"Is editor Zhou Bingkun here? There is a comrade named Cai Xiaoguang outside, asking for editor Zhou Bingkun."

"Cai Xiaoguang?"

Zhou Chen was very surprised when he heard that it was Cai Xiaoguang who was looking for him. His relationship with Cai Xiaoguang was only because of Zhou Rong. They only met once after Zhou Rong left, when Cai Xiaoguang came to Zhou's house to explain the situation.

Never seen each other again.

He had nothing to do with Cai Xiaoguang, but Cai Xiaoguang suddenly came to visit him, or he found the publishing house. Could it be that he had something to do with Zhou Rong?

He was confused, but Zhou Chen still replied: "I am Zhou Bingkun, Cai Xiaoguang is my friend, let him in."

Not long after, Zhou Chen heard a knock on the door. He looked up and saw Cai Xiaoguang wearing blue overalls standing at the door.

Zhou Chen immediately stood up and greeted him: "Brother Xiaoguang, come in and sit down."

Cai Xiaoguang walked into the office, looked around, and praised: "Bingkun, I have heard that you work in a publishing house. This is your first time here. It seems that you are doing well here."

Zhou Chen said modestly: "It's not bad, it's just a living. Brother Xiaoguang, I heard that my uncle has resumed his work and been promoted to a higher level. I might have to trouble you in the future, brother Xiaoguang."

You can't pretend you don't know me now."

"Haha, Bingkun, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you talk so nicely."

Cai Xiaoguang laughed loudly. After his father came back to life, he could indeed be said to be very proud. Now he is doing very well in the tractor factory and has become the office director.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Chen asked: "Brother Xiaoguang, you probably don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. You came to see me today. Did Zhou Rong contact you?"

"That's not true. I haven't contacted Zhou Rong for a long time. I also want to ask you how Zhou Rong is doing in your province and whether she is used to the life there."

Speaking of Zhou Rong, Cai Xiaoguang's eyes seemed to light up. Even after three years, his identity as a dog licker has not changed.

In Zhou Chen's eyes, Cai Xiaoguang was Zhou Rong's licking dog, but his licking dog was much better than other licking dogs. In the end, he really succeeded in licking her and married Zhou Rong.

Cai Xiaoguang did not come here for Zhou Rong, which surprised Zhou Chen even more. Apart from Zhou Rong, there should be no contact between them.

"Since Zhou Rong went to your province, she has only written one letter to her family. It has been almost three years since she last contacted her family. So our family doesn't know what her condition is now."

After hearing this, Cai Xiaoguang couldn't help but sigh: "This Zhou Rong is really true. No matter what, you have to report that your family is safe."

Zhou Chen chuckled, not wanting to talk about Zhou Rong.

"Brother Xiaoguang, are you coming here today?"

Only then did Cai Xiaoguang remember the business. He sat upright and said, "I came to see you today. I really have some official business and I want to ask your help."

"Brother Xiaoguang, as long as I can help you, I'll have no problem with you."

"Bingkun, it's refreshing enough."

Cai Xiaoguang gave a thumbs up and then stated his purpose.

"It's like this. The sales volume of your "Golden Land" magazine is very good and it is also influential in other provinces. After hearing about it, the leaders of our factory wanted to advertise our factory in your magazine. Somehow

, this task fell on my head.”

"I was worried that I had no way out, and I happened to think that you work in a publishing house, and as an editor in the "Golden Land" magazine, so I came to ask for help."

"Advertising?"

Zhou Chen was very surprised. There were many people who wanted to advertise in the "Golden Land" magazine, but how could you, a tractor factory, think of advertising in a literary magazine?

"Yes, the sales volume of our tractor factory has been very average recently. The leaders are not satisfied with it, so they want to rely on other methods to drive sales. Your magazine has a great reputation in Jiangliao Province, so our leaders want to publish it in your magazine."

Advertise in magazines.”

Cai Xiaoguang is relatively talented, and he actually agrees with this decision. Regardless of the effect, taking action is better than doing nothing.

Zhou Chen thought for a while and said: "Brother Xiaoguang, of course I want to help you, but I am just an editor and am only responsible for editing the content of the magazine. When it comes to things like advertising, I really can't

It’s up to you.”

Cai Xiaoguang said: "It's okay, I understand. I came to you because I hope that through you, an acquaintance, you can help me introduce the person in charge of your publishing house, and I will go talk to them."

Zhou Chen said: "There is no problem with this. I will take you to see the person in charge now."

After introducing Cai Xiaoguang to the leader in charge of this aspect, Zhou Chen left. Whether the negotiation could be concluded had nothing to do with him.

When Cai Xiaoguang left the publishing house, he came over to say hello to Zhou Chen.

"Bingkun, thank you very much this time."

Zhou Chen asked: "How's it going, brother Xiaoguang, are the talks settled?"

Cai Xiaoguang said: "It's not that easy. This is the first time we've met, but luckily you're here and you're very considerate. But whether we can make it happen or not depends on how we talk about it later."

"That's good, I'm really afraid that I won't be able to help."

"You have been of great help."

Cai Xiaoguang smiled broadly, and then said: "By the way, let me tell you some news. This year, the country's economic situation is better than in previous years. Our province plans to liberalize the supply of pork and is preparing to launch a pilot. The pilot will be next Sunday.

, the location is at the supply and marketing cooperative of Shengli Store in the eastern suburbs of the city."

"At that time, a batch of pork that can be purchased without tickets or books will be supplied. It will cost 48 cents per catty and will be sold on the basis of fans. If you need it, don't miss it."

When Zhou Chen heard this, he also became interested. It is not easy to eat meat these days. Although he can get meat tickets every month, the quantity is also limited. He is too interested in pork like this, which does not require tickets and has no restrictions.

Already.

"Brother Xiaoguang, thank you very much."

"It's okay, I should just thank you and let's go."

Zhou Chen got off work early that day and did not go home. Instead, he went to the cinema and found Zheng Juan who was selling candied haws.

"Auntie, I have something to do with Zheng Juan. I will help you clear the stall when I come back later."

Aunt Zheng waved her hand and said: "Bingkun, if something happens to you, you don't need to come again. Guangming and I can go back by ourselves."

Zhou Chen said: "It's okay, just wait for us for a while, we will be back soon."

Zhou Chen asked Zheng Juan to sit in the back seat of the car, then pedaled his bicycle and quickly left the cinema.

"Bingkun, where are you taking me?"

Sitting in the back seat of the car, Zheng Juan carefully held Zhou Chen's waist for fear of falling.

Zhou Chen said with a smile: "I will take you to a place for good things."

Arriving at his destination soon, Zhou Chen stopped outside the yard of a bungalow.

"arrive."

Zheng Juan got out of the back seat of the car, looked around suspiciously, and asked puzzledly: "Bingkun, where is this place? Why did you bring me here?"

Zhou Chen pointed to the house in front of him and said, "Have you seen this house? We will live here after we get married."

"ah?"

Zheng Juan looked confused.

Zhou Chen said: "This is the house in front of you. I have rented it. When we get married, it will be our wedding room and we will live here in the future."

Zheng Juan was shocked and said: "You rented this house? Why did you rent the house? Isn't the house enough to live in?"

The Zhou family has two houses, which are much larger than hers. She feels that even if they get married, it will be enough to live in, so she can't figure out why Zhou Chen still rents a house.

Zhou Chen said: "It's different. We only have two rooms in our house. If my father and eldest brother come back during the Chinese New Year, it won't be enough. What's more important is that it's really inconvenient to have water, water, and water.

The restrooms are not convenient.”

"It's different here. This house has three rooms. Even if your mother and your brother come over, they can still live in it. There is also a separate bathroom, kitchen and living room. Have you seen this yard?

This is also included, so you can grow vegetables and flowers in the yard in the future.”

"The environment here is much better than that of optical type films. It is also very close to the publishing house where I work. It will be very convenient to commute to get off work."

Seeing that Zheng Juan had not yet calmed down, Zhou Chen took her hand, walked into the yard, parked the car, took out the key and opened the door.

"Come in and take a look."

Like a puppet on strings, Zheng Juan was pulled into the room by Zhou Chen, and then was pulled around by Zhou Chen from room to room.

In Zhou Chen's opinion, this house was not considered good at all, but to Zheng Juan, she was completely shocked by this house.

She had lived in Taiping Hutong since she was a child, sharing a room with her mother and younger brother. The entire house only amounted to twenty or thirty square meters. It was crowded and damp, and was incomparable to the house in front of her.

"This house is so nice, it must cost a lot of money, right?"

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about money. I can afford it. All you have to do is say whether you want to live here."

Zheng Juan replied without thinking: "I definitely have, but..."

"It's nothing but. Although I didn't buy this house, I have signed a contract with the landlord. In the next five years, unless I stop renting, he cannot sublet it to others."

At this time, Zhou Chen calculated that the college entrance examination would resume in five years, and he would definitely go to college by then.

He is not worried about whether he can go to college. When he does, he will decide whether to continue renting or whether to buy.

"Look at this master bedroom. It will be our new house. This room will be for my parents to live in. This room will be for your mother and your brother to live in. It is just big enough. And this kitchen, although it is not very big,

But there is water and electricity, which is very convenient to use, and there is also this living room. I will buy a larger table when the time comes..."

Zheng Juan's eyes became moist as she listened. What Zhou Chen said was something she had never dared to think about before, but Zhou Chen had already made a plan.
To be continued...