Reborn in 1977

Seeing the postman walking into the courtyard, Chen Fan's first thought was, 'A surface mail letter actually didn't get lost?'

But it's a good thing it didn't get lost, the main thing is the sample copy.

The postman strode over, first taking out a large envelope, waving it in his hand, and said with a smile, "I've been a postman for half my life, and I've never received a sample copy, especially from 'Jiangnan Literature'. This is one of the leading major magazine publishers in Jiangnan Province, amazing!"

Judging whether it's a sample copy is very simple. Sample copies are mailed in envelopes, while newspapers and magazines sold through the post office are directly distributed in batches. Postmen know exactly what kind of newspapers and magazines are arriving and being distributed, and when. Now is not the time for 'Jiangnan Literature' to arrive, but a thick kraft paper envelope has been sent, and just by feeling it, you know there are 3 magazines inside. It would be strange if it wasn't a sample copy.

Only then did Xiao Liewen and Lin Yuanxiang react.

Xiao Liewen, with his dry tobacco pipe in his mouth, quickly felt his body, only to realize he had forgotten to bring tobacco.

Lin Yuanxiang had already taken out his own 'Flying Horse' cigarettes from his pocket, pulled one out and handed it over, saying with a smile, "Thanks for your hard work, thank you."

The postman handed the envelope to Chen Fan, took the cigarette and laughed, "No need to thank me, Teacher Chen is from your Lujiawan, and also from our Nanhugong Commune. As a Nanhurian, I am also proud."

Chen Fan took the envelope and chuckled, "You're too kind, I don't even know if it's a sample copy yet."

Xiao Liewen quickly moved closer, "Then open it and see."

Chen Fan tore open the seal and reached inside. The first thing he pulled out was 3 copies of 'Jiangnan Literature' magazine.

White background, with the four large characters "Jiangnan Literature" at the top, a dividing line below, and then an illustration. Although it looks a bit low-end from a later generation's perspective, it fully demonstrates the style of a literary magazine.

At least they have an illustration, many other magazines just have a few large characters, nothing else. That's called literary style.

Before the three magazines could even warm up in his hands, they were taken away by Xiao Liewen. Including the postman, each of the three people had one.

Chen Fan, with a dark face, continued to reach inside, there was also a small envelope.

He folded the large envelope and stuffed it into his pocket, then opened the small envelope. Looking inside, Chen Fan's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

The first thing he saw was a large stack of coupons inside. What exactly they were, he would only know when he took them out.

But with outsiders present, he couldn't take them out directly, so he pulled out another piece of paper.

Opening it, it was a "Notice of Acceptance of Manuscript".

(The notice of acceptance of manuscripts in '79, at that time the remuneration system had been restored, so this author received a manuscript fee of 1 yuan.)

Chen Fan carefully looked at the notice, skipping the other unimportant details. The general meaning was that his submission had been accepted, and they were sending him 3 sample copies first, and welcome to continue submitting.

As for the manuscript fee, in view of the principle of "art serving the people", there was no money, but a number of coupons were given as encouragement.

Chen Fan blinked wildly, while refolding the notice and stuffing it back into the envelope, he muttered in his heart.

I got coupon subsidies for submitting to 'Jiangnan Literature', so why didn't I get any coupons for submitting to Yunhu Daily, and for the several newsletters adopted by the Nanhugong Commune Broadcasting Station and the Gufeng County Broadcasting Station before Yunhu Daily?

… …

"Articles published in the name of the unit will be given commendation and encouragement by the original unit!"

After seeing off the postman, Xiao Liewen walked inside with his head held high. Hearing Chen Fan's question, he immediately said, "Didn't the team give you a reward every time you published an article before?"

Chen Fan raised his head and thought, "It seems like there was."

Xiao Liewen was unhappy, "What do you mean 'it seems like there was'? Every reward given to you has to be paid out from the brigade's warehouse, okay? You calculate it yourself, enamel mugs, notebooks, pens, after rewarding these things, Lao Yang was still worried that your things would be redundant and impractical, so he also rewarded you with labor protection shoes, water boots, and a set of clothes, right?"

Chen Fan unconsciously shrank his neck, "Yes."

Shouldn't it be a double reward?

The Prefectural Committee Daily is really stingy.

Xiao Liewen, "That's it then."

As he spoke, he raised the magazine in his hand, and a smile appeared on his face again, "Hey, let me tell you, although this novel is about the stories of our team, but you didn't explicitly say it, and it wasn't published in the name of Lujiawan or Nanhugong Commune, whether this article should be rewarded or not, we need to wait for Secretary Yang, Team Leader Zhang, and Team Leader Ye to come back, and we can only decide after we discuss it."

Chen Fan's eyes rolled slightly, he reached out and took the magazine back, then reached out and took the magazine from Lin Yuanxiang's hand, and put it back into his cloth bag with lightning speed, grinning and said, "Since it's published in my personal name, it has nothing to do with the team, then I certainly can't ask for a reward. That's it then, Team Leader, Uncle Lin, you guys chat slowly, I'll go back and find wood to make a saddle."

"Hey, stop!"

Xiao Liewen immediately shouted loudly, quickly grabbing Chen Fan's bag, and said with a serious face, "You are a member of our team, and also a cadre of the brigade, all the veterinarians in the production team are under your control, …"

Hearing this, Chen Fan was a little confused, when did I become the chief veterinarian? There is a big difference between chief veterinarian and veterinarian general manager, okay?

Xiao Liewen kept talking, "In short, your success is inseparable from the brigade's cultivation, your achievements also bring honor to the brigade, with such a big achievement, the brigade must give a reward!"

Hearing this, Chen Fan's eyes lit up, "What reward?"

Xiao Liewen coughed dryly, blinked his eyes and said, "This needs to wait for Secretary Yang and Team Leader Zhang to come back, and then discuss it together."

The smile on Chen Fan's face disappeared, "I suddenly remembered, I still have to go to the fields to gather materials, at this time the villagers are transplanting rice seedlings, it should be the best time to sketch, I guarantee to the leaders that I will definitely draw the labor style of our Lujiawan members, and promote the collective labor spirit of our Lujiawan to the entire Yunhu area, and show the fruitful results of our Lujiawan's learning from Dazhai in agriculture."

Xiao Liewen smacked his lips with a tangled face, biting the tobacco pipe head and not letting go, and not letting go of the cloth bag he was holding, and directly asked, "Just tell me, how can I keep one copy in the brigade?"

Just kidding, an article written by someone from the Lujiawan Brigade was published in Jiangnan Province's best literary magazine 'Jiangnan Literature' (according to the postman), if there isn't even a sample copy in their own brigade, wouldn't they be laughed to death?!

Sample copies can't be compared with books bought in bookstores, the meaning is very different. Books in bookstores, everyone can buy, sample copies, can everyone have them?

Lujiawan can't afford to lose that face!

Hearing Xiao Liewen's words, Chen Fan hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said softly, "Any other reward is fine, I just want a piece of cowhide."

Xiao Liewen was immediately shocked, the dry tobacco pipe fell directly from his mouth.

Chen Fan reacted quickly, grabbed the tobacco pipe, and offered it back with both hands, "Team Leader, your tobacco pipe."

Xiao Liewen grabbed it back, glared at him unhappily, "Still a piece of cowhide? You really dare to think! Do you know how much a piece of cowhide costs? 4 yuan 4 a catty, the heaviest piece of water buffalo hide can be 50 catties, that's 220, writing an article costs more than two hundred yuan, are you crazy about money?"

Chen Fan widened his eyes, "Is cowhide so heavy?"

Xiao Liewen "hmph"ed, "What did you think?"

After a pause, he immediately shook his head again, "No, it's that the production team doesn't have cowhide, let alone Lujiawan, Nanhugong Commune doesn't have it either. Last year, the national cowhide purchase didn't meet the standard, and this year the situation is not good either. The higher authorities have repeatedly requested that the supervision of cowhide purchases must be strengthened, and the behavior of privately trading cowhide must be resolutely stopped. If it was a few years ago, I might have been able to put together a piece of cowhide for you, but now, there really isn't any."

Chen Fan looked at him, felt like he wasn't lying, then pondered for two seconds, looking like a hero severing his wrist, "If there's no cowhide, horsehide will do."

Xiao Liewen felt his anger rising three feet again, "There's no cowhide, and there's no horsehide either."

Lin Yuanxiang couldn't bear to watch any longer, holding back his laughter and asked, "Xiao Chen, what do you want so much leather for?"

Chen Fan turned around, and said with a bitter face, "Look at my cloth bag, it's about to be torn apart by the team leader, …"

Xiao Liewen squinted at him, as if saying, you little brat want to blackmail me?

But Chen Fan didn't see his expression, and continued to say to Lin Yuanxiang, "I just want to make a leather bag myself, and make two pairs of leather shoes, and some leather gloves, it would be even better if I could make two more leather belts."

Xiao Liewen was immediately choked, "Didn't I give you a pair of big-headed leather shoes?"

Chen Fan said very innocently, "But that's wool, you can only wear it when it's freezing cold, how can you wear wool big-headed leather shoes at this time?"

Xiao Liewen was about to speak, Lin Yuanxiang waved his hand to stop him, grinned and said, "You should think about whether there's any other leather, otherwise, even if you can snatch this sample copy, he can steal it from you."

Hearing this, Xiao Liewen had no choice.

Looking at Chen Fan's expression, it seemed very possible!

After pondering for two seconds, Xiao Liewen discussed and said, "How about giving you ten weasel skins?"

Chen Fan's face collapsed, "Team Leader, aren't you afraid that the smelly leather will make my head dizzy and I won't be able to write anymore?"

Weasel skin? How could he think of that.

It's not to say that weasel skin is not good, weasel skin is not worse than sheepskin, but how should I put it, when you feel that the weasel is disgusting, is it even more disgusting to carry a bag made of weasel skin every day?

Seeing that Chen Fan didn't agree, Xiao Liewen could only sigh softly, "Two sheepskins, agree and it's done, disagree and forget it."

Chen Fan didn't believe that he would forget it, and immediately asked for the sky-high price without hesitation, "Five."

Xiao Liewen was immediately furious, "Three at most."

Chen Fan looked aggrieved, "Four at least."

Lin Yuanxiang held two puppies on the side, chuckled and said, "Why not just 3 sheepskins, and give some other things."

Chen Fan and Xiao Liewen looked at each other, and in the next second they said in unison, "Deal."