Lin Hui ignored Chen Shuifen and just stared at Lin Tao.

The look she gave Lin Tao was very complicated, hiding jealousy and disgust, as well as a hint of unwillingness.

She was like this in her previous life. She was happy when Lin Tao didn't live as well as she did, but she couldn't stand it when Lin Tao lived better than her. Because she had always believed since she was a child that Lin Tao was a coffin-like person and deserved to be inferior to her, and she should live better than Lin Tao.

"Lin Tao, don't think you are so great just because you married a group leader. I will only live a better life than you in the future. My children will be very successful and they will be very filial to me! Do you know that?"

Lin Tao felt that Lin Hui was simply incomprehensible. She had never said that she was great just because she married the head of the group, and she didn't care whether Lin Hui's children would have a bright future or be filial to her.

She frowned and nodded: "Well, I'm nothing special, you are the special one."

He clearly didn't intend to argue with Lin Hui, but this harmless remark made Lin Hui so angry that she jumped to her feet.

Lin Tao is always like this, no matter what she does, it seems like you are not competing with her for anything, but in fact, you are competing with her for everything!

If someone compliments her beauty, they will definitely say that Lin Tao is prettier. If someone talks about studying, they will definitely say that Lin Tao has good grades and always gets first place in the exams. If it weren't for Lin Tao's identity as a coffin, Lin Hui would have been Lin Tao's foil!

Lin Hui gritted her teeth and said, "Lin Tao, why do you always act so high and mighty? What do you rely on? Because you are a coffin-maker? Others don't know you are a coffin-maker, do they? If I tell others, will they continue to play with you? Won't others think you are unlucky?"

Lin Hui felt somewhat proud after she finished speaking, as she felt that she had grasped Lin Tao's soft spot.

Hasn't the identity of the coffin man always been Lin Tao's fatal pain point?

But she was too happy too early. After hearing what she said, Lin Tao didn't even frown, and just replied casually: "It's up to you."

In the past, Lin Tao had indeed suffered because of her identity. Because of her identity as a coffin-maker, she had been scolded by Old Lady Lin and pointed out by the villagers since she was a child. Some people even regarded her as a plague god. If a child in someone's family got sick, it was because of her.

Sometimes she wondered if she was really the one who killed her mother.

As she read more, she became less and less convinced of these things.

The conversation made her completely indifferent to this matter.

So what if she's in a coffin? It can only mean that she's the one her mother wanted to protect even in death, and those who say she's unlucky are just being superstitious.

Chen Shuifen also understood what was said nearby. Although she didn't know the relationship between Lin Hui and Lin Tao, she knew that they must have known each other before, and that Lin Hui couldn't stand Lin Tao getting better than she deserved!

"What's wrong with the coffin? Why is it unlucky? Haven't you heard that seeing a coffin will bring fortune? This means that those who survive a great disaster will have good fortune in the future! Otherwise, Lin Tao would not be able to marry such a good man like Captain Li, and you could only marry a deputy battalion commander." Chen Shuifen continued to supplement Lin Hui.

He said to Lin Tao: "Sister, let's go. Don't pay attention to this crazy dog. It's blocking the road and barking here. It's really annoying!"

Lin Hui was so angry that she almost vomited blood. Looking at Lin Tao's leaving back, she said unwillingly: "Lin Tao, just wait, I will definitely live a better life than you and be happier than you. I will prove it to you!"

Lin Tao heard it, but ignored Lin Hui.

How Lin Hui is doing has nothing to do with her.

After walking for a while, Lin Tao explained her relationship with Lin Hui to Chen Shuifen and thanked her. To be honest, she thought that if Chen Shuifen heard about her identity as a coffin, she would stay away from her like the people in Taohua Village.

But it turned out that she was wrong.

Chen Shuifen waved her hands: "Why thank me? There's nothing to thank me for. And I didn't make up the story about the coffin. We really have this saying in our hometown. Your cousin is really funny. If my sister married well, I would be so happy. But she is so mean. She just thinks that others are not as well off as she is. She doesn't even look at her own situation. Why should others be worse off than her? Is it because she is as thick-skinned as a pig?"

Chen Shuifen was merciless when she scolded people: "But coming to think of it, I finally know why she glared at me last time. It turned out that I said her husband was the deputy battalion commander. I guess she was irritated by the word deputy. Did you notice just now that when I said deputy battalion commander, her face twitched with anger. But her husband is the deputy battalion commander, deputy deputy deputy, so what? I have to say it."

She not only said it this time, but she will also say it next time if Lin Hui does something mean!

"Sister, don't be afraid of her! I'm here. When I was at home, I never lost a fight. Even if we fight, I can fight two of them alone!" Chen Shuifen patted her chest.

Lin Tao couldn't help laughing at Chen Shuifen's amusement, but she still explained to her that the reason she didn't quarrel with Lin Hui was not because she was afraid of Lin Hui.

One is that she didn't take Lin Hui's words seriously at all and just thought it was ridiculous.

Secondly, Lin Hui was not afraid of being embarrassed, she was also afraid of losing face. She was going to be a teacher in two days, and she didn't want such things to affect her work.

As for Lin Hui's statement that she was a coffin-maker, Lin Tao let her go. First, she didn't care, and second, this was a military stronghold, and they had to take the lead in fighting against feudal superstition. If Lin Hui took the lead in promoting feudal superstition, it would only cause trouble for herself and Shen Guobin.

After this farce passed, Lin Tao and Chen Shuifen returned home.

When Lin Tao bought the chicks, she wanted to buy a chicken coop, but the family didn't have any extra chicken coops. So Lin Tao used the leftover bricks from building a toilet to build a low wall to temporarily keep the chicks in.

But the chicks are still small and can't fly, so they can hold them back, but that won't work when they grow up.

It was already one o'clock in the afternoon when she finished her work. Lin Tao didn't feel tired at all while working, but as soon as she stopped, she felt hungry.

Just at this moment, Chen Shuifen came over and asked, "Girl, are you free now?"

Lin Tao asked, "What's wrong, big sister?"

Chen Shuifen glanced at her home and said, "It's all because of that stubborn Zheng Xiangyang. I gave him a beating yesterday and he refused to eat today. I didn't take it seriously in the morning, but he refused to eat at noon. He's such a debt collector. I'm scared of him, so I can only ask you to teach me how to make that pickled cabbage noodle."

"Sure, I'm just preparing lunch." Lin Tao agreed immediately.

Chen Shuifen was delighted and said in a hurry: "Okay, I'll go get the fish and noodles."

Lin Tao called her and said, "Big sister, I didn't buy any fish today. The noodle shop has some. You can just bring the fish over."

Chen Shuifen asked, "How about bream?"

Lin Tao nodded: "All right."

While Chen Shuifen was getting the fish, Lin Tao washed her hands with soap and started to prepare the pickled cabbage. This time she didn't want to make a large bowl of pickled fish like last time, so she didn't need to use too much pickled cabbage.

Chen Shuifen brought the fish over after preparing it, and then stood by and watched Lin Tao make the pickled fish.

First make the fish soup, then cook the noodles.

Chen Shuifen said she had already eaten so she didn't need to make her share, but Lin Tao still made some more.

I bought ten kilograms of noodles for the wine party, and there was some left at home, so I cooked it all at once and it was perfect for a few people to share.

After the noodles were ready, Chen Shuifen said, "I'll go call that stubborn guy."

But Zheng Xiangyang was still angry about Chen Shuifen beating him yesterday, and he was not happy to come over when he heard that he could eat pickled cabbage noodles. Chen Shuifen was swearing and was so angry that she wanted to hit him, but Lin Tao persuaded her not to.

Lin Tao asked Chen Shuifen to go first, and she came to persuade Zheng Xiangyang. Not long after, she brought Zheng Xiangyang to eat noodles.

Chen Shuifen looked surprised: "How did you persuade this stubborn guy to come here?"

Lin Tao smiled and said that sometimes children will be convinced of their own reasons, and parents should not take advantage of their status as parents to beat and scold their children at will.

Just like Zheng Xiangyang, he was angry because Chen Shuifen hit him, and when she called him to eat noodles, she was not in a friendly manner, but asked him to eat in a scolding tone. If he met a child who was easy to talk to, it might not be a big deal, but Zheng Xiangyang had a stubborn temper, so it was useless.

Lin Tao told Zheng Xiangyang that Chen Shuifen actually regretted hitting him last night and told him several times in front of her that she shouldn't have done that. She also learned from her how to make pickled fish noodles so that she could make it for him herself.

Sometimes the love of parents is too implicit, and the child cannot feel it. He will only think that if you hit or scold him, you do not love him. He thinks that he just thinks this noodle is delicious and wants to eat more, so why do you hit him?

Lin Tao stood on Chen Shuifen's side and expressed what Chen Shuifen was too embarrassed to express in front of her children. Zheng Xiangyang was a smart child and he easily understood that his mother still loved him.

While eating noodles, Zheng Xiangyang took the initiative to pick up a piece of fish for Chen Shuifen: "Mom, you eat it, the meat on the fish belly, no bones."

Chen Shuifen was so shocked that she even doubted whether the person in front of her was her own Zheng Xiangyang.

After eating the noodles, Chen Shuifen gave Lin Taoshu a thumbs up and said, "Teacher Lin, Director Yang really made the right choice by letting you be a teacher!"

Lin Tao smiled. In fact, the reason why she understood all this was because of her childhood experience.

She is delicate and sensitive. Whenever she is wronged, she always cries secretly by herself.

At first, her father didn't know how to take care of children. Like many fathers, he didn't know what to say to his daughter, and he swallowed some of the words when they came to his lips.

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In the process, the relationship between father and daughter became much better, and Lin Tao also learned a lot from it.

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Lin Tao woke up from a nap at noon and started writing a letter home.

After writing the letter, she couldn't wait to go to the post office to mail it. She wanted her father to receive the letter as soon as possible and come over earlier.

Tonight Lin Tao stir-fried razor clams and added stir-fried leeks.

In fact, she was not used to eating razor clams at first, as she felt they tasted too soft. However, after trying to add some chopped chili peppers when frying them, the taste was completely different.

Sure enough, for her, who is from Xiangcheng, chopping chili peppers is a panacea.

But recently she was a little worried looking at the can of chopped peppers. It has only been a few days since she came to the island, and one-fifth of such a large can of chopped peppers has been eaten. She wondered if it could last until the peppers in the yard grow out.

The leeks were sent to her by Chen Shuifen, who said that the leeks at home had grown and would get old if they were not harvested. Her family could not finish eating them, so she asked Lin Tao to help eat them together.

Lin Tao was thinking about pickling some sour leeks for Chen Shuifen next time, so that the leftover leeks would not rot and become fertilizer.

As usual, Li Chengxi returned home within half an hour after get off work. Because of this, Wang Yuanliang and others often made fun of Li Chengxi.

Even the soldiers who were particularly afraid of Li Chengxi in the past no longer felt nervous when they saw him because he had become more humane.

Fewer and fewer people mention the nickname of Huo Yan Wang.

When Li Chengxi came back, he saw a few more chickens in the yard. When he walked in, Lin Tao had already cooked the last dish: "Why didn't you buy a chicken coop?"

Lin Tao took the bowls and chopsticks and put them on the table: "I wanted to buy some, but the family didn't have any extra chicken coops. I'll go over there with Sister Chen next time I'm free. Anyway, the fence I built can still hold up for a while."

Li Chengxi said, "No, I'll go to Wang Yuanliang's house to get it after dinner."

"The tall and thin guy who came to our house for dinner last time?" Lin Tao still remembered Wang Yuanliang.

Li Chengxi nodded: "Yes, they have a chicken coop, which was left by the old soldier who lived there before. His family doesn't raise chickens, so we use it."

Lin Tao nodded and picked up a clam for Li Chengxi: "Is it too spicy?"

Li Chengxi ate very happily and shook his head: "Not spicy. By the way, Wang Yuanliang's family is also a teacher in the school. You should be able to see them when you go there tomorrow.

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After dinner, Li Chengxi went to Wang Yuanliang's house and brought back the chicken coop.

The little chicks at home finally have a decent nest. They are chirping and look cute and furry.

Lin Tao couldn't help but worry about her chicks, so she asked Li Chengxi, "Are there no weasels here?"

After all, the family area is backed by a mountain, and there have been weasels in Taohua Village. The chickens she raised were once bitten to death by weasels.

Li Chengxi smiled and said, "This is a military area. Weasels don't dare to come here."

It's coming, and the wooden warehouse will collapse.

Lin Tao then realized that she had asked a stupid question: "Yes."

When they went to bed at night, Li Chengxi came over to her again like he did yesterday, but this time Lin Tao didn't let him touch her and protested quietly: "I have to go to school tomorrow."

Li Chengxi tried to hold back his thoughts; it was his wife's first day at work, so he had to be more aware of himself.

The next morning, Lin Tao got up earlier than Li Chengxi. She got up before the bugle call.

I cooked two bowls of noodles, cut the soaked black fungus into shreds, fried some black fungus sauce, and put it in the noodles. It tasted especially delicious.

Li Chengxi got up and saw Lin Tao preparing breakfast in the kitchen. He walked over and hugged her waist from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder: "Why are you up so early today?"

"Well, I was thinking about going to school before I went to bed last night, so I woke up early in the morning. Hurry up and wash your face and have breakfast." Lin Tao said.

Because Li Chengxi had to get up and go to work as soon as the bugle sounded every day, he wanted Lin Tao to sleep a little longer, so she ate in the cafeteria in the past few days.

The couple finished their breakfast and went out together.

Li Chengxi asked: "Do you want me to take you to school?"

Lin Tao shook her head: "No need, I know the way, don't worry."

If she needed Li Chengxi to send her to work, I'm afraid his reputation as a henpecked man would be confirmed.

The school is on the east side of the residential area, about half an hour's walk away. Lin Tao first reported to the principal's office. The school arranged for her to teach fifth grade Chinese. Today was the first day, and she would have an open class later, with teachers sitting in on the class.

This is also to see if Lin Tao has this ability. After all, even if she is recommended by the Yang Ai Party, it will be useless if she does not have this ability.

Before this, Lin Tao had not received a textbook, so the principal temporarily gave her a fifth-grade Chinese textbook and asked her to prepare for the lesson first, as it would be her turn in the next class.

Lin Tao not only in the commune

Having taught children as a substitute teacher and taught a blindness class for a while, she had some experience in teaching and was not as nervous as a teacher who was teaching for the first time.

There were five or six teachers in the classroom listening in, and Yang Aidang and the principal were also sitting in the back.

Lin Tao's former Chinese teacher, the one who was labeled as the "stinking ninth" and sent down to the countryside, was a very good teacher. He often gave some vivid examples to deepen students' memory.

When teaching, Lin Tao quoted the teacher's method, which brought a sense of freshness to the students. The students who usually sometimes skipped classes listened particularly carefully this time.

Yang Aidang nodded while listening to the lecture, and it was obvious that he was very satisfied with Lin Tao.

The principal also shook hands with Yang Aidang after class and said, "President Yang, thank you for recommending a good teacher to our school."

The education on their island is limited, and with all the movements going on outside, it is very difficult to find a good teacher for the school.

Although Lin Tao did not finish her senior year of high school, she did very well in class.

Lin Tao had to attend two Chinese classes every day. The principal personally took her to the classroom and office and told her which desk was hers.

On the table opposite Lin Tao's desk was a vase, exactly the same as the one Lin Tao bought. There were a few branches of blooming gardenias in it, with a few drops of dew on the petals. They must have been picked this morning.

The scent is so fragrant that the entire office is filled with a strong aroma.

Lin Tao couldn't help but sigh: "It's so beautiful."

The other two teachers in the office didn't say anything. A female teacher in a light blue shirt came up behind Lin Tao. She had fair skin and was pretty. The style of the clothes she wore was similar to the ones Lin Tao had seen in the Shanghai Mall before.

She asked Lin Tao: "Do you mean the flowers are beautiful or the vases are beautiful?"

Lin Tao was not afraid of the stage either, and said, "I think they are all beautiful."

She smiled at Lin Tao and said, "I think so too."

"Hello, my name is Xu Yuting. I'm an English and art teacher at our school, and I'm also Wang Yuanliang's lover." Xu Yuting stretched out her hand to Lin Tao, "You are Captain Li's lover, right?"

Lin Tao suddenly realized that she was Wang Yuanliang's relative.

Lin Tao also extended her hand to Xu Yuting, and the two shook hands: "Hello, my name is Lin Tao."

Both of them had just finished their classes and were not busy at the moment. When other teachers went to their classes,

, the two chatted for a while.

"You are a little different from what I imagined." Xu Yuting said.

Lin Tao asked: "So what do you imagine me to be like?"

Xu Yuting thought for a moment and said, "I can't really say, but it's not like that now. Especially last night when Captain Li came to our house to get a chicken coop, I thought you were raising chickens and I thought you might be similar to people like Chen Shuifen and Huang Aidi."

She can cook delicious meals, farm and raise chickens. Putting these labels together, Xu Yuting couldn't help but imagine Lin Tao as a rural woman. But now that she met her, she realized she was wrong.

It's not just rural women who do this.

Lin Tao didn't know who Huang Aidi was, but she knew Chen Shuifen.

Just when she was about to ask Chen Shuifen what was wrong, she heard Xu Yuting say, "Anyway, I quite like you."

She is beautiful and graceful.

In fact, even if Xu Yuting didn't say it, Lin Tao could probably understand what Xu Yuting meant.

Chen Shuifen is indeed a nice person, and she likes people very much. However, there are also people who don’t like her familiarity and enthusiasm. The relationship between people is difficult to explain clearly.

And after a brief time with Xu Yuting, she found that Xu Yuting was a nice person, except that her words were not very pleasant.

For example, when Lin Tao said that she was very good at English, she said that she would rather not know English. Now she is the only English teacher in the whole school and she teaches all grades by herself. Moreover, these children have inaccurate pronunciation and heavy accents, which makes her very annoyed in class.

But you said she doesn't like these students, that's not the case.

Lin Tao accidentally saw her lesson plan book and found that there were many important points written on it. The writing was very detailed. It even wrote down the incorrect pronunciation of a certain syllable by a certain student in a certain grade, and also gave the correction method.

Just for this reason, Lin Tao has a good impression of Xu Yuting.

This at least proves that Xu Yuting is a very responsible teacher. As for the complaints she made, Lin Tao just listened to them.

Xu Yuting was going to class, and said to Lin Tao, "Teacher Lin, I'm going to class now, let's go back together later. Didn't you say my gardenias are beautiful? I have a lot of them planted in my yard, you can pick some and take them back."

Lin Tao originally thought that she would finish her class before Xu Yuting, but she didn't expect that her class would be arranged

Her class started later than Xu Yuting's, but Xu Yuting was waiting for her in the office.

Lin Tao felt embarrassed and quickly packed her textbooks: "Are you waiting impatiently?"

"It's okay, I just finished preparing my lessons." Xu Yuting shook her head, picked up her books and walked out of the school with Lin Tao.

The yard of Xu Yuting's house is full of flowers, not only gardenias, but also several camellias and orchids, which are eye-catching.

"So beautiful." Lin Tao couldn't help but sigh.

Xu Yuting said generously: "If you like, you can transplant two to your home. I have a lot of flowers here anyway."

Lin Tao was actually quite embarrassed, because she had originally agreed to just pick a few gardenias, but ended up directly transplanting two. But she really liked these flowers, and seeing that Xu Yuting was not being polite, she did not refuse.

The two of them dug out two gardenia trees together, and each of them carried one and walked towards Lin Tao's house.

After Lin Tao borrowed a hoe from Chen Shuifen last time, she went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a hoe when she had time. This was more convenient.

Lin Tao was weeding the land, and Xu Yuting was helping her plant. It wasn't long before they finished.

Lin Tao scooped another basin of water and watered the two gardenia trees. Of course, she also didn't forget to water her vegetable patch, after all, she was still waiting to eat these vegetables.

Xu Yuting looked at the vegetable field and asked, "Did you grow all these?"

"Yeah." Lin Tao nodded.

"You're really capable." Xu Yuting curled her lips, "No wonder Wang Yuanliang asked me to get in touch with you more often."

Lin Tao smiled and said nothing after hearing this. She didn't know how to respond to this.

Lin Tao picked a few gardenias and planned to put them in the vase she bought last time. The white gardenias matched the elegant vase, which was really beautiful. The vase, which had been idle for several days, finally had a place to use.

Xu Yuting said, "The last time I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy something, the salesperson said that the last vase was bought by someone, and I immediately guessed it was you."

"Did you ask the salesperson to bring this vase?" Lin Tao still remembered what the salesperson said.

Xu Yuting nodded. "I forgot to bring a vase when I first arrived on the island. Later, I felt that my home would be incomplete without some flowers. I approached the buyer several times, but he was almost annoyed by me before he agreed to bring me a few. I didn't expect that it took more than a year to sell the last one."

To thank Xu Yuting for her generosity in sending flowers, Lin Tao invited her to have lunch.

Xu Yuting was not polite and answered

I agreed.

Lin Tao made mixed cold wide noodles, which is comfortable and appetizing to eat in the hot summer.

However, Lin Tao and Xu Yuting both had small appetites, and the amount of noodles for both of them combined was still not as much as that for Li Chengxi alone.

Xu Yuting said, "No wonder Wang Yuanliang said your cooking was delicious after he came back last time. It's true. It's much better than the food in the army cafeteria. Your cooking skills are so good, why would Captain Li be reluctant to not come back for lunch?"

Lin Tao explained: "He has been busy recently, so he won't be back for lunch. He should be back for lunch after this busy period."

"That's what I told you." Xu Yuting teased, "If my cooking was this delicious, my Wang Yuanliang would definitely come back every day to eat. It's just that I don't have such cooking skills."

The two chatted for a while. Although their personalities were different, they could actually talk to each other.

Later, Xu Yuting felt a little sleepy. She yawned and said she wanted to go home for a nap, so Lin Tao sent her to the door of her house.

Unexpectedly, Chen Shuifen showed up not long after Xu Yuting left.

There was a two-meter-high wall between the two houses, so the neighboring house could not be seen normally. But there was a long ladder in Chen Shuifen's house, so Chen Shuifen put the ladder on the wall, climbed to the middle of the ladder, exposed her head, and talked to Lin Tao.

Chen Shuifen: "Teacher Lin, is the man who just walked out a relative of Captain Wang?"