Raising Babies in the 70s

    At the beginning of July, Qin Rou received two sample picture books from the publishing house, as well as 30 published picture books for children and baby sharks.

    She was a little dumbfounded. At this time, the traffic between the island and the inland was so dumbfounding. Because of the typhoon and the weather, many times the ship transportation had to be delayed.

    When she receives the sample book, it will be officially released on Xinhua Bookstore.

    I don't know what the sales will be like.

    This is a surprise, Qin Rou will not show them to the two cubs for the time being. She brought a few books to the kindergarten and showed them to the principal Wu Min.

    President Wu Min flipped through the pages, "This book is really good."

    "This children's picture book is more suitable for three or four-year-old children to watch, these paintings are so beautiful, the story is simple and educational, there are many games behind this, plus A paper-cut game, a chessboard? That's nice..."

    Wu Min picked up the two picture books in front of him, and turned over the pages carefully, "Why are there several holes in these pages, for children to touch? Yes, The little guy likes to touch these things with his fingers..."

    Qin Rou watched along with her. She also held a small shark picture book in her hand. Compared with others, she loved the baby shark in her hand. Every time she saw it Cute, stupid, obedient, and greedy little shark, always thinking of the two baby sharks at home.

    In the office, the two adults read the children's picture books with relish.

    "Wait until September, our kindergarten will also put these picture books for children to see and play with."

    …

    "This baby shark is very playful, although the story is simple, but the brush is cute, I can't help but be fascinated by it, this baby shark is too cute when he acts like a baby with his mother ..." Although these picture books for children are more suitable for children, as an adult, the principal Wu Min particularly likes another story about baby sharks with simple strokes.

    Although the little shark baby Qin Rou draws simply, it uses the brushstrokes of modern comics, which is more cute and cute. The little shark's round body is more chubby beside the shark mother The little tadpole, with black bean eyes, its shark fins are also soft, and its small round body is lying on the mother's head, back and tail, all kinds of fancy coquettish and cute, it is obviously a small shark, but Like annoying flies that can't be driven away.

    It is visually cute!

    In front of the "outer fish", it will open the big toothed shark's mouth again.

    In short, it is cute, fierce and cute, baby shark's daily adventure.

    "How many copies do you have? Leave this for me. I'll take it back and show it to my daughter."

    "I'll buy yours at list price."

    "It's okay, the principal, just take it, there are quite a few at home."

    "No, how can I do this? I can't open this book. You gave this book. What happens after that? People ask you again, do you want to give it or not?"

    "Believe it or not, when I go out, other teachers will ask me for a copy."

    "Although it's a few cents, but you will be uncomfortable if you have more."

    "Okay, the principal ordered it from me."

    "That's right."

    Director Wu was right, she just went out and showed it to a few teachers, who also said she wanted to, at this age, who has no children at home, especially the young Young children are noisy at home every day. If there is a picture book for them to flip through, it can also pass the time, so that adults can feel at ease and save trouble.

    In this era, most parents do not have the requirement to cultivate their children's reading habits from an early age, but they instinctively feel that letting children read picture books is conducive to their growth.

    Qin Rou said to bring them five or six copies.

    "There is no more, so I can only buy it at Xinhua Bookstore. We have Xinhua Bookstore in Lucheng, don't know if there is any?"

    There should be one on the other side of Guangcheng. They are on the island. I don't know if it has been shipped by now.

    Qin Rou went to the Xinhua Bookstore to ask, and they said that it would be available in the middle of the month.

    The clerk of Xinhua Bookstore looked at the book in her hand, "Is this the book? When it arrives, I will buy one too. I think it is quite interesting."

    "Who drew it, such a coincidence."

    Qin Rou blushed, thinking about what I drew.

    It is also the lack of various entertainment activities at the moment, everyone has never seen such a cute cartoon, and have never felt such a style of painting, so they are curious about her baby shark , after all, everyone likes cute things.

    Mr. Chen Yubai's painting style is exquisite and sophisticated, and what he paints is more in line with the painting style of this era.

    After coming out of Xinhua Bookstore, Qin Rou felt a little relieved. From the current adult readers' point of view, the picture book is still somewhat attractive, but I don't know how the sales are going.

    I hope all of them can be sold. Although I intend to publish at my own expense, who doesn’t want to make more money?

      Now, that's not a small number either.

    Make money.

    Qin Rou proposed to let Mr. Chen do the painting, also with the idea of ​​making money for her sister's family. The Chen family has already planned to settle down in Qiongzhou Island, and recently, she has to solve the problem of moving into the household registration.

    If they can completely transfer their hukou to the village commune here, they will be able to allocate part of the land and homestead.

    Chen Mian works as a teacher in the school. Many of the students in the school are children of poor farmers nearby. He taught well and gained a lot of good popularity. Although the village chief and the secretary here are also poor, But it can help coordinate the relocation of the hukou.

    On Qiongzhou Island, although the natural conditions are good, it is too closed and backward. In addition, it is currently the frontier of coastal defense. Generally, educated youths from several big cities in Guangdong Province cannot accept the environment. There are many educated youths who have escaped over the years. Even if they die in the sea, they have to run. As long as they run successfully, they can go to another prosperous island.

    Few educated youths are willing to stay, and most of them try to leave. Some foreigners are willing to settle here, and the locals are neither welcome nor exclusive.

    As long as most of the members agree, the Chen family can move in.

      Borrow money and keep it privately.

    Qin Rou is not good to take out the money directly. It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. The money that people earn back by their own ability can be spent happily. She wants her sister to live in solid bricks tile house.

    Come on, just wait a few more years, wait a few more years, life will be better, and the south will develop.

    At that time, I am afraid that many people will go to the South China Sea.

    Guangcheng, Xinhua Bookstore.

    Bei Shuyun is an employee of a non-staple food factory. She came to Xinhua Bookstore to buy books today. She likes to read some novels and comic strips on weekdays. Little Book.

    As an adult, I am embarrassed to tell outsiders about things like reading villains, but Bei Shuyun just likes villains, so she always buys a few cents every month Yes, spend it on the "Little Man Book".

    She can save food, but she has to read the villain book.

    Bei Shuyun picked out the villain book she wanted to buy. When paying the bill at the cashier, she was about to take the money, but she saw the clerk in charge of collecting the money put a book together and put it aside.

    She glanced at random and saw a cute "big head fish"? ? ?

    The content inside also seems to be a painting.

    The clerk settled her account: "Anise."

    A little book is only a few cents at the moment.

    Bei Shuyun did not rush to give the money, but said, "Can I read this book?"

    "Are you looking at this?"

    "Look at it, look at it." The female clerk's face was a little red, and she herself didn't know why, why did she read this kind of "children's book".

      learn.

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    Even in Qiongzhou Island, a village a little farther from the sea, although they live on the island, many of them have never seen the sea since childhood.

    In this era, the transportation is not developed, and the local farmers are generally not mobile. Only the educated youth, veterans, workers, and those who actively responded to the country's construction and moved to the frontier desolate areas will carry out long-term development. distance population migration.

    Bei Shuyun picked up the book, opened it at will, and immediately saw the bulging baby shark, she thought this little chubby fish was very cute, with a gray body, white belly, and small eyes , the short little shark fins are especially cute.

    She couldn't help but read it, although the story is simple, but the style of painting is really cute, people like it at first sight.

    "Cough—" The clerk coughed and reminded: "This is suitable for children between two to four or five years old, this is a new children's book, I have a little niece at home , I was just the right age, so I opened it and planned to buy it for her to see."

    Bei Shuyun was also a little embarrassed, and immediately said: "I also have a little nephew at home, I want to buy a copy for him to see, where is this?"

     "It's over there, and there's a children's picture book next to it, would you like to read it together?"

    "Okay."

    Bei Shuyun went to find two books, she flipped through the sample books and decided to buy both, one for her little nephew and one for her little shark, just for herself Little Book.

    "Help me settle the books together."

    When I got home, the third brother came up with his little nephew, a three-year-old boy. Usually when he came, Bei Shuyun had to be careful about his little book, for fear of being caught by this The little bad guy stole it, or tore it up.

    A little boy of this age likes to tear up books. She has torn up several books by him. Now that she is very experienced, she must hide her books.

    "Auntie, are you back?!"

    "You went to buy the villain book? I want to see I want to see!!"

    Bei Shuyun was upset, but this time she remembered the two books she bought, so she gave the two picture books to her little nephew Beibaoshan.

    Beibaoshan first saw the naive little squirrel nibbling coconuts on the children's picture book, and couldn't help but cry out "wow wow wow".

    "Fish! Fish! Fish!"

    …

    Later these two books were taken away by her little nephew Bei Baoshan. Bei Shuyun sighed and decided to go to Xinhua Bookstore to buy two more the next day.

    The next day I went to the bookstore to buy it, when I received a call from my sister-in-law, "Where did you get the book that Baoshan brought back yesterday?"

    "It's in Xinhua Bookstore, what's wrong?"

    "He took the book to the kindergarten today, and many children were rushing to read and play. The family is crying and clamoring for books."

    "I bought it at the Xinhua Bookstore? How much? Well, then I'll go buy him a copy, just buy a copy, don't cry, isn't it just a book—"

    …

    The clerk of Xinhua Bookstore yawned, and another middle-aged man came over to ask: "Is there one with a little squirrel on the cover, a book for children, and what kind of fish... "

    "The one you said is sold out."

    "Sold out? Why is it sold out?"

     "Because there are not many copies of this book, we have to urge them to get the goods here."

    …

    The publishing house was very surprised, "It's sold out so soon?"

    "Print, then prepare to print."

    "This parent is quite willing to buy it for his child?"

    …

    After all, this is a children's book, parents who have no money will not buy books for their children, and usually do not have access to books, generally can go to kindergarten, most parents have jobs, not less than a few cents A piece, compared to those chocolate foreign toys, these are not a lot of money, the child likes it, just buy it.

    One thousand copies sold out.

    Two thousand copies are also sold out.

    …