Chapter 211 Writers' association
Li Haitang drove them all the way to the Wang Fujing department store, parked the car on the side of the road, pointed out to the outside, and introduced them, "Look at the crowd with red sun visors over there. They are all the publicity staff recruited by the Cam. They are all college students and junior high school students of the average family background in the capital. You can go over and take a look now. I'll go to the opposite of the Kfc and pack you a family bucket."
"Wow, Li Haitang, thank you." They had long heard that there was a foreign restaurant in the capital, Kfc, which had delicious food, but it was very expensive. They really couldn't afford it. They didn't expect her to be so generous to buy one for each of them.
"You're welcome. You guys go over and take a look. Come to the Kfc later and help me carry my things." Li Haitang put on his sun visor and got out of the car.
"Okay."
An hour later, everyone got into the car with a bag in their hands, and the strong smell of fried chicken filled the whole car in an instant.
Li Haitang wiped his face with a tissue and asked casually, "I went to see what happened. How was it?"
"Good. It's easy. It's much easier than our military training." Li Jie answered blandly.
Li Haitang had done this kind of part-time job in her previous life. It was not very hard, but it was a little sunny in summer and a little cold in winter. But for rural children, it was nothing.
After driving everyone back to school, she copied the newly installed phone number from home to them when she left. "Although we are in the same school, we have different majors, and our studies are very busy. We probably won't meet often in the future. If you need any help, call me directly."
"Okay, then we won't stand on ceremony." Li Jie and the others knew that she had a good temper, so they stopped fooling around with her.
Li Haitang waved at them and smiled, "Then I'll go back first. Goodbye."
"Goodbye." Everyone replied in unison. Li Jie grinned and said, "Drive slowly and be safe."
It was the same day that the university of political science and law opened. Xia Lin had gone to the school to register in the morning. He had already returned home and was reading new books in his room.
Her door was not closed. Li Haitang knocked at the door and walked over with the bag, "Xia Lin, your brother hasn't come back yet?"
Looking at the family bucket in her hand, Xia Lin raised his eyelids and replied, "He's going to the reunion with his classmates tonight. He won't be back until later."
"Oh, let's just grab a bite to eat tonight." Li Haitang sat down directly opposite her and picked up her new textbook to look at.
The rest of the day was full and peaceful. Li Haitang got up at six o' clock on time every day, then took Xia Lin out for a run. Forty minutes later, he went home to wash up and eat breakfast. Read and study at 7: 00, drive from home at 7: 40, take the Xia family brothers and sisters to school first, then return to school by yourself.
Xia Jin had already booked a car, but he had to wait for a few days to pick it up, so Li Haitang had to take the two of them to class during this time, and let them take the bus after school.
Li Haitang had lunch in the school cafeteria at noon. There was a two-hour break after lunch. She squatted in the library. Beijing university's library has thousands of books, a true sea of knowledge. Every day when she entered here, she couldn't bear to go out.
Everything was very quiet and smooth. The only thing that was not good was that Yan Wanfei, the class counselor, always looked at her with an inexplicable expression every time she met, and often deliberately picked on a few thorns, but it was also good that nothing serious happened. After all, her performance was seen by her classmates and understood in their hearts.
A month later, it was the national day. Li Haitang and the Xia family siblings went to Piedmont garden, the neighborhood xu yueyang introduced, and came back from the purchase formalities. The three of them were making lunch at home, and the phone in the living room suddenly rang.
Li Haitang got up and answered, "Hello, who is it?"
"Haitang, it's me."
Chu Xiaoman's voice came from the other side. Li Haitang smiled, "Elder sister Man."
"Well, how are you doing at school this month?" It happened to be the national day holiday, and Chu Xiaoman had returned to the military compound at this time, calling from home.
"Get used to it. It's good at school." Hearing her concern, Li Haitang felt warm.
"That's good. Haitang, I'm calling you today to tell you that all the money you donated last time has been bought for school supplies and books, and it was delivered to jixi city in hei province a week ago." In mid-august, Li Haitang sent five thousand yuan to her and asked her to help with this. Chu Xiaoman was very concerned and donated it in her name through the red cross.
Li Haitang smiled lightly and sweetly, "Okay, thank you, elder sister Man."
"You're welcome. I also want to tell you one more thing. I joined the Writers' association in the first half of this year, and I met a lot of writers and friends there. I accidentally learned that you haven't joined yet. Would you like to get to know me?" Chu Xiaoman had always thought that she had joined the most famous Writers' association in the country. After all, it was a place where famous authors gathered in the country. Who knew that a friend had been invited to play this morning and that she had not joined, so she came to pull this thread.
"Uh, yeah, how could I forget about this?" Li Haitang patted her head directly and told her truthfully, "Elder sister Man, I didn't have time to come over here to do this when I was in tan city, and I've been too busy to remember. In fact, Editor zhou had already written me a letter of recommendation, asking me to find vice president Master qi of the Writers' association."
"Haha, I see. It's so big of you to forget such a big thing. Well, I'll be free tomorrow. I'll take you there and meet some other writers and friends." Chu Xiaoman offered to help. She thought it was fun to play with Li Haitang, and she could grow a lot of experience with her.
Li Haitang said gratefully, "Okay, thank you, elder sister Man. I'll pick you up tomorrow."
"No, I know where you live. I'll drive there just in time. Let's meet at the gate of your neighborhood at 8: 30."
"Okay."
The next morning, Li Haitang followed Chu Xiaoman to the Writers' association and met Master qi with a letter of recommendation.
Master qi and a lot of Writers' association leaders did not expect that the famous newcomer author Mu Zihaitang was a sophomore at the university of beijing in recent years. Everyone got to know her situation and understood why she never joined the author, the Writers' association. They arranged for staff to take her to go through the membership procedures first.
In the afternoon, she chatted with Master qi in the office for a long time. During the previous year's military training, she published a novel about martial arts. Now that she had begun to transform, she was preparing a work on education.
Master qi was very interested and asked her to review the first draft for him. Although she only wrote tens of thousands of words, he praised her greatly.
After this was done, Li Haitang focused on studying and writing, and the Xia family brothers and sisters who lived together were in the same situation. Every night, the lights in the three bedrooms were almost turned off at ten o' clock on time.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of december, and the weather in the capital was already very cold. Li Haitang crawled out of the car in a thick down jacket and went to the dormitory of the department of economics and management to look for Li Jie in the howling cold wind.
"Classmate, who are you looking for?" Just as she reached the door of Li Jie's dormitory, a round-faced girl in a red cotton-padded jacket walked up to her.
Li Haitang smiled slightly, "Hello, classmate. I'm looking for Li Jie."
"Oh, Li Jie went to get some hot water. It's probably going to take a few minutes to get back. Come in and have a seat."
Li Haitang thanked, "Okay, thank you."
After sitting on Li Jie's stool for five or six minutes, she came in wearing a slightly bloated cotton jacket, a red scarf, and two thermos bottles in her hands.
When she saw Li Haitang, she was surprised and said, "Li Haitang, why are you here?"
"I came here specially to see you. It's a good thing." Li Haitang pointed to the bag on the table and said, "This is for you. Go find Geng Lu and the others quickly and ask them to bring their id cards. I'll wait for you in the parking lot."
"Okay." Li Jie immediately put down the thermos and opened the bag she brought. It was full of delicious snacks. She grabbed one for each student in the dormitory. The others were locked in the cupboard and ran out happily to find someone.
When everyone arrived, they didn't ask where they were going, but all of them smiled and got into the car.
After the car drove out of the school, Li Jie asked, "Li Haitang, where are you going?"
"I gave you a chance to make money. It's much easier than advertising, and I made a lot of money. I need an interview, but I believe you can all make it." Li Haitang came to inform them today in the cold wind. Last night, she participated in an event at the Writers' association. When she heard that the Writers' association wanted to recruit part-time staff to do text proofreading and so on, she thought of Li Jie and others, so she signed them up in advance.
Li Jie was stunned and said in a loud voice, "Li Haitang, why didn't you say so earlier? We can dress up before we go out." They had their first interview, so they had to pay attention to their appearance.
Li Haitang glanced at them and replied, "You guys look great, clean and tidy. You don't need to dress up."
At this point, it was not easy for them to say anything more. They gathered their sleeves and lapels, touched their hair and so on, and inexplicably became nervous.
When li haitang brought them to the Writers' association, they looked surprised, but did not see her explain, so they had to follow closely. When they saw that she and the leader talked harmoniously, like old friends who had known each other for a long time, they were more confused and wanted her to come back soon to explain.
Soon, Li Haitang came back and briefly introduced them, "The Writers' association needs to hire ten part-time jobs to take care of the text proofreading work. You can work here at night or on weekends. I've already signed you up. Now go to director wu's office and fill out a form. He'll arrange for you to interview later."
Li Jie's eyes were bright and excited. Everyone knew it was not the time to ask more questions. They nodded and gave her a grateful look, then got up and went to director wu to fill out the form.
They were both top students of the Beijing university and girls with delicate minds. They were the best candidates for this kind of civil work and naturally passed the interview easily.
On the way back, everyone was still in a daze. It was not until Li Haitang drove them away again that Li Jie suddenly asked, "Li Haitang, why do you still have acquaintances here?"
Li Haitang chuckled, "Because I'm a writer."
"Ah!" Everyone exclaimed in unison.
"My pseudonym is Mu Zihaitang. The nine swords and the supreme heaven are all my works." Li Haitang didn't hide it from them. In the future, when they worked part-time at the Writers' association, they would know her identity sooner or later.
Li Jie and the others were dazed by the shocking news and didn't make a sound for a long time. Then Li Haitang asked them if they were going back to school or to her house, but no one answered her. So, she took them back to her home.