Chapter 84 Tong Shiyu's mission is over
Commander Zhang and his family went to Beijing, and Ma Siqing lived in the military compound.
Tong Shiyu was away on a mission, and Chen Xiaowei rarely came to see Ma Siqing in order to avoid suspicion.
However, Chen Xiaowei paid close attention to Ma Siqing's movements.
After the fire, Zhong Guofan realized that Ma Siqing was smart and calm, which was beyond the reach of ordinary women.
On this day, Ma Siqing went to Fuyuan Town. Before leaving, she found Chen Xiaowei and said that she was going to send a letter to Sulan, and asked Chen Xiaowei if he had written the letter?
Chen Xiaowei responded repeatedly and handed a page of paper and a photo to Ma Siqing. Ma Siqing also stuffed Chen Xiaowei's letter into the envelope.
This time, Ma Siqing got a ride, as the army logistics vehicle was going to Fuyuan Town to sell rice noodles and rapeseed.
When they arrived in the town, Ma Siqing told the logistics soldier that she could just take the train on the way back and that they didn't have to wait for her. After thanking him, Ma Siqing left.
Ma Siqing asked someone where the post office was. After getting the address, Ma Siqing went to the post office and stuffed money and food coupons into the envelope.
She also wrote in the letter she wrote to Sulan that the other letter was written to her by an officer named Chen Xiaowei.
After seeing the photos and listening to Ma Siqing and Tong Shiyu talking about Sulan, Chen Xiaowei developed a liking for her.
He wrote a few sentences and asked Sulan to write back if she had any ideas. The reply could be put in the envelope written to Ma Siqing.
In the letter, Ma Siqing reminded Sulan not to tell anyone her address and situation. She
told Sulan to take care of herself and to find time to read more books and to discipline her younger brothers and sisters to study more.
After doing all this, Ma Siqing wandered around Fuyuan Town. It might be difficult to find a job in this place.
She wanted to teach in a school. Chen Xiaowei had said before that Commander Zhang could help, but now Commander Zhang has been transferred from Anling, and it would be bad to trouble him again.
As it was not snowing and the road was much easier to walk on, Ma Siqing decided to go to the school.
After asking for directions, she found that the school was on the side of the road where Ma Siqing was returning to the army, five miles away from the army.
It would be great if she had a bicycle.
Their family just burned down, and Tong Shiyu's allowance was eaten up by Tong Dabao and Tong Sanbao, so on the surface their family should be very poor now.
Ma Siqing was very lucky today. After walking for a mile, she met a car from the forest farm that was going the same way. The car took Ma Siqing to the school, saving a lot of time.
Ma Siqing arrived at the school and observed it for a while.
The school is not big. The house is a bungalow built with mud walls.
Several low rooms are enclosed to form the school.
This is a nine-year five-four system school.
Seeing a middle-aged man about to enter the school, Ma Siqing straightened her clothes and went up to greet him: "Comrade, is the school short of teachers?"
The middle-aged man happened to be Wei Xingzhi, the principal of this school.
Wei Xingzhi looked carefully at the woman in front of him. She was tall and wrapped tightly, so his face could not be seen clearly, but her voice was very nice.
The school was short of teachers, and it was not easy to find a teacher in the surrounding area.
After thinking about it, he decided to get to know the woman first, so he asked Ma Siqing to introduce herself in the school, and he would think about it.
To get to the principal's office, you have to pass by the classroom. Ma Siqing looked at the children who were having classes in the classroom with curiosity.
There were children of different ages in one classroom, and it was mixed teaching.
When they arrived at the principal's office, Wei Xingzhi poured her a cup of hot water.
Ma Siqing took off her hat, and Wei Xingzhi could see her appearance clearly.
What a pretty woman.
"Comrade, my name is Ma Siqing. My husband is serving in the Anling Army, and I came here with the army, hoping to find a job. I, I have never been to school. But I have read a lot of books, and I write well."
When Wei Xingzhi heard the first half of Ma Siqing's sentence, he was very happy.
When he heard the second half, his heart suddenly turned cold.
"Comrade, our school is not short of teachers for the time being, I'm sorry!"
Ma Siqing felt that since the man invited her in, it meant that there was a shortage of people.
He changed his words again this time. Could it be because she said she had never been to school?
"Comrade, you can test me. I can teach Chinese, mathematics, painting and singing."
Wei Xingzhi thought, you can't brag like this!
Ma Siqing took the pen and paper from Wei Xingzhi's desk and started to draw.
After a while, a lifelike puppy was drawn.
Ma Siqing wrote down the sentences in "Yu Lu" again.
Wei Xingzhi was curious, took it and looked at it, clapped his legs and cheered.
But he was a little hesitant, and finally asked Ma Siqing to go to the classroom with him because of the shortage of people.
In a classroom with only students but no teachers, Ma Siqing was asked to look at the Chinese teaching materials and then give a lecture to the students.
Ma Siqing prepared seriously, and after 20 minutes, she wrote a detailed teaching procedure.
She handed it to Wei Xingzhi to see.
Wei Xingzhi was amazed by Ma Siqing again. It can be said that this teaching procedure is better than any other teacher in the school.
In a new class, Wei Xingzhi told the students in the classroom that there is a new teacher today, and everyone is asked to listen carefully.
Ma Siqing walked up to the podium.
In her previous life, she wanted to be a teacher, but she didn't get the chance. She had a friend who was a teacher at the time, and she often told her about teaching.
After talking so much, she knew some of the general procedures.
After a class, the students listened with gusto and mastered a lot of new words.
When Ma Siqing called for the end of the class, the students realized that the class was over.
Wei Xingzhi called two other teachers in the school to listen to the class at the back of the classroom, and couldn't help but applaud Ma Siqing.
He said, "You spoke very well, very well."
The other teachers praised her, but they were also jealous.
Afterwards, Wei Xingzhi called a few teachers for a short meeting to discuss whether to keep Ma Siqing.
Two people agreed, and four and a half people opposed.
The opinions of those who agreed were the same, that Ma Siqing taught well.
The reasons for the opposition were all kinds of strange.
Some said that Ma Siqing was too pretty and would be criticized in school.
Some said that Ma Siqing had only been to school for a few days and still needed to continue her studies, so she could not be a teacher.
Others said that it would be a disaster to just take someone in as a teacher. Some people
even said that Ma Siqing's background was unknown, and if she was one of the five black categories, wouldn't it implicate the entire school? It was not appropriate for her to be a teacher here.
Wei Xingzhi was also in a dilemma.
In the end, Wei Xingzhi left Ma Siqing's address, and then asked Ma Siqing to go back first, and he would reply to her after he applied to the higher-ups.
Ma Siqing left Sanchagou School, looking back every few steps.
Wei Xingzhi felt it was a pity.
Ma Siqing had experienced the ups and downs of the business world in her previous life, and she had already developed a keen eye. She knew that there was no hope this time.
If she had a letter of introduction from the army, she would definitely be able to stay.
Unfortunately, Commander Zhang had already been transferred from Anling.
Ma Siqing walked all the way back. She was still not familiar with this place. She didn't know if there were any factories here. She wanted to see if she could get a temporary job.
When she was about to return home, Ma Siqing took out a lot of food, daily necessities and clothes from the space.
When she got home, Tong Shiyu had returned from the mission and was waiting for Ma Siqing at home to cook.