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

Chapter 44: Good luck, let's eat braised pork tonight (please read it later)

The transfer exam lasted two days, and the results would not be released until next Wednesday. During the weekend, Feng Jiayou also received three sample issues of October!

Holding this issue of "October" magazine, Feng Jiayou watched the manuscript she wrote being printed in lead type. She was so happy and excited that she could even laugh while eating!
On Monday, Cheng Xuemin took Feng Jiayou to school by bicycle as usual. The woman took her three magazine sample issues and went to show off to the class.

Cheng Xuemin took advantage of the woman's absence and secretly mailed a short story he had written to Shanghai Literature and Art, hoping that the 20,000-word short story could sell for a good price.

Only Yenching Literature was closely watched by Feng Jiayou, otherwise the unit price would be at least two yuan different. Cheng Xuemin would invest in Yenching Literature no matter what. If he invested elsewhere, he would have to gain experience points and raise the price again.

However, since we are taking the route of casting a wide net and letting a hundred flowers bloom, we still have to gain experience points, all for the sake of our small treasury.

However, in the submission letter, Cheng Xuemin also mentioned:
I have just been sent back to the city. My family is poor and destitute. I have to support my 80-year-old parents and five or six hungry children. I hope that the minimum price for my manuscript can be more than five yuan. If the manuscript can be accepted and the price is high, they, Shanghai Literature and Art, will be my bread and butter in the future. I will definitely continue to submit manuscripts to them.

Isn't it a bit shameless to make such a request and play the victim?

never mind!

As long as the small treasury can be replenished in the shortest time possible, there is nothing shameful about making money by writing!
Besides, the manuscript that Cheng Xuemin paid tribute to should be worth the top price of seven yuan per thousand words. We should also be worthy of the original author and not sell it too cheaply, right? !
Besides, Cheng Xuemin does have elderly parents to support and young children to raise soon. He must earn more royalties to buy a big house so that he can bring his parents to Yanjing in the future to help take care of the children.

After sending the manuscript, Cheng Xuemin returned to the library and continued writing.

"Classmate, I have been paying attention to you for a long time! You have been buried in writing in the library all the time. Don't you have to go to class?"

It was almost time for lunch when the administrator at the library finally noticed Cheng Xuemin, the oddball, and stepped forward to ask him!

"Ah?! Oh! Hello, teacher, I'm not a student of Yanda University yet, so I can't read books or write things here!?"

In fact, Cheng Xuemin had always noticed the young man in front of him who looked like a student.

He was a staff member at the library front desk who helped students register for book pick-ups. He didn't look like a student at Yanda University, so he politely called him "teacher".

At the same time, I also honestly admitted that I was not a student of Yanda University. I didn’t know if I could read books here if I was not a student of Yanda University.

In fact, Cheng Xuemin reads very few books, and most of the time he has been busy paying tribute to others and earning royalties.

However, if people really suspected him and wanted to investigate him, Cheng Xuemin would be easily exposed without his student ID, so he simply chose to be honest.

"You're not a student of Yanda!? No wonder. I was wondering why you clock in and out on time every day, even more than the students of Yanda. You just sit here and write things, not moving at all, and don't have to go to class!"

The young teacher nodded and continued with a smile, "We at Yanda do not prohibit students from other schools from reading or borrowing books in our library, so don't worry about it!"

"I'm just curious, what do you write here every day!?"

"By the way, my last name is Chen. You can call me Lao Chen, or just Teacher Chen!" Chen Shumin nodded, but he didn't come here to chase anyone away!

This young man is really an interesting person. I have always been paying attention to him, but today I couldn't help but come and take a look.

"Hello, Teacher Chen. My name is Cheng Xuemin. My wife is a freshman at Yanda University. I am here to accompany her!"

Hearing that he didn't have to be kicked out, Cheng Xuemin was no longer embarrassed and followed suit, saying hello and explaining.

"Oh?! Your name is Cheng Xuemin and mine is Chen Shumin. Judging from your accent, you must be from northern Shaanxi, right? I just returned to the city not long ago after being an educated youth from northern Shaanxi. We are both from the working class peasant class, so we are destined to be together!"

Chen Shumin got along even better after hearing this, and took the opportunity to sit down in front of Cheng Xuemin's desk and chatted, "Xuemin, your wife is a freshman at Yanda University? You are here to accompany her? No wonder!"

"Yes, yes, Teacher Chen, you are right! We are all from the working class peasant class. I am from northern Shaanxi, so we are fellow countrymen!" In fact, Cheng Xuemin's northern Shaanxi accent is not very strong.

"Yes, fellow countryman!" Chen Shumin nodded, looked at the manuscript on Cheng Xuemin's desk, and asked, "I'm just curious, you have been sitting here writing these days, what are you writing? Can I take a look?"

"Of course, of course! Please help me correct me, Teacher Chen. I'm trying to write some articles and publish them to earn some royalties to supplement my family income!"

The other party has mentioned it, so even if Cheng Xuemin doesn't want to show it, he has to force himself to show it! After all, this is someone else's territory. What if he doesn't show it to him and they just kick him out?
Immediately, he handed it over very generously and said, "I haven't finished it yet. I'm sorry to make you laugh, Teacher Chen!"

"It's going to be published? I really need to read it carefully!"

Upon hearing that he was indeed writing a manuscript, Chen Shumin immediately became interested and took the manuscript with both hands and began to read it carefully!
...Feng Jiayou, with her three copies of "October" sample magazines in front of the class, really attracted a lot of attention!
"Jiayou, the revision is indeed very good. It is more than one level higher than your first draft. Did you suddenly get the idea?"

Huang Beijia was the first to grab the sample issue and immediately started looking for Feng Jiayou's manuscript.

Because these students didn't like to use pen names or pseudonyms and published under their real names, they soon came across Feng Jiayou's manuscript.

After reading it, Huang Beijia was very moved and exclaimed: "Jiayou is worthy of being trained by the chief editor. This level is really amazing. Anyway, I don't have this skill to write a manuscript of this level!"

"Yes, Jiayou, your revision is so good. How did you suddenly get an idea? It's much better than mine!" Cha Jianying also echoed and joked, "You have revised it before! Is it because your lover came over and suddenly you had a dazzling inspiration?"

"Hehe, Bei Jianying, you're right. Cheng Xuemin contributed a lot to my manuscript being published!"

After hearing Huang Beijia and Cha Jianying's sighs and admitting that they were inferior, Feng Jiayou's face was filled with pride, which was really too obvious.

And that damn girl Cha Jianying actually guessed it right, half-jokingly!
Isn't it the inspiration that came from the collision with her man?

"Really? Then your lover is really a person who can't be judged by appearance?!" Cha Jianying continued to joke.

"Don't judge a person by his appearance. That means an ugly person may have talent, but is the man in my family ugly?" Although it was still a compliment to her man, why did these words sound wrong?
“Not ugly, not ugly!”

Is Feng Jiayou's man ugly?! She didn't say he was ugly, on the contrary, he was a little handsome and pleasing to the eye.

"Hehe, the one at my place is so awesome!" Feng Jiayou wasn't at all embarrassed to brag about herself, she had to praise her man to death.

"How can it not be amazing? You can hardly hide your belly!" Huang Beijia secretly touched her belly and joked.

"Whose belly can't be hidden anymore? I'm hiding it well, okay? Beijia Jianying, please don't spread rumors, please!"

When talking about her bulging belly, Feng Jiayou immediately begged with a shy face!

She doesn't want other classmates to know about it yet, so only a few female classmates in her dormitory who are on good terms with her know about it.

"You can't hide it for long!" Cha Jianying also looked at Feng Jiayou's belly and said jokingly!

"Even if you can't hide it, you have to hide it until the winter vacation. Let's talk about it after the New Year!" Feng Jiayou smiled and changed the subject, "By the way, Jianying, your manuscript for Yanjing Literature has not been published yet!?"

"Really? Jianying, has Sister Bailing mailed the manuscript fee?! Jiayou and I are still waiting for your braised pork! We haven't eaten meat for several days, you have to urge Sister Bailing to eat!"

Huang Beijia asked with equal concern while joking.

"Not yet! I'll definitely treat you guys to braised pork when the time comes!" Who could be more eagerly anticipating than Cha Jianying himself! ?
This was her first time to publish an article and receive royalties, so she must have been very excited and looking forward to it.

Unfortunately, the sample issues and royalties from Yenching Literature have not been sent out yet, making her wait anxiously!
"Braised pork? You guys are treating us to braised pork today, so wouldn't that mean De Ning and I will be able to catch up?"

What a coincidence that as soon as I mentioned Cao Cao, he appeared!

As soon as the three of them mentioned Yenching Literature, Bai Ling and Zhang Dening appeared in front of them. They heard their jokes and greeted them with the same jokes.

"Huh?! Sister Bai Ling and Sister Dening, why are you here at Yenching University?" Huang Beijia couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw the two preliminary review editors of Yenching Literature coming together.

"Oh, of course it's money to give you the braised pork! It's money to give you the manuscript fee and sample magazine!"

Bai Ling smiled and explained her purpose to everyone!

"Jiayou, your lover is not here!?"

Zhang Dening then greeted Feng Jiayou and asked about Cheng Xuemin!

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(End of this chapter)