Literary Master 1978

The Tao family rarely holds family meetings, usually when there are major events in the family, such as buying a TV or Tao Yumo's college entrance examination, and the conveners are basically Tao's father and Tao's mother.

Today Tao Yushu suddenly called his family together, and everyone was a little confused.

"Sister, what do you want to say?" Tao Yumo asked curiously.

Everyone's expression was the same as Tao Yumo's, and they were all curious about the reason why Tao Yushu was so fussy.

Tao Yushu and Lin Chaoyang looked at each other and said solemnly: "Chaoyang and I plan to buy a house."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Tao family looked surprised.

"Why buy a house?" Tao Yumo asked everyone what was on his mind.

"What else can we do? Just stay here." Tao Yushu said.

Tao Yumo was puzzled: "It's not like the units are divided into houses."

"Your brother-in-law is a temporary worker in the library, and I'm still in school. Where is it so easy to share a house?"

Tao Yumo didn't know how to answer her sister's rhetorical question. She had always been in school, either living at home or in a dormitory, and had never considered the issue of a house.

Tao Yucheng advised: "Yushu, it's not cost-effective to buy a house. It's just a matter of waiting a few more years."

What he said is actually the thinking of most people in this era. If the work unit can allocate houses, why buy them? It's just a matter of waiting a little longer.

“We have also considered this, mainly from several aspects.

One is at home. Now that Xiwen and Xiwu are getting older, it is always inconvenient for them to share a room with Yumo. Let’s leave and free up a room. Yu Mo can just live in one by himself..."

Tao Yushu's first reason won the hearts of his sister and sister-in-law. When Tao Yumo thought that he could have a room to himself after his sister and brother-in-law moved out, a smile appeared on Tao Yumo's face.

The smile on Zhao Li's face was very vague, but she was very happy in her heart.

"The other thing is that Chaoyang and I usually write, and we want to have a separate study room."

Everyone can tell that Tao Yushu's subtext is that the house is too noisy. This mainly refers to Tao Yumo, Tao Xiwen, and Xiwu, but she just said something nice to them, so Zhao Li and Tao Yumo didn't feel uncomfortable. .

"There is another most important thing..." Tao Yushu's eyes suddenly looked at Lin Chaoyang, affectionately, "Chaoyang and I have been married for two years..."

Tao Yushu did not continue, but everyone understood what she meant.

My uncle asked like a fool: "Are you pregnant?"

Zhao Li immediately tugged at him, and Tao Yushu rolled her eyes at him angrily, "I'm already pregnant, and I'm still going through the trouble of changing houses. Are you afraid that I won't get pregnant, right?"

After being scolded by his sister, Tao Yucheng looked stern, "Don't I care about you? If you are not pregnant, then you are preparing to become pregnant, right?"

Before Tao Yushu could answer his question, Tao's father said to him: "Okay, stop talking nonsense here."

Tao's father asked: "Yushu, I hear what you want, have you already found a house?"

Tao Yushu nodded, "Well, there is an overseas Chinese in the Overseas Chinese Apartment who plans to sell his house..."

"Overseas Chinese Apartment?" Tao Yushu was interrupted by Tao Yucheng's surprised voice mid-sentence, "The houses there are not cheap!"

Father Tao also frowned and asked: "I remember that place could only be sold to overseas Chinese at that time, and it cost more than 100 yuan per square meter. Do you have enough money?"

"Chaoyang has been writing novels in the past two years, and we have saved a lot of money. However, we are still a little short of the payment for the house. The landlord said that we can pay in installments and give it to him after a year's delay." Tao Yushu said truthfully.

Hearing this, Father Tao frowned even more tightly.

You also have to pay the house payment in installments. How much does this house cost?

Tao's father asked this question, and the whole family turned their attention to Tao Yushu, full of inquiry.

"Ten thousand yuan!" Tao Yushu said the round number.

hiss!

There were gasps all over the room.

Tao Yucheng shouted: "What kind of house costs 10,000 yuan!"

Tao Yumo was dumbfounded. She only had a scholarship subsidy of more than ten yuan a month. Even after working, her salary was only a few dozen yuan. If she was allowed to buy a house worth ten thousand yuan, wouldn't she have to work until death?

Tao's mother had seen the world, but she really couldn't understand the idea of ​​her daughter and son-in-law spending 10,000 yuan to buy a house. Looking at Tao Yushu's determined expression, she couldn't help but cursed: "You have money to burn!"

"Mom!" Tao Yushu called Tao's mother to show his dissatisfaction.

Mother Tao said confidently: "Did I say something wrong? You have just lived a good life, and you dare to buy such an expensive house. What else is it burning?"

Tao Yushu knew that his mother was also worried about the two of them, but she was always unforgiving.

"How much money are you short of?" Father Tao asked.

Tao Yushu glanced at Lin Chaoyang and said, "More than two thousand yuan."

She also included the royalties for the novel that Lin Chaoyang gave to "Contemporary" because she didn't want her parents to worry about them.

At this time, Tao Yucheng asked in surprise: "So you two have more than 7,000 yuan? Oh my goodness! Writing novels is really profitable!"

It’s not that I don’t know, it’s just that I was shocked.

Everyone in the Tao family was surprised by how wealthy Lin Chaoyang and his wife were. No wonder they dared to buy a house worth 10,000 yuan.

Upon hearing this number, Tao's father's brows relaxed, while Tao's mother's eyes looked at Lin Chaoyang repeatedly in surprise.

Only my sister-in-law Zhao Li looked thoughtful. She thought about it for a while and then asked, "Yushu, right? We all know about Chaoyang's novels. How come there are so many royalties?"

"Not only my manuscript fee, but also Yushu's manuscript fee." Lin Chaoyang reminded everyone of Tao Yushu's contribution in a timely manner.

Tao Yushu said with a smile: "My manuscript fee is only a few dollars, and most of the manuscript fee is indeed earned by Chaoyang."

Speaking of this, she glanced at Lin Chaoyang with pride, and Lin Chaoyang immediately understood what his wife meant.

Everyone, get out of the way, Teacher Tao is about to start showing off!

"Actually, Chaoyang has been working very hard. In addition to writing when he gets off work in the evening, he also squeezes out some time to write novels after working in the library.

Because there is not much time, the output is not high. He did not submit articles under the pseudonym Xu Lingjun, but used another pseudonym. In just over a year, two novels were published. "

When Tao Yushu spoke, his face was as smooth as a lake, calm and unhurried, with an air of grandeur.

But in the eyes of the Tao family, they had only one feeling: Here we go again, right?

The scene in front of us happened once a year ago, and everyone still remembers it.

Okay, okay, you and your wife, let’s just play like this!

"No, what do you mean? Chaoyang published novels under another pen name?" Tao Yucheng asked eagerly.

Tao Yucheng's question was also the voice of everyone. Everyone was waiting for Tao Yushu's answer. Only Tao's mother had a bad premonition in her heart.

"His other pen name is Wang Qinglai." Tao Yushu said simply.

"Wang Qinglai?" Tao Yumo read the name, and his mind immediately thought of the novel he had read.

"'Qiu Ju's Lawsuit'!" she blurted out.

Tao Yushu nodded, "Yes. "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" was published in "Shanghai Literature and Art". There is also "Parental Love", which was published in "Harvest"."

After she finished speaking, Tao Yumo exclaimed, "I've been reading this novel for the past two days. No wonder, I just said that the character written by An Jie in this novel is so familiar. Brother-in-law, you don't know Is it based on my mother?"

Tao Yumo first asked Lin Chaoyang, then turned his attention to his mother.

Not only her, but the eyes of the rest of the Tao family were also focused on Tao's mother.

Mother Tao was immediately at a loss. Her face was a little embarrassed and a little shy, and she said angrily: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Well..." As soon as Lin Chaoyang spoke, everyone's eyes suddenly returned to him, "The novel "Parental Love" does refer to some of Mom's experiences. Anjie's Dare to Love, Dare to Hate, Dehua The hardworking and kind-hearted people, including An Jie’s sister An Xin, are all inspired by my mother.”

Master!

After Lin Chaoyang finished these two sentences, the Tao family members looked at him with a feeling of looking up to the mountains.

Tao Yucheng believed that flattering his brother-in-law was as good as the Tao!

Tao Yumo asked hurriedly: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, are there any characters based on me among them?"

As soon as she finished asking, Tao Yushu said, "Why are you joining in the fun?"

After being scolded by his sister, Tao Yumo muttered angrily: "The fox pretends to be the tiger's power!"

"you……"

Seeing that the two sisters were about to quarrel, Tao's father quickly said: "Okay, how old are you?"

He turned to ask Tao Yushu: "It's a good thing that Chaoyang's creative output is so high. It seems that it is not difficult for you two to buy this house, but you are not so relieved when you owe money to others. Let's use the difference first. Put your family’s money aside and give it to others, and then return it to your family when you have money.”

After hearing what Father Tao said, Lin Chaoyang immediately said, "Dad, how can we use the money at home?"

He glanced at Tao Yushu again and motioned for her to say a few words as well.

Tao Yushu reluctantly said: "Dad, the income from Chaoyang's royalties should be enough to buy a house. It's just a delay for a year and a half. In the future, we can buy furniture and other things later. Life is a bit hard. But we are still young..."

Lin Chaoyang glanced at her speechlessly, do you dare to be more perfunctory?

How does this mean that you are refusing help from your family? Every sentence is clearly asking for money.

Everyone could actually understand Tao Yushu's words. Not to mention the reaction of Tao's father and Tao's mother, Tao Yucheng and Tao Yumo were not dissatisfied.

Firstly, although the three brothers and sisters usually quarrel, their relationship is still good in the final analysis; secondly, the family is borrowing money, not giving money. With Lin Chaoyang's current income level, it would not be difficult to pay back the money within half a year.

Tao's father watched his daughter's performance calmly, but Tao's mother was unhappy.

"Okay, okay! What's the deal? I didn't say I wouldn't lend it to you, so who are you talking to? What a debt collector!" Mother Tao said angrily.

After she said this, she added, "I'll give you three thousand yuan, is that enough?"

Lin Chaoyang looked surprised. He didn't expect his mother-in-law to be so happy.

After being scolded by his mother, Tao Yushu was not dissatisfied at all. Instead, a smile broke out on his face, "That's enough, thank you, Mom!"

Lin Chaoyang pulled her and said to Tao's mother: "Mom, there's really no need. Buying a house is our business. How can we feel comfortable touching the family's money?"

"Why are you trying? It's not like I won't let you return it."

Tao's mother-in-law has a stiff temper, but anyone can hear her sincerity.

At this time, Tao's father said: "We are all one family. Your mother is right. This money is for your emergency."

"Dad, Mom, thank you for your kindness, but Yushu and I have caused trouble to our family for more than a year. We really feel bad about asking our family to help us when we buy a house."

Lin Chaoyang was determined. Seeing his attitude, Tao Yushu had to let go of his worries and said to his parents, "Mom and Dad, forget it."

Seeing that both of them said so, Tao's mother wanted to say something, but was stopped by Tao's father.

"Okay. You are grown up and have your own ideas. We won't force you. If you need money in the future, just ask us."

Lin Chaoyang and his wife nodded.

After talking about the money, Tao Yumo asked Lin Chaoyang and his wife about the specific situation of their house with great interest, and the family members were also a little curious.

Lin Chaoyang briefly introduced the situation of the house. Just listening to him, no one could tell how good the house was.

"Let's go and see it together in two days." Lin Chaoyang said.