Chapter 21: The Dutiful Daughter is a traitor, don’t give it to my mother (please read it later)
At first, Cheng Xuemin planned to wait for the submission to be published, and after receiving the royalties, he would give Feng Jiayou a big surprise!
But considering that I have a mother-in-law who is the chief editor of a magazine at home, I will submit articles to anyone I submit to. Since the money will not go to outsiders, I will definitely vote for my mother-in-law's "October" magazine.
Because Cheng Xuemin was the son-in-law, I was very sure that the manuscript of his short story would be passed.
After all, it is a tribute work. In my previous life, the original work was a novel, a film, a drama, and a comic book. It has blossomed in all aspects, and the achievements are obvious to all.
Therefore, if the mother-in-law does not vote for such an excellent article, when she finds out about it later, she will inevitably question whether Cheng Xuemin is still her son-in-law?
After having this concern, Cheng Xuemin didn't hide it, and simply took it out and asked Feng Jiayou to help find typos, and submitted it to her mother and mother-in-law together with her own manuscript.
"Wrangler?!"
"Xuemin, is this a novel?"
Feng Jiayou took the manuscript and glanced at the title of the article. He couldn't help but be surprised. The commune brigade in northern Shaanxi didn't even have horses! ?
I then looked down, but after looking at it like this, I was deeply immersed in the story of the protagonists Xu Lingjun and Li Xiuzhi.
Cheng Xuemin waited quietly and did not disturb Feng Jiayou.
"The Wrangler" is Cheng Xuemin's first short story to test the waters. The idea is the same as Feng Jiayou and others, who followed the trend and chose scar literature.
Since it is scar literature, in addition to the pioneering works "Class Teacher" and "Scar", there is another one that cannot be avoided, "Spirit and Flesh"!
It can be said that "Head Teacher" and "Scar" are the pioneers of scar literature, then "Spirit and Flesh" is not only a piece of scar literature, but more people will attribute it to reflective literature, which has a place in the history of modern literature!
And the first two short stories won the first prize in the first national Outstanding Short Story Award that will be held that year, which will be held later this year.
"Spirit and Flesh" won the first prize at next year's second Outstanding Short Story Award.
They are all first prize winners of national short stories.
"Spirit and Flesh" is the original title of the novel "Wrangler", and "Wrangler" is actually the title of the movie adapted from the novel.
Therefore, Cheng Xuemin's choice of "Wrangler" must be targeted.
Either don’t do it, or if you want to do it, just create a big star and test the water first by paying tribute to a national first-prize work.
If he hadn't missed the time, Cheng Xuemin would have dared to directly pay tribute to "Teacher" or "Scars".
Unfortunately, these two articles were published as early as last winter and this summer.
His tribute to "Spirit and Flesh" will have to wait until the editor of People's Literature next summer to find Zhang Xianliang to make an appointment to write it.
Although the time is very similar, Teacher Zhang may not even have an idea at this time. Cheng Xuemin coming to pay tribute should not cause a crash and overturn.
"How!? You should be able to pass "October" if you vote for me, right?"
"The Wrangler" has about 18,000 words in total, but Cheng Xuemin only wrote half of it, about 10,000 words.
But even so, Feng Jiayou still spent more than forty minutes to read it.
When Feng Jiayou subconsciously turned to the next page, Cheng Xuemin quickly asked because the page was gone.
"No more!? It's not finished yet!?"
Only then did Feng Jiayou realize what he was saying, and he urged, "Xuemin, did you do this on purpose? What did you show me before you finished writing?!"
"Give me the pen and finish writing the rest quickly. I want to know if Xu Lingjun abandoned Li Xiuzhi and went to a capitalist country in the end!"
Okay, women are very good at it. They can push manuscripts directly offline and in person, all they have to do is hold a 40-meter-long machete in their hands!
"Then tell me first, how is my novel? If I submit it to Mom's "October", can it be approved?"
Cheng Xuemin smiled bitterly and took the pen that the woman pushed over him. How could he be so anxious to finish the manuscript? ?
Woman, you should tell me first, how is this written? Can it pass the mother-in-law's preliminary review? ?
"Don't vote for her!"
But what Cheng Xuemin didn't expect was that Feng Jiayou said this to him when he opened his mouth. Seeing Cheng Xuemin's stunned eyes, Feng Jiayou followed up and said: "Xuemin, your manuscript is very, very good. I was completely moved by the love you wrote about Xu Lingjun and Li Xiuzhi!"
"Did you write it based on our experiences? Are you Xu Lingjun and I am Li Xiuzhi?!"
Feng Jiayou didn't say why she didn't give it to her mother. Instead, she asked Cheng Xuemin with emotion and choked with tears.
This... Xuemin, please don't be moved yet. From which word can you tell that this is based on your deeds of joining a team in the countryside? !
"Yes, yes! My wife, you are absolutely right. You are my Li Xiuzhi, and I am your Xu Lingjun!" Cheng Xuemin quickly followed the woman's move and continued to move her.
It's just a fictional novel. If a woman wants to put herself into it, let her do it!
Anyway, Cheng Xuemin can't suffer any loss, but he can make the moved woman suffer even more, so why not? !
"Then tell me, will you abandon Li Xiuzhi, abandon me, and go to the United States with your wealthy capitalist father?!"
When the conversation changed, Feng Jiayou raised his head and stared at Cheng Xuemin, with tears in his eyes.
"This... how about you wait until I finish writing it, my wife, can you read it!? If you interfere forcefully now, you will interrupt my creative train of thought!"
Cheng Xuemin wanted to continue explaining, but Feng Jiayou nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, yes! Xuemin, you are right. This is your literary creation, and I cannot interfere with your creative ideas!"
"Xuemin's pen is here, hurry up and finish the rest of the story!"
"After we finish writing, we will vote for "Yenjing Literature" and not "October"!"
"Why didn't you vote for your mother's "October"?" Now it was Cheng Xuemin's turn to be confused. This was the second time that a woman said that she would not vote for her mother's "October". The gap between mother and daughter was so mutual. Is it too deep?
"Vote for her? Xuemin, you don't want to be revised to the point where your scalp explodes and you go crazy!?"
"If you want to try it, I'll send it to mom right now and let her give you some guidance and advice in advance!"
Feng Jiayou raised her eyes, and after saying that, she really planned to send half of the manuscript of "Wrangler" to her mother's house together with the Chinese test paper, so that her mother could take care of it and give her son-in-law some guidance.
"No! Wife, I will listen to you. You can make the decision!"
Thinking of Feng Jiayou's revision of the draft in the past few days to the explosion scene, Cheng Xuemin directly grabbed Feng Jiayou, who pretended to leave, and expressed his stance.
"Just listen to your wife!" Feng Jiayou was very satisfied with Cheng Xuemin's attitude and continued to explain, "Xuemin, you don't know that my mother has strict requirements, especially for her own people. Don’t let us go through the back door, don’t talk about it, and we must be more diligent and demanding.”
"Xuemin, you really wrote this novel very well. I was so moved that I couldn't extricate myself from it!"
"But have you ever thought about it, if this manuscript is given to my mother?! If my mother also thinks that Xuemin is writing based on what we have experienced, what will she think and ask of you?!"
"If nothing else, I'm sure she will ask you to change it again and again, at least three times, to show how high her level is!"
"It is absolutely impossible for you to submit the manuscript in one go. I have seen it clearly and regret it to death!"
"So listen to your wife and I, let's apply for "Yenjing Literature". Huang Beijia and others said that "Yenjing Literature" is quite easy to write. She passed one during this summer vacation and earned more than 60 yuan. royalties!”
That’s the truth!
Cheng Xuemin also realized, isn’t this what Feng Jiayou said!
If I really submit an article to my mother-in-law, if she doesn’t give some guidance and suggestions and let her son-in-law, Cheng Xuemin, make changes, how can she show her level as an old man and her family status?
It was definitely impossible for him to pass the draft at once, but the pain of revising it continued to happen before his eyes. Cheng Xuemin did not want to follow in the footsteps of Feng Jiayou.
Then switch to "Yenjing Literature"?
When the mother-in-law came back to investigate, naturally her daughter was in front of her, so Cheng Xuemin didn’t have to shoulder any of the blame! ?
Yes, listen to your daughter-in-law, not your mother-in-law.
Cheng Xuemin had to submit the manuscript quickly to get the royalties, but he didn't want to be slowly trained by his mother-in-law, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get the royalties even a year ago.
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(End of chapter)