Chapter 97

Before, Zheng Youde was still feeling upset about a wrong move he made in a game of chess, but when he heard what Lin Changhai said, he was overjoyed. He quickly told Chen Shuifen, who was planning to cook dinner, to stop working and go to Captain Li's house for dinner tonight.

The two families got together again for a meal. Lin Tao's pickled fish was delicious, mainly because the pickled cabbage was well pickled. Chen Shuifen also said that she didn't know why, she clearly followed Lin Tao's method, but the pickled fish she made didn't taste as good as Lin Tao's.

Zheng Youde and his two sons all enjoyed the meal very much.

Lin Changhai asked: "How is it? Does it taste good?"

"Teacher Lin's skills are really good. It's worth it even if I lose the game." Zheng Youde said. He even wanted to catch such a big fish next time and lose to Lin Changhai again.

The two families had a happy meal. Chen Shuifen even helped to clean up the dishes. Their family had not prepared anything today, so even if they caught a fish, it was still won by Lin Changhai. Chen Shuifen was not the kind of person who would just pat her butt and leave after a meal without caring about anything.

Li Chengxi wanted to wash the dishes again tonight, but was chased out by Chen Shuifen.

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Two days passed quickly, in the blink of an eye, and a new day arrived. It was already September 1st and school had started.

In the new semester, Shengshan Primary School has been changed to Shengshan School, and the junior high school also has the first batch of first-year students. As for the second year, it is still vacant for the time being. After all, the students of the previous few years have already gone to schools outside the island, and it would not be convenient to let them transfer back.

Originally, Lin Tao thought that she would continue to teach in elementary school, because her academic qualifications were only a high school graduate.

Among the new teachers this time, Zhao Xiaoqin and Ren Ying went to college. Although they did not graduate, they were at least taller than her.

However, the principal took into consideration that this class of first-year students was taught by Lin Tao, so in the new semester, he still let Lin Tao teach the first-year students and continue to lead this class well.

Zhao Xiaoqin and Ren Ying had no objection to this decision. They were both new and it didn't matter which class they taught. However, Ren Ying majored in Russian in college, and Xu Yuting was too busy teaching Russian alone, so someone came to share the burden with Xu Yuting.

So currently, Lin Tao, Xie Cong and Ren Ying are teaching the first grade.

Lin Tao still teaches Chinese, Xie Cong teaches mathematics, and Ren Ying teaches Russian to the first graders.

Although I was teaching the first grade of junior high school, except for the textbooks, everything else remained the same. Lin Tao was still facing the same students and there was no need for a running-in period. Everyone was very serious during class, which was quite worry-free.

After class, Lin Tao returned to the office. Xu Yuting and Zhong Jing were also there, as well as Zhao Xiaoqin and Qin Ling. However, it happened that the next class was theirs, so they greeted Lin Tao who had just come in and went to the classroom.

At this moment, only Xu Yuting, Xiao Qingming who was playing by himself, Lin Tao and Zhong Jing were left in the office.

Zhong Jing thought for a moment and said, "Teacher Lin, Teacher Xu, I have something I want to tell you."

Lin Tao paused while organizing her textbooks. She subconsciously guessed that Zhong Jing was most likely going to tell them about Xie Cong.

Xu Yuting was still a little confused and asked, "Teacher Zhong, what happened to you? There's no one else here, tell me."

Lin Tao also smiled and waited for Zhong Jing's next words.

Zhong Jing actually knew that Lin Tao should have noticed something. She had no intention of keeping this a secret. It was just that on the day of the welcome party, when she saw Xie Cong, she was so shocked. What happened then and her current experience made her subconsciously not know how to face Xie Cong, so she did not show that she knew Xie Cong at that time.

When she talked it out with Xie Cong that night, she also thought it through herself.

She and Xie Cong actually no longer had any relationship, and she no longer took the incident to heart. Even though Xie Cong and she were in the same school now, they were just ordinary colleagues.

"Actually, I know Teacher Xie." Zhong Jing said.

Xu Yuting was surprised: "Teacher Zhong, you know Teacher Xie? Then why didn't you tell me that night? And I saw that you two didn't seem to communicate much. I wouldn't have noticed it if you hadn't said it."

Zhong Jing smiled and said, "In fact, I didn't react that day. Although we knew each other, we hadn't seen each other for many years. And I met him when I was an exchange student in Beijing. I only studied in Peking University for one semester and then came back. We were not very familiar with each other. So that night, neither of us reacted."

"Is that true? So Teacher Xie graduated from Peking University? Tsk, Teacher Xie is really amazing." Xu Yuting exclaimed, "How come such an amazing person, who was not demoted, would want to come to our island to teach?"

Zhong Jing said: "He said that the movement in Beijing is very strong now, and he is probably afraid that if he continues to stay in Beijing, he will be implicated."

Xu Yuting nodded: "That's true. It's better on our island. The sports are not that serious."

After listening to this, Lin Tao also nodded and didn't say anything else.

In fact, she could see that Zhong Jing must have concealed a small part of the story. But she could understand that everyone has their own secrets, and since Zhong Jing was unwilling to tell, she did not ask.

The atmosphere in the school is quite good after the new teachers came.

The main thing is that these new teachers are pretty good and the students like them very much.

Since the conversation between Zhong Jing and Xie Cong that night, Xie Cong has not said anything excessive to Zhong Jing. He was polite and just nodded to her when they met, like a normal colleague.

Everything is calming down.

The last time Li Chengxi suggested buying an electric fan, Lin Tao thought that it was already the beginning of autumn and the weather would get cold soon, so she said she would buy it next year.

However, Li Chengxi took advantage of the fact that one of his comrades was leaving the island for a meeting, exchanged a foreign exchange note with someone, and asked someone to bring the electric fan back.

The news that Lin Tao's family had added an electric fan spread quickly on the island. Things like sewing machines and electric fans are big items and cost a lot of money.

Some people buy sewing machines when they get married, after all, they have three turns and one sound. But electric fans are not necessary, and they are expensive, even more expensive than sewing machines.

After Chen Shuifen learned that Lin Tao's family had added an electric fan, she quickly brought Zheng Hongxing to Lin Tao's house to see this new item.

After the electric fan is plugged in to a power source and the switch is turned on, the fan blades inside will start to spin.

It feels quite comfortable with the wind blowing over.

Chen Shuifen looked at the electric fan and exclaimed in amazement: "Teacher Lin, this is an electric fan. It's really amazing. It can be turned just by plugging it in. It's not cheap, right? It should cost at least this much?"

Chen Shuifen extended two fingers towards Lin Tao.

Lin Tao said, "I heard Cheng Xi spent 230 yuan. This brand is more expensive than other brands, and it requires foreign exchange certificates. Cheng Xi thought that since there is only one big item like this in the house, it is better to buy a better one so that it can be used for a longer time."

"Tsk, I have to say, your Captain Li is really caring." Chen Shuifen sighed.

Which child doesn't have prickly heat in the summer? When she gave birth to her son Hongxing, it was the hottest summer of that year. The boy was sweaty and had prickly heat all over his body. He just applied some powder.

But people are different. Captain Li is meticulous and treats his wife and children well, which is something you can't envy. Chen Shuifen is not the kind of person who likes to compare everything with others. There is such a textbook example couple living next door. If she is so arrogant as to compare everything with others, then why would she want to live?

How did you say that? People should be contented easily. As the saying goes, contentment brings happiness.

She felt that her husband, Mr. Zheng, was doing pretty well after being reformed by her, and she was quite satisfied.

Yueyue sat on the chair, feeling very comfortable with the fan blowing on her. It was the first time for this little girl to see an electric fan, and the blades inside were whirring. She wanted to reach out and touch it at first.

However, Lin Tao gave her a very serious education, and regardless of whether Yueyue could understand at such a young age, Lin Tao told Yueyue seriously several times that she could not touch the fan with her hands.

At this moment, Zheng Hongxing came over, and Lin Tao told him again that he must not touch the electric fan with his hands.

Zheng Hongxing asked: "What would happen if it touched?"

Chen Shuifen said: "If you touch me, you will have no hands and you will eat with your feet."

Zheng Hongxing: “…”

His feet are so smelly that I'm afraid I'll pass out from the odor, so it's better for him to eat with his hands.

There are people like Chen Shuifen, and there are people who don't know their limits. Just as Lin Tao went in to grab a handful of red shrimp cakes for Zheng Hongxing to eat, that shameless person came.

The person who came was the wife of Captain Jin. Although Captain Jin was a regular, he was also quite old, already 38 or 39 years old this year. His superiors had no intention of promoting him, so he would have to retire in a year or two.

It is estimated that because of this incident, Lao Jin's wife Luo Guiju has become more and more shameless in the past two years. When she first came to join the army a few years ago, although she liked to take advantage of others, she still knew to restrain herself.

In the past two years, she knew that her husband would not be promoted and would most likely have to retire in two years. So she wanted to take as many advantages as she could in the military camp. Recently, the wives of soldiers in the military family area have been annoyed with her.

He borrowed everything, not even a needle or a thread, and never returned it. He even took advantage of the few vegetables at home. Sometimes when we cooked some meat at home, he would come to our house just by smelling the meat. He is so shameless.

Luo Guiju had been to Lin Tao's house before, saying that she came to see what Lin Tao's yard was like.

In fact, Lin Tao has been on the island for two or three years. Luo Guiju never contacted her at the beginning, let alone visited her. The first time she visited her, she said when she left that the vegetables in Lin Tao's house were growing well. Without saying a word to Lin Tao, she just picked a bunch and took it back. This really made Lin Tao laugh.

What kind of people are these?

This time, when she heard that Lin Tao's family had bought an electric fan, Luo Guiju came over with her three sons.

"Teacher Lin, I heard that your family bought an electric fan? Oh my, this is the thing, it looks really rare." As soon as Luo Guiju walked into the yard, she saw the electric fan placed in the yard. Her eyes lit up and she pulled her sons to go and see the fan.

When Lin Tao and Chen Shuifen saw Luo Guiju, they both looked unhappy.

But Luo Guiju pretended not to notice. She smiled at Lin Tao and Chen Shuifen and said, "By the way, Teacher Lin, I came here this time because I have something to talk to you about. Isn't the weather going to get colder? My three boys need to make new clothes. I was thinking, don't you have a sewing machine at home? Can you help me make some when you are free?"

Lin Tao asked, "Where's the cloth?"

Luo Guiju said, "Don't you have cloth at home? I'll use yours first. The supply and marketing cooperative has sold out its cloth and I can't buy any. You can make it for me first, and when the supply and marketing cooperative gets some cloth, I'll buy it and give it to you."

What do you mean she went to the supply and marketing cooperative but didn't buy any cloth? In fact, she was just waiting for the supply and marketing cooperative to sell out its cloth, and then she came to Lin Tao to perform this drama? Will she be able to buy cloth and return it when the time comes? I'm afraid she will never come back. Even if Luo Guiju returns it when the time comes, it is estimated that she will return it with such inferior material as to pass it off as good quality.

Lin Tao knew people like Luo Guiju very well.

Lin Tao said directly: "Well, I still have some cloth at home. The material is pretty good. It's enough to make clothes for these children."

Luo Guiju's eyes lit up, but she heard Lin Tao continue to say: "But if you really want it, Sister Luo, you can buy it directly from my house. I bought these cloths from the market. I will tell you how much cloth coupons and money you should spend according to the market supply and marketing cooperative's price. I will definitely not take advantage of you. Besides, I am actually very busy. I have to take care of the children and go to class. You want me to help make clothes for the children, I can't refuse, but the clothes can't be made for free, right? How much is the labor for a piece of clothing, we have to talk about it clearly."

Lin Tao's words made the smile on Luo Guiju's face gradually freeze.

She frowned and muttered, "Teacher Lin, why are you so stingy? You are a people's teacher, but if you are so stingy, how can you be a teacher?"

Lin Tao smiled sarcastically and replied, "Sister Luo, look at yourself before you criticize others. If others don't let you take advantage of them, they are stingy. Then what kind of behavior are you?"

Having said that, Lin Tao didn't give Luo Guiju any face at all. She walked directly to the electric fan and turned off the switch.

As soon as Luo Guiju's sons entered the yard, they walked directly in front of Yueyue and fanned the electric fan. The children were not young anymore, the oldest was about ten years old, and the youngest was seven or eight years old. When they stood in front of Yueyue and Zheng Hongxing, they completely blocked the wind from the electric fan.

They did feel cooler, but Yueyue and Zheng Hongxing could no longer get any wind.

As the saying goes, children are like their parents. Luo Guiju's three sons are just like their mother, shameless and uneducated.

The older one didn't get into junior high school, so he dropped out of school. The two younger ones are still studying in Shengshan School. When they see Lin Tao, they never say "Hello, teacher".

"What's wrong with me? Don't I just want you to make two pieces of clothes for me? I didn't say I wouldn't return the cloth to you when the time comes. Why do you have to do that? Are you unhappy about my sons using the electric fan for a while? It's really interesting. You're a people's teacher after all." Luo Guiju simply showed her shamelessness and turned the tables.

Lin Tao was about to answer when Chen Shuifen couldn't help but said, "You want to give it back? Can you give it back? You don't know how many people you've taken advantage of. Take a piss and look in the mirror. You are such a shameless person. You took other people's things and treated them as your own. If others don't say anything, it's because they don't want to argue with you. Do you think you are right? You've become accustomed to taking other people's things. Do you think no one can stop you? You are such a shameless person."

Luo Guiju put her hands on her hips and said, "Who are you calling shameless?"

Chen Shuifen is not afraid of Luo Guiju. Chen Shuifen is a few years younger than Luo Guiju. Since she recovered from her illness when she was young, her body has become much stronger. When it comes to fighting, she is not afraid of Luo Guiju.

Chen Shuifen also put her hands on her hips and replied, "I will scold anyone who is shameless. I will scold you, Luo. What's wrong with that?"

"You are really capable. I have never seen such stingy people...Da Niu, Er Niu, San Niu, since they don't welcome us, let's leave. Who would want to come here?" Luo Guiju said.

Chen Shuifen waved her hands quickly, as if to drive away the bad luck: "If you want to leave, leave quickly. Who cares if you come?"

Zheng Hongxing's face turned red, and he managed to hold back from fighting with Luo Guiju's sons for a long time. Of course, he was only five years old, and if they really fought, he could only beat Luo Guiju's youngest son at best. If the other two older sons were beaten together, Zheng Hongxing would only get beaten.

But Zheng Hongxing is tough and not afraid of being beaten.

He didn't do anything in front of his mother just now, but he had already started thinking in his heart that the next time Sanniu was left alone, he would give Sanniu a good beating!

"This person is really shameless." After Luo Guiju left, Chen Shuifen even spat at her back. This person is really too shameless. "But Teacher Lin, it's a good thing you said that later. When you first said you could make clothes, I was really shocked. I thought you didn't know how shameless she was and really wanted her to pay you back. People like her are here to take advantage of you. Once they take something from you, they will regard it as their own and will not give it back."

Lin Tao said, "You've known me for such a long time, but you still don't know me? How could I be so stupid that I would make clothes for her even though I knew she was that kind of person?"

Chen Shuifen said, "Yes, I was wrong at that time. After you said the last sentence, I understood. Teacher Lin, I like your personality. You are easy to talk to people who are easy to talk to. If there is a real troublemaker, you are not afraid."

Lin Tao's personality is really like this. She looks like a gentle person, but in fact she is soft-hearted and does not respond to harsh treatment.

She is not afraid of anyone who tries to be tough with her.

"People like Luo Guiju have a bad reputation now. Everyone wants to spit when they talk about her. How can she be so shameless? And when others say something about her, she thinks it is others' problem, like a piece of meat on a knife." Chen Shuifen said.

Lin Tao said: "Some people are really shameless. There is nothing we can do about it. We should just stay away from her in the future. Fortunately, she was scolded by the two of us today. I guess she will be too embarrassed to come here again in the future."

As the two were talking, Xu Yuting came with Xiao Qingming.

Xiao Qingming can walk quite well now. He was afraid to take the first step at the beginning, but now he can walk steadily and does not need Xu Yuting to hold him.

Xu Yuting walked in and said, "A Tao, hey, Sister Chen is here too. I have something to tell you. I just had a fight with Luo Guiju on the way here."

"What's wrong? Does she want to take advantage of you again?" Lin Tao asked.

Xu Yuting shook her head: "No, I was on the road and heard her scolding you. I was so angry that I had a quarrel with her, and then she cried because of my scolding."

Lin Tao: “???”

Chen Shuifen: “???”

Lin Tao asked: "How did you curse?"

Xu Yuting said, "I originally only said that she said you were stingy, that she likes to take advantage of others and is shameless. But she brought up the issue of having children, saying that you gave birth to a concubine and couldn't even give birth to a son. I said that even if you gave birth to a concubine, she would be spoiled by Captain Li, unlike her, who gave birth to several sons, which was useless, because the man would have to retire. She said that most of the children she gave birth to were sows, and that they looked like pigs. She said that she had buck teeth and drooled when she spoke. Anyway, she said a lot of other things... I can't remember them all."

She was so angry at Luo Guiju for scolding Lin Tao that she wanted to scold Luo Guiju to death. She couldn't remember what she scolded Luo Guiju for, but she just scolded whatever she wanted.

She wasn't cursing, she was just picking on Luo Guiju's faults.

Luo Guiju was a person who was shameless and took advantage of others. She had heard this many times and was immune to it. However, this was the first time that Xu Yuting scolded her like this. Luo Guiju was so badly criticized by Xu Yuting that she wanted to kill herself.

Lin Tao and Chen Shuifen couldn't help laughing after hearing this. Luo Guiju was really unlucky.

After being scolded by her and Chen Shuifen, she met Xu Yuting on the road and was scolded again. Luo Guiju must be mad to death when she returns, because she hasn't gotten the advantage she wanted yet.

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Recently, Zhong Jing has been very angry with Shen Jiahao again.

Although there is a new teacher in the school, Zhong Jing no longer needs to teach two classes by herself, but the class she is currently teaching happens to be Shen Jiahao's second grade.

Recently, Lin Hui accidentally sprained her waist while working in the logistics department and had to stay at home for two days. She scolded Zhong Jing for being shameless every day. She had the opportunity to teach at the school, but Zhong Jing took her place.

Now, there are new teachers on the island, and it will be more difficult for her to be a teacher in school in the future.

After hearing what Lin Hui said, Shen Jiahao hated Zhong Jing even more. Not only did he not take her class seriously, he also deliberately caught a frog and put it in a female classmate's desk.

That's not all. The female students on the island are not afraid of frogs. When they see a frog in the desk, the more skilled ones dare to catch it and throw it back into Shen Jiahao's desk.

It was precisely because of this that Shen Jiahao had a bad relationship with the female classmates in his class. Once, when they went to the toilet, Shen Jiahao said some very ugly words outside. He also stole the chalk on the podium, went to the school toilet, and drew a dot in the middle of the word "female" in the female toilet.

When Zhong Jing heard what Shen Jiahao said, she couldn't even open her mouth to repeat it.

The kid is only a few years old, but he speaks such dirty words and doesn't know how to respect women at all.

Even if Shen Jiahao had been naughty before, Zhong Jing had never hit the student. But this time she really couldn't help it. For the first time, she picked up the ruler on the podium and beat Shen Jiahao. There are quite a lot of teachers who corporally punish students these days. This ruler is what teachers often use to beat students, but Zhong Jing has never used it before.

This was the first time that Zhong Jing hit a student, and she used quite a bit of force, mainly because she was irritated by Shen Jiahao's attitude. He had done something wrong but was still stubborn and refused to admit it.

After beating him, Zhong Jing forced him to stand outside the classroom and did not allow him to come in.

Zhong Jing was really angry this time. After class, when she returned to the office, the anger on her face had not subsided yet.

After hearing about this, Lin Tao and Xu Yuting also felt that students like Shen Jiahao should be taught a lesson. He used such things to insult women at such a young age. He must remember this lesson.

Unexpectedly, Lin Hui caused a scene at school because of this matter.