Chapter 92

Tang Qingqing had forgotten about this matter before, but now she remembered it after seeing it being performed.

She asked directly: "Did you come here to pick a fight that day? When did I offend you?"

Tang Qingqing's voice was not loud, but the students around her heard it and looked at her.

Shi Zhan had never expected that she would not hesitate at all and had no idea of ​​being euphemistic. She said it directly in public, catching him off guard.

Tang Xiaoxiao swallowed her saliva. She didn't expect that Tang Qingqing, who looked quite gentle, actually had such a straightforward personality.

She was very familiar with Shi Zhan. Shi Zhan was not a worker's son, but the son of the director of the Tobacco Bureau. Since the Tobacco Bureau was not far from the machinery factory, he studied in the machinery factory school since he was a child.

When he was in junior high school, Shi Zhan was in the class next to Tang Xiaoxiao. Because he was good-looking, he was very popular among the girls.

His personality is completely different from his appearance. He is very handsome and somewhat androgynous, but he has a very hot temper.

Especially when facing people who mistook his gender, he would rush up to them like a firecracker and start a fight. He is a well-known fighting king. In addition, his father is a leader, so no one dares to mess with him.

Tang Xiaoxiao was a little scared, worried that Shishan would lose his temper. She looked at Shishan, then at Tang Qingqing, but did not dare to say anything.

At this moment, the head teacher walked in and the originally noisy classroom became quiet.

Tang Qingqing stopped pestering him and sat upright. The head teacher was a bald man in his forties. He cherished his remaining hair very much and kept it neat and tidy.

There was a naughty student who kept staring at the top of his head, making faces and grinning.

The head teacher glanced over and the expressions of those mocking students froze in place.

"If anyone dares to cause trouble in my class, I will go straight to your parents, no matter who you are! If you don't change after repeated admonitions, you will be kicked out of my class!"

The head teacher's eyes swept over Shi Zhan, who was sitting in an untidy manner, and gave him a meaningful look.

Shi Zhan rolled his eyes and didn't take it seriously at all.

Tang Qingqing sat upright as usual, listening carefully to every word the teacher said.

Although it was the first day of school and they talked about the same old things, she was still very serious.

In fact, Tang Xiaoxiao fell asleep when she heard these words. Under normal circumstances, she would have taken out her notebook to draw, but seeing Tang Qingqing so serious, she felt embarrassed to be distracted and also imitated her and sat up straight.

But facts have proved that not everyone can be a good student. After a while, Tang Xiaoxiao collapsed and fell on the table.

There were no formal classes on the first day of school. The focus was mainly on letting everyone get to know each other and distributing books and other trivial matters.

Everyone has experienced this process before and has become accustomed to it, so it doesn't really matter.

Although it is a new school and a new class, I have known many people since childhood, so they look familiar to me, so I don't feel anything new.

After school, Tang Qingqing went to Shi Zhan to ask about what she had not finished saying before.

Since we were all classmates and sat close to each other, we couldn't avoid interacting with each other.

Just say whatever you want to say. She hates being secretive and she doesn't want to be scolded for nothing. She always wants to know the reason.

Shi Zhan, however, just couldn't open his mouth. He hesitated for a long time and even wanted to ignore Tang Qingqing and leave.

Tang Qingqing did not stop him, and said in a calm and steady voice:

"I have to go to the Public Security Bureau soon. Captain Shi should not be very busy recently."

Shi Zhan, who had only taken two steps, stopped immediately. He heard the threat in the words and said angrily, "Why are you still acting like an elementary school student when you are so old?"

Tang Qingqing guessed correctly, Shi Zhan was indeed afraid of his cousin Shi Pengfei.

"Since you are not an elementary school student, just explain it to me like the masters do."

When Shi Zhan heard this, his eyes widened and his ears turned red.

"I came to trouble you, what's wrong?"

"Why? When did I offend you?"

"You didn't provoke me. I just didn't like you before."

Tang Qingqing raised her eyebrows: "Because of Tang Zhenzhen?"

"Yes... No! It's my own idea. It doesn't matter if I give it to others."

Tang Qingqing was even more certain of her guess, "What did Tang Zhenzhen tell you?"

"Don't make blind guesses. It has nothing to do with her!"

Seeing him like this, Tang Qingqing became more certain of her guess. She felt something was wrong when she entered school today. Some people looked at her unkindly.

She doesn't have a face that is disgusting at first glance, and she does have this confidence. There must be a reason why everyone behaves like this.

Now it seems that it has something to do with that counterfeit product.

She didn't bother her because she felt that spending her time and energy on these things was a waste of her life, but if things came to her, she couldn't just do nothing.

"What did she tell you?"

"She really didn't say anything! I just figured it out on my own. I know I was wrong. You're actually a pretty good person. I apologize to you for my previous behavior."

When Shi Zhan said this, his face turned red.

There were not many people left in the class, and everyone present was shocked to see this scene.

This fighting king has never given in to anyone, but I didn't expect that he would apologize to someone today.

Tang Xiaoxiao looked at Tang Qingqing with admiration, unable to believe what she saw.

"What kind of speculation made you come here to confront me?" Tang Qingqing didn't let him go so easily.

According to the current trend, unless a man encounters something particularly infuriating, he will not cause trouble for a woman, as he would feel ashamed.

Shi Zhan didn't expect Tang Qingqing to be so difficult to talk to. No wonder the rumors said that she was particularly difficult to get along with.

"I didn't mean to do anything. I just wanted you to be less arrogant in the future."

"I am arrogant?"

"You just believed the rumors. Now I know you are not that kind of person." Shi Zhan muttered with his head down.

People outside don't know the details, but he knows how powerful Tang Qingqing is.

In just a short period of time, he helped the police solve many cases.

The person that my uncle often talks about now is Tang Qingqing. He can't understand how a little girl can be so amazing. His parents are full of curiosity about Tang Qingqing.

Shi Zhan had reason to suspect that he was assigned to Class Nine because of Tang Qingqing.

Although his grades were not good and he should have been in Class 9 or even Class 10, he had his father, so he could at least be assigned to Class 5 or even higher.

Classes nine and ten both have very poor grades, and are filled with a bunch of people who are just trying to get by, or are just ordinary transfer students from outside.

Tang Qingqing's ability to use faith in the strong was so magical and powerful that it greatly changed his impression of Tang Qingqing.

In particular, she assisted the police in solving the murder case, which further demonstrated her uniqueness. He respected capable people.

Seeing Tang Qingqing, he felt embarrassed. He felt like he was still playing like a child, while Tang Qingqing had become the guest of honor of the adults.

"What did you say about me?"

"Oh, don't ask me, we are just guessing."

Shi Zhan was not stupid. He knew what Tang Qingqing wanted to ask, so he couldn't tell the truth.

Seeing his expression, Tang Qingqing knew that she would not get any more information out of him, so she let him go.

He acted like a monkey and quickly slipped away, disappearing in an instant.

Tang Xiaoxiao looked at Tang Qingqing with admiration: "Qingqing, you are so awesome!"

Tang Qingqing laughed: "What's so amazing about this?"

"I've never seen anyone so scared of someone. In the past, even teachers were involved."

Tang Xiaoxiao's eyes were shining.

Tang Qingqing went home with Tang Xiaoxiao. Since they were both children of machinery factory workers, they basically walked the same route home. During this process, Tang Qingqing clearly felt the strange looks and deliberate alienation from others.

The road was not very wide, and many people were walking side by side. Only the space around Tang Qingqing was empty.

Tang Qingqing clearly felt that some people were talking about her behind her back.

Tang Xiaoxiao was obviously more reserved than when she was in the classroom, and she wanted to curl herself up into a small ball.

Tang Qingqing pursed her lips and asked, "Xiaoxiao, did anyone say something about me?"

Tang Xiaoxiao hesitated for a long time and couldn't say a word. Tang Qingqing didn't want to make things difficult for her and didn't ask any more questions.

Tang Xiaoxiao felt bad about it, and it wasn't a secret, so she said honestly:

"Everyone thinks you bullied Tang Zhenzhen, so they think you are not a good person."

Tang Xiaoxiao kept an eye on the surroundings from time to time, and kept her voice low. When she saw that no one was around, she continued:

"Tang Zhenzhen is a flower in our factory compound. Many boys like her. There are many girls around her, like a small group. Everyone thinks she is being bullied, so they think you are not a good person."

"But not everyone thinks this way. After all, thinks everyone you are too unlucky. It is normal for people to have resentment and dissatisfaction towards her. It's just that they are timid and don't want to cause trouble, so they dare not stand up."

Tang Qingqing grasped the point: "That small group often bullies others?"

Tang Xiaoxiao couldn't hide the bitterness on her face: "Anyway, if you don't get along with them, it will be hard to stay in the compound."

Although Tang Zhenzhen joined the art troupe early, her status did not change. In fact, because she had a good future, everyone envied her even more.

After joining the art troupe, Tang Zhenzhen had more reasons to dress up. She became more and more beautiful and more popular.

The boys admired her beauty and worshiped her as a goddess.

Girls want to imitate her, learn from her, and become more and more beautiful like her.

They got together to form a small group, and half of the people who went to catch the thief before were the core members of this small group.

They all praised Tang Zhenzhen, so they did whatever she said. Some boys almost made mistakes because they wanted to be in the spotlight too much.

These people are also the most fashionable group in the machinery factory and even in the surrounding area. After being transformed by Tang Zhenzhen, each of them is more fashionable than the other.

Although none of them could surpass Tang Zhenzhen, they were still good enough to show off outside.

After the opening up, people have become more and more open to the pursuit of beauty. In the past, people only wanted one color and one type of clothes, but now people are no longer satisfied with that.

But after being closed for so many years, if I want to wear some fashionable clothes, there is nowhere to buy them.

I got some cloth and found a tailor, but the tailor still did the same old things.

But Tang Zhenzhen is different. She has many unique ideas and can give ordinary fabrics a new glow through design.

This has resulted in a large number of young men and women surrounding her, all of whom hope to be as fashionable and beautiful as her and to show off their individuality.

However, there are quite a few young men in the compound, and they are not fooled by Tang Zhenzhen's tricks.

Some people can't stand the fact that she is too flamboyant, thinking about how to dress up every day, which is not in line with the spirit of hard work and simplicity.

If anyone dares to say something bad and the other members of the group find out, they will block that person.

This also meant that no one dared to say a word against Tang Zhenzhen, and she was completely unprovoked.

Tang Qingqing couldn't help but frown when she heard this. In the book, there were indeed quite a few people surrounding the heroine. They all had a very good relationship with each other, and she was the center of attention.

However, since the whole book focuses more on the heroine's married life, not much is said about it. It's just that when the heroine encounters problems, there is always someone to help, some of whom are the heroine's good friends in the machinery factory, so they will be mentioned a few words.

Now it seems that the replaced Tang Zhenzhen also has a group of friends around her, but they are much more domineering than described in the book.

Although Tang Xiaoxiao spoke evasively, Tang Qingqing, who had experienced so many cases, immediately smelled something unusual.

"Did Tang Zhenzhen participate?"

Tang Xiaoxiao shook her head: "She has always advised everyone not to use violence, but the people who like her are too crazy and can't stand others saying anything bad. Sometimes, in fact, they don't say anything bad, but just make a comparison, and they can't stand it at all."

For example, someone just casually said, "Your hair is so beautiful, even better than Tang Zhenzhen's hair."

If those people knew about this, they would definitely teach him a lesson.

"I had a friend who had his head shaved because of this."

Tang Xiaoxiao lowered her head, looking very sad.

After Tang Xiaoxiao gained weight, she had few friends around her. Everyone thought she was fat and ugly, and no one wanted to play with her, fearing that they would be laughed at if they were good friends with her.

Tang Zhenzhen once said: "There are no ugly women in the world, only lazy women."

Not only girls, but boys as well.

If you are fat and ugly, it means you are not working hard enough and are not positive enough, which is why you allow yourself to fall.

Tang Xiaoxiao is so fat, which means she has no self-respect or self-love. Who would want to associate with such a person?

That friend was one of the few people who was willing to pay attention to Tang Xiaoxiao. Unfortunately, ever since she was forced to shave her head, she has become more and more introverted and unwilling to go out.

The friend who had originally planned to go to high school together with her has given up, and now her parents are arranging a marriage for her.

Tang Qingqing was very angry when she heard this: "What the hell is this? You are fat because you are sick, not because of what you think. Besides, what's wrong with being fat? Did you eat their rice?"

"Qingqing...you, do you really think so?"

Tang Xiaoxiao felt a sour taste in her throat and her eyes turned red with tears in them.

"Everyone loves beauty, and there is nothing wrong with pursuing beauty. But if you use it to attack others and regard the pursuit of beauty as the only criterion for judging a person, then there is a problem. Don't listen to their nonsense!"

Tang Xiaoxiao nodded repeatedly, "Just like you are amazing, I even apologized to you for my failure."

Tang Qingqing felt speechless when she thought about her performance.

“Is there no one to take care of it?”

Cutting an innocent person's hair because of someone else's words is too vile!

Many girls cherish their hair very much, and anyone who has experienced this kind of forced behavior will be traumatized.

Tang Xiaoxiao glanced at her and smiled bitterly.

Tang Qingqing understood it at a glance. Someone who spends all day thinking about how to become beautiful and has the ability to achieve it must come from a good family. Her parents must have some status or skills in the factory.

Besides, Tang Zhenzhen is the daughter of the factory director, so who would dare to provoke her?

Maybe your parents are workers under the other party's parents. If you become enemies because of this, your boss may make things difficult for you, and the livelihood of the whole family may be in trouble.

It's just hair. The other party cut it and didn't take it away. He even helped him sell it for a lot of money. Who can blame me?

As they were about to get home, Tang Xiaoxiao felt that she had said too much and was worried that her words would affect Tang Qingqing, so she said:

"In fact, Zhenzhen is a very good girl who always stands up for those who are bullied. It's just that there are too many people around her, so some people take advantage of her power."

Tang Qingqing just smiled and didn't say anything.

She didn't believe this statement. Others might be unaware, but Tang Zhenzhen was definitely not.

If she was really such a vicious person, how could the people around her indulge her in such behavior?

Those people like her very much and even admire her, and her opinions can directly influence their decisions.

When Tang Qingqing returned home, she saw Su Rong coming towards her enthusiastically in an apron.

Although Su Rong also has a job, her work is not busy and she only needs to sign.

Her office was relatively close to her home, and since she was the chairman, no one dared to say anything if she was late or left early, so she could always leave work early.

When everyone came back from school or get off work, Su Rong had almost finished cooking.

"Qingqing, how was your school day? Did you get used to it? Did you make any friends?"

Tang Qingqing: "Everything is fine."

"That's good, that's good." Su Rong saw that she didn't want to say more, and she was very uneasy. She quickly explained:

"Your father is a stubborn person. I asked him to talk to the principal and ask him to let you go to Class 1, but he just didn't want to. He is just like that. He is afraid that others will say that he has no principles. He is like this to everyone. Qingqing, don't blame your father. It's not that he doesn't love you, he is just too principled."

According to Tang Qingqing's status, she could easily enter the best class with the strongest teachers just by saying hello, but Tang Jianguo did not do so.

The principal of the factory high school is not a smooth-talking person. If no one greets him, he will do things according to the rules and will not try to please others secretly.

Therefore, freshmen like Tang Qingqing, who came from a small place and whose grades were not worth mentioning, were assigned to classes nine and ten.

The school's original intention was not to give up on poor students, but to use different educational methods for different students.

Poor students have a poor foundation, so we have to start from the basics. Good students learn well, so we can teach quickly and deeply. If we force everything together, it will easily make the course too simple or too difficult for some people.

But no matter what the original intention was, it is easy for the consequences to become what it is now.

The fast-track classes have strong faculty and most students are more proactive in learning, so their grades are getting better and better.

On the other hand, in the backward class, many students are lazy, and the influence on each other is getting worse and worse, resulting in no one wanting to join.

Tang Qingqing didn't care about this. She had listened to the lectures given by Zhai Hongyi and knew very well that the teaching quality of the commune junior high school was not very good.

For example, the junior high schools here have already started learning English to prepare for the college entrance examination English test.

But the commune junior high school still does not offer English classes, so the basics of the children are weaker than those in big cities. If they want to take the college entrance examination in the future, they will suffer a loss in this aspect.

Under such conditions, Tang Qingqing was still able to achieve good results. She felt that as long as she was proactive and worked hard enough, she could overcome the influence of the outside world.

If you don't understand something, study more and ask more questions after class and you will always be able to figure it out.

Moreover, the class levels are not fixed and will be adjusted based on grades later.

Tang Qingqing didn't think there was anything wrong with Tang Jianguo's behavior. There was nothing wrong with sticking to principles.

Tang Jianguo is not a good father, but she still admires his strict attitude at work.

Based on the few words in the book, Tang Qingqing knew that in the future there would be many people like Tang Jianguo who, for their own selfish interests, became parasites of the country and caused many ordinary employees to become impoverished.

Tang Qingqing hopes that Tang Jianguo can always stick to his principles, just as the book says, lead the workers to get through it, and stand firm under the new rules of the game.

"That's good. Stick to your principles and don't act recklessly for personal gain. I would rather rely on my own abilities to get into the class ahead of you."

Su Rong was very relieved to hear this, but she couldn't help feeling distressed.

If Tang Qingqing had always been by my side, why would I want to rely on myself for everything?

It's because when she encountered problems in the past, there was no one to help her and no one to rely on. These past experiences are engraved in her heart, so she has developed a strong character now and is used to relying on herself to fight for everything.

"Qingqing, you don't have to be so strong or work so hard. Your parents are here for you."

Tang Qingqing tilted her head and asked in confusion, "Why do you have to be strong and hard-working? Shouldn't people fight for their future with their own hands?"

"Girls don't have to work so hard. Those are things men should think about. We women just need to take care of the family. Find an easy job, and then find a good man to marry..."

"Stop, I don't agree with your idea, and I don't want to hear it."

Su Rong swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth. She could sense Tang Qingqing's impatience and didn't want to make the relationship too awkward.

Tang Qingqing just came back, so she still has to go along with it.

"Okay, I won't say that anymore. I just want to know that with your dad and I here, you don't have to work too hard or worry too much. We can arrange everything for you."

Tang Qingqing did not respond this time. She knew that nothing she said would change Su Rong's mind.

Although she has received education, her thinking is still stuck in the past and she cannot understand the truth that women can hold up half the sky.

Although Su Rong also has a job, due to her special status, she can just drink tea and read newspapers every day to get by.

These benefits were brought by Tang Jianguo. Without Tang Jianguo, she would not be so comfortable now. She would have to do a lot of tedious work every day like other women, which also deepened her concept of "the most important thing for a woman to marry a good man, it is better to marry well than to work well."

Therefore, it is meaningless to waste words. Su Rong will only think that she grew up in the countryside and has no knowledge. Besides, she is a child and will not take her ideas seriously.

This is also the case in the book, but because of her upbringing, she is not averse to such ideas.

So most of the time, I just followed my parents' arrangements and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

But now that she is a bystander, she cannot agree with it.

Today is Tang Qingqing's first day of school, a memorable day, as her two brothers, who are both busy with work, have both returned.

I haven't seen Brother Tang for a while. His beard is untidy, his eye sockets are sunken, and there is darkness under his eyes. It can be seen how busy he has been during this period.

Su Rong felt sorry for him when she saw him like this: "No matter how busy you are, you have to take care of your health! Look at how thin you have become!"

Brother Tang smiled and said, "Mom, we are almost there, we can take a break now."

Su Rong felt even more distressed seeing him like this, and slapped Tang Jianguo in annoyance.

"Look at what you've done to your son!"

Tang Jianguo disagreed: "To do your job, you have to use all your strength, otherwise our country would not be where it is today. This little bit of hard work is nothing, think about the past when we..."

"Stop, stop, stop. You've been nagging about this for years. Today is a rare day when the whole family is together. Let's eat quickly."

Brother Tang looked at Tang Qingqing and took out a metal pencil case from his pocket.

This metal pencil case is different from the ones sold outside. It is not painted on the surface and is very simple.

Tang Qingqing was surprised, because this pencil case was also given to 'her' by Brother Tang in the book.

Don't be fooled by the simple appearance of the metal pencil case, a lot of thought has gone into its design.

The pencil case has two layers. You don't have to remove the upper iron plate. Instead, once you open the first layer, it will automatically lift up, so the pens in the pencil case can be seen at a glance.

This kind of design is very unusual nowadays, as most pencil cases have only one layer.

And not everyone can buy it. Many people just sew one out of cloth, or even don't have a pencil case at all.

When Tang Zhenzhen saw the pencil case, her expression suddenly changed.

"Brother, why haven't you done this for me?"

She had never thought of this plot before, so she didn't care that it wasn't done. After all, there were many differences between her and the original heroine.

But now, the plot has been strangely overlapped, and the protagonist is not her!

This is a scene that happened several years ago, but it is happening again now.

Tang Zhenzhen was so surprised that her tone was not very good.

Feeling everyone's strange looks, she quickly calmed down, pouted her lips and blinked her eyes and said, "I want it too."

Brother Tang smiled and said, "Didn't I make a hairpin for you before? I thought you would like these things more, but I didn't make them well."

Brother Tang has the ability, but he is not good at judging aesthetics.

This pencil case is not good-looking at all, but the most important function of a pencil case is to be practical, so that's it.

Hairpins are different. At least for Tang Zhenzhen, they are purely decorative.

There is no way Tang Zhenzhen would put an ugly iron lump on her head unless she is crazy.

But Tang Zhenzhen was still not satisfied with the answer, but she didn't know how to say anything because the looks of others had obviously changed a little.

She looked like she couldn't stand seeing Tang Qingqing being pampered. She wasn't interested in such an ugly thing, so there was no reason for her to ruin her image.

"Sister, please open it and take a look. Don't think it looks ugly. I will wrap it up for you later."

"I think it's very beautiful." Tang Qingqing said calmly. As she opened the toy box, she thanked Brother Tang: "Thank you, Brother. I like your gift very much."

Brother Tang is so busy, but he still takes time to do these things, which shows how much he values ​​​​his sister.

Brother Tang shook his head in embarrassment: "As long as you like it, I'll try to get a prettier one next time."

"This is already very good."

Tang Erge also had a gift. He gave Tang Qingqing a pen.

"I know you already have one. You can change the ink color of the extra one to make it easier for you to take notes and highlight important points."

"Thank you, brother."

Tang Jixue couldn't help but complain: "Why are you guys like this? You didn't even tell me in advance that you were going to prepare gifts!"

Tang Qingqing smiled and said, "Third brother, there is no need to prepare a gift for me. I am just going to school."

"Who said no!" Tang Jixue rummaged in his pocket and took out a watch. "Fortunately I'm prepared, otherwise I would be embarrassed!"

Before Tang Qingqing could say anything, Tang Jianguo's face darkened, and he slammed the table and scolded:

"Tang Jixue! Where did you get this watch?"