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

Chapter 62 What? Feng Jiayou, you also wrote a love letter to the shepherd? (asking for monthly tickets)
Compared to Liu Xinwu from "October" who was shocked and appalled, Li Qingquan from "Yenching Literature" was even more excited!

When Zhou Yanru arrived at the office early this morning, Zhang Dening handed her a literary and artistic newspaper, saying that another well-known writer had commented on "The Shepherd"!

At first Zhou Yanru just nodded, but as "The Horse Wrangler" had been published for more than ten days, readers' feedback was overwhelming and positive.

Especially in the past two days, almost every day there are comments from fellow editors, writers, critics, or readers in the industry who have been reported in major newspapers and magazines.

So Zhou Yanru and the others were almost numb these past two days. It was because the article "The Horse Shepherd" in this issue of Yenching Literature was so successful that it was like launching a big satellite in the Chinese literary world that had been silent for many years.

"Who!? Who are you talking about, Dening?"

Zhou Yanru nodded and took the Wenhui Daily without reading it immediately. She continued to walk forward. But after taking two steps, she suddenly froze in place and asked Zhang Dening in a hurry.

"Old Zhou! Ding Ling!" Zhang Dening shouted with excitement on his face!
"Ding Ling?!"

Zhou Yanru was horrified and suspicious. She quickly looked at the Wenhui Daily in her hand and quickly searched for the review article about 'Ding Ling' that Zhang Dening mentioned!

"A patriarchal hymn: Reading The Horse Herder, Ding Ling"

Soon, Zhou Yanru scanned the article and saw that it was signed by Ding Ling. She was so excited that she quickly glanced at it and asked, "What did Ding Ling say in the Wenhui Daily? Does Lao Li know about it now?"

"Of course I'm praising Lao Xu for his good writing! Lao Li just came in, and I haven't shown it to him yet, so I have to let Lao Zhou show it first..."

Before Zhang Dening had finished flattering him, Zhou Yanru rushed into Li Qingquan's office with the Wenhui Daily in her hand, reading it and shouting, "Old Li, Ding Ling has published a review of our The Shepherd in the Wenhui Daily. Take a look today!"

After saying this, he was extremely excited and slammed the Wenhui Daily in his hand heavily on Li Qingquan's desk for him to see!

"Ding Ling?! Didn't she just return to Beijing and wait for news from above?"

Li Qingquan was so frightened that he almost spit out the old tea. He quickly swallowed it down and asked with an exaggerated look of shock.

He quickly picked up the Wenhui Daily on the table and asked in a hurry, "Where is it? Where is it?"

"Fuck, it turned out that Ding Ling really commented on our Yanjing Literature? This is her first public article, right?"

When Li Qingquan searched for it repeatedly in a panic, he saw Ding Ling's article "A Hymn to Patriotism - Reading the Horse Shepherd, Ding Ling" in a very prominent position on the homepage. He was so excited that he shouted "Wow" several times.

It was so exciting that it was actually Ding Ling who reviewed their Yenching Literature’s “The Shepherd”!
To know!
Ding Ling had just been brought back to Beijing a few days ago, and there had been no official explanation regarding his reputation, so he was still waiting for it to be restored.

Therefore, during the time that Ding Ling returned to Beijing, he has been very low-key and rarely goes out, let alone publish any articles!

But as a well-known writer who plays an important role in the Chinese literary world and a literary giant of the same generation as Mao Zedong, Ba Xin and Lao Bing, it is so rare to have a manuscript by Ding Ling.

But she didn't expect that the first manuscript she wrote after returning to Beijing and waiting to make a comeback was given to Yanjing Literature, to Lao Xu's "The Shepherd"!
It’s popular, it’s popular, it’s popular!

If they sold 100,000 copies of Yenching Literature by the end of November, it would be considered a small success.

But with Ding Ling's public praise and publication of this article, their Yenching literature has reached a new height!

The Chinese literary world has truly produced a "The Horse Wrangler", and there's no getting away this time!

"That's right! Ding Ling lives in seclusion and doesn't contact anyone. He doesn't make any public comments, but I didn't expect that he would publish such an article in our "The Shepherd"!" Zhou Yanru was also very excited and kept saying, "Old Li, I have a suggestion!"

"We must organize a symposium for Lao Xu of The Horse Wrangler as soon as possible and invite well-known people in the industry to come together and have a good exchange of ideas!"

"I think it's a good idea! Old Zhou and De Ning will be responsible for contacting Old Xu himself!" Li Qingquan nodded repeatedly. They must strike while the iron is hot and hold a symposium to consolidate the literary status of Old Xu's "The Shepherd".

"I will personally invite Liu Xinwu in October. Hasn't he always been asking me to treat him to a meal? I will take this opportunity to invite him to a tea party and give him a feast!"

The sinister Li Qingquan is up to something again. This time he has to invite Liu Xinwu to show off.

"Old Li...if you continue like this, you will lose Old Liu as a friend!"

"Moreover, Gu Xueqing has been asking me about Lao Xu's information in a roundabout way for a while. I think she wants to invite him to write an article for her!"

Zhou Yanru smiled bitterly. If Gu Xueqing knew that Lao Xu, the "Horse Wrangler" she had tried every means to find out about, was her son-in-law, she didn't know what her expression would be.

But what they didn't know was that Mr. Xu in "The Horse Shepherd" couldn't stand the pressure from his mother-in-law and confessed a long time ago!
So when the time comes and you meet, the only one who will be dumbfounded will be you, Comrade Zhou!

"Haha! I'm just teasing Old Liu! I heard that Old Liu has been to the ministry several times during this period. I wonder if that old guy is secretly working on some kind of satellite!"

When talking about October's Liu Xinwu, Li Qingquan is still very happy! If Liu Xinwu hadn't been so generous and returned his son-in-law's manuscript to his Yanjing Literature, how could the satellite "The Shepherd" be released by their October? How could they have the soup to drink from Yanjing Literature now? !
"By the way, Dening, didn't they say that their son-in-law, the horse herder, has another novella? You and Lao Zhou have to keep a close eye on it, or Lao Liu might steal it without us noticing!"

"After all, they are the real father-in-law and son-in-law. No matter what, we have to get this novella first, so that Old Liu won't laugh at us!"

Thinking of this, Li Qingquan gave specific instructions.

"Then I will go to Yanda in person later. It just so happens that our editorial department is filled with letters from readers. I will send some to Lao Xu and ask him how to deal with the subsequent letters!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dening nodded repeatedly and said!
"The most important thing is the novella. Dening, you've read the manuscript. It's very well written, right? Someone from People's Literature has also contacted Lao Xu. You have to keep a close eye on him. Lao Xu is your man!"

Zhou Yanru also added, "People's Literature is also contacting him?! Then what are you waiting for? Go quickly!"

When Li Qingquan heard that People's Literature had intervened to snatch people away, he became so anxious that he wanted to tie up the horse shepherd Lao Xu and keep him under his control at Yanjing Literature Academy.

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"Jianying, look, Ding Ling from Wenhui Daily has given comments on the horse herder Lao Xu!"

At noon, Feng Jiayou, Cha Jianying and Huang Beijia happened to get together in front of the Yan University cafeteria. Huang Beijia even took out a literary and artistic newspaper and talked to Feng Jiayou and the others.

"What?! Ding Ling even wrote a review for Wrangler Lao Xu!? No wonder our submission failed. Wrangler Lao Xu is extremely popular now, and the people who write reviews for him are getting more and more important!"

Upon hearing this, Cha Jianying was stunned for a moment, but soon she smiled bitterly. They were considered the first readers of the book "The Horse Shepherd Lao Xu", and also the first readers to write book reviews and submit their works the fastest. Unfortunately, both her and Cha Jianying's submissions were rejected!

I didn't catch up with the first wave. Now the weight of critics is getting higher and higher. Even Ding Ling, who has been dormant for many years, has publicly commented on The Wrangler. If these pure readers don't write very well and make very profound comments, it will be difficult for them to get their articles accepted by Wenhui Daily.

"Did Ding Ling comment on it? Let me see!"

When Feng Jiayou, who was standing by, heard this, his face became even more shocked and excited, and he quickly asked Huang Beijia for the Wenhui Daily report.

"That's right! I wanted to take advantage of the first wave of sneak peeks and submit my review first, but unfortunately I wrote it too hastily and superficially, and missed the best time to submit! Now it's hard to get it approved!"

Huang Beijia also shook his head, and handed the Wenhui Daily to Feng Jiayou, and continued: "Teacher Ding Ling gave a very high evaluation of the Wrangler in the Wenhui Daily!"

"And I also heard that this is the first article that Teacher Ding Ling has published publicly since returning to Beijing after years of silence. With this treatment, Wrangler Old Xu has succeeded!"

"I don't know which senior brother of our Yanda University this horse herder Lao Xu is! He is hiding so well that he hasn't revealed anything yet!"

At this point, Huang Beijia thought of the letter she had sent out some time ago. There has been no news until now. The deep sea made her feel a little lonely.

You know, that was her first love letter, and I don't know if Senior Brother Xu received it.

It should have been received!
However, Huang Beijia also knew that there were too many girls secretly writing love letters to Brother Xu, so Brother Xu couldn’t keep up and would not even read them and would simply put them aside!
But if a senior brother saw it, she would have great confidence in asking him out because she was a little bolder than other girls.

"Hehe! Beijia, I heard from Jianying that you secretly wrote a love letter to this senior brother, right!?" Feng Jiayou laughed at Huang Beijia without even raising his head while looking at the Wenhui Daily in his hand.

"Jiayou, what are you talking about?! What love letter? Don't listen to Jianying's nonsense. I'm just an ordinary reader, commenting on the book review written by the author Lao Xu!"

"Yes, it's the manuscript that was returned without being reported. I revised it and sent it directly to Yanjing Literature. Anyway, I've already written it. If it can't be published, can't I send it to the author himself to have a look?!"

Huang Beijia's face instantly turned red with embarrassment and she kept trying to explain herself away.

"Yes, yes, it's just an ordinary reader. Jianying and I want to take a closer look. What are you hiding?!" Feng Jiayou was still smiling coquettishly, thinking of taking time to visit Yanjing Literature to look for the reader's letter from Huang Beijia.

Check to see if it is a love letter or a message to Huang Beijia, or just a review of the reading experience!

"I'm just an ordinary reader. Jiayou, please don't say anything nonsense. If other classmates hear it, won't I be ashamed?"

Huang Beijia's face continued to turn red. If she continued to be teased like this, she would wish she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

“It’s so well written!”

Feng Jiayou finished reading Ding Ling's comments on the Chinese report in his hand, and sighed with a lingering feeling. Then he looked at Huang Beijia and said with a grin:
"Hehe, what's there to be ashamed of? Beijia, I can tell you and Jianying openly that I also secretly wrote to the horse herder Lao Xu!"

"And there's more than one!"

Feng Jiayou is indeed very generous, and just as she said, she has written love letters to Lao Xu, the author of The Shepherd, and more than one!
How can I write only one love letter to my man? Beijia, am I right? !
"What!? Jiayou, are you crazy? Did you really secretly write a love letter to the horse herder Lao Xu? If your comrade Cheng Xuemin knew about this, wouldn't he beat you to death?!"

Huang Beijia looked extremely surprised, with an expression that said "I can't believe this" and asked Feng Jiayou.

"Jiayou, your belly is so big...are you so unfaithful?"

Cha Jianying on the side was also dumbfounded. Feng Jiayou actually secretly wrote a love letter to the horse shepherd Lao Xu behind her lover's back?
This... is crazy!

"What are you talking about? Who did you write a love letter to secretly without your lover's knowledge?"

Just when the three of them were whispering together, Zhang Dening from Yenching Literature came over with a smile.

"Ah!? Sister Dening, why are you here again!?" Huang Beijia looked over and couldn't help but exclaimed!

"Of course I'm sending you love letters. Will all your love letters be in here?!"

Zhang Dening lifted a large package of letters in his hand and joked with a smile brighter than flowers.

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(End of this chapter)