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

Chapter 240 The whole Feng family is confused. Xuemin, what did you say? (Request full order)
As for the Institute of Literature, Cheng Xuemin had not made up his mind yet, so he could only repeat his old trick and come up with such a shy and invincible excuse that he was going to take the college entrance examination this year.

Go to college.

In this era, it can be said that for young people, it is the only way to improve their class status.

Even someone like Cheng Xuemin, who became famous at a young age, is known to almost everyone.

But his diploma is his weakest point at present. Maybe in recent years, under the halo of a series of honorary titles, he doesn’t feel it’s a big deal.

But when the time comes to use a diploma to evaluate your qualifications, you have to produce a diploma that is presentable.

Especially if he wants to pursue a career in politics in the future, a diploma will definitely be an obstacle to Cheng Xuemin's promotion if he does not have this undergraduate diploma from Yan University.

Therefore, when they heard that Cheng Xuemin was going to take the college entrance examination this year, Ding Ling and Wang Meng suddenly realized and stopped forcing him.

But they also let it go. Anyway, their Institute of Literature will have to wait until the end of the second half of the year for the school to start, and they will see the situation then.

Anyway, I just go there to give one or two classes every week, and I don't have to sit in the lecture hall. I still hope that when the time comes, I can go there to give a few classes.

In response to this, Cheng Xuemin agreed very readily.

Just like Li Shuguang of Renwen Press and Zhang Guangnian of People's Literature, their main work is still in their respective units, and they go to the Institute of Literature and Art to hold a position there.

"Xuemin, since you are going to be a teacher at the Institute of Literature, our Humanities Press will need to recruit a few editorial board members, and I will put your name on the list!"

Then Li Shuguang from Renwenshe released even more big news!
In an instant, the young award-winning writers present were shocked, and even Liu Xinwu of "October" had a beaming face!
Editorial board member of People's Publishing House!
This is an honor that even Liu Xinwu couldn't get, but since Teacher Gu's son-in-law came from behind and surpassed him, he was invited by Li Shuguang.

As for new writers such as Jia Ao, Ping Mo Shen and Lu Xinhua, let’s not even mention them!
They were originally smiling bitterly and envious of the different invitations from Teacher Ding Ling and Teacher Wang Meng.

The Institute of Literature invites them to study as students after the school starts.

Yes!
They are young writers, and even if they are lucky enough to win an award, they still have to go to the highest temple for writers, the Institute of Literature, to become students.

However, Cheng Xuemin, who is also a young new writer and much younger than them, was invited by the literary lecture hall to be a lecturer.

Compared to others...there is no comparison!

Inviting Cheng Xuemin to the Institute of Literature to be their teacher was enough to make them dumbfounded!
But now it’s better!

Renwen Press came up with an even bigger plan, inviting Cheng Xuemin to join Renwen Press as an editorial board member.

I was shocked and stunned by Li Shuguang's words!

Maybe it's even more shocking than knowing that Cheng Xuemin had six articles selected for awards in this selection, right?
Because everyone knows what being an editorial board member of Renwenshe means to the majority of writers.

"what?!"

"Teacher Li, this... I'm not a member of the Literary Association yet, so it's hard for me to join the editorial board, right?"

Cheng Xuemin was also dumbfounded, knowing what this editorial board member of Renwenshe meant.

I also know that if you want to join the editorial board of Renwenshe, you must be a member of the Literary Association, which is a hard standard.

Therefore, the editorial board members of Renwenshe are all great writers and literary giants who play an important role in the domestic literary world.

Cheng Xuemin is so young and not even a member of the Writers Association. It seems he is not qualified to be on the editorial board of the Humanities Publishing House, right?

"Literary Association?"

"Old Zhang!"

Li Shuguang didn't care at all. He called out to Zhang Guangnian, the executive director of the Writers Association and editor-in-chief of People's Literature, indicating that it was time for him to express his opinion!

"Yes! Xuemin, I have always wanted to recruit you into our Literary Association. Just before Mr. Mao left, he personally asked about this!"

"I haven't done a good job recruiting new people!"

"So, I'll give you the form later. Xuemin, fill it out and hand it in. I'll go through the procedures for you. It will definitely not hinder your chances of joining the editorial board!"

Good guy!
Cheng Xuemin didn't expect that this symposium would almost be over!

The three giants under the cultural sector directly extended an olive branch to Cheng Xuemin.

Ding Ling, the director of the Wen Lecture Institute, a top hall for contemporary writers, Li Shuguang, the editor-in-chief and chairman of the editorial board of Renwen Publishing House, and Zhang Guangnian, the day-to-day person in charge of the Literary Association, worked together to arrange for Cheng Xuemin.

If Cheng Xuemin's mother-in-law knew this, I wonder how surprised she would be!

Because his mother-in-law, Ms. Gu, a senior editor of the magazine "October", is now just a member of the Writers Association.

I haven’t received any invitation from the Institute of Literature yet, and this invitation is definitely not an admission invitation, but people in the industry are definitely looking forward to the invitation from the Institute of Literature.

Unfortunately, based on seniority, it may not be her turn. After all, her superior Liu Xinwu has not received an invitation from the Institute of Literature so far.

As for the invitation from the editorial board of Renwenshe Press, there is even less of that!

But now, the mother-in-law has not been included in the editorial board of Wenhua Press, and the son-in-law Cheng Xuemin has received invitations one after another at the same time.

If my mother-in-law, Feng's mother, knew about this, I don't know whether she would laugh out loud in surprise or cry out of grievance.

"Xuemin, don't hesitate. This is settled. I'll ask Xiao Cui to send the form to your home later!"

Zhang Guangnian made the decision without waiting for Cheng Xuemin to make any comment.

Cheng Xuemin directly asked Xiao Cui, the editor-in-charge of People's Literature, to deliver the application form for joining the Writers Association to his home.

"Well... okay, thank you Teacher Zhang!"

Cheng Xuemin then smiled bitterly and nodded in response. In fact, he also knew that if he wanted to pursue a career in politics in the future, the Literary Association, the Literary Lecture Institute, and the editorial board of the Humanities Publishing House would all be the places where he had to go to train and gild himself.

Now that Li Shuguang and Zhang Guangnian were so supportive of him, a junior, there was no need for him to be perfunctory and he just agreed readily.

"What's there to thank you for? You should have been included when we recruited new members in March or April! It's a pity that you were not in Yanjing at that time!"

Zhang Guangnian waved his hand and said he was not wrong.

The Cultural Association led by Mr. Mao actually recruited a group of outstanding and senior cultural comrades in March and April this year. Originally, Cheng Xuemin was definitely one of the candidates.

However, at that time Cheng Xuemin was on a tour to the south for a congratulatory performance and was not in Yanjing, so my absence caused the event to be delayed.

"Okay, Xuemin, you should finish the procedures with Lao Zhang as soon as possible. The expansion of the editorial board and the start of the school term are almost the same, both in the second half of the year!"

"Anyway, I'll report it to you first!"

Li Shuguang also nodded to Cheng Xuemin and said something.

"Okay, thank you Teacher Li!"

Cheng Xuemin also expressed his gratitude to Li Shuguang.

After the symposium, the Literary Association and the Humanities Society also arranged a dinner in the evening, but the number of participants was not as lively as at noon!
During the afternoon symposium, many people left early, such as Feng's father and mother, who both had lunch here and left.

During the symposium, some old comrades from the jury also passed away one after another.

Those who stayed until the end were basically middle-aged judges like Li Shuguang and Zhang Guangnian, who were in their prime, and award-winning writers like Cheng Xuemin.

Some of the main persons in charge of some publications also stayed until the dinner.

Dinner, all guests enjoyed themselves!
Before leaving, Cheng Xuemin invited Lu Yao and others from Yanhe Literature to visit his home the next day and take a look around the Yanda campus.

There is also Xie Jin from Shanghai, who was also invited to attend today's award ceremony and stayed until the end to connect with Cheng Xuemin.

They all invited me to visit them at my home tomorrow, and I agreed.

When Cheng Xuemin got home after dinner, it was almost nine o'clock, but the front yard of his house was brightly lit, obviously everyone was waiting for him.

"Brother-in-law is back, brother-in-law is back!"

As soon as the bicycle was pushed into the yard, my sister-in-law Feng Jiamo, who heard the noise, started shouting loudly.

Immediately, Feng's father and mother, as well as the eldest and second brothers, Feng Jiayou and the eldest sister-in-law who was holding the baby, who were gathered in front of the TV, were all startled!
They all looked toward the door and the yard.

"Let me see, let me see, brother-in-law. Mom told me that you got six certificates and souvenirs today!?"

"Give me a souvenir so I can take it to school tomorrow and show it off for you!"

Without waiting for Cheng Xuemin to park his bicycle, the impatient sister-in-law Feng Jiamo went forward to take Cheng Xuemin's bag.

"What do you mean by helping me show off? I think it's you who wants to show off yourself, right?"

Cheng Xuemin glanced at his sister-in-law with amusement, and did not stop her from snatching the bag. He then asked, "Isn't there a mock exam today? How did you do?" Cheng Xuemin arranged for all the women in the family to go to the affiliated high school to take part in the last mock exam there, so that his second sister-in-law and older sister who were reviewing at home could adapt to the examination room in advance.

They should have taken three exams today. I wonder how they performed?

"That must be a piece of cake for me. There's nothing I can't do!"

Feng Jiamo blurted out the words without hesitation, and at the same time, the briefcase hanging on the bicycle was already in her hands.

"Feng Jiamo, the exams haven't even finished yet, and the results haven't come out yet, so don't get too carried away!"

"Besides, that's the souvenir your brother-in-law won. What's the point of showing it off at school?"

How could he let his sister act recklessly? Feng Jiayou had already stood up and rushed over to grab the bag from Feng Jiamo's hand.
"Sister, my brother-in-law took six medals and six souvenirs. They are all the same. Why do you keep so many?"

"Give me one, give me one!"

Taking out the souvenir from the bag and looking at the portrait of Lu Xun printed on it, Feng Jiamo became even more greedy and unreasonable, insisting on having one.

"You can just take it and destroy it!"

"Mom, can you please take care of Feng Jiamo?"

Feng Jiayou couldn't snatch it away from her, and he couldn't do anything about this unreasonable sister. Although he knew that she took it to show off and for the sake of novelty, she would not cherish it at all, let alone keep it as a collection!

So in the end, she was inevitably abused by the Feng family.

"Sister, Mom, I will definitely keep it well and will not waste it. It's settled. I'm going to the back to review!"

Hey!
Feng Jiamo ran faster than a loach. Without even waiting for her mother to say anything, she ran to the backyard with a souvenir in her hand.

Soon, the cry of surprise from cousin Xiaolian came from the backyard. Apparently, Feng Jiamo was the first one to show off to his second sister-in-law and elder sister in the backyard.

"Jia Zhao and Jia Cheng, go move the chairs and get the glue, and help Xue Min put up the certificate first!"

Mother Feng glanced at her little daughter who was running to the backyard and shook her head, saying she could do nothing about her. When she saw Feng Jiayou taking out all the certificates from her bag, she quickly asked her eldest and second uncles to move things and put up the certificates!
"Ah!? Mom, are you going to post it now?"

My second uncle was watching TV, and when he heard his mother's instructions, he was so nervous that he couldn't react!
It’s already late at night!
What’s more, my brother-in-law just won an award and came back from home without even a sip of water, and you let the two of them, his uncles, give him a certificate?

His mother……

Didn't Juan'er say in her letter before that her mother looked down on her son-in-law? Why is it that now, as the mother-in-law, she cares more about her son-in-law's affairs than anyone else?

"Uh? Bro??"

But when he saw his brother Feng Jiazhao, he just stood up and started working without even asking any questions, which made Feng Jiacheng even more confused!

What's going on?

"No, no, Mom, let's wait a few days before posting! Tomorrow, Old Xie and a few friends from Yanhe Literature will come to our house. This, this, this... is not good, right?"

Cheng Xuemin was shocked by his mother-in-law's words as soon as he entered the door!
Are you so anxious to post the award certificate?

And thinking that there would be guests coming to their house tomorrow, they posted the certificate they had just won on the wall that night. What would Mr. Xie, Mr. Hu, and Lu Yao think if they saw it?

Anyway, Cheng Xuemin must be embarrassed!

“It’s not good!”

The second uncle nodded in agreement, thinking that what Cheng Xuemin said made sense, and sat back down.

Brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao was unmoved and continued to consider where to put it.

Because my uncle has been used to it at home for a long time, his mother will definitely have something to say.

really!

Before Feng Jiacheng could sit down again, his mother urged him again, "How come you can't do anything when I ask you to post a certificate of honor?"

"Didn't you hear Xuemin say that there will be guests coming to our house tomorrow?"

“Uh…” Second uncle Feng Jiacheng was dumbfounded again. Is this still his mother?

But his mother was too lazy to pay attention to him, and then said to Cheng Xuemin, "Xuemin, now that the certificate is back, you should post it up immediately!"

"They won awards before, and they posted faster than anyone else!"

Mother Feng shouldn't smile too brightly. Her son-in-law has won six certificates at once. Why doesn't she put them on the wall right away and wait until the next day to see them?
Didn’t you hear that there will be guests coming tomorrow? Isn’t the certificate supposed to be posted for the guests to see?

"Stick it up, stick it up, isn't that what the award certificate is supposed to be stuck on?"

"If you don't post it, who would know that you won the award, Xuemin?"

Speaking of vanity, my wife Feng Jiayou might be even more vain than her mother! She immediately called her elder and second brothers to put up the certificate.

This made Cheng Xuemin really not know whether to laugh or cry. He could only shake his head and move closer to the little one to hug his son.

Second uncle Feng Jiacheng was even more incredulous, thinking that what was written in the letter from his wife Sun Juan was completely different, okay?

"You all had a good chat at the afternoon seminar, didn't you?"

Mr. Feng next to him asked with concern. He was supposed to attend the symposium in the afternoon, but he asked Mrs. Feng to come back at noon so that she could take care of Feng Jiayou who was in confinement at home.

However, Feng's father had some urgent matters to attend at his workplace, so he had to go back first and did not attend the afternoon symposium.

"It's fine, Dad!"

Cheng Xuemin teased his son in his arms, responded to Feng's father, and then said to Feng's father: "By the way, Dad, Teacher Ding Ling invited me to the Institute of Literature today..."

"Did Ding Ling invite you, Xuemin, to study at the Institute of Literature?" Without waiting for Cheng Xuemin to finish, he called his two sons and pasted the certificate under the framed "Pioneer of Reform and Opening-up". When he heard Cheng Xuemin mention the Institute of Literature, he couldn't help but turn around and ask.

Then he nodded and said, "The Literary Institute hosted by Ding Ling is of a very high level. It was personally managed by Mr. Wu. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the cradle of contemporary literary writers!"

"Xuemin, if you study there, you will gain a lot of experience, which will be very beneficial to your future development!"

"Xuemin, the Institute of Literature has invited you to study?" My brother-in-law, who was standing on a chair and preparing to post the award certificate, turned around in surprise and asked with envy on his face.

Because my eldest brother-in-law also wants to study at the Institute of Literature!
Unfortunately, he was not invited at all, and he did not win any award at this awards ceremony.

Therefore, the chance of being able to study in Wenjiang Institute is very slim.

"Six of Xuemin's manuscripts won awards this time, and he was invited to study at the Institute of Literature. Isn't that normal?"

When Feng Jiayou, the daughter-in-law, saw that her parents and her elder and second brothers were so surprised and envious, she couldn't help but interrupted them!

Six of my manuscripts have won awards, it would be abnormal not to be invited, right?
"Uh, that's right!"

After hearing this, brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao could only feel envy and jealousy.

Well...can't you just think about him a little bit?
Why do everyone think that Cheng Xuemin should go to the Institute of Literature to study as a student, and why does no one think that he actually wants to be a teacher?

The mother-in-law has elevated the matter to this level. Isn't it a bit too deliberate for Cheng Xuemin to emphasize again that he is not going to study but to give lectures?
So, Cheng Xuemin didn’t know how to respond to his wife and mother-in-law.

“It shouldn’t be that simple, right?”

Originally, Father Feng was chatting with his son-in-law Cheng Xuemin, so Father Feng could best recognize Cheng Xuemin's tone. He hadn't finished speaking just now when he was interrupted by his wife.

Now looking at his son-in-law's reaction, Father Feng had a feeling that it might not be as simple as just going to the Institute of Literature to study.

"Why? Old Feng, do you think Ding Ling's invitation this time has other implications?"

Mother Feng simply came over and asked Father Feng, "Old Feng, what do you think Ding Ling meant? Or do Elder Mao and Elder Wu have any other plans for Xuemin?"

"Mom! Mom! Mom! It's like this, Teacher Ding Ling invited me to the Institute of Literature to give lectures and be a teacher, not to study and be a student!"

The deep meaning behind what Mr. Wu and Mr. Mao said was revealed. Cheng Xuemin couldn't let his mother-in-law and the others continue to speculate, so he had to bite the bullet and explain.

He really didn't do it on purpose, he was really not pretending!
"What? You're not going to study, but to be a teacher at the Institute of Literature?"

Caught off guard, Feng's mother was so shocked that she jumped up on the spot, looked at Cheng Xuemin in disbelief, and asked in confusion and horror.

Mr. Feng next to him was equally confused. He had thought that it might not be that simple, but he never expected it to be so complicated!
Inviting their son-in-law Cheng Xuemin to be a teacher at the Institute of Literature, isn't it to go there to learn?

Oh my god, what’s going on?

……

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