Chapter 142: A medium-length novel has been published, and the manuscript fee has skyrocketed!
“Yeah, yeah, big roast duck, big roast duck! I knew you would go behind my back and secretly feed my sister delicious food!”
Here, Cheng Xuemin and others had just served the table when a sister-in-law suddenly came out of the second sister-in-law's room.
"Jia Mo, are you at home?! When did you come back?"
Seeing the heartless good sister come out of the house, the Feng family was not surprised. When did she come back?
“Sister, I’ll be back after the exam!”
"I just quietly went into the house to shoot. I just wanted to see if Da Laocheng secretly prepared delicious food for you!"
"Look! Look! Did I catch you?"
Sister-in-law Feng Jiamo looked proud.
I took the math test this morning. Although my sister-in-law Feng Jiamo didn't hand in the paper in advance, she finished the test and got out of school at ten o'clock.
We had agreed to take Dalocheng's bicycle home to cook and have dinner together, but she didn't bring any food to school today at noon.
But just when she had just finished writing and filling in the blanks, she heard someone outside shouting at Da Lao Cheng to wait, and she knew that Da Lao Cheng had already handed in the paper in advance and ran away!
Without a bicycle and not wanting to go hungry, Feng Jiamo had no choice but to go home by himself.
Fortunately, Zhu Shan also went home for dinner today and took her bicycle for a ride back.
When I came back, I didn't see Da Lao Cheng. I saw her sister studying in the house, so I sneaked into the house without disturbing her, intending to catch her sister and Da Lao Cheng.
But who would have known that she would actually be caught and revealed.
Old Cheng actually secretly bought a big roast duck for her sister to eat, no no no...
When sister-in-law Feng Jiamo rushed to the dinner table, she discovered that the delicious dishes on the table had all been packed back from Quanjude!
Don't be so greedy that your sister-in-law drools now.
"I don't even know how to say hello when I come back, I really belong to you!"
Feng Jiayou glared at this heartless person angrily and never said hello again. It's a credit to her brother-in-law that he didn't come back early today.
If he came back, given her brother-in-law's character, he would have to be crooked a few times, but he couldn't let her see him clearly?
"Don't fight with me, just let me do it!"
Seeing his little niece Feng Liqin start to tear off a big piece of duck leg, foodie Feng Jiamo directly pressed his little niece's chopsticks and shouted.
"Well……"
Ge You next to him wanted to tear the roast duck apart with his chopsticks, but he didn't dare.
"Wow!"
It also made my niece Feng Liqin cry!
"You can eat as long as you want. Why are you fighting with Liqin Liwen and the others? Is there anyone like you who can be an aunt?"
"There are still guests here!"
Feng Jiayou rolled his eyes directly. This heartless person is neither big nor small. The big one disrespects the small ones and refuses to give in. He only cares about eating for himself.
"It's okay, it's okay! It'll be the same if I eat this!"
Ge You retracted his chopsticks, picked up a piece of Mushu meat in front of him, and smiled sadly.
"What kind of guest is Lao Ge? He always follows Da Lao Cheng, eating and drinking!"
"Come on, come on, Liqin, don't cry. I'll give you this duck leg, right?"
Feng Jiamo glanced at Ge You and didn't notice it at all. Then he took only one bite of the duck leg and returned it to his niece's bowl, coaxing.
"If you don't want to eat it, don't eat it! Sister, you have eaten it, but I won't eat anything with your saliva on it!"
Okay, I have been so pretentious since I was a child, it is just genetic. Just don't eat it if you don't like it, and your sister-in-law will be advantaged in an instant!
But the little niece cried even harder now!
"Don't cry, don't cry! If Liqin doesn't cry, ask your uncle to buy you a TV tomorrow, okay?"
Only Feng Jiayou, the eldest aunt, could coax him!
"Okay, okay! My eldest uncle is going to buy a TV tomorrow. I want to watch TV at home. I want to invite many, many friends to watch TV at home."
OK!
When I heard that my eldest aunt was going to buy a TV set tomorrow, my little niece burst into laughter and cheered her up again and again. Even after buying the TV, I even thought about inviting the children to watch TV at home.
"Sister, Old Cheng, do you want to buy a TV?"
Not to mention the excitement of the two little ones, Feng Jiamo's eyes lit up after hearing this and asked: "Old man Cheng, have you got the TV tickets?"
"Television tickets!? Lao Cheng, do you want to buy a TV set?! I'll take care of the tickets!"
Ge You also said that there was no chance for him to perform. Now that he heard that Lao Cheng's family wanted to buy a TV, he suddenly became energetic and said.
I quickly picked up a piece of roast duck fat and popped it into my mouth. It was fat but not greasy, so refreshing!
“Lao Ge, can you get a TV ticket?”
Lao Ge was most excited about what his sister-in-law said. He quickly looked away and asked quickly.
"Eat, eat, eat, enough roast duck for today!"
Then he pinched two pieces of roast duck for Ge You very sharply. He was so flattered that he nodded repeatedly and said confidently: "Okay, okay, I can get the TV ticket tomorrow!"
"Lao Ge, don't listen to her nonsense. The TV ticket scholar got one yesterday!"
The Feng family young man glared at his girl again. Don't really treat Lao Ge as an outsider. Are TV tickets so easy to get?
Even if Lao Ge could get it, it would still cost extra money.
"Scared? Da Laocheng has already obtained a TV ticket? Can he really buy a TV tomorrow?"
Sister-in-law Feng Jiayou's attention once again returned to her brother-in-law, eldest brother Cheng.
"I'm so surprised. Can you be more calm at home?"
"Eat, eat! Lao Ge eats meat, you're welcome, just like at home!"
"Oh, oh, ok, ok!"
Ge You was flattered again and nodded repeatedly.
On the way to school, sister-in-law Feng Jiamo still sat on the back of Cheng Xuemin's bicycle and did not go to see her best friend Zhu Shan.
The last history and politics exams were completed in the afternoon, the two-day final exam was completed, and this formality was completed.
I still handed in my papers in advance, but instead of going home immediately, I went to the yard first.
The master mason works very quickly!
My uncle just hired the people yesterday and just entered the venue this morning. Today the wall has been knocked out and the septic tank outside has been basically completed!
Cheng Xuemin stepped forward and explained to the masters that the septic tank must be sealed, and cement cannot be poured and smoothed directly on the earth wall.
Instead, a brick wall must be built with red bricks inside, and then poured with cement. The position of the end cap should also be reserved on the top, and a thick cement board should be poured with cement and steel bars to cover it to ensure it is tight and seamless, and the methane inside cannot leak out.
Next came the layout of the bathroom, which Cheng Xuemin also agreed upon with the master masons!
I’m going to be very busy tomorrow. I have to go to the overseas Chinese store and buy all the bathtubs, toilets, showers, etc.
Then I checked the situation of other houses and found that they were almost in the same condition. I just waited for his bathroom to be finished before he could move in for the New Year.
Try to move in before the New Year!
By the time Cheng Xuemin returned home, he had almost come back from get off work, and Feng's mother and sister-in-law were busy in the kitchen.
"What are you hiding?"
When he entered the house and saw what the Feng family was hiding, Cheng Xuemin asked curiously.
It should be a manuscript. It took almost two days to write it, right?
"There's nothing to hide!"
Feng Jiayou pretended to be calm and brushed her hair between her eyebrows, with a look on her face that said, "I'm not hiding it."
He asked again: "By the way, Xuemin, have you taken out the two royalties from today's two royalties?"
Cheng Xuemin received two more royalties today and told the woman honestly during lunch.
Xuemin has no intention of keeping these royalties for himself.
His future private money has been planned, and he will use foreign exchange.
Unfortunately, the editor of a foreign media publication whom I contacted last month returned to China at the end of last month for Christmas and New Year. I don’t know if he has come back now.
You can go to the guest house for foreign guests later to inquire about the situation. It is best to write the manuscript and take it with you.
"Take it!"
"I picked it up at Yanda, and then went to the yard for a while. The master mason that my brother hired has also arrived today!"
Cheng Xuemin nodded to the woman and handed the royalties from his pocket to the woman.
"Don't give it to me yet!"
"Xuemin, you should have two hundred yuan over there now, right?" Feng Jiayou didn't take the money from Cheng Xuemin's hand. Buy it back!”
"You don't know how much trouble Liqin Liwen and the others had after you left in the afternoon!"
Feng Jiayou shook his head repeatedly. His head was indeed about to explode this afternoon!
They have been clamoring to watch TV, but where can aunt Feng Jiayou go to get a TV for them to watch?
"Didn't the two of them go out to watch TV?"
Cheng Xuemin was also surprised. Aren't the two little guys staying away from home these two days and basically watching TV outside?
"I went! I came back not long after, saying that they didn't want to see me because they were too noisy!"
Feng Jiayou was speechless, so she explained her words today and would buy it tomorrow.
But children can't wait for you until tomorrow. If you don't let them watch outside, they will definitely disturb the adults when you come back!
“Okay, I’ll buy it back tomorrow!”
Cheng Xuemin couldn't imagine that now that he had finished his final exam, he would be writing manuscripts at home.
If I really didn't have a TV, I wouldn't have been killed by those two little guys.
At the dinner table, Feng's mother once again passed on information to Cheng Xuemin and the others as usual.
"Xuemin, there was a call from Lao Xie in Shanghai today, saying that you have been selected for the script, and the royalties are one thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars!"
really!
Today, when Ge You mentioned the movie "Wrangler" during the day, Cheng Xuemin thought of Xie Jin and the "Female College Dormitory" book from Shanghai Studio. There should be a reply in the past two days.
Originally, Cheng Xuemin was waiting for the letter from Xie Jin, but unexpectedly, he actually made a long-distance call directly!
"One thousand and six!?"
Before Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou could speak, the sister-in-law Feng Jiamo next to her exclaimed: "Old man Cheng, you are so rich, buy me a bicycle!"
In the past, the sister-in-law usually asked her father and her eldest brother for it, but now when she meets the richer elder Cheng, she can act coquettishly and behave very well.
"I'm moving to the High School Affiliated to Yan'an University soon. It only takes ten minutes to walk to school. What kind of bicycle do you want to buy?"
When Feng Jiamo heard her brother-in-law asking for a bicycle, Feng's mother glared at her on the spot and said, "Xuemin, don't listen to her, spoil her!"
"Why don't you buy it for me?! Dad, brother, you promised me before that you would buy me a bicycle!"
"Also, Da Laocheng, you also promised to buy me a bicycle!"
OK!
Three men in the co-author's family have promised their sister-in-law a bicycle, but none of them have fulfilled it yet?
“Didn’t I get a bicycle ticket?”
The eldest uncle Feng Jiazhao said angrily.
"Now that we've moved here, it's closer. We really don't need a bicycle anymore. Just listen to your mother!"
As for Feng's father, after finally coaxing his wife, he must stand on a united front and not dare to hold back and spoil his little daughter.
"Okay, okay, you just can't bear to buy it for me!"
"Da Lao Cheng, tell me whether you will buy it for me!!"
Feng Jiamo rolled her eyes at her father and her eldest brother, knowing that they could not count on them now!
The two of them just couldn’t bear to buy it! If I was willing to buy it, I would have bought it for her!
"Xuemin, don't listen to her, why are you spoiling her?"
Feng's mother repeated it again, emphasizing that Cheng Xuemin, as a brother-in-law, should not be too spoiled to his sister-in-law.
"Mom! What are you doing! I don't want you to buy it!" Sister-in-law Feng Jiamo is even more anxious. Now she is counting on Dali Cheng to buy her a bicycle.
Immediately he said coquettishly: "Why can it be okay for Mr. Cheng to buy a TV for Liqin Liwen, but not a bicycle for me?"
"Ah?! Xuemin, are you going to buy a TV with Liqin Liwen?"
Now, the second sister-in-law Sun Juan, who was originally focused on eating and not interrupting much, was suddenly stunned and stunned!
What's going on?
Jiayou and Xuemin want to buy a TV with her son and daughter?
The same goes for eldest brother Feng Jiazhao and sister-in-law Ke Yumei now. They no longer look at Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou regardless of their own concerns.
"Xuemin, do you want to buy them a TV?"
Feng's mother and Feng's father were both stunned. What's going on? ? There was such a big addition to the family, how could they, as adults, not know about it?
"Mom, dad, brother, sister-in-law, second sister-in-law!"
Feng Jiayou nodded and said hello one by one: "Yesterday Xuemin bought a TV ticket at the pigeon market, thinking that Li Qin and Li Wen would go out to watch TV at other people's houses every day. It would not be good. !”
"Isn't that why I was kicked out this afternoon because I thought it was too noisy?"
"So I discussed it with Xuemin. It just so happened that the new house should have a big loudspeaker, so I wanted to ask Xuemin to buy one tomorrow!"
As soon as Feng Jiayou finished speaking, her mother followed closely and said, "Tell me and your dad about such a big thing! If she hadn't mentioned it at the end of the family, wouldn't you have stopped talking?!"
After saying that, Feng's mother stood up, turned around, and entered her house to everyone's surprise.
Before Mother Feng could realize what she was going to do, Mother Feng came out again and walked over with her wallet in her hand.
In an instant, sister-in-law Feng Jiamo looked at her mother's wallet with bright eyes.
Is this money to buy her a bicycle?
"Here is five hundred yuan, you can use it to buy a TV set!"
Mother Feng glanced at the eldest brother, Feng Jiazhao, and saw that he had lowered his head and did not make eye contact. She then glanced at the second son's family and passed without hope.
Then he took out a stack of unity from his wallet, handed it to Feng Jiayou and said.
In this era, there were no 100-yuan banknotes. Instead, there were ten-dollar banknotes. Because they had the words "Great Unity of the People of All Nationalities in the Country" printed on them, they were called "Great Unity."
"Mom, we can't take this money!"
Feng Jiayou directly pushed the money back and said, "I originally discussed buying the TV with Xuemin, and I didn't plan to ask for money from my family!"
Although the woman is obsessed with money, she really doesn’t really use her parents’ money except for eating, drinking, and housing.
Especially now that her man can earn royalties, let alone that!
A woman doesn’t want to make her man feel uncomfortable because of this.
It can also be said that she is as obsessed with face as her mother!
"Mom! Mom! Mom! I don't want it! I can just buy a bicycle!"
The other little cotton-padded jacket was different. Seeing this large group of unity, he really didn't want to be too enthusiastic. He kept grabbing it and saying, he just had to grab it.
"What's going on with you Feng family? Just take it if you want it! If you don't want this, we don't want that, so we might as well not move here!"
Of course Mother Feng knew what she, a debt collector, was thinking!
But you also have to think about your parents, your brother and your sister-in-law. Don’t want this or that. What’s wrong with her, Old Feng’s family, all counting on her man?
"Get off and drive!"
Angrily, he threw away another debt collector, Feng Jiamo, which made his sister-in-law burst into tears on the spot.
Isn't this partiality too harsh?
"Uh! That's a lot!"
Feng Jiayou didn't expect that her mother would turn against her so directly. She had no choice but to accept it or not. She could only count the numbers and said with a smile, "I understand if I don't say anything anymore! I will buy a bicycle for Jia Mo later." !”
Seeing that her mother wanted to say something again, Feng Jiayou quickly confirmed that she understood and then added.
"Sister, really? Are you going to buy me a bicycle?"
Sister-in-law Feng Jiamo, who had secretly wiped away her tears just now, suddenly wiped away her tears again and asked excitedly.
"You said that your brother-in-law promised you, then I will buy you a car, I said so!"
Feng Jiayou nodded. Her man had mentioned to her before that he wanted to buy a bicycle from Feng Jiamo.
The reason was that Feng Jiamo had quarreled with his family several times, and also with Cheng Xuemin, his brother-in-law, but Cheng Xuemin agreed smoothly.
However, at that time, Feng Jiayou, the elder sister, did not agree and was reluctant to part with it!
Just like what her mother said, she has to move away from Yanda University. It’s only a few steps away from the High School Affiliated to Yanda University. Why should she buy a bicycle?
What Cheng Xuemin didn’t expect was that now the woman actually agreed to buy it again!
Therefore, Cheng Xuemin took a special look at Feng Jiayou, wondering if the woman also noticed something?
"Just spoil her!"
Feng's mother also wiped away tears when she saw the young boy being aggrieved just now. Now she couldn't break the ball and wouldn't let him buy it, so she could only talk nonsense.
Then he mentioned another thing and said, "By the way, Xuemin has something else!"
"When I got off work this afternoon, Mr. Zhang from People's Literature called me and said that they had used the novella, and it would be released in this issue for seven yuan per thousand words, so that you can have time to go and get the manuscript fee!"
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(End of chapter)