Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 190: Earn Money and Marry a Wife (Monthly Ticket Plus)

For people in later generations, New Year's Eve would be incomplete without the Spring Festival Gala, but people nowadays do not have this concept. Lin Chaoyang's family does not even have a TV.

On New Year's Eve, the family happily had a New Year's Eve dinner, and the sound of firecrackers could be heard outside the window.

Even in the years when fireworks are not banned, the festive atmosphere is stronger.

After getting up early on the first day of the Lunar New Year and paying New Year's greetings to their parents, Lin Chaoyang and his wife rode their bicycles to Yanda. They didn't care whether to go back to their parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year or not. After all, they lived close by and had time, so they could go back whenever they wanted.

After visiting relatives and friends at home, it is inevitable that the children will ask for New Year's money.

Tao Yumo asked his sister for New Year's money with a lewd face, but Tao Yushu slapped his hand away.

"You are already grown up, and you still want lucky money!"

"I'm only a sophomore in college and I haven't even started working yet. Why can't I ask for New Year's money?" Tao Yumo said unconvinced.

"Alright, alright. Here, take it."

Lin Chaoyang took out a five-dollar bill and gave it to Tao Yumo.

Tao Yushu rolled his eyes at him and said, "You are the only one who knows how to be a good person. Look how much she has spoiled you!"

"It's New Year's Day!"

Whether it’s New Year’s Day, a major festival, early in the morning, late at night... Chinese people can always find a way to mediate a fight.

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

Tao Yumo squeezed her throat and shouted out four plus signs for the sweetness, then happily put the money into her pocket.

After having lunch at home and making an appointment to visit their uncle Du Ruolin’s home on the third day of the Lunar New Year to pay New Year’s greetings, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu prepared to go home.

When I went out, I ran into Wu Zuxiang who was saying goodbye to someone, so I said hello.

"Uncle Wu, Happy New Year!" Lin Chaoyang and his wife wished him a happy new year.

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year!" Wu Zuxiang also bowed in return.

Lin Chaoyang tried to secretly give Wu Zuxiang a pack of cigarettes, but unexpectedly the old man pushed his hand away.

"Take this from me!"

The old man handed Lin Chaoyang a cigarette, and Lin Chaoyang took a look and found it was a Phoenix brand.

"Sure, the treatment has increased." Lin Chaoyang took the cigarette and said jokingly.

"Who doesn't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year?" Wu Zuxiang smoked a cigarette with a smug look on his face.

Phoenix is ​​a Class A cigarette, priced at 46 cents a box, and has also won the title of National Tobacco Industry's Quality Product for External Fragrance. For smokers, it is a high-end cigarette.

During the Chinese New Year, department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives will supply cigarettes for the Spring Festival, 25 boxes per household, and only three boxes of Grade A cigarettes can be purchased.

Single young people are more miserable, as they can only buy nine boxes.

So, no matter what time it is, single people will always be discriminated against.

After smoking a cigarette and chatting for a while, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu returned home.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the couple came to the military compound in Shijingshan with the Tao family as promised.

While eating, Du Feng suddenly asked Lin Chaoyang: "Brother-in-law, I heard from my aunt that you bought another courtyard house?"

"Yes, in Cotton Alley."

Lin Chaoyang did not deliberately publicize the purchase of the courtyard house. When Du Feng asked about it, he answered truthfully.

"You writers really make money!" Du Feng said enviously.

Tao Yumo, who was standing by, sarcastically said, "It's better to retreat and weave a net than to envy the fish by the abyss. If you want to make money, write something!"

Faced with her malicious ridicule, Du Feng naturally did not hesitate to go up and pinch her chubby cheeks.

"Look at how fat you have become in this year, and you still eat!"

In the more than a year since she started college, especially after eating at Lin Chaoyang's house, Tao Yumo has indeed become a lot rounder than before. However, this roundness has not diminished her beauty, but instead has made her look more naive.

With what Du Feng said and did, no girl could withstand such a double attack of physical and magical attacks.

"Du Feng!"

Everyone only heard a sharp explosion in their ears, and then saw Du Feng running away with his head in his hands, while Tao Yumo, who was chasing after him, was furious and gritting his teeth.

Several elders shook their heads helplessly. These two siblings had been quarreling since they were young, and everyone was already used to it.

After the laughter, Du Feng sat back at the dining table with a grin on his face, rubbing his arm. Tao Yumo had taken advantage of him, but she was still angry and looked at Du Feng with vicious eyes.

"This girl's temper is getting worse and worse!" Du Feng muttered.

The two-story building of the Du family was filled with laughter and joy. As expected, Father Tao was drunk too much by his brother-in-law Du Ruolin.

After getting Tao's father drunk, Du Ruolin turned his attention to Lin Chaoyang.

"Chaoyang, you were right not to come to the army. It's only been a short time, but your fame in the country is growing!"

"Uncle, I was just lucky." Du Ruolin glared at him with a drunken mouth, "What do you mean by luck? This is called strength! Come, have a drink with uncle."

Lin Chaoyang reluctantly accompanied Du Ruolin to drink a few glasses of wine before he let him go. Then he watched him go find Tao Yucheng.

"Nephew, today is New Year's Day, why don't you show any appreciation to me, your uncle?"

Tao Yucheng had been avoiding alcohol before, and he was waiting for this moment. After so many years, he knew his uncle too well.

"Uncle, I just wanted to have a few drinks with you alone, didn't I?"

"Yes, that's the right attitude. Don't be like your father, who won't drink unless someone forces him to drink."

As they talked, they both drank a glass of wine.

After the family dinner, Lin Chaoyang left with his family.

After the third day of the Lunar New Year, the Spring Festival holiday is over.

On the first day of work, the library was filled with a festive and lazy atmosphere. The Spring Festival had just passed, and according to Chinese tradition, the Chinese New Year is not over until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so it was normal to have such an atmosphere.

That afternoon, Du Rong approached Lin Chaoyang mysteriously and said, "Hey, there's some news you want to know?"

"Do not want to."

Lin Chaoyang didn't give Du Rong any chance to keep him in suspense. She held her breath and felt uncomfortable in her chest.

"Even if you don't want to know, I will tell you." Du Rong said angrily.

"You know what? After the spring, the museum will evaluate professional titles!"

Our country's colleges and universities first adopted "academic titles" to clarify the levels of academic ability, work ability and work achievements of college teachers.

However, there was no degree system corresponding to the academic title system at that time. Later, relevant departments began to replace academic titles with technical and academic titles, but they were not fully popularized. After that, the work on professional titles was forced to stop.

In 1977, the National Science Conference was held, which required that the technical title evaluation system be implemented nationwide in 1978.

However, the establishment of a professional title evaluation system involves all walks of life and has far-reaching impacts, so it is not something that can be accomplished overnight. In the past two years, the state has officially approved only 12 professional title regulations, and the professional title evaluation work of the Yanda Library was carried out in this context.

"Professional title? That thing has nothing to do with me." Lin Chaoyang said casually.

His correspondence education degree has not been issued yet, so he cannot be evaluated for professional title.

Du Rong looked at his expression and lost interest. "You are a great writer, so of course you don't care about the title. We poor people rely on it to get a salary increase."

The job title not only involves salary, but also welfare benefits. The most direct impact of which is naturally housing allocation. One of the important reasons why Lin Chaoyang does not care about his job title is that he already has a house.

Du Rong has a college degree and has been working in the library for more than two years. It is easy for her to be evaluated for a junior professional title, which is why she is so excited.

Not only her, but many colleagues in the library were paying attention to this matter as the news of the professional title evaluation came out.

After the buzz, the issue of professional title evaluation came to a halt. Old comrades needed professional title promotions and new comrades needed professional title evaluations. This matter concerned everyone's vital interests, so colleagues naturally paid attention to it.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the New Year, Lin Chaoyang received two letters. One was from Shenzhen and was written to him two years ago.

This year, Ermaitai did not go home but chose to stay in Shenzhen.

He has been in Shenzhen for more than half a year since he arrived in April. He has gradually become accustomed to life in Shenzhen and the work on the construction site.

He originally wanted to go back home during the Chinese New Year, but then he did the math and realized it would take five or six days to go back and forth, and then he would stay at home for a few more days, which would be half a month. Taking into account the round-trip fare and the expenses of going home, it would cost at least two or three months' salary. So he decided not to go.

Er Maitai is so calculating, he must have his own ideals.

In the letter, he happily told Lin Chaoyang that he had saved nearly four hundred yuan in the past six months.

He planned to go home after saving up two thousand yuan, build three large tiled houses, equip them with three turns and one bell, and then marry a beautiful wife.

When he saw the end of the letter, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help laughing.

You traveled thousands of miles just to earn some money and marry a wife? Are you worthy of the reform and opening up?

Lin Chaoyang wrote back to Er Maitai, asking him to work in Shenzhen with peace of mind and use his spare time to study harder. The country will become more and more open in the future, and there will be more and more opportunities. Who knows, maybe an opportunity will come to him someday.

As for getting married, don't be in a hurry. A real man will never have trouble finding a wife. He is only in his early twenties. When his conditions are better in the future, why would he be afraid of not being able to find a wife?
After replying to Er Maitai’s letter, Lin Chaoyang opened another letter, which was sent by the editorial department of "Novel Selections".

"Selected Novels" is a monthly magazine founded by the National Federation of Literary and Art Circles and was launched in October last year.

As the name suggests, this publication is a literary publication that selects to publish already published works, and its main theme is novels.

The purpose of the editorial letter is to request the reprint of Lin Chaoyang's three novellas: "Little Shoes", "Wreath under the Mountain" and "Parental Love".

As some of the most influential works in the domestic literary world in the past two years, it is not surprising that any of these novels would be selected by "Novel Selections".

But Lin Chaoyang was still a little surprised that three works were selected at once. He thought that the editorial department of "Novel Selection" seemed to attach too much importance to him.

However, reprinting the novel can not only expand the influence of the work, but also earn royalties, so Lin Chaoyang would certainly not refuse.

He immediately wrote a letter agreeing to the other party's request for reprinting. According to the usual fee standards for reprinted works, he earned more than 700 yuan at once. No matter how small the money is, it is still meat.

Just when he was happy, Old Xie from the message room came over and said there was a phone call for him.

(End of this chapter)