CHAPTER 13: CHAPTER 13: FIRST ROYALTY PAYMENT RECEIVED

As soon as Song Jiajia stepped out the door, she saw Lu Hao’s grandmother, Liu Fenglan, sweeping the yard.

"Oh, Jiajia is up."

Her tone was indescribably strange.

Song Jiajia smiled and said, "Grandma, I’m up to make breakfast."

Liu Fenglan’s triangular eyes were not as gentle as before, with a hint of sarcasm: "No need, Jiajia, how could I let you cook? I’ve already made it. After all, if we waited for you to cook, Haozi would be late for work."

Lu Ting glanced at Song Jiajia: "I say, sister-in-law, you better get up earlier in the future. My grandma’s health isn’t great, she shouldn’t have to get up early to cook for you."

Song Jiajia looked at Lu Ting, damn girl, why don’t you get up and cook then?

Liu Fenglan did not stop Lu Ting.

Song Jiajia’s eyes were filled with unwillingness, she gritted her teeth and said: "Sorry, Grandma, I was too tired last night, so I didn’t get up."

Was Sang Yu like this initially?

She still remembered when she married Jiang Jingming, on the second day of their marriage, she slept in until noon.

Liu Fenglan smiled and said, "Jiajia, little Ting is young and doesn’t know any better, don’t listen to her nonsense, hurry and eat."

Song Jiajia’s face finally looked a bit better.

...

When Sang Yu woke up, the wall clock showed it was already nine thirty.

"Is it really this late?"

Luckily there were no elders in Jiang Jingming’s family, otherwise, it would be too rude.

Sang Yu freshened up, changed her clothes, and then went downstairs.

The house was quiet, Sang Yu thought, Jiang Jingming must have gone to work.

After all, in the original story, Jiang Jingming was someone who was always busy and seldom at home.

Nonetheless, she found a note on the dining table that had a line written on it.

"I made porridge, it’s in the pot, heat it up before eating."

The handwriting was bold and forceful, just like Jiang Jingming.

Sang Yu opened the pot lid, and sure enough, there was porridge inside, still steaming a bit.

Sang Yu silently gave Jiang Jingming an extra point.

After breakfast, she tidied up a bit, took the finished drafts to the newspaper office, and also checked if there was any news on her last submission.

——

Police Station

Jiang Jingming: "Lin Wen, after work, come with me for a while."

"Where to, Captain?" Lin Wen asked.

"To buy some things."

"Buy things? Captain, since when did you like doing such girly things?" a man leaned over and said.

"What would you single guys know, don’t forget, our captain just got married yesterday, obviously he’s buying things for our sister-in-law."

"Did any of you see the sister-in-law? I was out on an assignment yesterday and missed it, such a shame."

"Saw her, saw her, if you didn’t see her, you really missed out. Our sister-in-law is really beautiful, like a fairy."

Lin Wen had a mysterious look: "You only know half of it."

"What?"

Everyone looked at Lin Wen curiously.

"Lin Wen!" Jiang Jingming glared at Lin Wen as a warning.

Lin Wen perked up cautiously, "Nothing, nothing, just saying sister-in-law is indeed pretty."

"Coward!" everyone said in unison.

"Captain, we’re coming to help you buy things too."

Jiang Jingming kept his head down: "Why are you all so idle? Have all the cases been solved?"

...

At noon, Jiang Jingming and Lin Wen went to the commercial market together.

"Boss, what do you want to buy?"

"Four major items," Jiang Jingming said.

Four major items? Aren’t those a sewing machine, a television, a radio, and a watch?

So I’m here to do the heavy lifting?

Is it still possible to run away now?

Obviously too late, because Jiang Jingming had already gone inside.

If only I had known, I wouldn’t have come.

Lin Wen followed Jiang Jingming reluctantly.

On the other side, Sang Yu happily came out of the newspaper office.

An hour earlier

Sang Yu arrived at the newspaper office, just about to submit her completed drafts into the mailbox at the entrance.

Someone called out to her: "Hello, comrade."

It was a woman about thirty years old.

"Hello." Sang Yu greeted politely, since she came out of the newspaper office, she must be one of the staff.

"Comrade, I am an editor of this newspaper, called Chen Hong, it’s like this, I just happened to see what you wanted to submit, seems like a painting work?

Sang Yu nodded, "Yes."

"I wonder if I could take a look?" Chen Hong asked tentatively.

Sang Yu glanced at her drafts, after all, they’ll be seeing it sooner or later, no harm in looking now.

But she didn’t give all to Chen Hong, only took out one.

Chen Hong took the painting, her expression became very excited.

"Great, great, it’s really you."

Chen Hong looked at Sang Yu with great curiosity: "Are all these painted by you?"

Sang Yu: "Yes."

"That’s wonderful, comrade, it truly is you. Your painting skills and story our chief editor are really fond of,

I was just going to send something to your address, didn’t expect to meet you directly, do you have time now, can we chat a bit?"

Sang Yu also didn’t expect the other party to like the story this much.

But this means she will soon get paid for her work.

"Sure."

Chen Hong took Sang Yu into the chief editor’s office.

The chief editor here was a woman.

"Editor-in-chief, this is the author we’ve been talking about for the serialized comic, called... "

"Excuse me, comrade, what’s your name?"

Because Sang Yu used a pen name for her submission.

"I’m called Sang Yu, you can directly call me by my pen name, Little Fish."

"Alright, Comrade Sang Yu, this is our chief editor, Liu Shumin." Chen Hong introduced.

Liu Shumin examined Sang Yu, eyes filled with appreciation: "Are you the creator of ’Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf’?"

Sang Yu nodded, "Yes, Chief Editor Liu."

"Good, very good, your story is captivating, drawings are also impressive, do you have any interest in a long-term collaboration?"

Their newspaper’s current trend isn’t great, but after seeing Sang Yu’s comic submission, Liu Shumin knew their newspaper would undergo unprecedented change because of this.

Sang Yu didn’t rush to answer, Liu Shumin really admired her, the young lady before her looked under twenty yet was so composed.

"Alright then, Comrade Sang Yu, you just need to provide a Chapter of drafts each week,

we can pay fifty yuan for each Chapter,

and of course, if you have other works later, we’ll add more on top of this, how does that sound?"

Fifty yuan actually isn’t too little, and a Chapter a week isn’t difficult.

She could draw other things too, maybe earn even more.

After thinking for a while, Sang Yu said, "Alright, I have no problem."

Liu Shumin smiled: "Great, Comrade Sang Yu, rest assured if your comic feedback is good, we will increase the pay."

"Okay."

"Then it’s settled, here is your payment for this time, this is the reward for both submissions, a total of one hundred yuan, take a look."

Liu Shumin joyfully handed over the payment for twice.

"You haven’t even looked at this one yet, are you sure?" Sang Yu was a little surprised at the woman’s decisiveness and boldness.

"No need, I trust your skill." Liu Shumin smiled.

Sang Yu also smiled: "Since Chief Editor Liu trusts me so much, I definitely won’t let your trust go to waste."

Liu Shumin smiled.

Sang Yu took the money and suddenly thought of something: "Chief Editor Liu, shouldn’t we draft a contract, to assure both you and me?"

Liu Shumin: "Of course."

Soon, Chen Hong came with the drafted contract.

After confirming the terms were fair and accurate, both sides signed.

Sang Yu suddenly earned one hundred yuan, very happy.

Although it can’t compare to what Jiang Jingming gave her last night, it’s her first earnings in this world.

She decided to go shopping!

She previously visited the supply and marketing cooperative, found their items were too limited.

So she went to the commercial market.