Qingdong Village is a little poorer, and there are still grocery stores, which are built at the entrance of the village under the mud slope after coming in from the bamboo forest, and the area is twice as large as Uncle Limu's grocery store. It's just that there are no glass containers in the grocery store, and the goods are held at the door with two large wooden boards, and small wooden strips are nailed around the boards to prevent the goods from rolling off. Only the hot products of the current season will be placed on the wooden board at the door, such as all kinds of fireworks and firecrackers that are very popular with children at this time, and popsicles that do not freeze......

The sign on the store reads "Cheongdong Village Department Store", and it is not like a grocery store that does not allow people to enter the store. It is a Limin store initiated by the village chief, and to a certain extent, it is maintained and operated at public expense. So it's a small supermarket that looks like a grocery store, with a wide aisle between the pallets for people to walk into the store.

When you enter the store, you will find batteries on wooden shelves, flashlights, scissors and other goods, and a Xiaoice cabinet that even a child thinks is small, and you can find frozen popsicles inside. Whether it's summer or winter, Dasheng man likes to eat this thing, it has a high sugar content and rich energy to replenish physical strength.

New Year's goods such as white rabbit candy, biscuits, and chocolate milk balls are all placed on the third and fourth layers of the obvious. The bottom layer of the container is filled with laundry detergent, detergent and mosquito coils. The goods that are put on the top floor and are shelved are probably only visible to Katsuo, and they must not be suitable for children to buy.

In addition to Katsuo, there are also eldest cousins and second cousins who come to buy firecrackers with Rimu.

The second cousin's surname is introverted, he doesn't like to spend money very much, and he always saves for later use, so he will only buy two boxes of firecrackers at most, and he will light one after four or five rings when others put it off. It is estimated that it is this unbearable will that made him admitted to a key university like [***].

Compared with the second cousin, the eldest cousin bought a lot of firecrackers. When Riki was a child, he often bought only one or two boxes of "matchsticks" like his second cousin, but he always squandered them at the first time, and then begged his eldest cousin for them with a dead face.

Now Limu has become a fortune boy, deliberately bought a lot of firecrackers, and after leaving the grocery store, he divided a pile by himself, and the little hands of the three of them couldn't hold it. Finally, I bought a bundle of cylindrical fireworks and put them in a bag to be put on for everyone to put in the evening.

and in the evening.

Bang, bang

A series of firecrackers rang out outside the courtyard gate, and a moment later an enticing smell of gunpowder smoke filled the air. After this string of cannons, it is time to start the New Year's dinner. There were three large log tables in the courtyard, all the size of the table where Lu Wei's family had dinner in the evening. The two old people usually don't need to eat, and they will only move out to feast when they have a banquet.

There are two tables for adults and one table for children, and only children under the age of 10 are allowed to sit with their parents. Since there is no table turntable, the dishes on the table are placed in duplicate, and you can still get the dishes you want when you stand up.

The cousins and cousins who were tired of playing before all moved their index fingers, but according to the regulations, they couldn't pick up chopsticks to pick up the vegetables before the cannon was over. After the cannon fired, everyone immediately grabbed chopsticks to grab food, the girls sandwiched horseshoe and shiitake mushrooms, and the red dried meat shop on the table was the main target of the three little boys.

Everyone's tables were close to each other, and if they spoke a little louder, they could be heard at the other two tables, so they kept hearing the words "Don't just eat meat, remember to eat vegetables!" from a group of women. "Grab your own bowl and spoonful of soup!" Laws and so on.

In the past, the Li family's parenting style was "self-reliance" at the dinner table, but now parents have one or two children, and mothers can't help but worry that they will be picky eaters. After the shouting, all the children began to pick up the greens, and they returned to their own topics.

"I remember you said that Limu drew a villain book like "Old Master", right?"

Li Yuesheng lives in Nanhuaqiao North Commercial Street, close to Li Xiuli's family, and the two sides have occasionally visited several times in half a year, but they don't talk deeply about the topic of Limu. Today, when I see the ink painting of pear wood at first sight, this question will arise,

"He draws a little bit of everything, to be precise, Riki draws comic magazines. Well, villain books are also called comics, but the size is different from magazines. There are more types of stories in magazines than manga, but each issue is shorter. Li Xiuli and Li Mu said that they have also learned a lot over time, and opened their index fingers and thumbs at a 90-degree angle, and used their two hands to compare the size of their upper left and lower right corners.

"It's about the size of a book, and you have to send it out once a month."

"Qi Niang, is it a monthly magazine? What is the name of the monthly magazine? The second cousin, who was 8 years older than Riki, asked with a slight tilt of her head. Next to her was her grandparents, grandmothers, and women's seats.

"It's called—"Shangguo Comics."

At this time, the mother added another green vegetable to her mouth, and the mother choked on the pear wood to answer for the mother. Anyway, at the same table, why bother to go to the neighboring table to answer.

"Oh, I know, it's a magazine of Shangguo Publishing House, a very famous monthly publishing house that has emerged recently." At the same age as Lu Wei, the 10-year-old cousin of Da Limu took over the conversation.

(The newspaper commented that "a single comic book is very well drawn, but the magazine is terrible rotten.") Although I thought so in my heart, because the person in front of the magazine was right in front of me, of course I couldn't say it casually.

Besides, my cousin voted for the "terrible rotten" magazine. The only work that gets a good review is the comic "Q version of the Three Kingdoms", and Ah Xia doesn't think it's her cousin's work. The comics drawn by the cousin are more likely to be those parts that are badly evaluated.

"yes, the magazine didn't sell very well." Riki sighed.

Shangguo Publishing House is self-aware, and it has distributed 10,000 copies from the beginning, and it still distributes 10,000 copies now. It is estimated that before recruiting new comic book authors, the entire company plans to rely on a single book to operate.

"Is Riki just drawing manga for this publishing house? It's amazing, what's your pen name? She had the same beauty as her second cousin, and the innocent third cousin asked.

"Ali."

"That Ali from "Q version of the Three Kingdoms"?" The eldest cousin seemed to be incredulous by the third cousin's answer, and her expression changed to a state of disbelief.

"Yes." Li Mu was puzzled by the expression of his eldest cousin Liang Yanxia, tilted his head to look at her and replied.

"What, is it famous?" At this time, the uncle's table interjected.

"Of course, I mentioned it in the newspaper a few months ago, Dad, don't you remember? The only painter in the magazine who was well received, I didn't expect it to be our pear wood. The second cousin said to the eldest cousin.

"Ali-Ali-Li-Mu--" The second aunt thought sideways, and then suddenly realized, "That's really the case! ”

"So, Riki, do you know the verdict?"

"Who is the judge?"

"This year's best-selling manga artist and writer appeared like a comet, not to mention his surname, and I am completely shrouded in mystery." The second cousin's eyes suddenly drifted a little away when she looked ahead.

――You don't have to talk about it so much, the person concerned is right in front of me, I can't stand it......

Riki, who took the second cousin's words as a compliment, blushed slightly, and sooner or later the truth would be revealed, and now he couldn't tell them what he really wanted, so he had to find an excuse to justify:

"Isn't it also shrouded in mystery, the kingdom of heaven has taken measures to keep the true identities of all authors secret."

"Do you know him, then?"

"Yes, but we have strict confidentiality rules."

"Phew—" The second cousin booed disdainfully at the unwarranted provisions.

"There will always be a day when the mystery will be revealed." Pear wood prompted.

When the time comes, I'm afraid the evaluation will become-

[The best-selling manga writer who appeared like a comet, not to mention his surname, is completely shrouded in mystery. The theme of the work ranges from science fiction to love, and the painting style changes freely ......] or something like that?

"But then there was no 50 yuan bonus." The second cousin sighed in a rather regretful voice.

"Huh?" The corners of Limu's mouth twitched, and he took a sip of soup wordlessly, glancing at his second cousin through the soup bowl.

――Are you going to sell your cousin for a reserve price of 50 yuan......?

"It's not that you want to know him (her?) Who is it? "The eldest cousin said strangely.

"I don't really like his works in the first place, the second book is always beaten and beaten, and there is a disgusting bald uncle Armstrong."

"Why, don't you think the wrist alchemist Armstrong Shaozo is funny? And the alchemist of the flames, Mastan Dazuo, was also handsome, and finally Mas Hughes broadcast at the central training ground, "There will be a big broadcast this year, because ...... My daughter is two years old! That's great! 'Is it loving?' "The eldest cousin even memorized his official position and comic lines, and is obviously a veteran comic fan of "Steel".

…… However, Riki looked at her with the eyes that seemed to be looking at a pitiful worm. I guess when I saw the tragic scene when the "stupid father who loves his daughter super much" was killed by an android in the back, I can't say anything like "very loving".

In other words, big cousin, does it really matter if you take the college entrance examination?

If the eldest cousin, who is mediocre in her studies, is distracted from her studies for her own reasons, and in the end, if she is only admitted to a junior college, Riki will be embarrassed.

"But it's boring for Edward to beat up religious men, go home to train with Alphonse, and run to fight prison criminals." The second cousin was surprised that the eldest cousin would be so serious, but she was also a high school student, and she was not afraid to speak up.

"Didn't you go to the doctor to ask the Philosopher's Stone, and then go to the library to check the recipe, and Wen Li was kidnapped?" The big cousin skipped the combat part.

"I'm not saying that comics are bad, I just don't like them." The second cousin defended herself before the situation got out of control, and by the way, she transferred the war to another place, "Riki, tell me, that cartoon was drawn by your colleague......"

Limu looked at her second cousin in astonishment, Nima was really lying down and was shot, even the "colleague" was pulled out by her, and the reason given by this beautiful girl was really hard to refuse.

To be honest, Steelforge is definitely not an upgrade stream comic, and the protagonist's ability from the beginning to the end has not been as exaggerated as the sublimation from ants to gods. There will be no situation where the "Jindan Period" crushes the "Foundation Building Period" with one finger, and it is difficult to say that the protagonist of "Steel Refining" can defeat his former self in two or three moves at the end of the plot. His main improvement was in the "understanding", "decomposition" and "reconstruction" of alchemical knowledge. It's just that there are indeed a lot of fight scenes in the whole comic.,It's hard to imagine why Mr. Arakawa, as a female surname, would draw such a manga with a male surname.。

I should be happy to hear other people comment on my manga so enthusiastically, no matter how good or bad the comments are, but Riki is not happy at all when he listens to their discussion. Because he knows that "Steel" is not his own comics, although it belongs to himself, it is not a comic created by himself.

――Maybe it would be better to use a novel as a pseudo-original.

After all, the comic part belongs to its own original, and the caricature of best-selling novels is really popular.

But it took half a year to save some money, and I want to help my relatives and friends get rid of poverty and become rich.

There is not enough money.

It costs money to do regular tasks, and God knows if one day it will issue a task asking for a white marble seal?

Moreover, if you go to Europe and the United States to find a really powerful hospital for heart surgery, **100,000 - definitely not enough! Nationals who are not their are not entitled to their benefits.

Money is not omnipotent, it is by no means incompetent.

If you don't want to fall into the dilemma of drawing comics while making money in the future, you have to complete the original accumulation as soon as possible.

Thinking back then, my grandmother was not sure to have surgery for stomach cancer, not because her seven children had no money, but because she felt that surgery was a waste of money, and she was saving money for her children! In the last days of her life, she lay on a mat on the floor of her home, with a hole in her neck, a breathing tube stuck in her throat, and each deep gasp would blow up the membrane.

Nutritional injections, liquid food, digestion can not be excreted, urine can not be excreted. is obviously a thin person, but his stomach has risen three times. Does bladder hurt? Stomach pain? Is it hard to breathe?

At that time, I knelt beside her and watched, and before I knew it, even myself was in pain, of course, it was so painful to see someone away with my own eyes.

I miss this time.

"Limu, envelope." A pair of slightly thin but healthy and powerful hands pinched the red envelope and handed it to Limu's eyes from behind.

"Thank you, Grandma, and Happy New Year, Grandma."

Limu took the red envelope. Grandma's surname is even worse than her daughter's, and she will only give red envelopes after the meal and wait for her grandchildren to arrive, and she doesn't need to spend time thinking about which one to give and which one not to give.

Grandma's red envelope is only 65mm*40mm in size, and the material is divided red paper, and the whole red envelope is handmade. It looks thick, but in fact there are only two fiery red 1 yuan in the red envelope. The twisting produces a crisp sound, and the 1 yuan in it is all new money. It was a treasure that my grandmother deliberately picked out from the money from selling vegetables and deliberately kept it for today every year and wrapped it in a red envelope.

A small red envelope is wrapped in the blessings of the new year and brings unimaginable good luck to the children.

1 yuan represents grandfather, and 1 yuan represents grandmother.

Father Pear arrived late on a motorcycle to catch the final banquet with his uncles. After three rounds of wine, it is said to fall into Xilin. From time to time, my feet itched, and I looked down to see Liangliang's figure busy picking up bones under the table, and the New Year's banquet was coming to an end.