Chapter 192 Why give a precious pen as a gift?
Just when Su Mei was about to prepare to go home, Qin Zhengting recruited two more people. Looking at the progress, Su Mei felt that she would have to wait until at least after the Chinese New Year before she could see her master again.
She was not in a hurry. There was no point in being in a hurry.
After leaving this time, Su Mei will not come back to the military area this year, nor will she return to the military area clinic. Before leaving, Su Mei prepared a lot of food, cooked personally, and invited Qin Zhengting to her home for a meal.
Originally, she had only invited Qin Zhengting, but when it was time for dinner, Lu Zhenhai, Chen Yilon, and Chu Zhonghua all came to Huo Jianguo and Su Mei's courtyard.
Seeing that there were suddenly more people coming, Su Mei was afraid that the rice she cooked was not enough, so she went to find Aunt Wang next door and cooked half a pot of rice on her stove.
Several leaders came to visit Su Mei. Chen Yillong brought a pen to Su Mei, wishing her to study hard in college and a bright future.
Seeing the pen, Huo Jianguo was a little surprised. He looked at Chen Yilon strangely, wondering if that was the pen used by his late wife?
He had heard from Chen Yilon that the refill of the fountain pen was made of gold, the pen barrel was made of silver, and there was a small real diamond inlaid on the top. It was a pen of inestimable value and special significance.
Why would you give a pen like this to Su Mei?
Although he was confused, Huo Jianguo did not ask the question directly. He just glanced at the pen when Chen Yilon opened the lid of the gift box, thinking that maybe he had seen it wrong.
Su Mei still felt it was not easy to receive a gift from Chen Yillong. She remembered that when she first arrived, the leader Huo Jianguo hated her very much and even used intimidation to pressure her!
Now he even prepared a gift for her, which seemed to mean that he completely recognized her.
After Chen Yilon presented the gift, Lu Zhenhai and Qin Zhengting also presented gifts to Su Mei.
Lu Zhenhai sent Su Mei a job recommendation letter, saying that after Su Mei went to Yenching University and transferred her household registration to the school, she could take the recommendation letter to find a job at the Yenching People's Liberation Army Hospital near Yenching University and study part-time.
You can study and work at the same time without delaying your earnings.
This gift made Su Mei laugh and cry. She thought that Lu Zhenhai was worthy of being the political commissar. He had a wide network of personal connections and could even recommend jobs in Yanjing.
Speaking of which, Su Mei felt that Lu Zhenhai seemed to be very good at writing recommendation letters - she remembered that it was Lu Zhenhai who found Zhao Ying's job.
No matter what, this gift is also a heavy gift. Su Mei has no way to repay it now, and can only say thank you sincerely to Lu Zhenhai.
Lu Zhenhai waved his hands nonchalantly:
"What are you thanking me for? It's mainly because you are very capable. Your Chinese medicine prescription has stabilized the condition of my legs and made my old injuries less painful. You are better than Lao Qin.
With such great skills, it would be inappropriate for me to recommend a job to you."
"Political Commissar Lu, my master is still here, please don't say such things." Su Mei was embarrassed and explained:
"Whether the prescription is good or not is none of my business. It was given to me by my grandfather. It is a prescription that our Su family has researched for several generations. Our Su family is good at using medicine, and my master is good at using acupuncture.
Your leg was healed because of the combined effect of my master's acupuncture and my grandfather's medicine. How can you take all the credit for it?"
"It's all your fault. Your master is old and useless. His acupuncture skills are just average. He has been treating me for decades, but each acupuncture only works for one year. I have to do it again the next year. You useless old man!" Lu Zhenhai said as he gave Qin Zhengting a serious look.
Qin Zhengting sat there calmly, without saying a word. He was good friends with Lu Zhenhai, Chen Yilon and Chu Zhonghua.
Several other people were still guarding their posts on this border, but he was going to be the first one to escape. Several brothers were reluctant to let him go, and Qin Zhengting knew it, so when faced with their complaints, Qin Zhengting just listened with a smile and never refuted.
They are reluctant to let him go, so how can he let go?
But he had to go back to Yanjing. He would have to go back to Hunshui sooner or later.
After Lu Zhenhai delivered the gifts, Qin Zhengting gave Su Mei a pair of needles.
It was a set of needles made of silver and gold, 16 silver needles and 4 gold needles. Each needle had its own unique features. The silver needles were long and sharp, and the tiny needle surfaces were engraved with exquisite patterns and designs.
With just one glance, Su Mei knew that this set of needles was worth a lot of money.
Sure enough, she heard Qin Zhengting say:
"This is a set of needles passed down from my master, the yellow and white needles. This set of needles has immeasurable merits and has brought countless people back to life.
Master doesn't have anything good to give you, so he just gave you this worthless thing as a gift to help you get into college."
"Thank you, Master." Su Mei took the needle respectfully, then knelt down and kowtowed three times to Qin Zhengting.
Although Qin Zhengting said this was a good omen, Su Mei knew in her heart that this set of needles symbolized the completion of her acupuncture mastery.
After Su Mei finished her kowtow, Chu Zhonghua also took out a gift. He had two gifts in total. He was more practical and gave Su Mei some tickets that could be used in Yanjing. There was also a radio that was given by Chu Yinglan. Chu Zhonghua said:
"Yinglan was very happy to know that you were admitted to Peking University. She gave you this radio, saying that with it, you can learn about the outside world in advance and won't feel unfamiliar when you arrive in Yanjing!"
After hearing this, everyone knew that Yinglan had also been admitted to Yenching University, and they congratulated Chu Zhongtian again.
Chu Zhongtian waved his hands repeatedly and said:
"Yinglan had military merit and retired status, so she had preferential treatment when applying for university. Her test scores were average, so she couldn't choose a good major. She can't compare with Su Mei."
This is just a humble statement. No matter what kind of blessing you have, you must have some abilities to be able to get into Peking University.
That tape recorder was very beautiful. Su Mei thought to herself that Yinglan was indeed a heroine and had a broad mind. She didn't mind at all that she was married to a man she had loved before and even brought a gift for her from so far away.
Unfortunately, Huo Jianguo was face-blind and couldn't see the girl's appearance clearly. The girl was pretty, had a good personality, and had good grades. Su Mei thought, if she were a man, she would definitely chase after a girl like this.
Thinking that she and Yinglan would study in the same school in the future, Su Mei smiled and said to Chu Zhongtian:
"Uncle Chu, thank Yinglan for me!"
She thought that when they met in Yanjing, she would have to return a gift to the other party and not take advantage of him for nothing.
It is not good to have nothing to show for it.
The whole room ate and drank until midnight. Because everyone was a little tipsy from drinking a little, they did not go home. Chen Yilon slept on the bed that Su Mei had used to treat patients.
The other two went to Lu Zhenhai's home.
After everyone had left, Su Mei and Huo Jianguo cleaned up the kitchen together before returning to their room to sleep.
After returning to his room, Huo Jianguo thought of the pen that Chen Yilon had given him before, and frowned to think about it carefully.
Seeing Huo Jianguo looking at the pen with a puzzled look on his face, Su Mei couldn't help but ask him: "
What are you looking at this pen for? Is there something wrong with it? "
"No, that's totally wrong!" Huo Jianguo said, and told Su Mei the origin and value of the pen. He was puzzled:
"Why did the chief give you his late wife's pen?"
"Who knows?" Su Mei was also puzzled.
The couple couldn't come to any conclusion and could only go to bed. After all, they had to leave for home the next day.
The last time we went back together we were trying to catch the Spring Festival travel rush, so the car was so crowded and noisy that it was hard to hear what was being said.
The train was quite deserted this time. The two of them bought sleeper berth tickets and lay down one on top of the other.
Lying down doesn’t make you tired. Even after sleeping on the train for several days, they were still fresh and energetic when they got off the train.
In addition, since it was not Chinese New Year, there was no need to buy New Year gifts and we didn't bring much luggage, so we both felt a lot more relaxed after this trip.
After arriving in the county, Huo Jianguo made a special trip to the school to learn about the education of his two nephews.
Since he paid the money, he still hopes that the two children can grow up well.
Although Su Mei didn't care about other people's naughty children, since Huo Jianguo was going, she could only follow behind as a foil.
Knowing that Su Mei didn't like the two children of her second brother, Huo Jianguo did not go looking for the two children when he arrived at the school, but contacted their class teacher directly.
He wanted to prove that his method was effective and that there was hope of correcting the two children.
As a result, the class teachers of both children reported the same situation to Huo Jianguo.
Hod's class teacher said: "This child is not hopeless. He can understand some truths in school, but he becomes a troublemaker when he gets home.
We taught him not to be selfish and to learn to share. Gradually, he learned to share things with other classmates.
But when he went home, things went wrong. His parents told him that tolerance is something only fools do, and only fools would let others take advantage of them......"
Huo Liang's homeroom teacher used the same rhetoric, which was probably that the rules she taught the children at school would always be overturned by the children's parents.
No matter how well-behaved a child is, his or her true colors will show up after two days at home, and sometimes even get worse.
This is normal. It is difficult for people to learn well, but it is very easy for people to learn badly.
As the saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together."
If you teach your child how to be a good person or recite poems, he may not be able to remember them. However, if parents say a dirty word, even if it is only said once, the child may remember it for a lifetime.
When Huo Jianguo used his connections to send his two children to school, he instructed their teachers to pay attention to correcting their characters.
It turned out that the teacher tried his best, but once the two children got home, their parents made things worse, and no matter how much the teacher taught, it was useless.
Parents are the mirror of their children. With such parents, there is no need to worry about not turning their children into useless ones. Su Mei has no hope that Huo Jianguo can teach Huo Jiangdang's two children well.
She was not optimistic, but she did not want to hit Huo Jianguo, so she could only comfort him lightly:
"Just be open-minded. Just do your best. You have to walk your own path. You are not a bodhisattva. You cannot help them to overcome all the difficulties."