Chapter 53 Come to the door

Chapter 53 Come to the door

Chapter 53 Come to the door

"Didn't you catch up?" Liu Guangqing and Grandma Cai followed behind.

Li Kang gasped for breath and took a long time to calm down before replying: "Guo Yixing seemed to have run away with a tattooed young man. We almost caught up with him. He had a bicycle."

"I seem to have an impression of the tattooed young man you mentioned," Grandma Cai recalled. "He seemed to live alone in the shantytown behind Zhangshi Village. I also know the owner of that piece of land."

"Take it over and have a look."

Grandma Cai then took them to a family in Zhangshi Village.

"Sister Zhang, are you home?"

An old lady about the same age as Grandma Cai came out.

"Sister Cai, how come you have time to come here?"

Grandma Zhang seemed extremely happy to see Grandma Cai. When they were young, they were classmates.

We went to school together in a nearby primary school.

Later, I never went to junior high school.

"I came here to ask if there is a tenant in your house, a young man in his twenties with tattoos."

Granny Cai briefly described the young man's characteristics, and Granny Zhang knew who he was.

"You are talking about that Ding Xiaodong, right?"

……

Grandma Zhang led them to the shantytown where Ding Xiaodong lived, which was surrounded by a simple structure made of plywood.

You can smell the stench inside from the outside.

And there aren't many people living here.

Most of them went out to work.

"His name is Ding Xiaodong. He has been renting from me for almost five years. He owes rent every month. He is lazy and can't even pay the 20 yuan rent."

But outside Ding Xiaodong's room, there were many empty wine bottles.

It’s not that I can’t pay the rent, I spent it all on food and drink.

Even these bottles are worth a dime each.

Many times, these bottles were taken away by Grandma Zhang.

Grandma Zhang casually pushed open Ding Xiaodong's door.

"His house is never closed. There's nothing inside!"

Having said this, Granny Zhang stopped talking.

Because there was a pile of electrical wires in Ding Xiaodong's house.

It was not cleaned up when I left.

When Granny Cai saw the wires, she immediately started to curse: "You bastards! You are doing nothing. You will be punished by God."

……

Ding Xiaodong yawned and was counting money at the scrap yard.

"Now that we have money, let's go and live with your father in Shanghai."

Holding Guo Yixing, he walked towards Ronghua Road.

……

"This Guo Yixing is such an ungrateful person. We treated him so well, fed him, bought him new clothes, and this is how he repays us."

Grandma Cai has lived for so many years, cursing all the way.

This was the first time someone made the old woman so angry.

"It's happened, the person has run away, what's the point of still being angry?"

"The man has fled, but Ding Xiaodong's home is still there."

"No, I want to call the police. They cut the telephone lines secretly like this, and our losses are too great."

It was Liu Guangqing who held Grandma Cai back and said, "Don't cause any trouble. If Ding Xiaodong comes back, Sister Zhang will notify him."

When I entered the room, I saw Liu Lang and Zhang Yiming playing games.

As soon as we get together, we turn on the TV and play games.

As soon as Liu Guangqing came in, Liu Lang asked, "Grandpa, when will my dad come back? Today is the third day."

"Don't worry, your father promised to come see you today." Liu Guangqing touched his hand, his eyes full of doting.

"Really!" Liu Lang jumped up happily, making Lin Meixia and Zhang Yiming very envious.

I don’t know when their parents will come to pick them up.

Li Kang didn't care at all. He went back to the mosquito net bed in the backyard and picked up the novel he had written all night.

"I'm going out for a while and I'm going to send a manuscript."

"Brother Kang, can I go with you?" Lin Meixia immediately came over. She wanted to follow Brother Kang wherever he went.

The little girl was a bit clingy. She stared at Li Kang with her big, watery, sparkling eyes, unable to utter the words that came to her lips.

I could only agree reluctantly, "Don't run around, it will be troublesome if you get lost."

Lin Meixia took the initiative to hold Li Kang's hand, "Don't worry, Brother Kang, I will never leave."

"Will you come back for lunch at noon?"

“Maybe I ate out.”

Li Kang actually wanted to go to the headquarters of "Harvest" to take a look.

It is located at the SH Writers Association.

The magazine is under the management of the Municipal Writers Association.

Its status in the literary world is like that of Tsinghua University and Peking University.

There is a saying that there is People's Literature in the north and Harvest in the south.

If you are not familiar with Harvest, there are several works that you must be familiar with.

A large number of works that have won the Mao Dun Literature Award have been published there, including Lao She's "Teahouse", Yu Hua's "To Live", "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", and Chi Zijian's "The Right Bank of the Ergun River".

If Li Kang could publish his works here, it would be considered as a significant mark in the literary world.

No matter where you go or what you achieve in the future, with this achievement, you will be a guest of honor.

It's not surprising that everyone has vanity.

Li Kang writes novels because he wants to become famous and make money.

But he would not plagiarize some unpublished works.

At this time, many famous works that you have read have not yet been published. If you directly become a plagiarist, you will definitely become an instant hit.

Li Kang disdains to do so.

It is inappropriate for a person who has been blessed with two lives and has received modern education to copy other people's future works.

What's more, Li Kang is very confident in his work.

I hailed a taxi on the way.

Taxis at this time are definitely very expensive.

The starting price is 10.8, and only a few working people can afford it.

Li Kang is rich and doesn't care about this little money.

After getting in the car, the driver asked, "Where are you going, young couple? My car is a bit expensive."

It's just a broken Alto, and it's particularly ugly.

But in this era, it is also very arrogant.

"You'll have to pay for it. Go to the SH Writers Association on Julu Road in the JA District."

"The toll might be a bit expensive from this side," the driver looked at the two young men questioningly, "Can you really afford it?"

"You'll have to pay for the trip. Just drive."

Cars are much more comfortable to sit in than buses.

The bus sways all the way, which can easily make people dizzy and want to vomit.

If there was a subway line, Li Kang could take Lin Meixia to experience it.

At that time, Shanghai did have subway lines, all in the core area.

In slightly more remote areas, construction is being stepped up.

"We're at No. 687 Julu Road. The fare is 26.9. I'll give you 27."

Lin Meixia exclaimed secretly, "It's so expensive."

He even wanted to help Kang Ge pay for his taxi fare. "Kang Ge, I'll give you all my money. Use it to pay for your taxi fare."

Li Kang touched Meixia's pretty face with some emotion, "Keep your money, Brother Kang has money."

He took out a thick stack of change from his pocket, all of which were tips from the bosses at Portman.

The driver gave him the change and said, "Thank you for the ride. Call me next time."

Isn't it happy to make money?

Li Kang took Lin Meixia straight to the editorial department.

The fastest way to submit a manuscript is to go straight to the editor's office.

Let him read the script on the spot.

But I didn’t expect that there was such a long line in front of the editorial department.

There are at least a hundred people.
It’s as lively as a vegetable market.

“Are people of this generation so passionate about literature?”

(End of this chapter)