Chapter 273: Daughter-in-law, don’t cry, I’m not going to the front line this time (please order the full version)
"Xuemin, sing two lines and sing two lines!"
"The military medal is half mine and half yours. Xuemin, you wrote this song for your sister-in-law, right?"
Ge You picked up the new song written by Cheng Xuemin and looked at the title of the song, "Fifteenth Moon". He also read the lyrics and music sheet carefully, urging Cheng Xuemin to sing it and give it a try.
After reading the lyrics, especially the last sentence, I felt that this was written by Cheng Xuemin to his wife.
"I can't sing and I can't sing well, and this song is not written for your sister-in-law! When Lao Ge comes, 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 "Plum Blossom Tears", but after thinking about it, he changed the style.
"Moon on the Fifteenth", when it was released that year, it quickly sung into the hearts of countless border guards, and also sung into the hearts of thousands of people in the streets and alleys.
It has been sung by countless contemporary singers. It is almost the same as "Style". A company of the General Political Department Art Troupe went to the local area to express condolences. This song "Moon on the 15th" is almost a must-sing!
As for Ge You asking Cheng Xuemin to hum for him on the spot, he refused!
I can write songs and lyrics, but Cheng Xuemin doesn't sing much.
Moreover, Ge You and his art troupe have as many young singers as Dong Wenhua, Li Shuangjiao, and Yan Weiwen. They can just go back and find anyone to sing.
besides!
It's not easy for Ge You to talk nonsense. What did he write to his sister-in-law? Lao Ge, you clearly said just now that it was Gong Yin who asked him to help arrange a song. This song was written for Gong Yin!
So, does your Ge You want to harm others?
If Feng Jiayou, the daughter-in-law who takes care of the baby in the backyard, knew about this, she wouldn't know how to explain it!
The medal for returning military merit is half yours and half mine!
Well! ?
After being mentioned like this by Lao Ge, this "Moon of the Fifteenth" was brought back. Wouldn't that girl Gong Yin have had a different idea?
It's true that this song was written for Gong Yin, but the content of the lyrics was written for thousands of border guards.
Therefore, I shouldn’t think too much about it.
"Xuemin, you wrote it yourself and you can't sing it? And you sang so well when you sang "Fengcai" on the front line, this new song will definitely not be bad!"
"Just hum a few words for me and Old Tang to listen to together!"
Seeing that Cheng Xuemin was still shy and embarrassed to sing, Ge You urged him to sing. Tang Guoqiang, who was looking at the lyrics beside him, also nodded repeatedly.
The lyrics were indeed well written, but unfortunately neither he nor Ge You knew the music, so they didn't know how to sing the music composed by Cheng Xuemin.
Moreover, Cheng Xuemin asked Lao Ge to take the song back to their art troupe and find someone to sing it, but he, Tang Guoqiang, from Yan Film Studio, couldn't just go to someone else's art troupe just to listen to this song, right?
"Old Ge, why are you humming so hard again?"
At this time, Feng Jiayou happened to come from the backyard. Hearing Ge You asking his man to hum a few words, he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Uh, sister-in-law, that's it!"
"Our art troupe asked Xuemin to help write a new song, and Xuemin said he just happened to write one!"
"Here is this song. I think the lyrics sound like they are all about you, sister-in-law!"
When Ge You saw Feng Jiayou coming over, he sold Cheng Xuemin on the spot, even though Cheng Xuemin just emphasized that he was not writing about his daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou.
"Written about me? How is this possible? What have you written, Xuemin? I haven't heard you mention it before?"
Feng Jiayou couldn't help but asked in surprise when he heard that Ge You actually said that all the new songs written by his man were about him.
Written entirely by yourself?
I’ve never heard my man mention it! Moreover, my husband has written "Parental Love" for his mother-in-law and "The Ordinary World" for his parents-in-law, but he seems to have never written about his own daughter-in-law, right?
It can't be said that there is no writing at all. Whether it is her husband's famous debut novel "Wrangler" or the serialized "My Corps Years", Feng Jiayou directly introduced the heroine, and her husband was writing about her.
But when it comes to songwriting, I have never heard Xuemin say that he writes songs for himself before!
Therefore, after being teased by Ge You, the Feng family asked doubtfully, and then quickly entered the main room.
"Sister-in-law, why is this not about you! Look at these lyrics, it's about you, sister-in-law, who is at home and misses Xuemin!"
"And sister-in-law, look at it, even my little nephew is included!"
Ge You clapped the lyrics in his hands and asked Feng Jiayou to read them by himself.
"Even my little squirrel is included? Is it true?"
Hearing this made Feng Jiayou even more dumbfounded. She really didn't believe it. Xuemin only wrote about her. He even included his stinky son. Is it true?
Did I include the little squirrel? Why don’t I know it myself?
Cheng Xuemin next to him was also dumbfounded. Why was Ge You talking nonsense like this? Cheng Xuemin didn't even know about this originality.
"Why didn't you write it! Sister-in-law, look at this sentence, 'You miss me in the quiet night, and I miss you too. I am guarding the baby's cradle, and you are patrolling the border of the motherland!
The baby in this cradle could be my little nephew, who else could it be? "
Uh...that's it!
Cheng Xuemin could only say that Lao Ge was so capable of talking nonsense that he could think of all this.
However, these lyrics coincidentally coincide with the situation in Cheng Xuemin’s family.
He happened to have a little one who was just one month old at home, and Cheng Xuemin was leaving tomorrow.
Although it's not like going to the border as the lyrics say, it's still thousands of miles away in the northwest.
Feng Jiayou's eyes were full of surprise and curiosity when he took the lyrics from Ge You's hand, and his eyes became brighter and brighter as he read the lyrics.
"Xuemin, you wrote this new song? Can you sing it to me again?"
"Seriously, Xuemin, I haven't heard you sing yet!"
Feng Jiayou read the lyrics, especially the last line, "Military Medal is half yours and half mine. Don't be too moved."
Then, just like Ge You, Tang Guoqiang and the others, they wanted Cheng Xuemin to sing a few lines for them on the spot.
And it's true as Feng Jiayou said, Cheng Xuemin doesn't sing much at home, and even if he does humming, he rarely does.
I heard that my man sang the song "Elegance" on the front line, and he sang it very beautifully.
It's a pity that after arriving home, I didn't hear him sing much, and even if I begged him to sing, I wouldn't sing, so the young Feng family had never really heard their man sing.
"Yes, yes, Xuemin, my sister-in-law said so, just say a few words!" Ge You urged as he followed.
"Xuemin, just sing a few lines!" Tang Guoqiang also smiled and nodded, cheering.
It was hard to refuse such hospitality, and with his own wife making fun of him, Cheng Xuemin couldn't refuse, knowing that he would definitely not be able to pass the test if he didn't sing a few lines.
Immediately, he took the lyrics from Feng Jiayou's hand and said, "I'm just going to sing a few lines. My wife, don't tell me if I don't sing well, I'll embarrass you!"
"The moon on the fifteenth day shines on my hometown and on the border.
"You miss me in the quiet night, and I miss you too.
"I stand by the baby's cradle, you patrol the borders of the motherland.
"I am cultivating the farmland in my hometown, and you are on guard duty at the border.
“Ah, there is your sweetness in the harvest fruit, and there is also my sweetness.
"The military medal is half mine and half yours."
After Cheng Xuemin finished singing a section, he said bitterly, "Actually, this song is suitable for lesbians to sing. My broken voice can't sing the feeling of longing."
"You sing well, you sing well, Xuemin, you sing this song so beautifully!"
"It sounds great!"
After hearing this, Ge You and Tang Guoqiang applauded and said yes, not to mention their daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou.
OK!
Just leave Ge You, Tang Guoqiang and the others to go back together after lunch.
My daughter-in-law, Feng Jiayou, has been humming. This new song written by Cheng Xuemin, "The Moon on the Fifteenth Years", she almost directly substituted herself.
"Huh?! Wife, look at the signature in this Vanity Fair. You're called Teacher Gu just like mom!"
In the afternoon, Cheng Xuemin didn't go anywhere. He just wrote manuscripts at home and stayed with his wife and son. By the way, he read through the invitation letters for various foreign publications that he brought back from Lao Zhou of the Foreign Languages Publishing Bureau yesterday. .
The fees for the commissioned manuscripts are very good, and the price has been raised again!
Nowadays, the manuscript fees charged by various publications for Cheng Xuemin's manuscripts are basically 20 cents per word and 80 cents per word for 10,000 copies, and even as high as 30 cents per word and 100 cents per 10,000 copies.
When Cheng Xuemin flipped through it and saw that the invitation letter from a very well-known American best-selling magazine "Vanity Fair", the person who invited the contributor was signed "MisGu", which was directly and naturally translated into "Teacher Gu". He couldn't help but laugh with his daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou next to him. road. "Maybe it's just a coincidence! There are also people with the surname Gu in the United States? Maybe it's the abbreviation of Nicholas?"
Feng Jiayou doesn't know much English, and she is still learning English now, but her English level is not even half a bucket of water, so that's all she knows!
"It is indeed possible!"
Cheng Xuemin also felt that it was a coincidence that he subconsciously translated it as "Teacher Gu", but it could also be Teacher Gu, Mrs. Gu, etc. Anyway, it does not necessarily have to be the "Gu" of the mother-in-law.
As for the abbreviation of Nicholas, it was because the Feng family was talking nonsense and there was no such abbreviation, but Cheng Xuemin was too lazy to expose her.
Cheng Xuemin had never submitted articles to Vanity Fair before, but the fee offered by the other party was very sincere.
Twenty-five cents per word, and a share of 10,000 copies and 100 cents from sales.
If Cheng Xuemin had a short story with tens of thousands of words, there would be no problem in voting for her.
However, what he plans to write is a 200,000-word novel. According to Lao Zhou of the Foreign Languages Publishing House, he wants to strive for an instant hit and a blockbuster hit!
Therefore, it is not that the higher the price, the higher the price.
Although "Vanity Fair" is very popular, it is only limited to Laomi, and the market is limited no matter how popular it is.
Since there is going to be a hit product, the market must be global, so this invitation letter was directly sealed by Cheng Xuemin and put at the bottom for the time being, and will not be considered in the near future.
But what I don’t know is!
Cheng Xuemin and his grandparents next door are thinking about their children abroad again.
Gu's mother even said to her grandfather Gu's father who was flipping through the newspaper: "Jingren hasn't contacted the boss and the others yet? Isn't it said that the public relations with the outside world have been relaxed a lot? Can people from outside come back to look for relatives?"
Although the old man doesn't say it, how can he not worry about his children who are living abroad?
The couple's children, some went to Treasure Island before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and some went to Xiangjiang to the United States. There has been no news for decades since they left, and they don't know whether they are alive or dead.
I finally hoped that it would be reopened and I could contact the outside world, but there has been no news.
"Why are you so anxious? Jingren is currently working at the Foreign Languages Publishing House. He is already a sensitive person. Wait until he takes his time in accordance with the policy. What's the point of being anxious?"
"Don't put pressure on Jingren Xueqing and his wife. They have suffered a lot due to our influence. Now they finally have hope of returning to the city. They have to take their time!"
Grandpa Gu's father put down the newspaper in his hand and advised his wife not to worry. Now that the door has been opened, there will always be a day when they can be contacted, as long as they don't die outside.
Moreover, there are so many children living abroad, so not all of them will die outside. They can be contacted sooner or later!
"Aren't I afraid that I won't be able to wait for that day?"
Grandma Gu Mu wiped her tears and choked up again with grievance.
"Look at you, look at you, you are so pessimistic again!" Seeing his wife wiping away tears, Grandpa Gu's father said panicked and distressed, "Why can't you wait for that day? Since you have been looking forward to it for thirty years, it's not bad Wait another twenty or thirty years!”
"I have to wait another thirty years. By then I will be over a hundred years old, old witch!"
When Grandma Gu Mu heard this, her tears suddenly turned into laughter, and she muttered something like "old witch" angrily.
"Haha, I didn't say that, old witch, my wife said it yourself!"
Grandpa Gu's father was also amused by the phrase 'old witch' and almost burst into tears from laughter, but there was still a hint of loneliness in the corners of his eyes.
Yes, they have been looking forward to it for thirty years, can they really be allowed to wait another thirty years?
The boss and the others are outside, no matter whether they are alive or dead, they don’t give a letter! It is also good to report that your family is safe in their newspapers.
My son-in-law, Feng Jingren, works at the Foreign Languages Publishing House, where he deals with outside newspapers and publications. If you report that you are safe in the newspaper, they will definitely receive it!
Unfortunately, so far, there is still no news from son-in-law Feng Jingren.
Grandpa Gu's father was also unsure, and he was really afraid that he would not be able to wait until that day.
"Well, I just said that we can't carry so many electric fans at home. Look, the circuit breaker has tripped, right?" At night, my mother-in-law, Feng Mu, shouted from the front yard.
That night!
Suddenly there are four more electric fans in the house, so that each room can be allocated one. In the future, there is no need for the Feng Jiacheng and Feng Jiamo brothers to fight for one electric fan.
But Mr. Feng’s mother often complained about how much it cost? They are a lavish couple who don't know how to save any money they have.
He also said that the voltage at home could not carry so many electric fans.
Sure enough, the mother-in-law was right again!
In the evening, everyone went back to their houses to rest. Six electric fans were started at the same time. Soon they tripped, and the entire front and back yards were completely dark.
Second uncle Feng Jiacheng hurriedly went to see it and found that even the transformer outside had exploded!
The whole family was instantly embarrassed and the transformer exploded?
Lao Feng's family immediately became silent and did not dare to say a word, because the neighbors started making a fuss.
Everyone is asking what's going on? How come all the good ones burned out the transformer?
Cheng Xuemin was speechless after hearing this, although he thought that the power supply in this era was not stable, and power outages were common every three days.
Today the Feng family told him that the wires at home would definitely not be able to be carried.
At that time, Cheng Xuemin thought that his wife, Feng Jiayou, was reluctant to spend the money to buy so many electric fans.
How are you now? I'm completely blind!
Emergency repairs were impossible, even though my second uncle Feng Jiacheng was in the Construction Corps and had learned a little bit of electrical engineering knowledge.
But the transformer may have burned out, and it would be difficult to repair it.
It seems that no one will be able to blow on the electric fan tonight, just light candles and kerosene lamps for one night, let's talk about it tomorrow.
certainly!
You can't use electric fans during the power outage. In fact, it doesn't have any impact on Feng's father, Feng's mother, and grandparents' house. They had never used electric fans at night before, so they came here like this.
On the other hand, my sister-in-law Feng Jiamo was making noise, saying excitedly that she was going to her sister and brother-in-law's new house to blow on the air conditioner.
This was a good idea. The Feng family was also very moved, so they invited everyone to go over and lay on the floor for the whole night.
Feng's father, Feng's mother, and grandparents would definitely not follow suit, and they would not stop the ignorant Feng family.
In the end, in addition to Feng's father, Feng's mother, grandparents, the other elders, including the elder sister-in-law Ke Yumei, the second sister-in-law Sun Juan, and the second uncle Feng Jiacheng 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 not be wrong to bring an electric fan there.
Watching this battle, Cheng Xuemin also consciously brought an electric fan.
Fortunately, the houses, water supply and power supply in the Overseas Chinese Apartment are all dedicated to special supplies, and the voltage is more stable than that in the old alley.
There is no problem at all with the air conditioner and two electric fans.
The room allocation issue is exactly what Cheng Xuemin's second uncle thought. They definitely don't have a share in air-conditioned rooms.
Cheng Xuemin didn't care how they were allocated in the rooms. He took an electric fan and slept on his side. The second uncle did the same and didn't join in the fun of their lesbians.
The next day, I called the power supply bureau to come over for repairs. Fortunately, the transformer was not really burned.
Cheng Xuemin then suggested that another wire should be run to the backyard to install the electricity meter. Two wires in the front and back yards could be run into the house to use electricity separately. This solved the problem of overloaded electricity.
After fixing the electricity at home, Cheng Xuemin had to set off for the train station!
"Okay, okay! My daughter-in-law, I promise you that when I get to the place, I will definitely write a letter to my family to report that I am safe!"
When the time comes, my daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou holds her son in her arms and she still can’t let him go!
Cheng Xuemin coaxed the woman, but he thought that if there was time to send the letter back, he might have finished the work and be on his way back.
After all, he was going to the northwest this time. If he just wrote a letter, he would have spent more than half a month on the road. If there was another delay, couldn't he just finish it and be on his way back?
After all, Director Xie predicted that Cheng Xuemin's scenes would be shot very quickly, and a few months would be more than enough time.
"Yeah, be careful on the road!"
Feng Jiayou wiped away her tears, helped her man straighten his collar with one hand, and explained.
"Yeah, I know!"
Cheng Xuemin nodded, and then greeted his grandparents, second sister-in-law, and the others, asking them to help take care of the Feng family's young mother and son.
As for my sister-in-law Feng Jiamo, she is heartless. Her brother-in-law is away from home when he is away from home. He goes crazy when he goes out!
…
Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of chapter)