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

Chapter 273 Don't cry, wife, you're not going to the front line this time (please order the whole thing)
"Xuemin, sing a few lines!"

"The military medal is half mine and half yours. Xuemin, is this song for your sister-in-law?"

Ge You took a look at the new song written by Cheng Xuemin, saw that the song was called "The Full Moon on the 15th", and read the lyrics and music carefully, then urged Cheng Xuemin to sing it quickly.

After reading the lyrics, especially the last sentence, I felt that this was written by Cheng Xuemin for his wife.

"I can't sing it, and I can't sing it well. Besides, this song is not written for your sister-in-law! Old Ge, you can take it back and let your comrades in the art troupe sing it."

Originally, Cheng Xuemin wanted to pay tribute to a sadder song, such as "Tears of Plum Blossom", but after thinking about it, he changed the style.

When the song "The Full Moon on the 15th" was released that year, it quickly became part of the hearts of countless border guards and millions of ordinary people in the streets and alleys.

It has been covered by countless contemporary singers, almost like "Feng Cai". When the General Political Department Art Troupe visits the companies and local areas to give condolences, this song "The Full Moon on the 15th" is almost a must-sing!
As for Ge You's request for Cheng Xuemin to hum for him on the spot, he refused!

He can write songs and lyrics, but Cheng Xuemin doesn’t sing much.

Moreover, Ge You’s art troupe has so many young singers such as Dong Wenhua, Li Shuanggang and Yan Weiwen, so they can just find anyone to sing when they go back.

and also!

Ge You shouldn't say that. What do you mean he wrote it for his sister-in-law? Old Ge, you just said that Gong Di asked him to help him come over to arrange the song. This song is written for Gong Di!

So, you, Ge You, want to harm people?

If my wife Feng Jiayou, who is taking care of the children in the backyard, knew about this, I wouldn’t know how to explain it!
The medal of honor is half yours and half mine!
Well! ?

After Lao Ge mentioned this, this "The Full Moon on the 15th" was taken back. Wouldn't that girl Gong Xi have some wrong ideas?
It is true that this song was written for Gong Xi, but the lyrics were written for millions of border guards.

So, you shouldn’t think too much about it.

"Xuemin, you wrote it yourself and you can't sing it? And you sang "Feng Cai" so well before on the front line, this new song must be good!"

"Just hum a few lines for me and Old Tang to hear!"

Seeing that Cheng Xuemin was still shy and embarrassed to sing, Ge You urged him to sing again. Tang Guoqiang, who was looking at the lyrics next to him, also nodded repeatedly.

The lyrics were indeed well-written, but unfortunately neither he nor Ge You understood music, so they didn't know how to sing the song composed by Cheng Xuemin.

Moreover, Cheng Xuemin wanted Lao Ge to take the song back to their art troupe and find someone to sing it, but Tang Guoqiang was from Yan Film Studio, so he couldn't go to someone else's art troupe just to listen to this song, right?

"Old Ge, what are you humming about again?"

At this time, Feng Jiayou happened to come from the backyard. When she heard Ge You asking her man to hum a few lines, she couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Uh sister-in-law, it's like this!"

"Our cultural troupe asked Xuemin to help write a new song, and Xuemin said he just happened to have written one!"

"Here's this one. I think the lyrics sound all about you, sister-in-law!"

When Ge You saw Feng Jiayou coming over, he sold out Cheng Xuemin on the spot, even though Cheng Xuemin had just emphasized that the person he was writing about was not his wife Feng Jiayou.

"Written about me? How is that possible? Xuemin, what did you write? I haven't heard you mention it before?"

When Feng Jiayou heard Ge You say that the new songs written by her man were all about her, she couldn't help but ask in surprise.

Written entirely by myself?
I haven’t heard my husband mention it! And my husband has written about his mother-in-law (Parents’ Love) and his parents-in-law (Ordinary World), but he hasn’t written about his own daughter-in-law, right?

It cannot be said that she did not write about it at all. Whether it was her husband's famous debut work "The Shepherd" or the serialized "My Years in the Corps", Feng Jiayou directly brought the heroine in, and her husband was writing about her.

But speaking of songwriting, I’ve never heard Xuemin say that he writes songs for himself before!

So after being teased by Ge You, Feng Jiayou asked half-believingly, and then quickly walked into the main room.

"Sister-in-law, how come this isn't written about you! Look at the lyrics, isn't it about you, sister-in-law, being at home and missing Xuemin?"

"And look, sister-in-law, even my little nephew is included!"

Ge You clapped the lyrics in his hands and let Feng Jiayou read them himself.

“Even my little squirrel is included? Is that true?”

Feng Jiayou was even more speechless after hearing this. He really couldn't believe it. It was bad enough that Xuemin wrote about her, but he even wrote about his own stinky son. Was this true?
Did I include the little squirrel in the list? How come I didn’t even know about it?

Cheng Xuemin next to him was also dumbfounded. How could Ge You talk nonsense so clearly that Cheng Xuemin didn't even know the original idea?

"Why didn't you write it? Sister-in-law, look at this sentence: 'On a quiet night, you miss me, and I miss you too. I stay by the baby's cradle, and you patrol the border of the motherland!

The baby in the cradle, who else could it be but my little nephew?"

Uh...it’s this sentence!
Cheng Xuemin could only say that Old Ge was such a good talker that he could even think of this.

However, the lyrics just happened to match the situation in Cheng Xuemin's family.

He just happened to have a little one-month-old baby at home, and Cheng Xuemin was also leaving tomorrow.

Although it’s not going to the border as written in the lyrics, it’s still thousands of miles away in the northwest.

Feng Jiayou took the lyrics from Ge You's hand with surprise and curiosity in his eyes, and his eyes became brighter and brighter as he read the lyrics.

"Xuemin, is this a new song you wrote? Can you sing it for me?"

"Honestly, Xuemin, I've never heard you sing!"

After reading the lyrics, especially the last line "The military medal is half yours and half mine", Feng Jiayou was too moved.

Then, like Ge You and Tang Guoqiang, they wanted Cheng Xuemin to sing a few lines for them on the spot.

And just as Feng Jiayou said, Cheng Xuemin rarely sang at home, and even hummed rarely.

I heard that my man was singing the song "Style" on the front line, and he sang it very beautifully.

Unfortunately, after returning home, she rarely heard him sing again. Even when she begged him to sing, he refused. So Feng Jiayou had never really heard her husband sing seriously.

"Yes, yes, Xuemin, your sister-in-law has already said so, so just say something!" Ge You followed suit and urged.

"Xuemin, just sing a few lines!" Tang Guoqiang also smiled and nodded, joining in the fun.

It was really hard to refuse the invitation, and with his wife adding fuel to the fire, Cheng Xuemin couldn't refuse either, knowing that he would not pass the test if he didn't sing a few lines.

He immediately took the lyrics from Feng Jiayou's hand and said, "I'll just sing a few lines. If I don't sing well, don't tell me, or I'll embarrass you!"

"The full moon on the 15th shines on my hometown and on the border.

"On a quiet night, you miss me, and I miss you too.

"I guard the baby's cradle, and you patrol the border of the motherland.

"I am working the fields in my hometown, and you are standing guard at the frontier.

"Ah, the harvest fruit contains your sweetness and my sweetness.

"The military medal is half mine and half yours."

After Cheng Xuemin finished singing a paragraph, he said angrily, "Actually, this song is suitable for lesbians to sing. My broken voice can't express the feeling of longing."

"Good singing, good singing, Xuemin, you sing this song really beautifully!"

“It sounds good!”

After listening to it, Ge You and Tang Guoqiang applauded and said it was a good idea, not to mention their daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou.

Row!
As long as you think it's good, after Ge You and Tang Guoqiang had lunch together, they went back together.

My daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou has been humming the new song "The Full Moon on the 15th" written by Cheng Xuemin, and she just lacks to directly substitute herself for the song.

"Huh?! Wife, look at the signature of this Vanity Fair, it's Teacher Gu just like mom!"

In the afternoon, Cheng Xuemin did not go anywhere. He just stayed at home to write some articles, spend time with his wife and son, and also read through the letters of invitation from various foreign publications that he brought back from Lao Zhou from the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau yesterday.

The fees for commissioned articles are very good, but the price has been raised again!

The price that various publications pay Cheng Xuemin for commissioned articles is basically 20 cents per word, and 80 cents per dollar for 10,000 copies. Some even go as high as 30 cents per word, and 100 cents per dollar for 10,000 copies.

When Cheng Xuemin saw the name of the author of the article invitation letter for the famous and popular American magazine Vanity Fair, "Miss Gu", he could not help but laugh to his wife Feng Jiayou beside him. "Maybe it's just a coincidence! There are people with the last name Gu in the United States? Maybe it's the abbreviation of Nicholas?"

Feng Jiayou doesn't know much English and is also learning it now, but with her barely fluent English level, this is all she knows!
"It is indeed possible!"

Cheng Xuemin also thought it was a coincidence, and he subconsciously and naturally translated it into "Teacher Gu", but it could also be Teacher Gu, Mrs. Gu, etc. Anyway, it doesn't have to be the "Gu" of mother-in-law.

As for the abbreviation of Nicholas, Feng Jiayou was just talking nonsense. There was no such abbreviation, but Cheng Xuemin was too lazy to expose her.

Cheng Xuemin had never submitted an article to Vanity Fair before, but the payment they offered was very sincere.

Twenty-five cents per word, and the share of sales is one hundred cents per ten thousand copies.

If Cheng Xuemin has a short story of tens of thousands of words, there would be no problem in submitting it to her.

But what he was going to write was a novel of 200,000 words. According to Mr. Zhou from the Foreign Language Bureau, he wanted to make it a hit and become a blockbuster!

So, it’s not the case that the higher the price, the better.

Although "Vanity Fair" is very popular, it is only limited to the United States. No matter how popular it is, the market is limited.

Since they want to produce a hit product, the market must be global, so Cheng Xuemin directly put this letter of invitation at the bottom of the list for the time being and will not consider it in the near future.

But what I don’t know is!
Cheng Xuemin's next-door grandparents are worried about their children abroad.

Mother Gu even said to Grandfather Gu, who was flipping through the newspaper, "Hasn't Jingren contacted the eldest brother and the others yet? Didn't they say that the restrictions on the outside world have been relaxed a lot, and that people outside can come back to look for their relatives?"

Even though the elderly don’t say it, how can their children who are living outside not worry about them?
Some of their children went to Taiwan before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and some went to Hong Kong and the United States. They have not been heard from for decades and no one knows whether they are alive or dead.

I finally waited for the reform and opening up so that I could get in touch with the outside world, but there has been no news.

"What's the rush? Jingren is working at the Foreign Language Bureau, which is a sensitive area. Let's wait and see how things are handled according to the policy. What's the point of being so anxious?"

"Don't put pressure on Jingren and Xueqing. They have suffered a lot because of us. Now they finally have hope of returning to the city. We need to take it slow!"

Grandpa Gu's father put down the newspaper in his hand and advised his wife not to be anxious. Since the hole had been opened, there would always be a day to contact them, as long as they were not dead outside.

Besides, there are so many children living outside, it is impossible for all of them to die outside. We will be able to contact them sooner or later!
"I'm just afraid that I won't be able to wait for that day!"

Grandma Gu's mother wiped her tears and choked with grievance again.

"Look at you, look at you, you are so pessimistic again!" Seeing his wife wiping tears, Grandpa Gu said in panic and distress, "Why can't we wait for that day? Since we have been waiting for 30 years, it doesn't matter if we wait another 20 or 30 years!"

"Wait another thirty years. By then I'll be over a hundred years old and an old witch!"

When Grandma Gu's mother heard this, she burst into laughter instantly and muttered "old witch" in annoyance.

"Haha, I didn't say that. You said that, old witch, old partner!"

Grandpa Gu was also amused by the word "old witch" and almost laughed to tears, but a trace of loneliness flashed in the corner of his eyes.

Yes, they have been waiting for thirty years. Can they really wait another thirty years?

The eldest brother and his family were out there, and they didn't send any news about whether they were alive or dead! But at least they could report that they were safe in their newspapers.

My son-in-law Feng Jingren works at the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau, dealing with newspapers and periodicals outside. If I report my safety in the newspaper, they will definitely receive it!
Unfortunately, up to now, there is still no news from my son-in-law Feng Jingren.

Grandpa Gu's father was also unsure and was really afraid that he would not be able to wait for that day.

"Well, I said that the house can't support so many electric fans. Look, the circuit breaker must have tripped, right?" In the evening, the voice of my mother-in-law, Feng's mother, came from the house in the front yard.

That night!

Suddenly, there were four more electric fans in the house, so each room could have one. From now on, Feng Jiacheng and Feng Jiamo, two siblings, would no longer have to fight over an electric fan.

But Feng's mother, Teacher Gu, often complained about how much money it cost. The couple was just extravagant and didn't know how to save the money they had.

He also said that the voltage at home is not enough to power so many electric fans.

Sure enough, my mother-in-law was right again!
At night, everyone took a shower and went back to their rooms to rest. Six electric fans started up at the same time, but the circuit breaker tripped not long after, and the entire front and back yards were plunged into darkness.

My second uncle Feng Jiacheng rushed to check and found that even the transformer outside had exploded!

The whole family was instantly dismayed, and the transformer exploded?
Old Feng’s family was instantly speechless and dared not say a word because the neighbors started to make a fuss.

Everyone is asking what happened? Why did the transformer burn out for no reason?

Cheng Xuemin was speechless after hearing this, even though he thought about the unstable power supply in this era and power outages every other day were the norm.

Feng Jiayou told him today that the electrical wires at home would definitely not work.

At that time, Cheng Xuemin still thought that it was because of his wife Feng Jiayou that he was reluctant to spend the money to buy so many electric fans.

How are you now? I’m completely blind!

It was impossible to carry out emergency repairs, even though my second uncle Feng Jiacheng had learned some electrical knowledge in the Construction Corps.

But the transformer might be burned out, and there's no point in repairing it.

It seems that no one can use the electric fan tonight. Just light candles or kerosene lamps for the night and wait and see tomorrow.

of course!

The power outage meant we couldn’t use electric fans, but it actually had no impact on Feng’s father, mother, and grandparents’ rooms. They had never used electric fans at night before, but they still managed to get through it.

It was my sister-in-law Feng Jiamo who was joining in the fun, saying excitedly that she could go to her sister and brother-in-law's new house to enjoy the air conditioning.

This was a good idea. Feng Jiayou was also very interested, so he arranged for everyone to go over and sleep on the floor for the night.

Feng's father, mother, grandparents would definitely not join in the fun, nor did they stop the ignorant Feng Jiamo.

In the end, except for Feng's father, mother, grandparents and other elderly people, the rest including the eldest sister-in-law Ke Yumei and the second sister-in-law Sun Juan all went, and the second uncle Feng Jiacheng also did not forget to bring an electric fan.

Because he knew that with so many people going there, he, as an uncle, would definitely not be able to squeeze into the air-conditioned room, so it would definitely be a good idea to bring an electric fan with him.

Seeing this scene, Cheng Xuemin also consciously brought an electric fan.

Fortunately, the Overseas Chinese Apartments have special supplies for both the houses and the water and electricity supply, and the voltage is more stable than that in the old alley.

Air conditioning plus two electric fans, no problem at all.

The room allocation issue was exactly as Cheng Xuemin's second uncle had thought. There was definitely no chance of them getting an air-conditioned room.

As for how the rooms were allocated to them, Cheng Xuemin didn't care. He just slept on his side with an electric fan. His second uncle did the same and didn't join in the fun with the female comrades.

The next day we called the power supply bureau to come and repair it. Fortunately, the transformer was not really burned.

Then Cheng Xuemin suggested that another wire be pulled to the backyard to install an electric meter, and two wires be connected to the front and back yards to enter the house and use electricity separately. This solved the problem of electricity overload.

After fixing the electricity at home, Cheng Xuemin had to set off for the train station!

"Okay, okay! Wife, I promise you, when we get there, I will definitely write home to let them know I'm safe!"

The time has really come. My daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou is holding her son in her arms and is reluctant to let him go!

Cheng Xuemin coaxed the woman verbally, but he thought that by the time she wrote the letter back, he might have already finished his work and was on his way back.

After all, he is going to the Northwest this time. If he just writes the letter, he will be on the road for at least half a month. If there is any delay, he will have to finish the work directly and then return, right?

After all, Director Xie estimated that Cheng Xuemin's scenes could be filmed very quickly, and a month or so would be more than enough.

"Yeah, be careful on the road!"

Feng Jiayou wiped her tears, helped her husband straighten his collar with one hand, and gave instructions.

"Yeah. I know!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded, greeted his grandparents, and sister-in-law, and asked them to help take care of Feng Jiayou and her son.

As for my sister-in-law Feng Jiamo, she is so heartless. She went out and went crazy while her brother-in-law was away on a business trip!

……

Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)