Chapter 294: Stop going to school, I might as well give you a son at home (Qiuquan
Sneaking around at home, I stopped for a while.
Cheng Xuemin went to the Yanda Library in the afternoon, although it was During the holiday, the library is not closed.
It happens to be Chen Shumin’s turn to be on duty today.
“Xuemin, are you back?”
Chen Shumin hasn’t seen Cheng Xuemin for a while, so don’t be too surprised to see him suddenly appear in the library.
He quickly stepped forward to say hello.
“I just came back yesterday. , I just took a walk around the school and came to see you!"
"How is it? It's Sunday, are you still on duty?"
Cheng Xuemin asked with a smile. Lao Chen said hello, it’s been a long time since he came to see us.
"What else can I do? That's it! When I have nothing to do, I usually stay in the library."
Chen Shumin opened the side door next to the bookcase, welcomed Cheng Xuemin in, and said, "School is on holiday now, actually. There is no one around, everyone is hiding out for some peace and quiet!”
“Xuemin, you also know the situation at my home. It’s summer vacation right now, and it’s so noisy that it can blow up the whole house! ”
“So out of sight is out of sight, so I can have some peace and quiet, and write some manuscripts to help support my family!”
Cheng Xuemin nodded after hearing this, Lao Chen’s family really has enough. Noisy, five children were born!
The eldest has just entered the second grade of junior high school, and the younger is less than two years old. In a few years, they can be said to be superborn guerrillas.
Lao Chen works alone at home. His wife is an arranged marriage in the family. She has a low diploma and is equivalent to being illiterate. The school takes care of her and arranges a temporary job for the family members of the faculty and staff, but the salary is Tickets are limited.
Normally, I have to rely on the manuscripts written by Lao Chen to support my family.
Especially stimulated by Cheng Xuemin, Lao Chen’s output this year is as good as that of a sow in heat, writing one article after another.
But they are all short stories, the number of words is limited, and the manuscript fee is considerable.
That's it!
I also worked with Bei Dao and several like-minded people to set up a grass-roots magazine called "Today" and invited Cheng Xuemin to contribute articles and become a shareholder.
Cheng Xuemin came over to sit here, just to ask how the current issue of "Today" magazine went?
When he went to the northwest to shoot a movie, it was the time when Lao Chen was finalizing the draft and was already printing and binding it.
More than a month has passed, it should have been released, right?
“It’s so lively at home!”
“Old Chen, I’m different from you. I like the kind of family where there are many people and I have to fight for food. It’s really good! "
Cheng Xuemin took Chen Shumin's words and replied with a smile, but did not take the initiative to ask about the sales volume of "Today".
"That's Xuemin, you can stand and talk without pain in your back!"
"If I could be like you, I would buy a two-entry courtyard outside the school, with more than a dozen rooms in front and behind. I also like the kind of house!”
Chen Shumin retorted angrily, and then said seriously to Cheng Xuemin: "Stop talking about this!"
"Xuemin, while you were out, our "Today" magazine published the second The first edition is a thousand copies!”
“The sales volume is similar to that of the first issue, but the response is much weaker!”
“This should be the time we choose for release. It has something to do with the summer vacation. Most of the college students in Yanjing City have gone back for the holidays!"
"So without consulting you, I discussed it with Bei Dao Mangke and the others, and there was no further printing! ”
The first edition printed a thousand copies, but because universities were on holiday, the expected sales were not as popular as the first issue.
For that!
Cheng Xuemin had also been mentally prepared for a long time. After all, they were just a little-known pheasant magazine, not even comparable to the school magazine of Yanda.
The first issue was very popular, and its readers were basically students from major universities, as well as educated youth who had just returned to the city.
But now they have chosen to issue the second issue during the summer vacation. Firstly, the students have gone home for the holidays, and secondly, the educated youth who have returned to the city are also receiving placements one after another. They are not as good as when they just returned to the city and have no jobs. Confused and panicked.
What’s more, the time between before and after is too long.
It has been cold for half a year, and no matter how popular the traffic is, it has all been lost to the cooling.
So Cheng Xuemin was mentally prepared for this expectation.
After hearing this, he nodded and comforted Chen Shumin and said: "This is normal, and it is right not to print it!"
"Old Chen, if you think it is necessary, when school starts at the end of the month, Printing a thousand more copies is no problem!”
Originally, Cheng Xuemin’s plan was to use the pheasant platform of “Today” to build his literary platform, but now that I think about it, it was a bit taken for granted.
Without registered distribution rights, no matter how hard you try, it can only be regarded as a small fuss outside the staff, and it will not be on the stage at all.
Don’t say anything else!
Before Cheng Xuemin just came back, the sales volume of each issue of Yulin Literature in their area might not be as high as that of "Today".
But I am an in-house editor, so as long as there are popular articles, we can add additional issues and print them for nationwide distribution. The more the merrier.
What about "Today"?
It can only be distributed on a small scale in major universities in Yanjing, and it must be given away for free and cannot be sold.
Because I am a non-staff member, I am not qualified to sell!
This kind of cultural export that only earns shouting has no money!
“Well, Mangke and the others agree with you, but our funding depends on your manuscript fee, Xuemin, which is a bit difficult!”
Chen Shumin smiled bitterly! After a while, they don't want to wait until the students from colleges and universities come back during the semester to print more and use their influence to increase their influence.
Printing costs money.
The funding for the first edition is still maintained by the royalties authorized by Cheng Xuemin to forward to his mother-in-law's "October".
Where can I find the funds for printing now?
“Have you not reprinted the second issue’s manuscript in October?”
Cheng Xuemin was a little surprised when he heard this. He should be short of funds now. After all, the reprint fee given by his mother-in-law was quite considerable.
Maintaining the printing of one issue should not be a big problem!
“It’s not time yet!”
“Our agreement with “October” is that they will not start reprinting it until one month after our first release.”
"And so far, "October" has not mentioned this reprint..."
Chen Shumin said even more bitterly, and it was not easy for him to go and ask.
It's true that "October" doesn't think highly of them, so it won't reprint it this time. But because of Cheng Xuemin's relationship, it didn't point it out to them?
“One month?!”
“Okay, I’ll go back and ask about the situation!”
“If they want to reprint it in "October", then I’ll advance the printing expenses first!”
"If you don't want to reprint it, then let's put it all together and think of other ways. We still have to keep the magazine going!"
Cheng Xuemin was surprised when he heard this. In the past, his mother-in-law would just follow behind and urge him. He was writing and commissioning manuscripts.
Why was it that the first article was reprinted this time, but the next one was completely lost?
Or maybe the one-month agreed time has not come yet and they didn’t take the initiative to mention it. This is also possible.
But how much, you still need to say hello in advance, right?
"Okay, okay, xuemin, please ask Teacher Gu!"
After listening to Cheng Xuemin's words, Chen Shumin felt more relaxed. After all, he has devoted so much to the magazine "Today" The most hard work. I really don’t want this to be just the beginning and become a flash in the pan.
Anyway, with Cheng Xuemin’s words, he really has a backbone and feels relieved.
When Cheng Xuemin came back, Feng's mother, Cheng's mother, and the others, who had been shopping outside for a day, also came back.
While eating a bowl of rice, Cheng Xuemin said something casually.
Feng’s mother didn’t say no, but said that the reprint would be postponed to next month. At that time, it happened to be the beginning of school season, and almost all the readers of the article had returned to campuses in the city, so the sales volume was certain. It will be better than the summer one.
Sure enough!
They all have the same idea.
Lao Chen is planning to print another wave at the end of the month, targeting college students from several universities in Yanjing.
But during Mother-in-law’s October, they hit college students from all over the country who had returned to the city.
After all, most college students in this era are still in rural areas. How could they go to the city during the summer to buy a magazine?
Mother Feng also said it here!
I know that the funds of their "Today" magazine are tight, so I will remit the reprinting fee this month.
Cheng Xuemin knew better after hearing this!
The remittance day for my mother-in-law and her company is the 22nd every month. There are still about ten days before the end of the month, so there is plenty of time.
After all, it is printing, and there is no need to finalize or proofread it. The money will be allocated to print it, and a thousand copies can be completed in one day.
That night!
Daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou arranged for her mother-in-law to sleep in the house over there at the Overseas Chinese Apartment.
But Cheng’s mother said she wouldn’t go!
When I first arrived last night, I was so overwhelmed by the fresh energy that I forgot everything.
How could Mother Cheng, who had been relieved for a day today, still rush to the new house of her son and daughter-in-law?
Besides, there are no vacant houses in the courtyard here?
There was no complicated arrangement, so we arranged for Cheng Xuemin’s mother, his sister, and Qingwa to sleep in their master bedroom in the east wing.
Anyway, there are two beds inside, and each of the three of them can sleep on one.
Sister-in-law Feng Jiamo and cousin Qin Xiaolian still sleep in the same room as before.
Want to continue to use the air conditioning of my sister and brother-in-law?
No chance!
Originally last night, Feng’s mother didn’t let Feng Jiamo follow her, because she planned to arrange for them to sleep in the backyard!
Can you imagine that your mother-in-law is not allowed to visit her son and daughter-in-law’s new house on her first day here?
So today, I won’t let you go no matter what.
This time!
The Feng family didn't look too ashamed. It seemed like the whole family knew what the couple was going to do.
I am so embarrassed.
But!
No matter how shy you are, you still have to go!
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Animals!
The Feng family had thought that tonight would be a torturous night, but they didn’t expect it to be such a beast.
No wonder the books say that it makes perfect sense to get married after a long separation!
And she is a man who is several times less timid than a newlywed at that time.
He wanted to conceive another one for him after he had just given birth to one, and he simply didn’t want to go to college in the future.
Just give Cheng Xuemin a son at home!
This question!
Cheng Xuemin really has to think about it and go to the hospital to get some condoms.
Otherwise, it would really be unreasonable to live one after another.
Cheng Xuemin had never thought about having so many children. Having a son and a daughter was enough, so he just let the Feng family have another daughter.
But we can’t grow them so densely, just wait a year or two.
Fortunately, these two days happened to be the safe period just after Feng Jiayou's menstrual period, so it should not be so accurate.
As for subsequent childbirth arrangements.
Anyway, before the family planning was fully implemented in 1984, if we completed the task of having one son and one daughter, we would not have to face being laid off due to having more children.
So, the time given to Cheng Xuemin now is actually quite sufficient!
As for the second child, he still has a handle?
That won’t happen anymore!
This is what he deserves, Lao Cheng's family is prosperous and the population is increasing.
certainly!
It would be great if the Feng family could have twins in their next child.
Unfortunately, neither Cheng Xuemin nor the Feng family, even three generations ago, had no precedent of twins.
The birth of twins really depends entirely on genetic inheritance. If the couple did not have twins in the previous generation, then there is little hope for their generation to have twins.
Unless there is a genetic mutation!
In this era, genetic mutations are not absent, but if we look at it a few decades later, more people will believe that it is the discoloration of the head, and they will not believe in any nonsense about genetic mutations.
"Daughter-in-law, why don't you stay at home and sleep a little longer, and I'll take the little squirrel to the yard."
After a night of tossing, Cheng Xuemin's eyelids were actually fighting.
But today I agreed to go to Yan Film Studio with my uncle, so I must be out before eight o'clock!
Seeing that the sun was shining down on her buttocks, and her daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou was so tortured that she could not wake up, Cheng Xuemin asked with concern.
"No!"
"Xuemin, go on your own! The little squirrel and I will stay at home for a while and then go there later!"
"If Mom asks, just say...just Say...anyway, please help me find an excuse!"
Feng Jiayou was confused and wanted to find an excuse, but he couldn't think of one so he asked Cheng Xuemin to make it up.
It was all his fault anyway, he was really an animal when it came to tormenting him.
"Okay, okay, do you want me to go downstairs and buy you some fried dough sticks, steamed buns, soy milk..."
"No! Don't mention soy milk to me, I want to sleep now, you go quickly Let’s go!”
Okay!
Cheng Xuemin couldn't stop talking nonsense. If he kept talking nonsense, the woman would get angry and she would have to be forced out.
“Xuemin, I’m waiting for you!”
"Have you had breakfast? If not, buy some on the way!"
Everyone who works at home has basically gone out, and those who have not gone to work have also gotten up.
My uncle Feng Jiazhao was waiting for Cheng Xuemin in the front yard. When he saw him come in, he greeted him and set off quickly.
"I'm going to the backyard to say hello to grandma and the others..." Cheng Xuemin wanted to go to the backyard to say hello to his mother and ask them not to go there too early in the morning so that his wife could take a nap.
“Let’s go, grandma and grandpa have gone out for morning exercises!” Feng Jiazhao was indeed a little envious, it’s better to be young!
“Ah!”
Suddenly, he felt a pain in his waist and realized that his wife had pinched him secretly, which immediately made Feng Jiazhao feel dizzy.
Can you blame him?
Now, my wife, you are the treasure of the whole family, and the whole family is watching. Does Feng Jiazhao dare to mess around?
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(End of this chapter)