Qin Shouguo took two steps at a time and walked up to her. As he passed by, he picked her up by the waist with one hand and walked towards the room.
Lin Zhengran felt a huge force lifting her up, waving her hands in front of her, and screamed in surprise.
Qin Shouguo opened, closed, and locked the door in one go, and put her on the bed. Lin Zhengran's face flushed, and he said in panic:
"What do you want to do in broad daylight? Duobao is still outside."
"Let me see if you were seriously injured yesterday."
Lin Zhengran was originally holding his hand, but after hearing what he said and seeing his clear eyes, he really let go.
Duobao was so worried at this time that he had no time to care about them.
He propped his face up with his hands and looked up at the sky with melancholy. He felt that they were not behaving like adults. How could he go out and play with others tomorrow?
Wouldn’t the bald people laugh at him to death?
"Alas!" he sighed.
In the evening, Qin Shouguo looked at Duobao and Lin Zhengran and sighed a few times.
The culprit, Lin Nanfeng, chose not to speak, and Qin Xiaomei also looked at Lin Zhengran curiously.
After dinner, he took a pair of scissors and asked her to cut her hair. Qin Xiaomei's hair was not long to begin with, and Lin Zhengran trimmed it to make it even shorter.
It’s nice to have the whole family together.
Lin Zhengran became happier and happier as he watched, while the two men behind him, big and small, were so worried that their eyebrows were about to fall out.
*
Lin Zhengran's daily routine is very simple. She has three meals a day. Her daughter is not at home for lunch, so she spends most of the rest of the time studying.
When I get bored, I go chat with the military wives on the island who I can talk to.
That day, Hua Dingxiang and Gao Erniang happened to come to her house to play. They used to live in the countryside, but later came to the island when they were able to join the army.
They are illiterate and have no jobs. They usually stay at home to take care of the children and cook. They arrange the rest of their time on their own.
Hua Dingxiang knows a lot of people and has received a lot of information. She came to Lin Zhengran today to bring him good news.
"The island is planning to expand the school, and I heard they're hiring teachers. Besides food coupons and other benefits, the monthly salary is 22 yuan. Why don't you give it a try?"
There weren’t many people on the island before, the facilities were just so-so, and there were only a few classrooms, one for grades one and two, and one for grades three and four.
In the fifth grade, I had to take the junior high school entrance exam and be in another class. I had to go to junior high school outside the island and come back once a week.
Now that the school has expanded, there is one class for each grade, so there is a shortage of teachers.
There are many educated people on the island, and this job pays well and is respectable, so before the news gets out, many people are trying to get in through the principal's backdoor.
The principal is an old man with integrity, so he plans to recruit candidates through examination.
Hua Dingxiang knew that Lin Zhengran could read, so she came to him.
Lin Zhengran was stunned. She was not so confident.
The Gao couple had taught her for two years before. She had a good memory and was obedient, and they treated her with sincerity. They taught her very carefully.
Later, after his daughter went to school, he taught her how to read and write. Knowing that she liked English, he specially asked Zhang Shicheng to give her English lessons.
Whenever his daughter learned a word outside, Qin Shouguo would teach her when she came back. Gradually, she learned more and more words. After coming here, Qin Shouguo also taught her.
Before, others taught her, but now she doesn’t have the confidence to teach others, so she stared at her two sisters-in-law in a daze.
Gao Erniang didn't know what she was thinking, and she pointed at Wu Jia and said:
"Su Meilian next door has also signed up. She's well-educated, and I heard she's teaching fifth grade. Sister-in-law, you better do your best and don't embarrass us!"
Lin Zhengran was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. When she was at the Zhang family, she often urged Nanfeng to make progress and learn whatever she could, as it would be useful to her in the future.
Now, today it's someone else's turn to urge her to make progress.
But this time she disappointed her two sisters-in-law. Her background was far inferior to that of Su Meilin, who had received a proper education.
Qin Shouguo said that she did well in English, but her performance in other subjects was far behind.
Lin Zhengran himself is not greedy, and now he has time, so he can just take it slow.
Qin Shouguo can speak several languages of various countries, which he also taught himself later. He is good at practice, but his cultural level is still a little lacking.
In his own words, don't be fooled by my cultured appearance, I'm actually a rough guy at heart.
Apart from learning some spoken English from him, Lin Zhengran now heard him talk most about his past.
Lin Zhengran knew that he had lost his memory, knew the suffering he had endured in a foreign country, and knew that his current situation was the result of his life.
"You all don't like Su Meilin?" Lin Zhengran joined the gossip army.
Gao Erniang said, "It's not that we don't like her, it's that she looks down on us. You've been here for so long, can't you see that we are not the same kind of people as her?"
"She relies on the fact that she's from the city, and she often teases and laughs at us, saying we're from the countryside, with the other military wives." Hua Dingxiang said, "If we can't get along, we won't play together. We all have our own factions."
Lin Zhengran was curious, "So you and I are from the same faction, right?"
Gao Erniang and Hua Dingxiang smiled at each other and said in unison:
"You're in your own league."
Lin Zhengran looked surprised and was about to ask when Aunt Su from the Wu family next door cried for help, saying that her daughter was about to give birth.
The three women paused for breath, and Gao Erniang said, "Su Meilian didn't give birth at this time. She was half a month early."
Lin Zhengran was puzzled. "You all know that she's still half a month away from giving birth, and you're just squatting on her?"
The three of them didn't dare to delay while talking. Hua Dingxiang said as she walked out:
"There are no secrets on this island. Yesterday, your guy got up half an hour late to buy groceries. All the women on the island know that you must have been busy most of the night."
The next day the couple went to buy groceries together.
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