1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 131 It’s just a house, and you two are at odds with each other again!

"Sister, Big Boss Cheng, your house is bigger than Grandpa Qian's!"

"From now on, I want to live in a room all to myself!"

The whole family came to see the house, and Feng's father, mother, and brother-in-law all agreed. Sister-in-law Feng Jiamo even directly reserved the west wing in the backyard, wanting to occupy it alone.

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Feng Jiayou and Cheng Xuemin glanced at each other and said what they had expected before: "Dad, Mom! We didn't really want to buy such a big yard at first, but we came across this one, which is pretty good!"

"The yard is too big now, and the front yard will definitely be empty after we move in! So Xuemin and I thought, it's empty anyway, so why don't you, your parents, brother and sister-in-law, all move in with us, so that Xuemin and I can continue to eat and don't have to do housework, hehe!"

This has indeed been discussed with Cheng Xuemin. If we buy a small courtyard, Cheng Xuemin and the young couple of the Feng family can live there!
But this large two-entry courtyard house is even bigger than the old one they rented. There are four or five rooms in the front yard alone, and three in the back yard.

Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou took a fancy to the master bedroom in the backyard and planned to connect the small room next to the master bedroom where miscellaneous items were stored to make an indoor bathroom, which would be connected to a tributary not far behind them, so that the bath water could be discharged directly there.

The other second bedroom in the west wing was taken away directly by my sister-in-law Feng Jiamo, so all the houses in the front yard had to be left empty.

It's empty anyway, so she can definitely let her parents move in. It's just a rented house from Mr. Qian's place anyway.

Living anywhere and waiting for housing to be allocated by the higher authorities is also living there.

And as I said before, the housing allocation in Feng's father's unit is also tight. Even if there is a house allocated, it may not be that big.

It would be impossible to accommodate such a large family, so we must make plans early.

Either the father and son split up and let the eldest brother-in-law get a share and apply for housing from the unit; or they wait for the second brother to return to the city before getting a share, but it is difficult to assign a job when he has just returned to the city, let alone a house!

After all!
The reason why Feng Jiayou decided to buy this large courtyard house was more or less to take care of her mother's family.

Cheng Xuemin had no objection to this.

Such a large courtyard house really needs people to come in and liven up the house. He only has his father-in-law and mother-in-law's family here, and no other family members.

Moreover, Feng Jiayou had a very strong reason. When his mother-in-law and sister-in-law moved in, the couple would not have to worry about household chores and could focus on their creation without any worries.

The most important thing is!

Feng Jiayou is about to give birth in May or June. When there is a child in the family, someone will need to help take care of him. Feng Jiayou’s mother’s family is definitely the best!

Relying on Cheng Xuemin's parents to come and take care of the child? That might be a little unrealistic. His parents would definitely not be used to living in Yanjing. If they wanted to take care of the child, they would take him directly back to the countryside in northern Shaanxi.

In this case, Feng Jiayou would definitely be reluctant to let go.

So Cheng Xuemin and his partner decided to buy this large courtyard house and let her parents move in. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages and it was the best of both worlds.

"Let's talk about it when we get back!"

After hearing what her debt collector said, Feng's mother looked at Feng's father and did not express her opinion on the spot, but went back to talk about it later.

As for my brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao, sister-in-law Ke Yumei, and second sister-in-law Sun Juan, it doesn’t matter!
It doesn't matter where they live. They don't have to pay rent for the house at Mr. Qian's place. Food, accommodation and food are all provided by Mr. and Mrs. Feng anyway. The younger generation is just living off their parents.

The same thing happened to Feng Jiayou and Cheng Xuemin before. They were not asked to pay the rent or living expenses.

So, where to live is up to Feng's father and mother, and they don't care.

After looking around, the family was very satisfied with the yard. Cheng Xuemin agreed with the owner that since the transfer procedures could not be completed today, Sunday, they agreed to go to the "House Exchange Station" tomorrow morning, Monday, to complete the transfer procedures and settle the house payment.

At noon, Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou, along with their entire family, had a meal at the Changzheng Hotel, where they invited their father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law.

This made Feng's mother and her family feel that this house was even better. It was only a dozen minutes' walk from Yan University, and it was even more convenient to ride a bicycle. Even if the baby was in the late stage of pregnancy, they would not have to take a long vacation, and could even just take half a semester off.

It is not much far from their respective units, just in different directions.

If we talk about someone far away, it might be my brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao!
Originally, Mr. Qian’s house was not far from Beijing Film Academy and Yanying Studio, which was very convenient for him to go to work!
If we move here now, it won’t be as convenient as before.

After dinner, the family revisited Yan University. Father and Mother Feng were at the west gate message room. As expected, they saw Mr. Tang there and went up to greet him, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

This old mentor!

I can't stop talking about what good things he has to say!
"Xiao Chengzi, you came just in time. Here are three letters for you, which I just happened to deliver together today!"

Seeing Feng Jingren and his family coming over really surprised Mr. Tang, and he immediately said to Cheng Xuemin:

"One is from Shanghai Literature and Art, one is from Harvest, and the other is from Yanhe Literature!"

After taking a glance at the three letters, Mr. Tang handed them to Cheng Xuemin.

"Thank you Mr. Tang!"

Cheng Xuemin was surprised that the letter from Shanghai's literary and artistic community should be related to the script that Xie Jin mentioned yesterday. If there was anything he gained, it should be a sample issue of the manuscript fee invoice. When Li Xiaolin returned to Shanghai, she said that she would send him a sample issue of the manuscript fee invoice in the near future!

However, there was another letter from "Yanhe Literature", which surprised Cheng Xuemin a little!
Are you here to commission an article?

But Cheng Xuemin doesn't have the time recently. He has several other manuscripts to finish and has no time at all.

"How is it? Little Chengzi, do you have any masterpieces recently? I am waiting to help you put stamps on them and send them out for you to bless this Feng Shui treasure land of mine?"

Mr. Tang narrowed his eyes and asked Cheng Xuemin jokingly.

Ever since this guy stopped mailing submissions to him, his talent and popularity have dropped a lot.

It’s been almost a month, and no one has received a reply to their manuscript!

This class of students at Yanda University is not very good!

The total passing rate of all manuscripts is not as high as that of Cheng Xuemin alone. It really brings shame to Yan University.

The popularity of Mr. Tang’s Feng Shui treasure land also dropped sharply!

Of course, this is related to the exam week at Yanda University. Students are busy with their final exams, and after the exams they go straight to winter vacation.

So even if there is no such thing as a reply to the manuscript being accepted, the enthusiasm has to be lowered. Everyone has gone back home for the winter vacation and the New Year, and not many people are staying in school!

As a result, Mr. Tang’s Feng Shui treasure land will be even more deserted in the next month or so.

"Mr. Tang, you are joking... Your piece of land is a Feng Shui treasure... I should have a short script later, and I would like to trouble you to help me mail it out!"

Originally, Cheng Xuemin wanted to say no directly, but seeing the expectant expression on the old man's face, he could only nod and say.

It happened that Cheng Xuemin opened the letter from Shanghai Literature and Art, and it was exactly the same as what Xie Jin mentioned. "Female College Student Dormitory" was going to be adapted into a movie, and they asked Cheng Xuemin, the original author, what he thought of the script, and Shanghai Literature and Art had priority.

Plus, if Xie Jin goes back and makes an internal recommendation this time, it should be a foregone conclusion that Cheng Xuemin will write the script.

In this case, Cheng Xuemin planned to write back to Shanghai Literature and Art first, and then write the script before the New Year so that he could send it out from Mr. Tang to improve his Feng Shui.

With this calculation, after the New Year, Yan University students will return to school, and Mr. Tang has big news again, so let it out!

"Okay, okay! Little Chengzi, I have high hopes for you..."

"No, you can also write scripts?"

Mr. Tang smiled instantly, but as he was speaking he looked at Cheng Xuemin with some surprise and asked.

"I understand a little bit!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded repeatedly and said a few humble words.

"Is it 'Female College Student Dormitory'?" Seeing that Cheng Xuemin first read the letters of Shanghai Literature and Art, Mr. Tang guessed it directly and nodded, saying, "Okay, you write it first. Although I don't understand the script very well, I can still help you find typos and polish the manuscript!"

"When you finish writing, show it to me first!"

This little old man, is your only way to find typos when you edit manuscripts? Last time, I didn't let him find any typos in the manuscript for Li Xiaolin, so he's been thinking about it?
"Okay, when I finish writing it, Mr. Tang, you must help me take a look and give me some suggestions to improve the manuscript!"

The corners of Cheng Xuemin's mouth twitched a few times, but he still politely said yes repeatedly.

Next, Feng's father played a few games of Go with the old man, and mentioned to the old man that Cheng Xuemin had bought an apartment here and the whole family might move in together. This again surprised the old man and he kept saying that this was a good thing.

Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou continued to open the letters in their hands happily.

In addition to talking about the script, Shanghai Literature and Art also included a payment slip for the publication of a separate volume of "Female College Student Dormitory". The publisher was Shanghai People's Publishing House, and the payment was the same as that of Renwen Press in Yenching, which was 7 yuan per thousand words.

Another free piece of royalties, Feng Jiayou is so beautiful.

Next was Li Xiaolin's "Harvest", which, just as Cheng Xuemin had guessed before, was a sample issue of "Harvest" and the manuscript fee slip for "Chen Huansheng's Journey into the City".

Feng Jiayou happily collected the manuscript fee receipt.

After finally opening the letter from Yanhe Literature, Cheng Xuemin was also confused. Was it really their letter of invitation to write an article?

But after opening the letter and reading it, Cheng Xuemin was shocked. Because the content of the letters from Yanhe Literature and the literature in Shanghai were basically the same.

"Loess Plateau" is a very local and regional manuscript that has received good response. The Xi'an Film Studio is also going to adapt it into a movie. Yanhe Literature sent a letter to invite Cheng Xuemin, a "Yanshan University student", to participate in the adaptation work after returning from the winter vacation.

At the same time, there was also a bill for royalties, also from three sides. The Shaanxi-Gansu local publishing house also wanted to publish a separate book for Cheng Xuemin, and the royalties were actually higher than that given by "Yanhe Literature", at 7 yuan per thousand words.

"Xuemin, is Huangtu Gaopo also going to be adapted into a movie?"

After Feng Jiayou finished reading the letter, his eyes must have been filled with little stars of money.

It's going to be adapted into a movie. If her husband is asked to write the script, wouldn't he have to pay her another thousand dollars in royalties?
"Let's go back there after a while and take a look!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded. He didn’t expect that he would have such an unexpected gain when he returned this time.

This allowed him to participate in the script adaptation, and the round-trip fare was well earned!
As for whether to start the all-inclusive package right away, Cheng Xuemin would have to wait until he returned and then make a decision based on the actual situation.

then!

Around mid-afternoon, my eldest brother-in-law and his wife revisited their alma mater. After returning together, the family said goodbye to Mr. Tang and went home!

"Mom, what are you doing?"

Not long after returning home, my mother-in-law, Feng's mother, took out a savings book with three thousand yuan in it and went into Cheng Xuemin and her friends' room, wanting to give the savings book to Feng Jiayou!

However, Feng Jiayou was so shocked that he didn't know what to do and kept declining.

"I've discussed it with your dad and we can move in! But we have to buy the yard together!"

"We bought the front yard, so we can't take advantage of you two!"

Mother Feng stuffed the money into Feng Jiayou's pocket and explained.

"How is this okay!?"

"Dad's family is about to get a house, why are you spending this money? Mom, do you have money to burn?!"

"No, no, no, Xuemin and I don't want it!"

Although Feng Jiayou was born with a rebellious nature and was also a money-grubber, she refused to take the 3,000 yuan from her parents.

Finally, he said angrily, "Mom, if you continue to do this, then don't move there at all!"

"Anyway, if I accept this money, how will my brother and sister-in-law look at me and Xuemin?!"

Mother Feng was also anxious, and said directly: "Okay, if you don't want it, we won't move there!"

"Mom! Jiayou and I really can't accept this money. When we bought that house, Jiayou had already included everyone in the family in the budget!"

"Besides, you guys are just staying there temporarily. You'll have to move out once Dad's company allocates you a house! There's no need to spend this money. Help us share the burden!"

"And you know, I hope you can move over there because I want you to help take care of the kids!"

Cheng Xuemin also nodded. How could he buy a house and let his mother-in-law pay for it?

Besides, my mother-in-law has not only one daughter, Feng Jiayou, but also two sons!
Three thousand yuan!

If Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou really took the three thousand yuan from her mother, who knows what will happen to the family!

So it is a happy event for a daughter and son-in-law to buy a house and invite her father-in-law and mother-in-law to live there.

Don't let the family end up in disharmony because of the mother-in-law's disturbance.

"Yes, Mom! You know what the situation is like at Xuemin's home. When the child is born, we will have to rely on you!"

Feng Jiayou hugged her mother's arm again, rubbing against it and laughing sweetly.

"No, no, no, don't expect me to help you take care of them! I'm tired of taking care of you debt collectors, so just forget it!"

Feng's mother was still a person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Seeing that the debt collector was determined not to accept the debt, she could only get up and leave, cursing, saying that she would not move there and whoever wanted to move there could do so.

Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou exchanged a glance, but Feng Jiayou from Tiangang even muttered, "If I had known, I would have taken her money just now. I'll feel so sorry for her!"

As a daughter, she must have known how reluctant her mother was to take out the savings book with 3,000 yuan.

After all, they really didn't have an urgent need for housing. Seeing that her company could also allocate housing, how could she not feel heartbroken when she spent three thousand yuan to buy half a house for no reason?
After dinner, Cheng Xuemin continued to teach the woman how to draw comic books.

It is true that women are much more talented in painting than in writing. In just over a week, Feng Jiayou has mastered some of the basics.

In addition, Cheng Xuemin taught her a little trick of drawing comic books, and the woman's progress was rapid.

If you continue practicing at this pace, it won’t be long before you can become a master and be able to independently conceive and draw your own paintings!
The next morning, Cheng Xuemin took Feng Jiayou and went to the post office to get all the manuscript fee bills.

I went to the nearest bank and withdrew more than 3,000 yuan, making a total of 5,000 yuan, and then went to the housing management office at the "housing exchange station" near Yanda.

Because the yard was passed down from the owner's ancestors, it is considered a private house and does not involve the transaction and transfer of public housing.

So the following procedures were quite simple, but it took almost three days to complete all the procedures and get Cheng Xuemin's first house since his rebirth.

The owner of the house was written as Feng Jiayou, but because Cheng Xuemin’s household registration was not here, he could not add his name.

But it doesn’t matter. In the future, Cheng Xuemin’s house and yard will not be the only one like this one.

And I didn't ask my mother-in-law for the 3,000 yuan a few days ago. In fact, I was considering the ownership of the house in the future. I didn't want there to be no dispute now, otherwise the mother and daughter would turn against each other because of the ownership issue in the future.

of course!

In fact, Cheng Xuemin bought this courtyard house not just for the purpose of hoarding the house and waiting for it to appreciate in value in a few decades.

Because he knew that the area around Yanda would soon be developed into China's Silicon Valley, and demolition and reconstruction had already started a long time ago, so it would not be able to improve much.

The area that is really worth buying and hoarding houses is the city center, but the policy has only just been relaxed and housing conditions are tight, so it is not possible to buy several houses.

We have to wait two or three years until the trend of going abroad officially starts. There are too many prodigal sons who don't feel bad about selling their ancestral homes and will sell them at low prices just to go abroad.

At that time, there were really many courtyard houses to be found. All Cheng Xuemin needed to do was prepare enough funds and he wouldn't have to worry about not having good housing available.

It is a basic need now. I want to buy a house for myself to live in and make it convenient for going to and from school. I have no other thoughts.

After the house was officially transferred, the whole family was happy and were discussing moving in before the New Year to celebrate the New Year.

My brother-in-law, who was originally lazy, has become diligent and will go over to help clean as soon as he has time after get off work.

"Did Xuemin buy a house at Yanda?"

Mr. Qian, who only heard about it later, was shocked and looked at Cheng Xuemin in disbelief.

Cheng Xuemin followed Feng's father and said hello to Mr. Qian in the front yard. They were planning to move out before the New Year!
"Mr. Qian, I bought a yard so that my family and children can go to school nearby!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded and said.

"You kid...what can I say about you! Isn't your father-in-law Lao Feng's house going to be divided up soon?"

"You have money to burn?!"

Come on!

Nowadays, the general public has this perception that houses will be allocated according to demand, and there is no need to spend money to buy them, okay?

Anyone who spends his own money to buy it is being cheated and has money to burn.

Even Mr. Qian, who owns several private houses, thinks the same!

In response to this, Cheng Xuemin smiled bitterly, but Feng's father helped him explain that Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou had two children, one who had just entered college and the other who was still preparing for next year's college entrance examination. It would be a little far away for them to be allocated a house after they started working.

Now that the couple has an urgent need to buy a house, it is reasonable for them to buy one.

After hearing this, Mr. Qian nodded, but could only complain bitterly that they would have nowhere to eat after they moved away!
After the house was settled, the whole family took care of the cleaning while Cheng Xuemin focused on finishing his manuscript.

At the same time, the trip back to my hometown in northern Shaanxi should also be put on the agenda!

Feng Jiayou, who was idle at home during the winter vacation, started buying things for Cheng Xuemin, all of which were New Year's goods for Cheng Xuemin to take back.

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(End of this chapter)