Chapter 119: You old man, you really hid it (please subscribe)
Today is Sunday, the whole family has a day off and does not have to go to work or school.
Feng's mother was washing and cleaning the house, Feng's father was sitting in the yard basking in the sun with a newspaper, and his sister-in-law was continuing to review her homework in the house to prepare for next year's college entrance examination.
The eldest brother and sister-in-law sneaked out without knowing what they were doing. The second sister-in-law had to go back to her parents' house every weekend.
Cheng Xuemin stayed in his room and concentrated on his creation. Mother Feng became more and more satisfied with such a diligent and progressive son-in-law. At the same time, she became more and more dissatisfied with the debt collector Feng Jiayou who was playing with her nieces and nephews in the yard.
Shaking the clothes hanging in her hands, Feng's mother said to the debt collector: "My dear, let the two of them play by themselves while you go about your business!"
The main reason is that I am afraid that my own debt collectors will fall behind too much compared with my son-in-law.
"Mom, you don't want me to have a free day! OK, OK, I'll go in now and write a manuscript for you!"
The sun is so beautiful, it would be a waste if we don’t come out to bask in it more! I know how to push it all day long, can you stop being so busy?
After all, she still has a baby in her belly. Why can’t she raise the baby and flirt with her to live a small life?
"Hey, which one are you looking for?"
"Teacher Chen, is that you!?"
Feng Jiayou just got up and was about to go back to the house to see how her man's inspiration was going when he saw four people appearing at the door, two old men, a young woman, and Chen Shumin.
Feng Jiayou, who was confused at first, couldn't help but say hello and asked. When he saw Chen Shumin following behind, he said hello again.
"Uh, aren't you the guard at Yan University?"
Soon, before Chen Shumin could speak, the Feng family saw clearly the appearance of the old man among them, and couldn't help but exclaimed and asked, becoming even more confused!
Why did the guard of Yan University come to their house?
He doesn’t guard his feng shui treasure land anymore?
As for the guard, he is now considered a legend at Yan University. Students have been submitting manuscripts to his guard one after another, and the rejection rate has skyrocketed!
Especially her lover Cheng Xuemin's "Wrangler" Lao Xu, Kuang Yalan's "Female College Student Dormitory", and the "Loess Gaopo" published by Yanhe Literature, were all popular in various newspapers and magazines at that time. It made headlines and the response was very big and very good.
At the same time, the authors of "Wrangler", "Female College Students' Dormitory" and "Loess High Slope" were all students of Yan University, and it was first spread from this uncle's mouth!
In order to benefit from their talents, Feng Jiayou’s classmate Huang Beijia, Cha Jianying and others later sent letters from his guard room, and all received letters to his guard room!
Suddenly, the manuscript submission rate increased sharply, and the uncle’s guard room also became a feng shui treasure. The gatekeeper was also jokingly called "Bao Ye" by the talented men and women of Yan University. The uncle in the feng shui treasure land was called Bao Ye for short. .
"Ba Lao, why are you here? And Tang Lao, why do you bother to use your golden legs to walk around my small courtyard?"
Mother Feng followed the voice of the debt collector and was very surprised to find four people coming to the door.
When he saw clearly that one of them was none other than Shanghaisu Lao Baxun Ba Lao, his eyes couldn't help but be horrified.
When he saw clearly that the person accompanying Mr. Ba turned out to be Mr. Tang, the famous old man of Yan University, Mr. Tang, Mr. Feng’s mentor, he was even more dumbfounded and exclaimed!
"Tang Lao, Ba Lao, why are you here in such a free time!?"
"Quick, quick, please come to the house!"
Father Feng, who was reading the newspaper and basking in the warm sun, squinting and about to take a nap, heard the noise and glanced at the door.
But it was this look that made him jump up from his wicker chair, quickly tear open the newspaper and rush forward, saying hello quickly!
What an unexpected surprise!
Feng's father also didn't expect that his mentor Tang Lao, who had been retiring at Yanda for many years and had been unwilling to move his golden leg, would come to his house today, and he would also accompany Ba Lao!
How come these two people, both of whom rarely go out, came to his house in person when they had time?
"Scared? This is Jingren Xiaogu's house? Xiao Chen, didn't you tell me?"
The doorman Baoye, who was called Mr. Tang by Feng's father and Feng's mother, knew he was in the right place when he saw the Feng family when they were young!
But immediately after the two people inside greeted him one after another, Tang Laobao was also dumbfounded!
Why did you let Chen Shumin lead the way and bring him and his father to the home of Feng Jingren and Gu Xueqing?
"Mr. Tang, I...you didn't even ask!"
Chen Shumin shrugged and hid. He has been kept in the dark until now, okay?
He was not going to work today. It was Mr. Tang who called someone to pull him out of bed and asked him to find someone for him as soon as possible!
Who to look for?
Help Ba Lao find Lao Liu, the author of "The Traitor"!
Sixth child! ?
Who is Lao Liu, the author of "The Traitor"? Why is he completely confused and doesn't even know who it is?
Hearing Mr. Tang whisper again, after looking for Cheng Xuemin, Chen Shumin was dumbfounded on the spot. What happened?
Why did Cheng Xuemin become Lao Liu, the author of "The Traitor" again?
What’s going on with the traitor manuscript? How come he hasn’t heard of it, let alone seen it?
But Mr. Tang was looking for Cheng Xuemin, and this Chen Shumin knew where he was.
Just like that, he pulled out of the bed in a daze and saw Balao waiting for him downstairs.
After simply asking why, it turned out that it was Balao who was looking for someone.
Balao!
This is a giant in the literary world. Why does this old man want to find that kid Cheng Xuemin?
I also learned that Mr. Ba followed the submission address and found the guard office of their Yan University. He found that the person in charge here was Mr. Tang, and they were familiar with each other!
After explaining the purpose of his visit, Mr. Tang immediately reacted. He knew the author he was looking for, Mr. Tang, and he had to take Mr. Bala to find him on the spot.
I don’t know how Mr. Tang, who always hangs out in the guard room, knows so well that Chen Shumin and Cheng Xuemin are close.
In addition, today is Sunday and Cheng Xuemin is not on the Yanda campus, so he pulls Chen Shumin out of bed and leads the way to his home!
So, Chen Shumin came to his senses. It was Cheng Xuemin who submitted another manuscript to Ba Lao, called "The Traitor". He used the pen name of Lao Liu and was adopted by Ba Lao in the draft?
Not only did he finish the manuscript, but he also came to Yanda University in person to pay a visit to the sixth man who could tell he was a new author just by looking at his pen name, that is, Cheng Xuemin?
Holy crap, how many tricks did this kid Cheng Xuemin do behind the scenes?
Yesterday, the higher-ups invited me to have tea, or today a literary veteran came to visit me in person?
“Are you kid making trouble with me?”
When Mr. Tang heard Chen Shumin's straightforward words, he narrowed his eyes and pretended to hit someone, but Chen Shumin dodged him!
"Jingren, Xiao Gu, you two don't often go to Yanda to see me, an old man. Only me, a bad old man, come here to see you two!"
"No, I brought Balao here with me!"
Secretly he glared at this unreliable thing like Chen Shumin angrily. If he had known that this was his student's disciple's home, he should have asked them to call him to Yanda instead of condescending to come to their house to beg for tea!
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, Mr. Tang, isn't it that this student has just come back from his ordinary life, and he doesn't know what's going on, so he doesn't dare to visit, for fear of causing trouble to you?"
Father Feng's face instantly turned pale, and he hurriedly stepped forward to support the person, and said in a low voice.
Father Feng didn't want to go to Yanda to see his old classmates and visit his old mentor, but the current situation was not very clear, so he didn't dare to go there.
"Jingren, you are still so cautious and conservative. What's wrong with this? Isn't this enough to make the clouds clear and the moon shine?"
"Besides, I, as a teacher, am still incompetent and couldn't protect you!"
Mr. Tang shook his head again and again, and said with some shame and sadness.
"Mr. Tang, please stop saying that!"
"Ba Lao, please come in quickly. The house is a little shabby, making you two laugh!"
Feng's mother then choked in a low voice, and Feng's father welcomed Tang and Ba into the main room, and asked people to quickly heat up the stove and serve tea.
"Old Feng, hello, Teacher Gu, I begged my dad to come with us!"
The young woman next to him also spoke at this time and explained!
“Hello, Xiaolin, hello, I haven’t seen you for almost ten years, and you look even more beautiful!”
Father Feng nodded to her, while Mother Feng smiled and pulled her aside, talking and praising her.
This is Ba Lao's eldest daughter Li Xiaolin, who is now the editor-in-chief of "Shanghai Literature and Art". Feng's mother is also wondering why she begged her father to come to her old Feng's house? !
Come here, come here, why are you still raising troops like this and alerting Lao Feng's mentor to come with him?
Moreover, what I just heard from Mr. Tang was that I didn’t know beforehand that it was her and Old Feng’s home that they came to visit.
Over there, Lao Feng was chatting with his mentor Tang Lao and Ba Lao, while Feng's mother dragged Li Xiaolin to the yard to chat.
"Is this the family's child? I didn't expect that he has grown so big!" The Feng family's child came over in confusion. She still didn't understand why the guard Baoye suddenly turned into soup in her parents' mouths. old.
And the person next to me just now was the literary giant Su Lao Ba Zun Ba Lao? What are they doing in your home?
When this young lesbian greeted him, Feng Jiayou seemed to be starting to have some impressions!
"Why, you don't recognize me anymore?! When I was in college at Yanda, I often went to your house to have dinner!"
"I remember you secretly called me sister-in-law!"
Li Xiaolin saw that Feng Jiayou seemed to have no impression of her, so she rolled her eyes at the girl and joked.
"Uh... are you my eldest brother's female classmate, Sister Xiaolin?"
Only then did Feng Jiayou wake up and realize, why does this lesbian look so unfamiliar? She must have seen her somewhere!
But when she recognized her eldest brother's classmate at Yan University, she immediately exclaimed, "Sister Xiaolin, have you changed too much? I don't even dare to recognize her!"
Isn’t it a big change?
"You girl either don't dare to recognize me, or you have completely forgotten about me!"
Li Xiaolin rolled her eyes at Feng Jiayou again angrily, but the girl in front of her had indeed changed a lot. If she saw her elsewhere, she would definitely not dare to recognize her.
"I haven't forgotten, it's Sister Xiaolin who has become so beautiful!" The Feng family hurriedly sat over and asked playfully, "Hehe, Sister Xiaolin, why did you come to Yanjing?!"
Feng's mother also looked at Li Xiaolin, wondering why she not only came to Yanjing, but also found their home?
Came here specifically to visit?
Even if Feng's mother was beaten to death, she wouldn't believe it. There must be something going on, but she didn't know what it was that could suddenly alert her father, Mr. Tang, and Mr. Feng's mentor.
"Teacher Gu, I'm here to pick up my dad, and I'm looking for a few authors to compile a manuscript!"
Li Xiaolin stroked her hair beside her earlobes and said to her mother and daughter from the Feng family: "Some time ago, my dad went to Beijing to attend the plenary session. It was just over and he was about to go back. I was afraid that I would not get used to it as I got older, so I came here for a visit. Pick someone up!”
"That's right, Xiaolin, you are serious! Mr. Ba seems to be quite tough and energetic!"
Mother Feng looked back and saw Father Feng and the others who were chatting and laughing in the room, nodded and said with a smile.
"I'm getting older and have a bad temper! I asked him to accompany me to Yanda to find a new author and visit old friends. He just doesn't want to move, and I can't do anything about him!"
Li Xiaolin also looked at her father in the room, shaking her head and smiling bitterly.
"Old people are like this, isn't my old man the same?" Feng's mother smiled bitterly and mentioned her father, her grandfather, the youngest of the Feng family.
"Yes! So when he usually has a meeting when he goes out, I have to accompany him and not dare to leave even an inch!"
Li Xiaolin also smiled bitterly and made her home arrangements with Feng's mother.
"Sister Xiaolin, you just said that the person who went to our Yan University to find new writers to write the manuscript was Kuang Yalan from our "Female College Dormitory" at Yan University?"
But Feng Jiayou was more concerned about what Li Xiaolin said next. She came to Yanjing to compile a manuscript, and she also said that she would go to Yanjing University to find a new author today!
People from Shanghai are looking for a new author from Yan State University, and that is Kuang Yalan, the author of the article "Female College Students' Dormitory" in "Shanghai Literature and Art"!
"Young master, this time I am not Kuang Yalan from "Female College Dormitory". At the beginning of the month, I was transferred to my dad's "Harvest" as the chief editor!"
"This time I came here, a new author from Yanda University submitted a manuscript called "The Traitor" to our "Harvest". It was very good and we adopted it. This time I came here to give him a sample manuscript fee slip and make another appointment by the way. A manuscript!”
"By the way, I think the author of "Female College Student Dormitory" you mentioned is also from YSU, right? He was also the author of my literary days in Shanghai, so we're going to make an appointment together this time!"
Li Xiaolin smiled and nodded to Feng Jiayou. She thought of something interesting again and said, "When it comes to Kuang Yalan, the author of "Female College Dormitory", he is also an interesting person!"
"Kuang Yalan is also your author, Sister Xiaolin!? Come on, tell me, tell me, what makes her so interesting!?"
"And Sister Xiaolin, do you know her name? We at Yan University still don't know who this Kuang Yalan is!"
Originally, Feng Jiayou wanted to ask who the new author of "The Traitor" was so awesome that he could pass the manuscript of "The Harvest".
But I was soon attracted by Li Xiaolin’s words!
This Kuang Yalan from "Female College Dormitory" can still be an interesting person, so how can he be interesting?
Feng's mother was also curious, how interesting is this, that Li Xiaolin would remember it in her heart, and make such a joke?
"Do you know, Mr. Gu's family?! How did this new author named Kuang Yalan fail to do so well to us in his first submission letter?"
Li Xiaolin can still think of the first time she dug out the contents of that submission letter from a large number of submission letters.
The manuscript is indeed well written, but the author of the manuscript actually said in the submission letter: "I have just returned to the city from an ordinary life, and my family is in poverty. I have an eighty-year-old father and mother to support, and five or six babies waiting to be fed. I hope that the manuscript will be published." The guaranteed minimum price can be more than five yuan. If the manuscript can be approved and the price is high, Shanghai Literature and Art will be his bread and butter in the future, and he will definitely continue to submit to them if he has manuscripts."
At that time, Li Xiaolin, who had just returned to the city, had a strong resonance and almost shed tears!
So they begged their editor to increase the manuscript fee to the top dollar of seven yuan per thousand words for this down-and-out author. Moreover, the manuscript was really good. If he was not a new author, it would definitely be the top dollar.
At that time, the editor-in-chief also felt that the manuscript was well written. Not only did he set the front page headline, but he actually paid a top-notch manuscript fee of seven yuan per thousand words. This was considered a sign of care for the author!
But not long after Li Xiaolin sent the reply, she quickly noticed and reacted!
Why do you have parents who are over eighty years old, and five or six children who are waiting to be fed? How old does he, a student at Yan University, have to be to have parents who are over eighty years old?
No matter how old you are to have a child, you still have to be in your forties, right?
If you are over 40 and still have the ambition to take the college entrance examination and get admitted to Yanda University, you won't be so miserable in your submission letter.
So Li Xiaolin, who reacted belatedly, knew that the author named Kuang Yalan must be selling badly and getting a few yuan more in royalties.
So when I come to Yanjing and Yanda this time, I definitely want to meet this new author who has a hard time with her.
"Sold miserably!?"
"Why is Kuang Yalan so miserable? Why is she, a female college student, so miserable?"
When Li Xiaolin said this, the Feng family's curiosity was instantly aroused. When they went back to school, they would have something to talk about with Huang Beijia and Cha Jianying and the others!
And this time it is Kuang Yalan, the author of "Female College Dormitory" who has never surfaced!
“He actually said this in his submission letter…”
Immediately afterwards, Li Xiaolin told Kuang Yalan how bad she was in her submission letter!
"I only realized it later. How could he, a student at Yanda University, have a father and mother in their 80s and five or six children waiting to be fed?"
"What if this isn't a misfortune!? It's a shame that I still begged our editor so much and gave him a manuscript fee bill of seven yuan per thousand words!"
"Now that I think about it, when I come to Yanjing this time, I have to meet this Kuang Yalan!"
Li Xiaolin pouted and said with a playful smile.
"Ah!? So she is such a Kuang Yalan?!"
The young Feng family members almost burst out laughing when they heard this. In order to get more royalties, where is their backbone? !
But why does this style look a bit like someone else?
Fortunately, Kuang Yalan is a girl, otherwise the Feng family would really start to suspect that someone was secretly carrying his own vest and hiding private money in the small coffers!
"This Kuang Yalan is really fun?! Yanda is really a place where talented people come from, not to mention Lao Xu, the previous author of "Wrangler", plus Kuang Yalan, who is a literary and artistic person in Shanghai!"
"Today we also have a "Harvest". We wrote a manuscript for "The Traitor". It was very well written, and my dad even praised it!"
"The author is also a student of Yan University, and his pen name is 'Lao Liu'. Are all the students of Yan University submitting articles now so 'old'?"
Li Xiaolin then laughed and said teasingly.
"Lao Liu!" Feng Jiayou's face was stunned when he heard this. He had never heard of this pen name, so he couldn't help but asked, "Sister Xiaolin, do you know what this Lao Liu is called? Which hospital in our Yanda University is it? Department?”
"I don't know either! If I hadn't gone to Yanda to ask for the mailing address first, I wouldn't have known that I would have met Mr. Tang. He said he knew everything, so he brought us to your house!"
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(End of chapter)