I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 75. Comic Strip Promotion
After finalizing his general strategy for running for village chief, Yao Jinping drove to the county bank a few kilometers away that afternoon and withdrew 20,000 yuan in cash.

Accompanied by Xu Aiguo and Yao Jianjun, she went door-to-door to canvass for votes, promising that if anyone voted for Xu Qingfan's maternal grandfather on the day of the election, they would receive a subsidy of 50 yuan for tea afterwards.

During his campaign, he inevitably ran into Yao Jiankun, who was also involved in organizing campaigns. Upon seeing that Yao Jinping had plagiarized his idea, the scoundrel Kun cursed, "You stinking thing who gave birth to a son without an anus! With your father being such a good-for-nothing, how could he be a village chief? I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice. Go cool off somewhere else!"

Then Xu Aiguo slapped him hard across the face: "Watch your mouth, you've run off with someone else and you still have the nerve to call him that? I don't even know if your son is yours!"

"You just wait, if I don't get someone to deal with you, I'm not a Yao!" Yao Jiankun threatened, covering his face with his left hand and pointing at Yao Jinping and his group with his right.

"Hahahahaha!" A group of villagers who were watching the commotion pointed at Yao Jiankun with disdainful smiles. They all knew him well. If that scoundrel Kun really knew any important people, would he have ended up like this?
"You want to play games? I'll sell my ancestral home and play games with you to the end! Everyone who votes for me in the election will get a hundred!" Yao Jiankun roared maniacally.

Seeing Chu Xi, who was once full of vigor and high spirits twenty years later, now reduced to a pathetic state like a dog, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but sigh at the twists and turns of life.

"Your shabby house isn't worth much, hahaha!" The villagers burst into laughter again, filling the house and surrounding area with a joyful atmosphere.

"You just wait!" Yao Jiankun left with a threatening remark before dejectedly departing.

No one took his threats seriously. After seeing the 20,000 yuan in cash that Yao Jinping took out, the vast majority of villagers promised to vote for Yao Shulun in the election.

Seeing this scene, Xu Qingfan felt somewhat helpless, but that's how it is at the grassroots level. Villagers don't care how nice your words are. They don't understand poverty alleviation and helping farmers; they only care about how much real money will end up in their own pockets.

So in the end, elections are still a contest of financial resources, but how many of the village cadres elected in this way are willing to work hard and do practical things for the village?
Therefore, Xu Qingfan really hoped that his maternal grandfather could become the village chief. Not for any other reason than that the water in Chuxi River wouldn't be so polluted that even the cleaners couldn't survive twenty years later.

Because they all had to go to work and school, the three of them only stayed in Chuxi Village for one day after finishing their business here before returning to Licheng.

After only a day away, when I returned to Licheng, the buses, bus stops, and the exterior walls of shopping malls were all covered with promotional posters for "Hilarious Daily Life".

"What is this 'Hilarious Daily Life' thing? Wasn't there a Metersbonwe poster hanging here before?" Yao Jinping exclaimed, pointing to a huge 15m x 20m poster on the outer wall of Guagreen Plaza.

"Yeah, which rich idiot is so wealthy? I noticed it when I passed the bus stop just now," Xu Aiguo exclaimed.

Xu Qingfan:
[Your son is the idiot, isn't he?]
Xu Qingfan knew that the comic about the three little ones was starting to gain momentum this week, but he never expected Zhang Chunxue to be so generous, which surprised him greatly.

Xu Qingfan had only mentioned drawing comics to Xia Xiaoxiao once, so his parents were still unaware that their son was about to publish a book.

After turning off the car, Xu Qingfan couldn't wait to open the door and get out. He really wanted to call Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi to ask what was going on.

"You brat, come back and help me bring the vegetables home!" Yao Jinping called out to Xu Qingfan's retreating figure.

Back home, Xu Qingfan used the landline to call Zhang Yi's family. Coincidentally, Zhang Chunxue answered the phone.

"Hello, who is this?" Zhang Chunxue's pleasant voice came through the receiver.

"Auntie, I'm Xu Qingfan!"

"Haha, it's Xiaofan! Yiyi went to Wanning's house to play. Is there anything you need her for? Why don't you come to my place to play on the weekend?" "Auntie, Auntie, that one at Guagreen Square!"

Xu Qingfan's words were incoherent, but Zhang Chunxue understood them immediately.

"You mean that poster? That advertising space belongs to Auntie's company, and it just recently expired. Anyway, it's just sitting idle," Zhang Chunxue said casually.

"Thank you, Auntie!" Xu Qingfan was touched.

"What are you saying? Auntie should thank you. Yi Yi is much more cheerful now, and she's a part of the comics too. Isn't it only right for Auntie to help out?"

"Okay, Auntie won't talk to you anymore. My mom's back. Please don't tell her about my comic book drawing!" Xu Qingfan said in a low voice as he heard Yao Jinping's footsteps in the distance.

"Hahaha~ Auntie knows, she definitely won't betray you!"

Xu Qingfan quickly hung up the phone and casually turned on the TV.

"Go away~ You've been watching TV as soon as you got back. Help me take these vegetables to Jingjing and Wu Lingyu's mother!" Yao Jinping said, pointing to the mountain of vegetables piled on the ground.

"What do you want?" Xu Qingfan glanced at the vegetables and fruits casually placed on the ground.

"That's all. Take this, this, and this to Xiaoxiao's house, and that to your Aunt Li!" Yao Jinping pointed randomly at the floor.

Xu Qingfan: "???"

"I don't understand. You sort them out first, then let me take them." He shrugged speechlessly.

"If you can't even understand this, what use are you? You don't need to take it anymore, go back to your room and do your homework!"

Xu Qingfan:
[It's okay, it's menopause, I understand, understanding is everything!]
Xu Qingfan silently walked back to his bedroom, and then, while Yao Jinping went into the kitchen, he quietly put on his shoes and slipped out the door.

I didn't even look closely at the poster for "Hilarious Daily Life" just now; I'll have to take a good look at the author.

There's a bus stop right at the entrance of Lotus Courtyard, and the advertisements inside the transparent glass have been changed to their "Hilarious Daily Life" at some point.

The content is a joke from a comic book about waiting for a bus: Da Tou wanted to take the bus, but the back door was already full of people and there was no room to sit. The driver reminded him to follow, saying that there would be seats soon. After the bus started moving, Da Tou chased after it. A few seconds later, the driver slammed on the brakes and sure enough, many seats became available in the bus. Amidst the cursing of everyone on the bus, Da Tou successfully boarded the bus.

The bottom right corner of the comic ends with the promotional text for "Hilarious Daily Life": June 1st, read "Hilarious Daily Life" comics, laugh all the time, and good luck will naturally come!

To be honest, even Xu Qingfan felt the urge to buy it after seeing the poster. After all, his scripts are all based on real-life fantasy themes, and seeing a joke like this while waiting for the bus can really make him happy all day.

[Whether he can become an overnight sensation or not depends entirely on Children's Day.] Xu Qingfan couldn't help but get excited.

(End of this chapter)