Now that the first volume is complete, the next step is to submit.

Although he wrote a volume of 60,000 or 70,000 words, Zeng Wei did not plan to submit all of it to the magazine at one time, because it was impossible for the magazine to publish all the contents of this volume in one issue. At present, "Ancient Legends" is still a bimonthly magazine, that is, it is published every two months, which will last until 1999, when the "Ancient Legends" magazine establishes a bimonthly issue, and it will become a monthly magazine. As for now, it is only published once a month. The second is for the sake of their own copyright, after all, the intention of harming others is indispensable, but the heart of preventing others is indispensable.

In the end, Zeng Wei re-copied the first chapter of the first volume of the new "Sou Shen Ji" with about 13,000 words, that is, the wedge of the original book and the content of the first chapter, on letterhead, and this time, he only planned to send these contents to the magazine.

In his plan, if the first chapter can be published by the magazine, and the price offered by the magazine is acceptable, he will continue to send the follow-up content to the magazine.

Anyway, now "Ancient Legends" is a bi-monthly magazine, and it only publishes one issue every two months, so it is completely in time.

However, when he went to the post office to mail the manuscript, Zeng Wei found a problem, that is, he didn't have enough money to mail it.

Now it is not like the future, there are many courier companies to choose from, and now there is only one post. The two major express giants in later generations, Shentong and SF Express, were only established in 1993. And even if it is established, because it is a private enterprise, it cannot get a business license, and it is always facing the pressure of inspection by the postal, industrial and commercial, transportation and other departments, and is called "black express".

Sending such a letter, if it is a flat letter, although it is overweight, it only needs two stamps, that is, a dime and six cents, but as a reborn, Zeng Wei knows very well that it is very unsafe to send a flat letter, and it is difficult to guarantee the time.

It's still lucky, and many times, God knows where the post office will send your letter. In his previous life, he had heard a lot about the fact that the letter was not received.

In order for this manuscript to arrive at the magazine "Ancient Legends" in a timely and safe manner, the best option is to send an express mail.

As early as 1984, the postal service opened a domestic express mail, that is, EMS. Although the price is much more expensive, it is guaranteed in terms of safety and timeliness.

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But the eight cents for sending this express mail stumped Zeng Wei. Because he only has three cents of pocket money on him, and he is still more than half short.

How do you get the remaining five cents?

Zeng Wei first ruled out the idea of looking for the family, after the eldest sister Zeng Jiao collected the tuition fees and a month's living expenses, the family even had no money to buy salt, and during this time, the salt was bought on credit in the store of his cousin Zeng Yueming, and he had to wait for the new rice to come out and sell it, and then pay it back.

The second is to borrow from his classmates, but his classmates are not in a good financial situation at home, and they rarely have pocket money. Even if there is, that is, one cent or two cents, it is difficult to borrow five cents.

As for the second sister Zeng Tong, Zeng Wei didn't want to borrow money from her at all, because this girl is a "delicious dog" in the words of her cousin, and every time she gives pocket money at home, she runs to the store next to the school to buy snacks and eat them as soon as possible.

Zeng Wei still clearly remembers that in his previous life, until the second sister got married and had children, she was the only one who asked him to borrow money, and never borrowed money from her.

Zeng Wei shook his head, it seemed that he had to go to his grandfather to find a way.

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Zeng Wei's grandfather is actually his grandmother. Because his grandfather passed away very early, Zeng Wei's father was less than a year old at that time, so Zeng Wei's three sisters and brothers, plus the cousins and cousins of his uncle's family, have called their grandmother grandpa since they were children.

Grandpa did not live with Zeng Wei's family, she lived with Zeng Wei's second uncle, Zeng Chui, most of the time, but every year she would go to Zeng Wei's house and the two aunts' houses to live for a month each. The time at Zeng Wei's house is almost every July, that is, at the beginning of the summer vacation.

Therefore, since he was reborn, Zeng Wei has not seen the old man again.

Zeng Wei still remembers that his grandfather's favorite is him, one is because he is the youngest grandson, and the other is that he has had very good grades since he went to school.

This time, I also happened to visit the old man by the way.

The second uncle's house is in another village, about the same distance from the market town as Zeng Wei's house, but in the opposite direction.

In fact, the second uncle's family is Zeng Wei's hometown, and his father is the son-in-law.

The old man was very happy to see Zeng Wei, he didn't say anything, first took out a lot of snacks and stuffed them for Zeng Wei, which made his cousin Zeng Youqin and third cousin Zeng Youfa, who stayed at home after graduating from junior high school, see it, and they couldn't help but show a look of envy, jealousy and hatred. Although they are all about 20 years old and have reached adulthood, at this time, they still rarely have the opportunity to eat snacks such as candy and biscuits.

Fortunately, Zeng Wei was very eye-catching, and he divided the two of them, which made their faces look better.

The cousin didn't take the snacks handed to her by Zeng Wei, but the cousin, under the eyes of his grandfather, still didn't care about the snacks handed over by Zeng Wei, which made Zeng Wei a little funny.

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The Zeng family is a big family in Qili Township, and in the village of his hometown, almost 200 households are almost all of his own family.

Although Zeng Wei has not lived in his hometown since he was a child, he does not come to the village many times a year, so he is not a stranger here.

And after the cousin accepted Zeng Wei's bribe, he also took Zeng Wei out very happily and went to the village to hang around.

A skinny middle-aged man in his forties stopped Zeng Wei. Zeng Wei recognized that this was his cousin Zeng Chuiyu, who worked in the Gudan Cigarette Factory. His father, Zeng Weigao, worked for the county party committee, and if memory serves, he was previously the deputy director of the Gudan county party committee office, but now retired.

Zeng Wei asked very obediently: "Uncle Chuiyu, what are you calling me to do?"

Zeng Chuiyu smiled: "It's nothing, just ask, has Chuipu been at home recently." When I'm at home, I'm looking for him when I go back into town. ”

Zeng Chuiyu's words evoked some memories of Zeng Wei. Zeng Chuiyu's father, Zeng Wei's cousin Zeng Weigao, has a good relationship with his deceased grandfather, and it can even be said that this cousin has borrowed his grandfather's light when he embarked on his official career.

Because of this relationship, even if the two families are not close, they are no different from each other, and they are very close.

At this time in his previous life, Zeng Chuiyu once went to the house and asked Zeng Wei's father if he had any idea of going to work in a tobacco factory, but because the salary was not high and there was no establishment, Zeng Wei's mother rejected it.

And this incident also became the thing that Zeng Wei's family regretted the most later. Because Gudan Cigarette Factory will definitely be the hottest company in Gudan in the next few decades, and it has always been one of the top 500 enterprises. The Xiaonanhai brand cigarettes and Chaotianmen cigarettes produced successively are sold well all over the country.

The treatment of its employees in such an enterprise can be imagined. Even for a while, the residents of Gudan had a job in a tobacco factory as their highest pursuit.

Now, seeing Zeng Chuiyu asking, Zeng Wei knew that what he said to his father was probably about entering the tobacco factory. Zeng Wei hurriedly said: "At home, my dad is an idler, where will he be if he is not at home." ”

Then, Zeng Wei added another sentence: "Uncle Chuiyu, you haven't been to my house for a long time, this time, you must play for a few more days." ”

Zeng Chuiyu smiled when he heard this: "You are a well-behaved child, but your uncle has to go to work, and he also asked for leave when he went home this time, but he didn't have so much time to play, but thank you." ”

After speaking, Zeng Chuiyu saw several half-grown children in the distance calling Zeng Wei to go over to play, so he waved his hand and asked Zeng Wei to play, and then entered the house.

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After dinner, Zeng Wei took advantage of the absence of his second uncle's family to mention to his grandfather the purpose of his visit.

However, he did not tell his grandfather that he asked for money to mail the manuscript to the magazine. Grandpa has no culture, and if he knows, he can't give him any advice, which may add a lot of worries. He just told his grandfather that he wanted to buy some study materials in the class, and the family had no money recently.

Grandpa didn't say a word, and asked directly how much it cost, Zeng Wei said that he wanted five cents, but she gave Zeng Wei a dollar, saying that the remaining five cents would be given to him for pocket money. This made Zeng Wei very moved, his grandfather's trust in him was completely unconditional, but he was deceiving the old man.

However, what comforted Zeng Wei a little was that he did not mean to deceive the old man, it was a well-intentioned deception. Well, when your manuscript is adopted by the magazine and you make money, you can buy some gifts and pay a good tribute to the old man.

Early the next morning, Zeng Wei had an early meal, said goodbye to his grandfather and second uncle's family, and went back to school with a few classmates.

Speaking of which, the class he attended, there were no classmates at home, but there were many in his hometown, which were considered to be five generations in the same house, and the one with the highest rank was a girl, who was Zeng Wei's great-grandparents, and Zeng Wei's niece who had the lowest rank.

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After a day of completely careless study, Zeng Wei went to the post office again, mailed the manuscript by EMS, and then went home happily alone.

After arriving home, Zeng Wei unexpectedly found that the dishes at home today were very rich, and there was also a green pepper bacon, so he knew that it should be a guest at home, and asked to know, sure enough, Uncle Zeng Chuiyu came to the house at noon.

Zeng Wei knew that his parents must have known the news of entering the tobacco factory.

For your own home, this is a crossroads, how to choose, the future of your home, will have a great impact.

Zeng Wei secretly said that the last time the family made a wrong choice, this time, let yourself correct this mistake!