1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Filming in Chenjiagou went more smoothly than expected.

The last shot was of Tai Chi master Yang Yuqian practicing push hands in the snow. Cheng Xuemin had the props team spread three whole truckloads of salt to create the atmosphere of "the vastness of heaven and earth, and I am the only one who is supreme".

On the day filming wrapped, the entire commune came to see him off.

The commune secretary, Old Chen, even stuffed a bag of roasted peanuts into his hand, saying, "You can't find peanuts this fragrant in the city."

Old Jiang, the secretary of the neighboring Yanggang Commune, was also squeezed into the crowd. When he said goodbye to Cheng Xuemin, he tried to speak several times.

However, Cheng Xuemin didn't let him say it, because he knew what he wanted to say, and then comforted him by saying, "Next time, Lao Jiang, next time!"

"Next time I have the chance to visit Jiangcheng in Hubei Province, I will definitely visit your county!"

It was an invitation from the leaders of Yangxin County, but Cheng Xuemin never accepted the invitation. It wasn't because he was being pretentious; he felt that the first person to criticize him was a teacher from Jiangcheng University in Hubei Province, so he offended the entire Hubei Province and refused to go to their territory for guidance and exchange.

Cheng Xuemin has always explained it this way, but the county leaders insist that the root of the problem lies here.

They came in high spirits, inviting Comrade Cheng Xuemin, a pioneer of reform and opening up, to visit their county for guidance and exchange. Little did they know that a certain teacher surnamed An from Jiangcheng University, far away in their provincial capital, would openly criticize Comrade Cheng Xuemin by name on the front page of the Jiangcheng Evening News, accusing him of self-degradation and writing popular fiction novels for street vendors, which they said was a disgrace to their intellectual circles.

Good guy!
Comrade Cheng Xuemin, a pioneer of reform and opening up, didn't bother with him and didn't respond to a single word, let alone challenge him.

Who knew that guy would become even more agitated, and his articles of criticism would become increasingly scathing and sarcastic. Anyone who didn't know better would think there was some kind of blood feud or a hatred for someone who had stolen their wife.

It's a disgrace to everyone in Hubei Province. Anyway, Yangxin County is too embarrassed to invite them again.

He simply asked Lao Jiang, the secretary of Yanggang Commune, to convey his apology.

to this end!

Cheng Xuemin genuinely explained that it wasn't because of a university professor's criticism that their warm invitation was rejected.

In fact, it's still the same Cheng Xuemin who shouldn't be moving around too much.

The introduction certificate he obtained from Yanjing indicated that he came from Chenjiagou in Jiujiang area of ​​Jiangxi Province, so it would be inappropriate for him to cross the border and wander around Hubei Province.

Although it's right next door, I think the procedure doesn't quite work.

So Cheng Xuemin declined the offer and did not go to Yangxin County next door, but he later went to Ruichang County on this side once or twice.

The main issue is the filming conditions in Chenjiagou; we desperately need the strong support of the county government.

So, I've been in Chenjiagou for over a month now.

They arrived at the end of October, and now it's almost December, with the National Congress of Literary and Art Workers in Beijing just around the corner.

The crew of "Romance on Lushan Mountain," including Xie Jin, finished filming more than half a month earlier than those on this side and returned to Shanghai.

Before returning to Shanghai, Xie Jin visited the set in Chenjiagou to offer his condolences and support.

I stayed here for one night and left the next day. I guess I'm already in Yanjing by now?

Gong Xue's assistant asked him to deliver a packet of tea to her relative in Beijing, with a note tucked inside. The handwriting was still so delicate: "Wishing you all the best!"

This was brought over by Lao Xie at Gong Xue's request, to be delivered to Cheng Xuemin on her behalf. It was said that her parents had specially sent it from Shanghai, and this note with its delicate handwriting was tucked inside.

Filming has wrapped!

The entire crew had traveled to the village by oxcart, but now that filming is finished and they're returning to the city, the county sent two trucks to pick them up.

The car assigned to Cheng Xuemin also arrived, but Secretary Chen from their county wasn't inside.

Secretary Chen hosted a farewell banquet in the county and repeatedly extended a warm invitation to Cheng Xuemin to come and sit down.

They ate lunch in the county.

"Could Chenjiagou be used as a pilot tourist attraction?"

At the dinner table, Secretary Chen and his county committee members couldn't help but ask Cheng Xuemin, the pioneer of reform and opening up, for advice on development issues once again.

In fact, during the previous few symposiums, Cheng Xuemin, despite his limited knowledge, offered a few suggestions.

Before they left, Cheng Xuemin gave them another suggestion: to renovate the filming location of their movie "Tai Chi" and turn it into a tourist attraction. This was entirely feasible.

Moreover, Chenjiagou is not isolated and helpless. It has a natural geographical advantage, which is that it is backed by the super mountain of Lushan. Once developed and operated, Lushan will become a national super 5A-level natural scenic spot in the future.

Chenjiagou might also become popular due to the explosive popularity of "Tai Chi," just like Shaolin Temple. While it may not surpass top-tier scenic spots like Lushan and Shaolin Temple, it could certainly compete to become the most popular sub-scenic area at the foot of Lushan.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

The train traveled for three days and three nights, finally arriving at Yanjing Station on the morning of the last day of November.

"I'm sorry, Teacher Cheng!"

Just as they were getting off the train, Liu Xiaoli and Zhu Lin suddenly ran to Cheng Xuemin's sleeper car. Liu Xiaoli suddenly bowed to him and said sorry.

Cheng Xuemin was immediately baffled. What was wrong with Tianxian's mother?
Why did I bow to him and apologize for no reason?

Has she done anything to betray herself?
I don't recall ever having that, right?
Their filming process on set seems to have been very harmonious and smooth, with very few unhappy moments!
You should say sorry!
Perhaps it will have to be Cheng Xuemin himself!

Because the scenes filmed in Chenjiagou were the starting village for the male lead, Yang Yuqian, and also the place where he and the eldest daughter of the Chen family made their vows.

Therefore, the female lead, Aunt Hong, has a lot of screen time.

The actress Tianxian plays Aunt Hong, who has a lot of scenes in Chenjiagou. Inevitably, Cheng Xuemin felt that her performance was not good and asked her to redo it, or even scold her.

Ok!

Cheng Xuemin then recalled that he seemed to have scolded Tianxian's mother to tears once again.

But afterwards, Cheng Xuemin felt that he was indeed in a bad mood at the time, and he had been thinking of apologizing, but he hadn't been able to find the opportunity.

Unexpectedly, the fairy mother apologized to him first, leaving Cheng Xuemin completely bewildered.

"Xuemin, take a look at this first!"

After Liu Xiaoli apologized, she ran away shyly. Zhu Lin handed Cheng Xuemin a newspaper and said...

Cheng Xuemin took the newspaper with a puzzled look, only to find that it was the Jiangcheng Evening News again. The content of the headline on the front page really made Cheng Xuemin furious.

The headline on the front page read: "From Pioneer to Mercenary: Why Cheng Xuemin Willingly Degenerate."

This is the fifth critical article in a month.

From the initial "Beware of the Decline in Literature" to the later "The Step Between Popularity and Vulgarity," and now to this piece, the criticism has become increasingly sharp, and the language increasingly scathing.

The article criticized his "The Cotton Robe," which he published under a pseudonym in "Story Club," as worthless, saying that it was "full of chivalrous chivalry but lacking any sense of national sentiment."

The work was still done by Professor An from Jiangcheng University.

Holy crap! Cheng Xuemin was really cursing in his heart. Even a clay figure has some temper. He had been busy filming "Tai Chi" in Chenjiagou, risking his life for the country's foreign exchange earnings, and hadn't paid any attention to that thing.

But what happened?
Seeing that he didn't accept the challenge, they really took advantage of his kindness and started a fight five times in a month, each time more vicious and dirty than the last.

Cheng Xuemin couldn't understand it. Did he kill his parents, ruin his future, or steal his wife?
Such deep-seated hatred?
Uh, that’s not right!
Why did Tianxian's mother suddenly apologize to herself?

Cheng Xuemin was also looking at the newspaper when he thought about Tianxian's mother's inexplicable behavior earlier. He wondered if Tianxian's mother had already gotten together with that teacher surnamed An by now.
Is that why you apologized to yourself like this?

If there really is some deep-seated hatred, it can't be the hatred of having one's wife stolen, right?

Correct!
It just so happens that the future lover of the fairy mother is this teacher surnamed An, and they are both in Jiangcheng.

But when you calculate the time, it doesn't match up at all!
Liu Xiaoli, the mother of Tianxian, married that man in 1986 and had her daughter Tianxian in 1987. So no matter how early they met, they shouldn't have been together by the end of 1979.

Moreover, if they really met, then the other party must know that Tianxian's mother was filming in Cheng Xuemin's crew, and would they still be so indignant as to attack her in the newspaper?

Unless some rumors about Liu Xiaoli and Cheng Xuemin reach his ears, he wouldn't feel this hatred, comparable to the hatred of having his wife stolen.

In reality, Cheng Xuemin and Liu Xiaoli had almost no inappropriate communication.

It couldn't possibly be because of that.

So, why would Liu Xiaoli apologize to herself?

"Xuemin, Xiaoli and I were also on the train when we saw this newspaper!"

"I never imagined that the story collection that Leonardo DiCaprio and the rest of the crew liked to read was actually a novel you wrote under a pseudonym, Xue Min!"

Seeing Cheng Xuemin looking at her with a puzzled expression, Zhu Lin explained, "Xiao Li and Xiao Ji all love reading them. They all say that 'The Big Man and the Little Wife' and 'The Cotton Robe' are very well written!"

I know that, but could you please get to the point?

The key point is, why did your friend Liu Xiaoli suddenly bow down and apologize to him?
Could it really be the hatred of having one's wife stolen?
Is Liu Xiaoli now dating that teacher surnamed An?

So, is Fairy Mom here to apologize on behalf of her daughter, Fairy Dad?

"Xiao Li knows the author of this article published in the newspaper; she's a teacher at Jiangcheng University!"

"The Jiangcheng Song and Dance Troupe was invited to perform at Jiangcheng University before, and it's said that since then, this teacher surnamed An has been writing letters to Xiaoli..."

Now that Zhu Lin has said this, everything becomes clear!
"So they've been dating all along?" Cheng Xuemin rolled his eyes. "Fairy Mom and Fairy Dad started dating at this point?"

So, the formal marriage registration in 1986 was the result of a seven-year courtship.

"She didn't say it was a formal relationship. Xiaoli said they were just ordinary friends and she wasn't ready to date yet!"

"Moreover, Xiaoli's parents are in Yanjing, and Xiaoli has always wanted to transfer her work relationship back to Yanjing first!"

Haven't they officially started talks yet?

Does she want to transfer her work assignment back to Yanjing and return to live with her parents?

That would be incredibly difficult in this day and age, especially for women.

Once she gets married and registers her household in the local area, returning to Yanjing becomes extremely difficult, unless her partner obtains a Yanjing household registration and she can return to Yanjing with him.

In fact!
In Cheng Xuemin's previous life, Liu Xiaoli married Teacher An first, and then returned to Yanjing together after Teacher An was transferred there.

That's ten years from now.

"But Xiaoli only just found out that this guy surnamed An attacked you, Xuemin, in the newspaper!"

"Thinking back to when you suddenly and inexplicably scolded her, Xiaoli thought it was because I told Xuemin about her relationship with this Teacher An that you got so angry and yelled at her!"

"But what Xiaoli wants to tell you, Xuemin, is that she really didn't know before, and she and this teacher surnamed An are really just acquaintances, they're not dating!"

"It's true, Chunyan and I can testify that we really only saw that newspaper today!"

"Xiao Li really didn't know anything about it before!"

Zhu Lin explained this again, repeatedly helping her friend Liu Xiaoli.

"Ha, Sister Lin, I thought it was something serious! Oh, it's nothing! It's alright, I'll go talk to Xiao Li about it." Cheng Xuemin was indeed dumbfounded after hearing this; it turned out that Tianxian's mother had been overthinking things.

He quickly followed Zhu Lin and the others back to their carriage. Seeing Liu Xiaoli still slumped over the table, too afraid to look up, he comforted her, saying:

"Comrade Xiaoli, I'm the one who should apologize..."

After finally calming Liu Xiaoli down, it was truly a situation where people didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

You can imagine what would happen if they did that!
Liu Tianxian, the most beautiful actress born in 1985, is unlikely to be brought back to life.

Once all the follow-up work on the Tai Chi movie is finished, Liu Xiaoli should return to her original unit, Jiangcheng Song and Dance Troupe. Presumably, the first thing she will do is sever all ties with that Teacher An.

If this lineage were to truly end, would Liu Tianxian still be born?

Suddenly, Cheng Xuemin felt he needed to apologize to his son, Little Squirrel!
He, as the father, accidentally caused his son's daughter-in-law to leave him.

Previously, his wife, Feng Jiayou, had been urging Liu Xiaoli and her husband to get married and have a daughter so that she could be a wife for his little squirrel.

So, Liu Tianxian, who was supposed to be the wife reserved for her son, Little Squirrel, has now been completely ruined.

But how could Cheng Xuemin's son possibly worry about not having a woman in the future?

Even without this Liu Tianxian, there will definitely be another Liu Tianxian, and she will certainly have no shortage of daughters-in-law.

"Xuemin, you need to respond to this!"

"You know, we were filming a movie in that godforsaken place called Chenjiagou, we didn't do anything to anyone, so how did this thing suddenly appear?"

"Is he Liu Xiaoli's boyfriend?"

Hearing the commotion, Huang Jianzhong also went to Cheng Xuemin's sleeper car. He immediately read through the newspaper, his face turning ashen with anger and indignation.

"Old Huang, don't talk nonsense. He's not Liu Xiaoli's boyfriend. She was so scared about this that she cried. Zhu Lin and I finally managed to calm her down. Don't spread rumors!" Cheng Xuemin waved his hand, telling Huang Jianzhong not to cause trouble, otherwise Liu Xiaoli would think something else.

"Then you have to respond! What's wrong with writing popular fiction? Does it make them lose face?"

"Besides, the Tai Chi we're filming now is just a vulgar, popular drama, so how is that a disgrace to those intellectuals?"

Huang Jianzhong was still furious and felt indignant on Cheng Xuemin's behalf.

"Alright, let's talk about this when we get back to the factory!"

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