Chapter 74: The Post Office Came
It was likely that even after the post office incident, many people would still talk behind her back, saying she was greedy and loved good food.
[T/N – Remember the time she went to submit her entry?]
But Yun Qinghuan didn’t care.
People only lived once, and it wasn’t for others. She didn’t care at all what these people said.
In her previous life as a celebrity, to maintain her figure, even though she earned a lot of money, she didn’t indulge in eating. Her daily meals were measured, and it was no exaggeration to say that she didn’t eat as well as she did in the orphanage.
Having the chance to live again, she naturally wanted to satisfy her appetite within her means.
Moreover, people could only work with full energy if they ate well. Take Liu Yuzhi, for example. Before, she rarely earned full work points; those were usually earned by men.
But now, she was full of energy and almost always earned full work points.
The women working with her were also influenced by her, feeling that it was better to eat well to have the motivation to work.
Eating more led to earning more.
Jiang Wenxiu and Zhang Yufen had also recently gritted their teeth and improved their family’s meals. Usually, they were reluctant to eat eggs, saving them to exchange for money, but now they ate eggs almost every day.
They would beat one or two eggs into a soup that the whole family could drink.
Recently, they also worked harder, naturally earning more work points.
Therefore, they all quite agreed with Yun Qinghuan’s words.
At this moment, Jiang Wenxiu said directly, “The busy farming season is almost here. If we’re still reluctant to eat, we won’t have the strength to work and might collapse from exhaustion. Then we’ll earn fewer work points and get less grain, which is not worth it. It’s better to think of ways to eat better every day and earn more work points during this time. When we get more grain in the second half of the year, life will be better.”
“That’s right. I’ve noticed that Old Liu’s wife has been working very energetically recently and earning more work points. It must be because her daughter-in-law makes delicious food every day, giving her the energy to work.”
Everyone agreed.
Wanting the horse to run fast but not wanting it to eat grass, how was that possible?
To earn more work points, one had to eat more oily food.
Yang Guihua saw that everyone was on Yun Qinghuan’s side, and she gritted her teeth in anger.
But there was nothing she could do.
Yun Qinghuan looked on with a smile. Just as Liu Yuzhi finished eating, she cleaned up the dishes and was about to leave.
But before she could leave, she suddenly heard a woman running over from the village entrance shouting loudly, “Comrade, are you looking for educated youth Yun Qinghuan? I know Comrade Yun! She just delivered food to her mother-in-law, probably still in the fields.”
“Educated youth Yun, someone from the post office is looking for you!”
Seeing Yun Qinghuan from afar, the woman’s eyes narrowed into slits as she shouted loudly.
This was truly rare. It wasn’t unusual for post office comrades to deliver letters, but it was unusual for them to deliver a letter to Yun Qinghuan.
After all, Yun Qinghuan had been in the countryside for several years, and no one had ever seen her receive a personal letter before.
In this era, most people weren’t wealthy. Many educated youths in the village would put their letters together with things they were sending, saving on postage.
And if someone sent something, the post office people usually wouldn’t make a special trip by bicycle to deliver it; you had to go to the town to pick it up yourself.
When Yun Qinghuan heard that someone from the post office was looking for her, the first thing she thought of was her novel. Had it been accepted?
She stood up in delight.
Usually, if it wasn’t accepted, they wouldn’t send a separate letter to explain. After all, they were busy with submissions from all over the country. Only if it was accepted would they specifically write a letter to explain the situation and discuss the author’s payment.
The person from the post office clearly remembered Yun Qinghuan. After all, she had an outstanding appearance and was someone who submitted articles to newspapers and periodicals. In this poor and backward place, there were very few people who wrote and submitted to publications.
The post office comrades admired intellectuals.
So, when they received the return letter for Yun Qinghuan from the newspaper in the morning, everyone in the post office was shocked.
They, as people with some knowledge, naturally knew what this meant.
At that time, when Yun Qinghuan, this thin and weak little girl, came to submit her manuscript and mail it, they hadn’t taken it seriously, only thinking that this girl was cultured and courageous. But now, what they felt was admiration.
Especially since the return letter was actually from the Guangming Daily!
The Guangming Daily was a well-known and famous newspaper that everyone knew. Many people considered it an honor to have even one article published in it, something they could boast about for a lifetime!
But now, the Guangming Daily had actually sent a reply to this little girl, Yun Qinghuan!
Although they didn’t yet know the specific content of the reply, it was enough for the post office staff to give the little girl a thumbs-up of admiration.
So, when he suddenly saw Yun Qinghuan, his attitude was much more respectful, and his address was also respectful. “Are you Comrade Yun? Congratulations, this is a reply letter for you from the Guangming Daily in the capital.”
And a reply letter from the capital stunned those present who didn’t have much education!
Zhang Yufen directly asked her, “Qinghuan, do you know someone in the capital?”
What ‘Guangming Daily’ was, these people who hadn’t gone to school much didn’t understand at all.
“What acquaintance in the capital? Who doesn’t know that Yun Qinghuan is from our city? And someone from the capital wrote her a letter? Those who don’t know would think she’s some important figure,” Yang Guihua said beside her, sourly and unconvinced.
Yun Qinghuan was excited at the moment and didn’t bother to pay attention to the sour words from the side.
She rubbed her hands together, wanting to take the letter.
Liu Yuzhi also stared at the letter. Although she hadn’t understood much, seeing her daughter-in-law’s expression, she knew it must be something very happy.
Moreover, she had just heard something about a newspaper. Thinking about how her daughter-in-law had been holed up in her room writing every day recently, she vaguely guessed something.
Although Yun Qinghuan didn’t care about Yang Guihua’s sarcasm, the people from the post office couldn’t stand it. They had gone to school and naturally knew the weight of the Guangming Daily in the newspaper industry. At this moment, they directly spoke up for Yun Qinghuan, “This is a return letter from the Guangming Daily. Do you know what the Guangming Daily is? Most of the newspapers you usually buy are published by the Guangming Daily. Their headquarters is in our capital.”
With the post office worker’s explanation, even though the surrounding villagers still didn’t quite understand, they knew one thing: this ‘Guangming Daily’ was particularly awesome.
And such an awesome newspaper had actually taken the initiative to send a letter to Yun Qinghuan!
That meant Yun Qinghuan was also very awesome and capable!
At this moment, everyone looked at Yun Qinghuan with disbelief and admiration.
Jiang Wenxiu was a rural woman who had rarely gone to school. But she wasn’t stupid. At this moment, seeing the smile on Yun Qinghuan’s face and the admiration on the post office worker’s face, she instantly guessed something. “Qinghuan, could it be that the article you wrote is going to be in the newspaper?”
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar around them.
“What? Educated youth Yun is going to be in the newspaper?”
“It’s not that educated youth Yun is going to be in the newspaper, it’s that the article educated youth Yun wrote is going to be in the newspaper.”
“What’s the difference? Isn’t it all that educated youth Yun is going to be in the newspaper? That article was written by her too.”
[T/N – 😅😅 Really…]
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