Chapter 1539: The Heart of Comparison 1
The time between submitting the manuscript and now had stretched so long that Feng Qingxue had almost forgotten about it.
Nevertheless, when she received feedback regarding her submission, she was quite pleased.
The letter and two medical journals had been forwarded from Chen Xueniang’s house in the Capital to the military base in Wucheng. When Feng Qingxue was submitting her manuscripts, she had anticipated the possibility of leaving the Capital after graduation, so she had listed Zheng Jinrui and Chen Xueniang’s addresses as points of contact.
Guo Ming would have been a good choice as well. However, since Guo Ming lived in a compound serving a group of senior officials, sending mail to him would have been more troublesome. Letters sent there first had to arrive at a designated location, be sorted and reviewed by department staff, and only then be delivered to the compound. This was the standard procedure for external mail addressed to senior officials.
Two of Feng Qingxue’s papers had been published in the journals, and the letter also included a foreign exchange slip for the royalties—which were quite substantial.
Feng Qingxue read through the letter. The gist of it was that her papers were highly exceptional, well-grounded, and had caused a minor stir in the local medical community. The remaining papers would be published in succession, and the royalties along with the journals featuring her work would also be sent to her in due course. The letter concluded with an invitation for her to continue submitting and engaging in academic exchanges, and so on.
It was already late October when she received the letter. The weather had turned colder, and autumn was in full swing.
She wasn’t on duty that day. Zu Lei had gone out to buy groceries, so she and Wang Cuilan took the triplets out to play. That’s when she noticed Su Meixiang wearing a brand-new pair of Blue Begonia leather shoes, paired with a new woolen coat and black corduroy pants. Feng Qingxue had seen similar woolen coats at the Capital’s department stores and Friendship Store before. Even the short versions cost 77 yuan, let alone the long ones.
"Sister Qingxue, what do you think of my woolen coat? Doesn’t it look lovely? I made a special trip to the Capital to buy it," Su Meixiang said as she extended her arms and spun around in front of Feng Qingxue, her tone thick with pride.