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

Chapter 248: Lao Feng, something is wrong with you. Why are you panicking? (Request full order)
At home, Cheng Xuemin chatted with his grandfather for an entire afternoon, while Feng's mother and grandmother were in the house, accompanying Feng's young mother and son.

My elder sister and sister-in-law came back quite early today because their last class was politics in the afternoon.

However, since the exam has just ended, the results will not be available for another two days.

"Go, go, go, it's so hot, it's so hot, let me blow it, let me blow it!"

When my sister-in-law Feng Jiamo came back, she saw her nephew Feng Liwen, niece Feng Liqin, and Qingwa and others sitting in front of the main room, enjoying the electric fan and watching TV.

He rushed over, pushed the three little guys aside, and sat in front of the electric fan, shaking his clothes in his hands.

In an instant, a not-too-strong wind blew in his face, making Feng Jiamo greedily enjoy it. He shouted in a very comfortable voice, "What a strong wind, so comfortable!"

“Is this an electric fan?!”

The older sisters Cheng Wenxiu and Qin Xiaolian, who were following behind, also came over to feel the cool breeze blowing towards them, and were not too surprised.

"You three little brats have been blowing for the whole afternoon, go watch your TV, I won't fight with you for the TV today!"

Seeing that his little niece and her friends who had been driven away were trying to squeeze in front of the electric fan to get some cool air, Feng Jiamo unceremoniously drove them away again.

"Snapped!"

The little niece Feng Liqin rolled her eyes at her and pressed a button with her little hand!
In an instant!

The electric fan that was originally fixed in front of Feng Jiamo's body suddenly started to swing automatically!
"Eh? Liqin, which button did you press?"

Feng Jiamo was completely dumbfounded by his niece's actions.

I originally wanted to occupy the entire electric fan, but I didn't expect that when my niece pressed it, the electric fan started to shake automatically.

In an instant, everyone around could feel the fan!

"Tsk, there are so many things you don't understand, little aunt!"

"We agreed that I'll give you my seat. Don't fight with me and Li Wenqingwa for the TV anymore!"

Feng Liqin was too arrogant and looked down on her aunt Feng Jia's last sentence. She was simply invincible.

"Uh?!"

Feng Jiamo was so speechless that he could only fiddle with the oscillating electric fan.

Snapped!
I pressed a button and the wind from the electric fan became noticeably smaller.

"Auntie, this is level 3, the slowest wind speed! You're so stupid to press level 1!"

Feeling that the wind was getting weaker, Feng Liqin looked down on her sister-in-law again, which made Feng Jiamo so angry that he rolled his eyes and kept trying the functions of several buttons on the electric fan.

Later, my eldest and second uncles also asked how I bought the electric fan.

I heard that it was only sold at the Overseas Chinese Store, and it cost two or three hundred yuan in foreign exchange coupons. My family actually bought two of them?

Feeling guilty, Cheng Xuemin glanced at his father-in-law Feng and explained again.

At the dinner table in the evening, Cheng Xuemin mentioned to his family that his sister and Xiaolian would be taking the train back to northern Shaanxi the next day.

The whole family was shocked.

Mother Feng also kept complaining, why is she so anxious all of a sudden? At least let Wenxiu and Xiaolian go back after the Dragon Boat Festival!
She hasn't prepared anything for them to take back!
To this!

Cheng Xuemin also explained that he was going back with Lao Hu and others from Yanhe Literature. Lao Hu would be in the provincial capital and arrange for people to escort his elder sister and others back to the commune.

Only then did Feng's mother and the others realize and nodded, saying that this was indeed a good idea.

Otherwise, the family would be worried about letting the elder sisters Wenxiu and Xiaolian go back like this. After all, it was the first time for them to travel far away alone, even if it was to northern Shaanxi.

"Xuemin, didn't you say that an electric fan costs thousands of yuan? I think I only gave you 900 yuan yesterday?"

It was only when Feng Jiayou had dinner that she realized there was an electric fan in the front yard. Her husband bought two electric fans today.

But it seemed that she only gave Cheng Xuemin money for an electric fan last night!

"Yes, wife, I haven't had time to tell you about this!"

Cheng Xuemin had already prepared a plan in his mind, and was just waiting for his wife to ask about it. He nodded and said, "What a coincidence! The electric fans at the Overseas Chinese Store have been reduced in price!"

"My dear wife, I added another 150 yuan to the 900 yuan you gave me. It's just enough to exchange for foreign exchange coupons to buy two electric fans!"

"Really?! The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the electric fans at the Overseas Chinese Store are actually on sale?"

Why did Feng Jiayou sound so suspicious?

Shouldn't it be that as the weather gets hotter, rare items like electric fans become more expensive?
Although the prices of goods in our country are fixed and fixed, they do not include imported foreign goods sold in overseas Chinese stores.

The prices of imported goods in overseas Chinese stores are subject to fluctuation, mainly due to the purchase price of the goods imported from outside.

Therefore, Feng Jiayou was not wrong!

The imported goods in overseas Chinese stores are different from those in our department stores. The prices are uniform across the country.

Even if the price needs to be adjusted, it will be adjusted uniformly from above.

Only the imported goods in overseas Chinese stores have different market prices, which may fluctuate at any time.

So, it is not surprising that the price of electric fans has changed.

What surprised Feng Jiayou was that as the weather was getting hotter, shouldn't the price of electric fans be getting more expensive?

Why the price reduction?
"This thing is a dead thing, and it only accepts foreign exchange coupons. No one buys it!"

“So it’s normal to reduce the price!”

Cheng Xuemin teased the little guy on the bamboo mat bed, pretending to be normal and calm, and replied without even raising his head.

"That's true!"

This reason was very strong, and Feng Jiayou didn't think much about it. He teased his son and said with a smile: "Look! Now look at how you made your son beautiful. It's cool now, right?"

With the electric fan, the room is no longer so stuffy, and the little guy is not so restless anymore. He is so well behaved!
"That daughter-in-law, I paid her one hundred and fifty dollars!"

Seeing that Feng Jiayou didn't mention the 150 yuan he had 'made up', Cheng Xuemin reminded him.

Woman, don't pretend to be confused!

Although this was also a false account secretly reported by Cheng Xuemin, but it is a fact that the two electric fans were returned to you and your son, right?
My dear wife, you can't pretend to be ignorant. At least you should make up for the 150 yuan that was falsely reported, right?
"Well, we'll talk about it later!"

Feng Jiayou pretended not to hear it and said softly, "We'll talk about it later!"

"Then you have to remember, it's not easy for me to save some pocket money, and I spent it all on this!"

Cheng Xuemin followed with a bitter remark. Of course, when he reported the false account, he never thought that Feng Jiayou would give him extra reimbursement.

What Cheng Xuemin wanted was for the woman to know about this, to know that he had used his own pocket money to fill the gap, and to let her know that Cheng Xuemin really had no pocket money now!
The next day, Monday!

The family members who went to work went to work as usual, and those who went to school went to school as usual. My sister-in-law Feng Jiamo went to school with great enthusiasm, carrying everyone's tasks.

My second sister-in-law and older sister were all looking forward to Feng Jiamo going to school to inquire about their test results.

"Dad! This is the manuscript for Lao Zhou, please help take it over!"

Cheng Xuemin finally finished the foreign language manuscript for Playboy last night. He secretly gave it to Feng's father early this morning and asked him to take it to Lao Zhou at the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau.

"Did you finish writing?"

"it is good!"

Father Feng looked at Cheng Xuemin in surprise and quickly stuffed the manuscript into his briefcase, as if he was afraid that it would be seen by his family.

No, no, no!

Seeing his father-in-law's reaction, Cheng Xuemin thought to himself, "It's not necessary, is it?" If you are really so afraid of being discovered by your family, then how much foreign exchange coupons and private money have you made?

Just four or five hundred?

My father-in-law seemed to have mentioned four or five hundred yuan last time, right?
But now Cheng Xuemin feels that there must be far more than that, otherwise they wouldn't be hiding like this, right?
Cheng Xuemin has five or six thousand yuan in foreign exchange coupons as his own private money, but he doesn't feel so guilty. Father-in-law, you are really abnormal.

Of course, see it but don’t say it out loud!

Since we are all in the same boat, the father-in-law and son-in-law should cherish this wonderful time together!

Wait till the truth comes out someday...

When one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer; no one can escape!
Moreover, Cheng Xuemin also had a premonition that their crimes might be exposed soon!

"Xiao Cui, you said this manuscript might have been written by Cheng Xuemin!?"

"He also submitted his manuscript to other publications?"

On the People's Literature side, Xiao Cui took two foreign magazines and placed them in front of Zhang Guangnian!

He whispered to Zhang Guangnian that the two foreign manuscripts might have been written by Cheng Xuemin, which surprised Zhang Guangnian so much that he asked in doubt.

Zhang Guangnian knows about the two magazines in front of him!

One is "Cosmopolitan" and the other is "Reader's Digest", both are magazines from America, and both are top-notch magazines with global sales.

Therefore, the manuscript requirements of these two magazines are also global and extremely difficult!
Anyway, as far as Zhang Guangnian knows, there are few writers in our country who can meet their requirements for manuscript acceptance.

of course.

The fact that our works are rarely accepted for publication does not mean that our writing is not good, but that the differences between Eastern and Western cultural and writing systems are too great, and what we write is not what others like.

But now, Xiao Cui actually told him that the two foreign manuscripts published in Metropolitan Magazine and Reader's Digest were written by Cheng Xuemin?
When did Cheng Xuemin learn foreign languages?

Not only can he understand it, he can also write it!
Not only can he write, but he also writes so well that his works can be accepted for publication in top global publications like Cosmopolitan Reader's Digest?

real or fake?

"Yes, Lao Zhang, I went to deliver the application form to Xuemin yesterday..."

"Lao Zhang, I'm only telling you this. Xuemin has repeatedly told you not to spread it outside!"

Xiao Cui, this quick-talking guy, only endured for one night. He came to the unit early in the morning and directly sold out Cheng Xuemin!
Although he added at the end, asking Lao Zhang to keep it a secret as well!

But is this useful?
"Is it really written by Xuemin?!"

"He, he, he... he can actually write in foreign languages? And he writes so well?"

"Xiao Cui, are you sure this was written by Xuemin?"

Zhang Guangnian quickly picked up the two magazines on the table and started to look through the two articles that Xiao Cui pointed out, but the entire articles were in a foreign language and he couldn't understand them!
"should be!"

"Although Xuemin did not specify yesterday what pseudonym he used to publish the manuscript, he did say it was published in April this year!"

"I checked all the issues of Metropolitan and Reader's Digest in the first half of this year, and only these two have submissions from our country!"

"Look, Lao Zhang, this should be Xuemin's pen name, I guessed it!"

"But I know this 'chian'. I'm also learning foreign languages. It means our 'China'!"

"'Chian' means China, which means this article was submitted by a Chinese writer. Doesn't this match exactly what Xuemin said?"

"And look at this manuscript, Lao Zhang. It also has the same pen name, 'chian', which means the author is the same writer from China!"

"One is a coincidence, but the two are correct, so it must have been written by Xuemin!"

Xiao Cui put both magazines in front of Zhang Guangnian again and pointed out the foreign words with "chian" written on them to him.

"Did Xuemin really write this?!"

After some analysis, the skeptical Zhang Guangnian instantly became convinced!
This must be the manuscript written by Cheng Xuemin, even though he denied it in front of Xiao Cui yesterday.

But when Xiao Cui found these two manuscripts and compared them, they all matched!

These are all manuscripts written by us!

However, in our country, writers who can publish foreign articles in Metropolitan Magazine and Reader's Digest are rare, and they may not be able to publish a single article in a year or two.

In fact, Xiao Cui also read through all the issues of these two magazines in the first half of the year.

If 'chian' represents our country, then there is really no article except the two translated by Xiao Cui.

So, this goes without saying!

These two foreign language manuscripts were definitely written by Cheng Xuemin, he said so himself.

Good guy!
Cheng Xuemin is so proficient in foreign languages ​​that his foreign-language manuscripts have been accepted and published by top global magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Reader's Digest!

awesome!

Zhang Guangnian gave a thumbs up to Cheng Xuemin from the bottom of his heart. He was so talented!
Moreover, even after publishing two foreign articles in succession, that guy remained calm and didn't say a word, as if he didn't care at all!
"No! We haven't received any feedback from the Foreign Language Bureau?"

"Xuemin has published two foreign-language manuscripts, and both were published in top magazines such as Metropolitan and Reader's Digest. Didn't the Foreign Language Bureau contact us at People's Literature?"

Soon, Zhang Guangnian reacted again!

Cheng Xuemin has always been a low-key guy. No matter what achievements he has made, he likes to publicize them!
But what does their Foreign Languages ​​Bureau do?
They have writers who have published two foreign-language articles in succession, and they were published in top global magazines like Metropolitan Press and Reader's Digest, but there is no movement at all from the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau?

There wasn't even any feedback or greeting given to People's Literature. It seems that their Foreign Languages ​​Bureau is not so low-key?

"It seems like, there shouldn't be any, right?" Xiao Cui was also confused by the question. He had never been involved in this matter, so how would he know? !
But even if he didn't do anything, if the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau gave any feedback, not to mention People's Literature, the entire building, including the Humanities Press upstairs, would be alerted, right?
So there is no movement at all, which means there is definitely no response or greeting!
"There's none?"

"How could it not be?"

Zhang Guangnian looked at Xiao Cui in confusion, and without further ado, he picked up the landline phone on his desk and answered it, saying, "Hello, put me in the Foreign Language Bureau... Translation Department!"

When he called the Foreign Language Bureau, Zhang Guangnian couldn't figure out for a moment which person in charge he should contact.

It just happened in a flash of inspiration that Cheng Xuemin's father-in-law, Lao Feng, works at the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau!

Moreover, Lao Feng was promoted to deputy director of the Translation Department of the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau not long ago, and his rank and treatment are the same as Lao Zhang's, so we have to ask Lao Feng about this matter.

"Hello, I'm Feng Jingren, where are you from?"

The call was connected soon, and Lao Feng's inquiring voice was heard on the line.

"Old Feng, it's me, Zhang Guangnian!"

"I want to ask you something, Old Feng! Your son-in-law Xuemin published an article outside. Is that true?"

Zhang Guangnian went straight to the point and asked.

"Ah?! Lao Zhang, you know?"

"Ah! I see! But I just heard from Xiao Cui that your Xuemin has published two foreign articles in Metropolitan and Reader's Digest!"

"Why? Why didn't our People's Literature get any feedback from you?!"

"It's already been published outside, so should we quickly translate it and publish it as well?"

"By the way, Old Feng, something is wrong with you! Your son-in-law has published two foreign articles, but you, as his father-in-law, are not active at all. What's going on?"

"Your Foreign Language Bureau Translation Department should translate it quickly so that we can help promote your son-in-law. This is a top magazine in the world. Xuemin has quietly given us another big boost!"

Zhang Guangnian was chattering non-stop over here, but Old Feng on the other side was so anxious that cold sweat was breaking out on his forehead!
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PS: I forgot to mention one thing yesterday. Because the title of the book contains some out-of-line words, I was asked to change the title. I would like to inform all the godfathers and young dads. By the way, I would like to ask for your monthly vote. Thank you!

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