Chapter 239 Like a Villain
Seeing that Xia Mi didn't speak, Shen Zhihui asked her if she had any ideas, "Have you thought of anything?"
Chen Zhihui called Xia Mi back to her senses. She shook her head and didn't say what she was thinking.
"No."
"Forget it, let's eat first. If the police can't find out, it will be difficult for us to find out too."
Xia Mi agreed with this statement. Now they had nothing and all the anti-theft measures were not good enough. This time they could only accept the defeat.
All the pressure is on the Qingcheng Public Security Bureau. The incident has become known to the whole city and has also caused panic among the people. Only by catching the person as soon as possible and putting an end to this incident can the people of the whole city feel at ease.
"You found a house so quickly. Did you convince Captain Huo?"
Based on the last few times he met Huo Jingchen and the other party's hostility towards him, he thought that he was a man with a strong possessiveness and would not let go easily.
"Well, we've communicated, and he agreed to help me find out about the car."
Chen Zhihui picked up the teapot and poured a glass of water for Xia Mi. "Then there should be news soon. No wonder you came to see the house today."
Xia Mi calculated the time and roughly figured it out.
"Come and take a look while you have time. I still have half a month before I leave the elementary school, and moving to Qingcheng should be in May."
Today is April 10th, and there is still less than a month left.
“Comrade, the food is here.” The waiter interrupted what Shen Zhihui wanted to say when he brought the food.
There was one Mapo Tofu that was not served, but the others were served.
The dish was placed on the table. The surface of the boiled pork slices was poured with chili oil, and there was a thick layer of green peppers and dried chilies floating on it, which made people swallow their saliva at the sight.
The so-called ants climbing trees are actually vermicelli fried with minced meat, with the minced meat sticking to the vermicelli.
"Let's eat. We can talk about it after dinner."
Talking about work while eating is a kind of disrespect to food. Besides, he had treated guests to a meal at this restaurant once before, and he had been reluctant to leave since then.
Xia Mi started to pick up her chopsticks. The boiled pork slices tasted just as Shen Zhihui had praised. The spiciness was just right. You felt numb at first, then slightly spicy. You wouldn't feel the spiciness for a short time. The taste was so delicious that you couldn't stop eating it. The more you ate, the spicier it became.
Fortunately, Ants Climbing a Tree and Mapo Tofu were not spicy, so the two of them didn't speak the whole time and just ate quietly.
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Zhuifeng Primary School.
The get out of class was over and Xia Mi returned to the office with her textbooks. As the day of leaving approached, her reluctance to leave became stronger and stronger.
"Teacher Xia, the principal asked you to go to his office." Gao Zhilei came back from the principal's office, and the first words he said when he entered the door were to Xia Mi.
Looking for her? Xia Mi answered yes, put down the textbook and left the office.
She will leave the elementary school in a week. What could be the matter that the principal suddenly wants to see her?
Xia Mi knocked on the door and said hello before entering the office. She saw the principal rubbing his temples with both hands, looking like he had a headache.
"Principal, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Principal Wang looked up, stood up and said, "Teacher Xia, please sit down first. I have something I want to discuss with you."
Xia Mi naturally didn't hesitate and sat down. As soon as she sat down, she felt the residual warmth on the stool and wondered how long Gao Zhilei had been sitting in the office...
"Principal, just speak frankly."
Xia Mi didn't want to listen to any roundabout talk.
"Teacher Gao is also leaving. He said he wants to join the army. He has passed his physical examination and will leave next week."
"Gao Zhilei is going to join the army?!" Xia Mi was shocked by the news, and her pupils dizzy.
Seeing Xia Mi excited, Principal Wang quickly comforted her, "Teacher Xia, don't get excited, don't get excited, calm down."
Xia Mi was rarely shocked, and her words were full of disbelief. She asked Principal Wang.
"Teacher Gao already has a job, how can he join the army?"
Principal Wang nodded. "In our country, any adult male between the ages of 18 and 22 is eligible. As long as their file is reviewed and their physical fitness is good enough, they'll be fine. He's exactly 21 this year."
You don’t have to guess who arranged it for him to join the army at this age.
"So, Principal, you mean you want me to stay for a while longer?" Xia Mi quickly guessed the principal's purpose for calling her here.
"Yes, you and Teacher Gao are both elementary school teachers. I'm afraid it would be a bit too much for them to leave at once."
When Xia Mi thought about it, she felt angry and refused outright.
"Principal, you accepted my resignation letter half a month ago and agreed to my departure. I am also willing to stay in school for another week. I think I have done my job well, both emotionally and logically."
"Just because Gao Zhilei's incident happened suddenly doesn't mean I have to clean up his mess."
After Xia Mi finished speaking, she realized that her tone was a bit harsh, and she said calmly, "I have already rented a house in Qingcheng. If I go a week later, I will lose a lot of money. So, I apologize to the principal, please forgive me for not agreeing to help you."
Principal Wang didn't expect Xia Mi to be so quick and had even rented a house.
Now that things have come to this, it would be a cruel act for him to let anyone stay.
"It's okay. I'll try to coordinate the teacher's affairs." Seeing the usually gentle Teacher Xia getting emotional, Principal Wang felt a little guilty. "Teacher Xia, I'm sorry. I'm worried about the students, too."
Xia Mi returned to her usual composure, the smile on her face lacking a trace of warmth.
"Then Principal, I'll go back to my office first. Class is about to start." Xia Mi didn't want to stay in the principal's office.
Xia Mi left the principal's office, feeling dissatisfied with Gao Zhilei. She returned to the office with a cold face.
Gao Zhilei Fangqian also learned from the principal that Xia Mi was going to resign.
Qiao Jing and the other two teachers went to the playground, and now only Xia Mi and Gao Zhilei were left in the office.
"Teacher Xia, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were also going to resign." Gao Zhilei took the initiative to break the ice and apologized to Xia Mi.
Xia Mi stopped him from apologizing, "The one you should apologize to isn't me, but your own students and other teachers. You didn't inform the principal in advance and acted without consulting him. This will only cause more trouble for the principal and other teachers."
It almost happened to her, but luckily she was tough.
It was true that she was reluctant to leave school, but that didn't stop her from doing her own things. Besides, agreeing to stay for another week was already a concession.
Gao Zhilei was speechless after hearing what Xia Mi said, and he didn't dare to refute because he knew he was in the wrong.
"As early as half a month ago, you took a leave of absence. At that time, you went for a physical examination, right?"
Physical examinations and political reviews require time, which means he had made the decision half a month ago but did not explain the situation to the school.
Under Xia Mi's gaze, Gao Zhilei felt a pressure that made him inexplicably frightened. He had never felt this way when facing the principal just now.
After a few seconds, Gao Zhilei admitted, "Yes."
It's true, he's looking for a better job while still having a donkey to ride on. However, Gao Zhilei forgot that as long as he is not a disabled person with a serious illness or missing limbs.
Jiang Weidong would send him to the army and let him gradually become the guarantee of Jiangling.
Given the status of the Jiang family, being a soldier has many more prospects than being a teacher.
She still had the courage to admit that this guy wasn't completely bad. Despite this, the little bit of goodwill she had accumulated towards Gao Zhilei completely disappeared after the Gao family came knocking on her door and now.
Xia Mi stopped talking to Gao Zhilei and sat down to sort out the homework collected from the previous class.
Gao Zhilei wanted to explain, but the words got stuck in his throat, so he gave up.
The fact that Gao Zhilei was leaving was not hidden. When the principal was making work arrangements the next day, everyone knew the news.
Unlike Xia Mi, everyone was shocked by Gao Zhilei's arrangement, but after thinking about it carefully, they felt it was reasonable.
In comparison, Xia Mi felt like she was a villain, holding such a strong grudge against others for leaving their jobs.
Returning home in the evening, Xia Mi sat in a rocking chair and looked at the sunset.
As the temperature rises, I have completely taken off my thick cotton jacket and put on a thin coat and inner wear.
Huo Jingchen was holding a box of things, and the sound of glasses colliding made an immediate impression on the person who was resting in the rocking chair.
Xia Mi looked at Huo Jingchen and found that he was holding milk in his hands. There were about ten bottles, all in glass bottles.
"You went to the city?" Xia Mi got up from the rocking chair and walked slowly to the man. "There's so much, and the temperature is rising now. Won't it go bad if you can't finish it?"
"Try it now?" Huo Jingchen put the box on the table, picked up a can and unscrewed it, and a rich milky aroma wafted out.
Huo Jingchen handed over the milk and answered her question.
"I asked the grocery store to bring it back for me," Huo Jing explained. "My second sister wrote to me, saying that drinking milk is good for your health, and asked me to order it for you. You can drink one bottle a day, or two, if you like."
Xia Mi took a sip and tasted the rich milky aroma, confirming that it was fresh milk.
After she finished drinking, there was still a circle of milk stains on her upper lip. She licked it with her tongue and looked at the milk box. There were eight bottles in total.
"Fresh milk has a very short shelf life and needs to be kept in the refrigerator or freezer to keep it fresh. It was fine when I bought it a while ago, but now the temperature has risen and it will go bad if left overnight."
Huo Jingchen had never drunk fresh milk and didn't know that its shelf life was so short.
"How much are these?"
"Fifty cents a bottle, four dollars in total."
One bottle sounds cheap, but this kind of fresh milk is charged on a monthly basis, fifty cents a day, which comes to fifteen yuan a month, which is not cheap.
Huo Jingchen had just heard Xia Mi say that it would expire, "Then can you finish it tonight?"
"What do you think?"
Xia Mi glared at Huo Jingchen. This is at least 500 milliliters, eight bottles of four liters!
"You drink two bottles, I'll keep one, and send the rest to my aunt and the others. I'll use the last bottle left to make milk tea tonight."
In order to avoid waste, Huo Jingchen agreed with Xia Mi's approach. He was curious about what milk tea was.
"Literally, a combination of milk and tea."
Huo Jingchen unscrewed a bottle of fresh milk, leaned close to the bottle mouth and sniffed it. There was a faint smell of milk. He frowned, but still took a sip.
The taste was better than he had imagined, not as sweet as milk powder, and it didn't even have any taste.
Ever since he started drinking milk, Huo Jingchen's brows have never relaxed.
Xia Mi felt sorry for him and said, "If you can't drink it, just drink one bottle. I'll make milk tea with the rest later. You can take these three bottles of milk to Yaya and the others first."
"Okay, I'll go now." Huo Jingchen really couldn't accept the fishy smell. Adhering to the principle of not wasting, he insisted on finishing the drink before leaving.
Xia Mi sent Huo Jingshen away, and she generously bought black tea and honey beans from the mall.
First put white sugar and black tea in the pot, stir-fry them together until they melt and change color, then add appropriate amount of boiling water, and then pour in fresh milk. Considering that Huo Jingchen doesn't like to drink fresh milk, she directly poured three bottles in.
Wait for the water to boil and the milk tea is ready.
The room was filled with the aroma of black tea and milk, a unique scent that had never been seen in the family compound.
Shi Daqiang brought roast chicken to thank Xia Mi for her help last time. He smelled the sweet aroma as soon as he walked to the door.
He knew that there was something delicious to eat again!
"Sister-in-law, look what I brought you."
Xia Mi had just poured out the honey beans when she heard Shi Daqiang's voice, and quickly threw the honey bean jar into the space and hid it.
It’s a pity that there is no straw, it’s missing soul.
"Are you having relationship problems again?" Xia Mi turned to look at Shi Daqiang standing at the door, noticing what he was holding. "Didn't we agree last time that we would solve problems on our own in the future?"
Shi Daqiang saw that people had misunderstood him and explained, "Sister-in-law, you didn't listen to me just now. I was talking about sending you this roast chicken. I specially asked someone to bring it back from the city. It's a little cold, so please heat it up."
"For me?" Xia Mi looked at the package and was flattered.
"Thank you for helping me last time. This is nothing."
Seeing this, the relationship crisis between the two has been resolved, and may even have reached a new level.
"You came at the right time. Help me lift the pot and pour it in here." Xia Mi placed the filter spoon on the enamel basin to filter the tea leaves.
Shi Daqiang picked up the small pot, and the milk tea began to boil, accompanied by a fragrant aroma.
"What's this?"
Xia Mi threw the tea leaves from the strainer into the stove. "Milk tea, many people in Mongolia eat this, but theirs is salty, and the one I made is sweet."
Seeing that the person was staring at the milk tea without even moving his eyes, Xia Mi couldn't help laughing out loud.
"It's still hot now, let it cool down a bit before drinking it."
Three bottles of fresh milk and boiled water made a big bowl of milk tea. Xia Mi thought that she and Huo Jingchen could not finish it, so she gave Shi Daqiang a chance.
"Send these to the instructor's home and let them taste them."
When he heard that he was going to the instructor's house, Shi Daqiang couldn't hide his emotions at the thought of seeing his sweetheart. The look of wanting to laugh but having to hold it back was very adorable.
Xia Mi looked as if she saw through everything. She packaged the milk tea and asked Shi Daqiang to carry the basin to Li's house.
Not long after Shi Daqiang left, Huo Jingchen came back from Xia Jing's house on his bike.
Her bicycle was originally a Phoenix brand women's bicycle, which was smaller than other bicycles on the market.
Huo Jingchen is tall, about 1.9 meters tall, and at the moment he is pushing a bicycle, which is quite funny and contrasting.
"Is your milk tea ready?" Huo Jingchen also smelled a faint milky aroma, which was different from the one he had just drunk.
Xia Mi nodded, "Do you want to come in and try it? Daqiang said he tried it and it tasted good."
When Shi Daqiang was mentioned, Huo Jingchen's expression changed. "Why is this brat here again?"
"To thank me for your help last time, they even sent us a roast chicken. We don't have to cook much tonight. Just a soup will be enough."
The oil from the roast chicken soaked through the kraft paper, and the aroma seeped out.
"Aunt, are we going back to Suzhou?"
It’s my birthday today, and I’m going out to celebrate with my besties during the day, so I’ll update early!
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