After Gao Xiulian finished speaking, a hint of pride flashed across her eyes.
When she was getting her meal at the window, she gave a military wife half an ounce less. The other party escalated the issue from an individual to a group, inciting all the customers, which forced their director to transfer her from the window to the kitchen.
Because she suffered a loss before, Gao Xiu Lian followed suit this time. She escalated the issue from Lin Wei's personal behavior to all teachers. Her purpose was to let Feng Ying expel Lin Wei from the Military District Primary School for the sake of the school's reputation.
Gao Xiu Lian had made up her mind that if Feng Ying chose to favor Lin Wei and did not kick her out, she would publicize the matter and unite all the parents to protest.
By then, I am not afraid that Feng Ying will not bow his head.
After listening to Gao Xiulian's words, Feng Ying did not have any special reaction. She just turned to look at Lin Wei: "Teacher Lin?"
Lin Wei stood up and said, "I want to ask a few questions. When was Zhao Mei injured?"
"Didn't I just say it? Last Saturday." Gao Xiu Lian rolled her eyes, thinking that Lin Wei was stalling for time.
Lin Wei ignored her rolling eyes and continued to ask: "Last Saturday morning, morning or afternoon?"
Gao Xiulian looked at her daughter sitting next to her and chose not to answer: "You hit my daughter yourself. Don't you know when she was injured? Is there any point in asking this now?"
"If I really hit Zhao Mei, then asking this is meaningless, but the fact is that I didn't hit anyone at all." Lin Wei looked at Gao Xiulian and said, "Since you insist that I did, you have to tell me when I hit her and what tool I used, right?"
Feng Ying interrupted at the right time: "I want to know too."
Gao Xiulian started to think about it in her mind.
Her daughter was injured during the activity class on Saturday afternoon. There must have been no wounds on her hands before that. If she said she was beaten in the morning, Lin Wei would be exposed as soon as she asked her daughter's deskmate.
Moreover, the morning is the main class and the students are all in the classroom. We can find out whether Lin Wei beats students in class by asking in the class. Although there was a break in the middle, it was too short and not easy to complete.
Good afternoon, it's activity class. Students are busy with their own things and teachers are relatively free. They won't stay in the same place all the time, so they can take advantage of the situation.
"Well, since you want to ask, I'll tell you. You beat my daughter with a thin bamboo stick last Saturday afternoon!" Gao Xiulian said as she took Zhao Mei's hand and opened her palm. "You were so cruel to beat such a young child until her hands were torn apart. It's been almost two days, and the scars on her hands haven't healed yet!"
"Before two o'clock, or after two o'clock."
Gao Xiulian hesitated and said, "After two o'clock."
"Okay, let me tell you about my schedule after 2pm on Saturday. I left the office for the classroom at 2pm when the bell rang. After arriving at the classroom, I went to three second-grade classes to arrange the day's tasks. I stayed in each class for eight or nine minutes. At around 2:30pm, I returned to the office. From then on until 4pm, I was in the office grading homework and preparing lesson plans. Teachers Huang Aiyun and Zhao Yanhua were there during that time, and they can testify for me."
Gao Xiulian pursed her lips: "What about after four o'clock?"
"After four o'clock, I took the corrected homework to Class 2. At that time, the children were outside weeding and there was no one in the classroom, so I put the homework on the desk of the class representative and went to the playground to weed with the children until about five o'clock." At this point, Lin Wei stopped and turned to Gao Xiulian, "Excuse me, Comrade Gao, when do you think I will have time to beat your daughter?"
Gao Xiulian said, "Who knows how long you stayed in there when you went to Class 2 to deliver homework."
"Even if I stayed in Class 2 classroom for an hour and Zhao Mei was outside, could I still hit her from a distance?" Lin Wei asked.
"After five?"
"After five o'clock, I organized the children to wash their hands, and then asked them to return to class to prepare for school. I went back to the office, locked the door, and left the school directly."
Gao Xiulian could tell that Lin Wei was alone, so she said, "Maybe that's when you beat my daughter."
Lin Wei sneered: "Maybe? Comrade Gao's use of the word is really interesting."
"That's because my daughter was scared by you. Until now, she doesn't dare to say when and how you beat her." Gao Xiulian said nonsense with her eyes wide open. "You said you went back to the office and locked the door. No one saw you at the time. Who knows if what you said is true? What if you went somewhere else? What if you took advantage of this moment to beat my daughter?"
Lin Wei asked: "Even if I didn't go back to the office, what about Zhao Mei? Didn't she go back to the classroom either?"
How would Gao Xiu Lian know these details?
Although she had the idea of using the wound on her daughter's hand to frame Lin Wei for beating a student and ruining her work on Saturday night. But she knew that if Zhao Feng knew about this, he would definitely not let her do it. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Gao Xiu Lian did not dare to make this idea public until this morning, when she forced Zhao Mei to give false testimony and contradict her.
Because the incident of Lin Wei beating Zhao Mei was completely fabricated by Gao Xiu Lian, when they were giving their testimony, it was basically Gao Xiu Lian who said it and Zhao Mei followed suit.
Gao Xiu Lian didn't even think about perfecting the details. She felt that a day was so long, and it was impossible for Lin Wei to always have someone around her, so there would be many loopholes that could be exploited.
As long as her daughter insists that Lin Wei hit her, Lin Wei will definitely not be able to clear herself.
So she never thought of asking about Zhao Mei's schedule, and naturally didn't know when or whether there was anyone around her.
Gao Xiu Lian had never expected that Lin Wei would compress the time from a whole day to one, no, starting at two o'clock, in less than an afternoon, by asking a few questions.
What’s more important is that with Lin Wei pulling the timeline like this, Gao Xiu Lian really couldn’t think of when to insert the incident of Lin Wei beating students.
Gao Xiu Lian felt that she could no longer be led by Lin Wei.
She said loudly, "You are a teacher, so of course other teachers and students will speak up for you. And you said you were in the office from 2:30 to 4:00. Who knows if this time is accurate? What if you left the office five, six, seven or eight minutes early? Who would care? Others don't count the clock to live their days."
Lin Wei laughed angrily: "In your eyes, Comrade Gao, anyone who testifies for me must be lying. Only you, Comrade Gao Xiulian, are telling the truth. You said I beat up a student, so I must have beaten up a student. Why don't you go to heaven?"
After hearing this, Gao Xiulian turned to Feng Ying and complained: "Principal Feng, listen to what she said? Is this how she, as a teacher, talks to parents?"
Feng Ying asked in confusion: "What's wrong with her attitude? Isn't it pretty good? She didn't say a single dirty word."
She mocked me! Can't you hear it?
Although Gao Xiu Lian cursed Lin Wei in front of her, she was the kind of person who "allowed the officials to set fires but not the common people to light lamps", and of course she would not tolerate Lin Wei mocking her.
It was hateful that Feng Ying played dumb. She couldn't afford to offend anyone, so she could only grit her teeth and say, "My daughter was injured at school. She was the teacher that day and was accused of beating my daughter. What's wrong with me asking a few more questions? But she acted as if I was deliberately slandering her."
Feng Ying said, "Okay, there's an old saying that goes 'once a teacher, always a father'. Although it's not important now, as a parent, you should have the most basic respect for your child's teacher, right? But from what you've said since you entered my office, which one of them shows respect?"
Gao Xiulian was unwilling to give in: "She beat my daughter, so I still have to respect her?"
Feng Ying frowned, tapped the table with her fingers and said, "Even if you have a problem with her, you shouldn't keep saying that she is cruel and has no teacher ethics before the matter is concluded. Besides, your attitude towards her is just like this, why do you ask her to speak to you in a nice tone? She is a teacher, not inferior to you."
Feng Ying's words were sincere, but Gao Xiulian still felt that she was biased. She was very upset and retorted, "Why hasn't the matter been concluded yet? My daughter said it was Lin Wei who beat her hand like this! My daughter is just a child, how could she lie and deliberately frame her?"
Lin Wei said, "Comrade Gao, you always said that Zhao Mei said I hit her, but she hasn't said a word since I walked into this office?"
"You also know that my daughter has not dared to say a word since you came in?" Gao Xiulian said confidently, "If you hadn't beaten her, would she be so afraid of you?"
Lin Wei ignored Gao Xiulian and only looked at Feng Ying: "Since Zhao Mei is the person involved, shouldn't we listen to her voice?"
"Of course." Feng Ying nodded.
Although Gao Xiulian emphasized to her daughter once again that she should speak according to her instructions when Feng Ying went to call Lin Wei, she was still a little worried and quickly stopped her, saying, "I don't understand why you insist on my daughter speaking. You are her teacher, and you know that she is timid and introverted. What can she say if you force her like this? Besides, it's not like she didn't explain it clearly to me when she was at home..."
Lin Wei interrupted Gao Xiulian: "Since you have explained it clearly, then tell me when I hit her, why I hit her, and if there was anyone around at the time... If you can't tell, but insist on accusing me of hitting a student, I don't admit the crime! If you can tell me, I can find someone to testify for me, and please apologize to me!"
"I agree with what Teacher Lin said." Feng Ying expressed her opinion at the right time and looked at Gao Xiu Lian, waiting for her to speak.
But Gao Xiulian didn't dare to speak. It was obvious that Lin Wei didn't care about her just now unreasonable behavior and insisted that she give a specific time and place. But she is not a school teacher, and she did not keep an eye on them last Saturday. How could she know when they were alone at the same time?
She didn't dare to make up a story, because once she told the time and place, and one of Lin Wei and Zhao Mei was with someone else, Lin Wei would be able to clear herself of suspicion.
And speaking of this, Feng Ying's attitude is very clear. She is biased towards Lin Wei.
If she continued to stop her daughter from speaking, the matter would definitely end in nothing, and after today, she might never have the chance to kick Lin Wei out of the military primary school again.
"Even if my daughter says that you beat her, can't you deny it? She's just a child, how can she be as scheming as you are as an adult? If you take her away with just a few words, others will think that my daughter has bad character." Gao Xiulian gritted her teeth and said, "Besides, you are her teacher. She pointed out you today. What will you do if you target her in the future?"
The other two people in the office understood what Gao Xiulian meant. To put it bluntly, she just wanted a guarantee.
Feng Ying felt that her request was unreasonable. Although emotionally, she believed that every child was good and would not lie, she had been a teacher for so many years and had taught so many classes of students. She knew better than anyone that children would also lie.
What's more, now she finally understood that no matter how Zhao Mei was injured and who injured her, it was certain that Gao Xiu Lian wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge on Lin Wei.
Under the pressure from her mother, will Zhao Mei tell the truth?
Feng Ying thought that might not be the case, so she couldn't possibly follow Gao Xiulian's wishes.
Just as Feng Ying was about to speak, a voice spoke before her: "As long as classmate Zhao Mei personally accuses me of beating her, I will give up my defense and leave the military primary school."
Feng Ying's face changed: "Teacher Lin!"
Gao Xiulian's eyes were filled with surprise: "Are you serious?"
Lin Wei's expression remained unchanged: "The truth."
"Lin Wei! Do you know the seriousness of this matter?" Feng Ying was furious and called Lin Wei's name directly.
"I know that what I'm doing will disappoint you, but I feel that if the child I've devoted my heart and soul to teaches ends up lying, it only proves that I'm not suitable for this job."
Although Lin Wei was forced to become a substitute teacher, she really wanted to do a good job after she started. During the short time they spent together, she gradually fell in love with the children in the class and came to understand the importance of "teaching and educating people."
The more she understood, the more cautious she became when treating these children. She hoped that she could teach these children well, and she also thought that she was a good teacher.
She doesn't know how long she can work as a substitute teacher, nor does she know whether she will continue to be a teacher in the future, but during this period, she always feels that no matter how long it is, this work experience will become the best memory of her life.
But if Zhao Mei chooses lies, this beauty will no longer exist.
It also means that the job she thought she was doing well was actually done very poorly. She also has no ability to make these children better.
She will lose her original intention.
Having lost her original intention, she will no longer be suitable to continue this job.
Lin Wei bowed to Feng Ying and said, "I'm sorry, you may have to find a substitute teacher again."
I am still too young and have not experienced any setbacks, so I still retain the idealism of my student days. When talking about this kind of people, Feng Ying often shook his head, but when he really met one, he couldn't help but feel soft-hearted.
She sighed, looked at Zhao Mei and asked gently, "Did you understand what we said just now?"
Gao Xiulian keenly sensed Feng Ying's acquiescence, and pushed her daughter's shoulder and urged, "Quick, tell the principal, do you understand?"
Zhao Mei felt a little uncomfortable after being pushed to the middle of the office. She hunched her shoulders and lowered her head even lower: "I understand."
Feng Ying continued to ask: "Then raise your head, look into the teacher's eyes, and tell the teacher, how did the injury on your hand come about?"
"I……"
The thin little girl raised her head tremblingly, but before she could look directly into Feng Ying's eyes, big tears flowed down her face and her tightly pursed lips trembled slightly.
Seeing that she was still silent, Gao Xiulian became anxious and pushed her shoulder again, saying, "Your principal is asking you a question, so hurry up and speak up!"
Zhao Mei's shoulders were tilted by the push, but she looked up and said loudly: "I, the wound on my hand was caused by pulling weeds myself!"
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