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Chapter 207 Dad, Mom, where did Xuemin go? (Please subscribe)
"Dad, Mom, are you hiding something from me?"

Feng Jiayou could feel that her parents seemed to be hiding something from her, and the other family members in the family seemed to be avoiding her.

Recently, she is rarely allowed to go to school!

But her due date has not yet arrived. It is only the beginning of April and there are still two months before the baby is born.

and!

After her husband Cheng Xuemin went to the Northwest to film the movie "The Shepherd", he was gone for more than a month and there was no news at all.

Half a month ago, I said that the letter from home might still be on the way, so it doesn’t matter if it’s a little slower.

But it’s been more than a month now!

Logically speaking, let alone writing a letter home to her, even Cheng Xuemin himself should have come back, right?

But in fact!

There was no news at all, which made Feng Jiayou stay at home, becoming more and more flustered. At the dinner table tonight, she really couldn't help but asked.

"Eat, what can I hide from you?"

"Hasn't Xuemin sent you a letter yet?"

Mother Feng tried her best to suppress her inner panic, and tried not to choke up and cry. Instead, she pretended to be angry and asked Feng Jiayou a question.

Ever since the last PLA war report mentioned about her family member Cheng Xuemin's performance at the front line, they promptly grabbed Feng Jiayou, and with the help of her classmates, the truth was kept secret.

But even so, Feng's mother and others were still worried and let Feng Jiayou go to school!

On the pretext that her second sister-in-law and elder sister were having a hard time reviewing, Feng Jiayou was asked to take a long vacation in advance to help tutor her second sister-in-law and elder sister at home. This kept her at home and cut off contact with the outside world.

So, now, except Feng Jiayou herself, the rest of the family doesn't know. Her elder sister Cheng Wenxiu, second sister-in-law Sun Juan, cousin Qin Xiaolian, and Feng Jiamo all know that their Cheng Xuemin did not go to the Northwest to make a movie.

Instead, he went south to the border front to perform a consolation show.

Now the whole family is worried, and everyone is cooperating with her, hiding it from Feng Jiayou alone.

Even though the elder sister Cheng Wenxiu was very nervous and scared, she still had to pretend nothing had happened when facing her sister-in-law Feng Jiayou during the day.

Pretending to cooperate, her younger brother Cheng Xuemin went to the Northwest, and they dared not mention a word about the war on the southern front.

Especially Feng Jiamo!

Previously, at home, she sang the war song her brother-in-law wrote on the front line. Because it was nice and she had never heard it before, Feng Jiayou asked when the song came out, who wrote it and sang it, and why she had never heard it before?

Although she had prepared a set of excuses in advance, Feng's mother still scolded the ignorant youngest child severely behind Feng Jiayou's back afterwards.

Why did she have to sing this song when there were so many other songs to sing at home? Did she want her sister to die?

After that lesson, the family rarely mentioned the war in the south. Even when Cheng Xuemin went to the Northwest to make a movie, they usually emphasized not to mention it in front of Feng Jiayou.

But the more he didn't mention it, the more sensitive the woman became and the more confused she became. That's why Feng Jiayou couldn't bear it anymore today and asked.

Seeing her mother asking her so nonchalantly, Feng Jiayou shook her head and said, "No!? Xuemin never wrote back!"

"Sister-in-law, did my brother write to you?"

Then Feng Jiayou looked at her elder sister-in-law Ke Yumei. Two people from her family went to the Northwest to film a movie this time.

Besides her husband Cheng Xuemin, there is also her elder brother Feng Jiazhao. Have you ever seen her elder brother write letters home?
"No! Jiayou, it's okay! If it really doesn't work, I'll go to your eldest brother's factory tomorrow and ask about the situation!"

"If the phone is connected over there, I will call Xuemin and the others at the factory and ask about the situation!"

The eldest sister-in-law Ke Yumei was a little evasive about her own sister-in-law and shook her head and said.

"Okay, then I'll go with you tomorrow, sister-in-law. I'm just sitting around doing nothing anyway!"

After hearing what Feng Jiayou said, sister-in-law Ke Yumei was stunned for a moment!
Why is she calling her man?
This is just an excuse agreed upon by the whole family. When she goes out tomorrow, will she really call her eldest brother at the factory?
Her husband Feng Jiazhao now hides in their factory guesthouse all day long and dares not go home.

So, tomorrow I will go to work as usual, and when I come back I will tell my aunt that the phone call went through, and Xuemin and his elder brother are filming a movie in the Northwest, so they are fine!

I wrote the letter, didn’t you receive it?
It must still be on the way, maybe it's been delayed for a while. If you wait another day or two, the letter may arrive.

With this kind of maneuvering, we can at least delay the situation for ten days or half a month. By then, the southern condolences delegation may have returned!
In fact, he should be back soon, right? He has been gone for more than 40 days!

But who knows!

She just made up an excuse. Her aunt was free anyway, so she was going to her eldest brother's factory tomorrow. Was she calling?
How can this be possible! ?
"Your sister-in-law can go tomorrow. Why would you go so far with such a big belly?"

"Don't go, just wait for news from your sister-in-law at home!"

"Your elder brother and Xuemin are already so grown up. What could possibly happen to them with such a big crew?"

"The letter hasn't arrived yet, but it may be on the way. Maybe it will arrive tomorrow!"

It was Feng's mother who spoke up and directly denied Feng Jiayou's decision to go along tomorrow.

"Mom! I...okay then!"

Feng Jiayou was still indignant and wanted to insist on going out to get some fresh air, but seeing her mother's expression, she didn't dare to say anything more.

"Aunt, is there any news about Xuemin?"

After sending Feng Jiayou back to the backyard to rest, the elder sister Cheng Wenxiu also asked Feng's mother with a worried look on her face.

"Wenxiu, we haven't received any specific information about Xuemin yet!"

"But your uncle and I have been following the movements of the General Political Department Art Troupe. I heard that they are now performing at the Malipo frontline!"

"Besides, the war over there has been over for a while, and Malipo is no longer considered a front line!"

"Anyway, it must be okay. Maybe they will be back soon!"

"Wenxiu, just rest assured!"

Feng's mother then went on to comfort Cheng Xuemin, her biological sister, and told her not to worry too much.

"Okay, okay, thank you, auntie!" Cheng Wenxiu's expression relaxed after hearing this. She was busy cleaning up the dishes while complaining, "Xuemin is the same. He even hid such a big thing from me!"

"Wenxiu, Xuemin is afraid that you will worry, and he is also afraid that you will write a letter back home and make your in-laws worry too!"

"But Xuemin is great. He can always achieve good results wherever he goes!"

Mother Feng still comforted his sister Cheng Wenxiu.

"As for him... I really don't know what to say about him! I just hope that he can come back sooner as you told me!" Cheng Wenxiu lowered her head again and said quietly.

For this reason, Feng's mother didn't say anything more.

After cleaning up the front yard, she washed up and went back to the backyard. In order to take care of Feng's child, Feng's mother had been sleeping with her during this period!
"Mom! Today I received the payment slip for the manuscript that Xuemin sent to Yanhe Literature!"

After Feng Jiayou returned to her room, she began to tinker with her small piggy bank and deposited the payment slips she had received today into it.

When he saw her mother come in, he didn't avoid her at all and greeted her with a smile.

"It is said that Xuemin makes a lot of money writing articles. How much money have you saved besides buying this house?"

Feng's mother actually has a rough idea of ​​how much royalties her son-in-law and daughter earn from writing articles, but she doesn't really know the exact amount.

Today I happened to see her daughter counting her existence, so the mother asked out of curiosity.

"Mom, guess?"

Because her sister-in-law promised to go to the factory tomorrow to ask and call the crew to ask, Feng Jiayou's worries were relieved a little at this moment. Seeing that her mother was curious about their savings, she smiled and asked her mother to guess.

Ten thousand yuan household!

She is the first person in the Feng family to earn ten thousand yuan, and she is very likely the first person to earn ten thousand yuan among all her relatives and friends!

How could Feng Jiayou not be very happy? In fact, she had long wanted to show off in front of her mother.

of course!

The reason why wealth is not shown to others is to protect them from outsiders. So what is there to show between the mother and daughter?

"How many?! Five thousand or six thousand?"

Feng's mother gave her daughter a direct look and asked her a serious question, but she asked her to guess again.

Yes!

Mother Feng was also in a bad mood and made another bold guess of a number!
Her son-in-law Cheng Xuemin does make a lot of money from writing, but he spent five or six thousand yuan to buy this yard before the New Year.

During the Chinese New Year, she bought a lot of New Year goods and furniture, gave her daughter a betrothal gift, and bought a lot of gold jewelry.

So all the royalties I earned from writing articles before the New Year have basically been cleared out!
After the New Year, her son-in-law didn't write many articles. One of his articles was given to his fake magazine "Today", but he didn't get any payment.

Even the royalties they received for the exclusive reprint in October were said to have been taken to Today magazine as funding.

So at most, it would probably be the royalties from two scripts, plus the royalties from two other manuscripts, so at most it shouldn’t be more than 5,000 or 6,000, right? !

"Hehe, Mom, look! How much is this?"

Feng Jiayou no longer beat around the bush with her mother and directly presented the deposit slip to her mother.

Just a passbook!
Feng's mother took it doubtfully and looked at her daughter's reaction. Could it be that she had guessed too little and the amount was more than five or six thousand?

But how is that possible! ?

Feng's mother knew all about her son-in-law's manuscripts!
"More than ten thousand!?"

"Jiayou, you you you you...how did you save so much money?"

Feng's mother took the passbook, turned to the back and looked directly at the last deposit. She was really shocked when she saw it!

Her daughter and son-in-law had saved more than 10,000 yuan without realizing it!
This, this, this...how do you make money from this?
"Mom, you only got five or six thousand. You probably only counted the money for the two scripts and manuscripts Xuemin wrote after the New Year!"

"But Xuemin didn't tell you that the Humanities Press published separate volumes of his two novellas for Xuemin, and the payment was seven yuan per thousand words!"

Feng Jiayou explained it in a very happy way, and then asked curiously, "Mom, do you and Dad have that much savings?"

……

"Teacher Gu, it's almost time, let's go together!"

After noon the next day, October's editor-in-chief Liu Xinwu looked at the time and urged Feng's mother, Teacher Gu.

"Okay, let's go!" Feng's mother nodded and pushed the bicycle out of the unit compound.

"Teacher Gu, you said that the General Political Department organized us to watch and study relevant video footage this time. Will there be scholars among them?!"

On the way there, Liu Xinwu asked with some anticipation.

"Xuemin is a small author, so he shouldn't be on the list, right?"

Although Feng's mother said this, she must be looking forward to it in her heart.

The notice on watching and studying the front-line condolences videos organized by the General Political Department actually reached cultural units at all levels two days ago.

They have two vacancies in October, and the main and deputy players are still Liu Xinwu and Feng's mother, Teacher Gu.

When at home, Feng's mother only met with Feng's father, and knew that it was Feng's father who was attending the Foreign Language Bureau meeting today.

But he didn't tell the rest of the family, so Feng Jiayou had to keep it a secret.

But both Feng's mother and father are actually very much looking forward to today's video screening, hoping to see their son-in-law's consolation performance on the front line in the video screening.

If it were in the past, they would definitely have no hope.

After all, as Feng's mother modestly said to Liu Xinwu, her son-in-law Cheng Xuemin is just a small author who can't sing or dance. How could he possibly go on stage to give a consolation performance? !

But after the last PLA war report reported on her son-in-law's song-writing deeds, she must have been looking forward to it.

"That's not necessarily true! Is Xuemin just a war writer?"

"The songs he wrote and sang were so good, and now there are many people around us who can sing the songs written by Xuemin!"

"Really, Xuemin writes really well. Maybe only someone who has been to the front line can write such a good song!"

"I also want to see and hear what it's like when Xuemin sings on the front line!"

Liu Xinwu knew that Feng's mother was being modest!

The People's Liberation Army's war reports have specially reported on her son-in-law's performances at the front line. How could her son-in-law Cheng Xuemin not be included in the videos of the performances related to the front line condolences shown by the General Political Department this time?

No one can be without her son-in-law Cheng Xuemin!
Because the new song written by her son-in-law Cheng Xuemin is so infectious.

"Teacher Gu, wait!"

"Today, the General Political Department convened all cultural units to watch and study together. Tomorrow, all major newspapers will definitely report on it!"

"We scholars are the appointed pioneers. Who are we representing now? We are going south to the front line to express our condolences in person?"

"We will definitely make an overwhelming effort to let those who criticize Scholarism take a good look!"

"Perhaps, this is what it means?!"

Liu Xinwu started to speculate again, which instantly made Feng's mother excited again.

When we arrived at the General Political Department, we met up with Feng Fu from the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau, Li Qingquan from Yenching Literature, People's Literature, People's Daily, and Renwen Press, and then we all went into the auditorium to watch the internal footage.

The standards on the rostrum are also very high!

In addition to Mr. Wu and Mr. Shi, two other heavyweight leaders also came and delivered speeches on the stage, expressing their deep concern and encouragement to the visiting delegation.

Afterwards, we started watching the reflected images, and indeed, they were all recent condolences from the front lines, which touched everyone while watching them.

Those with rich emotions were all sobbing in the auditorium, and some began to cry out loud, but were asked to restrain themselves and be quiet.

"Old Feng, isn't this your son-in-law?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Aren't the scenes reported in the last PLA battle report the same as those in the current video?"

"You know what, Mr. Gu, your son-in-law is not only good at writing manuscripts, but also good at writing lyrics, composing music and singing? It is said that this song was written and composed by Xuemin himself?"

The theme song of "The Garland under the Mountain" sung by Cheng Xuemin before the farewell party in Malipo was indeed captured in full!
It was even sent directly to the General Political Department in Yanjing, and is now being screened for everyone to watch.

After watching the show, it was just as Liu Xinwu had guessed on the way here, that is, all cultural units were asked to write some relevant articles and publish them for publicity!
In particular, Cheng Xuemin, a pioneer of reform and opening up, was given a special mention by the old leader on the stage!
This made Feng's mother and father in the audience feel flattered, but they also felt that maybe this was a bit too high-profile.
Praising their son-in-law too highly once again may not be a good thing for Cheng Xuemin himself.

After all, their son-in-law is indeed a little young, not to mention his qualifications.

But soon!
Mr. Shi from the General Political Department and Mr. Wu from the Cultural Department left Feng's father and mother alone, and told them in a very low and hoarse voice that their son-in-law Cheng Xuemin was at the front line and had been missing for more than ten days!
Mr. and Mrs. Feng were so frightened on the spot that it was as if they had been struck by a bolt from the blue. They stood there in a daze as if they had been struck by lightning!

……

Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)