In the evening, Xiang Nan picked up his schoolbag and went home.
When he reached the newsstand at the entrance of the community, the man looking at the stall stopped him and said, "Zhixun, here is your package."
Xiang Nan took it and opened it to see that it was the manuscript fee and sample issue sent to him by "Grudge" magazine.
The article he wrote, "Dead Flowers in Summer," was officially accepted by the magazine "Sprout" with a fee of 100 yuan per thousand words. A manuscript of 6,000 words received a total of 600 yuan in manuscript fees.
This amount of money is neither too much nor too little. In the 2000s, the average annual salary of workers was less than 10,000 yuan, and their monthly income was only 700 to 800 yuan.
If an enterprise encounters operating difficulties, it is common for workers to go without wages for a month or two. Therefore, six hundred yuan was definitely a lot of money at the time.
But for Xiang Nan, the money is really not enough, so the road to make money is still long and long.
Xiang Nan put the remittance slip away, crushed the magazine into pieces, and threw it into the trash can.
Wu Zhixun's parents are extremely controlling and do not allow their son to watch anything that has nothing to do with study, including movies, TV, and magazines.
…
Another day later, Xiang Nan still went to the library to study.
Li Qingtong also brought junior high school mathematics and English textbooks, showing that he was determined to study hard.
But soon she succeeded.
It turned out that when she looked through the junior high school textbooks, she could basically understand the mathematics knowledge in the first and second grades of junior high school. In the third grade mathematics textbook, when she read about quadratic functions, trigonometric functions, and inequalities, she began to become confused.
"No way, I'm already a sophomore in high school, and I can't even read junior high school textbooks?" Li Qingtong said in surprise, realizing for the first time that he was such a waste.
However, she was embarrassed to ask Li Jinjin and Xiang Nan for advice. After all, it was too embarrassing. So she read it over and over again, trying to understand it by herself.
"Li Qingtong, you've been reading the chapter on quadratic functions over and over for half an hour." Xiang Nan suddenly said, "What, is there any problem?"
"..." Li Qingtong was immediately embarrassed, "There's one thing I don't understand."
"If you don't understand, just ask." Xiang Nan looked at her and said, "Smart and eager to learn, and not ashamed to ask questions. If we are three of us, there must be my teacher. If you don't know, just ask, there is nothing to worry about. Which knowledge point can't you know?"
"This, a quadratic function..." Li Qingtong said quickly.
Xiang Nan nodded, took the book, and explained it to her in a low voice.
With his mathematics and teaching skills, he would have no problem teaching a scumbag like Li Qingtong.
Soon, Li Qingtong suddenly realized.
"So that's it, I understand now." She said happily.
"Well, it seems you're not too stupid." Xiang Nan nodded, "There is value in teaching."
"Really?! Thank you." Li Qingtong was praised by Xiang Nan for the first time and couldn't help but laugh happily.
…
At noon, Xiang Nan went to the post office and took out the royalties.
Six hundred yuan is a lot of money for students.
At that time, beef noodles only cost two yuan; going to a restaurant and ordering seven or eight dishes cost no more than fifty yuan.
Xiang Nan carefully put away the money, then ate a bowl of beef noodles and continued to go back to the library to do the questions.
At one o'clock, Li Jinjin and Li Qingtong came to the library, and the three of them studied together.
In the afternoon, Xiang Nan taught Li Qingtong about trigonometric functions to continue to lay a solid foundation for her.
With Xiang Nan teaching in person, Li Qingtong was very motivated to learn, and his little head that was almost rusty was finally willing to give it a try.
"It's okay. It seems that you are not stupid." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "Come on, let's try another question."
He knew that suppressing education would not work for students like Li Qingtong.
Because she has long been used to being suppressed by bad grades, she has already implicitly accepted that she is a bad student. If she continues to suppress her, it will only make her give up on herself, break down, and eventually slide all the way to the bottom.
Therefore, for such poor students, we should mainly encourage them to make them fall in love with learning first and stimulate their subjective initiative. Only in this way can they make progress.
Sure enough, with Xiang Nan's constant encouragement, Li Qingtong's study finally improved.
There was no need for Li Jinjin to ask for help every day, so he would get up early to eat and come to the library to study.
After going back in the evening, she no longer stared at the TV. Instead, she held the knowledge points Xiang Nan summarized for her and recited them over and over again.
This made Li Jinjin see it and was happy in his heart.
…
In the next ten days or so, Xiang Nan has been helping Li Qingtong with tutoring and helping her consolidate her junior high school knowledge.
In the process of getting along with each other, his relationship with Li Qingtong also became closer and closer.
"Wu Zhixun, let's treat you to barbecue for lunch." Li Qingtong invited Xiang Nandao with a smile.
Xiang Nan was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Okay."
"Really?! That's great." Seeing Xiang Nan agree, Li Qingtong clapped his hands happily and smiled.
Immediately, the three of them went to the barbecue restaurant and ordered pork belly, fat pork, crispy pork bones, saury, etc., as well as six bottles of Northeastern white pears.
"When it comes to barbecue, I'm the best in Jeolwon, and no one dares to be second." Li Qingtong turned over the barbecue and said proudly, "Come on, Oh Ji-hoon, you eat."
As she spoke, she put a full chopstick of meat into Xiang Nan's dipping saucer.
"Okay, thank you." Xiang Nan nodded and took a bite. It tasted pretty good.
"Barbecue must be roasted with alternate fat and thin, so it tastes delicious. Pair it with a big white pear, the taste is really amazing." Li Qingtong drank while eating.
"If you can put your energy on studying instead of eating, I guess you can become the first in the school." Li Jinjin couldn't help but complain when he saw this.
"I hate you..." Li Qingtong said coquettishly.
"Hey, Li Jinjin, don't always criticize her." Xiang Nan advised, "Actually, Li Qingtong has done a good job. She has already mastered the knowledge points in junior high school. After the New Year, I will help her with the knowledge in high school. point.
By then, if you strive to pass every subject, you will basically be able to enter a junior college. In another year and a half, if we work hard, it is not impossible to achieve one, two, or nine hundred and eighty-five. "
"Really?! That's great." Li Jinjin and Li Qingtong were very happy to hear what Xiang Nan said.
"But I still say the same thing, a strong man saves himself, and a saint saves others. If you don't work hard, it will be useless no matter how hard others work." Xiang Nan warned.
"I understand." Li Qingtong nodded immediately.
…
After eating, Xiang Nan borrowed time to go to the bathroom and bought the order.
"Already paid the bill?! Why are you so embarrassed? We agreed to treat you." Li Qingtong suddenly said embarrassedly.
Li Jinjin was a little surprised.
"I'm eating. There's no reason for girls to pay for it. Let's go." Xiang Nan curled his lips and said, "Let's go back to the library."
One of these two people is his future wife and the other is his future daughter. It doesn't matter if he invites them to dinner.
Moreover, recently, he has been receiving royalties from major magazines. The total amount is almost over 20,000 yuan, which is comparable to his parents' salary for a year. It is much richer than Li Qingtong and Li Jinjin.
(End of chapter)
