Chapter 91

As for the new teacher, she had to go to the deputy director to get the new teacher's information. Lin Tao felt uncomfortable when she thought about meeting Fan Jianshu later.

Because she really didn't want to see Fan Jianshu's face again, the face of that sinister villain.

But there was really no other way. She had to get the information of the new teacher assigned to their school, so she had to go to Fan Jianshu. No matter how uncomfortable she felt, she had to endure it.

But when she walked into the office, she found that Fan Jianshu was not there, but another middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit was sitting there.

Before Lin Tao went in, she saw a man walking by, so she asked, "Hello, young comrade, I'm here to pick up the newly assigned teacher. Didn't the notice say that I had to go to the deputy director to get the information? Has Deputy Director Fan's office moved?"

Otherwise, why would someone else be sitting at Fan Jianshu's desk?

Or did Fan Jianshu get promoted again in just three months? If that's the case, it's really disgusting.

Lin Tao was thinking about something when she heard the young comrade say, "What Deputy Director Fan? Are you talking about Fan Jianshu? He was reported to have had an affair with a woman a month ago and was demoted by the PD."

"Your school is not in the mountain city, right? How come you don't know such big news?" Seeing that Lin Tao really had never heard of this news, the young comrade immediately became interested and told her the matter in a low voice.

"This matter was a big deal at the time. The whole city was in an uproar. Who do you think Fan Jianshu had an affair with? It turned out to be the vice-principal of the No. 1 Middle School in the city. Who was the vice-principal? She was the daughter-in-law of our municipal party committee. This matter was a big deal. Even the city leaders were involved. At that time, the city conducted a thorough investigation. Anyone who had improper conduct and had an affair was dismissed and demoted. Fan Jianshu was given a yin-yang hairstyle and was dragged around the city. People were really panicked at the time."

It was a sensation. Fan Jianshu was shaved into a yin-yang style and paraded through the streets in a car. Some people threw rotten vegetable leaves at him. Some children even picked up dog shit from the road and threw it at him. Everyone who saw him cursed at him.

Once Fan Jianshu falls, the Fan family will be finished.

The Fan family had no foundation or backing. Fan Jianshu was able to gain a foothold in the Education Bureau thanks to the wife of the municipal commissioner. Now they are all down. The once prosperous Fan family has lost everything. The house was taken back. Fan Jianshu's brother-in-law divorced his sister immediately to cut off all ties. Fan Jianshu's mother asked for help everywhere but could not find anyone to help. It is said that she was so angry that she had a stroke and was paralyzed in bed.

Before being demoted, Fan Jianshu was mentally ill. When he left, he was mumbling something. According to people who heard him, he said: "I am Director Fan, don't call me Deputy Director Fan, I am not Deputy Director, I am not Deputy Director..."

This news is so shocking. It has been more than a month since the incident happened, and wherever I go, people are still discussing it.

It was precisely because of this incident that the previous unhealthy tendencies in the mountain city were completely eradicated, and a group of people were replaced in the Education Bureau alone.

So this is why the guard saw that she was not only not blocked but also very enthusiastic? When Fan Jianshu was there, Fan Jianshu had a backstage, so when the guard faced a director like Wei Yingzi, he still mentioned Fan Jianshu because he knew that Fan Jianshu had a backstage. Although he didn't know the things behind it, it affected his decision.

In the past, Fan Jianshu had the support of the backstage, so even though he was just a 'deputy' director, he kept a very high profile. He relied on connections to get promoted from the beginning and was not the kind of person who would get things done down to earth.

People like Wei Yingzi are typical of those who have risen to the top step by step on their own.

After the young comrade finished speaking, he turned to Lin Tao and said, "You're looking for the deputy director? The one in this office is our new deputy director, his last name is Tan."

Lin Tao thanked the young comrade and at the same time heaved a sigh of relief. As expected, evil deeds will be punished. It is not that there is no retribution until the time comes. A man like Fan Jianshu finally got what he deserved.

But who will be the one to report it later?

Lin Tao recalled the look in Jin Pingping's eyes that day when she begged her not to report Fan Jianshu, and wondered, could it be Jin Pingping?

Although I have a lot of questions in my mind, the most important thing at the moment is to go to Deputy Director Qin to get the new teacher's information.

Lin Tao knocked on the office door and heard someone say, "Come in."

Lin Tao opened the door, walked in, and explained why she was there.

Deputy Director Qin looked nice and was very decent. After asking Lin Tao which school she was from, he gave her the information of several teachers: "There are a total of three teachers assigned to your Shengshan Primary School this time. Compared with other schools, there will be more than Shengshan Primary School. This is mainly because the junior high school department of Shengshan Primary School has just been built and there are few junior high school students. Currently, teachers are assigned according to demand. If your school is still short of teachers next year, you can come to the Ministry of Education to apply for a transfer of teachers."

"I understand. Thank you, Deputy Director Tan." Lin Tao thanked him.

Deputy Director Qin nodded: "You're welcome."

He is not like Fan Jianshu, who cares so much about the word "deputy". Deputy director is deputy director, which is nothing.

Lin Tao came out of the office and went to Wei Yingzi's office again.

Wei Yingzi was quite happy to see her. She invited her to sit down and chat for a few words. She also poured her a glass of water and asked, "Would you like some tea? The tea I have here is Guzhang Maojian from Xiangcheng, which is quite good."

"Guzhang Maojian is a good tea, but I may not be able to enjoy it. I have never liked drinking tea since I was a child. Director Wei, just pour me a glass of boiled water." Lin Tao said with a smile.

She always felt that tea tasted a bit bitter.

Wei Yingzi poured a glass of water for Lin Tao and made a cup of tea for herself, saying, "I didn't like tea before, but since I started working, I have to drink tea every day to refresh myself. How's it going? Are you here to pick up the new teacher?"

Lin Tao nodded and said, "Well, Director Wei, I just looked at the information of these teachers and found that they are all very good. There is even a teacher named Xie who used to teach at a university in Beijing. This is really amazing. Our Shengshan School has never had such an amazing teacher. I am a little flattered."

Yes, the conditions on their island are definitely not as good as those outside the island.

In the past, there was only an elementary school on the island, and when it came time to assign teachers, no teacher would be assigned to teach on the island. The conditions on the island were poor, and supplies were scarce. If you wanted to buy something, you had to wait for the supply and marketing cooperative to restock it.

This time, not only were four teachers assigned to Shengshan Primary School, but one of them was even a heavyweight. It was simply amazing.

This is also the reason why Lin Tao came to Wei Yingzi as soon as she got the teacher's information.

Wei Yingzi took a sip of tea and said after hearing this: "I have to explain this. Although I know you, I didn't speak for your school when assigning teachers this time. I just told the truth and described the features of your island, and let these teachers choose for themselves. As for this teacher Xie, to be honest, with his qualifications, all schools want to snatch him. Even the principal of the No. 1 Middle School in the city came to me and said that he wanted this teacher Xie to teach at the No. 1 Middle School in the city. He is an excellent teacher in the universities in Beijing, and people want him wherever he goes. But it was this teacher Xie who asked to teach at the island."

Wei Yingzi spoke the truth, but she also spoke on behalf of Shengshan School when those new teachers were choosing schools.

In the past, Shengshan School had a very low presence, and if people really wanted to choose, they would easily overlook this school. But this time, as the director, she specifically mentioned Shengshan School when she spoke, saying that Shengshan School is currently lacking in talent.

Some people want to choose a better school, and naturally some people want to shine where they are most needed.

These four teachers just want to shine on the island.

"Director Wei, no matter what, I still want to thank you." Lin Tao said.

If it weren't for Wei Yingzi, it is very likely that Shengshan School would have gained nothing this time. By that time, the junior high school department would have been built, but without teachers, which would have been a problem.

These teachers cannot be divided in half. Each person can teach two courses at most. If there are more than that, it will be too much to handle.

Now it’s better. There are four more teachers. One of them is a high school graduate. In fact, he had been admitted to university at that time, but he couldn’t go to university because the school was suspended due to the movement.

The other two female teachers have already gone to college but have not yet graduated. The other teacher is Teacher Xie Cong, 34 years old, an excellent teacher from Beijing.

Lin Tao chatted with Wei Yingzi in the office for a while. During the chat, the secretary came in to hand Wei Yingzi some information. Lin Tao noticed that Wei Yingzi had changed her secretary, and the secretary was no longer the same Xiao Zhao.

Lin Tao didn't ask much, but she guessed in her heart that Xiao Zhao might also be implicated by Fan Jianshu.

By noon, Lin Tao received the person.

The three female teachers are all very young, in their early twenties. The youngest is only nineteen years old and looks very youthful.

They were also surprised when they saw Lin Tao, because Lin Tao looked very young. However, since they were all young girls, it was easy for them to chat with each other. In addition, Lin Tao had a good personality and was gentle to others, so the girls suddenly no longer felt nervous.

Xie Cong was wearing a Zhongshan suit and looked like an intellectual. When he saw Lin Tao, he nodded to her as a greeting: "Hello, I'm Xie Cong."

Zhao Xiaoqin: "My name is Zhao Xiaoqin."

Ren Ying: "My name is Ren Ying."

Qin Ling: "My name is Qin Ling."

Zhao Xiaoqin and Ren Ying were from the same school. They were alumni and had always had a good relationship. Later, when the school was closed, they came here together. When they heard Director Wei talking about Shengshan Island and Shengshan School, they discussed it and decided to go to this school.

Compared to Ren Ying, Zhao Xiaoqin's personality is quieter, while Ren Ying is more lively. After meeting Lin Tao, she took the initiative to ask Lin Tao some questions about the island.

Lin Tao answered them one by one.

Qin Ling came alone and was the youngest among the female teachers. I heard that she was originally going to go to the countryside, but she came here because of the recruitment of teachers. Her parents said that they didn't know what the conditions in the countryside would be like, so it would be better for her to be a teacher here.

With her academic credentials, she would not be able to get into other schools, so she took the initiative to choose Shengshan School. In addition, she had never been to an island before, so she was quite yearning for it. The only thing that made her a little nervous was that this was her first time to leave home and go to such a far place.

But after seeing Lin Tao, Qin Ling was relieved because Lin Tao seemed to be easy to get along with and was chatting and laughing with them. This made the girls who left home for the first time feel relieved.

Compared to the three little girls, Xie Cong seemed much more stable and didn't talk much.

On the bus to the pier, the three girls asked Lin Tao about some things on the island, but Xie Cong didn't ask a single question. He sat on a chair with his eyes closed, but for some reason, Lin Tao felt that his destination was clear, which was to teach on Shengshan Island.

But think about it, Xie Cong was originally an excellent teacher at a school in Beijing, why didn't he teach there? Why did he choose to come to the mountain city?

Maybe it was because of sports. If I continued to teach in Beijing, I would probably be involved in the sports. At this time, choosing to go to Shengshan Island, a place far away from sports, is not a bad thing.

In fact, Lin Tao didn't know why Xie Cong chose to come to Shengshan Island. Xie Cong was not very willing to talk about his past, and Lin Tao didn't dare to ask, so she just thought so in her heart.

When they arrived at the pier, after the bus stopped, Lin Tao stood up, helped Qin Ling take a piece of luggage, and said, "We're here, let's get off the bus, and walk about ten minutes ahead to the pier."

Everyone continued walking forward, and when they reached the pier, Lin Tao asked them to find a seat in the waiting room to rest for a while, while she went to buy tickets for them.

Since Lin Tao had been to the island with Li Chengxi and he had also been there several times, the ticket seller already knew Lin Tao.

After seeing her, he took out an envelope from the drawer, handed it to Lin Tao, and said, "Teacher Lin, I have a letter for you."

Lin Tao first took the five tickets, and was stunned when she heard that there was a letter for her.

No matter whether the letters were sent from Shanghai or Xiangcheng, they were all sent directly to the post office on the island. No letter had ever been sent directly to the ticket office at the pier. She couldn't think of who sent it for a moment.

But he still took the letter and thanked the young comrade.

After receiving the letter, she realized that there was not even a stamp on the envelope, so it was impossible for it to be sent to the post office, so it was possible that someone had written the letter and put it here specifically.

Who could it be?

In fact, when Lin Tao was thinking about this question, she gradually came up with the answer in her heart.

After opening the letter, she found that it was indeed written by Jin Pingping. As she had guessed, it was Jin Pingping who reported Fan Jianshu.

It turned out that after Lin Tao persuaded Jin Pingping that day, although Jin Pingping asked Lin Tao not to report it, she was actually thinking about this matter in her heart. She has always been the kind of person who can't stand any grievances, which was also seen when she was on the island.

The reason why she chose to give up reporting it was because she knew she was pregnant. She had experienced the days of being without parents and living under someone else's roof, so she wanted to give her child a family. But not long after that conversation, she accidentally heard Fan Jianshu talking to his mother.

What this means is that Fan Jianshu's sister is infertile, and his brother-in-law's family has always had a lot of opinions about this matter. If Fan Jianshu hadn't been the director of the Education Bureau and given them the house allocated by the unit, they would probably have divorced Fan Jianshu's sister long ago.

So Fan Jianshu's mother discussed with him that after Jin Pingping gave birth to the child, the child would be adopted by Fan Jianshu's sister to raise. When Jin Pingping gave birth to the second child, the child would be raised under the name of the couple.

When Jin Pingping heard this, she was completely shocked. The anger and humiliation in her heart made her want to go up and tear this shameless Fan family apart.

What did they think of her? They married her because she had no parents and no one would help her. After she got married, she would have to rely on the Fan family. If she got pregnant, she would have to pass the child on to Fan Jianshu's sister.

What is she then? A puppet? A reproductive tool?

Jin Pingping completely collapsed, but she held back and pretended she didn't know about it. She behaved well and obediently during that month, making the Fan family think she had accepted the reality.

In fact, she had been preparing to leave the mountain city and was waiting for the opportunity to report to Fan Jianshu.

Later, she really found an opportunity. This time, Fan Jianshu failed to escape because Lin Tao had told her last time that Fan Jianshu jumped from the second-floor window. When she reported the case anonymously, she specifically reminded them to send someone to guard the window and catch Fan Jianshu in the act.

When Fan Jianshu was arrested, Jin Pingping, as the informant, immediately divorced Fan Jianshu and left Shancheng.

She originally wanted to hand the letter to Lin Tao personally. In addition to explaining the cause and effect of the incident, Jin Pingping also apologized to Lin Tao in the letter.

She said, "Teacher Lin, I really admire you. You are a very good teacher. It is precisely because of your excellence that I feel that I cannot compare with you, so I am very dissatisfied and have been against you many times. In fact, at the gate of the Education Bureau that day, you stopped me and told me about Fan Jianshu. You also said that you would accompany me to report him. You know, when he hit me, the look in his eyes was not sympathy for me, but pity. I was really touched at that time."

"I asked myself in my heart, if you were faced with such a thing, would I stand up to help you? I think I can't do it, so I am never you. Your character and mind are beyond my reach. Teacher Lin, I still remember last year, I asked you some questions about teaching and educating people. Our relationship was not good at that time, but you were happy to tell me these things. Although I asked you questions for other things at that time, I took your words to heart. The education industry is a great industry, where one generation influences another generation."

"I think I will continue to teach. I will change my bad habits and do my best to be a good teacher. Teacher Lin, I still remember what you said to me that day. You said I could go back to the island to continue teaching, but after thinking about it carefully, I decided not to go back. I appreciate your kindness, but I don't want to go back and bother you again."

"I think that by the time you see this letter, I will have already left the mountain city. As for where to go, I have not decided yet. I will go wherever I can. Maybe I will go to a place where no one knows me, find a school to be a teacher, give birth to a child, raise her well, and teach her the principles of life with you as a role model."

The letter was signed at the end with Jin Pingping's name.

After reading the letter, Lin Tao felt a little heavy in her heart, but at the same time she felt relieved.

The reason why I feel so heavy is because Jin Pingping has such a bad fate. Although she is not a nice person and has many shortcomings, the behavior of the Fan family is really too bad. Why do they treat a woman like this? They did not even regard Jin Pingping as a real person.

I breathed a sigh of relief because, in the end, Jin Pingping stood up.