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

Chapter 168: Loess Plateau, are you still the pioneer Director Qiao? (Request full order)
"Xuemin, are you going to Yanhe Literature in the provincial capital again?"

Cheng Xuemin and his group set out from Chengjiawan, took a ox cart to the commune, then took a hand tractor from the commune to the county, and then took a long-distance bus from the county to the city.

By the time we bought the train ticket to the provincial capital Chang'an, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

They originally thought that they would change trains in the provincial capital and go directly to Yanjing, but what Cheng's father and uncle did not expect was that Cheng Xuemin took everyone to stop in the provincial capital.

When Cheng's father asked in confusion, he realized that his grown-up son had other things to do while passing through the provincial capital.

"Yes, Dad. The train to Yanjing won't arrive until tomorrow afternoon at 1:00. We have to stay in the provincial capital for one night.

I just happened to have an appointment with Yanhe Literature in the provincial capital, so I was supposed to go there when I came back! But I was worried that the editor would not be at work during the Chinese New Year! "

"I have a script to hand over."

Cheng Xuemin nodded. He had not mentioned this to his father and the others before setting out.

"Script?! What is a script?"

Now the uncle was also puzzled as to why his nephew came to the provincial capital for other things.

"Dad, I know this, I know this!"

"Brother, is it a movie script or a drama script?" cousin Qin Xiaolian volunteered to ask.

Along the way, cousin Cheng Xuemin was the most talkative and excited.

After all, it’s the first time to travel far away, so girls shouldn’t be too happy.

At the same time, Cheng Xuemin also knew why it was his little cousin instead of his aunt who came to Yanjing this time.

Because after my uncle went back yesterday, he told my aunt the purpose of this trip to Yanjing.

As for the betrothal gift, my aunt knew that it was the local custom and that the old man had to be the uncle, so it was a good thing and a happy event for her old man to go to Yanjing with her.

But I heard that my eldest nephew's wife, who is a college student, would be in Yanjing helping his sister and brother-in-law with cram school and tutoring to prepare for this year's college entrance examination.

This made my aunt’s mind active!
My niece only graduated from junior high school, and her husband only studied in high school for one year. With this level of ability, can she take the college entrance examination?
He also threatened that he would help his sister and brother-in-law get into college?

How can this be tolerated?
After hearing this, my aunt's mind suddenly became active. Her daughter Xiaolian is in the first year of high school and will definitely go to college in the future.

But if I can follow my niece's wife who studies at Yenching University and make up for it with her tutoring, will I be able to get into university in this year's college entrance examination?

After this idea came to her mind, my aunt became more and more excited. That very day, she instigated my uncle to take their daughter Xiaolian to Yanjing so that she could also benefit from her cousin's fame.

My uncle was also dumbfounded when he heard this. How could this be possible?

After hearing this, his daughter Qin Xiaolian was of course extremely excited, and she also begged her father to let her go to Yanjing.

The uncle really had no choice but to take his daughter with him and let her go to Yanjing to see the world. He couldn't guarantee whether she could stay in Yanjing to study with him.

At first, my uncle was shy and didn't dare to speak up. It was only on the train that his daughter Qin Xiaolian took the initiative to ask about it, and then he opened up about the matter.

To this!

Cheng Xuemin, what's the big deal? This is a good thing!
He only has this one uncle, and he has been very supportive in taking care of his nephew Cheng Xuemin.

So, morally and logically, there's really nothing wrong with taking care of my little cousin.

In addition, my little cousin is a freshman in high school and actually has a much more solid foundation than her sister and brother-in-law.

Under Cheng Xuemin's guidance, it should not be difficult to get into an ordinary undergraduate program in the provincial capital, let alone a prestigious university.

There is only one loophole to exploit this year, the last year. When the senior high school students become the main force for the college entrance examination next year, it will be difficult for students like her cousin who are only in the first or second year of high school to get into college again.

Therefore, taking the exam early this year will have more advantages than disadvantages!

As for what the uncle was worried about, going to Yanjing would cause trouble for his nephew and his wife.

The same thing applies. It's okay to take care of his sister-in-law, his second sister-in-law, his sister and his brother-in-law, plus a little cousin from his maternal uncle's family.

As for other aunts, uncles, and cousins, do they have any objections?

Sorry!
They were either too old, had already started families and careers, and were almost too busy earning work points in their early years. Most of them did not even graduate from elementary school, so Cheng Xuemin could not take care of them even if he wanted to;
Those who are too young are basically in primary school, and there is no gap in the junior high school!

So, among all the relatives, only this little cousin has the conditions that can be trained a little.

He can't help with anything else. Even if some relatives and friends have objections, Cheng Xuemin can do nothing about it.

Moreover, at that time, Cheng Xuemin had basically settled in Yanjing. How many times could he go back throughout the year?
So in the end!

My little cousin is lucky. She is pampered by her uncle. As long as she wants to go to high school, her uncle will support her.

Otherwise, considering my cousin’s age of seventeen, she should have been criticized long ago.

"It's a movie script, adapted from one of my manuscripts!"

Facing his little cousin's playful inquiry, Cheng Xuemin nodded, then explained, "I submitted a manuscript to Yanhe Literature before, and it has been published!"

"Now the Xi'an Film Studio intends to adapt this manuscript into a movie, and hopes that I can come over to discuss the adaptation of the script!"

"Brother, you have submitted manuscripts to Yanhe Literature and published articles. Which one is it?" My cousin Qin Xiaolian's eyes lit up when she heard this, and then said, "We have every issue of Yanhe Literature in our school reading room. I have read them all! Which one can you tell me?"

My cousin is now studying in a high school in the county, so it is normal for her to read Yanhe literature in the school reading room.

After all, Yanhe Literature is a local magazine, but it is a first-level publication in northern Shaanxi. It is basically a task for every county high school to subscribe to every issue of the magazine.

"Oh, really! Xiaolian, you are quite well-read!"

"Have you seen the Loess Plateau?!"

Cheng Xuemin followed with a joke, then greeted Cheng's father and mother and talked as they walked out of the train station.

"Loess Plateau! I've seen this one before. It's the one before the winter break, right?"

"At that time, our Chinese teacher brought the magazine article to class, read it to us, and asked us to write a review after reading it!"

"At that time, our class teacher said that this was the best article written by us in northern Shaanxi. This was the best article written about our northern Shaanxi!"

"Oh, I didn't expect that this Yellow Earth Plateau was written by you, brother?!"

When Qin Xiaolian heard that it was the Loess Plateau, her eyes were filled with shock and she exclaimed repeatedly!
"Really? Xiaolian, did your class teacher praise your brother?"

When Cheng's mother heard this, she was so happy that she didn't expect that her eldest son had become so famous in their county years ago.

"Auntie, that's right. My work "The Loess Plateau" caused quite a stir in our school! They said it was another influential piece of reflective literature after "The Class Teacher," "Scars," and "The Shepherd"!"

"Moreover, the Loess Plateau is a reflection of the local conditions and customs of northern Shaanxi, and is more representative in northern Shaanxi!"

In fact, the little cousin knew nothing and only had a concept of reflective literature. But now she was talking so confidently that she directly fooled her father, uncle, and Cheng Xuemin's parents.

Cheng Xuemin just listened. He knew that just from hearing these things from his cousin's mouth, it was obvious that the influence of "Loess Plateau" in northern Shaanxi was indeed quite large.

Don’t say anything else!

"Loess Plateau" can be regarded as a reflective literature with a strong regional character of northern Shaanxi. Its influence in northern Shaanxi may directly exceed that of "Class Teacher", "Scars" and "The Horse Herder".

My little cousin just said that their teachers said this is a good reflective literature piece belonging to us in northern Shaanxi.

perhaps!

This is probably the main reason why Xi'an Film Studio decided to adapt "Loess Plateau" into a movie.

"Xuemin, where should we go now? Is there anyone from Yanhe Literature to pick us up?"

As they were talking, they walked out of the train station. However, looking at the bustling provincial capital train station, Cheng's father, mother, and uncle were confused and at a loss.

The elder sister Cheng Wenxiu was also confused and asked Cheng Xuemin nervously.

"Sister, parents, uncle, let's find a guest house to stay for the night! Yanhe Literature probably doesn't know I'm coming today!"

He definitely didn't know. Cheng Xuemin didn't say hello before he came, and they didn't agree on a certain day to come over.

Yanhe Literature previously knew that the author of "Loess Plateau" Huangtu Gaopo was a student at Yenching University who had just been admitted from northern Shaanxi.

So we originally planned to have the author come back from winter break to celebrate the New Year, and take some time to visit Yanhe Literature to discuss the adaptation of "Loess Plateau".

There is really no exact number for the exact day.

Originally, he had planned to come here before the New Year, but because of the Tianjin Daily incident, Cheng Xuemin wrote a letter to Yanhe Literature, saying that he would come after the New Year.

The exact date is still unclear and no agreement has been made.

But I estimate it will be around the 8th, 9th or 10th day of the New Year.

So Yanhe Literature should know that Cheng Xuemin will arrive in the next two days, but they definitely don’t know the specific day.

So asking them to arrange someone to pick us up is even more impossible.

"Stay in a guesthouse? That's going to cost money!" The uncle was stunned again, and then said, "Xuemin, we can stay in the train station for one night!"

How much does it cost to stay in a guest house?

If the uncle hadn't brought his daughter here, he would have benefited from his nephew's help. But now that he brought his daughter here, he felt a little uncomfortable and was really afraid of spending more of his nephew's money.

After hearing what their uncle said, Mr. and Mrs. Cheng also looked very interested.

Why stay in a guesthouse and waste that money?
When they came out of the train station just now, they saw a lot of people sleeping on the floor or lying on chairs, obviously waiting for the train.

Others can stay in the train station, so why can't they? They have to spend money to stay in a guesthouse?

"Uncle, your nephew let you, your uncle, stand in the cold at the train station in the middle of winter. What will people say about your nephew when they get back?"

"Uncle, there's a train station guesthouse over there, let's go over there and ask first!"

I've finally taken my parents and uncle out for a trip, so how can I let them stay in the train station and freeze?
Besides, what does it matter to his nephew to stay in a guesthouse?
Even if seven adults each paid one dollar per night, that would only be seven dollars. What was this worth to my nephew, whose monthly income had already exceeded one thousand?
Cheng Xuemin didn't plan to go far. After all, he had no direction at night, so he could only find a guesthouse nearby.

It’s the train station guesthouse in front!
The guesthouse near the train station was not as chaotic as it was after the opening, and was full of people who were trying to get people to stay in illegal places.

It is still a genuine state-owned guesthouse and you can stay there as long as you have a letter of introduction.

Cheng Xuemin had a letter of introduction, but it was not a letter of introduction issued by his uncle from the commune. The letter issued by his uncle was useless in the provincial capital.

Because the letter of introduction from my uncle was for visiting relatives in Yanjing. You can't visit relatives in Chang'an, the provincial capital, so the letter of introduction is useless.

Get the letter of introduction from Yanhe Literature to Cheng Xuemin.

This letter of introduction was sent to Cheng Xuemin by Yanhe Literature when Cheng Xuemin was still in Yenching.

So the letter of introduction that Cheng Xuemin took out was the one issued by Yanhe Literature.

But what Cheng Xuemin didn't expect was that it was also useless. The staff at the railway station guesthouse refused to check him in.

He said that with this letter of introduction, he could only stay at the guesthouse affiliated with Yanhe Literature, and would not be accommodated at their railway station guesthouse.

It is also possible that seeing that there were so many people coming to Cheng Xuemin’s place, he was hesitant to let him check in.

Cheng Xuemin was stunned when he heard this.

If you are not allowed to stay, you can only go to the guesthouse where Yanhe Literature belongs.

Fortunately, there were no 24-hour taxis at Chang'an Railway Station in that era, but there were human-powered tricycles.

Human-powered tricycles are also the most mainstream means of communication in various cities in this era, besides buses.

that's it!
We hired two rickshaws and squeezed together for an hour, going around the old Chang'an city from east to west. Finally, we arrived at the street guesthouse on the Yanhe Literature side at the foot of the old city wall.

After showing the letter of introduction, he was also interrogated. It turned out that Cheng Xuemin brought a lot of people with him this time.

Cheng Xuemin then took out several other letters of introduction, explaining that he was going to visit relatives in Yanjing and came to Yanhe Literature to submit a manuscript for revision. Only then was he arranged to stay.

But I told them not to wander around randomly, and to go to Yanhe Literature Report tomorrow to verify the situation, and then issue a certificate.

Otherwise, let them stay for tonight.

In this regard, Cheng Xuemin expressed his understanding, after all, this was an era when people could only go out with tickets.

Without national food coupons, even if you have money, you will starve to death on the road; without a letter of introduction, even if you have money, you may still freeze to death on the road.

Even if they don't freeze to death on the road, they will be caught and locked up as vagrants.

So they rented two rooms, with men and women squeezed into separate rooms, and it cost Cheng Xuemin another four dollars and two cents, which works out to sixty cents per person per night.

Mr. and Mrs. Cheng were so distressed that they rolled their eyes but didn't know what to say.

The next morning, Cheng Xuemin told his father, mother, uncle and others to wait for him at the guesthouse while he went to Yanhe Literature, a nearby publication, to submit his manuscript!

If everything goes well, we can still catch the 1pm train.

"Brother! Brother! Brother! I want to go with you to see it, too!"

Just when Cheng Xuemin was about to go out, his cousin Qin Xiaolian was bored in the house and wanted to go out and play with Cheng Xuemin.

"You... too!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded and didn't say much. He registered his destination at the front desk of the guesthouse, then left the guesthouse and walked towards Yanhe Literature across the street.

Today is the ninth day of the Chinese New Year, and Yanhe Literature has already started work.

"Brother, is this the place?"

"Is this the editorial office of Yanhe Literature Magazine? Do teachers in our school write and submit their manuscripts by mailing them here?"

My cousin was like a lark out of a cage, a curious baby who kept asking questions about everything.

"That should be it! It's my first time here too!"

This is the address for submissions to Yanhe Literature, but this is indeed Cheng Xuemin’s first time here.

After entering Yanhe Literature, I was stopped at the gate and asked to register.

"Loess Plateau?"

"Ni is the author of last year's Huangtu Gaopo, Huangtu Gaopo? Why is Ni so young?"

The security guard was obviously familiar with the pen name Huangtu Gaopo. When he saw Cheng Xuemin's registration information, he exclaimed on the spot and even questioned Cheng Xuemin's age.

"Uncle, did Teacher Lu Yaolu come to work today? I am the author of Huangtu Gaopo, and Teacher Lu wrote to invite me to come!"

Cheng Xuemin asked with a smile!
"Teacher Lu Yaolu! He is here. He just passed by here and asked about Huangtu Gaopo Ni!"

"Then hurry in, hurry in!"

The security guard gave Cheng Xuemin a piece of information. Lu Yao did ask the security guard to pay attention to the arrival of Cheng Xuemin on the Loess Plateau. She also estimated the date and thought that Cheng Xuemin should arrive on the Loess Plateau soon.

"Old Jia! Look, look! The old Qiao who wrote "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office" has been changed to "Pioneer" by the authoritative inscription from above!"

"Look, this is the official inscription, right? And the preface was actually written by Mr. Mao. Director Qiao is so awesome!"

In the Yanhe Literature Editorial Department, editor Lu Yao had just returned to work from spending the New Year in the countryside, and the first thing she did was to pay attention to the publication of this issue of People's Literature.

Unexpectedly, he found a single volume of "The Pioneer of Reform and Opening-up" published by the People's Literature Publishing House, which made Lu Yao stunned at the time.

Pioneer of reform and opening up, new book?
When she saw the signature on the cover, Lu Yao was even more shocked and confused, and quickly looked through the contents.

After discovering that there were four manuscripts in it, namely "Director Qiao's Taking Office", "Chen Huansheng's Journey into the City", "New Year Greetings" and "The Traitor", Lu Yao was shocked again, but she reacted instantly!

Lao Qiao, the author of "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office", was appointed as the pioneer of reform and opening up!
But how come he didn't know anything about such a big thing? ?

He quickly asked his colleague Lao Jia next to him.

"Old Lu, haven't you seen it yet?" Colleague Jia Aoping glanced at Lu Yao, also full of doubts. This was reported on the front page of the People's Daily on the second day of the Chinese New Year!
Moreover, the People's Daily supplement had reprinted and published it in a full page, and Jia Aoping had read it as early as the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

What, didn’t he see Lao Lu?
It shouldn’t be!

"Ah!? Lao Jia, I didn't see it! What should I see?! When did this happen?"

"I've been spending the New Year in my hometown in the countryside, and I haven't been paying attention to what's going on!"

Lu Yao just returned to the provincial capital yesterday after spending the New Year holiday, exhausted. I really have no idea what the developments are, let alone this pioneer of reform and opening up.

"Then Lao Lu, go check out the People's Daily on the second day of the Chinese New Year. There are relevant reports in it!"

Jia Aoping also nodded repeatedly, and said in great shock: "Speaking of this reform pioneer, Director Qiao, we never thought that he is also from northern Shaanxi!"

"We have an extraordinary figure emerging from northern Shaanxi!"

He was appointed as a pioneer in the imperial inscription. How could he not be an extraordinary person?

"What is Old Jia? Then this reform pioneer, Director Qiao, is also from northern Shaanxi?" Lu Yao was shocked again and asked subconsciously, "Where in northern Shaanxi are you from?"

As he was about to get up to get the People's Daily for the second day of the Chinese New Year, two young comrades appeared at the door. Lu Yao couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, comrade, who are you looking for?"

Cheng Xuemin and his cousin Qin Xiaolian followed the office name on the horizontal sign and found the Yanhe Literature Editorial Office. When they were about to ask who Lu Yao was, they saw a male comrade looking at him and asked.

Then Cheng Xuemin nodded politely and asked, "Hello comrade, may I ask who is Lu Yaolu? I'm here to see Teacher Lu!"

The layout of the Yanhe Literature editorial department is actually similar to that of other magazine editorial departments.

Looking around, there are still six desks, but only three of them are occupied, the other three are empty.

Obviously the Lantern Festival has not yet passed. Although the authorities have stipulated that there will be no holidays, people generally take turns to rest.

"Hello comrade, you are looking for me... Are you from Huangtu Gaopo?"

Lu Yao was puzzled at first, but she quickly reacted and asked in surprise.

"Uh! Yes, yes, you are Teacher Lu? We have communicated in letters before!"

Cheng Xuemin quickly greeted him with a smile!

Lu Yao, that’s Lu Yao!
Lu Yao is now an editor at Yanhe Literature, and coincidentally, she is the editor-in-charge of Cheng Xuemin's Yanhe Literature.

The person I corresponded with before was Lu Yao.

Meet the real person!
When Cheng Xuemin saw it for the first time, he felt a little sorry for the editor.

Because his next manuscript is going to be a tribute to Mr. Lu's "Ordinary World".

"Yes, yes, it's Lu Yao! It's great that you've come! You've made us wait so long!"

"Come in, please, come in!"

Lu Yao knew that it was really his author Huangtugaopo who had arrived. He had already put aside the matter of Director Qiao, the pioneer of the reform and opening up, and quickly greeted his dark horse Huangtugaopo.

This author of Loess Plateau suddenly emerged out of nowhere with his work "Loess Plateau" at the end of last year, just like a dark horse, and made a big comeback for "Yanhe Literature", which had been without local representative works for a long time.

Their chief editor of Yanhe Literature, Mr. Hu Caihu, also often talked about this Loess Plateau and was looking forward to his arrival.

Unexpectedly, on Lu Yao's first day at work, as soon as he entered the office door, Huangtu Gaopo followed him in. How could he not be extremely happy?
"Uh! You are the Loess Plateau!"

Jia Aoping, who was standing by, was equally shocked. He stood up and greeted him as well. Another editor also nodded to Cheng Xuemin.

"Teacher Lu, and this teacher! You'd better stop calling me Huangtu Gaopo. My real name is Cheng Xuemin!"

I always feel weird being called the Loess Plateau. Gong Lu called it the same before, but later on it was simply changed to Loess.

Now that Lu Yao and the others are calling him by his real name, Cheng Xuemin still thinks it’s better to let them call him by his real name!

"Okay, okay, Xuemin, right? Come over and sit down, come over and sit down!" Lu Yao nodded again and again, greeting him.

"Cheng Xuemin? Your name is Cheng Xuemin?!" Jia Aoping behind him suddenly shouted, which frightened Lu Yao so much that she turned around and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with Xuemin's name being Cheng Xuemin? Old Jia, why are you so startled!?"

"No! Huangtu Gaopo, your name is Cheng Xuemin?! Are you really Cheng Xuemin!? Are you the Cheng Xuemin, the factory director Qiao who was appointed as the pioneer of reform and opening up and wrote the inscription?"

Jia Pingwa exclaimed at first, "Isn't it such a coincidence?" But soon he was incredulous again, and asked again and again to confirm!

"What? Xuemin is Director Qiao of the Reform and Opening Pioneer? The Reform and Opening Pioneer that I just talked to you about, Lao Jia?"

This time, after hearing Jia Aoping's exclamation, Lu Yao also exclaimed in disbelief and jumped up and asked!
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PS: I wrote it in one breath and originally planned to publish it in two chapters. After I published it, I realized that I didn’t divide it into chapters. Sorry, sorry!

(End of this chapter)