Starting from scratch in another world

14-18

Chapter 14

Shi Meng began to feel that every experience, whether good or bad, is valuable.

It was the few months she spent in Takase-kai to make a living that made her understand a lot of survival skills of the lower class.

Because the apartment they live in now is really old and the equipment is seriously aging, Shi Meng and Akutagawa repaired the light bulbs, installed the gas stove, and unblocked the toilet during this period, and they had to carry buckets to the sixth floor every day.

And the security here is not very good. One day when they got home from school, they found a circle drawn in the corner and three dots. She and her brother and sister looked at each other in surprise, wrapped in a blanket and waited in the living room until late at night, and finally waited for the thief who came to the door, and then used force to teach the other party a lesson.

It turned out that the thief was actually a resident on the second floor. This time, the thief who was beaten and screamed is now the water mover and deliveryman of Shi Meng's family, and he respectfully goes to the door every day to greet the big sister and big brother.

During this period, Yokohama Literary News began serializing the novel "From Slums to Millionaires" by the newcomer "April", which was serialized in the form of a weekly 10,000-word series, which received a great response in the literary world.

Especially in Yokohama, where the Literary News is located, many subscribing families were amazed when they read this novel. It is obvious that the prototype of the novel was taken from Yokohama, and the places described in it can be described by Yokohama people one by one.

In addition, the plot has both heavy and bright sides, and the language is easy to understand and suitable for all ages. Readers began to look forward to how the story will unfold.

Therefore, when the novel was updated to the third chapter, the newspaper was out of stock, and the supply could not meet the demand. The editorial office was almost overwhelmed by letters from readers.

Shi Meng was in Tokyo, and the reaction here was a little slower. She did not feel the enthusiastic atmosphere of Yokohama, and naturally did not know that her novel had caused a craze...

She was still busy making up for her lessons, and she missed too many studies.

Until Editor Matsuura took the trouble to send a thick newspaper and selected readers' letters to Teacher April.

In the newspaper, there were even senior authors who wrote long reviews from a realistic perspective:

[“In From Slums to Millionaires, the author April used his unique and profound brushstrokes to delicately depict the experiences in the slums, and how two orphans in the world of poverty and crime struggled to survive under the ravages of terror and violence.

In this dirty and dilapidated remote area far away from the city, the two children were in darkness but full of optimism and progress. With their efforts, they brought a bit of warmth to the heavy reality.

“…All the characters that appear here are from the bottom of society and represent a profound human nature.

The flowers of good and evil bloom at the same time, which makes me sigh and engage in endless thinking.