Qiao Shu immediately stood up from her chair and quickly walked to the door.
When the door opened, Xiao Li, who had already been a bit nervous from delivering the letter to Qiao Shu, instantly froze. All his muscles tensed up, and his cheeks flushed as he looked at Qiao Shu.
The reason was simple. A stunning beauty like her stared at him with her bright, beautiful watery eyes so intently, as if he were some precious treasure. Who wouldn’t feel their mind go blank and forget everything?
At that moment, Xiao Li felt like he was drowning in Qiao Shu’s beautiful, clear eyes—and he was all too willing.
Unfortunately, what Qiao Shu was looking at wasn’t him, but… the letter in his hand.
“Brother Xiao Li, thank you!”
Qiao Shu hadn’t noticed Xiao Li’s unusual reaction. All her attention was on the letter in his hand.
So after she took the letter, thanked Xiao Li, and closed her door with a “Bang~!”, …
“…”
Watching Qiao Shu’s figure disappear, Xiao Li finally came back to his senses. He looked at the tightly shut door and couldn’t help but rub his head in embarrassment.
No wonder Brother Baocheng had warned him so many times to avoid looking at Comrade Qiao Shu.
He had originally thought Yang Baocheng was exaggerating. How could just looking cause trouble?
Now…
Xiao Li touched his heart, which had been pounding wildly from Qiao Shu’s focused gaze.
From now on, he should listen to Brother Baocheng and avoid looking at Comrade Qiao Shu!
Otherwise, he might never find a wife!
But… Regiment Leader Feng was truly enviable to have such a beautiful wife…
Qiao Shu had no idea about Xiao Li’s thoughts outside the door. At that moment, all her attention was on the letter.
Seeing the words “Happy Children Magazine” on the envelope, Qiao Shu immediately grew nervous.
This wasn’t a letter from her family—it was a reply from the children’s magazine!
Had she passed… or been rejected…?
Qiao Shu nervously pursed her lips. She, who had written novels for so many years in her previous life, felt truly anxious this time.
“Little Aunt, what’s wrong? You look like you’ve received a challenge letter!”
He Anning saw Qiao Shu pursing her lips tightly and staring nervously at the letter in her hand, which immediately piqued her interest.
She leaned over and saw the words for the children’s magazine.
“Wow! Little Aunt! Is it about your fairy tale story getting accepted?”
He Anning said excitedly. The thrill on her face was even greater than Qiao Shu’s, the person involved.
Influenced by He Anning, Jiang Lekang also clapped his hands excitedly.
“Kangkang wants to hear Little Aunt’s fairy tale story~!”
Seeing how excited the two little ones were, Qiao Shu took a deep breath and tore open the envelope. Inside, she found—
“Six yuan???”
After a brief moment of stunned silence at the paper bills in the envelope, Qiao Shu immediately lit up with joy.
Because those bills represented—
“I passed!”
Qiao Shu’s eyes brightened instantly, sweeping away all her earlier tension and anxiety.
She set the money aside and took out the letter inside. Then she saw—
A whole bunch of glowing praise???
The letter was full of them calling her Teacher Little Qiao, with every sentence praising her short fairy tale story—how captivating it was, how novel, how meaningful.
If Qiao Shu hadn’t known this was from the magazine’s editor, she would have thought it was from some obsessed fan.
Reading the apologetic note about the payment, Qiao Shu felt this editor was truly kind!
For a complete newbie like her, the rate shouldn’t exceed three yuan per thousand characters, but the editor had fought for four yuan per thousand—higher than the newbie rate.
The editor even felt bad about it, saying Qiao Shu deserved the top rate of thirty yuan per thousand characters. She stated outright that she was very optimistic about Qiao Shu, believing she would soon gain fame and qualify for the highest pay…
After reading the entire letter full of over-the-top compliments, Qiao Shu’s excitement from her first acceptance had calmed down.
“…”
At that moment, Qiao Shu felt her worries over the past few days about passing or not seemed a bit silly.
Thinking back, in her previous life, she had graduated from the Chinese department and earned her living expenses by writing during school. Writing novels was second nature to her, very straightforward.
Though this was her first time in the fairy tale genre, she had transmigrated from the future to this backward era. Her writing style and creativity far surpassed most people.
Especially her creativity, which outshone everyone in this world.
So… that editor named Weng Kanya had praised her fairy tale so highly in the letter…
So, she had nothing to worry about from now on!
Her money-making skill was locked in!
Thinking of the thirty yuan per thousand characters that Weng Kanya had mentioned, Qiao Shu’s heart raced with greed.
Though her previous life’s rates had reached hundreds, thirty yuan in this era had immense purchasing power!
A worker’s monthly wage was only about forty yuan.
And with good writing, a thousand characters from her could nearly match a worker’s full wage!
Right then, Qiao Shu decided to write great fairy tales and quickly raise her rate from four to thirty yuan per thousand characters!
“Little Aunt, you passed! I want to read your fairy tale story~!”
He Anning excitedly tugged at Qiao Shu’s hand, her tone urgent.
“Kangkang wants to read it too~!”
Hearing the two little ones, Qiao Shu snapped back to reality.
She lowered her head, looked at the two expectant faces, and smiled.
“Little Aunt’s fairy tale story has to wait for the magazine to send the sample issue. You two need to wait a bit longer.”
Not just them—she was eagerly awaiting the sample issue too.
After all, this was her first fairy tale acceptance, her first novel acceptance in this life!
“But though you can’t read my story yet, Little Aunt got this payment and can treat you to something delicious! What do you want? Today, Little Aunt is treating~!”
Qiao Shu generously waved her first earnings and said happily.
That day, the entire Feng Family learned that Qiao Shu could write fairy tales—and had successfully submitted one to the magazine for six yuan.
This made the Feng Family Members value Qiao Shu even more!
After all, someone who could make money writing stories with a pen was truly rare!
Especially since their daughter-in-law wrote fairy tales!
This time, without He Hong saying anything, Feng Shengli directly declared—
“I’ll definitely get that brat back here quick!”