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

Chapter 134: The symposium turned into a Hongmen Banquet, with overwhelming condemnation
"Xuemin, you and Teacher Feng and Gu should be mentally prepared for the symposium later!"

After everyone was dealt with, Zhang Guangnian and Cheng Xuemin, father-in-law and son-in-law from People's Literature, gave a reminder.

"What's the matter, Lao Zhang?"

Seeing that Lao Zhang looked so serious, Feng's mother couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

"You must have come directly from home. Didn't you read today's edition of the Tianjin Daily?"

Zhang Guangnian glanced at the crowd over there and whispered something to Cheng Xuemin and the others.

"Tianjin Daily? What did it publish today?"

This made Feng's mother, Cheng Xuemin and others even more confused. They came here for a symposium today, so how did it end up in Tianjin City?

"14th edition!"

Zhang Guangnian also smacked his lips and shook his head, saying, "Today, the Jinmen Daily used a full 14 pages to publish an article criticizing and suppressing us!"

"I heard that the relevant leaders of Tianjin have come here in person to report that our manuscript has a wrong direction!"

"what?!"

The expressions of Feng's mother and father changed drastically, and Feng's father's hands couldn't help but tremble twice!

It's time to come!
Thinking back to the beginning, Feng's father didn't quite agree with it, and Cheng Xuemin and his wife Feng's mother were included in this article!
It's really too courageous!

Although it was strongly supported by Mr. Wu mentioned above and received rave reviews after it was published, it now seems that some people are starting to speak out about its negative impact!

And it happened in Tianjin, which is not far from the outskirts of Beijing. Today, the Tianjin Daily used up a full fourteen pages to criticize the article that encircled and suppressed their son-in-law.

So what were approved?

What’s more serious is that their relevant leaders went directly to Beijing!
This, this, this!
He really needs to be mentally prepared for this symposium, as it might turn into a Hongmen Banquet for his son-in-law.

"But don't worry too much, Mr. Gu. Mr. Wu has invited Mr. Mao to take charge, so the problem won't be too serious!"

Zhang Guangnian added another word of comfort.

After waiting for about twenty minutes, it was almost half past nine. Mr. Wu had finished his work and called everyone to enter the conference room one by one.

The protagonist of this symposium is Cheng Xuemin, so his ranking seat is relatively forward, no longer sitting in a corner like last time.

In front of the conference room, there were large words written on the wall reading "Symposium: Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office", but the layout of the venue was quite simple.

Before long, the entire conference room began to be filled with fog and secondhand smoke, making it almost pitch dark.

This is the characteristic of meetings in this era. There is no awareness at all to take into account the constant coughing of female comrades.

Cheng Xuemin, a non-smoker, can only bear it, as it will take a few years before smoking is banned in the venue.

Mr. Wu, Mr. Mao and others also entered and sat in the front row.

The symposium was hosted by Zhang Guangnian, editor-in-chief of People's Literature, the publisher of "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office", and officially began after a brief opening speech.

The first person who spoke surprised and shocked everyone present: Mr. Mao!
This also surprised Cheng Xuemin very much!
Shouldn't an old giant like Mr. Mao be the last to speak?
Why did they change the usual practice this time and let him speak first?

But soon!
Not only Cheng Xuemin reacted, but other newspapers, magazines and media also smelled something.

Mr. Mao’s first speech was to set a tone for everyone!
The tone of this symposium!

We cannot take the opportunity to attack and suppress the Party at this symposium just because the Tianjin Daily said something in a long article today.

Therefore, in Mr. Mao’s speech, he highly praised Cheng Xuemin’s article in a high-profile manner!

Of course there are some flaws, and some of the sentences are indeed not very well said.

It's just that a few words were not said well, they can be changed!

Although Mr. Mao set the tone at the beginning, the discussion that followed went on and on, with the first person mentioning today's report and everyone starting discussing it!
Mr. Wu, Mr. Mao, Zhang Guangnian of People's Literature, Li Shuguang of Renwen Publishing House, China Youth, Chinese Literature and other heavyweights have spoken out in support, which is why he was not dragged down.

But in the end, this symposium was definitely not as smooth as the last one held by the Yanjing Literature Wranglers.

"Xuemin, don't feel any psychological burden. Just write the manuscript as you want in the future."

After the meeting, Mr. Wu invited Cheng Xuemin, his father-in-law and his son-in-law to his office to appease Cheng Xuemin in person.

"That's right, Xuemin! This article was jointly recommended for publication by me, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Ba!"

"Even if they want to criticize, the three of us old guys will shoulder the responsibility with you!"

Mr. Mao also nodded and said!
"Mr. Mao, there's me too!" Ding Ling also expressed his opinion.

"Teacher Wu Laomao and Lao Ding, I'm actually fine! Since I wrote that article and published it, I must be mentally prepared to accept criticism!"

"But didn't Tianjin go a little too far this time!?"

In Mr. Wu's office, Cheng Xuemin finally saw today's edition of the Tianjin Daily. Just as it was said outside, a full 14 pages were used to denounce and criticize Douyin for the directional error that was aimed at suppressing Cheng Xuemin.

"Xuemin, don't worry too much. I know a little bit about the details!"

"It may be related to the recent conflict in wind direction over there!"

Mr. Wu did not clearly state what the wind direction was, but Cheng Xuemin had already triggered the relevant memories and already knew what had happened before and after!

We also know that this is just the beginning, and there will be three more large-scale condemnations in Tianjin.

However, they were counterattacked and defeated by heavyweight newspapers and magazines such as People's Literature, People's Daily, and Literary Gazette.

It was not until 1980, after the results of reform and opening up were reported, that Tianjin stopped making any comments.

"Ugh!"

On the way back, Feng's father sighed deeply.

Things were not going well for my second son in the south, and I didn’t expect that my son-in-law would have such a problem here. It’s so upsetting!
"Old Feng, why are you sighing? Are you adding pressure to Xuemin for no reason?!"

"I think it's better to stay in Yanjing for the New Year!"

Feng's mother couldn't stand her husband's sighs and groans, and she must be blaming her in her heart for insisting on publishing the article "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office"!

To be honest, Feng's mother does feel a little regretful now.

If she had known that October would not have a share of the manuscript, why would she have worked so hard and benefited People's Literature?
it's good now!

All the negative impacts fell on her son-in-law Cheng Xuemin alone.

Just now in Mr. Wu’s office, although the two elders tried to comfort them again and again, the last sentence asking Xuemin not to leave Beijing during this period of time immediately made the attitude of the superiors clear.

Is this to put her son-in-law under house arrest?
"Mom, Dad! Actually, I'm fine. I just hope I don't get you involved anymore!"

Cheng Xuemin also smiled bitterly and said that although he knew that this wind was just a lot of thunder but little rain, in the end it actually had no effect on the original author at all.

But there was something in Cheng Xuemin's mind, almost like he had opened the eyes of God, so he could see so clearly.

But if it were his father-in-law and mother-in-law, it would be very normal to worry too much, after all, they have all been through it!

No one can guarantee that the same wind will not strike her daughter and son-in-law again.

Even though Mr. Wu and Mr. Mao strongly supported it just now, they didn't dare to guarantee it.

After all, no one has the ability to predict in advance how the wind will blow and which direction it will lean towards.

"Silly boy, don't listen to your father! What's the big deal? It's just a manuscript. What's the big deal?"

"Don't tell my children when you get back, understand, Xuemin!"

Feng's mother seemed indifferent as she comforted her son-in-law, but her last sentence, asking Cheng Xuemin not to tell her daughter, exposed the panic in the mother-in-law's heart.

"knew!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded, but he knew how long he could keep it a secret.
If we don’t talk about it today, once all the newspapers and magazines in Yanjing go online tomorrow, won’t it be known to the whole world?
So the secret can’t be kept secret for long!
After the agreement, the three of them separated!

Feng's mother and father had to report back to their respective units and it was not yet time to get off work, but Cheng Xuemin went straight home.

"How was it? Xuemin, did today's symposium go smoothly? What did you talk about at the meeting? Please share with me!"

As soon as they got home, Feng Jiayou, who had been waiting for a long time, pulled Cheng Xuemin aside and asked him questions all the time, and he had no idea how to respond!

"It's okay! At the meeting, teachers Wu Laomao and Lao Ding praised my article highly. I almost got carried away!" Cheng Xuemin said to the woman half-truthfully. It's true that Wu Laomao and others praised it highly, but there were also a lot of voices criticizing the encirclement and suppression.

With his mother-in-law's instructions, Cheng Xuemin could only report good news and not bad news, so as not to scare the pregnant Feng Jiayou.

"Really? Really? That's what I knew you were talking about!"

"Isn't a symposium just for everyone to sit together and praise the author?"

What the woman said was indeed right. The symposium was all about praising each other and flattering each other. That was a very accurate summary.

But today's symposium, in addition to praise, there is also fighting!
Your man was even ordered to be under house arrest and was not allowed to leave Yanjing before the New Year, so when Cheng Xuemin saw the house full of New Year's goods to be taken back, he was dumbfounded!

I prepared too early, I didn’t expect something like this would happen!
I don’t know whether Mr. Wu and others regret holding today’s symposium. Anyway, Cheng Xuemin regrets attending it!
But it’s actually quite good this way, I can just spend the New Year in Yanjing!

I will go back after the New Year to bring his parents over, pay New Year's greetings to my father-in-law and mother-in-law, and give the woman a betrothal gift at the same time!
It’s really good actually!

Because Cheng Xuemin knew that if he went back to northern Shaanxi before the New Year, he might not be able to bring his parents over.

After all, during the Chinese New Year, everyone celebrates the New Year at home, right?
If he really wanted to bring his parents to Yanjing to celebrate the New Year, he didn't know how Chengjiawan in northern Shaanxi would spread the news that his son Cheng Xuemin had become a son-in-law of a city dweller.

Otherwise, why not bring his wife back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year, but instead bring his parents to the city to celebrate the New Year?
Given his parents' stubborn and arrogant tempers, they may not necessarily come over before the New Year to celebrate the New Year at their in-laws' home.

There is no such custom!
However, Cheng Xuemin did not mention all this to Feng Jiayou. It would not be too late to tell her later when she realized what was going on.

Now, there is definitely no Tianjin Daily at home, and Mr. Qian in the front yard also does not subscribe to the Tianjin Daily, so the woman Feng Jiayou definitely doesn’t know about it.

If you are going to study at Yanda University before the winter break, then you must have known that there are many kinds of newspapers there.

"Xuemin, have you read today's Jinmen Daily?"

But no matter how much defense you take, you really can't defend yourself against your brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao!

Who would have thought that Feng's mother Cheng Xuemin was hiding this from Feng Jiayou and didn't want to let her know. But the eldest brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao hurried back from work and heard him yelling before he even entered the yard.

When Feng's mother heard the noise and rushed out, she was surprised to see that her eldest son was holding a copy of the Tianjin Daily in his hand, which was obviously today's copy.

"Brother, what's wrong with today's newspaper?"

Feng Jiayou, who was sitting by the window drawing something, heard her elder brother's shouting outside. She poked her little head out of the window and asked.

"Boss, what are you doing all the time?"

"Didn't you go over and keep an eye on Xuemin's new house?!"

Feng's mother hurried forward and while complaining about her eldest son, she also winked at him, asking him if he could be a little more considerate of his sister.
What on earth are you going to do with such a big bomb by bringing it home?

"Mom, I just came from over there!"

Big brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao didn't understand what his mother meant by winking at him, so he asked again, "Mom, when you went to the symposium today, did you mention the report in the Jinmen Daily today?"

"Brother, what did the Jinmen Daily say today? What does it have to do with the symposium?"

"Xuemin said that today's symposium was very successful! Teachers Wu Laomao and Lao Ding both praised him highly!"

Feng Jiayou was still sticking her head out of the window, talking to Feng Jiazhao with a smug look on her face. She saw the newspaper in her eldest brother's hand and said repeatedly, "Brother, is that the Jinmen Daily in your hand? Let me see it quickly, let me see it, what does it say?"

"Is it a repost of Xuemin's Qiao Changzhang? Or are there any praise comments?!"

Feng Jiayou greeted her eagerly, and also wanted to see how the Tianjin Daily praised her man today!
"Feng Jiazhao, why are you involved in everything? Hurry up, go to the kitchen and help me light the fire!"

Feng's mother was so angry that she couldn't control herself. She had already given him a look, but this blockhead just wouldn't understand. He kept bringing up irrelevant issues, which made her so angry.

Hurry up and start a fire, and burn the newspaper while you are at it!
"Mom, what's going on? Did you see it? Do you know?" Feng Jiazhao was still asking his mother stubbornly.

"Brother, what did the Jinmen Daily say?!"

"Mom, are you, Dad, and Xuemin hiding something from me?"

Feng Jiayou was also awakened by her mother's overreaction. She no longer waited at the window, but quickly got up and ran to the door, asking her mother as she ran.

At this time, her husband Cheng Xuemin went to the new house to clean, and Feng's father had not returned from get off work yet.

"Slow down, there's no need to rush!" Mother Feng was frightened by the debt collector's impetuousness and said repeatedly, "Feng Jiazhao, you too, your sister wants to see you, so hurry up and send it to her!"

It was impossible to hide it! Seeing her own older son still standing there stupidly, she asked her whether she had seen it or not.

Can you not watch it?

There was such a big fuss at the symposium today, but didn’t it get to your Yanying Studio?
"No, what's going on?! What happened? Where are Xuemin and the others?"

Brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao realized later that his elder brother-in-law Cheng Xuemin was not at home!

"Xuemin went to the new house! Didn't you see him, brother?"

Feng Jiayou replied, then took the newspaper from Feng Jiazhao and started flipping through it!

But there was no need to flip through the pages, the front-page headline and several pages following it were all about the article about her man!

When he turned to the very first title, Feng Jiayou's face turned pale instantly, and then he read through the pages quickly!

"Mom, what's going on?! I didn't see Xuemin at the new house!"

I was shocked by his sister and father's reactions!
Feng Jiayou said that Cheng Xuemin went to the new house, but he just came back from there and didn’t see his brother-in-law Cheng Xuemin at all!
"What's the problem? If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up!" Mother Feng glared at Feng Jiazhao unhappily, then moved closer to her daughter and said soothingly, "Jiayou, it's just a report, it's nothing!"

"Today, Mr. Wu and Mr. Mao both expressed their support for Xuemin at the forum!"

"It'll be alright!"

She tried her best to comfort her daughter's debt collector, but seeing her daughter's body trembling more and more, Feng's mother was so scared that she quickly hugged her!
"Mom, what happened?!"

"Aren't the top leaders at the meeting highly praising Xuemin?!"

"But what happened to the Tianjin Daily?! This... this... how many pages were spent criticizing the scholars?"

Feng Jiayou didn't even dare to count how many pages the Tianjin Daily had spent fighting her man.

But everywhere she looked, she saw pages and pages of articles criticizing her man!

Isn’t it just writing an article?

As for this...

But when he thought about how many examples there had been in the past where someone had been accused of something because of a manuscript, Feng Jiayou felt filled with fear and a chill.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's all over, it's all over!"

The more worried and frightened Feng Jiayou became, the more her mother became concerned.

"Mom, Jiayou, it's just a manuscript, can you please stop being like this?!"

"And what about Xuemin!? Where is Xuemin himself?"

Feng Jiazhao wanted to slap herself a few times at this moment. Her mother was attending the symposium today. How could the people at the symposium not know about such a big thing happening in the Jinmen Daily?
Something must have happened at the meeting, which caused her mother to deliberately hide the truth from her sister Feng Jiayou.

But who knows!

He ran home in a panic, crying out for help, saying that he was completely blind!

"Xuemin? Xuemin? Isn't Xuemin in the new house?"

When Feng's mother heard this, she was also panicked. When she got home from get off work, she asked Feng Jiayou, and she said that Cheng Xuemin had gone to the new house!
He, Feng Jiazhao, just came over there and didn’t see it! ?

"Didn't see it!"

"Blind, could it be that Xuemin has escaped?"

Brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao slapped his thigh and shouted!

"Escaped!?"

Feng Jiayou looked up in confusion and panic at his older brother Feng Jiazhao, not understanding what he was saying.

"Xuemin... escaped?"

After hearing this, Feng's mother also turned pale. Old Wu had told Cheng Xuemin not to leave Beijing before the New Year. Would such a timid man abandon his entire family and run away irresponsibly?
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(End of this chapter)