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Chapter 52: Going Home, Invitation to Serialize

"Ah Sheng! Where did you get so much money?"

The father was stunned for a few seconds, then frowned. When he asked this question, his hands were shaking a little, his face turned pale, and he stared at Cao Sheng with his eyes, and said in a low voice, "Did you do something bad? Your mother and I worked hard to make money to send you to college. You can't go astray!"

Mother's face also turned pale.

"A Sheng, don't scare us! You are already in college and you will have the opportunity to make money in the future. Don't go astray now!"

Seeing his parents so nervous, Cao Sheng wanted to laugh.

He shook his head, "Mom and Dad! Don't worry! This money is clean, and I haven't done anything bad. Wait a minute, I'll get something else to show you."

Having said that, he went back to his bedroom.

When he came back today, he brought back two suitcases.

One suitcase contained clothes, shoes and cash for his parents, and the other contained his own clothes, some manuscripts, blank draft books, pens, and sample books.

A moment later, he came back with three sample books.

The first and second episodes of "I Want to Become a Fairy" and "Living with a Flight Attendant".

The three sample books were placed on the octagonal table, right next to the five stacks of hundred-dollar bills that he had just dumped on the table.

"Ah Sheng, what are you doing with these books? Your father and I can't read."

The mother was puzzled.

There was also doubt in my father's eyes.

Cao Sheng turned to the last page of "I Want to Become an Immortal" and pointed to the folded part of the cover, where there was an introduction to the author's information. His pen name Zhongyuan Yidianhui and real name Cao Sheng were clearly printed there.

Cao Sheng gestured to his parents to look at where he was pointing.

He knew that his parents didn't know many words, but they definitely recognized the word Cao Sheng because that was their son's name.

These two words were written on every textbook and exercise book he used to have.

There's no reason for his parents not to recognize him.

Sure enough, when they saw these two words, they were all surprised.

Cao Sheng took some time to explain that he wrote two novels this semester, both of which were published and he earned royalties. The 50,000 yuan he took home today was his royalties.

His explanation confused his parents.

unbelievable.

But I have to believe it.

"We sent you to school, and you went to write a book?"

The mother asked in a daze.

My father's frown gradually relaxed, and his slightly bent back straightened up silently.

Then he suddenly coughed forcefully twice, cleared his throat, and when he spoke his voice was much louder than before.

"Ah Sheng! Read a few sentences to us! Let me and your mom hear what book you wrote. Read a few sentences quickly!"

Cao Sheng: “???”

The mother also became interested and agreed with a smile: "Yes! Ah Sheng, since your father wants to listen, just read a few sentences!"

Facing his parents' expectant eyes, Cao Sheng turned to the first page of "I Want to Become an Immortal" with a smile and tears. Looking at the opening words, he opened his mouth but couldn't read the words.

It’s not that the opening words are so unsightly that I can’t read them to my parents.

Rather, he felt that reading his own novels to his parents was a very shameful thing in itself.

With his thick skin, he couldn't open his mouth at all.

So, he changed the subject.

Putting down the sample book in his hand, he looked up and said to his parents, "Dad, Mom, there is something I want to discuss with you. You see, I have money now, and I want to rebuild our house and build a two-story building. Do you agree?"

"Build a house?"

The couple looked at each other, and then looked at the fifty thousand yuan that Cao Sheng had dumped on the table.

"Will you come back to live here in the future? If you don't plan to come back, your mother and I can just live in this old house. There's no need to build a new one."

The father thought about it and expressed his opinion. The mother hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed: "Yes! Your father and I are getting older and older, and it's good to have these three bungalows to live in, but you have to get married and start a family in the future, so you should keep this money for your future marriage! You don't know how much money you will spend when you get married in the future!"

My father nodded.

But Cao Sheng wanted to make them live more comfortably.

As for yourself?

With him making money so fast, does he still need to worry about not having money to get married in the future?
What's more, he felt that filial piety should be done as early as possible and should not be postponed.

So, he lied, "Dad, Mom, you see, I'm a very good novel writer now, and I earn a good income, so after I graduate from college, I want to focus on writing novels instead of going to work. In this way, I should be able to come back and get married in the future."

After a pause, before his parents could reply, he continued, "So, we should not only build a house, but also try to build it better. Otherwise, if a girl doesn't like it in the future, it will be difficult for me to get married."

The couple looked at each other again.

"After you graduate, don't you plan to go out to work?"

The mother frowned, her expression showing worry.

The father frowned again, "Are you really planning to come back and get married?"

Cao Sheng nodded.

My mother was still worried, "Can you not work? Are you sure you can keep making money by writing novels?"

Father: "Wouldn't it be nice to work and write your novel at the same time?"

Cao Sheng: "It's fair, but if I write while working, I won't be able to do as well as those who specialize in writing novels. I probably won't be able to achieve anything at work, and my novels won't be famous."

After hearing what he said, my parents were hesitant to speak and didn't know how to persuade him.

Cao Sheng had to spend some time to persuade them to agree to build a new house.

He didn't want to delay building a new house.

He knew his parents' personalities, and that they would change their minds about some things if things were delayed for a long time.

So, during breakfast the next day, he urged his father to find a builder, and then demolish the old house as soon as possible and start construction as soon as possible.

He himself didn't plan to stay at home for too long.

Before going home, he planned to stay for only a few days and then go back to school.

It wasn't that he didn't want to help out while the family was building a house.

But this summer, he wanted to concentrate his time and energy to write more articles and earn more money. When he was not on vacation, the time he could spend writing every day was very limited.

There is almost no time during the day.

After writing the manuscript in the evening, I would take time to go to the Internet cafe to convert it into an electronic document.

Very inefficient.

But he has plenty of time during the summer vacation. If he works harder, he can earn enough to buy an extra house in one summer vacation.

Therefore, on the day his old house was demolished, he packed his luggage and boarded the train back to school.

During the summer vacation, students are not prohibited from staying in their school dormitories.

When the dormitory manager saw Cao Sheng return to the dormitory, he just came over to take a look, asked a few questions, and then left.

That night.

Cao Sheng brought a stack of drafts to the Internet cafe and spent the night there, preparing to convert some of them into electronic documents.

After the computer started up successfully, he habitually logged into his email inbox to see if Under the Banyan Tree and the publishing house had sent him any emails.

As a result, he actually saw an unread email.

The email was sent from under the banyan tree.

The sender is still Wang Jing.

"Hello Cao Sheng, we have recently noticed that many book fans mentioned your other work "I Want to Become an Immortal" in your book review section. We heard that it was published in traditional Chinese in Taiwan. We would like to confirm with you, is this true?

Do you really have a copy of “I Want to Become an Immortal”?
If so, on behalf of us at Under the Banyan Tree, I solemnly invite you to serialize this book on our website. We will recommend resources for this book to you and will also try to help you publish this book in simplified Chinese in mainland China. What do you think?
——Wang Jing. "

(End of this chapter)