Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 38 "Rural Teachers" published

In the past few months, He Ping and Han Zhaojun have put thousands of chickens in the surrounding markets and county towns. It can be seen from the sales of chickens a while ago that it is getting harder and harder to sell chickens, which shows that the market is more and more interested in chickens. The demand for chickens is almost saturated, and it is already difficult for them to sell chicks to recoup funds.

So He Ping changed his thinking a little bit, it doesn't matter if the chickens can't be sold, and the half-sized chickens that will grow in a month or two are definitely a hot commodity in the market.

It costs a few dollars to buy it at home, and you don’t need to feed it. After a month or two, you can lay eggs. How can you find such a beautiful thing.

Selling chickens that are about to grow into laying eggs is undoubtedly a waste of money. If it weren't for the shortage of funds in the chicken farm, He Ping would not be willing to make such a move.

Hatching some chicks to supplement the chicks is also a remedy.

After this batch of 2600 chicks hatched, there were already [-] chickens in the chicken farm.

He Ping plans to sell 200 semi-large chickens. The initial price of one chicken is 2.5 yuan. 500 yuan should be enough for the chicken farm to support the first wave of egg production.

Since Han Zhaogui, who was lazy, was fired, and the daily management regulations and reward and punishment system of the chicken farm were promulgated in a meeting, the work discipline of the chicken farm has become much stronger than before, and the work efficiency has also improved a lot.

After the incident of Huang Pizi killing the chicken last time, He Ping specially invited Han Weiguo to be the security officer of the chicken farm, responsible for patrolling on duty at night.

It turned out that He Ping had partnered with Han Weiguo a few times when he was watching the warehouse of the brigade, and he had a very good impression of Han Weiguo. He vividly interpreted the two words of taciturnity and dedication to duty. Maybe this is the true nature of a soldier.

During this period of time, the chicken farm has been calm and nothing happened.

In other words, you have to use such a person to make people feel at ease.

Before you know it, September is drawing to a close.

In the office of the County Cultural Center, Li Feng brewed a cup of tea and comfortably flipped through the new magazine that just came out. The office on Friday afternoon is the cleanest and most leisurely place.

The latest issue of "Science Fiction World" just arrived yesterday, and Li Feng was busy all morning, so he only had time to look at it in the afternoon.

As a magazine that was only launched this year and has only published four or five issues, the cultural center would not have subscribed to it.

But who let Li Feng take care of this matter.

To be honest, Li Feng's perception of He Ping is complicated. On the one hand, his sweetheart obviously has a secret heart for He Ping, which makes him full of jealousy.

On the other hand, he admires He Ping's character and talent very much.Li Feng thought it was impossible for him to adopt an abandoned child before he had a family and was not able to eat enough.There are also articles like "The Heartbreaker". Li Feng tried to imitate it, but found that he did not have that kind of writing power and imagination.

Including He Ping's first published novel "Soul and Flesh", He Ping is not only in the writing of science fiction, even in the writing of novels with realistic themes, he is beyond his reach.

Ugh!
Putting aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, Li Feng turned the magazine to the page of He Ping's works first. Mao Chunhua had already known to everyone about the reading club that He Ping had contributed to "Science Fiction World".

"Village Teacher"?
It doesn't seem to fit well with science fiction, Li Feng thought.

"He knew that this last lesson was going to be taught in advance. Another sharp pain from his liver almost made him faint. He couldn't get out of bed, so he moved closer to the window beside the bed. The moonlight reflected On the window paper, the silver is shining, making the small window look like a door leading to another world, and everything in that world must be shining silver, as if made of silver and snow that does not freeze people Boxview..."

Li Feng was immersed in the magnificent imaginary world, his eyes gradually fogged up, and his throat was choked with sobs.

He didn't realize at all that there was a person standing behind him at some point.

"The sun peeked out from behind the mountain, throwing a golden glow into the still sleeping mountain village... The children walked along the path to the village, and the group of small figures quickly disappeared into the light blue morning mist in the valley. They will live to reap the meager but real hope of this ancient barren land."

After reading the last paragraph of the novel, Li Feng reluctantly closed the magazine, tears pouring down his face.

"Excellent writing!"

"It's pretty good."

Li Feng was startled by the sudden voice behind him. He subconsciously turned around to look, without even bothering to wipe away the tears on his face, he immediately stood up, "Curator!"

"Sit down, don't worry about me." The curator looked over 50 years old, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, probably because of his professional relationship, and he had a strong bookish air.

Sneaking in while being caught by the big boss, Li Feng felt uneasy.The curator is Wu Guanyou, who is also the deputy director of the County Cultural Bureau.

"Relax, it's Friday afternoon, I understand." The curator smiled and comforted Li Feng, seeing that he was still a little nervous, he changed the subject and said, "This novel is well written, is it just published?"

"It was published in the latest issue of Science Fiction World."

""Science Fiction World"? Why haven't I heard of this name before? When did you order it?"

Li Feng was a little ashamed. He ordered "Science Fiction World" purely because he wanted to check the level of his competitors. Thinking of this, he had an idea.

""Science Fiction World" is a science fiction magazine that was just launched this year. There was no order in the library. But I know an author from our Ping County who has published two novels on it, so I ordered it privately."

"Oh? Publishing two novels in a row, that's extraordinary. Our Ping County has quietly produced a science fiction writer?" the curator asked with great interest.

Magazine manuscript review in this era is still relatively strict, and an author needs to be quite strong to publish two novels consecutively in the same magazine.

"It's the author of this "Rural Teacher", called He Ping, and we are in a reading club."

Li Feng pointed to the magazine and introduced, and at the same time, there was a hint of pride in his heart.

Look, the level of our reading club is high, right?

The curator showed a surprised expression. He thought it might be a young man who published a short story in the magazine by chance, but he didn't expect it to be such a high-level novella.

""Village Teacher"? That's a good name, and your friend has a level." Just now, the curator stood behind Li Feng and followed him to read most of the novel, so he naturally understood the level of this novel.

The curator thought that there were still a lot of content that he hadn't read, and the polite Li Feng said, "Can I borrow this magazine?"

Li Feng hurriedly handed over the magazine, "Please read it."

The curator smiled and said, "Okay, I'll borrow it to have a look first, and return it to you after I've finished reading."

"Don't worry, just take a look."

After the curator left with the magazine, Li Feng let out a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)