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The freshmen entered the military training period, and Chen Jin went to see the situation on the first day. There isn't much shade in the school, and the weather in Rong City in September is still hot enough to peel off the skin.
The next day, Chen Jin went there again and drove directly outside the school to buy two large buckets of iced sour plum soup. There were a lot of ice cubes piled outside the iron buckets, and he also bought two hundred plastic cups.
I asked a few class teachers to help move things, and found a place with shade from trees next to the training ground. When they took a break, I invited them to come over for a cup of sour plum soup to cool off.
"Teacher Chen, this is for you."
Chen Jin quickly took it and said thank you. Without waiting for the students to disperse, she glanced at the time on her watch and said, "I have something else to do so I have to leave first. Now that we have finished drinking the sour plum soup, I'll trouble you to take these two iron buckets to the fruit and beverage store in Ximen and return them to the owner."
"Yeah, don't worry, Teacher Chen."
Watching Chen Jin walk out of the training ground and drive away, several class teachers gathered together to chat under the shade of a tree. Suddenly one of them asked, "Why haven't I met a counselor like this before?"
The person next to him said, "Then why don't you think about it, how many counselors are rich?"
"Yeah, that's right. Rich people don't come to be counselors. Teacher Chen is different."
Not long after, the students paused for a break during training, and the class teachers invited everyone to come and drink sour plum soup, and also gave some to several instructors.
"Hey, why does your college have sour plum soup?" Did their class teacher from the College of Humanities buy it together? That’s great!
"Hey, our counselor invited us."
"Ah? Your counselor is here to watch your military training?"
"I didn't see it, but it was bought by our counselor." The students from the School of Humanities chuckled again, because their counselor is a rich lady.
We thought this was just the beginning, but later, every afternoon we saw students from the School of Humanities bringing their own cups, and during the intermission they would happily go under the shade of the trees to fill up their cool drinks.
Chen Jin only went to watch the students' military training every now and then, because there was really nothing to see. There were instructors and class teachers there, and she had never encountered any students asking her for leave, so she was a little worried. So one evening, when the class teachers were organizing cultural activities for the students of each class, Chen Jin went to join in the fun, just to find the class teachers to confirm whether any students were feeling unwell, and if so, they must not force themselves to do so.
I heard that some of the freshmen had accidents due to military training last summer. This kind of thing would be a huge incident every time it happened, and Chen Jin couldn't let it go.
"Isn't it good that no one asked for leave? It means everyone is in good health." Teacher Chang smiled and said, "Unlike your class, there were some who were really sick, but there were also many who pretended to be sick."
Chen Jin smiled embarrassedly. She also wanted to pretend to be sick and stay away from work at that time. But I failed to pretend on the first day, and I failed on the second day either. Later, I thought that military training was not difficult, so I persisted. The last few days were a bit unbearable, but I had persisted for ten days before, how could I fail in the end? That must be impossible! So I persisted.
Zhou Ding joked, "Maybe they keep going there just for you to bring them drinks every day, so they want to stick with it."
"That little bit of drink isn't that appealing." Chen Jin slowly felt relieved after checking out the situation. Now he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that everything would be fine once they officially started the class.
Teacher He said, "If I were a freshman counselor from another college, I would be annoyed with you. You bring drinks to students every day. Counselors from other colleges can't learn from you."
"Then I can't take care of others. I just take care of my own business." Chen Jin felt that it was worth spending a little money to help students cool down. Standing at attention under the scorching sun every day was not an easy task.
Because Chen Jin was worried about her students, she didn't go back to Qiaoxi Village to see them. Until Old Man Liu couldn't bear it anymore, he called her and urged her, "The village will hold a meeting tomorrow. If you don't come back, the village will sign the agreement and you won't be there. You will know you are wrong if you don't get any share in the future."
"It's not like I haven't been to a law firm before. Why should I be afraid that the village won't call me when signing the agreement? When the time comes, I'll sue and I'll win." Chen Jin was just making it up. She didn't know if calling a lawyer would work, but she heard the voices of Liu Mantang and several village cadres talking on the phone. She just wanted to use this call to convey her attitude: You people in Qiaoxi Village, don't try to do anything behind my back. I'm not a fool who will believe whatever you say.
As expected, Old Man Liu lost his smug tone after hearing what she said. He cleared his cough and asked her if she was free to go back to the village tomorrow.
Although he wanted to say that there was really no need to continue her job as a counselor, he didn't want to embarrass himself since Chen Jin had secretly scolded him for meddling in other people's business a few days ago.
"What time does the meeting start tomorrow?" Chen Jin continued to ask, "Isn't it another meeting at 8 o'clock?"
"...Meeting at 9am."
"Oh, I get it. I'll be there on time at ten o'clock."
After Chen Jin hung up the phone, she saw that several other people in the office were staring at her and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Teacher Chang said with emotion: "I just felt that you sounded very impressive when you were talking on the phone just now. You sounded like a big boss."
Chen Jin laughed. He didn't have the airs of a big boss, but he did have a bit of the aura of a nouveau riche.
It just so happens that tomorrow is the middle break during the military training period. Students are free to move around on this day, so it would be just right for Chen Jin to rest with them tomorrow. In the evening, when they had no activities, Chen Jin went to patrol the girls' dormitory and reminded them to be careful when going out to play with their classmates and to be careful of human traffickers. As for the boys' dormitory, she asked Zhou Ding to help her talk to the boys. Zhou Ding's dormitory was in the boys' dormitory building, so it was just on the way there. However, after she finished patrolling the girls' dormitory and then went to the boys' dormitory, it was too late.
The allocation of dormitories for this year's girls is also quite interesting. Either all the people in the dormitory are introverted, or all of them are extroverted. It is difficult to find a dormitory with a more neutral atmosphere. She finds it difficult to cope with students who are too extroverted, but when she meets particularly introverted students, she can be even more introverted than them.
Alas, who made her a counselor? She has been fighting against extroverts and mobilizing introverts. Now she speaks much more fluently. When she meets a leader in the college office building, she no longer avoids him but walks up to him and greets him directly.
She drove home after patrolling the girls' dormitory, took a shower and went downstairs to the backyard to collect the quilts that were drying. When she saw Shen Baichuan sitting in a daze in his backyard, she took the initiative to go over and ask if he wanted Liushen Flower Dew Water.
Sitting in the yard at night will attract some mosquitoes, especially since every house here has a lot of flowers and plants planted in the front and back yards.
She moved lightly, and Shen Baichuan was just thinking about something and really didn't notice her coming out. When he heard her suddenly ask "Teacher Shen, do you want Liushen Floral Water", he was a little confused because he didn't know what Liushen Floral Water was.
Seeing her roll up the sheets and quilt and hugging them, he replied, "Then give me some. Thank you, Teacher Chen."
Chen Jin went into the house and came out again, bringing a whole bottle of Liushen floral water that had just been opened to Shen Baichuan. She said, “Just spray it on your ankles and arms.”
When he got the Liushen Floral Water, Shen Baichuan realized that he had misunderstood. He thought Chen Jin was talking about a drink, but it turned out to be the Liushen Floral Water used to repel mosquitoes and refresh the brain. He didn't even think of this old brand just now.
Looking at the emerald green bottle, some vague impressions were preserved in his memory. He leaned in and smelled it, and it was indeed the smell in his memory. While spraying it on her exposed ankles, she said, "I haven't used this brand of toilet water for many years."
"It should be very popular in Hong Kong. Liushen Flower Dew was invented by a Hong Kong doctor. I thought you should have used it."
"I used it once when I was a kid, but my mother didn't like the smell, so no one in my family used it anymore."
"Have you ever used cooling oil? It has a very good effect in refreshing the mind. I have some extra. I'll go get you a bottle." Chen Jin said and turned back to his home, handing him a small, round, flat bottle of cooling oil.
There is a tiger on the small red iron bottle, and the words "Cooling Oil" are written on it. When you open it, you will find that it is a paste, and the smell is really refreshing.
Shen Baichuan found it quite interesting, although he didn’t know the reason for her sudden desire to share, but it was a good development after all. Seeing that her hair was still half dry, I asked her if she wanted to go back and blow-dry her hair before coming out to chat.
Chen Jin touched his hair and refused: "No need."
Without waiting for Shen Baichuan to be happy, Chen Jin said again: “I’ve been busy and tired these days. I’m going to go upstairs to dry my hair and go to bed. Let’s talk next time. Goodbye, Teacher Shen.”
Shen Baichuan's smile froze on his face. He saw her slap her arms and stamp her feet, "There are a lot of mosquitoes outside. I'll go back to the house first." With a few big steps, she rushed back to her house, and the sound of her backyard door being locked was particularly clear in this quiet night.
Looking back at the two mosquito repellent devices, one large and one small, on the table in front of him, he could only comfort himself: at least there is good progress.
Chen Jin went back to his room to wash and dry his hair, then adjusted the air conditioning temperature. He then fell straight onto the soft and bouncy bed, hugged the big doll on the bed and rolled around, muttering to himself, "I was really obsessed with talking to people at school."
She didn't dare to think that half a year ago, she would avoid Shen Baichuan when she saw him, just because she felt unfamiliar with him, and it would be awkward to greet him or not to greet him, so she would hypnotize herself that she didn't see him and then quickly avoid him.
Now? She talks to students so much that she will now chat with a dog if she meets one on the street.
The next day, I slept until almost seven o'clock and went to wash up while yawning.
Thinking that she wasn't going to meet any important people today, she didn't bother to put on makeup. After going to Qiaoxi Village, she went to Sister Jiang's beauty salon for a skin care treatment.
I haven't been there for a while, so I don't want to waste her membership benefits.
"Mr. Chen, would you like a sandwich?"
Chen Jin moved the sofa blanket that he had washed last night to the backyard to dry, and saw Shen Baichuan leisurely preparing today's breakfast in the backyard.
I leaned over to take a look and saw that the sandwich and juice looked quite appetizing.
"Do you have any extra?" Chen Jin was a little embarrassed. "If there are any extra, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Shen."
"Well, it's not hard. You sit for a while and I'll go in and get it."
Chen Jin felt that this experience was a bit strange. He would actually sit across from Shen Baichuan in the backyard pavilion on a Sunday morning and eat breakfast together.
I didn’t expect sandwiches to be so delicious. She really didn’t eat enough of them before. After asking Shen Baichuan about how to make sandwiches, it turned out to be quite simple. Chen Jin decided that he could make sandwiches at home in the future.
"I'll ask Teacher Shen to come back when I'm done practicing."
"OK."
The sound of juice gurgling, unexpectedly synchronized.
Professor Song pushed open the door to his backyard and glanced to the side inadvertently, and saw Shen Baichuan and Chen Jin sitting together to eat breakfast? ! He smiled and quietly closed the backyard door, and couldn't wait to find the old man to share, "You don't know what I just saw..."
After breakfast, Chen Jin looked at the time and it was seven forty. After thanking Shen Baichuan again, he went back to the house to change his shoes, put on his small bag, and went out with his car keys.
Passing by the east gate of the school, I saw a dozen freshmen studying psychology waiting for the bus. It seemed they were going out to play.
The young people are so energetic that even five days of military training did not tire them out. If it were her, she would have to lie in the dormitory all day.
This time when I passed by the factory in the suburbs of Nancheng District, it seemed to be more lively. When driving to Qiaoxi Village, Chen Jin parked the car in front of the gate of his house, then went to his cousin Mengchong's small supermarket to get a bottle of drink and strolled to the ancestral hall.
She wanted to give money, but her hand was not as strong as her cousin's and she couldn't give it at all.
Fortunately, she didn't listen to her grandfather and arrived at the meeting at 9 o'clock. It was already a little after ten when she arrived here. People from Qiaoxi Village were coming here lazily, so she was considered to have arrived early.
"I haven't seen you come to the village for a long time. It's not easy to be a teacher in the school now. Why don't you think about working in your uncle's company?" Liu Mantang asked Chen Jin to sit in the front when he saw her come in. "Your uncle even wanted you to go to the company to help your cousin, but you refused to go."
Chen Jin waved his hand, "My uncle was just joking. I'm not cut out for business, so I'd better not get involved."
Next to her, her grandfather just sat down and said, "Isn't it that you can learn business by learning? Look at your uncle's company, it's booming now. He wants you to work in the company, so you can just follow him and learn. How much can you earn as a counselor in school? Maybe it's not even half of what your uncle pays you."
Her grandfather just didn't understand the situation at all. He was used to being the old man at home and thought everyone would listen to him.
Chen Jin said: "I receive tens of thousands of yuan in rent every month, so I don't care about this salary. Being a teacher suits my taste. Forget it, what can I say to you? You don't understand."
"Why don't I understand?"
"You know, you know. Then ask your youngest son and daughter-in-law to quit their jobs and come back to help you collect rent. Their wages are less than one-fifth of the rent you collect. It's a waste to earn that little money."
"......" Old man Liu said angrily: "You have a lot of crooked ideas, I am too lazy to talk to you, and I can't control your affairs."
"It's none of your business, but you have to keep your mouth shut. Aren't your family members enough for you to educate?" As Chen Jin saw other people from the village coming in one after another, she gave him a look to warn him not to talk about her affairs anymore or she would not give him face.
As for Liu Mantang, he wanted to find Chen Jin to inquire about the affairs of Chen Wenqiang's company, but Chen Jin was busy arguing with old man Liu. Feeling depressed, he glared at Old Liu with resentment: You are already very old, why are you arguing with a junior? I can't win the argument, and it would be so embarrassing if outsiders saw me!
Chen Jin pretended that she didn't want to sit close to her grandfather and moved to a seat in the back.
Humph, Liu Mantang, this old fox, don’t think she doesn’t know that he wants to trick her again. Fortunately, she dodged quickly.
It seems that today's village meeting is very important. Even Liu Shisheng and Jiang Zijun, who have not been seen for a long time, rushed back to participate.
But Chen Jin heard the people in the row in front of her muttering, "They are no longer registered in the village, and the village's signing of the agreement has nothing to do with them. It's impossible for them to get a share of the dividends, right?"
"That won't work. If that's the case, then my Erhua will have to get a share too."
"Your second daughter is married..."
"If they can get it, why can't we? Just wait and see. If they get a share of the dividends, I will definitely make a scene."
Chen Jin found this funny. It seemed like the aunt in front was very confident about making trouble.
Liu Mantang spoke for half an hour, and Chen Jin finally understood the content of the conference. It is nothing more than asking everyone to vote on whether to contract out the vacant land near Qiaodong Village to someone else to build a factory, or to contract out the vacant land near the suburbs to build a factory.
The land all belongs to the village collective. No matter which piece of land is contracted out, everyone can get a share of the profits. Many people said that it was decided by drawing lots.
Chen Jin frowned. It didn't matter which piece of land he chose now, but if it was to be demolished, then there would be something to argue about. The land contracted out for factory construction must be large. If Qiaoxi Village is ever to be demolished, these factories will ask for an exorbitant price for the land, which will affect the demolition of the entire village.
Seeing that these people acted as if it had nothing to do with them, Chen Jin wanted to just shut up, but she couldn't let these people ruin her future path to becoming a rich woman, so she quickly stood up and expressed her thoughts.
In addition, will the factories that have been opened have an impact on the physical and mental health of the villagers? If we bring in some garbage factories, it will cause people living around them to get sick.
Don’t let the house fail to be demolished and become difficult to rent out, which would be a huge loss.
Then these people's attitudes changed from just now being indifferent.
"Yes, if we let others build a large factory here, and they can't reach an agreement and just skip our village, wouldn't that be a huge loss?"
"Can't they just skip the factory demolition? I don't think it's that serious, but we need to think carefully about which land to allocate. What kind of factory is going to be built in our village? Did they tell us about this?"
"We're here to talk about the garment factory, which doesn't have any pollution issues."
Liu Mantang raised his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about these. The village must have consulted with a lawyer, and there must be no problem with the signed contract. Now it's just a matter of voting for which piece of land..."
"Oh, that's not right. My family has a piece of land near the Qiaodong Village. If this is included in the enclosure, how do we calculate it?"
Liu Mantang picked up the microphone and clapped several times, and everyone fell silent. He said, "So I just said that the situations of the two plots of land are different! Now I will explain in detail..."
Chen Jin knew why Qiaoxi Village always dragged their feet in meetings and talked for a long time without getting to the point. Couldn't they make a draft in advance? I am really impressed that the most critical issue has to be discussed at the end.
But to her, any piece of land is really the same, as long as they can deal with the people who come to open a factory. She glanced at Liu Mantang on the stage who said that he felt heartbroken because the young people in the village had nothing to do, and felt that this man was quite good at fooling her. It was true that he did it for the young people in the village and he also got benefits from it, but he always liked to promote his own great and glorious side.
Think about the village chief of Qiaodong Village. He always says “don’t bother me” when it comes to small matters. He will just beat people up angrily and let it go for small matters. But for big matters, he will still take the lead. He doesn’t need to deliberately say that he is doing it for the good of the villagers, but who in the village doesn’t know what’s going on?
After the meeting, the villagers were still arguing about which piece of land to choose, because if they chose the land closer to Qiaodong Village, some households would be able to get more dividends, but the land here was flatter and more open, suitable for setting up a factory, and people also saw the advantage of being closer to the science and technology park. But if you choose a piece of land near the suburbs, the price offered will be lower, but the good thing is that everyone in the village will get the same dividend.
Although Chen Jin felt that there was nothing good about it, why not choose the option that would pay more? Others got a little more, but we didn’t lose out either!
Oh, these people just want to make trouble, so that everyone can get the same amount of money and sacrifice the interests of those few households.
Chen Jin quickly wrote down her choice and threw it directly into the ballot box. When she turned around, she saw Liu Shisheng sitting in the front row looking at her. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Uh, yeah." Liu Shisheng moved his butt uncomfortably and asked her to go home for dinner in an abnormal way.
"Who else is eating with us?"
"Just your uncle and aunt. Everyone in the family is back today. You can go over and have a meal too."
"Oh, then I won't go." Chen Jin refused directly. Seeing that the smile on Liu Shisheng's face disappeared instantly, he sneered and said, "Who knows what kind of Hongmen Banquet you are going to prepare for me. If you insist on inviting me, I can go. I'll call my uncle now and ask him to come over for dinner."
Liu Shisheng's mouth twitched and he took a deep breath. "If you don't want to go, then don't go. Go and do your own thing."
Chen Jin glanced at Old Man Liu, who was standing next to Liu Shisheng and staring intently at the stage without saying a word, and snorted softly, thinking that he was sensible.
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