The conversation between the newsstand owner and the young man attracted the attention of Zeng Wei, who was bored on the other side. After all, the two were talking about the works of the three young people of his family.

So, after the young man muttered a little dissatisfied, Zeng Wei jumped over and asked the newsstand owner, "Uncle, I'm looking for you to inquire about something!"

The boss was a little reluctant to hear someone inquire about things, but when he saw that it was a very cute seven or eight-year-old boy who spoke, he couldn't help but think of his own child who was about the same age as this little guy, and he smiled on his face and said, "Little friend, what's the matter, you ask." ”

Zeng Wei said: "Uncle, I heard you just talk about how this issue of "Ancient Legends" is selling very well?"

The boss smiled and said, "Yes, it's only been on the shelves for a week, and the thirty copies I bought are sold out." You know, the previous issues of "Ancient Legends" may not be sold out by the end of next month, you see, there are still some previous issues in my store that have not been sold. ”

As he spoke, the boss also pointed to a few copies of "Ancient Legends" stacked on the bookshelf, Zeng Wei took a look, and the one on top was the previous issue, which was published in September 1992.

Zeng Wei pretended to be very curious and asked, "Why is this such a big difference?"

The boss smiled: "It's all because of a novel that has been serialized since this issue, called "Sou Shen Ji". Originally, when this issue of "Ancient Legends" was on the shelves, the sales situation was similar to the previous period, but since the 3rd, more and more people have come to my store to buy this issue of "Ancient Legends". Then, in three or four days, the remaining two dozen copies in my store were sold out. I've already contacted the bookseller and asked me to send a few dozen more copies, otherwise it will be out of stock in more than a month. ”

Zeng Wei didn't believe it, and said, "Then what is "Sou Shen Ji", is it really so attractive?

The boss said: "Don't believe it, I also took the time to read it after listening to some guests, this novel is really attractive, not only the writing is good, but also the writing is completely different from the novels I have read before, it is very able to catch people's attention." It's a pity that I don't have any leftovers in my store now, otherwise I can show you a copy...... Uh, what am I talking to you little baby about......"

The boss was very involved, but after the words came out, he realized that he was talking to a seven or eight-year-old child, and he said that he was not teaching bad children by showing him novels.

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Jiangcheng, Hubei Province, "Ancient Legends" magazine, vice president Su Shaohua sat alone in his office.

Although it was still early in the morning, the magazine unexpectedly received a lot of calls and telegrams for additional orders, and this unexpected situation attracted the attention of the magazine. After investigating the cause of this unexpected situation, several of the founders of the magazine found it a little hard to believe.

All of this turned out to be because of that "Sou Shen Ji" that was published!

Speaking of which, when the decision was made to publish this novel, there were still different opinions among the top management of the magazine, because before that, the magazine had never published a similar novel.

However, at his own insistence, the magazine finally decided to publish it. Because I think that this novel is not only very beautiful in writing and novel in conception, although it is a little ahead of its time, but in the current situation, it will not be violated.

What's more, since its inception, hasn't "Legend of the Ancients" been designed for innovation?

However, even I didn't expect that this decision that I had made with great difficulty would actually lead to the current result.

Now, although it is only the beginning of the month, and the printing volume of this issue has increased to a certain extent compared with the previous issue, after receiving additional orders and telegrams from several provinces in succession, the magazine is already considering reprinting.

"Perhaps, this matter will help me to compete for the president of the magazine......" Su Shaohua couldn't help but think so.

However, he quickly shook his head, the matter of competing for the president of the magazine is still far away, but increasing the remuneration for the author of this "Sou Shen Ji" must be considered immediately, and the price of 15 yuan per thousand words given to the author by himself before seems to be very good, but considering the repercussions caused by this novel, this price is not enough. It's just that I can't decide this matter alone, so I have to discuss it with a few other people.

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Zeng Wei, who was thousands of miles away in the countryside of Gudan, didn't know that someone was already considering giving him a raise, and he was worrying about how to change the situation at home.

After the trip to Gudan City, Zeng Wei took the evening bus home with Brother Lobby on the same day. Although Brother Lobby was a little unhappy, he was already in the boat, and soon reported to the township to start work. And he also returned to school and began a serious study life on the surface.

But in fact, Zeng Wei's mind is all on writing "Sou Shen Ji", although the first volume of this book has been completed, with more than 60,000 words, according to the serialization speed of "Ancient Legends" magazine, it can support half a year, but he also has to prepare for the follow-up content.

Writing a novel is also a matter of urgency, and if you stop in the middle, it will be difficult to pick up the pen again.

What's more, now that he has been reborn back into this time and space, his memory of his past life is the clearest, and as time passes, this memory is bound to gradually blur, and it will be even more difficult to come back when the time comes.

Although this "Sou Shen Ji" has a huge difference from the original, in terms of plot, it follows the original work, but the writing and writing methods have changed, and the effect is definitely much better when the memory is clearer.

Adhering to this idea, Zeng Wei's work during this period of time is to clarify the framework of this book, that is, to get a more detailed and clear outline, as for enriching the flesh and blood, you can take your time later.

While writing "Sou Shen Ji", Zeng Wei was also thinking about the way to get rich.

Although after being reborn, he has made the eldest sister change his attitude towards learning through his own efforts, but the effect of this move is still unknown, at least until July and August next year. What's more, even if the eldest sister is admitted to college and wants to make up for the family, I don't know when it will be.

As for letting his father change the trajectory of his previous life and enter the Gudan cigarette factory to work, in a short period of time, he still can't see the effect of helping the family, after all, he is now less than ninety yuan a month, and it is not of much use. Maybe you can subsidize the family a little, but that's about it.

It's almost the same to write novels by himself, with an income of 100 yuan a month, not to mention that he doesn't plan to take it out for the time being, even if he takes it out, it's also a drop in the bucket.

I have to think of a more reliable way, as the first pot of gold for the rise of the family.

In the pigsty at the back of the house, the sound of a piglet could be heard, and the sound of a mother talking to her grandmother.

The sows raised at home gave birth again two days ago, and for the time being, it went very well, and the 16 piglets were all healthy. This is very rare for the present in 1992, after all, the veterinarian at this time is still very backward, like the survival rate of piglets, it depends on God's face.

According to Zeng Wei's memory, this litter of piglets did go well, and 15 of them survived in the end.

This situation made the mother and grandmother very happy, and the sale of piglets is also one of the main sources of economic income for the family, second only to the sale of fat pigs. According to the general situation, if these 16 piglets survive about 10, they can have an income of about 1,000 yuan. The tuition fees for the children in the family for the next semester are about the same.

What's more, before the Chinese New Year, two fat pigs have to be killed to sell on the street, which also has an income of thousands of yuan, even if you deduct the butcher's salary and pay taxes, you can leave about 900 yuan.

Listening to his mother and grandmother's plans, Zeng Wei didn't want to pour cold water on them, because reality would not follow their script.

Zeng Wei remembers very clearly that at the end of the year, not only the price of piglets plummeted, but even the price of meat would drop to the point that people doubted their lives.

In the autumn, the price of piglets was about 5 yuan per catty, but when December passed, the price dropped to more than 2 taels in a short period of time, more than half. There are 15 piglets in the family, and the total weight is more than 200 catties after the full moon, even if they are all sold, it will only be less than 500 yuan.

Almost the same situation, the price of meat has also dropped from the previous 3 yuan to 2 yuan in the short term, a decrease of one-third, and the income of the two fat pigs in the family has also decreased by more than 300 yuan.

Nowadays, pig feed is still a rare thing, although the hope feed of the Liu brothers has been born for ten years, and the hope group has also grown into a large company with total assets of nearly 100 million, but for ordinary families, feed is still unaffordable. Therefore, the ingredients for feeding the pigs are all agricultural products produced in the soil.

Although the pigs fed in this way are very in line with the standards of green products in later generations, it is difficult to grow as expected. The piglets sold in a single month can grow to fifteen or sixteen catties, and the small ones are even less than ten catties.

As for fat pigs, the gross weight of one-year-old pigs is about 200 catties, and the meat is 150 or 60 catties.

In the end, in that year, in addition to the production input necessary by the family, the tuition fees of the three sisters and brothers in the family were much different.

This is also one of the reasons why the eldest sister finally chose to drop out of school.