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

Chapter 104: Calm down, Teacher Gu, you must stay calm!
When I sat down to eat, I just lowered my head and focused on eating.

"Xuemin, I'm going to the meeting today. Besides publishing the manuscript, does Mr. Wu have any other special instructions?"

But Cheng Xuemin couldn't avoid this meal just by pretending to be ignorant!

His mother-in-law took the initiative to open the topic and asked him if he had any other instructions besides dropping the atomic bomb.

"Cough cough!"

Without waiting for Cheng Xuemin to speak, his father-in-law, Mr. Feng, coughed twice, which made Mrs. Feng unhappy!

"Old Feng, I'm talking to Xuemin, why are you coughing?"

"Also, why do I feel like you all look weird? Are you hiding something from me?"

As soon as she came out of the kitchen, she saw her husband Lao Feng, the eldest brother Feng Jiazhao and his wife, the second brother's wife, and two debt collectors.

Especially the youngest child, Feng Jiamo, who is usually a careless and greedy person. He should have gone to the kitchen to steal the food long ago.

But today was so abnormal, everyone was surprisingly quiet and well-behaved!

At first, Feng's mother was so excited that she didn't care much about it, but now since her son-in-law Cheng Xuemin came back, the atmosphere at home has become more and more weird.

She was just concerned about asking Xuemin if Mr. Wu had any other instructions!
Why do they all act as if they are facing a great enemy?
"Xueqing, which one do you think has greater influence, October or People's Literature?"

never mind!

Father Feng spoke directly and stopped hiding anything!
It's better to just say it directly. Otherwise, don't wait until she goes to work tomorrow and still knows nothing about it. Not only that, don't tell everyone at work that they are really going to start their holiday in October and it was her son-in-law Cheng Xuemin who did it!

“Although I don’t want to admit it, it’s definitely the case that People’s Literature has a great influence. After all, it has the word ‘people’ in its name, so it’s the pinnacle of our publications!”

"Why, Lao Feng, are you bringing this up all of a sudden?! Comparing the influence of our October with that of People's Literature is definitely not acceptable!"

"But if compared with Lao Li's Yenching Literature..."

Feng's mother was originally wondering why Old Feng suddenly brought up this matter, comparing the influence of their October and People's Literature? !

Is there any comparison? No!

If compared with Li Qingquan's "Yenching Literature", I can still compete with it without giving up.

Compared with "People's Literature"... although it is not as bad as an ant trying to shake a tree, the gap is still very large!
After all, "People's Literature" begins with "People", and it is a national publication. If you really care about "October", it may not even reach the ministerial level, and at most it is a sub-level publication under the Writers Association.

But as Feng's mother was talking, she suddenly realized and guessed something. It was impossible that Old Feng would talk to her about this influence for no reason!

Immediately, he trembled and dropped his chopsticks. He looked at Lao Feng and asked, "To People's Literature?"

"This article was selected by the senior leader. It must be published in the newspaper as soon as possible and must have a national impact!"

"Once our October magazine leaves Beijing, people will not recognize it, and its influence will be reduced! Moreover, Mr. Wu has also considered the publication time, so there is no rush!"

“So after the meeting, Mr. Wu specifically asked Lao Liu and Xuemin to stay to talk about this matter!”

"The manuscript has finally been published in People's Literature!"

Row!
My father-in-law is still reliable. He is there for the taking at critical moments. When it comes to appeasing my mother-in-law, it's up to my father-in-law to step in.

"Oh, what a big deal you're hiding from me?" Feng's mother was stunned for a moment, her expression changing several times, but in the end she pretended to be relaxed and said, "Isn't this better? It means that the higher-ups value Xuemin's manuscript more if it's published in Lao Zhang's People's Literature!"

"This is a great favor to Xuemin himself. If I hadn't been bothered by Old Liu's face, I would have hoped to be published in People's Literature when Mr. Wu made the final decision!"

"In the final analysis, our October is indeed far behind. Even if we were to release it, it wouldn't be as powerful as an atomic bomb!"

Uh!
Feng's mother's uncharacteristic words instantly surprised Feng's father and others present. Even Cheng Xuemin himself raised his head and looked at his mother-in-law in disbelief!
Could it be that what Mr. Mao said was right? His mother-in-law's awareness is indeed obvious to all, so high!

"Mom, you you you... do you really think so? You really don't blame me and Xuemin!?"

The filial daughter Feng Jiayou was dumbfounded. She had thought of a thousand ways to appease her mother, but she never expected her mother to react like this!

"What's strange?"

"We can just talk about it behind closed doors. This is a great thing for Xuemin and for our Feng family. We can't take advantage of it and act like a spoiled brat!"

Feng's mother's words really made Feng's father look at her with shame. This was indeed a high level of awareness, but she quickly smiled bitterly and said, "It's just that this matter is a bit too unfair to Old Liu!"

Let’s stick to the facts!

For the mother-in-law, she definitely hopes that her son-in-law is more valued, and she will feel happier.

It was published in "People's Literature", and it was chosen by the old leader. Her son-in-law was on the list and his name was truly listed!
From now on, whenever the spirit of this meeting is mentioned, she will definitely have to mention her as a good son-in-law.

In the future, when her son-in-law enters the official career, this political capital alone will be enough for him to go very far, and he will not be worse off than her father, Old Feng.

But as the chief editor of October, it is really frustrating to have my manuscripts poached by People's Literature, and it was even the old leader who personally appointed me!

However, Feng's mother is not a saint. She is definitely more like a mother-in-law, which has nothing to do with the enlightenment of this bullshit.

Let Lao Liu show his awareness! He must be feeling very frustrated right now!
"Mom! After the meeting, Mr. Wu told Mr. Liu verbally that October might be promoted from a bimonthly to a monthly in the spring after the New Year!"

Cheng Xuemin quickly followed and mentioned something.

"That's all!" Feng's mother nodded, and then said, "Xuemin, please give us a few more manuscripts later, and try to increase the influence of our October!"

"Of course I will ask Xuemin to start writing tonight and give you a magnificent masterpiece. It will definitely be a hundred or a thousand times better than the atomic bomb in "The Wrangler"!"

Feng Jiayou quickly rushed to help Cheng Xuemin make a verbal promise and said this to make her mother happy.

"Stop it! It's all your fault, the debt collector. Otherwise, Xuemin's article "The Horse Shepherd" should have been our October's!" Mother Feng smiled and scolded her own debt collector in a bad mood. How could it be a hundred or a thousand times better than "The Horse Shepherd"?
Do you really think that your man is the God of Literature who can produce good manuscripts and excellent works one after another?

"I'm just afraid that you'll be strict with me again!"

Feng Jiayou grumbled again, said something small, and then said, "Besides, how could I have known it would be so popular?"

It’s because I never thought it would become popular. I just wanted to finish it quickly and make some royalties first.

But how could I know that I could write so well.

Now it is even touted as the number one article in "reflective literature". If they had known this was the case, they would have definitely given it to her mother.

But in this world, there is no such thing as 'knowing it earlier'!

A false alarm!
I thought it would be a 'last supper' filled with murder and murder, but I didn't expect it to be such a joyful one.

However, after dinner, not long after everyone washed up and returned to their rooms, Feng's mother's crying could be faintly heard in her room.

This made Cheng Xuemin feel a little guilty. Feng Jiayou even went into her mother's room and came out with tears on her face.

Cheng Xuemin asked curiously, but she didn't tell him much.

But it is also easy to understand. Just now at the dinner table, the mother-in-law gave some face to her son-in-law Cheng Xuemin.

This is also related to the fact that Cheng Xuemin has entered the family. When he just came to Beijing from northern Shaanxi, his son-in-law from a peasant family came to the house!
Just because of this, the mother-in-law must have scolded the couple to death.

Early the next day, after sending Feng Jiayou to the bus, Cheng Xuemin went to report to People's Literature.

They worked overtime last night to produce a sample issue, and it must be sent to Mr. Wu's office for review today. As an author, I must take a look at the sample issue first and then check it.

When mother-in-law Feng arrived at the company, she entered the office of editor-in-chief Liu Xinwu with murderous intent, which made all the editors in the editorial department stunned. They didn't understand who had provoked Teacher Gu again!

Everyone quickly followed the cat over, wanting to hear what was going on.

Moreover, yesterday the whole department was looking for Teacher Gu's son-in-law, Lao Xu, the author of "The Shepherd". Even their October editor-in-chief Lao Liu was called to the department.

But later, I didn't get back from Lao Liu until I got off work. This morning, Lao Liu's face looked as if someone owed him hundreds of dollars, so no one dared to provoke him.

Now Teacher Gu has come and is also in a bad mood. We have to eat melons and find out what is going on! ?

"Lao Liu, what's going on?! You went to a meeting at the ministry and you lost our atomic bomb!?"

At home, she is the mother-in-law, and at work, she is definitely the chief editor of "October"!

Liu Xinwu, the editor-in-chief, can lose the atomic bomb by going to a meeting. Who else can he turn to if not him?

The soldiers are all incompetent, and the generals are all incompetent. Why don’t you fight for it?

Although she knew that Old Liu was more frustrated than anyone else right now, as the chief editor, Feng's mother must have the right attitude.

Therefore, no matter how aggrieved you are, only Lao Liu can bear the responsibilities. Let Lao Liu bear all the grievances!
Who told him to be the boss of "October" and not her, Gu Xueqing!
If it were really her, Gu Xueqing, who was the head of "October", then the matter of her manuscript being stolen would be a different story.

what?
The colleagues in the editorial department who were outside stealing cats did not expect that Teacher Gu would say something shocking so early in the morning and actually questioned Lao Liu about this!

The atomic bomb of their October magazine, which was made by Teacher Gu's son-in-law for their October magazine, was lost when Lao Liu went to attend a meeting! ?
What...is going on?

"Teacher Gu, Teacher Gu, please don't be anxious. I know that Old Feng Xuemin and the others would not dare to hide this from you!"

Liu Xinwu's face was full of misery. When he saw Teacher Gu rushing into his office, he subconsciously stood up and hid behind him, saying repeatedly, "Teacher Gu, I feel aggrieved too!"

"But the senior leader said that we must publish the article as soon as possible. We have to wait until next month to publish the article in October. We don't have enough time!"

“I also fought for an additional issue, but my old leader said that the main thing was influence. He was worried that our October magazine wouldn’t be able to make the first move, so he switched to People’s Literature!”

Mother Feng said calmly, "Influence? How come our October is worse than People's Literature? Their People's Literature..."

"No, no, no, Teacher Gu, please wake up! People's Literature... We really can't compare, we have to admit it, we have to admit it!"

Who knows what else Teacher Gu would say when he was angry. Liu Xinwu was so scared that he interrupted him quickly and waved his hands to stop him, saying, "You can't go on!"

"No, I'll go to the department and find Mr. Wu to try again!" Mother Feng said and turned to leave.

"Stop, stop, stop! Teacher Gu, Teacher Gu! Stop her, stop her! Stop Teacher Gu right now!"

Seeing Feng's mother getting furious and about to rush to the department to vent her anger, Liu Xinwu became even more frightened. He kept calling out to his colleagues who were watching the fun outside, asking them to stop the man first!
Wake up, wake up!
Yesterday, Mr. Mao almost pointed at Liu Xinwu's nose and scolded him, "Where is your awareness?"
Now Teacher Gu has really gone to the department to make a scene, it’s all over!

"Teacher Gu, Teacher Gu, calm down, listen to what Lao Liu has to say!"

"Not Lao Liu, what's going on? Did you really give it to People's Literature?" The editor-in-chief Wang Shimin and others stopped the man and asked Liu Xinwu.

"Oh! This is actually my fault! If I had listened to Teacher Gu at the time, we would have made the decision to publish the manuscript directly instead of waiting for Mr. Zhang from People's Literature!"

Liu Xinwu sighed when he thought of this. If anyone was to blame someone, it was because he was not decisive enough at the time. He always wanted to be conservative and asked for instructions from his superiors first.

But who would have thought that even though the manuscript was approved, it had nothing to do with October!
"Aren't there two articles? This one has been given to People's Literature, so let's change to the other one!" Wang Shimin asked again!

"Uh...right!"

"Teacher Gu, how about asking Xuemin to take back the novella from Li Qingquan?"

"Don't you know, after the meeting yesterday, Li Qingquan did that to comfort me? That was... fuck!"

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(End of this chapter)