Chapter 171: Ah Ming and Mao Mao Amin's Feelings Are Harmonious (Guaranteed 1 update)
It was not just Biaozi and Xiao Mei's family who went to the south from Beijing to be "daoye" (resellers). Speaking of which, they were latecomers in this line, and the scale of what they did was not large, and they were not doing it full-time.
But hutong youth Jia Aiguo was doing it full-time, going to the south twice a month.
When Mei Wenhua and the others were still considering how to avoid the train police, he had already opened up the relationship on the train and transported goods over carload by carload.
A large part of the bell-bottom pants and toad glasses that were becoming popular in Beijing now were his goods, but he didn't sell them himself.
When Mei Wenhua and the others were still secretly happy about being ten-thousand-yuan households, Jia Aiguo was already a ten-thousand-yuan household last year.
And what prompted him to take the first step was Wei Lin's "Spring River Water Warm Duck Prophet," which was the sentence "Brave people enjoy the world first."
It wasn't until he received a package from Peking University this day that he remembered that he had once written a letter to Wei Lin when he was confused, and tucked the Sichuan and Chongqing food stamps he had once gone to the countryside with into the letter.
Although Wei Lin didn't reply to him at the time, he also understood. At that time, many confused readers were estimated to be writing to Wei Lin. How could he reply to them all?
Unexpectedly, half a year had passed, and he actually got his response, and inside was a book.
"Animal Ferocity," a literary collection that included all of Wei Lin's medium and short works since his debut, had his signature inside, a "Gouzi Wei Lin" seal on the signature, and another dedication of "Hope you are no longer confused."
This moved Jia Aiguo, who was now wealthy, and he immediately sent his younger brother to ride a tricycle to the nearby Xinhua Bookstore to buy out the book, which he wanted to give to others.
However, the younger brother only brought back two copies after returning.
"What do you mean, there are only two copies left?"
Younger brother: "No, they said because it sold too well, it was limited, and each person could only buy two copies at most."
Jia Aiguo laughed: "Then it seems I don't need to take action!"
Readers like Jia Aiguo who had already become wealthy were certainly a minority, but most of the readers who received Wei Lin's signed books originally didn't have bad families.
For example, a girl named Xu Ye, 18 years old this year, came from a diplomatic family in Beijing and was a fan of Wei Lin's poetry. Last year, in a moment of impulse, she not only sent food stamps but also tucked in a huge sum of five yuan, and hoped to make friends with Wei Lin.
As a result, that letter sank into the sea. At that time, she was disappointed for a while. Later, although she watched Wei Lin's new works, she was not as fascinated as she was at the beginning.
Unexpectedly, today, just after returning from school, she received a package from her sister. After opening it, it was actually the first book signed by Wei Lin that he sent to her!
Originally, Xu Ye was still hesitating whether to follow the crowd and buy a copy for collection. Unexpectedly, he actually sent her a copy. He actually still remembered her!
Xu Ye, who had been dancing since she was a child, spun happily on the spot, and then immediately ran to the bookstore to buy two copies of "Animal Ferocity." She would keep Wei Lin's copy permanently, and buy these two copies to flip through usually. She would keep one, and her sister Xiaoqing would keep one. She was 11 years old and still holding "Children's Literature" to read, so she should eat something good.
Wei Lin's signed novels were temporarily sent to Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and surrounding areas. It would take time for further places, but the letter to Zhou Huimin earlier had arrived by now.
After Zhou Huimin returned home, she first opened the mailbox at home. What a pity, it was still empty.
However, after entering the house, she saw a small package placed on the table.
Her mother said with a serious expression: "It's from your Peking University pen pal."
Zhou Huimin immediately beamed with joy. However, her mother said: "What did he send you? Can Mom take a look?"
Her mother couldn't help but worry. This child had been looking at the mailbox every day recently. A pen pal was just a seasoning for study life. This child took it too seriously.
And her daughter had already had her period, and now she was 1.6 meters tall, growing up to be beautiful. Zhou Ma couldn't help but worry that the two would date under the name of pen pals.
Zhou Huimin also realized that the atmosphere at the scene was a bit wrong, so she obediently agreed.
After the package was opened, there were quite a few things.
Because Wei Lin had also chatted with Zhou Huimin about movies, Wei Lin sent a few "Popular Cinema" magazines with the voting pages torn off to this pen pal.
In addition, there was a box of Beijing pastries that could withstand long-distance transportation.
Finally, it was the cassette tape of "The Spring of the Sheep-Herding Class."
The cost of shipping these things to Hong Kong was not low, but Wei Lin just treated it as an investment.
Grandfather's side was just fulfilling his filial piety. If he wanted to earn foreign exchange, he could only rely on Mao Mao Amin.
Zhou Ma first flipped through the magazine. It was just a movie magazine, and there were no unhealthy pictures, which was very consistent with her understanding of the mainland.
Pastries, well, they were called "Daoxiangcun." The two tasted it. Zhou Ma felt that it was more like the flavor of Suzhou near the Magic City, and couldn't help but eat two more pieces.
Seeing her mother liked it, Zhou Huimin felt very face-saving, and felt a little embarrassed: "This Ah Ming is too polite, sending so many things. How can I return the gift?"
She could afford some Hong Kong specialty foods, but this postage made her heart ache.
Zhou Ma said: "The etiquette cannot be missing. You can buy some chocolate or fresh things that the mainland doesn't have later. If the money is not enough, ask me."
Hearing her mother's words, Zhou Huimin felt more unbearable. Her mother worked several jobs to support herself, which was already very hard. She still just wrote a letter back simply.
At this time, Zhou Ma pointed to the cassette tape and asked: "What is this? Is it mainland music?"
"'The Spring of the Sheep-Herding Class,' what a strange name." Zhou Huimin picked it up and looked at it. She didn't see "Country Love." There were a few songs that were relatively unfamiliar, and there were a few others that she had heard of, such as "Farewell." Isn't it a song written by Master Hong Yi? "Mom, let's listen to it!"
Zhou Ma: "Listen while eating, do homework after eating."
So there was only the last letter left that she hadn't read. They listened to the songs. The first one was "Where Is Spring."
Zhou Huimin also often listened to Mandarin songs, and this was still a children's song. For her, there was no difficulty at all. Almost after one song, she learned it.
The second song, "The Little Girl Picking Mushrooms," was another children's song. The difficulty increased. She felt she needed to listen to it twice more to learn it.
The third song, "Little Grass," Zhou Huimin was immediately attracted by the singer's voice. It was very catchy. As for the lyrics, it felt like it was a bit sad and a bit inspirational.
The fourth song, "Planting the Sun," was a children's song sung by a boy.
The fifth song, "On the Fields of Hope," seemed to be the chorus of the four singers just now. Several obviously underage voices combined together, but it had some momentum. Zhou Huimin felt she couldn't sing it.
"Mom, I'm done eating, I'll go do my homework first!" Zhou Huimin took the magazine and the letter into her room and closed the door.
When listening to the songs just now, she suspected, could these songs be written by Ah Ming?
If it was really him, then he was really quite talented. Although they were basically all children's songs, being able to write them so catchy, for a university student, this was already not easy.
!
However, opening Wei Lin's letter, her sky collapsed. It turned out that Ah Ming was not a Peking University student!
In the letter, Wei Lin said this.
"Although I am very young, Mao Mao Amin, you might have misunderstood. I am not a Peking University student, I work at Peking University."
Zhou Huimin was surprised: "So he is actually a teacher at Peking University!"
He said he was still young. It was estimated that he was young compared to those old pedants, but at least he was ten years older than himself, right?
Zhou Huimin didn't dislike Wei Lin's age, but she felt that she might be more in awe when writing letters in the future.
Subsequently, Wei Lin briefly introduced the things in the package. "Popular Cinema" could let her fully understand the current situation of mainland movies.
"There are not many local delicacies in Beijing. Most of them absorb the characteristics of all parts of the country and retain and inherit them. This box of Daoxiangcun pastries is a time-honored brand in the capital and belongs to Suzhou-style pastries. I don't know if Hong Kong has it, so I sent it to you to taste."
Finally, he mentioned the cassette tape.
"I guessed right!"
Zhou Huimin covered her mouth excitedly. The first five songs were indeed lyrics he wrote. "The Little Girl Picking Mushrooms" was composed by his teacher, and the other four were composed by himself.
He was really talented!
And Ah Ming also told Zhou Huimin: "I learned music at the beginning because a novel I was writing needed music knowledge. The name of the novel is 'The Spring of the Sheep-Herding Class,' which is the album name of this cassette tape."
Oh my god, he was actually also a writer!
I really want to see that novel! Zhou Huimin thought again, could he be teaching literature at Peking University?
In her mind, an image of a gentle, jade-like, and elegant gentleman immediately appeared.
Wei Lin also mentioned in the letter: "Now the novel is finished, but I don't want to waste the ability to write songs, so I created a song a while ago, but this style is more inclined to Hong Kong and Taiwan style, and it is difficult to publish in the mainland, so I sent it to you, Mao Mao Amin, to take a look. I know you have quite a musical accomplishment. If you like it, why not help me submit it to a music company? The name is 'Ah Ming.' If you get the royalties, how about we split it nine-one?"
"Split nine-one!" Zhou Huimin's little face was flushed with excitement. If she could really earn money, wouldn't she be able to send him a very, very big package!
The first thing she thought of was that she didn't need to use her mother's money.
The last page was the simplified score of Wei Lin's new song, named "The She Who Is Slippery," a very strange name.
Zhou Huimin hummed softly.
"You have never seen me, I have never seen you..."
Zhou Huimin thought: Could this song be written for me? They really haven't seen each other.
Continued to look at "Young friends meet, feelings are harmonious."
Zhou Huimin thought, this "feelings are harmonious" should also be able to be used for friendship? Well, it should be possible. Although they haven't met yet, from the lines, they feel they are still very speculative.
"Young friends are together, happier than anything..."
Well, it should be about friendship. Friends are together, they must be very happy.
"The She Who Is Slippery, she, I, a heart, hey hey hey, a heart, hey hey hey..."
Singing this part was a severe test for Zhou Huimin's Mandarin, which was relatively difficult to sing.
After going through the whole song, Zhou Huimin realized that the quality of this song was very high, and it was very suitable for Taiwan singers.
However, Ah Ming was a mainlander, and they were at odds with Taiwan. She should still consider Hong Kong singers.
But there were fewer and fewer singers singing Mandarin in Hong Kong now. How should she help Ah Ming...
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