Pi Kai didn't ask Li Xiuyuan the reason. Since Li Xiuyuan had spoken, he would just do it.
However, Li Xiuyuan still wanted to explain: "I often go to Meilin Village and I am quite familiar with Teacher Wei. It is not easy for this group of teachers who came from the provincial capital to teach. The conditions in our village are indeed not good. We are happy, welcome and grateful if they are willing to stay. But if they are not used to it and insist on going back, we should not make things difficult for them."
“Yes, Mayor Li’s magnanimity is admirable,” Pi Kai nodded and said.
Li Xiuyuan added, "However, if a volunteer teacher leaves Meilin Village, the village school will be short-staffed. Our town still needs to send a volunteer teacher there. If there is a shortage of personnel, I will mention it to Director Zhou later."
Upon hearing Li Xiuyuan's words, Pi Kai immediately shook his head: "It's not difficult, it's not difficult, Mayor Li. Although the teaching staff of the town's middle school is limited, it can still support the village primary school."
Now that we've finally met Zhou Yutang, we can't bring up such a small difficulty. We should use our resources wisely; bringing up such a small difficulty would be a waste of the opportunity.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and nodded: "That's good. The two volunteer teachers, one male and one female, have played a great role in the education of Meilin Village. It's a pity that we are still too poor here and can't keep people. Teacher Su and I talked. This batch of volunteer teachers will only stay for a year and a half or two years before they have to go back."
Li Xiuyuan didn't directly mention having Su Ziying replace Wei Ke, but mentioning Su Ziying at this time was itself an implication.
Pi Kai nodded repeatedly, a deeper meaning in his eyes. He roughly understood what Li Xiuyuan meant. Was he sending Su Ziying to Meilin Village to see how pretty she was? But that was normal. Mayor Li was also a young man, not yet married. It was normal for him to be attracted to a pretty female teacher.
As the two chatted, it was almost 6:30. Pi Kai stood up, wanting to go outside to greet Zhou Yutang. Li Xiuyuan also stood up, saying, "Let's go together."
He was a deputy section chief, so there was no need for him to go out and greet them. However, this dinner was meant to connect Pi Kai with others, and it wouldn't be appropriate for Pi Kai to go out alone. So, I took the opportunity to introduce him.
Of course, Pi Kai and Zhou Yutang may have known each other before, but their acquaintance and their introduction by Pi Kai are two different things.
Pi Kai thanked them repeatedly. As soon as the two arrived at the restaurant entrance, Zhou Yutang's car stopped. Zhou Yutang got out of the car, and Li Xiuyuan went to greet him.
"Director Zhou."
"Mayor Li, it's been a while. It seems like you're working very hard in the central town. You've lost weight," Zhou Yutang said to Li Xiuyuan with great warmth.
"Haha, thank you for your concern, Director Zhou. You seem to be in much better spirits and looking radiant."
"It's the weekend."
"Haha." After exchanging pleasantries, Li Xiuyuan introduced Pi Kai, who was standing next to him.
"Director Zhou, hello, I'm Pi Kai, from the town's middle school."
"Pi Kai, right? He works at the town's middle school. Mayor Li is also in charge of education. Please try your best to support him with any work he does." Zhou Yutang shook hands with Pi Kai and said with a smile. He was familiar with all the principals of the schools in the county, not counting the village primary school principals, but the middle school principals.
"Yes, Director Zhou. Mayor Li is very concerned about the education work at our school..."
After exchanging pleasantries, the group didn't linger at the entrance and went into the restaurant.
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