After persuading Ma Xiaoying, Lin Taozi thought about it carefully and went to Yang Aidang's house again that night. He also brought some pickled sour beans with him.

Last time she sent some pickled beans to Yang Aidang, and Yang Aidang fried them at home that day, and she and Commander Qi and his wife ate quite a bit.

Yang Aidang was very impressed with Lin Tao's cooking skills and even joked that if Lin Tao wasn't a good teacher, she would transfer her to the army kitchen to help out.

Lin Tao’s cooking skills are really great.

Lin Tao laughed when she heard this and said that was not the case. If Director Yang had said so at the beginning, she would have gone without hesitation. But now she had developed feelings for her group of students and she would not be willing to go again.

Yang Aidang smiled and said, I was joking with you, Lin Tao, I have seen you teach the children, and you taught very well. Don’t say you disagree. Even if someone asked me to transfer you from the school, I would definitely be the first to disagree.

It looks like Lin Tao is going to take root in Shengshan Primary School.

When Lin Tao came over this time, Yang Aidang asked her if there was anything she could help with regarding the choir.

Lin Tao laughed when she heard this: "Everyone says you are amazing, sister-in-law, and you guessed it before I even said anything. There are indeed some things I want to ask you for help..."

Lin Tao then talked about some of the situations in the school, but she did not specifically point out Huang Aidi. She only talked about the problems of some students' parents in the school.

But Yang Ai Dang had been on the island for more than ten years. Who was she? There was no need for Lin Tao to name her. One could easily guess who she was.

Yang Ai Dang sent Lin Tao home and told her to focus on the choir's affairs, as the organization would naturally take care of other matters.

That evening, the Yang Ai Party convened a meeting of military wives, and the general content was to discuss the National Day Gala. We asked all the parents of the students to support the teachers' work. It is also a good thing for children to participate in such activities. It can exercise their courage and develop their physical, aesthetic and labor skills. What's wrong with that?

The vast majority of parents knew that their children might be honored on the National Day Gala, and they were very supportive. The few who were not so supportive also supported it after the meeting held by the Yang Ai Party.

Although Huang Aidi was not convinced in her heart, she dared not say anything when she heard Ma Xiaoying singing again after returning home.

Even if she is not afraid of being criticized by the Yang Ai Party, she is afraid of being beaten by Ma Debiao!

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The time interval between Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day is not long, and the school does not give them much time to prepare.

After less than five days of rehearsal, the choir was about to compete with the recitation group.

In addition to Lin Tao and Jin Pingping, the rest of the teachers, as well as the principal and Yang Aidang, were all judges, and ultimately the best performer was chosen by voting.

Lin Tao has also worked very hard in the choir. She has been leaving early and coming back late these days. After returning home, she still has to think about what movements to add when singing.

At this time, Li Chengxi would sit beside her and read a book with her, without saying a word, so as not to disturb Lin Tao, but Lin Tao felt at peace because of his company.

In the end, the choir's performance was quite successful and received warm applause from the teachers present.

Especially Xu Yuting, she was the most enthusiastic when clapping. When Lin Tao looked at her, she even gave her a thumbs up.

As for Jin Pingping's recitation group, it was pretty good at first, but two children made some mistakes during the recitation. One forgot the words, and the other spoke Mandarin in a non-standard way with a heavy accent, which was very abrupt during the recitation.

Students from other classes heard this and laughed outside the window.

When the two students saw what had happened, their faces turned red and they dared not say a word.

Not surprisingly, the recitation group led by Jin Pingping lost to the choir of Lin Tao's class. In the end, the principal decided that the choir of Lin Tao's class would perform at the National Day party.

When Yang Ai Dang left, he talked to Lin Tao, and his eyes showed recognition of Lin Tao: "I really didn't make a mistake in choosing you. In just a few days, you have made the children sing well. You didn't embarrass us Xiangcheng girls. Well done."

Lin Tao pursed her lips and smiled, saying modestly: "Actually, this is also thanks to the efforts of the students. They have really worked very hard these days. One or two of them are still practicing after returning home."

"That's only possible with a good teacher like you." Yang Aidang said, "Don't be modest. You've worked hard to accompany the children in rehearsal these days. I'm looking forward to your performance on National Day."

After Yang Aidang left, Xu Yuting came over quickly and smiled at Lin Tao: "Teacher Lin, the students in your class sing really well. I knew you could do it."

After saying that, he winked at Lin Tao again.

She said in a low voice: "I just passed by Jin Pingping's class and heard her scolding the students in her class. It's really annoying. What's wrong with speaking with an accent? Doesn't she have an accent herself? Is it necessary for her to scold the students like that?"

Lin Tao glanced out the window and happened to see Jin Pingping's class.

Jin Pingping stood on the podium with a very bad look on her face. Lin Tao couldn't hear exactly what she was cursing, but it seemed to be similar to what Xu Yuting said.

The bell for class rang, Xu Yuting quickly picked up the lesson plan and said to Lin Tao: "I won't talk to you anymore, I have to go to class."

After saying that, he walked outside quickly.

It had just rained yesterday, and half of the floor outside was covered by moss every time it rained because the eaves could not cover it. Lin Tao was afraid that Xu Yuting would slip, so she quickly reminded her: "Slow down!"

Xu Yuting responded: "I know."

When she walked, she deliberately avoided places with moss. Although she seemed to be very aggressive, she was actually very cautious.

This is her and Wang Yuanliang's first child, and she is looking forward to it.

Lin Tao had just finished a class and had time to rest before going to class. She was preparing for class in her office, but her mind was on the boy who had been called outside the classroom by Jin Pingping.

As for why Jin Pingping only called out that one male student when two students clearly made mistakes during the recitation? It was because the father of the other student was a military officer, so Jin Pingping didn't dare to go too far.

They are in the sixth grade and will be taking the junior high school entrance exam soon. Jin Pingping doesn't let him go to class, and he is deeply affected.

Jin Pingping went to the toilet because she felt sick, and the students were left to study and recite on their own in the second half of the class.

Lin Tao walked to the door of their class and saw the student standing at the door with a red face, turning his head from time to time to look at his classmates who were reciting. He was also reciting the book silently, but he stopped after reciting a few sentences because he had a heavy accent when he was reciting.

"What's your name?" Lin Tao asked.

The male student looked up at Lin Tao and answered in a low voice: "Xiao Shengtian."

"Student Xiao Shengtian, have you ever heard the Chairman speak?" Lin Tao asked, but before Xiao Shengtian could answer, she continued, "I have heard several sentences on the village radio before, and I always think about them after listening to them. In fact, the Chairman also has an accent when he speaks, but does this affect the Chairman being a great leader of our China? Do you think the Chairman's accent makes you feel uncomfortable?

Don't you think he's not as good as everyone thinks he is?"

Xiao Shengtian quickly shook his head: "No! The great leader Chairman Mao is the most powerful person!"

Lin Tao smiled: "So speaking with an accent is not a shameful thing, right?"

"Yes!" Xiao Shengtian raised his head, and his face no longer had the deep doubts about himself before, "Teacher Lin, thank you! You are a good teacher!"

Lin Tao smiled after hearing this and went back to the office to continue preparing lessons.

This scene happened to be seen by Yang Ai Dang who was passing by. She nodded continuously after listening to it. This Lin Tao is really good.

Yang Aidang had just gone to talk to the principal, and this time he came to see Lin Tao to ask her if she had any ideas about the costumes for the children's performance.

Lin Tao said, "Half of the students in our class have parents who are fishermen. Their parents have a hard life. It's unrealistic to ask them not to buy a set of clothes for this performance. Speaking of which, I'm quite embarrassed. Director Yang, I saw another large piece of blue cloth in the school's utility room before. It can be used to make clothes. I wonder if you can give it to us?"

"I'll talk to your principal about it. It shouldn't be a problem." Yang Aidang nodded.

The principal brought the cloth to Lin Tao before school was over. The piece of blue cloth was really big. Even after it was folded up, it still looked particularly large and thick.

The principal said, "Teacher Lin, I heard from Director Yang that you wanted this piece of cloth. This piece of cloth was used as a curtain for the opening ceremony when our school was first opened. It is a good piece of cloth, but it has been stored for many years and is covered with dust. It needs to be washed."

He also talked about Lin Tao's hard work. The most important thing was that their school was not rich, and the tuition was not much, just enough to cover the school's expenses and the teachers' salaries.

In addition, the school recently plans to open a library, and has already spent a lot of money on it. It is really unrealistic to ask the school to spend more money to buy clothes for each of these children.

So when the principal learned that Lin Tao only asked for a piece of cloth, he agreed without hesitation.

The principal was afraid that Lin Tao could not carry such a large piece of cloth by herself, so he specially called two male teachers and asked them to help take the cloth home to Lin Tao after school.

When they got home, Lin Tao invited the two teachers to have a glass of water, and they left without staying long.

After the two teachers left, Lin Tao put the blue

The cloth was too big and there were many vegetables and flowers planted in the yard, so the cloth could not be spread out in the yard.

Just as the principal said, since the cloth was a bit old, there was quite a bit of dust on it.

Lin Tao took out a basin, scooped a bucket of water from the water tank, and began to wash the cloth.

Lin Tao washed for more than two hours, until she had used up all the water in the water tank at home, and finally washed the cloth clean. But the cloth was too big, and she had to twist it by herself, just like when she washed bed sheets in the past, twisting the edges and corners one by one.

But before he could do much, the gate was pushed open.

Lin Tao took a look and found that it was Li Chengxi who came back. She waved to him quickly: "Chengxi, come on, help me twist it. This piece of cloth is really too big, bigger than our bed sheet. I can't twist it well by myself."

Li Chengxi hurried over and took the other end of the cloth. The two of them twisted it one to one side and the other to the other side. After a while, the water dripped into the basin.

Li Chengxi asked: "Where did you get such a large piece of cloth? The cloth we bought in Shanghai doesn't seem to have this color."

Lin Tao said: "Today our choir competed with Teacher Jin's recitation group, and our choir won."

Lin Tao told Li Chengxi about her idea of ​​using the cloth to make performance costumes for the children: "Many students in our class have parents who are fishermen and have a hard time. I don't want to make things difficult for them. This is something worth being happy about, so we should solve it happily."

After Lin Tao finished speaking, she smiled a little embarrassedly, "I used up all the water in our water tank just by washing this cloth. There will be no water left for dinner later."

Li Chengxi helped Lin Tao hang the cloth up, then quickly took the bucket and shoulder pole and said, "I'll go get some water."

When he reached the gate of the courtyard, he turned around and looked at Lin Tao. The little girl was so tired from washing the cloth that her face was flushed, but her eyes were sparkling. When she looked at the cloth that was bluer than the sky, her eyes were full of a sense of accomplishment and expectation for the children's performance on National Day.

Everyone else was vying to be the living Lei Feng, but seeing Lin Tao suffering, Li Chengxi really wanted her to stop learning to be Lei Feng.

But as soon as he saw the smile on Lin Tao's face, he knew that in Lin Tao's heart, happiness must outweigh the hardship.

He lamented that his party spirit was not as strong as Lin Tao's, and he was not as aware as Lin Tao.

But in my heart

He felt that he had done something wrong. He just felt sorry for his wife. Was that wrong? Of course.

But it's right for Lei Feng to enjoy helping others when his daughter-in-law is learning to do housework. All he can do is to do his best and help her from behind.

Before leaving, Li Chengxi told Lin Tao, "A Tao, you don't have to cook tonight. I'll go to the army cafeteria to get food after I fetch water."

Lin Tao knew that Li Chengxi felt sorry for her because she was tired, so she nodded and said, "Okay."

When Li Chengxi went to fetch water, Lin Tao went to lie on the bed for a while. She was really tired from washing. But when she thought about how this piece of cloth would be made into clothes and worn by students, she was filled with excitement and anticipation.

In this way, the physical fatigue is much relieved.

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Although everyone on the island knew that Captain Li loved his wife, all the heavy work at home was done by Captain Li.

But when several women who were drawing water from the well saw Li Chengxi coming to draw water, they couldn't help but sigh that people's lives are different.

Some people are lucky enough to marry a good man like Captain Li.

He is handsome and capable, and not only has he become a group leader at a young age, but he also loves his wife more than anyone else. It is really hard to find a man like him even with a lantern, but Teacher Lin finally found one.

Lin Hui happened to come to fetch water and saw this scene. Especially after Li Chengxi left, the women were still talking about how lucky Lin Tao was.

She felt indescribable pain in her heart and couldn't help but compare Shen Guobin and Li Chengxi.

The worst thing is that Shen Guobin is not as good as Li Chengxi in any aspect. But in Lin Hui's heart, she muttered that Li Chengxi was just pretending, and in reality, he was not as good as their Shen Guobin.

Is Li Chengxi handsome? His face is so small, he is not as good-looking as Shen Guobin, and he is not as masculine as Shen Guobin!

It seemed that only by convincing herself in this way could Lin Hui feel that she was not inferior to Lin Tao.

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After Li Chengxi fetched the water, he went to the army canteen to get some food. After having dinner with Lin Tao and his wife, they took a walk around their home and then went home to rest.

Lin Tao has had a heavy workload in recent days, so she went to bed earlier than usual.

Li Chengxi knew that Lin Tao was busy, having to attend classes and rehearse, and was exhausted. Now she had to make clothes for the students, and the workload increased, which made Li Chengxi feel distressed.

Unfortunately, he is not good at making clothes.

I don't know anything about this, otherwise I could still help.

So during these few nights, Li Chengxi didn't touch her. At most, he would hold her in his arms to sleep and watch her slowly fall asleep in his arms.

Lin Tao has a good sleeping posture and always looks peaceful when she is asleep.

Sometimes, she wouldn't know what she was dreaming about, but she would frown, smack her lips, and then rub against Li Chengxi's arms like a kitten, which was very cute.

Li Chengxi would sometimes hold Lin Tao in his arms and watch her sleep. It seemed like he couldn't get enough of her; the more he watched, the more he liked her.

When the lights were turned off, Li Chengxi kissed Lin Tao's forehead, hugged Lin Tao's soft body, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

When she went to class the next day, Lin Tao brought her tape measure from home to school.

After class, I measured the students’ sizes one by one and wrote down each person’s measurements in my notebook so that the clothes I made would fit them properly.

After Xu Yuting found out, she sighed, her face full of concern: "If I had known that after your class was selected to participate in the performance, you would have to do so many things by yourself, attending classes, rehearsing, and now making clothes for the students, I would not have asked you to run the choir. What do you think? If you think it's too tiring, just don't make clothes. It's okay to let their parents buy them a new set of clothes, and it's not like they can't wear them again after wearing them this time..."

Lin Tao shook her head and said, "I'm fine. Besides, they don't need me to watch them too much during rehearsal. I can go home in the afternoon to make clothes. It will be finished in about two or three days."

Xu Yuting quickly said, "I'll go to your house to help you this afternoon."

Lin Tao looked at her and smiled: "What can you do to help me?"

Xu Yuting pouted: "...I don't know how to make clothes. Think about it yourself and see if there is anything I can do to help."

"Really not." Lin Tao said helplessly.

Xu Yuting sighed again.

Lin Tao pointed at her belly and said, "You are pregnant now, you can't sigh all the time. If you sigh too often, what will happen if the baby you give birth to is like this?"

After hearing this, Xu Yuting was so scared that she didn't dare to sigh casually anymore. She didn't want to give birth to a "little old man" who always loved to sigh.

Although Xu Yuting wanted to help, she couldn't really help, so in order not to make things worse, she had to give up.

In the afternoon, Lin Tao arranged for the students to rehearse in the classroom according to the method she had taught them before.

If you don't sing a certain line well, sing it more.

However, the rehearsal time does not need to be too long, and it should be combined with work and rest.

The students knew that Teacher Lin worked very hard to make new clothes for them, so they were very sensible and didn't need Lin Tao to worry about them at all.

Lin Tao returned home, touched the cloth, and found that it was dry after being exposed to the sun all day.

She took the cloth down, took out the scissors and measuring tape at home, and planned to start cutting the cloth. However, just as she got everything ready, there was a knock at the door.

"Teacher Lin, Teacher Lin, are you here, Teacher Lin?"

Lin Tao quickly put down the work in her hands, walked to the door and opened it, then saw two people standing at the door. They were also military wives from the island, and parents of students in Lin Tao's class, whom she had met when she visited her home last time.

"Mrs. Ding, Mrs. Zhu, why are you here?"

"Teacher Lin, aren't you going to make clothes for the children? We both know how to make them, so we'll help you."

"Yes, yes, Teacher Lin, you have to teach the children and rehearse during the day. We can't tire out a good teacher like you! We can usually make clothes for the children at home. Teacher Lin, just tell us what kind of clothes you want to make, and we can make them!"

Not only did Mrs. Ding and Mrs. Zhu come, but before long, seven or eight military wives came to the house, all of them to help make clothes.

This was the first time since Lin Tao came to the island that there were so many people at home at the same time, and it was so lively. The sisters-in-law were all good at making clothes, especially after Lin Tao made a set of clothes first, they could basically make no mistakes by looking at the samples.

Lin Tao, who originally planned to do a great job, now has no place to do anything. She can only pour water for these sisters-in-law and treat them with some melon seeds and peanuts.

But they all came here to work, and no one had time to eat these. They only drank water occasionally when they were thirsty.

Mrs. Zhu called Lin Tao and said, "Teacher Lin, you don't have to greet us. You can just sit and watch us, or go to bed and rest for a while. It's all fine."

"We promise to make these clothes quickly and well!"

The house was so lively that the living room, which Lin Tao usually thought was quite large, seemed small. Some military wives even moved chairs to the yard to make clothes. They basically used needles and thread from their own homes to sew clothes.

Nowadays, there are not many people like Lin Tao's family who are so "rich" that they would buy a sewing machine directly. They usually sew clothes directly with needle and thread, and the needle holes are very fine.

It is dense and as comfortable to wear as those made with a sewing machine.

After Lin Tao made two sets of clothes using the sewing machine, they stopped her from working and told her to rest.

Chen Shuifen, who lived next door, heard the noise and after finding out what happened, she hurried over to help.

Mrs. Ding and several other military wives teased her, "Shuifen, your son Xiangyang is only in the first grade and he's not going to the National Day party, so why are you here?"

Chen Shuifen said as she sewed clothes: "Then I have to help too! Before Teacher Lin didn't tell me, I didn't know there was such a thing. Now I know, they are all children from our island, so what's wrong with me helping them?"

A group of people were noisy and chatting, mostly children, and each family had fireworks.

Lin Tao felt warm inside when she saw this.

After asking, she found out that some of these military wives heard the children say the night before that the teacher was measuring their sizes so that they could make clothes. Some of the children did not say anything, but Yang Aidang went to tell them, so all these military wives came to help spontaneously.

When everyone works together, the efficiency is extremely high.

Lin Tao originally planned to spend three or four days to finish the clothes, but she actually finished them in one day.

When Li Chengxi came back in the evening, he found the house full of people.

These military wives had long known that Captain Li was a well-known dote on his wife. When they saw Li Chengxi coming back with an aluminum lunch box in his hand, they knew that he felt sorry for Teacher Lin and was reluctant to let her go through the trouble of cooking, so they couldn't help but tease her.

"Hey, Captain Li is back!"

"Captain Li is really considerate. He even brought lunch for Teacher Lin when he came back!"

Li Chengxi looked normal. He glanced at the blushing Lin Tao and said with a smile, "I didn't know there were so many guests at home, otherwise I should have prepared more food."

Lin Tao said, "There are dishes at home. I'll go cook them. My sisters-in-law have worked hard today. Let's eat at home."

Everyone refused, saying that they had to go back to cook for their husbands and children. Teacher Lin appreciated the kindness, but she didn't eat. When she left, she expressed her gratitude to Lin Tao, saying that she taught well and the children knew how to read after returning home.

"My two boys, Jianguo and Jianye, always talk about you. Teacher Lin said that they are much more sensible than before!"

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After sending away a group of military wives, only Lin Tao and Li Chengxi were left at home.

Lin Tao and Li Chengxi smiled at each other. Lin Tao said, "I'll go get my clothes ready and come right back.

Eat. "

Lin Tao stacked the finished clothes one by one. In order to avoid making mistakes, while making the clothes, Lin Tao asked the military wives to use needle and thread to sew the children's names on the collar of each piece of clothing.

By the time she had finished tidying up her clothes, Li Chengxi had already prepared the food and set out the dishes and chopsticks.

"Are we having noodles in the cafeteria today?" Lin Tao asked when she saw a large bowl of noodles in front of her with two poached eggs on top.

However, Li Chengxi had some steamed buns. Lin Tao thought that Li Chengxi wanted to eat steamed buns, so she deliberately made steamed buns without thinking much about it. After all, Li Chengxi had been in Shengshan Island for several years and liked all kinds of pasta.

Li Chengxi shook his head: "This is the hospital meal I prepared for you. The noodles in the cafeteria are pretty good. Come and try some."

These past few days he had been bringing his meals back from the canteen. The canteen served steamed buns every day. Li Chengxi noticed that Lin Tao was tired of eating steamed buns, so he signed up for a sick meal from the canteen early on.

Lin Tao felt warm at heart and took a bite of noodles. It tasted really good.

He smiled at Li Chengxi and said, "It's delicious."