After the engagement gifts are delivered, the banquet officially begins.
Cold dishes were served first, then hot dishes, and all kinds of delicacies were served like water.
The banquet ordered by Xiang Nan was for three hundred and one tables. It was considered a relatively high-end banquet in Songshan Town, so the guests were all very happy.
"Yongqiang, I heard that you are now a writer?" Qi Santai asked with a smile.
"Yes, cousin, he's just an online writer." Xiang Nan smiled, "It's different from traditional literary writers."
"No matter what kind of writer you are, at least you have succeeded." Qi Santai said with a smile, "After you succeed, don't forget to repay our hometown."
Xiang Nan was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "My cousin is absolutely right. I will never forget my hometown. If I have the opportunity, I will repay my hometown well."
"Okay." Qi Santai nodded with a smile.
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After the engagement banquet, the folks went home one after another.
"Yongqiang, come home too." Zhao Jinfeng took his son's hand and said, "Your father has already admitted his mistake, so don't be angry with him again."
Xiang Nan glanced at Xie Guangkun and shook his head.
Xie Guangkun is extremely stubborn. If you refuse to change despite repeated admonitions, you will still commit the crime after you have corrected. In the Country Love series, he is the one who plays devilishly endlessly.
Although he bowed his head today. But that was because Mrs. Qi was here and he was afraid that he would be detained, so he had to give in. Once Qi Santai left, he didn't know what to do. If I go back by myself, I'm afraid I won't be comfortable.
"Oh my god, I'm not going back. I need broadband." Xiang Nan immediately explained, "It's not convenient to install broadband at home, so I'd better stay in the city."
When Zhao Jinfeng heard this, he knew that his son was making excuses. He was still unhappy, so he still didn't want to go home.
Xie Guangkun felt very regretful when he heard what his son said.
In fact, he heard what Qi Santai persuaded him just now and took it to heart.
His son is so capable now, and if he wants to manage the relationship well, his son will definitely be filial to him. But if he messes up the relationship, then the father and son will really become enemies.
When the time comes, his son won't recognize him as his father, won't even return home, and won't even want to see him. No matter how successful his son is, it has nothing to do with him.
In this case, why bother with it?
"Yongqiang, please come back. Isn't it okay if dad doesn't bother you anymore?" Xie Guangkun begged his son.
Xiang Nan was slightly startled.
To be honest, when he heard Xie Guangkun begging for help, he was a little shaken.
But he shook his head immediately.
It is said that a country is easy to change, but a person's temperament is hard to change. Xie Guangkun's selfish and arrogant character is not easy to change. Moreover, he also lacks the ability to learn and improve. At this point, he is not even as good as Liu Neng and Zhao Si'er.
In the Hometown Love series, Liu Neng and Zhao Si have been growing up.
Liu Neng served as the deputy director of the village and took the initiative to resign; he learned to drive and get a driver's license; he opened the first online store in Ivory Mountain. Zhao Si followed his son to work in the flower garden and engaged in specialty breeding, which was the only one in the country.
In comparison, Xie Guangkun farmed the land and harvested mountain products from the first part, and ended up farming and harvesting mountain products in the end. Even the local goods business was almost squeezed out by Liu Neng's online store.
So expecting him to change his temper is really more difficult than a sow climbing a tree.
Xiang Nan basically has no hope for him.
He believed that Xie Guangkun must have been sincere when he begged him just now, and sincerely hoped that he could go home. However, it is not certain how long this true feeling can last.
"Dad, it's not that I don't want to go back. It's just that staying in the city is more convenient for me to write." Xiang Nan explained, "Just go back. I promise you, I will come home from time to time."
When Xie Guangkun heard what his son said, he felt extremely regretful. He knew that his son was really annoyed with him, and he couldn't just say a few nice words or shed a few tears to smooth things over.
At that moment, he couldn't say anything else, "Okay, then be careful outside."
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"Yongqiang, are you really not going back to the village?" Xiao Meng was a little surprised when he heard that Yongqiang was not going back.
At the wine table just now, they both toasted to Xie Guangkun, and Xie Guangkun also drank. She thought everything was fine, but she didn't expect that Yongqiang didn't want to go home yet.
"I'm not going back." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "There is no broadband in the village. It's inconvenient for me to write, so it's better to stay in the city."
"Yeah, okay." Xiaomeng nodded, unable to refute this.
Let alone broadband, she has never even touched a computer.
"Xiaomeng, why don't you stay with me in the city?" Xiang Nan said again, "Otherwise, I would be quite lonely by myself."
When Xiaomeng heard this, his face turned red with anger.
"I...I...we're not married yet~" she said coquettishly, "I'm going to have sex with you, what does that look like?"
"Last time in the Liu Family Courtyard, you said you wanted to stay with me." Xiang Nan said with a slight smile.
"Oh~" Xiao Meng became even more shy.
At that time, when she saw Xiang Nan suffering alone, she couldn't bear it, so she was moved and wanted to stay with him. But things are different now.
"Okay, I won't force you anymore. However, you have to promise me that you will come to the city to see me often." Seeing her shy look, Xiang Nan knew that she was more traditional in her ideas and could not accept anything that was too avant-garde. Life, therefore no longer forced her.
"Yeah." Xiaomeng nodded, "You should also send me text messages and call me often."
"Okay." Xiang Nan nodded.
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After the engagement party, Xiang Nan returned to Kaiyuan City and rented a house again.
This time it was no longer a suburban area like the Liu Family Courtyard, but a house in the most prosperous area of Kaiyuan City. Finely decorated, furnished and equipped with home appliances. Water, electricity, and broadband are also readily available.
He has a lot of money now, so of course he will choose the best place to live.
After renting a house, he put most of his energy into updating it.
Now, he has two books to write in total. One is "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
He signed the copyright for four parts of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series with Hujiang Publishing House, and now he has only written the one "Jingjue Ancient City".
There are still three parts left: "Longling Mysterious Cave", "Yunnan Worm Valley" and "Kunlun Temple". The agreement is to write one every three months and complete it within the next year.
The other one is "Coiling Dragon". This book is currently being serialized at Qidian. It has already serialized 250,000 words and has accumulated a collection of 90,000. It is estimated that after being promoted, it will not be a problem to reach a collection of 150,000.
When the time comes, it shouldn’t be difficult to push it onto the shelves and get tens of thousands of orders. If you start with 10,000 subscriptions and update 10,000 words every day, you can easily earn 100,000 manuscript fees a month.
Updating two books at the same time was not too difficult for Xiang Nan.
Firstly, the stories in both books are ready-made, and he just copied them without much thinking; secondly, his physical age is only twenty-three years old, which is when he is full of energy, and he can type 20,000 words a day without hesitation. tired.
In real life, at the age of thirty-two, he would break his wrist if he typed 20,000 words a day.
