Rebirth 80: Start by earning money to build a brick house

The next day, when Zhang Ziming woke up, Yan Yongchang opposite him was already reading.

Zhang Ziming secretly sighed, why is he a university teacher?

You see, I can't compare to my enthusiasm for reading and studying.

Seeing Yan Yongchang reading, Zhang Ziming immediately remembered that there was a newspaper in his canvas bag.

This is a local newspaper in Min'an County. Yan Yongchang can't see it, so it might look fresh.

When Zhang Ziming took out the newspaper and gave it to Yan Yongchang, Yan Yongchang could not help but praise Zhang Ziming in his heart. He was also a person who loved reading and learning.

Xu Yimin gave Zhang Ziming a stack of newspapers just so that Zhang Ziming could kill time on the train.

Studying is out of the question, but he is highly regarded by Yan Yongchang.

Yan Yongchang picked up the newspaper with great interest. After all, it was a newspaper from Donglu Province.

I have been in eastern Guangdong Province and have never seen it.

However, after reading the back page for a while, Yan Yongchang seemed to have discovered a new world, pointing to a place in the newspaper and said to Zhang Ziming:

"Ziming, the author of this serial novel is also named Zhang Ziming. Does it have the same name as yours?"

Zhang Ziming chuckled, it’s good to know.

I am also a cultural person. Although I am not a university teacher, I still have the identity of a writer.

However, he said it very modestly:

"Teacher Yan, if I said that Zhang Ziming is me, would you believe it?"

Hearing what Zhang Ziming said, Yan Yongchang couldn't confirm it for a while.

Could it be that this novel was written by the young man in front of me?You are only 20 years old, how can you write such an excellent novel?

Probably not. If you can write novels, why go out and sell sapphires?

Yan Yongchang asked tentatively:

"Really you?"

Zhang Ziming felt that he had nothing to hide, and admitting it should help improve his status. Yan Yongchang from the province always felt that he was a rural boy who came out to speculate.

It is good to speculate on your own, but you are also a knowledgeable and educated young man, and you will contribute your own efforts to the construction of your hometown after you return.

Seeing Yan Yongchang's sincere inquiry, Zhang Ziming couldn't bear to hide:

"Teacher Yan, this is me. This novel was written by my friend Xu Yimin and I. Each of us deserves half of the credit. I conceived the story and he was at the helm of the writing."

Zhang Ziming said this, but I don’t know if Yan Yongchang would believe it.

After all, I can't prove this, and I can't possibly carry the stub of the royalties mailed to me by the newspaper. That's not just showing off.

Hearing Zhang Ziming admit that he was the Zhang Ziming in the newspaper, with a certain look that could not be doubted, Yan Yongchang felt that he had made a mistake.

The young man in front of me, I only thought he was a bold and forward-thinking rural youth, but at this time he actually had the identity of a writer.

Yan Yongchang calmed down for a moment and thought that what he said about the waves behind the Yangtze River pushing the waves ahead is correct. He was still studying and studying when he was 20 years old. How could he have done these things?

After thinking about it, I finally said a lot of my compliments, because now, I really feel that Zhang Ziming is a promising young man, and such talents are rare.

Especially in the past ten years, how much talent has been delayed.

I thought that Zhang Ziming was a talented person, so I thought of another way out:

"Ziming, have you ever thought about taking the college entrance examination? I can help you find information and guidance."

Zhang Ziming seemed to believe what he said when he heard what Yan Yongchang said.

But for the college entrance examination, I really have no plans now, so I told the truth:

"Teacher Yan, I have no plans to take the college entrance examination now. My family is counting on me. I have a younger brother and a younger sister."

Yan Yongchang expressed his deep regret that it would be a pity for such a good young man not to go to college.

Zhang Ziming has no plans to go to college now. What a great opportunity it is to go to college.

When I was reborn, I didn't want to take up such a quota, otherwise one of the students would be dropped due to this.

He still wanted to go his own way according to his own ideas. Seeing Yan Yongchang's pity expression, he immediately said:

"But my fiancée will take the college entrance examination this year. Her skills are also good, so she has a high chance of passing the exam."

Yan Yongchang recognized Zhang Ziming very much. After all, he was an outstanding young man.

Although people in rural areas are very poor now, it is difficult to find a wife.

But Zhang Ziming has a fiancée, so Yan Yongchang is not surprised.

If you don't marry someone like this, then who will you marry? Apart from anything else, the little girls like her because of her ability to write novels and her courage to take a train to eastern Guangdong Province by herself.

As we were chatting, we heard the conductor on the train coming out to sell meal tickets.

In the early 80s, although food stamps were not required to eat on the train, you had to buy meal stamps and then use the meal stamps to receive boxed lunches.

In fact, the reason for selling meal tickets first is probably to calculate how many people the chef needs to cook.

Zhang Ziming bought two meal tickets and two 2 cent rice bowls, and planned to treat Teacher Yan to several meals.

There are very few university teachers in this era, and they are in the field of geology. It is difficult to find them even with a lantern.

It didn’t take too long, maybe because someone was chatting and the time seemed to pass quickly, I finally had the 3 cent rice bowl on the train.

It is packed in an aluminum lunch box, and after eating, the lunch box has to be recycled.

When Yan Yongchang saw Zhang Ziming buying lunch for him, he did not pretend to refuse.

Although he has a business trip allowance, if Zhang Ziming is willing to ask for it, he can ask for it.

When he arrived in Guangcheng, Zhang Ziming could just invite him back if he wanted to eat.

Zhang Ziming also likes Yan Yongchang's free and easy and directness.

If we follow the traditions of our rural hometown, some pulling and pulling is unavoidable.

This pull exists in a wide variety of situations:

For example, when giving money to children during the New Year, parents will stop it.

Of course I will accept it in the end, but I feel that if I don't stop it, I will look thick-skinned and be laughed at by others.

Another example is when visiting the house, pretending to ask the visitor to take back the things he brought.

This kind of pulling cannot be said to be bad, it can only be said that it has been formed for a long time and cannot be easily changed in a short period of time.

You can always gain knowledge by chatting with someone. While the two were chatting, they talked about another thing. This made Zhang Ziming feel that this trip south to Eastern Guangdong Province was a coincidence. He really didn't think of it at first.

Looking at it now, this should be a good opportunity for myself.

Is it because of this incident that Yan Yongchang gave himself a guarantee?

Otherwise, how can you be so sure that you can help yourself sell things?

Zhang Ziming thought it should be like this.

As the train continues southward, the temperature gets higher and higher.

Spring in the north is summer in the south.