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Chapter 14, Angry Eighth Sister
After coming out of the post office hall, Wang Duoyu turned around and went to the bank next door. After spending more than 20 minutes, he finally withdrew all the royalties.

There are four remittance slips for royalties, totaling 33.90 yuan, 7.5 yuan, 69 yuan, and 8.20 yuan, with a total royalties of 118.6 yuan, which is not a small amount.

After getting the money, Wang Duoyu went straight to the state-owned restaurant opposite the county cinema. He thought his brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces had not arrived yet, but he saw people from a distance.

"What did you buy? Is this Changbai cake?"

Changbai cake is a local specialty snack made from hard-boiled eggs. It has fine rock sugar on the surface, a sweet and soft taste, an attractive white color, and melts in the mouth. It is a delicious pastry suitable for all ages.

Because this thing is sweet, it is loved by boys and girls like Wang Meili. Almost every time they go to Qingshan Township or the county town, they always ask the adults at home to bring these snacks and pastries.

"There are not only Changbai cakes, but also candied haws. Uncle Jiu, do you want some? I'll share one with you." Wang Shuting, the daughter of the sixth brother, had bright eyes. She stretched the candied haws in her hand in front of her uncle Jiu. Her expression was obviously reluctant, but she still insisted on doing so pretending to be generous.

Wang Shuting is eight years old and a little smart. In her little head, since Uncle Jiu is so generous and willing to give more than ten yuan to them, the younger generation, is it possible that he will be more generous to her?

"Are you really willing to let me eat one?" Wang Duoyu asked with a laugh. Seeing that she was a little hesitant but still nodded seriously, he ate one immediately.

There were only five hawthorns in this string of candied haws. Wang Shuting had already eaten three, leaving two. After Wang Duoyu ate one, only one was left.

"Our Shu Ting is so nice. She knew to give me a candied haws." After Wang Duoyu said this, the other nephews and nieces followed suit and handed over the Changbai cakes or candied haws in their hands to share with him.

However, the expressions on their faces seemed reluctant, which made Wang Duoyu laugh and cry. These little brats were really greedy and couldn't tell the difference between the big Wang and the small Wang, let alone Wang Shuting's cleverness.

However, at this time, Wang Shuting was looking at her uncle eagerly. After all, she had already paid a hawthorn, and as she was still young, she wanted to get a return on this investment immediately.

Unfortunately, Wang Duoyu did not notice this, because he had more than ten nephews and nieces, as well as grandnieces and nephews, and it would take him a lot of time to deal with them.

After strolling around the county town for a while, Wang Duoyu and his friends bought some snacks like peanuts and melon seeds, some beef, candles and other daily necessities, and then went back.

Whether it is cattle, sheep, pigs or various poultry, you need meat tickets to buy them. Otherwise, money alone is not enough.

Old Wang's home is at the foot of the Lesser Khingan Mountains, so there is no shortage of wild game such as pheasants, wild boars, and rabbits. However, Wang Duoyu just craves beef, so he went to the black market to find someone to exchange meat tickets for beef.

Although it is May instead of winter, it is not a big problem to buy some beef and take it home for hot pot.

There wasn't much beef, only two pounds in total, enough for Wang Duoyu to eat alone, so he didn't intend to share it with his brothers and sisters. After arriving home, Wang Duoyu began to prepare. He had some vegetables in the yard, such as leeks, cabbage, tomatoes, and peppers, but they were still young, so the base of the pot today would have to be the peppers he bought outside, with some green onions, ginger, garlic, goji berries, red dates, and mushrooms. He also used wild boar bones to make a broth, and the base was ready.

In fact, the porridge-based hot pot in the south is also very good, but Wang Duoyu is too lazy to cook porridge. In addition, fuel is relatively inconvenient in this era. People in Dahonggou Village all burn firewood, and few families can burn coal. It is really inconvenient.

If you make money, you have to spend it to reward yourself. However, just as Wang Duoyu finished his dinner, his eighth sister Wang Meifeng rushed over angrily.

"Wang Duoyu, look at what you've done. You don't even know your last name when you have so much money, right? You've only earned a few bucks, and yet you're spending it so lavishly? Huh?"

Wang Meifeng rushed into the house directly, then pinched his ear accurately and twisted it fiercely. The sound of slaughtering a pig instantly resounded all around. Following her came her husband Xue Lisheng and more than a dozen little kids who came to watch the fun.

"Eighth sister, what nonsense are you talking about? How could I have wasted my money? I just ate some beef, why did you have to make such a fuss?"

Maybe Wang Duoyu’s shouting was too exaggerated, so his eighth sister quickly let him go, but he still felt aggrieved. It was just some beef hotpot, so why was she so extravagant?

"I'm not talking about you eating beef. I'm talking about you giving 50 cents pocket money to each of the kids like Xue Yuqing. Including the three siblings of Lao Shi, there are 28 of them in total, and that's 14 yuan. You're really generous with that. You don't have to save money to get married, right?"

The Wang family is the largest family in Qingshan Township, which is no joke. Not to mention the families of the eldest, third, and sixth brothers, let’s talk about Wang Duoyu’s eighth sister. She is three years older than Wang Duoyu, but she and Xue Lisheng have a total of five children.

In other words, Wang Meifeng's five children took two yuan and fifty cents from their uncle Wang Duoyu today. This was two yuan and fifty cents in 1978, and this money was enough to buy three pounds and three ounces of pork.

Logically speaking, Wang Meifeng should be secretly happy that Wang Duoyu was willing to spend so much money on his child, but she is not stupid. How could she not know that her brother's income is not easy? How could she not know that her brother needs to save money to get married?
Although Wang Duoyu became a writer some time ago, which reduced the gossip about him in the village, that was all. A man without a family is not a successful man in the countryside, not to mention that Wang Duoyu is divorced, which makes him even less successful.

Anyway, recently, Wang Duoyu has dominated the hot search list of Dahonggou Village. From failing the college entrance examination to divorce, to registering for this year's college entrance examination, and then to becoming a writer, the villagers have always talked about him with relish.

"Eighth sister, are you overthinking it? I just got divorced. Even if I wanted to get married, I can't do it right away, right? Is saving money really that urgent?"

Wang Duoyu was speechless for a moment, and said with his hands spread out:
"Besides, I went to the county town today to submit articles and send letters to those magazines. Believe me, I will definitely earn more this time."

He still didn't confess the specific amount of money he had received for the article in "Beijing Literature and Art". It was clearly 69 yuan, but with a flick of his lips, it became one or two yuan.

"Are you sure?" Wang Meifeng asked suspiciously after hearing this.

(End of this chapter)