1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 82 When the solid ice still covered the North Sea, I saw the plum blossoms in full bloom.

On the way back to the guesthouse.

Cheng Kaiyan had a German watch in his pocket and kept looking at the BJ watch on his hand.

In fact, in his opinion, neither the style nor the accuracy can be compared with the watches of later generations, but who said it was a gift from his girlfriend?
Along the way, he returned to the editorial office door humming a leisurely tune.

When I passed by the editorial department, I found that the old man was still there.

You know, the editorial department was on holiday a few days ago, and I haven't seen editor Chen Shanshan come to work for several days. Everyone is preparing for the New Year in the courtyard behind.

Uncle, are you planning to celebrate the New Year here?

"Uncle? Why haven't you gone home for the New Year yet?"

Cheng Kaiyan didn't care either. She pushed the window open and shouted inside.

"Oh! Can't I stay here? I'm telling you that the editorial department is working overtime, and Chief Editor Gang Yang is looking for you!"

The old man was reading a palm-sized book while telling Cheng Kaiyan a message.

"Working overtime? What's going on?"

"I don't know. Go ask yourself. I'm still busy in the office right now."

The old man waved his hands and said impatiently, I don’t know if it was because he lost money that day and he was angry or what.

"Okay then I'm leaving. I won't bother you anymore!"

With brisk steps, Cheng Kaiyan arrived at the editorial department's large office in a short while.

"Teacher Xiao Cheng is back? Editor-in-Chief Yang is looking for you. Congratulations, your novel will be published ahead of schedule, just before the Spring Festival."

A young male editor sitting at the door saw him and said with a depressed look on his face.

They were resting well at home, but then they received a notice saying that they had to be busy in the next few days to complete the work before the release of "Fragrant Grass" in a solid and thorough manner.

"Is it going to be early?"

Cheng Kaiyan was not surprised. He had expected that Editor-in-Chief Yang and Leader Wang would publish "Fang Cao" in advance. After all, the popularity of the song "Xiao Fang" had spread from Jiangcheng to the whole of Hubei, and was still continuing to be popular.

Liu Xiaoli's singing can often be heard on the radio, which is the result of continuous broadcasting by Hubei Radio Station.

It is foreseeable that under this wave of popularity, the sales of "Fragrant Grass" will definitely be considerable after it is published.

But I didn’t expect it to be during the Spring Festival?

No, where do you get your confidence from?

Nowadays people are busy celebrating the New Year, buying New Year's goods, making glutinous rice cakes, and pickling cured fish and meat. Who has the time to read novels?

Did you know that during the Chinese New Year in later generations, the traffic of online novels has been reduced by more than half?
This is still a paper book. Who gave you the courage? Me? I have become Fish Leong, right?

Prudent Magazine!

Anyway, I’ve received the royalties... Oh, no, I forgot I also got royalties based on print runs!

The more fragrant grass I sell, the more money I make.

Complaining in his heart, Cheng Kaiyan turned and went into the office.

In the office, Chief Editor Yang sat at his desk with a joyful look on his face. After witnessing the influence of the song "Xiao Fang" in the past few days, he suddenly felt stable!
Everything is stable!
With the current popularity, why worry about "Fragrant Grass" not being able to sell?
Anyway, Yang Shuan has repeatedly assured Leader Wang that if the sales of this magazine does not reach 200,000, he will not celebrate the New Year and will just come to see him with his head on!
"Kaiyan is back? Are you tired? How was your time with your partner these days? Have you eaten?"

As soon as he saw Cheng Kaiyan, Chief Editor Yang immediately asked about his well-being and almost treated him like a idol.

"Editor-in-Chief Yang, I heard that Fangcao will be published ahead of schedule. When exactly?"

"I booked it for New Year's Eve. How about that? Are you shocked?"

"It's a shock, okay? Forget it, forget it. Is that what you asked me to talk about? I'm busy. I'm going to take the train tomorrow morning and go home for the New Year."

Cheng Kaiyan shook her head speechlessly and was about to turn around.

"Go home, you have to go home for the New Year. Hey, don't go, wait a minute, Kaiyan, I'm looking for you to write a few words and put them in the magazine, just like the message on the cover page. You write a few words, and then I will go to Comrade Liu Xiaoli to write a few words." Editor-in-Chief Yang happily handed over a notebook.

"Editor-in-Chief Yang, you have a very clever mind. You might make a fortune in the future."

Cheng Kaiyan sighed, and without wasting any time, she took a pen and wrote a sentence in a flamboyant style on her notebook. Then she turned and left, busy going back to pack her things.

"Thank you. If I, a proletarian, make a fortune, wouldn't that make me a capitalist?"

Editor-in-Chief Yang said this, and then a person looked at the words on the notebook and stood there in a daze.

Outside the window, light grey clouds were floating. A ray of sunlight leaked out and fell on the notebook, on which was written a beautiful paragraph of large characters: "In the snowflakes swaying freely in the courtyard and the bluestones in the corners, I saw the early spring in the north; when the ice still covered the North Sea, I saw the plum blossoms in full bloom."

"This kid, just modify the old man's words and use them?"

Editor-in-Chief Yang laughed, closed the notebook and carefully kept it away.

However, from this passage, we can also see that the ideas and themes pursued by the author Cheng Kaiyan in the book "Fragrant Grass" are by no means as obscure as expressed in his writing.

This coincides with Yang Shu's point of view. Young people are still very bright and energetic.

I feel very relieved!

……

After leaving the editorial department, Cheng Kaiyan returned to the guesthouse and began to clean up her things, including clothes, documents, receipts, and most importantly, the more than two thousand yuan in her hand.

I used the old method and borrowed some needle and thread from the sister-in-law next door. I wrapped the money in a handkerchief and then sewed it into the pocket of the military coat.

Cheng Kaiyan spent the last night of his life at the Fangcao Editorial Board Guesthouse, and he slept particularly peacefully that night.

I'm going home soon!
Silent all night.

The next day.

At five o'clock in the morning, Cheng Kaiyan woke up, carried her things, and started walking outside.

Although the train leaves at 7 o'clock, there are a lot of people these days and the ticket checking procedure is very slow. Cheng Kaiyan doesn't want to take the risk.

Just get up earlier.

Carrying large and small bags, I walked downstairs.

It was dark outside, with only the street lamp on the corner on.

The sky was clear, and the crescent-shaped winter moon was covered with dark clouds, revealing a beautiful body that was as bright as jade.

Beams of moonlight fell through the gaps in the leaves and looked particularly beautiful on the snow.

When I walked to the gate, the big iron door of the editorial office was locked, the small house next to it was also dark, and the security guard was still asleep.

Cheng Kaiyan took out the key from her pocket, which she had asked the old man for yesterday.

The sound of a bunch of keys colliding together was very clear and pleasant in the dim sky, and it could be heard from far away.

"Bang~"

He opened the plum blossom lock and untied the iron chain wrapped around the big iron gate. The iron chain and the iron gate made a loud bang.

Cheng Kaiyan was walking out with her things in her hand, when she suddenly saw a figure huddled in the corner at the door.

ghost?
Cheng Kaiyan's pupils suddenly shrank and his heartbeat quickened.

Thanks Niu Bi for your 100-point reward.

Four thousand words. Let me explain the charging system of Qidian. It is charged according to the number of words. Two hundred words are charged one coin, and there is no charge for less than two hundred words.

Therefore, 2,000 words are 10 points, and 4,000 words are 20 points. Sometimes it is difficult to separate them, so just put them together and send them out.

The update time is still the same as before, released in the afternoon.

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(End of this chapter)