Hank's home is a little further away, not in the city, but in the countryside on the edge of the city.

As he rode his bicycle in front of him to carefully avoid the snowdrifts, Lin An in the back seat could only helplessly grasp the bracket under the saddle, once again trying to learn to move by phantom.

"It's a little far, isn't it?"

Hank's voice was heard in the wind, "But you should be glad that you can still ride this part of the road, and if you go any further, we will have to walk." ”

"It's okay!"

Lin An also put aside his reserve and demeanor, and shouted in the same loud voice, after all, although the snow stopped, the wind was still very cold, if she hadn't used a spell to cover it a little, her face would have blown up at this time.

Fortunately, about an hour later, the two still arrived at Hank's doorstep.

It is said to be a rural place, but it actually looks pretty good - green lawn, big yard, red-roofed villa, neatly organized.

If it is placed in China 30 years from now, I don't know how many people will envy it.

But in reality, the security here is terrible to death. For example, Hank once told Lin An about his heroic deeds of subduing a gangster who robbed and squatted at his door with a knife at night......

This made Lin An hear the white sweat, and he painted his face worse and worse that night.

And, according to Hank, there were two old shotguns at home, and his mother, who was very good at marksmanship, occasionally came in the mood and would drive the family car to hunt in the forest.

The marksmanship is accurate......

Lin An thought numbly: after staying in the ivory tower of Hogwarts for so long, she had even forgotten how miserable life was outside.

Of course, this kind of thing doesn't happen every day, but once in a few years is enough to make people scared.

Hank pushed open the fence door, threw his bike on the lawn, and shouted:

"Hey Mom, I told you about that very talented friend, she came over today!"

However, I called again, but I didn't hear a sound.

Pushing open the door, Hank walked around the room twice, and finally shrugged helplessly: "I probably took Julie to the doctor." ”

"Julie is ......"

"My puppy. I've been eating less than usual in the last two days, and I think it's because of the snow that it hasn't exercised much, but my mom still thinks it should go and see it. ”

Hank said as he opened a door next to him. However, as far as the eye could see, it was a bed that looked like a pig's nest, with not only magazines, clothes, but even bags of potato chips and messy scraps—

Lin An cast his eyes over, only to see Hank quickly dodge, close the door with a "bang", and then said loudly:

"Sorry...... You've got a lot of stuff, I'll tidy it up a bit, there's tea on the table — well, if there's tea, you can pour it yourself. ”

All right.

Lin An also sighed.

It is not a good thing for a young beautiful girl to follow a man who is not very knowledgeable to his house.

However, being a witch is also quite convenient.

Wandless magic, in particular, is difficult to even find out who it is by the Ministry of Magic, which is much cheaper than changing a wand.

Look at the layout of this room - it's a cosy living room, not too big, but very neat. The blue sofa is covered with a blanket made of orange wool, and there is a burning firewood in the fireplace, which makes people feel warm and colorful at a glance.

It seems that Hank's mother is very good at life, no wonder she can raise a boy like him......

"Bang!"

The sound of something hitting the floor and his uncontrollable screams of pain rang out in Hank's room.

Then there was a burst of ping-pong.

Fortunately, after a while, he finally held his things in his arms and hurriedly closed the door again.

When he turned around, he couldn't hold it in his hand, and the top gift box still fell to the ground, making a "clang" sound!

He quickly crouched down to pick it up, and more things fell......

Lin An couldn't help but laugh "poof": "It's okay, isn't there a carpet here?" Let's just watch it here. ”

As she spoke, she sat down first.

Hank breathed a sigh of relief, and then simply pushed the thing in front of her, and sat down in the same way:

"Look, it's all yours. These are the manuscript replies you want me to send on a regular basis, and they contain about your manuscript fee, but I haven't opened them. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Lin An with envy: "You are amazing." I mean, so many newspapers have given you a lot of money, will you be publishing a book in a few years? Thankfully, there are schools that are willing to let you go to school, otherwise it would be a waste of talent. ”

Lin An blushed a little.

The contributions of these newspapers were all made up by her racking her brains in order to make money, combined with the gossip weeklies and celebrity secrets that she had heard and seen in her previous life, which can be described as a collection of all kinds of dog blood.

It is also thanks to the fact that the masses have not received too many similar bombardments, which allows her to earn a little living expenses in the cracks.

She gathered all the envelopes together, followed by a thick stack of newspapers and two or three magazines.

Finally, there is a taller pile of gift boxes with beautiful ribbons on them.

She was a little curious: "What is this?" ”

"You forgot!" Hank looked at her: "The Metor newspaper has a Sudoku game on every page, and I remember you solved 7 editions in a row and sent them over. ”

"But it's so inefficient, that's why you don't send out gifts until you go to school."

It was a pleasant surprise.

Lin An can't wait to take another stack of newspapers to read - no matter how small the wool is, it has to be picked!

Moreover, who would have thought that this was what she was bored under the bridge to pass the time?

Let's take a look at other newspapers - [The Sun]

[Daily Mail]

and two color-page gossip magazines, which are stacked in a very thick pile, which can be taken back to school to read slowly.

In the end, she opened the stack of envelopes in her hand, and it was thick, and it did not disappoint her.

The manuscript fee for those articles and stories ranged from £5 to £230, and if you count them carefully, it turned out to be a full £1,137!

Even the letter was accompanied by a sincere enough ongoing invitation.

The magazine submission in 1991 was really profitable!

Lin An was really surprised, and even Hank was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth: "God! You really ......."

He racked his brains, but in the end he could only laugh stupidly, and the freckles on his cheeks became more and more moving: "You are amazing." ”

There was only surprise and admiration in his eyes, but there was no greed.

Lin An's heart moved, and at this moment, he took out 200 pounds from the pile of money, and smiled at him:

"Of course, our friendship can't be measured in terms of money, but I've heard that big stars have to pay commissions to their agents - I'm not a big star yet, but maybe you can think of me as a person? You know, I don't have any other friends to be an agent other than you. ”

It's a lot of words again, wow!

Big star and agent: It's just a metaphor, Lin An said such a quip because he was afraid that Hank would not accept money.

The older the age, the more valuable the article......

All three newspapers are the UK's largest circulation tabloids and are all-encompassing.

(End of chapter)