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

Chapter 80: Lao Xu is actually a female college student? (asking for monthly votes)
"Is there no happy event so I can't treat you guys to a meal?!"

"Let's go, let's go to Changzheng Hotel. How can you be so unkind that you are not even enthusiastic when I invite you to dinner!"

Feng Jiayou still did not brag about himself, and did not ask Huang Beijia and the others to turn to page 27 of the sample issue of Yenching Literature in their hands.

Instead, he urged them to hurry to the restaurant and grab a seat.

It was dinner time now, and Changzheng Hotel was the best place to entertain guests at Yanda University. Its reputation had spread far and wide, so it was always very popular and packed with people, making it difficult to get a seat.

If you go too late, there might not be any seats left!
"Jiayou, what's going on with you? Why do I feel like you're a little bit dizzy!"

Cha Jianying joked with amusement, really no matter how they looked at it, it seemed that Feng Jiayou in front of them was floating!
"Okay, okay, okay! Good news, good news! Your author of The Wrangler, Lao Xu, is on the front page again. It's such a great and happy event, shouldn't we go out and celebrate?"

Is there any floating?
How could Feng Jiayou not feel that she was getting carried away? If anyone was going to get carried away, it would be you guys, because the shepherd Lao Xu had a new work published, and you all went crazy!
"That's true, but you can't be the only one spending the money on the celebration!"

"How about this, the four of us pool one dollar each and go to the Changzheng Restaurant outside for a meal?"

Huang Beijia nodded, it was indeed a day worth celebrating.

Especially at this time, it’s just the right time!
I made an appointment with Lao Xu, the author of The Shepherd, to watch a movie together in the evening. I didn’t expect that his new work would be published today, and it was on the front page of Yanjing Literature.

Incredible!

Huang Beijia read the article "The Grass is Deep in My Heart" and found it to be really well written, no worse than "The Shepherd".

So, definitely celebrate!
Unfortunately, their senior brother Lao Xu, the author of The Wrangler from Yanda University, is very secretive and can keep his composure.

Almost all the students at Yan University, both girls and boys, were looking for the horse shepherd Lao Xu, but they couldn't find him.

Lao Xu, the author of The Horse Wrangler, has never taken the initiative to come forward.

This made girls like Huang Beijia feel excited and look forward to it even more.

Looking forward to the movie tonight, hoping that the shepherd Lao Xu can show up and watch the movie together.

Huang Beijia is not the only one feeling this way. How many girls are secretly looking forward to tonight's movie?
"Okay, okay! Then we can all get together, and your family and your spouse can come too!"

Cha Jianying seconded the proposal and also included Cheng Xuemin.

"No need for that! Xuemin and I will treat you two!"

It was Feng Jiayou who took the initiative to suggest inviting people to dinner. Now how can we all pool money to pay for this dinner?

"What do you mean you don't want it? You two often treat us to meals, how can we let you pay for it every time?!"

"By the way, Jiayou, how did you get the copy? Did you run into De Ning just now? Did she send a sample copy to the author of The Wrangler, Lao Xu?"

"Then do you still remember which direction Dening appeared from?!"

"Is it over there in the Chinese Department boys' dormitory?"

Huang Beijia hugged Feng Jiayou with one hand, pulled her along and asked.

In their opinion, it must be Zhang Dening from Yenching Literature who has sent sample copies and a payment slip to Lao Xu, the author of The Shepherd!
Maybe she happened to meet Feng Jiayou on the road, so she gave her a few sample copies.

But no matter how I thought about it, I would never have imagined that this was something that Feng Jiayou and his wife had brought back from Yenching Literature after running around for a whole morning!

"Bejia, why did you come from our Chinese Department boys' dormitory?"

Feng Jiayou did not give a direct answer, but was confused by Huang Beijia's subsequent words.

"You don't know your child yet?!" Cha Jianying looked at her and asked.

"Huh? What should I know?!"

Feng Jiayou was even more confused. She didn't stay in the dormitory at night and felt like she had missed a lot of inside information.

Cheng Xuemin was also riding a bicycle, but because he had to control his speed, he staggered behind them and listened to the gossip between the women.

He also wanted to know what Feng Jiayou should know and why Zhang Dening had to come from the boys' dormitory of the Chinese Department.

"Is such that!"

"Isn't everyone in our school looking for the author of The Wrangler, Lao Xu?! So after our speculation and deduction, four senior brothers have become our suspects!"

"We have Chen Jiangong from the Chinese Department, and Zhao Zhenkai, Yuan Qingcheng, and Zhang Wei from other departments!"

"Jianying and I think it should be Chen Jiangong from our Chinese Department. He has always been very hardworking and low-key!"

Huang Beijia took over the topic and spoke to Feng Jiayou.

"They..." Feng Jiayou curled her lips. There was such an outstanding man by her side, were these girls blind?
"Why can't it be a girl!?"

As if possessed by a ghost, Feng Jiayou curled his lips and blurted out a question.

These girls are all eager to try, but what if the author of The Horse Wrangler, Lao Xu, is a girl from their Yan University?

It would be fun if girls wrote love letters to each other and went on private dates to watch movies together!
"Girl?!" Huang Beijia and Cha Jianying were both shocked, but soon shook their heads. Cha Jianying even said, "How could it be a girl? Aren't they all saying it's a senior from Yanda?"

"The message room also confirmed it, saying it was a tall boy. How could it be a girl?"

"That's right!" Feng Jiayou just made a joke. These girls who had nothing to do but eat actually came up with a suspected list.

Is that Chen Jiangong, the classmate from the Chinese Department?

"So, Beijia Jianying, you guys are... targeting Chen Jiangong?"

"If... I mean if it was really Chen Jiangong, what would you think?"

Feng Jiayou started joking again!

Since they have all set their suspicions on Chen Jiangong who is from the same department, then they are going to the movie tonight to watch Chen Jiangong?

"We are the only ones who suspect this. Some people in our dormitory have asked Chen Jiangong in person, but he has not admitted that it was not him!"

Huang Beijia shook his head and shrugged.

"Then you still suspect him?" He has denied it himself, but he is still on their suspect list.

"A contest?"

"The other departments of law and economics have all introduced their own Wranglers, Lao Xu. Our Chinese department can't fall behind, right?"

Regardless of whether they are from the Chinese department or not, at least their momentum cannot be weak.

Moreover, as the Chinese Department of Yanda, it has the important task of revitalizing the literary world of Yanda. Even if this horse shepherd Lao Xu is not from their Chinese Department, he has to be one!

Otherwise, Chinese Department!
They were actually surpassed by other departments in writing and publishing articles. All the teachers and students in the Chinese Department could not afford to lose face.

"That's true!" Feng Jiayou and her friends boasted a lot and soon arrived at the Changzheng Hotel on Wusi Road.

I found that it was indeed crowded inside!

Coincidentally, one table had just finished eating, so the three girls quickly grabbed a seat.

Including Cheng Xuemin, there were four people in total. Feng Jiayou was responsible for ordering the food. He ordered four dishes and a soup, spending nearly five yuan.

"Jiayou, is this excessive?!"

They suggested that each of them contribute one dollar, and Feng Jiayou and Cheng Xuemin and his wife also contributed one dollar each.

That’s just four bucks in total!
But Feng Jiayou ordered an extra soup, which cost fifty cents more.

"I've already told you, this meal is on my table!" Feng Jiayou smiled slyly and said, "Anyway... just consider it as my treat in advance, you'll know when the time comes!"

Let’s not talk about celebration, but just treat it as an apology dinner, is that okay?

The shepherd Lao Xu, a grown man, was sitting right next to them, but they just couldn't see him. So they had to push Chen Jiangong out to lead their Chinese department to fight.

I am really worried about the reasoning logic of these female compatriots!
"Invite in advance? Jiayou, what do you mean by that? Do you invite guests in advance? "

"Tell me the truth, what good news are you hiding from me and Jianying?"

Huang Beijia stared at Feng Jiayou and questioned him. Cha Jianying also put down the sample issue of Yenching Literature and looked at her.

"Cheng Xuemin, what good things does your lover have that you are hiding from us?"

He pointed the finger at Cheng Xuemin again and asked.

“You guys… this, this!”

Cheng Xuemin was speechless, so he pointed to the Yanjing Literature that Cha Jianying placed on the table and said.

"this?"

Huang Beijia and Zha Jianying were both confused. What did Feng Jiaxiao and her lover mean by this?
"Cheng Xuemin, you're not saying that the author of The Shepherd, Lao Xu, is the young girl from the Feng family?"

"She just said that the author of The Wrangler was Lao Xu, so why can't it be a girl?"

"Did she blow herself up?"

Huang Beijia has a great imagination, and Cheng Xuemin ordered the sample issue of Yenching Literature, and they carefully flipped through the back!
Feng Jiayou's manuscript was accepted again this time, and he published a review of nearly 3,000 words.

They actually dared to directly guess that The Shepherd was written by Feng Jiayou!

Since you have such a wild imagination, why can't you be bolder and ask directly: Cheng Xuemin, don't tell me that the "The Shepherd" and "Youyou Cuncaoxin" were written by you, right?

In that case, Cheng Xuemin nodded modestly and said: Actually, that’s what it’s written!
"Yenching Literature?! Is this the latest issue?! Why didn't we see it when we were checking the newspaper just now?"

"Shh, Youyou Cuncaoxin, the author is Lao Xu?!"

“Is this the new work of Lao Xu, the author of The Horse Wrangler!?”

"Can you show us the new work of Wrangler Lao Xu? Can this classmate show it to us?"

Their table was quite eye-catching, with three pretty girls eating with a boy.

The most important thing is that they were actually talking about Lao Xu, the author of The Shepherd.

Many students looked over and quickly discovered the sample issue of "Yenching Literature" that Cha Jianying placed on the table.

When I saw the cover of "Youyou Cuncaoxin" by author Lao Xu, I was instantly blown away!

"This is a sample copy that has just been sent over. It hasn't been officially published yet. You can take a look at it, but don't take it away. This is the only copy we have!"

Cha Jianying smiled bitterly and was reluctant to lend it, but he could not resist the eager eyes of his classmates. He glanced at Feng Jiayou and Cheng Xuemin again, and only agreed after seeing Feng Jiayou nod.

"A sample issue? No wonder I didn't see it when I was at the newspaper stop just now!"

"Okay, okay, we'll just watch it here and won't take it away!"

A female classmate quickly took the sample magazine from Zha Jianying and said, "By the way, I just bought a copy of Shanghai Literature and Art at the newspaper stand. There's a piece called "Female College Students' Dormitory" in it that's really well written!"

"We all suspect that the author based the story on our Yanda girls' dormitory. You can take a look too!"

One for one!

After the girl took the sample issue of "Yenching Literature", she handed over the "Shanghai Literature and Art" in her hand and recommended it.

"Really?! "Female College Student Dormitory", it sounds like it's about our female dormitory. It's well written, right?"

Cha Jianying, Huang Beijia and Feng Jiayou were all stunned when they heard this, and all their attention was focused on the Shanghai literature and art that Cha Jianying had taken over.

Cheng Xuemin, who was standing by, looked at his nose and then his mouth and dared not say a word!

This issue of the magazine "Shanghai Literature and Art" has finally started to be published, and it has already been put on the shelves at Yanda University!

It can be seen that the response will not be small!

After all, it's about the dormitory of female college students. It will definitely catch the attention of girls like Huang Beijia, Cha Jianying, Feng Jiayou and others!
Even those male compatriots, can they not be curious about the girls’ dormitory?
Therefore, as soon as this article "Female College Students' Dormitory" was published that year, it fermented among college students in major universities across the country and caused quite a resonance and response.

This is also the reason why "Female College Students' Dormitory" won the first prize of the National Excellent Short Story that year.

Now that it has been paid tribute to in advance by Cheng Xuemin, it has just been published and put on the shelves at Yanda University, and some female students have already paid attention to this article.

I also recommended this article to my classmates as soon as possible!
It's to be expected!

This article "Female College Students' Dormitory" will definitely be popular!
If that's the case!
Cheng Xueminjin now has at least three very popular manuscripts!

One is "The Horse Shepherd", one is "Female College Students' Dormitory", and the other is the sure-fire "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office".

All three articles were award-winning works of the year, and all won first prizes.

What if...

If Cheng Xuemin remembers correctly, in March of next spring, Mr. Wu will organize the selection of the first National Outstanding Short Story Award!

So can these three articles written by Cheng Xuemin be selected and win the award?
and!

If you can catch up, "Loess Plateau" from "Yanhe Literature" was also an award-winning masterpiece that year.

The Shanghai-based "Harvest", which had the most difficult manuscripts to be accepted, also had a manuscript that won the first prize that year!
If all of these can be successfully published in the coming December, wouldn’t they be just in time for the selection of outstanding short stories in March next year?

If I catch up with all of them, can I win all of the prizes?
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(End of this chapter)