Chapter 454: Refuse to Report If you dare to report Teacher Yao, I will dare to report...
Tian Cuiwen is arguing with Li Xiangqian.
Director Chi had already talked to her. She still had some dignity left and didn't want to waste any more time. She thought of just paying the rent. It was only five dollars a month, not expensive.
After all, she and Li Xiangqian are both level eight lecturers, with an income of 80 yuan per month, which adds up to 160 yuan. After deducting daily expenses and gifts to the elders of both families, they can still save dozens of yuan per month. Spending five yuan for a comfortable living environment is actually quite cost-effective.
But Li's mother didn't want to, so she goaded Li Xiangqian into a score with Tian Cuiwen: "How can you live like this? Huh? You're really arrogant. Five dollars is nothing to you, right? Then starting this month, I'll send my dad an extra five dollars every month. Would you be willing?"
Tian Cuiwen was so angry that she was about to die. After all, she still had to embarrass herself in front of her colleagues.
If this person was someone else, maybe she would just pretend to be pitiful, but this person is Yao Zhizhi.
He has a background!
She could only retort, "Okay, if you send me five more dollars, I'll send five more too. Your dad is a human being, and so is my dad. That's it!"
Li Xiangqian couldn't help but sneer, "Again, huh? What else do you have to say besides this? A daughter once married off is like spilled water. I'm already doing well for you to send five dollars back home every month, and you're asking for double that? Have you asked me, the head of the family, for my opinion? Hmm?"
As he said this, he wanted to hit someone, but Tian Cuiwen was so scared that she bent down and crawled out from under his armpit and hid in another neighbor's house.
Li Xiangqian chased after him relentlessly, "Teacher Qu, please give me some judgment. How can she live like this? She's so eager to give money to others. Is she out of her mind?"
Teacher Qu had long been fed up with them. They kept quarreling with each other, which was outrageous.
But it was difficult for her to persuade them to break up, because if that old lady from the Li family started arguing with her, it could be fatal.
She could only smooth things over: "Xiao Li, please talk nicely. You're still young, don't be so angry."
Li Xiangqian pushed up his glasses and pretended to be polite. "Teacher Qu, I don't mean to argue. It's Cuiwen who's clueless. She insists on paying rent. I don't understand. They don't live in the house much anyway. What's wrong with us making use of it?"
Teacher Qu smiled awkwardly and said, "After all, it's the school that allocated the house to them. If you have any ideas, you should tell them in person. I can't make decisions for others."
Of course Li Xiangqian knew it. He just wanted to create public opinion so that Tian Cuiwen would be obedient and not confront him.
Tian Cuiwen felt very aggrieved. Since they got married, she and Li Xiangqian had equal social status. When he was an assistant teacher, she was also an assistant teacher. When he was promoted to lecturer, she was also promoted to lecturer.
Even their salaries were exactly the same, and she didn't understand why. Why couldn't she freely use the money she earned?
She didn't understand why after getting married, she had a leader, and this leader was called her husband.
Didn’t the President say that women hold up half the sky, and the other half is held up by men? Since each person holds up half, we should have equal dialogue and respect each other.
But that’s not the case, not at all.
Li Xiangqian had made a fuss before about sending money to her parents, and his argument was exactly the same as it is now. Now, for the five-dollar rent, he brought out the same excuse again.
She thought it was quite ironic, but she couldn't break free. She had two children with him. She was kidnapped by the system, sinking deeper and deeper into it, unable to struggle. She wanted to fight but couldn't, and she wanted to escape but was tied down by her children. It seemed that she had no choice but to get stuck in it, to numb herself, and become a part of the system.
She could only look at the man in silence. For a moment, his opening and closing mouth seemed like an abyss that could swallow her life.
The fear at this moment made her shudder. She could only clutch Teacher Qu's clothes and pin her hopes on this older teacher: "Teacher Qu, Teacher Yao has already contacted Director Chi, and I can't make the decision on this matter. How about you help me think of another way?"
Teacher Qu sighed silently: "I don't know about this either. I'm not familiar with Teacher Yao, but I've heard from people who know her that she likes to stand up for the weak and is very kind to her family and friends. If you can gain her understanding, maybe she will show some leniency. But..."
Tian Cuiwen didn't know why Teacher Qu paused. She looked at Teacher Qu nervously: "But what?"
Teacher Qu was middle-aged and had known countless people. How could she not see that Tian Cuiwen was feeling guilty? But she still asked directly, "But I heard that some teachers have been secretly instigating students to slander Teacher Yao. You didn't participate, did you?"
Tian Cuiwen subconsciously avoided Teacher Qu's gaze and shook her head symbolically.
Teacher Qu was clear-sighted and advised, "If there are mistakes, correct them; if there are no mistakes, try to improve them. This applies at all times. Okay, I'm going to rest now. You guys go back and discuss this."
Tian Cuiwen wanted to say something but stopped herself in the end. She lowered her head and walked out of Teacher Qu's house silently.
As soon as I arrived home, I saw Teacher Xiao coming over and whispering something to Li's mother.
Tian Cuiwen glanced uneasily outside the corridor, fearing that Teacher Yao would come over and hear them, so she quickly warned, "What are you discussing again? Keep your voice down."
Teacher Xiao smiled and said, "Xiaotian, I'm here to help you with some advice."
Tian Cuiwen couldn't laugh, she always had a bad feeling that Teacher Xiao was going to stir up trouble again.
Sure enough, the old woman's first words were bad advice: "You might not know this yet, but I checked with the Academic Affairs Office. Teacher Yao and Teacher Qi are only teaching assistants, earning the lowest salary of tenth grade for university faculty."
"Fifty-six a month?" Tian Cuiwen was a little surprised. "But that doesn't make sense. If they were teaching assistants, why would they already be teaching students individually?"
"It's because there's a lack of young people. The Academic Affairs Office thought, why not just let them have a try? They have the title of teaching assistant, but they do the work of an eighth-level lecturer." Teacher Xiao's eyes narrowed into slits, and he was full of evil intent.
Tian Cuiwen was extremely shocked: "I thought her father had strong connections and directly let her be a lecturer."
"How is that possible? Her father has been retired for years. Besides, if she really had connections, I'm afraid our school wouldn't be able to keep her." Teacher Xiao was a little pleased. "You should be happy. It's precisely because their family didn't use connections that their positions were assigned according to the rules. In other words, they are clearly only teaching assistants, but they are already teaching individual classes. This is a serious violation of the 'Provisional Regulations on Teacher Positions in Institutions of Higher Education'."
Tian Cuiwen was stunned and fell down on the stool, subconsciously looking at Li Xiangqian.
Li Xiangqian was laughing. "I understand, Teacher Xiao. As long as I report this to the Education Department, they'll be kicked out. But I'm from another department after all, so it's not easy for me to interfere in the affairs of the School of Arts. Let Cuiwen do it."
What? Tian Cuiwen looked at him in shock, because when she was sitting, she needed to look up at this despicable man.
She admitted that she was not a good person either. She felt sour and jealous when she saw students always comparing her with Teacher Yao. However, she was not malicious enough to destroy the other person's job. It might be because she was also a mother and did not want to see another mother lose her source of income. The other person also had two children at home.
You have to know that these days companies won't fire employees easily unless they've violated some law that is outrageous to the people. Once they're fired, it'll be difficult for them to find another job.
In fact, this is not the fault of Teacher Yao and others. It is purely because the school is short of teachers. Moreover, both of them are the top students in their respective departments. Their abilities are obvious. It is a waste to let such strong employees do clerical work just because of their status as recent graduates and job classification.
Therefore, her hostility towards Teacher Yao was purely because the other person was stronger than her and she was outmatched.
She was indeed a mean person. She said bad things about Teacher Yao. She couldn't control herself. After all, she really didn't want to be the one who couldn't compare to others in the eyes of her students, but she really didn't want to ruin someone's life.
She stood up immediately, her attitude firm: "No, if you really want to say it, it was also arranged by Director Chi. If we report Teacher Yao and Teacher Qi, wouldn't that harm Director Chi as well? Okay, don't make random reports. Wait for me to talk to Teacher Yao and then say something good. This matter won't be difficult to resolve."
Li Xiangqian refused and stopped her, "What do you want to do? As teaching assistants, they can't even get their own dormitories. It's obvious that Director Chi is using some backdoor to get them in! We must ask Director Chi for an explanation. Otherwise, who knows what good jobs he'll secretly arrange for them."
Tian Cuiwen was so angry that she was shaking all over. She demanded, "Do you really think it's a good job to be paid a teaching assistant's salary while doing the work of a lecturer? A teaching assistant only makes 56 yuan a month, while a lecturer makes at least 80 yuan a month. A difference of 24 yuan is equivalent to a worker's monthly salary in a small county town! Director Chi must have given me a separate dormitory because I was paid less and worked more. I don't understand why you should report this. Do you really want this to happen?"
Li Xiangqian couldn't argue with her, so he grabbed her collar and pushed her back into the chair.
Tian Cuiwen immediately jumped up and wanted to go out.
Teacher Xiao didn't expect Tian Cuiwen to react so strongly. She frowned and asked, "Xiao Tian, what's wrong with you? Didn't you always complain to me about Teacher Yao before? Now you're suddenly so protective of her. Are you taking the wrong medicine?"
Li Xiangqian also didn't understand: "Yeah, didn't you complain to me about her when you came back? You said that after you asked her to fill in for you twice, the students all felt that you weren't as good a teacher as hers."
"That's because I'm not as skilled as her. I'm jealous of her!" Tian Cuiwen's eyes turned red with anxiety. "But I didn't mean to ruin her! What you're doing is wrong! You'll harm Director Chi as well. What will the other teachers in the school think of you then? Have you ever thought about it?"
Li Xiangqian frowned: "What's the big deal? You can just write an anonymous letter."
Tian Cuiwen glared at him viciously and threatened, "Li Xiangqian, I've had enough of you. Today, I'm going to make this clear. If you dare to report Teacher Yao and the others, I'll report your brother for embezzling the money from the state-owned shopping mall. If you don't believe me, just wait and see!"
After saying that, without waiting for Li Xiangqian to take action, Tian Cuiwen crouched down and rushed out.
As soon as I reached the stairs, I saw Yao Zhizhi and Qi Changxiao walking up one after another.
She wiped her tears, gritted her teeth, and grabbed Yao Zhizhi's hand: "Come with me, I have something to tell you."
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