Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

"Well, Mom and Dad, my sister was bullied in the Yang family. She is having a miserable life..." Lin Zhengjun immediately told the story.

After hearing this, Lin Sanhuai was so angry that his face turned blue. He slammed the table and shouted angrily: "This old witch is simply not a human!"

"That's right. In order to raise money for your tuition, your sister asked his family for 20 yuan as a dowry, but our family also gave a dowry!"

"I was just worried that she wouldn't be able to hold her head up high after she got married. That year, the birch trees in our woodland happened to grow up, so I asked a carpenter to make a full set of furniture for your sister's dowry. This set of furniture cost no less than twenty dollars!"

Lin Zhengjun sighed and said, "Who said it wasn't true? They were just eyeing the twenty dollars!"

"A bunch of white-eyed wolves!"

Zhang Shuqin was so angry that she burst into tears: "When your sister got married, the three children of the Yang family were not yet adults and had to go to school. Yang Kaixuan had joined the army. Your sister didn't have enough food or warm clothes, and she worked day and night. As a result, they tortured your eldest sister like this."

"Zhengjun, how do you plan to deal with this matter?" Lin Sanhuai asked after taking two puffs of his cigarette.

"This case was originally a public prosecution case. As long as I don't speak for them, those four beasts will have to go to jail!" Lin Zhengjun said.

"Let them go to jail!" Lin Sanhuai was really angry.

"They are going to jail. How can Hongmei live with Kaixuan?" said Zhang Shuqin.

"That's fine! Divorce! This Yang Kaixuan is like a dead man, what's the use of him?"

Lin Sanhuai said firmly: "Now that our son has made progress, it's not like we can't support his sister and nephew. We can just support them!"

"That's easy for you to say!"

Zhang Shuqin sighed helplessly, "Can Zhengjun support her for the rest of her life? Besides, will Tang Xiaofu have any objections? Is Hongmei willing to live in her parents' home as an old maid for the rest of her life?"

"If you ask me, as long as we can still live together, we should try not to get divorced!"

"Mom and Dad, don't worry about this matter. Anyway, Yang Kaixuan will be back from military service soon. We will see what his attitude is then!"

Lin Zhengjun said: "If he sincerely admits his mistakes, protects his sister, and is willing to live separately from Hu Cuifen, I will not only leave a way for Hu Cuifen and the others to live, but also give Yang Kaixuan a chance to rewrite his fate!"

"If he doesn't know what's good for him and insists on not dividing the family and stands on his mother's side, then we'll break up. I'll find a good husband for my sister, and the other four, Hu Cuifen, can just live peacefully and eat the government's food for free!"

"It's a bit difficult to get him to split up!"

Zhang Shuqin frowned and said, "This child is so filial. Your sister told me before that he sends all his monthly allowance to his mother!"

"That's why we say this is a test for Yang Kaixuan. Whether he can withstand the test depends on his luck!" Lin Zhengjun said.

Lin Sanhuai expressed his opinion: "I agree!"

Zhang Shuqin also knew her son's stubborn temper, and what the Yang family had done was indeed infuriating, so she nodded as well.

A moment later, Lin Hongmei came back with Tang Xiaofu, pregnant, and said with a smile: "Zhengjun, I saw the house, it's so beautiful! I'm afraid we are the only one in the whole county!"

In the evening, Lin Hongying came back from school. When she saw her pregnant elder sister, she couldn't help but touch her elder sister's belly, feeling expectant and happy.

That night, Tang Xiaofu used the sewing machine at home to make a few new clothes and two small quilts for her future nephew, and Lin Zhengjun tore up some old clothes to make diapers, and they were very busy...

Seeing this, Lin Hongmei was deeply moved and secretly wiped away tears several times.

She had never felt such warmth in the Yang family. She felt like she had fallen into a honey pot!

The next few days were peaceful!

The Hewan Brigade has started planting autumn crops!

The members go to the fields before dawn and finish work after dark. They plow the soil, apply fertilizer, irrigate and sow seeds. Everyone is busy.

But Lin Zhengjun still did not go to work in the fields.

He would inspect the fields every day, then go home to read books and prepare for exams with Tang Xiaofu, and chat with his elder sister. He lived a happy life.

None of the members gossiped.

Not to mention that everyone wanted to join the Youth Food Cooperative as a worker and did not dare to provoke Lin Zhengjun.

Just because Lin Zhengjun helped the brigade to obtain a large number of high-quality seeds and fertilizers, and recently had the commune agricultural machinery station allocate tractors, threshers and seeders, he is a hero of the Hewan Brigade!

How much more income can the brigade earn by working in the fields? However, the improved seeds and fertilizers obtained by Lin Zhengjun can enable the brigade to produce tens of thousands more kilograms of grain!

At this stage, the policy implemented by Huanghuai County is "over-purchase in proportion to overproduction, increase the price for over-purchase, and reduce purchase appropriately if production is reduced."

Once there is a surplus of grain, the price of grain outside the unified purchase plan can be increased by 20%, making more money. How wonderful!

It was another beautiful morning. The breakfast consisted of rice porridge, fried dough sticks, scrambled eggs, and minced pork and winter melon. The whole family was quite satisfied with the meal.

Ding-ling-ling! A clear and pleasant bicycle bell sounded at the door.

Then the postman came in pushing his bicycle and said with a smile, "Comrade Lin Zhengjun, this is your registered letter!" As he said that, he held out a large envelope!

"It should be the sample issue sent by the editorial department of People's Literature! The Horse Shepherd must have been published!" Tang Xiaofu said with excitement on her face.

"Published again?"

"This time it should be a novel, which is longer than the poem, so the payment should be higher!"

The whole family gathered around with excitement on their faces.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Lin Zhengjun signed for the package on the postman's notebook, while Tang Xiaofu had already impatiently opened the envelope.

"It was really published, and it was on the headlines! It shows how much the magazine values ​​you!" Tang Xiaofu held the magazine and kissed it twice, jumping and dancing with joy like a child.

Lin Zhengjun took the magazine and smiled.

In the brand new October issue of People's Literature, the headline published was "The Horse Herdsman" signed by "Chu Kuangren".

You should know that "People's Literature" is the top literary magazine in China, and the headlines are generally works by veteran writers!

It is very rare for a new artist’s new work to be published on the headlines!

"There's also a remittance slip, a total of more than 210 yuan, calculated based on the highest standard of seven yuan per thousand words!" Tang Xiaofu said excitedly.

The standard for manuscript fees promulgated in 77 set the fee at 2 to 7 yuan per thousand words for manuscripts.

No more!

During the special ten years, royalties were regarded as "bourgeois legal rights" and were cancelled. There was no royalties at all for published works. Generally, the authors would be sent a few quotations as spiritual encouragement.

Nowadays, the standard fee of seven yuan per thousand words is generally only available to literary veterans like Ba Jin and Mao Dun!

For a new author who publishes his work in the prestigious journal People's Literature, the best he can get is four or five yuan!

But now they have actually paid 7 yuan per thousand words as a remuneration, which shows how highly People's Literature recognizes The Shepherd!

Zhang Shuqin looked at the remittance slip and felt like she was dreaming: "Oh my God, I made so much money from just this one novel, which only has a few pages?"

Lin Hongmei couldn't believe it either: "Zhengjun can actually write novels. Writing novels can make so much money. More than 200 yuan. It would take six or seven years for members to work in the fields to earn that much!"

Lin Hongying took Tang Xiaofu's hand and said with admiration: "Sister-in-law, you are really amazing! It seems that you have only been writing for five days, and you can make 40 to 50 yuan a day, which is more profitable than my brother made when he was making sesame candy!"

Hearing this, Tang Xiaofu was also very happy.

Previously, seeing that Lin Zhengjun was so good at making money, had taken off his hat, and had a smooth journey to college, she was somewhat worried in her heart that she was not worthy of Lin Zhengjun.

But writing helped her rebuild her confidence and gave her a great sense of accomplishment!

I can also catch up with Lin Zhengjun!

Although there is still a gap, at least there is hope of catching up!

Tang Xiaofu said modestly: "Actually, the story structure of this novel was given by your brother, I was just responsible for writing it!"

"That's impressive too. Without your brilliant writing skills, your novel wouldn't have been published so smoothly!" Lin Zhengjun said with a smile.

"There's another letter here. It's from Mr. Cui Daoyi, the head of the fiction group of People's Literature!" Tang Xiaofu pulled out another piece of letter paper from the envelope and began to read it quickly.

"What's written?" everyone asked curiously.

Tang Xiaofu suddenly jumped up with joy, smiling like a flower, "Teacher Cui said that the editors of the Literature Department of Beijing Film Studio, Jiang Huaiyan, Shi Wenxin, and Liang Xiaosheng, saw this novel and liked it very much. They want to adapt it into a movie!"

"What? What? It's going to be changed and adapted into a movie! Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Lin Sanhuai was stunned and thought he was hallucinating.