That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 331 Wen Leyu: "Are you local?"

"Ms. Chen, do you have any more garlic? Two cloves."

"I also want a bowl of noodle soup. I ate too much. Hua Hua Shi'er."

"I want another bowl of noodles, I'm not full yet!"

In Jiang Xiaoyan's noodle shop, seven people, including Li Ye and Li Yue, were enjoying themselves with a big bowl each.

Eating a bowl of hot lamb noodle soup in the middle of winter will instantly dispel all the coldness in your body.

Jiang Xiaoyan's father, Jiang Yougui, came out of the kitchen with a sarcastic smile and placed a large handful of garlic cloves and two bowls of noodle soup on the table for everyone.

"Hey, eat more, don't pay, take care of enough, take care of enough"

"How can you not ask for money? Uncle Jiang, if you don't want money, we won't dare to eat it."

"I can't ask for money, I really can't ask for money."

Jiang Yougui rubbed the corners of his clothes and retreated to the kitchen with an embarrassed look on his face.

Then Jiang Xiaoyan, who was busy in the kitchen, scolded him in a low voice: "Can you speak? You talk about money all day long. If you are so annoying, just go back to your hometown."

"I didn't say bad! You can't ask for money. We are all your classmates, so asking for money is nothing."

Listening to the man's aggrieved voice, Li Ye, Hu Man and others couldn't help but feel funny and helpless.

There was no long holiday during the Spring Festival in the 1980s, so Jiang Xiaoyan and her mother did not go home with Li Ye and others, nor did they return to Beijing together. They only stayed in their hometown for two days and then hurried back to work on their small noodle shop.

After Li Ye and others arrived at Jiang Xiaoyan's noodle shop, they discovered that Jiang Yougui, who had been in his hometown last year, was here, but Jiang Xiaoning, who had been in the capital for several months, was nowhere to be seen.

Everyone was embarrassed to ask in person, and waited until they were ready to leave after eating before asking Jiang Xiaoyan at the door.

Jiang Xiaoyan said: "What's there to say? My brother can't bear the hardships in the capital, so he can just go back to his hometown!"

Han Xia was outspoken and had a good relationship with Jiang Xiaoyan, so she asked quietly, "What about your brother? The last time I saw him, he refused to go back to his hometown!"

Jiang Xiaoyan shook her head and said: "He was admitted to a joint venture instant noodle factory in his hometown. He works eight hours a day and earns 40 to 50 yuan a month. Why not be willing to accept it?"

Han Xia nodded thoughtfully and said, "Yes, your business is too tiring."

Even though Jiang Xiaoyan's family's business is small, they have to get up at three or four in the morning to make noodles, and they don't close until ten in the evening. After years of hard work, they can still sleep standing up.

Jiang Xiaoning has never done heavy work since she was a child, how can she bear this?

There was another reason Jiang Xiaoyan didn't say.

That means Jiang Xiaoning can't make any money despite suffering so much!

My mother and sister were very tight on money, and they only had five yuan as pocket money every month. If he said anything more, he would be deported as a "blind flow".

Jiang Xiaoning worked day and night, and even if he wanted to visit the big capital, he had no time, and his life was difficult!

In the end, under the coercion and inducement of her sister, Jiang Xiaoning agreed to the humiliating contract of sending fifteen yuan a month, and waited at home for Chen Jinhua to save money for him to marry a wife.

As for dragging his father Jiang Yougui to the capital, Jiang Xiaoyan was unwilling. His mother Chen Jinhua's serious illness made him very resentful towards his father Jiang Yougui.

Just now in the noodle shop, Li Ye and others noticed the conflict between them.

Li Ye looked at Jiang Xiaoyan, who looked unhappy, and said to the other students: "You guys get in the car first, and I'll tell Xiaoyan something."

Jiang Xiaoyan immediately said displeased: "Li Ye, do you want to give me food money again? Can you stop being so annoying?"

"Am I a grinder?"

Li Ye glanced at Jiang Xiaoyan, pointed at the noodle shop's sign and said, "Did your mother or you decide on this sign?"

Jiang Xiaoyan's noodle shop is called "Chen's Noodle Shop", which is Chen Jinhua's.

Jiang Xiaoyan said in confusion: "Mom and I discussed this, what happened?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "Then do you think your mother is a smart person?"

Jiang Xiaoyan didn't understand what Li Ye meant, so she could only nodded silently.

Even if Jiang Xiaoyan is a college student, she has to admit that her mother is a smart and capable person. If it weren't for her persistence, she, Jiang Xiaoyan, would have dropped out of school and started farming.

"So! Your mother was not stupid in bringing your father to the capital," Li Ye said in a low voice, "Your mother is most likely planning to separate the family."

"Separate?"

Jiang Xiaoyan was stunned and suddenly seemed to understand something.

No wonder I tried my best to oppose it, my mother wanted to bring my father to the capital from my hometown.

Li Ye looked at Jiang Xiaoyan and said with a smile: "In the past, your mother did not come from Qingshui County, so her vision was somewhat limited, but from now on, your mother is the head of the household."

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Li Ye watched Chen Jinhua build a successful noodle shop in just one year, and was already planning to open a second branch.

Once such a powerful woman broadens her horizons, how can she still be restricted by the Jiang family?

Just like the sign "Chen's Noodle House" at the entrance of the noodle shop, in this small home in the capital, Chen Jinhua has complete control over the power.

Jiang Yougui has always been an honest person, and from now on he will only be a "good wife"!

. . . . . . .

There are two reasons why Li Ye returned to the capital early. The first was to prepare for the training of the school debate team, and the second was, of course, to go shopping with Wen Leyu for lantern shopping.

And the second reason is the main one. Things about the debate team are just incidental.

Many years ago, among flower growers, the war between men and women was very serious. However, during the Lantern Festival, whether it is a lady from your family or a girl from a small family, you can watch the handsome men under the lanterns all over the street and imagine the appearance of the handsome man and the talented woman in the story. s story.

Therefore, during the Lantern Festival, girls go shopping for lanterns, which has been of profound significance throughout the ages. Romance is not an exotic thing. Our ancestors have played with it countless times. Li Ye and Wen Leyu held hands, each holding a bunch of candied haws, and strolled on the street filled with lanterns.

Occasionally, Li Ye would put his string of candied haws in front of Wen Leyu's little face.

But Wen Leyu never disliked it. He would open his small mouth and bite it with his teeth, shaking his neck to pull the hawthorn off the bamboo stick.

Then in less than a minute, Wen Leyu would stretch out his string of candied haws in front of Li Ye, and then do the same thing again.

It can be said that the current relationship between the two of them is nothing more than skin-to-skin contact with a real young couple. Even if Li Ye is bolder, he may not be unable to give it a try.

"Well, by the way, my mother asked a colleague to bring back some literary review magazines from the lighthouse a few days ago. There were reviews of "A Song of Ice and Fire" in them. She was a little angry after reading them."

"Ok?"

Li Ye spat out the hawthorn seeds in his mouth and said seriously: "What did the comments say?"

Wen Leyu said: "There is a very famous writer who said that our books are neither fish nor fowl. They are not Western thinking at all. They are just to defraud readers of money."

"This comment is a bit mean."

After the first volume of "A Song of Ice and Fire" was published, the market response was very good. Now it has reached the second volume. It has made a lot of money, but it can be said to be a scam.

Li Ye suddenly asked: "Is the writer who made the comment named Wood?"

Wen Leyu nodded and said, "Yes, that's him. My mother has asked classmates who are familiar with the lighthouse literary circle. This Wood is not an unknown person."

"You don't know the inside story," Li Ye said: "Our "Song of Ice and Fire" also held a prize-winning essay competition at the Lighthouse. Wood's first draft was the first in the Americas, but he didn't have time to go to Hong Kong Island. ."

Li Ye briefly talked about what happened in Hong Kong Island, and then said: "Originally, Wood was very arrogant and didn't bother to argue with us, but he couldn't stand the sales of "A Song of Ice and Fire"!

I asked Pei Wencong during the Chinese New Year. According to incomplete statistics, last year's income should be between 4.5 million and 5 million US dollars.

So if Wood had accepted our translation contract at that time, he would now be able to get a translation fee of US$450,000 to US$500,000.

When the next few volumes were released, the royalties would be reduced several times, but Wood was very proud, so the money fell on others, and he regretted it."

"Cough cough~"

Li Ye suddenly heard Wen Leyu coughing.

He quickly took out a small silver kettle from his arms, opened the lid and poured it into Xiao Nizi's mouth.

"Tons, tons, tons~"

Wen Leyu drank half a pot of warm water in one breath, then opened his eyes and said to Li Ye: "Didn't we agree at the time? Just pay them wages. Why give them so much?"

Li Ye has told Wen Leyu before that the value of "Song of Ice and Fire" will exceed 10 million US dollars in the near future, and there will be no upper limit in the future.

At that time, Wen Leyu was somewhat skeptical, but Teacher Ke believed in Li Ye very much.

Later, Li Ye also told Wen Leyu that the "fee for the manuscript was over one million," but it was within Wen Leyu's psychological tolerance, so it was nothing.

But how long has it been? It actually jumped to five million? What's even more terrible is, why do those "tool people" want to take away half a million yuan in royalties?

That’s half a million dollars!

Li Ye had no choice but to put his arms around Wen Leyu's waist and said, "There is nothing we can do about it! Our first draft cannot meet the requirements of Western readers, and 10% of the translation fee must be paid.

But if they make more money, don’t we make more money? After deducting 20% ​​of the translation costs of the two authors, and then Pei Wencong accounting for 30%, we get 56%."

"Oh, we make more, much more."

Wen Leyu's little head nodded repeatedly, comforting himself while quickly calculating in his mind how much one-third of fifty-six percent was.

The answer is close to one million. In addition, Teacher Ke also said that Wen Leyu would be in charge of his share, so the amount collected in Wen Leyu’s hands would be nearly two million US dollars.

But something suddenly occurred to her and she asked again: "The five million you mentioned, is it the American version? Or is it added to the European version?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "Of course it's the American version. The sales volume of the European version is a little less, more than three million!"

Wen Leyu: “…”

She had to do the math again.

Li Ye looked at Wen Leyu, whose eyes were shining with gold, and couldn't help but smile: "Xiao Yu, why have I heard people say that girls from families like yours don't seem to be interested in money?"

Wen Leyu was stunned, tilted his little head, and stared at Li Ye sideways without saying anything.

Because Wen Leyu was wearing a fluffy mink hat, he looked like an underage Northeastern Golden Age, cutely recognizing Li Ye - "Are you from the local area?"

If it wasn't local, I would have tried Yako!

Are you saying I'm not interested in money? What do you want to do after that?

Wen Leyu is not a person who is greedy for money, but there is a note in her little notebook - "Have a good talk with Li Ye, do not allow wanton waste, and learn to be frugal."

Isn't the best way to make someone frugal is to make him don't have much money in his pocket?

Although frugality with an annual salary of ten yuan is different from frugality with an annual salary of one million, Wen Leyu always felt that he had the responsibility to help Li Ye establish a good living habit.

Li Ye blinked, not understanding what Wen Leyu's eyes meant, so he continued: "I heard people say that the education you have been exposed to since childhood was relatively high-end.

For example, someone screwed someone up, and someone was tricked by someone who was superior, so vulgar things like a small amount of money may not catch your eye. "

Li Ye's words are not nonsense, because although he was a small person in his previous life, he accompanied his boss to have contact with a big boss once. This was the situation at that time.

But Li Ye is not sure whether today in 84 will be the same as forty years later.

"As for money, it can't be put on the stage, but it can't be done without it, and it also depends on the amount of money,"

Wen Leyu narrowed his eyes, put his little hand into Li Ye's sleeve, pinched his wrist, and squeezed hard.

"And I will marry a chicken and a dog, and I will be interested in whatever you are interested in in the future. What other high-end and low-end things are there? If you say such unreasonable things to me in the future, be careful I will pinch you. Bleeding comes.”

Li Ye's wrist hurt, and he immediately understood that he was wrong. No matter how fairy-like the girl was, she was still a girl, and she had the same little problems as ordinary girls.

However, Wen Leyu's ability to say "if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, marry a dog, follow the dog" made Li Ye feel really comfortable listening to it.

　There will be three updates tonight, morning and evening, but it will be very late, probably around two o'clock in the middle of the night, so everyone should get up and watch it tomorrow morning! sorry sorry

　　

　

(End of this chapter)