asked, "Excuse me, girl, can I submit an article to the newspaper?"
"Submit your work? Sure, you can. It's in the first room on the right opposite." The girl smiled politely and pointed to the aisle opposite.
Shen Xianglan: "Okay, thank you."
The three of them walked to the opposite side. The door of the first room on the right was open. There were six desks inside, each placed against the wall.
There were five desks with people sitting behind them, working busy. There were also people standing beside the desks, pointing at the notebooks on the table and saying something to the people sitting there.
Shen Xianglan knocked on the door. "Knock, knock, knock! Can I submit my work here?"
The people in the room were busy, and they turned their heads to look at them. One of the young men asked, "You can submit articles here. What do you want to submit?"
Lin Zisu and Lin Xianwen took out notebooks from their schoolbags and walked in.
Lin Zisu: "Let's submit a story. I saw a serialized story in the newspaper."
Young man: "Yes, there are. You can submit the story, but we have to look at the content of the story before deciding whether to use it."
Lin Xianwen nodded: "Okay, here is my story outline and the contents of the first few chapters."
"Mine too." Lin Zisu handed it over, "Is it for you?"
Young man: "My name is Ye Shuhao. Please give it to me first. The editor-in-chief is on a business trip. It will take a week to decide whether we will accept your story. Please write your name and the title of your story on the registration form. Are you attending Qingshui School?"
Lin Zisu: “Yes.”
Ye Shuhao: "Then fill in the class, and I will notify you when there is news."
Lin Xianwen: “Okay.”
The two wrote the message and placed the notebook on the desk.
When Ye Shuhao saw the school class written as Intermediate Class 21, a flash of surprise passed through his eyes. Don't judge a book by its cover.
Lin Zisu: "Is there anything else to do?"
Ye Shuhao: "No, just wait for our news."
Shen Xianglan: "Then let's go."
Lin Zisu drove the mule cart towards the vegetable market.
Come in a hurry, go in a hurry.
Lin Xianwen: "Oh, no matter whether it succeeds or not, I feel relieved as long as the manuscript has been submitted."
Lin Zisu: "Yes! I hope there will be good news!"
Shen Xianglan: "I heard from your father that the intermediate class can go to the countryside to teach the elementary class. There will be a salary, three meals a day, and subsidies."
Lin Zisu: "I know. Li Yunxi told me. She has been to a nearby town and taught elementary classes in the village. She was accompanied by her family's servants and returned the same day."
Lin Xianwen: "Are there still servants now?"
Lin Zisu: "They used to be servants. Of course, they are no longer called servants after the Kingdom of He occupied this place. They are just used to working in her house and still stay to work in her house. Li Yunxi's family pays them monthly according to the Kingdom of He's wage requirements."
Lin Xianwen: "Oh, I find it strange! This is not the style of "fellow villagers" to do things!"
"Mom, do you want to go?" Lin Zisu turned her head and looked at her mother and asked.
"If I work part-time at Qingshui School, it's fine. But I don't dare to go to the countryside. I still want to do my old job. Hey, if there's a position, I'll stop there."
Lin Zisu tied the mule's rope, and the three of them walked towards the vegetable market.
Shen Xianglan: "I need to buy some rice and flour, and also some soy sauce, salt, and sugar."
"Buy more vegetables and take them home! Put them in a good place (refrigerator) so they don't go bad." Lin Xianwen looked around and saw that many people were setting up vegetable stalls in the market.
Most of the people behind the vegetable stalls are elderly, and the young people are probably out working.
Lin Zisu walked forward and saw a stall with three buckets. She walked over and looked into the buckets. The fish tails splashed water, almost splashing her. "There's a black fish, a really big one!"
"Which fish are you talking about? I'll fish it out for you." The boss, a middle-aged man, stood up enthusiastically.
Lin Zisu pointed at the black fish in the bucket and asked, "Uncle, how much is this black fish?"
The boss followed her hand and scooped up a thick, long fish with black patterns. "Is this the fish?"
Lin Zisu nodded: "Yes! How much?"
Shen Xianglan: "Such a big fish! How much do you sell it for?"
"Sour fish!" Lin Xianwen slurped his saliva.
When the boss saw that there were adults around, his smile deepened. "Snakehead fish is delicious, the meat is tender and very fresh! Little girl, you know how to choose! It's not expensive, 3 yuan per pound."
Shen Xianglan: "Boss, please give me a cheaper price!"
Boss: "How many do you want?"
Shen Xianglan: "Give me two! I'll give you a discount!"
Boss: "2.5 yuan per pound, is that okay?"
Shen Xianglan: "Okay."
The two siblings each carried a 3-4 catties black fish and followed Shen Xianglan to buy pickled vegetables. Thinking about eating spicy pickled fish tonight, their mouths watered.
The three of them bought sauerkraut, rice, flour and seasonings and hurried towards the mule cart, but they couldn't lift the cart!
Lin Zisu let Lin Xianwen drive. She sat in the car, panting, while two black fish jumped around in the plastic bag.
Because I often go shopping for vegetables, I carry plastic bags in the carriage to carry meat and vegetables. The bloody smell makes the carriage dirty and difficult to clean, and the smell is hard to get rid of.
When we got home, the two fish were dying and only moved occasionally.
Lin Youcai came back from work and looked at the cooked rice, chopped pickled cabbage, chili peppers, and ginger. . .
Lin Youcai's face was full of questions: "Where's the main course?"
"Here, waiting for you to come back." Lin Xianwen took out the fish from the refrigerator in the RV and ran into the kitchen carrying two fish.
"Wow! Such a big black fish!" Lin Youcai's eyes lit up and he rolled up his sleeves and started working.
Lin Zisu smiled and said, "One good thing about ancient times is that all food is natural! When buying these meats, you don't have to worry about whether they are raised with feed. Hehehehe... Let's eat wild big black fish tonight!"
Lin Xianwen: "Isn't there a breeding farm outside Qingshui City?"
Lin Zisu: "That's a very rare case! You can tell by the species! There are so many black fish, who would raise them?"
Lin Youcai sliced the black fish into pieces. His knife skills were impeccable. After the fish was sliced, the spicy black fish with pickled cabbage was ready to be cooked.
The two siblings sent a bowl of spicy pickled fish to their grandparents' house and a bowl of stewed chicken to their grandparents' house, and a bowl of stir-fried meat and vegetables to their grandparents' house.
The family of four had a delicious dinner and there were still a lot of dishes left over, which they could eat with steamed buns tomorrow morning.
Dahei wagged his tail happily. He had chicken soup with rice tonight. These days were the best days he had eaten in his life.