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

Chapter 55: Two articles have passed, and they are still all front-page headlines? (Seeking follow-up reading)
"Feng Jiayou, don't say anything first!" Feng's father interrupted her decisively, looked at Cheng Xuemin and asked, "Xuemin, did you write this manuscript? When did you write it? How did you think of writing this?!"

"Or is it that someone is behind you encouraging you to write this?"

Mr. Feng couldn't understand how his son-in-law, who came from the countryside, could have the insight to write such an article.

And what period is it now? How dare he write such a manuscript?

There must be someone behind the scenes advocating for him to write it. Is someone using the Feng family's pen to build momentum for a certain trend?
Who could it be! ?

Father Feng thought about the people and things his son-in-law might encounter, but it was hard to say.

"Dad! This manuscript was written by Xuemin!? What do you mean someone encouraged him to write it behind the scenes?!"

Without waiting for Cheng Xuemin to speak, Feng Jiayou, who was eager to pass the blame, interrupted and said, "Besides, if anyone is promoting Xuemin, it's my mother!"

"Feng Jiayou, what nonsense are you talking about? How did I encourage him to write this?" Seeing that her husband spoke in such a serious tone, Feng's mother pressed her son-in-law to ask if someone was encouraging him to write this behind his back. She realized on the spot that there was something wrong with the manuscript in her hand.

But before she could even take a second look, the debt collector in her family threw the blame on her!

How funny!
When did she, Gu Xueqing, encourage her husband, the debt collector, to write this article? Did she, Gu Xueqing, ask him to write the article?!

How can a person who is weak in Chinese composition write a good article? It is really rare!
"Cheng Xuemin, why are you pulling me in? It was your mom who encouraged you to write this!"

Cheng Xuemin also heard her father's tone and had his own opinions on the manuscript. He felt that it was indeed a bit hasty and that the manuscript should be brought out after a while, which would be just right!
Cheng Xuemin had already calculated the time, and it would be just right to publish it in two months.

But if she took it out now and her father saw it, he would definitely be in a panic.

Seeing Feng Jiayou trying to confront her mother again, he secretly pulled her and told her to stop quibbling and confess her mistake and wait for lenient treatment!
But Feng Jiayou was better. He just ignored Cheng Xuemin and continued, "Doesn't my mother want to know who wrote the headline of this issue of Yanjing Literature all the time?!"

"Hasn't my mom been looking for this Mr. Xu from The Horse Herder to write an article for me?!"

"Mom, don't you think so?!"

After saying a few words to her father, he finally asked her mother!
"Okay, I didn't mean to hide it from you anyway. The author of The Wrangler that you guys have been thinking about so much in October, Lao Xu, is not my classmate Cha Jianying, but your son-in-law Cheng Xuemin!"

"The author of this article, The Horse Herder, was Cheng Xuemin, who wrote it some time ago. He and I personally submitted it to Yenching Literature!"

"At that time, their editor-in-chief Li Qingquan was very optimistic about your son-in-law's article and decided on the front page headline on the spot!"

"By the way, Aunt Zhou was there at the time, so everyone knows that Xuemin is your son-in-law!"

Feng Jiayou confessed everything, and her mother was dumbfounded and seemed not to believe it. She asked again: "Mom, you don't believe it?! Okay, you wait!"

Feng Jiayou asked them to wait and went back to her room, as if to find something to prove it.

"Boss Cheng, was what my sister just said true? Did you really write The Shepherd?!" Feng Jiamo asked in shock.

She knew that there was a Xu Lingjun in Yanjing Literature. Today, the magazine of Yanjing Literature was all over her class and school, and it was spread like crazy!
"Do you have the right to speak when adults are talking? Go inside and do your homework. I won't be able to say anything to you, right?!"

Mother Feng's face was filled with horror. She really didn't believe what the debt collector Feng Jiayou said. But at this moment, the youngest brother was also making a fuss beside her, and she was so angry that she yelled!
"Hmph, I just want to listen. Can you please not say anything?!" Feng Jiamo was indignant and just hid aside!
"...Mom, Dad! My daughter is a bit aggressive, no one encouraged me to write this article!" Cheng Xuemin said angrily.

"In fact, I heard from my childhood friend that I could earn royalties by writing articles. Then, when I was in the library of Yanda University, I came across a report published in Ningxia Daily about the touching deeds of Yan Jitong and Wang Bailing, a couple from Ningxia Lingwu Farm. That’s when I suddenly got the inspiration to write about this horse herder!"

“At that time, I just wrote it casually, thinking that if it was approved, I could buy a big roast duck for Liqin and Liwen to satisfy their cravings!
But I didn’t know that after reading my manuscript, Li Qingquan, the editor-in-chief of Yenching Literature, decided on the spot to make it the front page headline. I really didn’t think there was anything good about it!”

“Why don’t you vote for my October?”

Feng's mother, Gu Xueqing, was extremely livid. When Feng Jiayou repeatedly concealed and lied to her, Feng's mother even had a suspicion that this article "The Shepherd" could have been written by a debt collector who suddenly got wise and submitted it to Yanjing Literature without her knowledge? !
But she never expected that this article "The Horse Shepherd" which was approved by Li Qingquan as the front-page headline and which Liu Xinwu was obsessed with to the point of madness, would actually be written by her, Gu Xueqing's son-in-law, a peasant boy!

This was even more shocking than when the debt collector brought her man's test paper to her for her to mark that night and she saw her man's test score.

and also!

Aren’t speaking, Chinese and writing her man’s weaknesses?

But the next moment, they turned around and gave her, the mother-in-law, such a big satellite? !

What’s even more outrageous is!
Now that the manuscript is written, why don't you think about submitting it to Mother-in-Law's October Publishing House, but instead submit it to Yenching Literature?
"Isn't it because he's afraid of your strict requirements and repeated revisions? Your son-in-law has seen all my past mistakes. How can he dare to submit to your October?!"

Feng Jiayou rushed out of the house and accepted her mother's questioning, but she felt very wronged and tried to argue.

"Here, this is the payment slip from Yanjing Literature. It was sent over yesterday along with the sample issue. The editor-in-chief of Yanjing Literature personally delivered it to your son-in-law!"

show off!

Feng Jiayou was very proud and threw her receipt of more than three hundred yuan in royalties on the stone table for her mother to see!

"Also, your son-in-law was originally going to give it to you, but I was so angry that I didn't want to be controlled by your revision requests anymore. I thought it would be easier for Yanjing Literature to pass the manuscript than your October Publishing House, so I tied your son-in-law up and submitted the manuscript to Yanjing Literature. This is not your son-in-law's fault!" "If you feel embarrassed that you were bullied by your October Publishing House because I didn't give you The Wrangler, then hit me if you want to! This has nothing to do with your son-in-law!"

"Also, your son-in-law knew that you were going to ask the author of The Wrangler to write an article for you, so he stayed up all night last night and finished this article for you!"

"But now it's just as your son-in-law said. Mom, you may not dare to use this manuscript!"

After Feng Jiayou showed off a little, he acted so righteous. Anyway, that's how things happened. You can kill him or chop him up as you please!
Ok!

Cheng Xuemin next to him knew that he was too mean. He was worried just now, thinking that Feng Jiayou would put all the blame on him, but he didn't expect that she would take all the responsibility!
Cheng Xuemin, who was ready to strike back and put the blame on others, was ashamed and swore in his heart that he would give her a good scolding and pamper her when he returned home at night.

"Alright! You, Feng Jiayou, are really good! You're just afraid that the manuscript will be revised, so you'd rather give it to Yanjing Literature than to your mother, right? "

"Okay! Good! Very good! I, Gu Xueqing, really gave birth to a good daughter like you!"

After Feng's mother Gu Xueqing recovered from her shock, she really didn't know what to say to this debt collector!
It was actually because she didn't want the manuscript to be revised that she gave "The Shepherd" written by her husband to Li Qingquan of Yanjing Literature!
Now it all makes sense!

No wonder Li Qingquan suddenly called Lao Liu’s office that day and said that they were grateful to them and would definitely treat them to a meal later!
So she got the manuscript of her Gu Xueqing's son-in-law and the manuscript of their October son-in-law, and now she's showing off?
Let them wait in October. This big satellite of Yenching Literature will surely dazzle October’s eyes!

OK, very good!

Just as Li Qingquan thought, if Old Liu from October knew that the manuscript of "The Shepherd" came from within October, and was written by her, Gu Xueqing, a son-in-law from a peasant family, I wonder how shocked he would be!
Anyway, Feng’s mother Gu Xueqing is really jealous now!

Wrangler!

It was written by her son-in-law Gu Xueqing! But it was submitted to their October's "arch-rival" Yanjing Literature!
Debt collectors, do you know that Li Qingquan called today and boasted that this issue of Yenching Literature is very popular and he wants to print an extra 100,000 copies?

Do you know what it means to print an additional 100,000 copies?

This will definitely make Old Liu so angry that he will die!

"Mom! I won't dare to do that again next time! Xuemin and I won't dare to do that again next time! If I have a good manuscript in the future, I will definitely give it to you guys right away, as long as you guys can afford the price!"

Feng Jiayou’s attitude of admitting his mistakes is very sincere, but he often changes the subject in a sudden and infuriating way!
You apologized if you wanted to, you admitted your mistakes if you wanted to, but why are you bringing up the price of the manuscript in the end? ?
"Your royalty fee is not right!? Why is it more than 300?"

Since the price was mentioned, Feng's mother also glanced at the manuscript fee slip that the debt collector threw in front of her, and found that it was indeed from Yanjing Literature, with an amount of three hundred and fifteen yuan on it!

But when I flipped through the front-page headlines of Yanjing Literature in my hand, I found that the entire "The Shepherd" was only 18,000 words!

This royalty receipt just doesn’t add up no matter how I check it!
"You're amazing, mom! You were right just now. Xuemin submitted two manuscripts at once, and Yanjing Literature didn't ask him to revise a single word, and they both were accepted!"

"Besides, it's the maximum price of seven yuan per thousand words, so with this price, October is really a bit of a stretch for you guys!"

You really can’t blame them, it’s just that Yenching Literature has given them so much!

"Two pieces have passed!? Which piece did you write?! "That Birch Forest"? "

Feng's mother was shocked again, shocked that her son-in-law, a peasant from a poor family, had two manuscripts approved directly on his first submission?
And he wasn't asked to change a single word?
As for the maximum price of seven yuan per thousand words, Feng's mother simply ignored it!

They can pay 7 yuan per thousand words at Yenching Literature, but they can't afford it at October? You heartless thing, did you ask her, the mother, before submitting your manuscript?
"That's Jianying's manuscript, we can't snatch it! Both of your son-in-law's manuscripts are of very good quality. Yanjing Literature plans to publish them in two issues, so the other one will not be published until next month."

"Oh, and it's still the front page headline!"

How annoying!
Debt collector, could you not add one last sentence?
It's the front page headline, what are you bragging about? ! You didn't write the article, what are you bragging about? !
"Can you return it?!"

Thinking that Li Qingquan would show off to her again next month, Feng's mother decided to cut off the source of the problem and return the manuscript!

"Mom! I've already paid off the manuscript fee with your son-in-law. Do you think I can get a refund?" Feng Jiayou rolled his eyes and said, "Besides, didn't your son-in-law write a better article for you?!"

"Your son-in-law said that if you dare to publish this manuscript in October, it will definitely be the first to win, and it will definitely overshadow "Scars" from "Shanghai Literature and Art" and "The Shepherd" from Yanjing Literature this time!"

Feng Jiayou pointed at the manuscript that was taken away by her father again and said arrogantly!
"Xueqing, you haven't read the manuscript yet? Take a look first! I'll talk to Xuemin!"

After Mr. Feng couldn't help but finish reading the second half, his mood became complicated again. After hearing what Feng Jiayou said, he wanted to have a good talk with his son-in-law even more!

"Old Feng, what's wrong with this manuscript!?" Feng's mother also felt that her husband was a little abnormal today after reading the manuscript.

Now, hearing from the debt collector that the film was more popular than the Shanghai literary work "Scars" and their own "The Shepherd", Feng's mother Gu Xueqing became even more suspicious and she hurried to watch it.

It’s still a little early to take it out!
Seeing his father-in-law's cautious and serious expression, Cheng Xuemin felt a little regretful.

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(End of this chapter)