When Su Shaohua was worried about the future of the magazine, Zeng Wei's mother Yan Chengxiu was also very heavy.

Last month, the price of pigs fell suddenly, and under the persuasion of his son Zeng Wei, he decided to raise them for another month, and then sell them until the piglets were full of two months, hoping that the price of pigs could rise during this period.

However, things didn't turn out as expected. During the month, instead of rebounding, pig prices fell further.

At the beginning of December last year, the price of piglets was still two seven or eight, but it slowly fell below two, and now the price is even only one piece of five, which is almost the price of cabbage.

What's even more unacceptable is that even at such a low price, no one has bought it!

This is bad bad news, and it can't be worse.

You know, now the family is anxious to wait for money, the eldest daughter Zeng Jiao is the second semester of the third year of high school, and the tuition fee plus books and other miscellaneous expenses, as well as a month's living expenses, how can she get seven or eight hundred. The second daughter Zeng Tong and the youngest son Zeng Wei will also cost about 200 to start school, which is already 1,000.

In addition, the production input after the beginning of the year is also not a small number. I heard that the township government is promoting some miscellaneous rice, and it is not allowed to plant conventional rice anymore, so you need to spend money to buy seeds, plus the money for corn seeds, I am afraid it will cost one or two hundred.

In addition, the husband went to work in the tobacco factory, and it was impossible to put so much farm fertilizer in the field as he did in previous years. In order to ensure the yield, the use of some chemical fertilizers is already inevitable, which costs more money.

In addition, you also have to consider the pocket money at home, as well as the cost of going to the elders to pay New Year's greetings during the New Year, I am afraid that this year is less than 2,000 yuan, I am afraid it will be sad.

However, taking into account the entire financial resources of the family, it is impossible to make up so much money.

15 piglets, even if they were all sold, would only get 700 yuan. But this is obviously impossible, not to mention whether you can sell them all, even if you can, you have to leave three or four piglets at home to raise by yourself, otherwise don't think about it next year.

If you sell two fat pigs, there are only five or six hundred. Even if the husband's income in the tobacco factory in the past four months is added, the family can make up at most 167, and there is still a gap of at least 3 or 400 yuan.

What's more, I also have to think about the eldest daughter's admission to college, which requires more money.

Yan Chengxiu felt a pain in his head.

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In fact, not only Yan Chengxiu has a headache, but even Zeng Wei himself is also a little difficult.

Even if the price of meat can rise sharply next year, but after all, it is still far from now, so how can the current difficulties in the family be overcome?

After all, without selling the piglets, the family's income is about 1,000 yuan, which is still half of the family's financial needs.

Zeng Wei also considered that it was still a lot worse to take out the money he had spent writing novels in the past few months.

His remuneration income for these two periods is only 795 yuan, except for some of the money he has spent, and now it is only 700 yuan, which is about 300 yuan from the smallest funding gap.

What's more, according to his plan, the amount of money to be invested after the beginning of next year will be much more than before.

After all, it is impossible for a mother to raise 15 pigs alone, let alone work in the fields.

Therefore, it is inevitable to ask someone to help when the time comes, and it will naturally cost money to ask for someone. Even if it is calculated according to the daily salary of 3 yuan in the countryside today, it will cost 90 yuan a month to hire a person.

Besides, how can I tell my mother when I take out the money myself?

As a result, Zeng Wei's frown can't be opened in the past few days, even if he won the first place in his grade with undisputed results in the final exam, even if the winter vacation comes, even if today is his eighth birthday.

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But just when Zeng Wei was worried about the funds, someone sent it to the door.

"Is anyone at home?" asked a voice with a foreign accent in the courtyard outside the door.

"Who's ...... so early in the morning" Zeng Wei got up from the bed, rubbed his eyes, and muttered.

The winter morning was a little unbearable, and it was winter vacation, so he didn't need to go to school on time every day, so he naturally slept lazy.

However, her mother and grandmother had already gone to the ground to dig the ground, and the second sister Zeng Tong also went out to play with her friends, so Zeng Wei was left alone at home.

Although Zeng Wei has always been an adult's way of thinking, his body is like a child, so his feelings are the same as those of his peers.

Zeng Wei pushed open the door, walked into the courtyard and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

When the other party saw Zeng Wei, he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Wow, such a small child!"

When Zeng Wei heard this, he looked up at the other party, and saw that the other party was in his thirties, and his appearance was dignified, but he was not very tall, at most he was one meter seven, and he was surprised when he saw himself pushing the door out.

Zeng Wei's mood was not very good, firstly, he was disturbed by his sleep, and secondly, he was worried about the problem of funds, so he said very unhappily: "The adults are not here, there is something to say, don't wander around here if you have nothing to do, there are dogs in the yard, which specialize in biting people." ”

When the man saw Zeng Wei's posture of a little adult, he couldn't help but be even more surprised, and asked patiently: "Wow, children talk so impulsively! Little brother, do you know where the home of the three young men of the Zeng family is?"

Zeng Wei's mind was not very clear, he didn't react for a while, and waved his hand and said: "What are the three less, I thought it was still the old society! This is the Zeng family, but there are no three less!"

"Ha, it's all my fault, it's me who said it wrong. The man suddenly realized his problem, and said that he said that the pen name of the author, and how many people knew it? However, when he heard Zeng Wei say that this was the Zeng family, he was surprised and delighted and asked, "Little brother, do you really have the surname Zeng? Do you know that a person named Zeng Wei is an adult in your family?"

Zeng Wei was stunned for a moment, Zeng Wei, the third young man of the Zeng family? Zeng Wei, isn't that the pen name under which he wrote his novels and his own big name? How does this person know this? Could it be that this person is a fan of "Sou Shen Ji"? He actually has fans coming to the door?

Thinking like this, Zeng Wei said: "I am Zeng Wei, what are you looking for me? First of all, I don't sign, I don't sign it, and I hate it to engage in a personality cult or something!"

That being said, the joy on his face couldn't be more palpable. What do you say, don't want it in your mouth, but the body is honest?

The man's eyes almost popped out, and he asked in disbelief: "Really, it's fake? Don't lie to me! Are you really the third young man of Zeng Wei's Zeng family?! I'm here to talk to Zeng Wei about things, if Zeng Wei is the adult of your family, please help find him, okay? This is a big deal, not a game!"

"Talking about business?" Zeng Wei asked, tilting his head.

Seeing that Zeng Wei didn't have the slightest sign of being a person, the man couldn't help but hesitate and asked, "Are you really the third young man of Zeng Wei's Zeng family?"

Zeng Wei patted his chest and said proudly: "You go to the courtyard and ask, who doesn't know that Young Master Ben's name is Zeng Wei, and he is the third in the family?

The man still couldn't believe it, and asked again, "Are you really Zeng Wei?"

Zeng Wei was very unhappy and said, "I said, why are you so upright? If you don't say anything, I'll close the door." ”

The man was embarrassed, and he was quite suspicious, wasn't this kid in front of him really a child? He couldn't be a dwarf or something, right?

But if you look closely, the other party obviously doesn't have any diseases such as hyperdactyly, which is a bit puzzling.

However, when he saw that Zeng Wei looked like he was about to close the door, he was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Don't, I believe you can't do it?" My name is Su Shaohua, and I am a staff member of the magazine "Ancient Legends", and I came to your house to talk to you about your novel "Sou Shen Ji". ”

Zeng Wei looked at the middle-aged man who called himself Su Shaohua suspiciously, and asked, "Isn't "Sou Shen Ji" being serialized normally? Is there something wrong?"

Su Shaohua waved his hand and said, "No problem, no problem with the novel." ”

Zeng Wei looked at Su Shaohua and didn't speak, waiting for him to explain.

Su Shaohua pondered for a moment and said: "That's right, because our magazine has recently taken major actions, and Sanshao, your "Sou Shen Ji" is the most popular novel in our "Legend of the Ancient World" now, and it is also the novel we mainly promote, so we hope to get your support." ”

Through Su Shaohua's introduction, Zeng Wei finally understood what was going on.

It turned out that due to the recent good situation of "Ancient Legends", "Ancient Legends" magazine planned to change the magazine from the original bimonthly to a monthly magazine in the near future. As a nationally renowned magazine, this change involves all aspects of things, especially in terms of contributions, which is the key to the key.

And Zeng Wei's work "Sou Shen Ji" is the fundamental factor that contributed to the revision of the magazine "Ancient Legends", if you can't get Zeng Wei's support in this revision, then don't count on the revision.

Therefore, the magazine "Legend of the Ancients" sent special personnel to Xichuan to meet Zeng Wei in person to discuss further cooperation between the two sides.

According to Su Shaohua's words, the magazine "Ancient Legends" hopes to provide no less than 12,000 words of manuscripts for the magazine every month, preferably 24,000 words, starting from the revision of the magazine.

In order to show its importance to Zeng Wei, the magazine will sign a special contract with Zeng Wei and further increase Zeng Wei's remuneration.

Originally, Su Shaohua was very confident in the conditions he proposed, and he didn't think that the other party would refuse. However, after finding out that Zeng Wei was only a child less than ten years old, he was a little worried.

As for Zeng Wei being able to write novels as a young child, Su Shaohua also accepted it after experiencing the initial surprise and disbelief. After all, the juvenile class is in full swing in many famous schools across the country, and I don't know how many geniuses emerge every year, and it is nothing that a teenager like Zeng Wei can write novels.