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

Chapter 241 Is this just an appetizer? Is there something bigger to come? (Request full order)
"To be a teacher?"

My brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao, who was standing on a long bench putting up award certificates, also turned around in shock.

He was just envious of his brother-in-law, who, at such a young age, was invited by the Institute of Literature to study and gild his reputation.
But when he turned around to put up the certificate, Cheng Xuemin behind him said directly, "You are not going to the Institute of Literature to study as a student, but to give lectures as a teacher."

This was a blow ten thousand times stronger than the last, instantly hitting my brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao.

Go to the Institute of Literature to study. Maybe if you try your best and it doesn’t work this year, you can try again next year. Anyway, as long as you are in the literary and artistic circle, there will be a day when you will be invited.

You can go to a literary institute and give lectures as a teacher... Let's wait and see after 30 years.

"Xuemin, you have been invited by the Institute of Literature to be a teacher?"

The daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou was originally very proud of herself because her husband was the only one in the family who was invited by the Institute of Literature to study, right?

But how come I suddenly ended up giving lectures at the Wenjiang Institute and becoming a teacher?
This routine... How come it's exactly the same as when Yanda specially hired her man as a lecturer?

At first, everyone thought that her man was being specially recruited by Yanda and Huaqing, but in the end, Yanda did not play by the rules and directly made a special appointment.

My goodness, the tactics used by the Institute of Literature are exactly the same as this one! ?
"Yes, I didn't expect that Teacher Ding Ling and Teacher Wang Meng would suddenly invite me to give a lecture!"

Faced with his family's confusion and shock, Cheng Xuemin nodded. In fact, he himself was also very surprised at first.

"Really!?"

Feng's mother, Teacher Gu, was still confused, her face still full of horror, she really couldn't believe it.

"It might be related to Xuemin's acceptance speech. You probably said a lot in the afternoon, which made Ding Ling and Wang Meng change their original idea of ​​letting you study!"

Father Feng quickly reacted and helped the family analyze the situation: "And given Xuemin's current situation, going to the Institute of Literature to study as a student is actually just a formality, just like your mother said, to make some money!"

"Add to that Xuemin's speech on the Great Qin Fission at Yanda University, today's acceptance speech, and Xuemin's status as a distinguished lecturer at Yanda University. In fact, no one really regards you, Xuemin, as a new student now!"

"That's right! Xuemin, you have won six awards for your manuscripts in a row. In addition, you are a specially-appointed lecturer at Yan University. It is indeed inappropriate for you to study at the Institute of Literature. Ding Ling and Wang Meng must have considered this!"

After listening to her husband's analysis, Feng's mother nodded and sat down again, continuing the conversation with envy in her eyes.

In fact, as a senior editor of October, Feng Mu is also known as "Teacher Gu" in the cultural field, and she also looks forward to being invited to give lectures at the Institute of Literature.

After all, the level of the Institute of Literature is so high that being invited to give one or two lectures is a recognition of one's status in the literary world.

pity!

So far, not to mention Ms. Gu, the editor-in-chief of October, Liu Xinwu, has not received an invitation.

She really didn't expect that her son-in-law would be able to surpass her and Lao Feng and be invited to give lectures at the Institute of Literature.

um, yes!

Her husband, Mr. Feng, the deputy director of the Translation Department of the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau, who was a talented and influential figure active in major publications and newspapers in his early years, also did not receive an invitation.

At home, the only son-in-law they got was Cheng Xuemin. How could Feng's mother not be envious?

But they are also very proud that their Feng family has found a good son-in-law!
At this time, Feng's mother, Teacher Gu, might be more proud of her son-in-law being invited to give a lecture than if she herself had received the invitation? !

Seeing his mother-in-law chatting so enthusiastically, her face flushed, Cheng Xuemin couldn't pretend anymore.

If he were to continue, not only did Professor Ding Ling from the Institute of Literature invite him today, but Li Shuguang, the editor-in-chief and chairman of the editorial board of Renwen Publishing House, also wanted to expand his membership to the editorial board of Renwen Publishing House.

If I tell my mother-in-law about this, I don’t know if she will be able to sleep tonight.

Therefore, Cheng Xuemin chose not to say anything for the time being. It would be too late to mention it after he really joined the editorial board of Renwen Press.

Anyway, I have already made my mother-in-law and father-in-law excited once tonight, so let's leave the rest for next time.

With the concerted efforts of the two uncles, all six certificates were finally pasted and placed under the mounted "Pioneer of Reform and Opening-up". They looked neat and eye-catching, which made my mother-in-law, Mrs. Feng, very satisfied.

"Xuemin, where's the prize money?"

"You received six certificates this time, so there should be six bonuses as well, right?"

"Take it out quickly? How come I didn't find it when I was looking through my bag just now?"

After chatting with Feng's mother and father in the front yard for a while, Cheng Xuemin returned to the backyard with his son Cheng Qingsong and his wife Feng Jiayou.

I asked my elder sister, sister-in-law, and cousin who were reviewing in the main room how they did on the exam today.

It’s okay. They say the questions are quite easy, so it shouldn’t be bad.

With their words, Cheng Xuemin also felt that they would definitely pass the college entrance examination this year.

Then they went back to their own house!

Before the son was put into the bamboo rocking crib, his daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou couldn't wait to ask.

"Huh? Bonus? Wife, what bonus?"

When asked by Feng Jiayou, Cheng Xuemin asked in confusion.

"Today's prize money! Xuemin, please don't tell me, there are only certificates and souvenirs, but no prize money, right?"

Seeing that her husband was also confused by her question, Feng Jiayou felt that there might not be any bonus.

"Hi!"

"I've given you souvenirs, so where did the bonus come from? This... shouldn't be a bonus thing, right?"

"I met other winners, and none of them mentioned the prize money?"

Cheng Xuemin was excited and finally reacted to the question from his daughter-in-law!

Yeah, what about the bonus?

The first national outstanding short story award only gives out certificates and souvenirs, but no prize money?

Not really!

The awards in this era are so simple. There are only certificates and souvenirs, and generally no mundane things like prize money.

and!

Judging from the attitudes of today's winners, the certificates and souvenirs in their hands may be more meaningful than giving them a hundred yuan bonus.

If they are asked to choose between a certificate or souvenir and a prize, the winners will 100% choose the former.

"No prize money?!" Feng Jiayou was a little disappointed when he heard that there was indeed no prize money. He muttered, "Even if it's a prize of 100 yuan, it would be good!"

indeed!

Even if the prize is worth 100 yuan, they can get 600 yuan, which is pretty good!

Unfortunately, the organizers above don't agree with this at all.

"Okay, if there's no bonus, then there's no bonus. We don't need that little bonus, right?"

Cheng Xuemin hooked the woman's nose, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and smiled to comfort her. Is their family living on that little bonus now?

With her husband's current status in the literary world, he can just write some articles and the royalties will come in like a flood.

"Lack!"

"If I had the bonus, I could buy an electric fan for our son!"

Feng Jia gave Cheng Xuemin a charming look, and then mentioned the horrible weather and said angrily, "Xuemin, this won't do. Night is the key period for the growth of little squirrels. It won't do if it's too hot and they can't sleep well!"

"Let's go buy an electric fan later!"

"Look, in just a short while, the little squirrel's back is hot and wet again!"

Looking at his son who had just been put in the bamboo rocking cradle and was struggling to turn over, Feng Jiayou touched his back and found that it was indeed hot and wet. He couldn't help but feel distressed and anxious.

"Okay, then my wife, please give me some money and I'll go to the Overseas Chinese Store and buy one as soon as possible!"

it is good!
Cheng Xuemin shouted in his heart, "Okay," and waited here. Finally, he was allowed to wait!
He really felt sorry for his naughty son and really made him feel hot.

But we can't blame him for being cruel as a father. He used his own son to test his mother and pry out some private money. In fact, Cheng Xuemin was unable to extricate himself.

Originally, he was not going to the Great Hall of the People to attend the award ceremony today, but he would buy the electric fan today, regardless of whether his mother Feng Jiayou paid for it or not.

Even if there was no symposium in the afternoon, Cheng Xuemin would come back early and buy an electric fan from the Overseas Chinese Store on the way.

Cheng Xuemin always carries foreign exchange coupons with him!

But today's schedule is really full and I really can't find time to buy it.

So I can only say sorry to the mother and daughter in my heart and endure this night!
I will definitely go to the Overseas Chinese Store tomorrow and buy the electric fan and the mother and son.

“Are there really no electric fans in the department store?”

But Feng Jiayou, a mother, felt heartbroken when she thought about the electric fan that cost two or three hundred foreign exchange coupons at the Overseas Chinese Store, which is nearly one thousand yuan in RMB!
"I've searched several stores in the city, and they really don't have it for sale!"

Forget about domestic electric fans. It may be because this summer is too hot that domestic electric fans have started production on production lines in the second half of this year.

It will take until next summer before domestic electric fans can be fully produced.

To save a few hundred dollars by waiting for domestic production, he made his son and his wife suffer? There is no need for that. Cheng Xuemin, as a man and father, is not short of a few hundred dollars.

"That's okay!"

Feng Jiayou's face was full of heartache. She began to fiddle with her little treasury and do some calculations.

"Originally, I was planning to give some money to my sister and cousin when they return home in the next two days!"

Feng Jiayou counted her small treasury again. The passbook showed a balance of ten thousand yuan, plus two thousand yuan, and another thousand yuan in cash.

She counted and gave nine hundred yuan to Cheng Xuemin, saying.

"For my sisters?"

Cheng Xuemin took the money handed over by his wife and began to feel a little embarrassed!

"Yes! My sister has been here with us for half a year preparing for the exam, and she doesn't have any extra income. Shouldn't we give her some money to buy something for her to take back?"

Feng Jiayou nodded and continued, "Xuemin, give 500 elder sister 100 Xiaolian, do you think it's okay?"

"Okay! Wife, you can give it to me!"

Cheng Xuemin held the woman in his arms, feeling sorry for this woman who was so damn good at helping him!

Although she is usually very obsessed with money and stingy with herself, she is very generous to Cheng Xuemin's family and knows how to behave.

As for giving my sister 500 yuan, it was definitely too much!
After all, most wages in this era are only 20 or 30 yuan. 500 yuan is equivalent to two years' salary for a single worker without eating or drinking!

This is the case for Feng Jiayou, a wealthy woman with a net worth of ten thousand yuan. In her eyes, a few hundred dollars is already a small amount of money.

So, what can Cheng Xuemin say when his daughter-in-law is so generous to his family?

Cheng Xuemin has only this one sister. She has been preparing for the exam here for the past six months, but she has also taken care of her sister-in-law Feng Jiayou in every aspect.

So the money should be given, and he won't think it's too much.

"Well! Then I'll go to the bank tomorrow and withdraw some cash. The money we have at home isn't enough!"

Feng Jiayou was held in the arms of her man and hummed happily. Cheng Xuemin was unmoved and stuffed the cash he had already obtained under the bamboo mat.

Then he said to Feng Jiayou, "Wife, there is actually another good news that I didn't dare to mention to my parents before!"

"What a good thing?"

Feng Jiayou then looked up again, looking at Cheng Xuemin with a flushed and confused face, and asked.

Besides winning the award and giving lectures at the Institute of Literature, there were other good things, but he didn't dare to mention them to his mother-in-law. Doesn't that mean this good thing is better than the previous two?
"Today, Mr. Li from Renwen Press said that they want to expand and invite me to join the editorial board!" Cheng Xuemin told his wife Feng Jiayou truthfully.

"Mr. Li invited you to join the editorial board? This is a good thing..."

"What? Xuemin, are you joining the editorial board of the People's Literature Publishing House? Is that the one my dad was invited to join in early April?"

At first, Feng Jiayou hadn't reacted yet. She thought that it was no big surprise for her man to be an editorial board member of a magazine. After all, her man was going to give lectures at the Institute of Literature.

But I soon realized that he was an editorial board member of Renwen Press and People's Literature Publishing House, which was a very important position...

Anyway, it's impossible to explain. Feng Jiayou herself knows that when her father Feng was invited to join the editorial board of Wenhua Publishing House in early April, her mother happily celebrated with her father.

Her father drank three more glasses that night.

Soon after joining the editorial board of Renwen Press, her father, Feng's father, was quickly promoted to a higher level in their unit and began to have the qualifications to be in charge of the daily work of the Translation Department of the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau.

But don't let her mother be too envious.

But I really didn't expect that it had only been a short time. Her husband Cheng Xuemin was also going to join the editorial board of Renwenshe.

There are two editorial board members in one family. Don’t be too proud to tell others about it!

"That should be it, right? Lao Li is the editor-in-chief of the Humanities Press. The editor-in-chief he invited should be the one that Dad joined, right?"

What else can the editorial board of Renwenshe have?

Definitely not, it must be the same as my father-in-law’s, how could it be wrong?
"Xuemin, you you you...you are so awesome!"

Deep in love, Feng Jiayou kissed her man fiercely, then thought of something and quickly began to hide her little treasury again, saying, "No, I have to go tell my mother the good news!"

"If my mother knew that her son-in-law had also joined the editorial board of Renwenshe, I wonder how happy she would be!"

"This is even more impressive than when you, Xuemin, gave a lecture at the Humanities Society!"

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