Zhao Youcai didn't stand on ceremony and directly showed the principal his grandson's red hand.

"I just want to ask, what big mistake did my grandson make that made the teacher so angry that she labeled him a 'bad student' and even wanted to break his hand!"

The child needs his right hand to write, and it's also more convenient for him to eat and hold things. Is this an attempt to prematurely cripple his grandson and ruin his future?

Principal Qian's face instantly fell. The key point was that he not only knew Zhao Changping, but also had a deep impression of him.

In my memory, this child's grandfather was a very difficult old man, and I had been annoyed by him quite a bit in the past.

They come to bother me for no reason.

As for Zhao Changping, it was because the child had a good relationship with his granddaughter.

Principal Qian's son and daughter-in-law both work in the county, and his grandson's schooling there is very expensive. So his granddaughter stayed at the primary school where he works, which also makes it easier for Principal Qian and his wife to take care of her.

On the third day of school, Principal Qian's granddaughter was pushed to the ground by an unreasonable chubby boy who also snatched her hair clip and pulled out several strands of her hair.

It was Zhao Changping, a skinny kid, who rushed up, rode on top of the chubby boy, and beat him up, snatching his granddaughter's hair clip back.

From that day on, Zhao Changping would bring a little girl, even smaller than himself, to his principal's office every day after school.

I haven't seen that little girl for a long time, and I don't know where she went.

How could such a child be a bad student?

Principal Qian looked at Teacher Ma, his face cold, waiting for an explanation.

Teacher Ma was extremely anxious, and her strained back was throbbing with pain. Seeing her covered in sweat, Principal Qian could only guess she was guilty!

“Teacher Ma, if you can’t give a reasonable explanation, you don’t need to come anymore starting tomorrow. I will go to your brigade and talk to the brigade leader. Let the educated youth who was replaced be the teacher. How can someone with such poor character have any professional ethics!”

Principal Qian's words were both a threat and a warning. He knew that since Teacher Ma was able to replace someone else to come here, it meant that she had some skills.

In the past two months, he has inquired a lot about Teacher Ma, and even went to the educated youth office to ask about everything related to Teacher Ma.

Later I learned that Teacher Ma's family was extremely poor. Even though they lived in town, the whole family of more than ten people were crammed into a small house of just over ten square meters.

In winter, it's warm to sleep huddled together, but in summer, to cool off, people would carry their blankets and sleep on the balcony or at the door, which often startled the neighbors who worked the night shift.

Teacher Ma's parents couldn't afford to support so many people; the whole family was crammed together, and they couldn't even find a daughter-in-law.

The job quotas didn't go to their family either. In the end, apart from their two daughters being "sold" at high prices to a cripple and a mute, leaving behind their eldest and youngest sons, Teacher Ma and his brothers were all sent to the countryside to become educated youth.

Mr. Ma's educational level is not high; he dropped out of school in the first semester of the second year of junior high. With no education and no family connections, he shouldn't be qualified to be a primary school teacher at all.

But there was no problem with him teaching first and second grade elementary school children. It was the brigade leader of Teacher Ma's brigade who personally brought a bag of Daqianmen cigarettes to invite Principal Qian to his home for dinner, revealing that Teacher Ma would be his son-in-law in the future. So, in a daze, he agreed to the invitation after he had eaten and drunk his fill.

After sobering up, I realized I'd been fooled, but it was too late; after all, the internship certificate had already been issued.

I was planning to wait until Teacher Ma's internship was over before trying to get rid of him and send him back to his team, but I didn't expect this guy to cause me so much trouble with Zhao Youcai so quickly.

"Don't tell me you'll have any future relationship with your battalion commander. If it's confirmed that you've been physically abusing and mistreating the future flowers of our nation without cause, no matter how powerful your battalion commander is, he can't protect you!"

Zhao Youcai knew perfectly well that Principal Qian was speaking to him, trying to remind him that Teacher Ma had someone backing him up.

These words would have made him think twice in the past, but now he has no worries at all, as if he has no one backing him up!

"Oh, so what if the educated youth sent to the countryside become the brigade leader's son-in-law? Our brigade leader is still my brother!"

Teacher Ma's face darkened further. This was truly a tough nut to crack; it was rock hard, the kind that couldn't be broken even if you dropped it.

Teacher Ma quickly stepped forward with a smile, "It's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding. I'm Zhao Changping's teacher. This child hasn't been doing well in his studies lately. I was so worried, I lost my temper for a moment."

Zhao Youcai waved his hand lightly, "Don't give me that nonsense. This old man won't listen to your lame excuses. If everything could be solved by just talking and explaining, what would be the point of having educated youth settlements and revolutionary committees!"

Dealing with someone like a sent-down youth is less effective than going to the police and reporting directly to the sent-down youth settlement and the Revolutionary Committee. If this teacher surnamed Ma wanted to leave the brigade and return to the city, he couldn't afford to have even the slightest bad reputation.

Once his actions are proven, it would be too lenient if he weren't sent to a cowshed for reform.

Teacher Ma finally realized the seriousness of the situation, and his attitude of admitting his mistake became much more sincere. He stopped making excuses for hitting the student, and instead bowed deeply in apology. He even took out a ten-yuan note from his pocket and respectfully handed it to Zhao Youcai.

Zhao Youcai remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was furious.

This teacher surnamed Ma did it on purpose, didn't he?

How could he accept money in front of Principal Qian and his eldest grandson?! How could he accept it?

Didn't you know to secretly slip money into his pocket behind his back?

Severe punishment! Must be severe punishment!

It's simply misleading and corrupting students when someone so clueless teaches them!

Zhao Youcai coughed. "Teacher Ma, are you testing the veterans with this?"

"Which veteran comrade couldn't withstand such a test?"

Seeing that the other party refused to accept the money, Teacher Ma became a little anxious, thinking that Zhao Youcai was unwilling to let the matter drop.

"That's not what I meant..."

Zhao Youcai gestured for him to stop, saying, "Don't think that all of us country folk are greedy for money. I can let this matter go, but I hope Principal Qian will handle it fairly. If I ever see you physically punishing my grandson again, I'll report you to the educated youth settlement."

"You don't want today's incident to become common knowledge, do you?"

Seeing that Zhao Youcai seemed to be softening his stance, the principal breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his brow.

He was genuinely afraid that Zhao Youcai would hold onto this matter and not let it go, and if both sides had someone to plead for him, he would be caught in the middle and it would be difficult for him to handle the situation.

"Teacher Ma, you too, I told you long ago not to punish children physically. Today, thanks to Brother Zhao's magnanimity, otherwise I would have known how you would have handled the situation!"

Principal Qian smoothed things over, and Teacher Ma quickly nodded in agreement.

Just then, the school bell rang. Zhao Youcai greeted the principal, then took his eldest grandson's hand and walked outside.