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

"Liqin Liwen, Qingwa, get in the car, I'll take you for a ride!"

After coming out of the General Political Department, Cheng Xuemin went to Quanjude Restaurant and packed up two roast ducks and some side dishes. Then he went to the Friendship Store and bought some candies and snacks that children liked. When he returned to Yanda, he happened to see three little guys walking and playing on the road after class, so he stopped the car and greeted them.

"Oh my, it's my uncle's car, it's my uncle's car!" Feng Liwen shouted when he saw it.

"It's still my uncle! It's my uncle's car!" Qingwa was not to be outdone and chased after the car and shouted.

The children were arguing and quarreling without knowing anything, and this involved Cheng Xuemin, who was both his uncle and his aunt, so was he closer as an uncle or an aunt?

Cheng Xuemin had to treat them equally, so he immediately took out the chocolate White Rabbit milk candy, and instantly flattened the three little guys!
"I don't care if you guys fight or grab. Whoever treats the little squirrel well will get more pocket money from your uncle and aunt so you can buy snacks at school!"

It is impossible to reason with the little ones, so we can only let them take action themselves. It will be fine if they are closer to whoever treats their son well.

"Hehe, uncle, I like little squirrels the most. I will hug the little squirrel when I go home!" Feng Liqin, the elder sister, grinned and said in a flattering manner.

"The little squirrel is my brother, my real brother. If anyone dares to bully him, I will beat him up!"

Qingwa peeled the chocolate candy wrapper in a rustic manner and mumbled to express his opinion.

"Liwen, why don't you speak?"

All the nieces and nephews have expressed their opinions, but my nephew Feng Liwen has not. Cheng Xuemin asked with a smile while looking through the rearview mirror.

"I...I washed the squirrel's diaper at noon. Did you guys do that?"

Ah, yes, yes!

You wouldn't expect this little guy, who doesn't talk much, to be so action-oriented. Look how proud he is! The two little guys next to him rolled their eyes and became speechless!
"Yeah, yeah, not bad, not bad. Liwen, you have performed well recently, there is a reward!"

Cheng Xuemin was really surprised. He thought this kid was capable and had a promising future. He immediately rummaged through the drawer in the car and found a two-yuan bill, which he handed to him as a reward.

"Thank you, uncle, but I can't accept your help. Washing my brother's diapers is what I should do as a brother!"

Uh!
Cheng Xuemin was truly shocked. He didn't expect that Feng Jiayou, his nephew, had become so sensible all of a sudden at such a young age!

He thought that Feng Liwen would accept the two-dollar reward without saying a word.

After all, in any era, at his age, who wouldn’t be greedy for money and want it for money?

Really, Cheng Xuemin was very surprised.

And you can’t tell that he is pretending to be Cheng Xuemin, so he has a high EQ!

"I want it, I want it, uncle. Liwen doesn't want it, but I do! You're so stupid not to want it even though you have money!" Before Cheng Xuemin could say anything else, the older Feng Liqin next to him quickly interrupted.

"Uncle! Uncle! When we get back, I will wash diapers with the little squirrel too, and I will wash two!"

Qingwa also coveted the two-yuan bill in Cheng Xuemin's hand, but he did not ask for it directly like Feng Liqin did. Instead, he insisted on going back to wash his brother's diapers.

In his opinion, he can get pocket money by washing diapers for his younger brother Little Squirrel, so he washes one or two more diapers than Chen Liwen.

His uncle will definitely reward him for this!
After all, he is just over four years old. He can't think or do things independently. He can only follow the trend and do things the same way. There is nothing wrong with that.

"Okay, okay, okay, then let's go back and see how you perform!"

Cheng Xuemin smiled and shook his head. He could already imagine that these three guys would definitely fight over diapers when they returned!
After taking them for a long walk around the Yanda campus for a while, Cheng Xuemin and his friends returned to the courtyard.

Some people go to work, some go to school, and only grandpa and grandma are at home. Cheng Xuemin's mother is also here taking care of the little squirrel.

"Xuemin is back!"

Older sister Cheng Wenxiu was there, holding the little squirrel in her arms. She pointed at Cheng Xuemin and said, "Look who's back? It's Daddy!"

"Sister, don't you have classes in the afternoon?" Cheng Xuemin walked forward with a smile, took the little guy and asked.

"I only had one class in the afternoon. After class, I thought the little squirrel must be hungry, so I came back and carried her to the school to find a pet owner!"

"Look, I just came back from drinking!"

Cheng Wenxiu carefully handed the little squirrel over and said.

Now my elder sister Feng Jiayou and the others have started formal classes, and the little squirrel has not yet been weaned, and his mother is reluctant to do so.

So usually it was Cheng Xuemin's mother who would hold the little squirrel and walk her around the Yanda campus, and he would wait for his mother Feng Jiayou to come out during breaks to feed him.

After having a drink in the morning and coming back for lunch at noon, he can sleep soundly at home for most of the afternoon. His mother then has to take the baby to the Yanda campus to wait for him.

When her elder sister doesn’t have classes, she will come back to look after her as soon as possible.

But continuing to breastfeed is not a solution.

It's okay if it's summer or autumn now, but when winter comes and the weather gets cold, especially when it rains or snows, it will be very difficult to send her to Yanda to wait for her mother to feed her.

Maybe, after winter comes, I might really grit my teeth and cut it off.

Although everyone knows that drinking breast milk is the best way to enhance a child's physical immunity, her mother is a student and really doesn't have the conditions.

Fortunately, Cheng Xuemin and his team are now among the best in the country, and they have cans of imported milk powder one after another, which is unheard of.

The little guy doesn't drink it, so his mother helps him drink it every day to make up for it.

"Ahhh, what are you all doing? You're fighting over your brother's diaper. It's so dirty!"

Cheng Xuemin and his brother were chatting here, and soon they heard their mother Qin Guilan's call. It turned out that Feng Liqin and Qingwa got out of the car and rushed into the yard. They were rummaging through the used diapers of the little squirrel, making his mother scream repeatedly. It was really funny.

Why are they scrambling to turn over such a dirty diaper?

"Oh my, it's too dirty and too smelly. I'll give it to you, all to you. I won't fight with you anymore!" Feng Liqin's disgusted voice was heard again soon.

"On the way, I rewarded Liwen with two yuan, saying that he washed the diaper of the little squirrel at noon. Now, Qingwa and the others rushed to wash it as soon as they got off the car!"

Cheng Xuemin shrugged and mentioned it to his sister.

"what……"

"Don't spoil Qingwa too much. Giving him too much pocket money will make him spend lavishly, which is not good!"

Cheng Wenxiu knew that her younger brother was rich now, so she was willing to give pocket money to her nephews and nieces. She would find an excuse from time to time to give them a dollar or two.

Qingwa is so young now, you really can’t spoil him too much by giving him just one or two pieces.

"It's okay. Actually, I'm also very busy and don't have much time and energy to pay attention to their growth!"

"I'll be going out again in a while, and I'll need you and your husband to look after the kids!" Cheng Xuemin shook his head, not really caring. "Don't say that, I should have come over to help you take care of the little squirrel!"

Cheng Wenxiu always felt that it was good enough for her brother-in-law Wang Quanwen to go to college. Why should she, a woman, go to college?
You can stay at home and help take care of the little squirrel and cook.

When Cheng Wenxiu came to Yanjing to prepare for the exam, she had always had this idea, but her younger brother insisted that she take the exam.

She was admitted to Yenching University on the first try, all thanks to her younger brother.

"Sister, don't say that. The little squirrel has grandpa and grandma to help take care of it!"

"If they can't take care of the baby, we can hire an auntie, or just ask both parents to come over!"

"It just so happens that I'm planning to buy another yard in the city, so it will definitely be no problem to live there!"

Cheng Xuemin is in a very complicated and conflicted situation now!
Not long after arriving, she saw so many people at home and thought that her grandson would be taken care of by someone, so she couldn't help thinking about going back to her hometown, worried that his father wouldn't be able to eat or sleep well at home alone;

But now everyone in the family is at work or at school, and suddenly she realizes that her grandson has grown up and no one is taking care of him except his grandparents!

Now she was worried that her eldest grandson would starve, and she couldn't bear to go back to her hometown.

She has to stay in Yanjing, help take care of her grandson, and also worry about the old man at home. How can she not be entangled in conflicts!

so what!

Cheng Xuemin thought that he might as well convince his father and bring them all to live in Yanjing.

Anyway, the household registration will not be transferred for the time being, and it may not be transferred at all.

When the land is distributed to each household starting next year, his parents’ household registration is still in their hometown, so they will still be able to get some land.

By then, his hometown would have its own land, and it would be up to his parents whether they wanted to go back or continue to stay in Yanjing.

Anyway, by then the little squirrel will be one year old and will have stopped drinking milk, so it will be much easier to take care of!

If it really doesn't work, just let his parents take the child back to their hometown to raise him.

reluctant?
What could Cheng Xuemin be reluctant about? Ever since he started taking on the foreign exchange earning tasks of the department and became a pioneer in foreign exchange earning, he was destined to be on the run outside. He would definitely stay less at home and spend more time outside.

When that time comes, I won't be able to spend much time with my son throughout the year. I can just go back to my hometown to see him when I miss him.

At most two years, and then he can be brought back just in time for kindergarten.

"That's even better, but you have to convince Da first, he may not come!" Cheng Wenxiu nodded. In fact, this is the best way. The whole family is together in Yanjing. I wonder how envious the villagers in his hometown must be.

"Xuemin, the Economic Commission may choose the second option!"

The elder sister was worried about Qingwa playing in the water, so she went over to look after him first. Cheng Xuemin played with the little squirrel and went into the main room to talk to grandpa.

When asked about the current progress at the Economic Commission, the old grandfather shook his head and said to him.

"Second option?"

Cheng Xuemin was very surprised when he heard this. How come the discussion eventually led to the second option?

At that time, Cheng Xuemin asked Luo Chu of the Economic Commission and others to withstand the pressure and stick to the 500 million US dollars and never give up, because they believed that the Japanese side would definitely give in.

Why the second option?
"Yes, the Japanese side used the Sino-Japanese friendship as an excuse and threatened us with import and export tariffs, saying that if we really insist on extorting them, they will unilaterally tear up all relevant import and export trade cooperation!"

"Especially the Mitsui Group behind Hitachi Heavy Industries. They have said that they will not let our blackmail succeed even if it means they will die!"

"But they didn't dare to force themselves to the end. After all, they were really afraid that we would tell others about it, so they only agreed to provide a complete set of 1880 large hot rolling mill production lines for free, which is also worth million US dollars!"

"So, the Economic Commission doesn't want to really go that far, and is ready to agree. Let me ask you, Xuemin, for your opinion!"

After all, I still can't bear to part with the $500 million hush money!
Although Japan is developed now, it is also at the peak of its economic bubble. Asking Hitachi Heavy Industries to pay 500 million US dollars as hush money in one go is indeed a huge ask.

On the other hand, if you directly use a whole hot rolling mill production line as hush money, the cost will be greatly reduced.

Although the price tag is also US$500 million, that is the price they sold it to us. If they produced it themselves, they would probably make at most US$100 million or 200 million. Doubling the profit is actually very conservative.

It's a technological monopoly. Even if we have the technology, we may not be able to produce such a top-notch hot rolling mill.

So, in our opinion, it is actually worth 500 million US dollars. After all, we were prepared to spend 500 million US dollars to buy it from the beginning.

But at Hitachi Heavy Industries, the cost may only be 100 or 200 million US dollars, which is much more cost-effective than directly using 500 million US dollars in cash to seal the deal.

Cheng Xuemin thought about it, especially after learning from the ministry how much foreign exchange we earn a year, he realized what 500 million US dollars meant in this era.
Even the developed Japanese.

Therefore, if you insist on asking for 500 million U.S. dollars in cash as a hush money, you might end up with a lose-lose situation.

So Cheng Xuemin nodded and said to his grandfather, "Grandpa, I've thought about it, and it's really not a good idea to push too hard!"

"Anyway, let the Economic Commission Director Luo decide for themselves. It's all right with me!"

Upon hearing this, the old grandfather nodded and agreed with what Cheng Xuemin said.

Then he chatted with the old grandfather about some other things. Seeing that the old man seemed to be in a very good mood, Cheng Xuemin couldn't help but ask if there was anything happy.
"Xuemin, you really guessed it right. Jiayou's aunt finally wrote to us, saying that she will come back to visit our family at the end of the month!" The old grandfather's face was as happy as a chrysanthemum, and he was almost about to burst into tears.

"Ah?! My aunt is going back to China? This, this, this... this is good news! This is a huge good news!"

Cheng Xuemin didn't expect that Feng Jiayou's aunt, his mother-in-law's sister, was going to return to China!
If you count it, it’s been more than 20 years, right?
"Yes! It's been eighteen years, eighteen years, and finally there's a letter!"

After being emotionally moved by Cheng Xuemin, the old man, who had been holding back his tears, instantly burst out.

Not long after, Feng Jiayou came back from school first. Cheng Xuemin presented him with two remittance slips for script royalties without being too enthusiastic. Feng Jiayou was so happy that he said they should celebrate twice in the evening.

“I haven’t received a payment slip for a long time!”

"By the way, Xuemin, have you heard back from that American magazine about the long novella you submitted? It's been almost a month, right?"

Feng Jiayou was very happy. She thought that she had not received many royalties during this period because her husband had focused his energy on scripts and foreign cultural creation.

But it seems like it’s been a while since I submitted that long or medium-length foreign language manuscript, so why haven’t I received any response yet?
"It should be soon!"

Cheng Xuemin also nodded. Calculating the time, there should be a response. Even if the manuscript is not accepted, a response must be given and the manuscript must be returned.

It was only because his father-in-law had been transferred from the Foreign Language Bureau, otherwise he would have known the result at the first time.

Moreover, there is the subsequent copyright sharing of "My Heart Will Go On", and the settlement period should be approaching. Does Cheng Xuemin plan to go to the Foreign Languages ​​​​Bureau in person?
...(End of chapter)