Chapter 138: I can do anything
Wen Wan probably understood what he meant, but she still felt regretful.
"Is Principal Wang going to the commune to get books?"
Wang Xiannian nodded. "If you want to go, you have to submit the number of students and the tuition fees collected. Then, you have to collect the books according to the number of students in each grade. Classes will officially start tomorrow, so there is no time to delay."
"So, are you going alone?"
Wang Xiannian looked at her doubtfully, and Wen Wan scratched her head embarrassedly: "I just want to ask if you need our help." In fact, it was not like that. She had never been to the commune alone, and she was a little afraid to go alone, so she wanted to find a companion.
Wang Xiannian smiled and said, "Sure, if you're not busy, you can come along. Teacher Hu and Teacher Wang have always been with me before." He glanced at Wen Wan and said, "If you go, will you be responsible for the books for your class?"
Wenwan nodded vigorously.
When she understood what Wang Xiannian meant by this, she wanted to slap herself in the face.
The so-called responsibility is not to count the books, but to carry the books back from the commune.
Wen Wan didn't know it at the moment, but after Wang Xiannian and the others finished their work, she followed them with her bag slung over her shoulder.
Wang Xiannian and the others experienced for the first time the torment of going out with a female comrade. How could they be so slow, and yet they couldn't even complain? They walked as if they were just jogging, and Teacher Wen Wan was panting as she chased them.
Wen Wan also felt quite regretful. Before, she had been following Lu Dongping back and forth, chatting and laughing on the road, and it felt very fast. Over time, she had forgotten that she was not walking very fast. This was simply causing trouble for others.
Fortunately, the brigade was not too far from the commune. When she arrived at the commune, she went to the commune junior high school with Wang Xiannian and others.
Junior high school is the same as elementary school, and classes will not officially start until tomorrow, but it is very lively now.
There was a tractor parked in front of the Academic Affairs Office. There were many people there, including junior high school teachers and teachers from primary schools in various brigades. Wang Xiannian and the others greeted the familiar people. Wen Wan didn't recognize anyone. After looking around, she finally saw someone she knew, the tractor driver, Liu Dacai.
Liu Dacai was helping to move the books down from the tractor, putting the junior high school books on one side and the elementary school books on the other side, and then the principals of each elementary school went to pick up the books according to the list.
Wen Wan greeted him, said a few words and then left him alone.
Wang Xiannian first submitted the summary list and registration fee, and only after getting the stamp and receipt did he come here to collect the books.
There are only two books for first and second graders, Chinese and arithmetic. There are three books for third to fifth graders, plus one more book on ideology and morality.
He counted it over and over again, afraid that he had made a mistake in the quantity, and then he started to put it into the sack.
A total of four people came. Wang Hongmei didn't come, so Wang Xiannian and others had to help carry the second-grade books back.
There are twenty-five students in Wen Wan's class this semester. Each student has three books, which means a total of seventy-five books, filling up a large sack.
Hu Gaoquan took a look and asked Wen Wan, "Teacher Wen, this sack of books is quite heavy. Can you carry it?"
"Do you want to carry it back?" Wen Wan was stunned.
Hu Gaoquan nodded, feeling a bit of a headache thinking about how fast she walked when she came here.
Wen Wan looked at their pockets. Because they helped to carry the second grade books, their pockets were fuller than her own. She nodded and said, "That should be okay, right?" It weighed about thirty or forty kilograms, so they could still carry it.
Wang Xiannian found a cloth belt from somewhere and tied the sack around her, making a simple shoulder strap for her to carry on her back. This was much easier than carrying it with their backhands.
Wen Wan was able to carry it, but the weight on her back and shoulders was indeed quite heavy.
After leaving the middle school gate, Wang Xiannian said, "It's rare for you to have time to come to the commune. Do you want to buy anything? If you do, please leave your books at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. I'll watch over there."
Hu Gaoquan nodded: "That's fine, I'm going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things to bring back."
Wen Wan not only had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things, but also had to buy meat. After a long time of trouble, the weather was too bad and it was difficult to buy meat at the butcher shop in the commune. Wen Wan went to look at a place but came back empty-handed. She turned around and went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pencil and notebook, and also bought a pound of salt and matches.
Carrying a sack on her back and a bag on her body, the weather was extremely hot and humid. Wen Wan walked and rested along the way, following Hu Gaoquan and the others from a distance.
Hu Gaoquan and the others were walking and chatting, but Wen Wan couldn't utter a word. Her shoulders felt uncomfortable, the heat was suffocating, and she felt like crying. For the first time, she felt that teaching was also physically demanding work. For the first time, she felt that the distance between the commune and the production team was so far!
I was taking a breather halfway when I saw Lu Dongping and a few others walking towards me from Lujiazui.
We are all acquaintances, so we have to say hello.
After Lu Dongping had greeted Wang Xiannian and the others, he called out to Wen Wan, "Can you please put the bag down for me? I'll take it to school for you later."
Wen Wan shook her head: "I can do it, I'm halfway there. Aren't you at work? Why are you with Minister Lin and the others? Is there something wrong?"
Lu Dongping nodded: "Yes, there is something."
"Then go do your thing. I can handle it."
Lu Dongping responded and hurriedly followed Lin Chenghai.
Wen Wan didn't ask many questions. She looked at his back in confusion. After resting enough, she continued to move forward with the small group of three people.
When she arrived at school and took off the sack on her back, she felt a lot more relaxed. She was sweating all over, and the warm wind finally brought some coolness.
"Principal, is there any other work after I get the books? If not, I'll go back first." It was late now. She looked at her watch and it was two minutes to five-thirty.
Wang Xiannian nodded: "Go back, I'm going back too. I'll come back tomorrow morning to divide it."
Wen Wan then dragged her two weak legs back.
Tomorrow is September 3rd, Sunday, but we have to pick up our books and attend classes tomorrow morning.
The people working in the fields had not yet finished their work, and the yard was quiet. The two chickens at home were clucking non-stop, not knowing whether they were laying eggs or were frightened.
She had originally planned to buy some meat to make dumplings, but she couldn't find any. What was she going to make for dinner? She hadn't learned how to make pancakes, she didn't dare chop shredded potatoes, and she couldn't even slice cucumbers evenly. She only knew how to cook two different kinds of food.
Fortunately, we are used to living in hard times, and my family members are not picky about food, as long as they are full.
Wen Wan thought about it and really cooked the grits porridge, putting a whole pumpkin in it. After it was cooked thoroughly, it tasted slightly sweet.
I took out the sauerkraut from the jar, squeezed it, added lard, and stir-fried it with some chili peppers, then added some salted vegetables.
After she finished, she lit the fire under the pot and then got some water to wash herself. She felt like her whole body was soaked with sweat. After washing, she picked up some pig grass and threw it into the pigsty. Then she ate and washed the pots and dishes, adding something else to the water used to wash the pots and dishes.
There was no sun and it was gloomy. It was just past seven o'clock and it seemed like it was going to get dark. The people who went to work had not returned yet.
How could it be so late? She didn't remember it being this late before.
As he was muttering, the voices of Gao Xiulan and Zhang Hongying came from outside.
Wen Wan came out of the house and called out, "Mom, Auntie!"
Gao Xiulan smiled and responded, then said to Zhang Hongying, "That's it. I'm going back. It's dark all day long, morning and night. It's killing me."
Zhang Hongying nodded and handed her the torch in her hand: "You and your mother should go slowly." Something bad would happen every day.
Wen Wan glanced at Gao Xiulan and Li Laiying who were leaving, frowned slightly, followed Zhang Hongying and asked, "Mom, why are you getting off work so late today? Dad and Dongping haven't come back yet?" Li Laiying's belly is so big, if it gets bumped accidentally, it will be no joke.
Only Zhang Hongying and Lu Chun'e were there, even Lu Donglin was nowhere to be seen.
Lu Chun'e called out "sister-in-law" and then went into the house to fetch water. Zhang Hongying sat on the eaves and took a breath: "I will be back soon, Dongping. I don't know when Dongping will be back. He is always restless." As she said that, she glanced at Wen Wan. Wen Wan always felt that the look in her eyes was weird.
Lu Chun'e scooped some water from the house and came out to wash her hands with Zhang Hongying under the eaves. As she washed her hands, she said, "Sister-in-law, you don't know, something happened to Lu Changgui's family. The whole family ate a pot of rice with rat poison in it, and no one survived. It happened yesterday evening. No one showed up for work that morning, and my uncle and his friends were carrying corn back when they went to call for help, but he was already dead, completely dead!"
Wen Wan was stunned and asked dryly, "How did rat poison get into the food?"
Zhang Hongying shook the water off her hands and said, "They say Chen Xiuping planted rat poison. She went to the commune to buy a lot of rat poison, the highly toxic Sanbudao, and poured it all into the pot. She must have been driven crazy. She didn't want to live anymore, and she didn't want others to live either."
Lu Chun'e splashed the water in the basin and said, "If you ask me, this is retribution. If only one person in their family could treat others as human beings and show a little compassion, this wouldn't have happened. So people need to be kind. If you do too much evil, you will always be punished."
Zhang Hongying sighed, "That's what she said, but what about the child? She's really cruel. She didn't let me go, nor did she let others go. She even took the child away."
"I knew something would happen sooner or later. In other families, men do the heaviest work and get ten points, but Chen Xiuping in their family has to work alongside the men and get the same work points. Yesterday, the person who fell was almost killed on the spot. Do you think Jian Zhaodi and Lu Mingjian said anything rude? This was in public, but behind people's backs, this family doesn't know how to torture people. Even if they are from outside, even if the family's career is not good, they shouldn't torture people like this."
Zhang Hongying sighed. This woman is softer than anyone else when she is weak, but once she is forced into a desperate situation, she can really do anything.
At the beginning, Lu Changgui's family plotted against Chen Xiuping, taking advantage of the chhengfen problem in her family to make her suffer in silence, so that Lu Mingjian could get a wife as he wished. They should have treated her well, but I don't know if that family's brains are covered with shit, they treat people like animals.
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