2. Third Story.
“You clean up first.” Mu Ling looked at the embarrassed Guo Lianyun and reminded.
Guo Lianjun nodded, but she almost fell out of bed when she moved. She held the table next to her and poured a glass of water in her stomach, only to feel better. Then she found some clothes to put on, went outside to draw water and came back to scrub.
This room is very small, and there is no place to take a bath, but Guo Lianyun is used to it. She changed several basins of water, wiped herself back and forth seven or eight times, and then changed into clean clothes. Ling had read this small room back and forth several times.
“I don’t have a penny now, and I haven’t eaten for three days,” Guo Lianyun looked at Mu Ling, “I want to go out to find something to eat first, how about you?”
“Where can you find something to eat? “Mu Ling asked back.
Guo Lianyun was stunned, then smiled wryly, it was really not easy to find food, there are countless homeless children living in Shanghai now, these children will rummage through every trash can and eat everything that can be eaten. Speaking of which, If Jiang Gaojie hadn’t only taken the money but not the food at home a month ago, and she had received some relief from the restaurant where she used to work, I’m afraid she would have starved to death.
“In the era of my life, books were very valuable, so it shouldn’t be much different here, right? I think you can sell these books.” Mu Ling pointed to the books in the room.
Guo Lianyun was stunned for a while, and soon began to pack these books. Jiang Gaojie bought these books. She has read them. She cherishes these books, so she never thought that they could be sold.
Guo Lianjun was different from the two people Mu Ling had met before. She had seen the world, so after she planned to sell books, she decisively took twenty books to a private bookstore, and then traded in the old books. sold out.
When Guo Lianyun was doing all this, Mu Ling kept observing the surrounding situation. She looked at the strange houses around her, looked at the various clothes of the people around her, and looked at the cars that could run without horses…
Of course , the women who showed their arms on the street most attracted her attention. Although this society is still a little chaotic, it cannot be denied that changes have begun.
After selling the book, Guo Lianyun bought a few vegetable buns to fill her stomach, and also bought some food to take home – although the house she rented was small, she could cook on the stove outside the room.
Back at the rented place, after Guo Lianyun pay the rent for this month’s to the landlord, she ran out of money again. She lay down on the bed, thinking about going to find a job tomorrow.
It’s just… now that many people from all over the country are running here, the place is overcrowded, and several people are robbing the job of washing dishes, how can she easily find it?
If it wasn’t for the western restaurant to recruit waiters with good looks and temperament, it would not have been her turn.
“You help me spread these newspapers, I want to read.” Mu Ling suddenly said.
Guo Lianjun spread out the newspapers one by one, and asked, “What are you looking at? The job advertisements above?”
“No, I’m reading the article above, why don’t you submit it?” Mu Ling asked, she only knew some of Guo Lianyun’s experience, she didn’t know much about this era, so the only thing she could know was suitable for the current Guo Lianyun The way to make money is to contribute to newspapers or magazines.
Jiang Gaojie doesn’t go to work and writes articles at home all day long, isn’t it because of the high fees? At this time, many readers were relying on manuscript fees for a living.
“I don’t know how to write.” Guo Lianyun frowned. She wasn’t good at writing when she was studying, but she was better at arithmetic.
“I think the above story is not difficult to write.” Mu Ling pointed out that it was a short story written in vernacular. In the eyes of those old pedants, this article is probably nondescript, but when you really read it, She felt comfortable reading it.
There are not too many gorgeous and uncommon rhetoric in this vernacular text. It is reasonable to say that Guo Lianyun’s knowledge is completely sufficient. It is said that she is used to all kinds of prose, and she can write after reading a few articles.
“I’ve never written these, I don’t know what to write, and these vernacular novels…” Guo Lianyun wanted to say that these vernacular novels were not at all literary, but suddenly remembered that Jiang Gaojie was talking about it all day. But why should she believe Jiang Gaojie?
Jiang Gaojie always felt that the poems he wrote were the best. These vernacular prose had no literary talent at all, but in fact? These vernacular texts have been published, and his poems… have been written for a whole year, but only two or three poems have been published.
Speaking of which, Jiang Gaojie used to write in vernacular, saying that he could write things he didn’t like in order to make money, but the things he wrote were still unwritten.
“Let’s write this kind of article.” Mu Ling said, pointing to the article in the newspaper.
“Okay.” Guo Lianyun nodded. Although she had no confidence, what if the article she wrote was published?
It was said that he wanted to write, but Guo Lianyun had no clue at all, but Mu Ling gave an idea after reading the article in the newspaper: “Are you writing a scholar? Just write one who wants to become a jinshi, For this reason, he studied tirelessly but ignored everything around him, and finally found out that the emperor no longer exists, so he is a mad scholar.”
Mu Ling used to live in his village for a period of time every year by paying tribute to the Buddha. At that time, the maid by her side Zi will always collect a lot of interesting stories to tell her, and there are many about scholars.
For example, there was a man who wanted to study even though he had no ability, and ended up going bankrupt without even relying on a talented person.
Another example is a person who failed the test repeatedly until he was in his fifties. Because he had no children and his wife died, he starved to death because he knew nothing.
There is another person, who finally got admitted to the Juren, and died on the spot when he was excited…
Everything is inferior except for reading high, and the imperial examination is the only way for the underprivileged children to get ahead in the era of no war, so countless people throw their heads and blood for the imperial examination… Mu Ling recalled the struggle between those scholars and the persistence of some scholars, and always felt speechless.
Speaking of which, the second brother Su Zi painted was someone who obviously didn’t have that talent and still had to learn.
After knowing that there is no emperor in this world, Mu Ling thought that those who can’t do anything except scientific examinations will probably go crazy, and now he can write it.
Of course, some scholars actually have the intention to make changes long ago, and they are even the leaders of the new faction, but even so, don’t people in some obscure places still only know the emperor?
When Mu Ling thought of this, she said some interesting things about it. Guo Lianyun became more excited as she listened to it, and immediately had the urge to write this story down.
“After finding out that he can’t take the scientific test, this scholar can be like a madman all day long, but he still has to do eight-legged essays. This kind of story is very meaningful!” Guo Lianyun took the pen and began to write.
Guo Lianyun was really not very good at writing, and Mu Ling couldn’t read it. He read a sentence by himself and asked Guo Lianyun to write a sentence, and then slowly wrote the story, but she kept writing it until midnight. , the two wrote only 5,000 words.
“Go to bed early and write again tomorrow.” Mu Ling let Guo Lianyun fall asleep.
The next day, Guo Lianyun didn’t go out, and she wrote for a whole day. In the end, her hands were sore, and she finally finished writing a short essay of 20,000 words. Because there were many traces of corrections on the paper, she copied it again on the third day. before submitting it.
Although some people were calling for equality between men and women at this time, in fact, there was no equality between men and women. Because of this, Guo Lianjun didn’t use her real name, but a pseudonym of Junlian.
Guo Lianyun went out, and Mu Ling continued to read the newspaper spread out on the bed. She had been studying articles in newspapers and magazines while Guo Lianyun was sleeping and eating these days, and learned from them. Guo Lianyun did not write anything. She has a talent for writing, so for the time being, it is up to her to dictate the article – she has not lived in vain for so many years, and she always knows how to tell a story well.
Of course, she also did not forget those brand-new ideas.
“Let’s continue.” After submitting the manuscript, Guo Lianyun found Mu Ling again, and then began to discuss with Mu Ling what to write next: “You think a woman is ignorant and does not know how to ask a doctor for medicine after her child is sick. Instead, how about the story of giving him talisman water and finally killing his own child? I once met such a woman on a train. Her child had a bad cough and probably had pneumonia. She didn’t even want to give the child medicine. Instead, he used a needle to pick the child’s chest, saying that the phlegm was picked out and the cough would stop.” Looking back now, she can still clearly remember the child’s weak cry.
“Okay, let’s discuss the plot, and then I say you write it.” Mu Ling said again.
The two spent two days and wrote another article of more than 10,000 words. Guo Lianyun took the article for submission, and after returning, he immediately said that they could write another story about a female worker. I have been to a woman who wanted to find a job but was tricked into going to a dirty place. The woman was locked up and forced to pick up guests. They didn’t even give her a piece of clothing. In the end, she was dying of illness and was thrown away. It was the experience of this female worker that made her always be very careful when looking for a job.
Mu Ling and Guo Lianyun cooperated. This time, it took four days to write the story of the female worker in 40,000 words, and also created some very typical characters in it. The female worker finally changed from being thrown out to being captured. It was a pity that the rescuer died, and in the end only the female worker was left.
After Guo Lianyun submitted the manuscript this time, she was still eager to write the next one.
“You should have a good rest, don’t blame yourself for other people’s mistakes.” Mu Ling finally reminded that Guo Lianyun seemed to be strong these days, but she didn’t let herself have a moment of free time. In fact, she still didn’t let go of the original things.
Guo Lianjun suddenly fell on the bed and started crying. She cried for a long time before wiping away her tears and standing up straight: “Actually, it’s nothing to worry about, it’s just like being bitten by a dog. I’m not one of those traditional women, always. You can’t really die for this.”
“You just need to figure it out.” Mu Lingdao, for a woman of her age, although this is uncomfortable, it’s not a big deal when you think about it carefully. As long as you don’t have a baby it’s fine.
“I’ll be fine, I have to take revenge!” Guo Lianyun showed a smile.
Guo Lianjun finally stopped forcing herself to keep writing, but sold the remaining books for some money.
Although the money is not much, it is enough to support her for a period of time, so that she will not have a difficult time when the manuscript is not selected.
Guo Lianyun started looking for a job again, and Mu Ling finally confirmed that Guo Lianyun was not pregnant because of that incident.
Guo Lianyun’s luck is very good. You must know that although abortion can already be done these days, it is very, very dangerous. As for giving birth… Anyway, Mu Ling doesn’t like the child of the abuser.
Maybe it’s really a good thing. When they went home one day, they saw a young man in a suit standing at her door. After that person confirmed that Guo Lianjun was “Junlian”, he told her three articles has been selected and are confirmed to be published.
