1987 My Era

Chapter 71, Getting Rich
Past events flashed through his mind, and Li Heng walked into the school canteen and exchanged all the money in his pocket for soda.

Bottled!
Seeing this, Yang Yingwen was shocked and said, "Li Heng, are you crazy? You've spent all your money and you don't want to live anymore?"

Seeing that many students in the canteen were attracted by the exclamation, Li Heng handed her a bottle of soda and said helplessly in a low voice:

"Old rag, can you please stop yelling? Today is a big day for me. It means a lot. You don't understand."

Yang Yingwen had long been accustomed to him calling her an old rag when they were bickering, so he didn't react much to this, but stared at him with wide eyes and said:

"What don't you understand? Isn't it because of Song Yu? Do you really think everyone is a fool?"

Li Heng didn't bother to pay attention to her and asked directly and clearly: "Don't be like a rural woman, I've already bought this soda, I can't return it, I just want to ask you if you want to drink it?"

Yang Yingwen was so angry that he snatched the soda and said, "Drink it! Why not? It was bought by an idiot anyway, and I don't have to pay for it."

Li Heng pushed the second bottle of soda to Xiao Feng: "Well, we are not only fellow villagers but also friends. We are so familiar with each other. Don't be like someone who eats my food and then scolds me."

Xiao Feng smiled, took the soda generously, and said as she opened the lid: "The scholarship will not be paid until the end of the month. If you don't have living expenses in the meantime, you can come to me for a meal."

Li Heng gave a thumbs up: "Open-minded! Generous! I like your forthright personality."

He gave the third bottle of soda to Song Yu.

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and Song Yu took it silently without saying much. Everything was said without words.

Before they parted, Li Heng asked Yang Yingwen to take a bottle of soda back to Xiao Han.

But after Yang Yingwen looked at Song Yu next to him, he thought for a moment and refused: "This is your first time to be so generous in treating us, you should give it to her in person, or you can treat her separately next time."

Hearing this, Li Heng instantly understood the underlying meaning of this rustic girl: compared to a bottle of soda, Xiao Han might care more about you giving it to her in person.

After figuring out the reason, he took back the soda and said, "Okay, I'll treat her alone next time."

After returning to the classroom, Li Heng distributed all the soda in his hand to his friends, including Mai Sui, Zhang Zhiyong, and Liu Li.

During the first Chinese class, Li Heng, who was listening attentively, suddenly received a notebook from his beautiful deskmate.

There was a line of words on the notebook and 10 yuan was sandwiched between the pages.

The content of the words is: The scholarship will be distributed at the end of the month, you can use this money first.

Regardless of whether he could use the money or not, Li Heng happily put it in his pocket.

He wrote: Do I have to pay back this money?
Song Yu glanced at him with a faint smile and wrote: You don’t have to pay it back. When you become rich in the future, treat me to a meal.

Li Heng asked: In your opinion, what is the definition of "developed"?
Song Yu pondered for a moment and replied: There is no fixed standard, it’s when you think you have succeeded.

"Li Heng, come out."

Just as Li Heng picked up the pen to prepare a further reply, the classroom door suddenly opened and the English teacher waved to him happily.

Putting down the pen, he hurried to the corridor outside, and Li Heng called out affectionately, "Teacher."

His eyes scanned him up and down like infrared rays, and the English teacher asked with his hands on his chest: "Did you get the special scholarship?"

"Yeah." Li Heng nodded.

Wang Runwen: "It's your first time, how does it feel?"

Li Heng replied: "It's great!"

"When the scholarship is issued, remember to treat the teacher to a meal." In the past, Wang Runwen would not have said this.

But now, this kid is a local rich man with so much money that it is almost as much as the piggy bank his parents left for him.

Li Heng said cheerfully: "Okay, dear teacher, please have some fried rice with an egg."

This reminded Wang Runwen of the last time. He used his right hand to hold down his glasses and said with a smile, "It's not good for a grown man to hold grudges like this." The two were too familiar with each other, so Li Heng joked without any burden: "It's okay if you don't hold a grudge, but you have to accompany me to eat egg fried rice."

Seeing that the boy was not getting any attention, the English teacher changed the subject: "Your wife told me that you wanted to put your picture together with Song Yu's?"

This teacher's wife refers to the Chinese teacher's wife.

The teacher's wife and the English teacher had a good relationship and often walked together in the campus after dinner. It was not surprising that Wang Runwen knew about this.

Seeing that he agreed, the English teacher shook his head and said with a pout, "I denied it!"

Li Heng was furious and shouted, "Teacher, how could you do this?"

The English teacher tilted her head, her long black hair hanging in the air, and asked jokingly:

"Why can't I do this? As your teacher, I have an obligation to stop you from falling into the fire pit of premature love."

Li Heng had no good words, "I'm almost 18, I'm an adult, and you still care about my love life, teacher, you..."

At this point, he deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Teacher, you are maliciously stopping me and Song Yu like this, don't you really have selfish motives?"

Wang Runwen frowned, looking at the face in front of him, wishing he could kick him directly.

However, because so many people in the classroom could see her, she held back, pressed her full chest, stuffed the bill in her hand into his hands, and said one word through her teeth: "Get lost!"

"Eh!"

Li Heng responded and looked at the bill of exchange in his hand. It was from Harvest magazine. He immediately returned to the classroom happily.

"Li Heng, what are you so happy about?" The girl asked quietly when passing by Sun Manning.

Li Heng casually replied: "Of course I got rich."

"Tsk!" Sun Manning didn't take this seriously at all and continued to go to class.

Li Heng never takes money lightly. He checked the bill three times and after confirming that it was correct, he began to write in his notebook: Is this considered a success?
After writing, he put the notebook and the bill of exchange on his deskmate's Chinese textbook.

Song Yu didn't pay much attention to it at first. When she picked up the bill of exchange and looked at it carefully, she was stunned for a moment, then she lowered her head to look at it again, carefully.

The remittance amount is shown as: 4050 yuan.

After a long while, she calmed down her inner thoughts and asked curiously: Was it the remittance that "Harvest" magazine sent to you?

Li Heng picked up the pen: Yes, do you know this magazine?
Song Yu wrote: I know, my father loves literature and has subscribed to "People's Literature" and "Harvest" for many years.

Her father is a university professor.

Her mother was also a university teacher, but she was a music teacher. Both of her parents were high-level intellectuals, and there was a good soil for literary roots to grow.

Li Heng was not surprised by this.

He had no intention of hiding the matter of writing from Song Yu and Xiao Han.

I immediately explained: Some time ago I wrote a novel and submitted it to "Harvest", which luckily passed the review.

After taking the notebook and reading this short sentence, Song Yu fell into lengthy contemplation.

Li Heng secretly observed her facial expressions and wanted to show off a little.

But unfortunately, after observing for a long time, the expected scene did not happen. She always maintained a calm and indifferent look, which made him feel powerful but had no place to use it.

After a long time, Song Yu came back to her senses from the bill of exchange and picked up the pen to write again: Is it the novel you wrote some time ago?

Li Heng replied: Yes.

Song Yu asked: What is your pen name when you submit your manuscripts?
(End of this chapter)