1979: Literary Master, Starting from the Return of Educated Youth

Chapter 99 Sister-in-law's Panic
There is something new hidden in Xu Yuexin’s words.

Du Runsheng realized this and began to think about what Xu Yuexin said.

His proposal essentially clarified property rights without physically dividing up collective assets.

Physical division is prone to cause disputes among members. This solution can avoid the "tragedy of the commons" by eliminating disputes.

If it can be implemented, the output level of orchards and forests will be improved, and the operational difficulties of grassroots agricultural technology stations will be resolved.

Most importantly, the property and income of rural members are bound to increase significantly, which is exactly the intention of the current rural reform.

If it can be promoted...

Du Runsheng nodded, feeling like he had discovered a treasure.

"Xiao Xin's idea is very good."

Du Runsheng succinctly affirmed, "It can be included as a key point in the research report."

"Well, I also think this is the best solution."

Yi Gang followed up.

"Well, thank you Mr. Du and Mr. Yi for the compliments."

Xu Yuexin scratched his head and said with a smile, "Just...Excuse me, Mr. Du, can you call me Xiao Xu?"

The name Shin-chan reminds Xu Yuexin of "Crayon Shin-chan", which always feels weird.

"Okay. Xiao Xu, from now on, you can think about how to write a research report."

Du Runsheng readily followed suit and said with a hearty smile.

Yi Gang, Tu Guangzhao and others cast envious glances at Xu Yuexin.

What an honor it is to be the lead author of the team's research report.

"Well, I will write the report carefully."

Xu Yuexin looked at Du Lao, Yi Gang, Tu Guangzhao and others and said, "I will have to ask you for more advice later."

"Okay, come to me at the National Agricultural Commission if you have any questions."

Mr. Du said.

The next day, the research team left the Niuji team and returned to the capital.

When passing by the commune, Xu Yuexin went to find Chen Yixiu's call back.

He had originally planned to take some time to come to the commune to read the telegram, but he didn't expect the research schedule to be so tight that he didn't even have an hour or two to spare.

After searching for a few minutes, the radio operator took out a copy of the old telegrams and gave it to Xu Yuexin.

Sure enough, it was Chen Yixiu who replied.

"Everything is fine in Beijing. I hope you and Qiao Qiao can come back."

Reading this line, Xu Yuexin smiled in his heart.

At this moment, he was eager to go home!
After arriving at the Prefectural Party Committee, the research team met up with other teams and headed to the train station.

After getting the ticket at the train station, Xu Yuexin sent a telegram to Chen Yixiu, telling her the time he and Chen Qiaoqiao would arrive in Beijing.

Not long after, the train they were on arrived. Xu Yuexin and Chen Qiaoqiao entered the platform together and boarded the train.

……

"Kang Dang"

"Clang."

After a two-day and two-night journey, Xu Yuexin arrived at the Beijing Railway Station and walked towards the carriage door carrying his and his wife's luggage.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the carriage, he saw his sister-in-law wearing a pure white coat, waiting for him on the platform.

"Yixue."

"Sister! Are you cold?"

Chen Qiaoqiao ran towards her sister, took her hand and expressed her concern.

"It's not cold. My coat is warm."

Chen Yixue touched the clothes on Chen Qiaoqiao and said, "You and Yue Xin, aren't you wearing too little?"

"We're both fine."

Xu Yuexin smiled.

He felt very relieved to see his sister-in-law's appearance today.

Compared with before, my sister-in-law is in much better condition and has returned to being the firm and confident ice beauty she used to be.

"Give me this bag."

Seeing that Xu Yuexin was carrying a lot of luggage, Chen Yixiu wanted to take the initiative to help him reduce the burden.

"No, that's nothing."

Xu Yuexin said as he walked down the stairs towards the exit with his wife and sister-in-law.

On the way back by car, Chen Yixiu told him a piece of news.

"When you were away, a female comrade named Zhu Chen came to see you with her parents, saying that she wanted to thank you for saving her life."

"I invited them in and sat for a while."

The Queen of Daughters and her family finally arrived.

Xu Yuexin thought to himself.

After this incident, he and the Queen of Daughters had established a solid relationship.

How things develop in the future depends entirely on your own abilities.

After returning home by car, Xu Yuexin, Chen Qiaoqiao and Chen Yixiu put the clothes, quilts and other items in the luggage in order, and then took out some specialties from the Huizhou area.

"Huangshan Maofeng is one of the top ten famous teas in China. Drinking it is good for the skin of lesbians."

"There are also dried tea leaves, bamboo shoots, and Huangshan stone ear."

Xu Yuexin said to Chen Yixue, placing the packages on the table, "These are all for you."

"You're thousands of miles away, but you still care about me."

Chen Yixue said a little embarrassedly, "Don't bring anything next time."

"He wants to buy it, why are you stopping him?"

Chen Qiaoqiao took Chen Yixiu's arm and said, making her even more embarrassed.

"Well... let me tell you something."

Chen Yixue looked at Xu Yuexin and said, "The smell in my house is almost gone."

"I plan to move there tomorrow."

"Okay, let Xin Ge take you there."

"I'm going to buy some groceries, and we'll cook together in our new home."

Chen Qiaoqiao was happy for her sister.

……

The next morning, Xu Yuexin rode a motorcycle to take Chen Yixiu to Tuanjie Lake.

"Congratulations on your new home. I wish you great success in the future."

On the motorcycle, Xu Yuexin congratulated Chen Yixiu with a smile.

"I can't do without your help."

Chen Yixue hugged Xu Yuexin from behind, and said with a hint of happiness in her tone, "I wrote my name and Qiaoqiao's name on the property deed."

"Oh? You have a good conscience."

"But why don't you write my name and yours?"

After saying this, Xu Yuexin observed his sister-in-law's expression in the rearview mirror with interest.

"Here we go again."

Chen Yixue patted him lightly and said, "When will you stop talking nonsense?"

"you guess."

Having said that, Xu Yuexin sped up, and the sister-in-law behind him quickly hugged him tighter.

When the two arrived at their new home, Chen Qiaoqiao had not arrived yet.

Xu Yuexin helped his sister-in-law carry the luggage upstairs, and took her hand after he finished.

"You now have the best living conditions among us."

“80 square meters per person.”

"That's true."

"Wait a minute, I'll turn on the heater."

The sister-in-law blushed, but instead of pulling her hand away as usual, she found an excuse to leave.

Soon, the room became filled with warm breezes, making people feel extremely comfortable.

Chen Yixiu took off her coat on the sofa, revealing her perfect figure tightly wrapped in a white turtleneck sweater.

Xu Yuexin sat down next to his sister-in-law, put his arm around her shoulders and held one of her hands.

"This is a really nice outfit."

Xu Yuexin always felt that his sister-in-law looked particularly feminine whenever she wore this tight turtleneck sweater.

"It's really annoying."

Chen Yixue blushed and said helplessly, "Can't you just live with Qiaoqiao wholeheartedly?"

"You don't understand. I spend more time with you, but less time with other women, right?"

"Other women might break up my family and Qiaoqiao's, but you won't."

"So essentially, being with you is beneficial to the happiness and stability of my family and Qiaoqiao's."

"..." Chen Yixiu was once again speechless in the face of Xu Yuexin's theory.

Xu Yuexin didn't think he was quibbling.

In ancient times, there was a practice of sisters marrying the same man, and the ancients did this based on the considerations he mentioned.

Well, I am a classicist.

Of course, this is only true when classical practices work to your advantage.

After a while, there was a knock on the door from outside.

Chen Yixiu hurriedly broke free from Xu Yuexin's arms and went forward to open the door.

……

In the evening, Xu Yuexin had a moving dinner at his sister-in-law's house, and then returned to Keyuan Community with Chen Qiaoqiao.

"How is your research report going?"

On the way, Chen Qiaoqiao asked with some sadness.

"I have some big pieces of material ready. I wrote some at home last night."

"What about you? I remember your team's research direction is rural social governance?"

"Yes. We were quite serious in the preliminary research, but we got stuck in the future prediction. The social landscape has changed so much in the past two years that no one dares to easily predict the future direction of rural development."

"Can you help us predict it?"

Chen Qiaoqiao asked with confidence.

In her eyes, her husband is a modern fortune teller who always comes up with the right answer.

"Well, think about it. Now that the production quotas are all assigned to households, the rural labor force has been liberated. Going to the city to work will definitely be a major trend in the future."

"Accordingly, the focus of rural social governance will shift to caring for the left-behind people and attracting talents to return to their hometowns to start businesses. If you focus on these two points, I believe your writing will be outstanding."

Xu Yuexin said slowly.

Chen Qiaoqiao's eyes lit up when she heard this.

My husband is worthy of being the city's top scorer in liberal arts. He is so knowledgeable and talented.

With just a few words, she solved the problem that had been plaguing her team for a long time.

"You are right. The economic foundation determines the existence of society. Our team should combine economic development with research and judgment on future changes in rural society."

Chen Qiaoqiao said seriously.

"That's the truth. I'll tell you the details when I get home."

"Okay, just focus on driving."

In the darkness of the night, Xu Yuexin stepped on the accelerator and drove towards home.

……

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and every household is busy preparing New Year’s goods.

Xu Yuexin took on the purchasing responsibilities for the entire family, and was responsible for everything from food to drinks to the couplets on the wall.

The most important New Year’s goods are hairtail fish.

Hairtail was a scarce commodity, with a limit of one kilogram per person, from high-ranking officials to ordinary citizens. This limit was not lifted until the mid-80s, much later than pork.

Xu Yuexin carried the family's food book tightly in his pocket and went to Chaonei Market to buy hairtail.

When Chen Qiaoqiao married into the Xu family, she added a pound of hairtail to the ration for everyone.

Add to that the younger sister Xu Yanran, who came of age last year, and the older brother and sister-in-law who spent the New Year at their home, the Xu family's ration has reached its peak, reaching seven kilograms.

Of course, the seven-jin fixed quantity is only theoretical and depends on whether there is stock in the vegetable market.

Whenever the chef at the treatment stall shouted that they were sold out, sighs and curses would be heard from the audience.

At this time, even if you have money and tickets, it’s useless. Just wait and queue up again tomorrow!
In order to buy hairtail, Xu Yuexin got up very early and rode his motorcycle to the vegetable market at five o'clock.

But when he arrived at the scene, he was dumbfounded.

There was a long queue in front of the stall selling hairtail, and the end of the queue was nowhere in sight.

It’s five o’clock in the middle of winter!
"Okay, you're cruel."

Xu Yuexin had a solid experience of queuing in this era and couldn't help but sigh.

Park your motorcycle and join the queue at the end.

Xu Yuexin put his hands in his pockets, hoping that the fishmonger would not be late.

Looking at the line in front of him, he finally understood why his parents had set aside a day for him to buy hairtail.

If you come later, you will have to wait until the afternoon.

Xu Yuexin and everyone else waited and waited, and finally at eight o'clock in the morning the tricycle carrying hairtail arrived.

After a moment, the team began to move.

There were crowds of people ahead, but fortunately the chef was selling fish fairly quickly, and the line was able to move forward after a while.

When it was almost Xu Yuexin's turn, he looked behind him.

Tsk, thank goodness you came early.

The queue behind this one will at least go to Union Hospital.

Behind the chopping board, the chef was cutting the hairtail fish with great dexterity and impatience.

Whatever you cut is what you get. You are not allowed to be picky. You can buy it if you want.

When it was Xu Yuexin's turn, he handed the side dish book to the chef, praying that he could get more good food.

When the master took the side dish book and looked at it, his eyes lit up.

"Great writer, you wrote The Garland Under the Mountain, right?"

“I’ve seen you in the People’s Daily.”

Before he finished speaking, he returned the side dish book to Xu Yuexin, chopped off a bunch of the best hairtail slices from the chopping board, and threw them onto the scale.

Seven pounds and three ounces!

"Take it and go."

The master handed the hairtail to Xu Yuexin with a smile.

There are five kilograms of surplus hairtail in a tricycle, so it won't be a problem to spare three or two taels.

"Thank you, Master!"

Xu Yuexin took the hairtail and left quickly.

It wasn't that he was afraid of the criticism from other customers, but someone behind him had already become interested in his identity and he was afraid that he would be stopped and asked for his autograph.

Ride a motorcycle home.

When Xu Yuexin got home, he put the hairtail on the table and looked at his mother who was busy in the kitchen: "Mom, I bought the hairtail. It weighs 7.3 jin."

"I'll spare you three taels?"

Wu Yan happily put down the dishcloth and turned around with a smile on her face.

"That's not."

Xu Yuexin smiled and said, "When will Dad come back from the mine?"

"This afternoon."

"The mine stopped paying salaries the day before yesterday, so their leaders have to stay for two more days."

After talking to his mother, Xu Yuexin returned to his bedroom to continue writing his research report.

Du Runsheng set the deadline as the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and he was almost done writing.

In this way, Mr. Du will have more time to revise and strive for perfection.

Xu Yuexin carefully considers every word before writing, ensuring that no word is redundant and that all aspects are taken into account.

He knew that this report would change the lives of many people.

It took Xu Yuexin two hours to write the last 300 words of the report.

By the time he put down his pen and finished reviewing, his mother had already prepared lunch.

Xu Yuexin returned to the living room when there was a knock on the door.

"Old Wu, open the door."

It's Daddy's voice.

"Here I come, Dad."

Xu Yuexin went forward to open the door and saw his father standing at the door, looking exhausted.

It can be clearly seen that my father has lost a lot of weight in the past six months.

"Dad, you came just in time for lunch."

Xu Yuexin felt a little sad in his heart, but he still looked very happy on the surface.

"It's not a coincidence. I know your mother. She will definitely prepare lunch at this time."

"So I came back from outside with two things for you."

Xu Qiang said with a proud look on his face and walked into the house.

Wu Yan was also surprised to see Xu Qiang. She didn't expect her husband to come home early.

The family sat around the table, talking and laughing as they ate. This was their first reunion in half a year.

During the meal, Xu Qiang showed a mysterious smile and looked at his wife and children: "I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"

"Tell us the bad news first, so we can still use the good news to counter it."

Xu Yuexin expressed the opinion on behalf of everyone.

In fact, when he saw his father's expression, he understood that the so-called bad news was just talk, and the good news was the truth.

(End of this chapter)