"Give it, let it go!"

In the crowded carriage, the conductor pushed a car full of snacks and walked by with difficulty.

“This kind of work is so hard…”

Chen Jie looked at her back as she was leaving, turned to Meng Huo beside her and said, "Thank you for accompanying me to take the train home."

"Need not."

Meng Huo was reading a magazine, but just replied lightly.

Originally, he wanted to take the high-speed rail to return to Qingcheng, but Chen Jie did not have a ticket. The high-speed rail had just been opened and the ticket sources were tight, so he could no longer buy the high-speed rail ticket for the day, so the two had to take the train instead.

There is still a three-year transition period for train transportation in China. In another three years, the train will be completely discontinued and completely converted into high-speed rail lines.

However, there is one thing that is that the train is very crowded. Even if the crowd is diverted by the high-speed rail, there are still many people standing in each carriage. The air floating in the carriage is very dull and has a strong smell of sweat.

This smell made Meng Huo frown.

“Is the magazine interesting?”

At this time, Chen Jie leaned over, she was very close to her, almost close to Meng Huo.

"Midsummer Daily"? Meng Huo, how could you read this!" Chen Jie looked surprised when she saw the title of the magazine. She knew the relationship between Zhongxia Comics and Phoenix Company, and couldn't help but feel strange: "Aren't you competitors?"

"Um."

Meng Huo nodded, he slightly distanced himself from Shen Jie and replied: "I want to study this comic."

During the day after leaving Ninghai, Meng Huo and Xu Jing had a discussion. The topic they talked about the most was Zhongxia Daily, which was the biggest enemy of Phoenix Company. Both of them wanted to take advantage of the broadcast of "Pokemon" next year to get "Weekly Boy" and "Weekly Girl" to recover from the suppression of Zhongxia Company.

Because of this reason, Meng Huocai wanted to study "Midsummer Daily" and planned to see what essence can be extracted and improve the quality of Phoenix Company's comics.

"I see."

Chen Jie nodded. She looked at it for a while and soon lost interest: "I said Meng Huo, what do you want to do when you return to Qingcheng?"

Meng Huo should have a lot of time during the Chinese New Year. Chen Jie was happy to think that the two of them would meet frequently in the future, but Meng Huo's answer disappointed her.

"I have something to do." Meng Huo replied lightly: "I want to prepare a new comic."

"New comics? Haven't you already serialized two?"

Alice opened her eyes wide and couldn't believe it.

"Well, but I have an assistant." Meng Huo replied: "You can open the third comic."

The first choice to increase the sales of Phoenix Company's magazine is He Xi to take action. Every time he launches a new comic, it will make a big splash. Xu Jing suggested that Meng Huo prepare new manuscripts during the Chinese New Year.

"Detective Conan" is handed over to Mr. Tomato. "Inuyasha" has Mr. Hanami as an assistant. If you add another assistant, it is not impossible to add a new serial.

"What kind of comic do you want to draw?"

Chen Jie frowned and asked. Meng Huo thought about it, but he didn't know how to answer, so he said.

"It's probably a little easier, a comic with a simple story..."

He did not make a choice, and his temporary idea was to find a simple plot, so that it would be convenient to hand it over to his assistant in the future. Moreover, he had limited energy and not only had to prepare a comic during the Chinese New Year, but also had an open copyrighted subject or creativity.

This is Meng Huo's own plan. The Gundam and Magic Girl series in the first two months increased the sales of the magazine, and it also proved that the original cartoonists of Phoenix Company are not as bad as they imagined. If they were given the appropriate subject matter, they could draw a lot of interesting comics.

Meng Huo believed that he could have some expectations and use simple and interesting themes to guide and enhance the strength of other cartoonists, thereby improving the quality of "Weekly Boys" and "Weekly Girl".

After a night's journey, Meng Huo and Shen Jie got off the train early on the morning of February 11.

As soon as I walked out of the stuffy car, I saw the cold morning mist coming.

“The house is so cold…”

Chen Jie couldn't help but tighten her collar: "Meng Huo, are we taking the bus back to the county town now?"

"No, you go back, I'm going to Dongxiang."

Meng Huo shook his head and said, "My family has no house in the county town. My grandmother lives in Dongxiang. She may live with her for a while."

"Your grandma's house?" Chen Jie's face suddenly collapsed. Dongxiang is more than 20 kilometers away from the county town. It is not very troublesome to see Meng Huo in the future: "Where are you celebrating the New Year?"

"Not necessarily." Meng Huo laughed: "There are no rooms there, and there may be no place for me to live in, so I might go back to the county town to stay in a hotel."

Chen Jie's face immediately improved, but she quickly remembered that Meng Huo was from a single-parent family and her eyes were a little dim. Meng Huo did not look very happy when he returned to Qingcheng. The folk customs and traditions of Qingcheng County were that he did not have a father, and his mother's relatives might not like him.

Perhaps because of this, Meng Huo formed his current personality. He lacked fatherly love and had to become stronger by himself.

Chen Jie felt an impulse, she wanted Meng Huo to go home with her and celebrate the New Year with her. But before she could say it, Meng Huo took the lead in saying goodbye:

"I'll leave first, call if you have any questions."

He turned around and left. Chen Jie didn't know whether to run over to stop him, but she hadn't explained to her family, so she couldn't take people home casually.

"Dad... I don't know if he will accept Meng Huo."

Chen Jie began to worry about such things.

Meng Huo took the bus back to Dongxiang and saw Li Qin as soon as he got off the bus.

"Small catch!"

Li Qin ran towards him, her face full of nervousness: "Why did you take the train? I worried my mother all night."

She was indeed not angry anymore.

Meng Huo explained a few words to Li Qin, and then the two walked towards their grandmother's house together. Grandpa and grandma hadn't seen Meng Huo for a long time, and held his hand and said something for the whole morning, looking very enthusiastic.

But at noon, several uncles came to visit with their children, and the two old men immediately turned their attention to their grandchildren. Li Qin was unhappy with this situation, but she said nothing. Meng Huo was even more used to it, and he studied well, and his uncles and aunts were very enthusiastic about him, which was very rare. Li Qin did not expose the life of their mother and son in Ninghai, so there were no other storms.

At night, grandparents wanted their grandchildren to stay, so Li Qin simply took Meng Huo back to the county town to find a hotel.

Meng Huo was so happy that he wanted to celebrate the New Year quietly and could paint in a hotel.

Everything in this county is the same as when I left half a year ago. Few people here know about He Xi, and he doesn't like to go out and does not attend class reunions.

Taking advantage of this time, Meng Huo thought about his new comics and new themes. Before he decided on the new comics, he thought of two excellent themes.
Chapter completed!