Counterflow 92: Ditching the School Flower at the Start and Building a Trillion Empire

In his previous life, Lin Yifeng was tricked by his first love into going abroad, missing the period of rapid development in his homeland.

He finally managed to amass a fortune of hundreds of...

Chapter 173 Xiaofeng Doesn't Lie

Lin Yifeng majored in coal mining.

Lin Jinshui chose this major three years ago.

In this era, vocational high schools have four top-tier majors.

They are teacher training, electricity, coal, and medical care.

The corresponding units are teachers, power supply stations, coal mines, and hospitals.

Graduates of these four majors will never have to worry about finding a job. Even if you are unhappy or uncomfortable at your current company, you can easily find a new job.

Among these four majors, teacher training and medical majors are the most popular.

When Lin Yifeng was admitted to a vocational school, his family enrolled him in two majors.

One is the medical profession.

The other is coal mining.

Medicine is a very popular major, and Lin Yifeng's first choice was medicine, but his score was not high enough and he was not admitted.

Fortunately, he scored high enough in his second major, and Lin Yifeng was admitted to the Coal Mining Department of Hebei Vocational University.

Before Lin Yifeng went to Hebei Vocational University, Lin Jinshui said that coal mining was a good major and told Lin Yifeng to use his position to get some coal or coal briquettes for his family after graduation.

These days, coal or coal briquettes are quite valuable commodities.

Lin Yifeng had forgotten how he had responded to his father, Lin Jinshui's, words.

But whether in his past life or this one, he can't do it anymore.

Lin Yifeng's statement that he wanted to teach in the village shocked Lin Jinshui. He looked left and right as if asking what Lin Yifeng had studied.

"Xiaofeng, what... what's going on with you?!"

"Aren't you a coal mining major? Can a coal mining major become a teacher?"

Lin Yifeng's mother, Feng Cuie, put down her chopsticks and looked at Lin Yifeng with a puzzled expression. The eldest son was her first child and the apple of her eye.

Of her three children, she loved her eldest son the most and doted on him the most. She remembered Lin Yifeng's story very clearly.

Lin Yifeng studied coal mining, definitely not teacher training.

"The school assigned me to a place too far away."

Lin Yifeng then made up an excuse: "Mom, do you know?"

Do you know where the school assigned me?

Mohe!

Lin Yifeng tapped the bowl with his chopsticks, a very impolite gesture, but Lin Jinshui, Fourth Uncle, and Feng Cuie didn't have time to pay attention to it at the moment.

"You probably don't know where Mohe is!"

"Dad, Mom, Fourth Uncle!"

"I'll tell you!"

Lin Yifeng said in an extremely exaggerated tone, "Mohe is in the three northeastern provinces, the northernmost three northeastern provinces of our country."

"Mohe is located in the far north of our country. The temperature there is usually minus 30 degrees Celsius, and in the coldest times, it can reach minus 50 degrees Celsius!"

"Just think about what minus fifty degrees Celsius means. They say people freeze to death, and they really mean it. It's not a joke!"

"After I saw the job assignment, I thought, this won't do. I'm from a province in the Central Plains, and I've never been cold before. If I'm sent to the three northeastern provinces or the northern desert, I'll definitely freeze to death there!"

"Dad, Mom, Fourth Uncle!"

“You guys think we can’t just leave Zhongyuan Province and travel thousands of kilometers to Mohe just for a stable job, right?”

Lin Yifeng asked his parents and his fourth uncle.

The fourth uncle took a sip of his wine, picked up a peanut, and nodded in agreement: "He definitely can't go. The three northeastern provinces are too cold. We can't send Xiaofeng to the three northeastern provinces just for a job. He won't be able to handle it."

Lin Jinshui and Feng Cuie exchanged a glance. As Lin Yifeng's parents, they felt that there was something wrong with what Lin Yifeng said.

However, they didn't think much of it. In their eyes, Lin Yifeng was an obedient and honest boy who never lied.

“Xiaofeng has never been exposed to cold since he was a child, so he definitely won’t be able to stand the environment there.”

“Even if we can bear it, we can’t go. If it were closer, it would be okay, but the three northeastern provinces are too far away. If something happens to Xiaofeng over there, we can’t even help him.”

"This school's assignment is really something. If they don't want to assign you to Zhao Gu No. 2 Mine, they could assign you to Shanyang City, or even to Northwest Shanxi. Northwest Shanxi is full of coal mines, so you could be assigned there."

"Exactly, this school is really unreliable. They're assigning students to the three northeastern provinces. Who would want to go there!"

Lin Jinshui and Feng Cuie whispered to each other, each agreeing with Lin Yifeng's words. Lin Yifeng seized the opportunity and continued, "That's right, the job assignments at our school are all done haphazardly."

Xiao Jin is a proper teacher trainee; ask her where she was assigned!

Lin Yifeng shifted the topic to Bai Yejin, and Feng Cuie quickly put a sausage on Bai Yejin's plate and asked, "Girl, where were you assigned?"

"Auntie, I've been assigned to the south, to a place called Liangma."

Lin Jinshui and Feng Cuie obviously didn't know where Liangma was. Bai Yejin explained again, and the two breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Liangma was in the southern part of Zhongyuan Province.

"That's better. It's still in the Central Plains Province, much better than Xiaofeng."

"Xiao Feng has been assigned to Mohe, the northernmost city in Northeast China!"

"Actually, it's not good either. Logically, people should be assigned to those who live nearby. Makino City is such a big place, why can't they be assigned to those who live nearby?"

Lin Jinshui and Feng Cuie discussed for a while before Feng Cuie realized the blind spot: "That's not right, Xiaofeng. You majored in coal mining and were assigned to the three northeastern provinces. If you're not going there, you should at least find a job in a mine."

How did I become a teacher?!

"That's how it is!"

Lin Yifeng casually pushed out the vice president of Hebei Vocational University.

Afterwards, he even took out the recommendation letter written by the vice principal and showed it to his parents.

Lin Jinshui and Feng Cuie hadn't read many books, so how could they possibly understand these contents? Without even looking at them, they believed Lin Yifeng's words.

How could Lin Yifeng, who has been well-behaved since childhood, possibly lie to them!

What's more, there's also a white hibiscus!

Even if Lin Yifeng lied to them, Bai Yejin, who is so beautiful, would never lie to them!

Yes, Bai Yejin did not lie to them, but Lin Yifeng did lie, and he lied to them blatantly.

What allocation was made to the three northeastern provinces, and what allocation was made to Mohe?

It's all fake, completely fake.

In his previous life, Lin Yifeng deceived his parents and smuggled himself and Tang Yuxia to Russia. This act was far more serious than being assigned to Mohe.

In this life, Lin Yifeng still deceived the two elders.

But in this life, he only wants to be able to smash stones.

It might seem surprising that someone from the coal mining department would be teaching, but in this day and age, it's perfectly acceptable.

Because of this era.

There are far too many substitute teachers without formal employment contracts. Some high school graduates can go directly to teach at village primary schools.

Lin Yifeng is a vocational school graduate, so filming a teaching scene in Stone Village shouldn't be a problem for him.

No, there's something wrong!

The biggest problem is.....

The school in Stone Village was terrible, and... there weren't many students!