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

Chapter 78 077 Cheng Xuemin, do you want to make some private money? (Seeking monthly ticket)
"Auntie Zhou, how dare I!"

"You said I dare to let my mother know that the big satellite "The Horse Wrangler" you released was written by her son-in-law!?"

"If she knew, she would beat me to death, wouldn't she?"

On the way here, Feng Jiayou anticipated that Zhou Yanru and others from Yenching Literature would definitely ask about this matter!

So she just said out loud the words her mother had given her.

Now it’s not that Feng Jiayou doesn’t dare to speak, but when her mother asked Feng Jiayou to hand in the manuscript, she deliberately continued to act.

Before their atomic bomb of "October" was published, they must not let Li Qingquan and Zhou Yanru of Yenching Literature get even a whiff of it.

Anyway, we have to whet our appetite again because of Yenching Literature last month and get back some ground and win back a game.

"Then I really can't tell her about this yet. I'll look back and find a chance to talk to her first!"

Zhou Yanru nodded and began to read the manuscript in front of her.

"That's a good feeling!"

Feng Jiayou also responded perfunctorily, because she knew that when Zhou Yanru said she would find an opportunity, she really didn't know when it would happen.

It must be that Yenching Literature is really running out of room, so they would think of giving some to her mother's "October".

Even if she said it, it would be just a show-off, intending to deliberately piss off her mother!
But it doesn’t matter!
If it were before, Feng Jiayou would definitely not dare to let Zhou Yanru tell her mother, but now her mother knows everything. If Zhou Yanru goes to tell her mother about this, it is hard to tell who will be the proud one in the end.

Well, Feng Jiayou, who is a bit sinister, chose not to speak out and just dealt with it perfunctorily, letting the sisters fight!

Anyway, the one who is proud is her man, Feng Jiayou.

"it is good!"

Zhou Yanru also nodded, stopped talking and looked at the manuscript in her hand.

After a while, Zhou Yanru suddenly mentioned it again casually, "By the way, Jiayou, I heard that your mother also built a big satellite. Do you know who it belongs to?"

A few days ago, their editor-in-chief Li Qingquan came back from "October" and was greatly shocked!

Liu Xinwu, who kept talking about October, also developed a big satellite this time, and even Mr. Wu in the department attached great importance to it.

He also invited Liu Xinwu to have lunch at Zhonghai, and the people who accompanied him were even more terrifying and sharp, Mao Lao and Ding Ling.

Good guy!
When Zhou Yanru heard what Li Qingquan said, she just couldn't believe it.

I think it was Li Qingquan who went to October to show off in front of him, and Liu Xinwu was so angry that he deliberately boasted like that to make him angry!
But after inquiring over the past two days and following the rumors from the inside, it seems that Liu Xinwu did develop a large satellite in October and is preparing to publish it in the next issue.

This is not!

Their chief editor, Li Qingquan, could not sit still at home, and went to the department to pester them, insisting on getting a result.

"I think I did hear my mom mention it. She said that this time, Aunt Zhou and the others must take a good look at it!"

"As for whose manuscript it is...my mother is very tight-lipped!"

Feng Jiayou replied half-truthfully and half-falsely, shaking his head!

"Oh, that's your mother's temper!" Zhou Yanru nodded and smiled bitterly, then teased Feng Jiayou and asked, "Could it be that your horse herder Lao Xu did this to his mother-in-law?"

"No, no! Aunt Zhou, we can't even hide from my mom, how dare we go near her!?"

"I swear to God, my mom's satellite has nothing to do with the wrangler Lao Xu, seriously!"

It really has nothing to do with the Wrangler Lao Xu, because her family member Cheng Xuemin is riding Lao Qiao this time!

The old Joe who was mentioned in the story of Director Qiao taking office has really nothing to do with the horse shepherd old Xu.

"Why are you so anxious, my dear? I just said it casually. If it's not true, then it's not true. Look how anxious you are!"

Zhou Yanru raised her reading glasses and looked at Feng Jiayou with a look of surprise and suspicion.

Is this girl a little restless?
Could it really be written by her lover Cheng Xuemin? Are the mother-in-law, son-in-law and daughter playing Tai Chi with Zhou Yanru?
But then again, that shouldn't be very likely!
Because when Li Qingquan brought back the news, their first reaction was to wonder if the horse herder Lao Xu couldn't stand the pressure from his mother-in-law and had an affair?

Not only did she flirt with them all, but in order to make up for her mistake to her mother-in-law, she also created a big satellite?

But soon, they denied it after some analysis!
Not to mention that there is no such a powerful and sharp author, how could he release two big satellites in less than a month?

By now, Zhou Yanru has eliminated the only bit of doubt she had!

Because the evidence was right in front of her eyes!
The novella that Feng Jiayou Cheng Xuemin handed in now has at least 200,000 to 300,000 words, and it was completed in less than a month!
Would he have any other time to build a satellite for his mother-in-law?
How can it be!

If the big satellite was really that easy to make, there would be newspapers and magazines of all sizes across the country. The only thing that happened throughout the year was that Liu Xinwu published a "Class Teacher" at the beginning of the year, and Shanghai Xinhua published a "Scars" in the middle of the year.

The rest is just so-so, lukewarm!
Now, her son-in-law, Gu Xueqing, has just helped their Yanjing Literature to produce a novel called "The Shepherd". How could he be so quick to help his mother-in-law produce another one?
"Auntie Zhou, am I in a hurry?! I'm not in a hurry! I... need to go to the toilet, I have to pee!"

How could Feng Jiayou not be anxious?

Her mother warned her repeatedly not to set off their October atomic bomb in advance at Yenching Literature!
If she had known that Zhou Yanru would ask this question endlessly, she would not have made this trip in person. Too much talk leads to mistakes.

She was so anxious that she almost had diuresis. That’s what happens when you have a big belly!

"Uh! Over there, over there, turn right after we get out of the toilet, Jiayou, please go slowly!" Zhou Yanru quickly pointed at the door and said to Feng Jiayou.

"Wait a minute, let me help you go!"

Cheng Xuemin stood up. He was really worried about this impetuous woman and wanted to support her.

"No, no, just wait for me, we'll go back later!"

Feng Jiayou waved his hand and asked Cheng Xuemin to continue roasting his fire, and told him to leave after going to the toilet as they couldn't stay here for long.

If I stay any longer, I might end up saying too much and get tricked by those old foxes at Yenching Literature.

"Okay, then slow down!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded, didn't insist, and squatted down again to continue roasting his fire.

"Cheng Xuemin, can you write a manuscript for me someday?"

Following Bai Ling who was squatting by the fire, she took advantage of the time when Feng Jiayou was away and Zhang Dening Zhou Yanru was busy reading the manuscript, and flirted with Cheng Xuemin and whispered.

"Write one for you? Didn't I just send it to you?"

Cheng Xuemin heard this, why did he feel that Bai Ling's words were full of hidden meaning? "That's for Dening!" Bai Ling gave Cheng Xuemin a resentful look and said jealously, "Why don't you secretly change your pen name and write an article for me too!"

"Your family is helping you manage the royalties for the horse herder Lao Xu, right? When I saw you two together before, it was always Jiayou who was using the money. Your pockets were kept tight by Jiayou, so they must be empty, right?"

"How about this? You secretly provide me with a manuscript, but don't use the pen name Lao Xu. Later, I will secretly give you the manuscript fee invoice separately. You can have some private money and kill two birds with one stone."

Bai Ling was also inspired to think of this way to pry Cheng Xuemin's manuscript. She also found that Cheng Xuemin was a henpecked husband, and immediately handed over all the manuscript fees to Feng Jiayou for safekeeping.

But how can a man not have some private money in his pocket?
Therefore, Bai Ling was very confident about her proposal and firmly believed that Cheng Xuemin would definitely agree!

But who would have thought that Cheng Xuemin would say, "Isn't this a bad idea?"

"How is the manuscript fee calculated?!"

Bai Ling thought Cheng Xuemin wouldn't dare to do this behind Feng Jiayou's back. She felt a little disappointed. When she heard his last sentence, her face twitched fiercely. She whispered in surprise, "It must be the same as your pen name, Shepherd Old Xu. It's seven yuan per thousand words!"

"Seven dollars for a thousand words?" Cheng Xuemin shook his head and said, "This price is not enough for me to set up a secret fund behind Jiayou's back. If she finds out... Unless you, Bai Ling, can pay more than seven dollars!"

If it was half a month earlier, Cheng Xuemin might have been tempted to give it a try!
But now, seven yuan for a thousand words is really not worth it for Cheng Xuemin to take the risk, because the vest he opened outside is enough for him to make a living without telling Feng Jiayou!
Moreover, Bai Ling is too familiar with Feng Jiayou, and Cheng Xuemin doesn't want Bai Ling to have any evidence against him, which would become a time bomb that would kill him sooner or later.

Of course, if Bai Ling can offer the right price, it's not impossible!
is it possible?
Seven yuan per thousand words is the maximum price set by the Ministry of Culture for royalties. Even if Mr. Mao publishes an article, he would have to pay this price.

Cheng Xuemin didn't think Bai Ling could get a higher price than this, so he let her back out.

"Seven pieces and upwards?!" Bai Ling, with a look of joy on her face, was stunned for a moment.

"Xuemin, Sister Bailing, what are you talking about?"

When Feng Jiayou came back, he saw Cheng Xuemin and Bai Ling squatting in front of the fire pit, whispering to each other, and asked out of curiosity.

"Bai Ling is secretly seducing and instigating your lover to provide her with articles to hide her secret fund!"

Before Cheng Xuemin and Bai Ling could panic and start to argue, Zhang Dening, who was reading the manuscript, suddenly said something lightly.

"Ah?! De Ning, are you listening?!"

Being directly exposed by Zhang Dening, Bai Ling blushed with shame and glared at Zhang Dening in annoyance.

"Your wife has kept her bottom line and didn't dare to think of hiding a secret stash of money. My dear, your upbringing is very strict!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Dening made another excuse for Cheng Xuemin, which completely sold out Bai Ling!

Bai Ling, you are really good to dare to steal the author's manuscript right under her nose!
And under the beautiful pretext of allowing Cheng Xuemin to hide his private money behind his lover's back!
awesome!

It's a pity, the author Xu the Horse Shepherd is worthy of being the author who can write such a perfect man like Xu Lingjun. His writing is like his character, I think it's okay!

"Hehe, Sister Bai Ling, you've made a wrong calculation! Xuemin is almost being squeezed dry by De Ning, so how can he have the time to provide you with articles and use the royalties to hide his own money!"

Feng Jiayou was also stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that while she was going to the toilet, Bai Ling would rekindle her old love and seduce her man to do something private behind her back?
Row!
Considering the condition of her lover Cheng Xuemin, you, Bai Ling, can squeeze out a drop of energy? Bah, bah, bah, you can squeeze out a word. You are so awesome that it will be yours!

Are you kidding me? !

In less than a month, her husband was working on two manuscripts at the same time, totaling 300,000 words.

Apart from eating, defecating and urinating every day, she buries herself in writing. Recently, she has even celebrated less frequently. Under such high-intensity workload, Feng Jiayou doesn't believe that Bai Ling can squeeze out a single word.

"Just embarrass me! I won't play with you anymore!"

Bai Ling was so ashamed that she stamped her feet, covered her face and left in shame. She was too embarrassed to stay! Wasn't Dening engrossed in reading the manuscript? How could she have heard it!

"She is angry and embarrassed?" Feng Jiayou didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It was obviously her who stole her man, but she didn't want to play with her anymore?
"This article by Xuemin is very good!"

Zhou Yanru read the first ten thousand words or so and found that it was indeed as Zhang Dening said, very good!

No wonder Chen Shumin strongly recommended Cheng Xuemin to submit to People's Literature.

"Then Aunt Zhou, will the manuscript be accepted?!" Feng Jiayou looked at Zhou Yanru and asked excitedly.

"It won't be a problem to pass the manuscript. Dening has already read the first 100,000 words!"

"But with so many words, our initial review, re-review, and Lao Li's final review all need to look at the review opinions!"

"So the result shouldn't come so soon, you young students, you have to wait!"

There are more than 200,000 words. Zhou Yanru can't just read it now. How long will she have to finish it? ?

"That's fine! We were originally planning to sit for a while, so let's go back first!"

"Then Aunt Zhou, you guys just wait and see. If you have any news, please reply to us as soon as possible!"

Feng Jiayou also nodded repeatedly. He also didn't expect that he could get the results on the same day as last time when he submitted the paper.

After all, this is more than 200,000 words, and it would take several days just to go through it!

Therefore, for a manuscript with many words, even if it is done quickly, it will take at least a month to get a reply, and at least half a year at the slowest. This is all very normal!
"No, let's have lunch first?!" Zhou Yanru tried to keep Feng Jiayou and his wife from leaving.

"No, no, it's just time for dinner when we get back to school!"

Feng Jiayou was polite and did not dare to stay here for lunch. He was in a hurry to slip away.

"Okay, we'll review it as soon as possible and give you news!"

Zhou Yanru didn't stay long, but gave him two yuan for food expenses.

According to the rules of Yenching Literature, if authors come to revise manuscripts or exchange ideas, they must be arranged to have lunch.

Even if they didn't eat at their place, they would still charge one yuan for food. Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou were both charged two yuan!

Before leaving, Feng Jiayou indeed invited Zhang Dening and Bai Ling to go to Yan University to watch a movie in the evening.

They all agreed!
"Xuemin, you didn't secretly make some private money outside without my knowledge, did you?"

On the way back to Yanda, Feng Jiayou hugged Cheng Xuemin's waist and suddenly asked.

Cheng Xuemin was so scared that a chill ran down his spine!

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(End of this chapter)