Chapter 132: Old Cheng, shall I go back to northern Shaanxi with you? (Please order the full version)
“No, Xuemin, didn’t you say you submitted the manuscript in private?”
"Are you so showy?"
Cheng Xuemin completed all the sixty illustrations he had promised Li Qingquan of Yenching Literature, and then took the manuscripts with him and went to Yenching Literature in person.
The Feng family couldn't stand it anymore. Seeing that it was a sunny day, they also came with them. It happened that they hadn't seen Bai Ling and Zhang Dening for a while!
But Li Qingquan was not frightened. Feng Jiayou, who was talking to Bai Ling and others outside, pursed his lips and asked, "What happened?"
Cheng Xuemin had told him before that this illustration manuscript had to be contacted privately. It must be Cheng Xuemin who wanted to create a small treasury to hide his private money.
But why was it that when the manuscript was submitted, both the husband and wife were present?
"Ahem, Teacher Li, please don't say that. I had no intention of molesting my wife!"
Cheng Xuemin said something stubbornly, can he tell Lao Li that he was doing a good job in running a small treasury, but was finally sold out by a guard?
If this spreads, it will spread throughout the entire circle.
Therefore, if Mingren did not tell secrets in front of him, he would not be able to admit that he had created a small treasury even to death.
"Oh, it seems that Xuemin You... has the same fate as your father-in-law, Lao Feng!"
Li Qingquan nodded at Cheng Xuemin, but it was not easy to tell. He thought that his lover must have found out, and a good meal on the washboard was indispensable.
After all, strict spousal control is hereditary. If Teacher Gu is such a proud and domineering woman, the daughter she gives birth to will definitely be the same!
At the same time, I despise this kid in my heart, he is so stupid!
Even if he couldn't hide his private money, his wife would find it. Look at him, Li Qingquan, hiding money behind his wife's back and has never been discovered.
"No, no, no! Teacher Li, you should read these manuscripts first! The novella should be finalized and published in this issue, right?"
Cheng Xuemin had calculated the time to come over. It was already the tenth of January, and Yanjing Literature had also started finalizing this issue, so he quickly sent over the illustration manuscript.
"It's about to be distributed! We've made an appointment first so as not to disturb others, otherwise I would have sent Dening over to hurry up!"
There is another sentence at the end, if he had known that your kid couldn't hide his private money, he would have arranged for Zhang Dening and Bai Ling to come directly to the door to urge for illustrations!
As for manuscripts, Yanjing Literature currently has a large novella by Cheng Xuemin, which will be published in two issues, so the manuscripts are not so nervous at the moment.
Cheng Xuemin smiled bitterly, he was also thinking hard and wanted to build a small treasury!
“The painting is great! Xuemin, your painting skills are really incredible!”
"I heard that Lao Pan has a comic book about "Journey to the West". Was it drawn by you, Xuemin?"
After finishing the polite greetings, Li Qingquan began to look at the illustrations handed over by Cheng Xuemin. After looking at them, his eyes lit up and he nodded without hesitation, saying that the paintings were good.
Later, I even made some gossip.
After all, the Humanities Society is the home base of publications like Li Qingquan and others. If there is any trouble there, they will definitely hear about it immediately.
For example, Cheng Xuemin drew a short story called "Journey to the West" for Lao Pan of the Humanities Society. Li Qingquan heard about it some time ago.
But I didn't expect that Cheng Xuemin, a sharp draftsman, could be so outstanding in art and painting skills.
I heard from Lao Pan that this boy’s painting skills are truly inherited from old Professor Qingmei, and he is really not much better than those art students from Qingmei.
The most important thing is the terrifying hand speed, which is simply astonishing.
really!
Apart from the art illustrations and short stories, Cheng Xuemin’s hand speed is truly incredible, something they have learned from Yanjing Literature!
"Mr. Li, have you heard about it too? I tried to draw a book, but it was not as good as Teacher Pan said!"
Cheng Xuemin smiled bitterly. Sure enough, gossip spread really fast in this circle. If Li Qingquan was to spread the news that he was afraid that his wife would not hide his private money, would he be laughed at by the circle again?
Don't let the news of Father Feng's second coming come to light in the end!
"Can you not hear about it? Lao Pan has praised you so much. If you hadn't declined Lao Zhang's invitation, he would have wanted to recruit you to be his full-time editor!"
Li Qingquan nodded and continued to look at the illustrations in his hand. Everyone knew that Cheng Xuemin was a talented person and wanted to recruit him to work for them. At that time, Li Qingquan also had the same idea and recruited him through the official establishment to work for their Yanjing Literature as a novel editor.
But this kid just wants to take the college entrance examination and prepare to take the Yanda University examination with his lover, so there's nothing he can do!
"The painting is good, I must have used it here!"
Li Qingquan turned over the illustrations in his hand and was very satisfied. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Xuemin, I think you have more than sixty pictures?!"
"In this case, I'll come up with a round number for you and use sixty pieces! The manuscript fee will be as agreed upon before, which is eight yuan per piece!"
"However, the manuscript fee should not be so fast. In a few days, we will apply for the manuscript fee together. When we get down, I will ask Dening and Bai Ling to make a trip and take them to your home in person."
Li Qingquan estimated that there should be sixty-five or six pictures, but Cheng Xuemin's novella may have used fifty to sixty pictures, and any more would not be appropriate.
So Li Qingquan ordered 60 copies, at the agreed-upon royalty price of eight yuan per picture.
"Okay, okay, okay, Teacher Li, if it's troublesome, please inform me to come over again when the time comes. It'll be fine!"
Cheng Xuemin nodded repeatedly when he heard this, knowing that Yanjing Literature was not as good as the Humanities Society, and he could directly sign the manuscript fee himself!
Like the October issue of Yanjing Literature and his mother-in-law, generally the manuscript fees for each issue must be reported and applied for to the higher authorities!
Therefore, it is generally rare to open a manuscript fee bill in advance before the day when the manuscript fees are settled!
This Cheng Xuemin knows the internal procedures of others and can understand it.
After handing in the manuscript, I chatted with Li Qingquan again and found out that Cheng Xuemin had another novella in hand, which was already finished!
That made Li Qingquan's fingers twitch with greed, but he also knew that Yanjing Literature and others would not even think about this manuscript.
Even if Cheng Xuemin gave it to them, they would not be able to type it out for a while. The novella I hold in my hands has not yet been published!
But I am also curious, what aspect does Cheng Xuemin write in this novella?
Is this the second chapter on the reform aspect?
After all, Mr. Wu has been encouraging and emphasizing that the recent manuscripts of their publications must be relied on to change the direction.
It is natural for Li Qingquan to have this suspicion.
Although Cheng Xuemin said it directly, it was about the events of his father's generation and had nothing to do with reform.
Of course, there must be content related to the reform of parental love, but that is all for later!
Furthermore, the end of Cheng Xuemin’s manuscript also ended in the early period of the revision, and he did not write more after that, nor did he dare to write.
There is another one who has finished the manuscript and has not even shown it to his mother-in-law.
The mother-in-law was so angry that her family's debt collector had a nose that was not a nose and a mouth that was not a mouth. She thought about this article all day long.
In the end, it was agreed that they would make an appointment with Cheng Xuemin for a manuscript after a year at Yanjing Literature. By the way, I had lunch with Li Qingquan, and the couple returned home.
"Study people, study people, department store, department store, go in and have a look, go in and have a look!"
When passing by the department store, the woman Feng Jiayou's eyes lit up and she urged Cheng Xuemin to go there.
"Daughter-in-law, haven't you already bought so many things? Do you want to buy more?"
Cheng Xuemin has a big head, and women are naturally shopaholics. No matter what age they are, and the Feng family is rich now, they really want to move the entire shopping mall home.
Anyway, there is already a lot of stuff piled up at home, waiting for Cheng Xuemin to take it back when he returns to northern Shaanxi. So I don’t know if the woman is really filial, or if she is dominated by her desire to shop!
"Xuemin, did you buy your leather shoes? Did you buy your belt? Did you buy your watch?"
"It's almost the Chinese New Year, Xuemin, why don't you make a new set of clothes?! I'm going to buy you another Chinese tunic suit!"
When Cheng Xuemin heard this, he stopped his bicycle on the spot, looked at the woman and asked, "Daughter-in-law, you followed me out today, did you have a premeditated plan?"
They are either buying leather shoes and belts, or watches for tunic suits. The woman must have a lot of cash in her pocket, right?
"Hehe! I've been talking about buying it for you, but haven't I ever found the time to buy it?" Feng Jiayou looked at Cheng Xuemin with a smile and continued, "It's just a rare trip to buy all the things you should buy, Xuemin. Take care of it!”
"In this way, Xuemin, you can enjoy the scenery when you return to northern Shaanxi!"
It was a good idea for the young Feng family. At that time, Cheng Xuemin's hairy son-in-law came to visit. He came home dressed up for the New Year and returned home in fine clothes! "Why are you talking about vanity!?"
"Don't buy them from me. Wife, go buy a pair of leather shoes and new clothes for yourself! By the way, buy them for mom and dad too!"
In a few days, Cheng Xuemin plans to return to northern Shaanxi. The Feng family is busy preparing New Year's goods for the family, so Cheng Xuemin feels that it is not good to favor one thing over another. The father-in-law and mother-in-law should also prepare the New Year's goods.
After all, it has been several days since Laba.
"Go and have a look first!"
Feng Jiayou nodded uncertainly, asked Cheng Xuemin to lock the bicycle, and then led the person into the department store.
Because it was already the end of the year, the department store was really busy.
Feng Jiayou was another one who liked to join in the fun, and was immediately fascinated by the variety of dazzling products inside.
Pulling Cheng Xuemin to the clothing area, I also want Cheng Xuemin to try this, and I also want Cheng Xuemin to wear that.
In the end, all the things I bought for Cheng Xuemin cost more than 80 yuan!
A pair of men's black leather shoes costs twelve yuan, which is six times more than Jiefang shoes, which cost two yuan.
The same goes for a genuine leather belt, which cost two yuan!
The most expensive thing was the black leather jacket and material pants, which cost 20 yuan, which was more expensive than the tunic suit.
Cheng Xuemin was reluctant to buy it, but his wife was happy!
It is said that the Chinese tunic suit was bought for Cheng Xuemin to participate in a formal event. Wasn't Mr. Wu's symposium just a few days away?
Cheng Xuemin planned to buy a train ticket and return to northern Shaanxi directly after the symposium.
Leather jackets can be worn on a daily basis. They are so fashionable that all the men in those translated films wear them. They are very popular in Yanjing City now, and they are popular and expensive.
Immediately afterwards, the woman wanted to buy him a watch again, but Cheng Xuemin sternly refused!
Later, her parents, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephews and nieces all bought things, whether they were leather shoes or clothes or something else.
When it was her turn in the end, she was reluctant to part with this or that. Cheng Xuemin was so angry that she rolled her eyes.
This woman is so deadly!
Cheng Xuemin doesn’t like her either. If he doesn’t want to buy it, he shouldn’t buy it. Pack it up and go home!
When she got home, she definitely couldn't say anything nice again. Her mother complained a lot, saying that the year hadn't even come yet, so why did she buy so many things? She was so busy with money! ?
However, when Feng Jiayou showed her a pair of new leather shoes to try on, they were so beautiful that Feng’s mother couldn’t put them down and couldn’t bear to take them off.
The whole family has new clothes and shoes, and of course they are all happy.
But when the woman returned to the house after the meal, she gritted her teeth in distress because the couple had just calculated how much they had spent today!
It’s not like I don’t know, but I really feel sorry for this woman!
A total of more than one hundred and eighty years, Cheng Xuemin’s royalties for one manuscript were all spent.
Then I thought about how long would it take an ordinary person to save more than 180 yuan if my husband hadn't earned some royalties?
Most of half a year’s savings, right?
However, I was soon enlightened by Cheng Xuemin’s words. This is only about your man’s fee for a short story. Your man can finish it in minutes. Are you so distressed?
In an instant, the Feng family youngster was coaxed to smile charmingly, and acted coquettishly in Cheng Xuemin's arms, celebrating happily.
The little ones are also on winter vacation, and the task of taking care of the children naturally falls on Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou.
Originally, the repetition classes at the High School Affiliated to Yan'an University were not on vacation yet, and Cheng Xuemin didn't go to class much.
However, my sister-in-law, Feng Jiamo, gave me the message. Their school’s final exam will be held this weekend. Lao Zhang, the head teacher of the repeat class, asked my sister-in-law to give her the message. Don’t miss the weekend exam!
It doesn’t matter whether he goes to class or not, but every time he takes a major exam, Xuemin must attend and help them repeat classes to suppress other classes in their senior year.
"Does the senior year of high school also have a break so early?"
It's only the twelfth or thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Even on the weekend, it's still the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Now that the senior high school graduating class is so willful, don't they need to make up for it?
"What else!? We are quite late now, other grades have finished their final exams!"
Sister-in-law Feng Jiamo said bitterly, obviously she was also looking forward to the winter vacation and really didn't want to get up early to go to school again!
And she also looks forward to moving to the 'new house' there as soon as possible. In that case, she can at least reduce her commuting time by more than half an hour, and she can completely sleep for another half hour.
All right!
What my sister-in-law said was very reasonable, and Cheng Xuemin was unable to refute it. He thought to himself that the graduating class of this era are so happy!
If in a few decades, the senior high school graduating class could take winter vacation before the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, they would also be the earliest group to take it!
Anyway, when Cheng Xuemin was a senior in high school, he remembered that he had to make up classes until the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and he would be thirty the next day!
"Dear Old Cheng, my sister is pregnant and can't go back. How about I go back to northern Shaanxi with you during the holidays for a few days?"
"I'm also curious about what the place where you and my sister are fighting with, Old Cheng, is like!"
"And your jujube tree!"
"I heard from my sister that you two fell in love under that jujube tree?"
I don’t know what kind of thinking this sister-in-law has. Her sister is pregnant and it is inconvenient to go back to northern Shaanxi. She, the younger sister, actually suggested that she accompany her brother-in-law Cheng back instead of her sister!
Hearing Cheng Xuemin choke for a moment, the Feng family was so confused that they even drove them away: "Go out, go out, it's okay, what are you talking about about the jujube tree?!"
"No sister, I'm telling the truth to Old Cheng. I really want to go to the place where you fought and have a good look!"
"Sister, don't chase me away!"
If not, who will you drive away? ? She was still thinking of accompanying her brother-in-law back to northern Shaanxi on her behalf. She was almost in college, so why couldn't she just speak out of her head?
"If I want to play at home, we can take her back to play with her during the summer vacation!"
Cheng Xuemin smiled and said to Feng Jiayou!
"Just pamper her! She wants to go here and there too, you know?! Some time ago, she and Zhu Shan both begged the eldest brother to follow you to the northwest to make movies and play together. !”
Feng Jiayou glared at Cheng Xuemin angrily, and then mentioned something that her elder brother had mentioned to her before!
This girl's movie is too wild!
The same goes for Zhu Lin, a girl who usually looks gentle and quiet. How can she be so wild like Feng Jiamo?
It's just that they live a comfortable life in the city, but they are not sent to the countryside to be educated youths to suffer hardships and lack reform!
After we drag them to the countryside to endure hardship for a period of time, we will see that they still dare to think about going here and there all day long.
"The northwest is too far. If we want to go out there, we have to wait until they finish the college entrance examination!"
Cheng Xuemin was speechless after hearing this. He really needed training and reform.
"By the way, can these manuscripts by Beika Jianying and others be used?"
Seeing Cheng Xuemin reviewing the manuscript, Feng Jiayou became concerned about this again and asked Cheng Xuemin.
"The manuscript has been revised according to my requirements and suggestions, but it's just a little less interesting!"
"But since we are starting up "Today", we don't have the funds to hire masterpieces from famous artists. If we use their students' works, we can't ask too much, so that's all!"
Cheng Xuemin is indeed reviewing the manuscripts of Huang Beijia and others. As he commented, the big issues of Yanjing Literature in October are definitely not up to par.
But they use it "today", so they can barely do it and can't ask for too much. After all, how much higher quality can you expect from someone else’s manuscript?
That’s it!
Besides, everyone had already gone on winter vacation and went home to celebrate the New Year. Cheng Xuemin wanted to go back and make changes, but there was no place to go!
The only thing I can do is to submit the manuscript in the next few days and let Lao Chen review it, and then the draft will be finalized and published!
And while he is about to go back, Cheng Xuemin also has to write a manuscript for his "Today". He has made an appointment before, and it counts as a shareholding!
Because they "Today" are a start-up, they don't have to respond to the instructions from above and try to move in the direction of change. Therefore, Cheng Xuemin did not intend to rewrite this manuscript!
I have never thought about writing an article that reflects on the scars too much. Instead, I can try to change the track and try to attract the attention of those students from Yanjing University!
So "Female College Dormitory", which was previously cast in Shanghai Literature and Art, was a success, and Cheng Xuemin planned to take the student route.
In this way, it can complement the Misty Poetry Group in Beidao. After all, the current audience of Misty Poetry is also those students, whether they are in colleges or middle schools!
Those female students just like Misty Poetry!
In this way, Cheng Xuemin's theme selection has a direction, focusing on a youth campus.
Unexpectedly, a piece of news coming from the south disrupted the joy of the old Feng family's upcoming move.
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(End of chapter)