Wen Xiaoshu's hand that was peeling the eggshell paused for a second, and then he nodded hurriedly: "Eat and eat, my mother left two and put them by the stove, my brother cooked them, and I just couldn't wait to eat one in the kitchen." ”

"That's good." Wen Wen didn't debunk his obvious lie, only nodded and stared at the egg and swallowed her saliva: "Eggs are a good thing, but people say that you can't eat egg yolks when you're sick." ”

"Who said that?" Wen Xiaoshu was a little stunned.

"It's that Zhou Langzhong." Wen Wen's eyes continued to stare at the eggs,

"Last time the village chief's big hair was sick, Aunt Tian gave him an egg, but the big problem was even worse, the guy vomited and diarrhea, Aunt Tian invited Zhou Langzhong to show him, and the result was that the egg yolk was harmed."

"What?" Wen Xiaoshu didn't expect this kind of thing, thought about it, broke the egg, took out the egg yolk and swallowed it in one bite, patted his chest several times, and poured a large mouthful of corn paste before handing the egg white to her, and said vaguely: "I'll eat the egg yolk, Hua Mei'er, you eat the egg white." ”

"Okay." Wen Wen nodded obediently, and sighed with a little pity while chewing slowly: "I don't know when the next time I eat eggs, why can't I eat egg yolks?" After eating too hard, Wen Xiaoshu finally swallowed the egg yolk, and hurriedly comforted her: "Don't be sad, there will be more days of eating eggs in the future, and our family will become richer and richer." ”

"Hmm." Wen Wen suddenly raised her head and looked at him with a sly smile: "Brother, you have to earn money in the future, so that I can live a life of eating eggs every day." "He Denan's temperament Wen Wen doesn't know much better, if it is said that Xiaoshu or Xiaocao is sick, he may boil an egg to replenish his body, but she doesn't even think about it, even if there is a miracle and feels sorry for her, Wen Youcai will never agree, so it is only possible that her brother stole it from the cupboard for her, and she must not have eaten it.

In order not to enjoy this egg exclusively, Wen Wen can only make up a white lie to deceive her brother. Many years later, Wen Wen recalled this incident with Wen Xiaoshu, and Wen Wen told him the truth, but she didn't expect Wen Xiaoshu to touch her head like she did when she was a child, and said with a chuckle: "Silly girl, do you think your brother can really be deceived by this little trick?" Our Hua Mei'er is smart and has seen through her brother's lies, and her brother can't refuse her kindness. The lunch ended in the brother and sister's mutual humility, Wen Xiaoshu just cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, Yang Aimin took Xiao Li as promised.

Even after the most difficult period of food and food, the remote countryside is still not very wealthy, so not many people choose to visit the restaurant at the restaurant, and usually visit when the family has finished eating or has not yet started cooking.

Yang Aimin, who has been an educated youth in the mountains and countryside, knows this very well, so he deliberately chose this time.

"Hello lad, you are ...... Wen Wen's brother, right? Yang Aimin took the initiative to stretch out his hand,

"Is Wen Wen at home? I'm here for her. ”

"Oh, hello, hello." Wen Xiaoshu put down the dishes and chopsticks, rubbed his hands on his clothes, and then shook them.

"She's here, in the back room, waiting for you. You sit down first, and I'll call her for you." ”

"Well, thank you, young man." Before Wen Xiaoshu could push open the door and call someone, Wen Wen had already heard the movement and walked out of the house: "Uncle Yang, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"Xiaowen, can I call you that?" Yang Aimin originally smiled kindly, but the next second he saw the obvious injury on her forehead and frowned: "How did you get this?" ”

"It's okay, I accidentally hit the door. Uncle Yang sit down. Wen Wen greeted him with a smile, and then turned to Wen Xiaoshu and ordered, "Brother, go and bring a bowl of water to the guest." ”

"Hey." Wen Xiaoshu responded, turned around and entered the kitchen.

"Are you really okay?" The concern in Yang Aimin's eyes is very obvious,

"Do you need me to take you to the doctor?"

"How can you be so squeamish? Just break a little skin, thank you Uncle Yang for your concern. After Wen Wen waved her hand to indicate that she really didn't need it, she immediately asked bluntly: "I heard from a friend who sent my manuscript to the publishing house that you are quite satisfied with my manuscript and are ready to receive it?" ”

"Friends?" Yang Aimin's focus was obviously on the first half of the sentence, and he vaguely remembered that the young man that day didn't introduce himself like this.

He felt strange when he entered the door just now, he just thought that Wen Wen had more than one brother, but it turned out that this was not the case.

"Yes, friend." Wen Wen didn't know the reason, and her doubts about Yang Aimin were a little inexplicable.

"Oh, hehe, it's okay, it's okay." Yang Aimin smiled a little meaningfully, remembered the purpose of this trip and became serious again, and said seriously: "I have seen your paintings, and I still have a certain foundation, the fluency of the story is also very good, the imagination is also very rich, and the ideas are very ingenious, even better than the ideas of some adults." But ......" unexpected turn of events made Wen Wen a little nervous: "But what? ”

"But now that the publishing house is not in a good mood, to be honest, I don't dare to try this new way of painting." I don't know why, Yang Aimin doesn't want to treat Wen Wen as a child, but hopes that an adult's perspective will communicate with her on an equal footing: "I just want to talk to you about this this this time, I like your story very much, and the picture is really good, but can you draw it in the form of a villain book first?" In this way, the sales volume can be predicted. Xiaowen, I like you very much and appreciate your talent, but I also want to consider it for the benefit of the publishing house, I hope you can understand. ”

"No problem." Wen Wen agreed without thinking,

"It's not about the form of the painting, it's about the content. I'm confident that this work will sell well. "What she lacks now is money, as long as it can be published, it doesn't matter if it is changed to a villain book.

Only by solving the most basic survival problems can she be qualified to talk about life and ideals, not to mention that her dream is not to become a cartoonist.

"It's refreshing to be so young." The appreciation in Yang Aimin's eyes was even greater, he took the briefcase from Xiao Li's hand, took out two pieces of paper and a pen and handed them to her,

"It's a contract, you see, if there's nothing wrong we can sign it." Seeing the black and white words, Wen Wen couldn't help but tremble with her hands.

Not for the first pot of gold in this life, but because it was the first step for her to completely change her fate.

Signing this contract means that she will never repeat the mistakes of her previous life, and she will not end her life so bleakly.

"Is there something wrong with the contract?" Seeing that she stared at the contract for a long time but didn't move her pen, her expression became more and more excited, Yang Aimin only thought that it was one that made the little girl not very satisfied, and immediately responded cheerfully: "If you think that the remuneration or deadline is not reasonable, you can propose to modify it now." ”

"No, no, no." Wen Wen stuck out her tongue embarrassedly, and carefully read it silently from beginning to end, and then picked up the pen and signed her name neatly, looking at him with a bright smile: "I'm just too happy." "At this time in her previous life, she should have obeyed her father's arrangement to prepare for marriage, right?

It was like a dream, but now she wished she never woke up.

"In duplicate." Yang Aimin also signed his name very simply, took out the official seal and stamped it, handed one of them to her, and instructed seriously: "Xiaowen, I hope I didn't see the wrong person." ”

"Of course not." Wen Wen confidently met his gaze,

"Director Yang, happy cooperation."

"Wen Wen, happy cooperation." Although Wen Xiaoshu and Wen Wen repeatedly retained, Yang Aimin still declined their kindness to entertain a meal, and left in a hurry after handing in the first part of the sketch on a certain date.

Wen Wen, who had taken the contract and looked at it again and again, walked into the house with a smile, looking around to find a suitable place to put it away carefully.

After walking around the house twice, she still felt that it was safest to put it under the mattress. In these years, the people are simple and simple, and everyone is not rich, so there will be basically no petty theft, and it is the norm for every household to stay closed at night.

The reason why you have to hide it carefully is to prevent He Denan and Wen Youcai from discovering it.

"Hey, how can you put it here?" Wen Xiaoshu didn't know when he appeared at the door, seeing that Wen Wen was about to stuff the contract under the mattress, he anxiously snatched it and held it in his arms.

"Silly isn't it? It's about to burn the kang, so you can't bake the paper crispy? ”

"Yes! How I didn't think of that. Xiaoshu's reminder made Wen Wen difficult,

"So, where is the right place?"

"Just put it on top of the cupboard, no one is looking there." Wen Xiaoshu also looked around, and his eyes fell on the cabinet in the corner with the paint peeling.

"Done." Wen Wen just wanted to climb up, Wen Xiaoshu had already put the contract one step ahead of her, rubbed her hands and laughed embarrassedly, and asked after hesitation: "Sister Hua, what's the use of signing this paper?" "When he was seventeen years old, it was the first time Wen Xiaoshu had seen this kind of novelty, which was naturally very strange.

Others are not stupid, of course, they can also see that Hua Mei'er has long known these rules and processes, and even some are used to it, but if she doesn't take the initiative to say, he will never ask.

Hua Mei'er has been getting more and more different from before recently, except that her appearance has not changed, as if she has changed from the inside out.

As an elder brother, of course he is happy for Wen Wen's change, but he also has some pressure - he can't be worse than his sister in the future, and he has to support her.

"Brother, this is not ordinary paper, this paper is called a contract, that is, to write clearly what I want to do, how much the publisher will pay me for a painting, and then sign the painting and it will take effect. With this thing, there is a guarantee for both parties. Wen Wen racked her brains to explain, trying her best to make Wen Xiaoshu understand: "If one of them violates the rules inside, this is the evidence, and you can go to the police station to fight a lawsuit." ”

"Is it just an IOU? Write clearly what the publisher owes you, and then make it clear what you owe the publisher. ”

"It can be understood that way."

"Oh, weird." Wen Xiaoshu nodded as if he didn't understand, and asked with interest: "Then you signed this...... Contract, how much money can you earn in a year? ”

"This is based on how much I draw, not one year or two years." Wen Wen continued to explain patiently: "At my current rate, I can earn five or six yuan a month, and I may ...... in the future."