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

Chapter 246 The father-in-law is a habitual offender, and the son-in-law has also been led astray (Request for full order)
"Your sister asked me to go to the Foreign Exchange Bureau to exchange some foreign exchange coupons!"

"Lao Cui, do you have that application form? Please fill it out for me!"

We can't let Xiao Cui continue to answer questions without restraint, otherwise Cheng Xuemin and his father-in-law will have a hard time tonight.

So Cheng Xuemin pulled him and interrupted him without waiting for him to finish.

"Ah! That application form... I gave it to Teacher Gu!"

Seeing that Cheng Xuemin directly mentioned himself, he interrupted and changed the subject, saying that it was his wife who asked him to go to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange to exchange for foreign exchange coupons?
Xiao Cui from People's Literature was a little confused, nodded subconsciously, and said that the application form had been given to Feng's mother!
"The application form is in the backyard with the child!" Feng's mother glanced at Xiao Cui and Cheng Xuemin suspiciously, but did not ask any further questions. She nodded and said, "We really need to buy an electric fan. I heard from the child that the little squirrel couldn't sleep all night because of the heat, right?"

"My sister asked me to buy it? I thought you, my brother-in-law, bought it secretly as a surprise for my sister!"

My sister-in-law Feng Jiamo was in a hurry to go to school for an exam, so she didn't question it too much. She pushed her bicycle and went out of the house with her cousin Xiaolian, talking and laughing.

Isn't it true that this sister-in-law is now too familiar with the tricks of her brother-in-law Cheng Xuemin?

It was indeed intended to be a surprise for her sister, but not this!

There are surprises yet to come, wait for it!
Cheng Xuemin's sister Cheng Wenxiu and sister-in-law Sun Juan also looked at the electric fan in surprise, but did not say anything. They greeted Cheng Xuemin and pushed their bicycles out to take the exam.

Cheng Xuemin nodded, but did not tell his sister. He made an appointment to return to northern Shaanxi the next day, and the Yanhe Literary Society helped to book the train tickets.

"Mom! I wanted to buy two more, but the Overseas Chinese Store doesn't have that many. We only have these two!"

"Then one for the front yard and one for the little squirrel in the back yard?"

Cheng Xuemin raised the two electric fans in his hands and said to his mother-in-law, Feng's mother.

Since we didn't buy so many electric fans and couldn't have one in every room, we could just put one in each of the front and back yards. Cheng Xuemin wouldn't know who would bring the fans into the house at night.

"Put one in the front hall!"

"You don't have to buy so many. Just buy one for the little squirrel! Did you buy this electric fan from the Overseas Chinese Store? It shouldn't be cheap, right?"

Feng's mother nodded and said that one could indeed be placed in the front yard.

But when I heard my son-in-law say that he originally planned to buy several units, I just shook my head politely and told him not to buy so many.

The fact that she can put one in the front yard is thanks to her son-in-law!

Besides, the price of imported goods purchased from this overseas Chinese store will definitely not be cheap.

"It's not bad. Actually, if you have foreign exchange coupons, more than 200 points are not bad!"

Cheng Xuemin replied to Feng's mother again.

It's not wrong. If you have foreign exchange coupons, it's actually the same as RMB, so two hundred yuan is indeed not bad.

But it is difficult for most people to have some foreign exchange coupons!

Therefore, it is impossible to use it the same way as RMB, and the exchange rate in the middle is unavoidable.

"How many!?"

"More than 200 foreign exchange coupons? Those two machines must be 400 or 500? Can the Foreign Exchange Bureau exchange so many foreign exchange coupons at once?"

Foreign exchange certificates are rare and are a variant of currency that is strictly controlled by the state.

Even though her husband works at the Foreign Language Bureau, he has access to foreign exchange coupons on a regular basis. If her family really needs foreign exchange coupons, they can ask Lao Feng to go to the company and exchange some.

But it may not be too much at one time, at most one month's salary and about one hundred yuan in foreign exchange coupons.

"Mom, I asked a friend to help me exchange it!"

After hearing what Cheng Xuemin said, Feng's mother nodded and thought that this was more like it.

But how much would a foreign exchange voucher worth more than 200 yuan be worth if converted into RMB?
If you don't count it, you won't know. Once Feng's mother calculated it, her heart skipped a beat and she thought it was more expensive than the TV at home.

But then again, there's nothing you can do about it being expensive.

The weather is so hot this year even though it hasn't officially entered summer yet. My little grandson, who is just born and not even a month old, can't stand the heat at all.

If your home has the conditions to buy an electric fan, then you really need to buy one.

But my son-in-law bought two this time and he was running out of money, so there was nothing we could do about it.

Anyway, that night, when Feng's mother saw her daughter's savings book with ten thousand yuan in it, she immediately felt envious of their income.

I knew that my son-in-law earned a lot of money from writing articles, but I never expected that the couple would buy this yard without saying a word and have more than 10,000 yuan in savings.

Feng's mother was dumbfounded on the spot. She looked back at the passbook which only contained half of her daughter's savings and felt resentful towards her father, Mr. Feng.

Fortunately, her husband, Mr. Feng, was promoted in time!
This is the only way to satisfy the vanity of my mother-in-law, Mrs. Feng.

"Xuemin, I don't think you said that just now?"

Following Cheng Xuemin to the backyard, Xiao Cui, who was still confused, asked questioningly.

This is not what Cheng Xuemin said to him just now at the Overseas Chinese Store!

It was not the foreign exchange coupons that his wife asked him to exchange at the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, but the foreign exchange royalties he earned from writing foreign-language articles and submitting them to foreign magazines.

Why do you change your way of speaking as soon as you get home?

"Haha, Lao Cui, I was just bragging to you just now. I did write some foreign language manuscripts and submitted them, but they were all rejected!"

"These foreign exchange coupons were exchanged by my wife at the Foreign Exchange Bureau!"

I was too proud just now and told Xiao Cui the truth, but I didn't expect this guy to speak so quickly.

Cheng Xuemin didn't have time to explain, so please don't spread the news, especially to his mother-in-law, Feng's mother.

But who knows!

As soon as this guy came in, he almost sold out Cheng Xuemin and his father-in-law.

If Xiao Cui let the secret slip today, when his father-in-law comes back, he will be so stunned that he will feel that he has been brought to justice.

"Ah?! That's not possible?"

Xiao Cui was dumbfounded again when he heard this. Are you kidding me? How is this possible?
Just now, Cheng Xuemin swore to him solemnly and told him everything with full evidence!

Even Cosmopolitan and Reader's Digest, the world's top magazines, have revealed the news, and said it was published in their April issue this year.

It's so serious, how could it be bragging or a joke?

But soon, Xiao Cui also came to his senses and asked with a low laugh, "Xuemin, isn't it true that someone pointed out at the award ceremony yesterday that you secretly used a pen name to earn royalties and hide your private money?"

"This foreign currency fee is also your private money that you secretly made without telling your lover and Teacher Gu, right?"

After thinking it through, Xiao Cui felt more and more that Cheng Xuemin must have secretly saved his own money to write the manuscript for submission in a foreign language.

Otherwise he wouldn't have had that expression just now.

"how is this possible?"

"Old Cui, you're overthinking it. Hiding private money was just a joke!"

When he heard about hiding the private money, Cheng Xuemin's face fell again!

Ever since someone in the audience shouted something like that during Cheng Xuemin's acceptance speech at the award ceremony yesterday, the secret that Cheng Xuemin was writing articles to make some private money without the knowledge of his wife Feng Jiayou and mother-in-law Teacher Gu has spread like wildfire!
Cheng Xuemin still doesn’t know who that guy is!

Blind guess Mr. Tang?
But Mr. Tang didn’t go to the award ceremony yesterday!

Even if he went, he would sit on the podium and would definitely be a member of the jury. He would never sit on the stage.

Chen Shumin from their library?
That was not possible. Although Lao Chen was one of the few people who knew about it, he would not "backstab" him and play that joke on Cheng Xuemin in the Great Hall of the People.

As for Ba Lao?
He was sitting on the rostrum and was one of the three deputy directors of the jury.

His daughter Li Xiaolin? She is a lesbian. How can Cheng Xuemin not tell the difference between male and female voices?
But apart from these few people who knew the situation, Cheng Xuemin couldn't think of anyone else, so it remains a mystery until now.

"I understand, I understand. Xuemin, I understand everything! I spoke too quickly just now. I don't know the specific situation of your family!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely keep it a secret for you and won't tell anyone!"

The more Xiao Cui saw Cheng Xuemin emphasize this, the more certain he became that this must be the case!

As to whether he is bragging or joking, we will know when he goes back and finds the April issues of the foreign magazines Metropolitan Magazine and Reader's Digest this year!

Cheng Xuemin rolled his eyes. What did he need to keep secret from Xiao Cui?
I felt very lucky in my heart, fortunately I only mentioned Metropolis and Reader's Digest to Xiao Cui, and did not tell him what my pen name was outside.

So, even if Xiao Cui knew which issue of Cosmopolitan and Reader's Digest it was, he probably wouldn't be able to tell which foreign-language manuscript was written by Cheng Xuemin, right?
As long as they don't know which article it is, he and his father-in-law, Mr. Feng, will definitely be safe!

Otherwise, if Xiao Cui found out and told Zhang Guangnian, Li Shuguang and the others about it, it would definitely reach the ears of my mother-in-law, Teacher Gu, very quickly.

Then, the two people in the family who are in charge of the foreign exchange treasury will both have to kneel on the washboard.

Especially the father-in-law, Mr. Feng, he is a habitual offender. Cheng Xuemin, the son-in-law, was led astray by him and his nature is even worse.

Feng Jiayou, who was taking care of the baby in the backyard, was overjoyed to see that Cheng Xuemin had bought all the electric fans.

After saying hello to Xiao Cui, he took out the application form for Cheng Xuemin.

Cheng Xuemin filled out the form very quickly, and after pasting the one-inch black-and-white photo on it with paste, Xiao Cui did not stay any longer. He took Cheng Xuemin's application form to join the Literary Association and went back.

"This little guy is sleeping soundly with the fan blowing on him!"

Cheng Xuemin sent Xiao Cui away and looked at the little guy who was sleeping soundly with the fan. He couldn't help but pinch his little face and scolded him with a smile.

"Don't pinch your cheeks! You'll drool if you pinch them too much!"

Feng Jiayou slapped Cheng Xuemin's black hand away, saying that the little kid's face should not be pinched or he would drool.

"hey-hey!"

Cheng Xuemin laughed foolishly and stopped pinching the little guy. He then said to Feng Jiayou, "Wife, I've made an appointment with Old Hu and the others from Yanhe Literature. I and Xiaolian will go back with them. We'll catch the train tomorrow afternoon!"

"Lao Lu and Lao Mo will send me and the others to Chengjia Bay by then!"

"So soon? Leaving tomorrow?"

When I heard Cheng Xuemin say that he would arrange for my sister to board the train tomorrow, I suddenly felt a little reluctant!
My elder sister-in-law Cheng Wenxiu is here and can help her take care of her son's defecation and urination and take care of her during the confinement period.

The Feng family kids are used to it!
Now that my elder sister-in-law has passed away, it would be strange if I could bear to let her go.

"It's better to go back early. At least I can go back to help my brother-in-law and catch up!"

"We now hope that my brother-in-law, who is studying at home, can keep up with the progress and pass the college entrance examination in Beijing. Then my sister can also come and take the exam together so that she can live at home and help out a little!"

"If my brother-in-law can only live in the provincial capital, my sister might also stay in the provincial capital!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded, and in his heart he also hoped that his brother-in-law Wang Quanwen could be admitted to Yanjing.

But there’s actually nothing to worry about!
According to the feedback I got from his sister, his brother-in-law’s review progress at home is actually quite good!

The last time I wrote to you, I heard that my brother-in-law scored 350 or 360 points in the mock exams, and those were the results from last month.

So, not to mention taking entrance exams to top universities in Yenching University such as Yenching University, Huaqing University, China University of Political Science and Law, and People's University, with his brother-in-law's stable academic performance, it won't be a problem for him to get into Yenching Agricultural University.

It just so happens that the Agricultural University is not too far from Yanjing University. They are both near the future Zhongguancun, which is convenient.

"With my current grades, if I can keep performing consistently, I can even get into Yanda University!"

"If my brother-in-law can't pass the exam, wouldn't that be a pity for me?"

Feng Jiayou heard that her elder sister-in-law might follow her husband's lead and give up taking the entrance exam to Yanjing University and stay in their provincial capital, so she couldn't help feeling sorry for her elder sister-in-law.

"I'm just saying that. Regardless of my brother-in-law's current performance, it won't be a problem for him to come to Yanjing!"

"Anyway, let's wait until next month's college entrance examination results!"

Cheng Xuemin couldn't draw any conclusions so early. It was too early to say anything now.

By arranging for his sister to go back earlier, I also wanted his sister to be there to help her brother-in-law for a week.

The problem shouldn't be too big.

We didn't talk for long when there was a noise in the front yard. It was my second uncle who had gone to Yanjiao to pick up my grandparents, and he was shouting in the front yard.

"My second brother is back, and grandpa and grandma are here to pick him up!"

When Feng Jiayou heard the voice of his second brother Feng Jiacheng, he knew that his grandparents had taken over, so he quickly got up and rushed to the front yard.

"Wife, you take care of our son, I'll go and help!"

This woman is still in confinement after giving birth. Although she can get out of bed and walk around, it is not advisable for her to go outside to get exposed to the wind all the time.

Just stay in the house quietly!

Following Cheng Xuemin, I went to the front yard and saw that it was indeed Feng's father and second uncle who brought my grandparents back.

Feng's mother had already welcomed the two elders in, and Feng's father and second uncle were helping to unload and move things.

"Xuemin Xuemin, congratulations!"

Seeing Cheng Xuemin coming, the old man, Gu's father, greeted his grandson-in-law repeatedly.

"Hello, Grandpa, Hello, Grandma, thank you! Thank you! Are you tired from the journey?"

Cheng Xuemin went forward to greet his grandparents, nodding his head repeatedly to express his gratitude and greetings.

"Go help your dad and brother move all the things in first! I'll take your grandparents to the main room to rest for a while!"

Feng's mother also nodded and gave Cheng Xuemin an instruction.

"Okay, mom. Grandpa and grandma, please sit in the room for a while!"

Cheng Xuemin hurried to the outside of the yard to help his father-in-law and second uncle get things out of the car.

"Great! Xueqing, you have found a good son-in-law!"

"Your mother and I both read today's People's Daily. In the first national short story award ceremony, Xuemin won six awards in one go. That's great!!"

Father Gu was very optimistic about his grandson-in-law and repeatedly expressed his admiration to his daughter, Mother Feng.

Six awards! ?
Father Gu was also stunned by the relevant reports in today's People's Daily. He almost dropped his reading glasses when reading the newspaper.

He also kept confirming with his wife whether their granddaughter-in-law's name was Cheng Xuemin.
The newspaper said that at the award ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People yesterday, his grandson-in-law won six awards in one go?

My goodness, the old man, Gu's father, was so shocked on the spot!
"Dad, these are the six certificates that Xuemin won, and there is also the inscription "Pioneering Reform and Opening-up" written by him a few years ago!"

She welcomed her parents into the main room and saw them looking around the house. The most eye-catching things on the front were the framed and award certificates. Mother Feng said in her heart, "Don't be too proud."

"Good good!"

Father Gu looked around the main room, and nodded in approval at the framed items and award certificates hung on the wall.

"Dad, Mom, come and fan us. It just so happened that Xuemin went to the Overseas Chinese Store today and bought two electric fans!"

"Put it in the main room to fan it during the day, and take it to your room at night!"

"By the way, Mom and Dad, Xuemin and Jiayou have vacated the main house in the west wing of the backyard for you. I'll ask Lao Feng to move all the things to the backyard later!?"

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