Chapter 67 Spring Blossoms

As soon as Zhou Bingkun got home from get off work, he noticed someone pacing back and forth in his yard, glancing out every now and then, as if anxiously waiting for someone.

Upon seeing Zhou Bingkun appear, the man waved to him with a joyful expression: "Bingkun, Bingkun, you're finally back."

"Editor-in-Chief Shao? What brings you here?" Zhou Bingkun recognized the man as Shao Jingwen.

"Bingkun, did you write that poem? It's the one called 'Answer.' Baseness is the passport of the base, nobility is the epitaph of the noble." Shao Jingwen looked at Zhou Bingkun with excitement, and even recited two lines of the poem.

"Yes, I wrote it." Zhou Bingkun nodded with a smile.

"That's wonderful, that's wonderful! Your brother-in-law is an excellent poet, and Bingkun, you are also an excellent poet. No wonder you are family." Shao Jingwen was very excited.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Bingkun's smile vanished: "Editor-in-Chief Shao, Feng Huacheng and I have no relation."

"Uh, I'm so sorry, it was my fault, it was all wrong of me." Shao Jingwen quickly apologized, then continued to look at Zhou Bingkun with burning eyes: "Bingkun, can I publish this poem 'Answer' in our 'Golden Land'? Don't worry, the payment will be the highest standard for original works."

"Sure, no problem." Zhou Bingkun agreed immediately. He figured he might as well take the money. He also hoped that the poem "Answer" could be spread as widely as possible, so that more people could study it, explore its story and background, and more people would know about Zhou Rong and Zhou Bingyi's affairs, which would also lead to more people criticizing them.

Aren't they selfish and only care about themselves? Zhou Bingkun wants to see if they can continue to live so comfortably after bearing the infamy.

In fact, when Zhou Rong abandoned Feng Yue in Jichun City before, Zhou Bingkun had already considered whether to report Zhou Rong for abandoning her daughter.

However, Zhou Bingkun quickly dismissed the idea. The main reason was that if Zhou Rong was really arrested for abandonment, who would take care of Feng Yue? She couldn't possibly leave her with Zhou Bingkun, could she?

Even though Zhou Bingkun had signed a letter severing ties with Zhou Zhigang, Zhou Zhigang was in the Third Front and Zhou Bingyi was in the Production and Construction Corps. It was inappropriate for either of them to take care of Feng Yue. In the end, in order to prevent Feng Yue from starving to death, this burden would still be passed on to Zhou Bingkun by the government.

After all, sometimes the government really prefers to avoid trouble. When there's nothing going on, Zhou Bingkun and Zhou Zhigang have severed ties, but if needed, they will still be considered as family.

If Zhou Bingkun disagrees, there might even be someone coming to mediate.

Therefore, going directly to Yanjing and leaving Feng Yue with Zhou Rong is the optimal solution.

Although he did not report Zhou Rong for abandoning her daughter, it did not stop Zhou Bingkun from using the poem "Answer" to nail Zhou Rong to the pillar of shame.

Zhou Bingkun knew that the poem "Answer" would be included in textbooks in the future, and all students would have to learn it. The more people learned it, the greater the chance that Zhou Rong would be exposed, and the more people would chase after her to scold her.

Thinking about these things, Zhou Bingkun felt a surge of pleasure.

For this reason, Zhou Bingkun was unable to report Zhou Rong, but he did report another person, Cai Xiaoguang!

Indeed, after Li Suhua's death, Zhou Bingkun chose to report Cai Xiaoguang.

To be honest, Zhou Bingkun wasn't the kind of person who was particularly petty.

When Cai Xiaoguang let Zhou Rong go, Zhou Bingkun was forced to return to Jichun City. At that time, Zhou Bingkun truly wanted to kill Cai Xiaoguang.

However, at that time, Cai Xiaoguang's father was still in a high position, so even if Zhou Bingkun reported Cai Xiaoguang, it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference.

So after Zhou Bingkun beat Cai Xiaoguang up again, the matter was pretty much over. In any case, Zhou Bingkun's life back in Jichun City was indeed much better than in the remote rural area, not to mention that he had married Zheng Juan, a caring wife.

So gradually, Zhou Bingkun let go of Cai Xiaoguang.

What Zhou Bingkun didn't expect was that even though he had already let Cai Xiaoguang go, Cai Xiaoguang would suddenly reappear, leading to Li Suhua's death.

So this time, Zhou Bingkun wrote a report, including Cai Xiaoguang's illegal processing of Zhou Rong's rural assignment and the subsequent death of Li Suhua.

Now that Cai Xiaoguang's father has been arrested, he has lost his backer. If Cai Xiaoguang behaves himself, no one will do anything to him. However, Zhou Bingkun's letter of denunciation has sealed Cai Xiaoguang's fate.

Cai Xiaoguang, who was working diligently at the tractor factory, suddenly heard the factory leader calling him. Upon hearing this, Cai Xiaoguang's expression changed slightly, and at the same time, he kept recalling whether he had done anything out of line at the tractor factory during this period.

He recalled the incident several times, confirming that he had been behaving himself, before he finally felt a little relieved.

However, when Cai Xiaoguang arrived at the leader's office, he found that in addition to the leader, there were two other people in uniform. His face immediately turned pale.

"Cai Xiaoguang, right? We received a report that in 69, you used your connections to illegally process a rural relocation permit for a woman named Zhou Rong. Later, you also caused the death of a woman named Li Suhua—"

Upon hearing this, Cai Xiaoguang's already pale face was instantly filled with despair. He knew he was doomed!

In despair, Cai Xiaoguang watched as he was fired from the tractor factory, watched as he was handcuffed—

With Cai Xiaoguang arrested, he was now a thing of the past for Zhou Bingkun.

At this moment, Zhou Bingkun was at home with Zheng Juan, reading letters sent to them by readers from all over the country.

Zhou Bingkun originally wrote novels for Story Club and would occasionally receive letters from readers, but not many.

But this time, with his song "Answer," Zhou Bingkun received so many letters from readers that they were counted in sacks.

Several sacks of letters were delivered by the editorial department of "Yanjing Literature and Art".

Zhou Bingkun also attached great importance to these letters from readers, because these letters contained not only letters, but also money and national grain coupons.

This is similar to the tipping that readers give when reading novels online in later generations.

Previously, Zhou Bingkun would occasionally receive some tips when writing novels for Story Magazine. Now, with these several sacks of reader letters, there's much more money, tickets, and the like.

To prevent the money from being lost, Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan had to open every single letter.

This is a very demanding task!

After all, there were several sacks of letters.

In addition to these letters from readers, many magazines, newspapers and other organizations also wrote to Zhou Bingkun, expressing their desire to reprint his poem "Answer".

Zhou Bingkun readily agreed, and thus he received another substantial sum of royalties.

Zheng Juan's happiest moments now are when she goes home, opens envelopes, sits on the kang (a heated brick bed), and counts the money.

Similarly, Zhou Bingkun received countless requests for articles. Many newspapers and magazines commissioned articles from him, attempting to publish his new works.

To be honest, Zhou Bingkun was a little embarrassed. After all, he knew his own level, and it was almost impossible for him to create a poem that could rival "Answer".

After all, Zhou Bingkun's true level might not even meet the standard for inclusion in magazines like "Yanjing Literature" and "Harvest".

But Zhou Bingkun had a lot of things about the future in his mind.

So Zhou Bingkun forwarded another poem to Yanjing Literature and Art Publishing House—"Spring Blossoms".

After severing ties with the Zhou family, Cai Xiaoguang was also sent to prison. Zhou Bingkun is now the subject of "Spring Blossoms"!

After the poem "Spring Blossoms" was republished, things changed for Zhou Bingkun, not to mention anything else.

Shao Jingwen went directly to Zhou Bingkun.

"Bingkun! Would you like to work at our publishing house? If you nod, I'll find someone to transfer you here right now." Shao Jingwen stared intently at Zhou Bingkun, his eyes filled with longing.

"A publishing house? Let me think about it!" Zhou Bingkun's eyes lit up; he was tempted.

After all, any normal person would prefer to work at a publishing house rather than be a slag remover in a slag removal workshop.

However, compared to publishing, Zhou Bingkun longed for another kind of work: the city's cultural center!

After all, working in a publishing house also involves a lot of tedious tasks.

But cultural centers are different.

Zhou Bingkun recalled that the writer "Clumsy Little Dog" once said that after he was transferred to the cultural center, he deliberately arrived an hour late, only to find that he was still the first one there. He then knew that he had come to the right place.

So when Zhou Bingkun went to work at the cultural center, all he had to do was collect folk materials, collect folk materials, collect folk materials, and occasionally write something in his spare time.

To be honest, Zhou Bingkun had long wanted to work in a cultural center, but his primary school diploma was a big problem. How could someone with only a primary school diploma possibly get into a cultural center?

As for plagiarizing works to gain fame sooner?

The times were not right; even if you had excellent works in the past, there was nowhere to publish them.

Moreover, Zhou Bingkun's previous education level was indeed insufficient. If he really tried to bring over something, without enough education and background to support it, it would be easy for him to be exposed.

Now is the perfect time; many magazines are resuming publication, the political situation is gradually becoming clearer, and some topics can be discussed.

In addition, Zhou Bingkun has honed himself over the years, so he is more or less able to handle these things that have been moved over and will not be exposed.

So at this moment, everything is just right.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like