There were still a few minutes before the end of morning reading, so Lin Wei went for a walk around the classroom.
Teacher Li came out of the next class and was about to enter Class 2. When he saw Lin Wei coming back, he stopped and waved to her. Lin Wei looked at her watch and saw that there were still three minutes before the get out of class ended, so she told the class monitor to leave on their own at that time.
As we walked out of the classroom, Teacher Li asked, "How was it?"
"Nothing."
Teacher Li raised his chin towards the classroom and asked, "What happened to Zhao Mei's hand?"
Lin Wei replied: "I injured my hand while pulling weeds during the activity class on Saturday."
Teacher Li breathed a sigh of relief, but then thought about it and felt something was not right: "Then why did Gao Xiulian say that you beat her?"
"It's hard to put it into words." Lin Wei said helplessly.
Teacher Li recalled the past grudge between the two and asked in a low voice, "Did she do it on purpose? Why did she do that?"
"From what she said, I felt that she wanted to ruin my job and get me kicked out of school," Lin Wei sighed, "but she insisted that Zhao Mei lied and that she was deceived by her daughter."
Teacher Li couldn't believe it: "That's her own daughter!"
Lin Wei remained silent.
Not everyone in this world is qualified to be a parent. This is true for Gao Xiu Lian, Old Lady Qi, and even more distantly, Chen Bamei's parents.
Teacher Li thought again: "Why does she want to ruin your job? It wasn't enough that she complained about you behind your back and ruined your job at the hospital pharmacy. Now she wants to ruin your job. Is she targeting you? No, she was wrong in the previous incident, but you didn't hate her. Why does she hate you so much?"
Lin Wei guessed, "Maybe... because of the grudge, he can't bear to see me live a good life."
"This person... is too scary." Teacher Li murmured, "She is a military wife. I don't know what kind of vision Deputy Captain Zhao has to choose such a person... Then how to deal with this matter?"
"That's it."
"What's this like?"
"She apologized and let it go."
"that's all?"
"What can we do? The principal originally wanted to report to the army and ask them to send someone to investigate thoroughly, but do you know what Gao Xiu Lian said?" Lin Wei asked.
"What did she say?"
"She said that Zhao Mei was a habitual liar and lied to her that the wound on her hand was caused by me. She was deceived, so she came to the school to seek justice. She also begged the principal not to report it, saying that although Zhao Mei had bad behavior, she was only a child after all. If the army sent people to investigate, her life would be ruined." Lin Wei said listlessly.
Teacher Li understood what she meant and asked, "Is she threatening you with Zhao Mei?"
"Um."
Teacher Li said, "But if the army really sends people to investigate, it's impossible for her to be the truth, right?"
"But she is the biological mother. How many people can not believe her when she says Zhao Mei has bad conduct?" Lin Wei asked. There were no cameras or recorders these days. How could it be that she relied entirely on her mouth? Zhao Mei is just a child. When it comes to confusing right and wrong, how could she compare to Gao Xiu Lian?
What's more, Zhao Mei will have to make a living under Gao Xiu Lian in the future, so she can't really offend her.
Teacher Li was speechless: "What kind of mother is she?"
After returning to the office, Huang Aiyun also asked about Lin Wei's situation. Other teachers were also in the office, and they heard what happened. Lin Wei repeated to them almost everything she had said to Teacher Li.
Huang Aiyun had a bad temper and couldn't help but ask, "Is Gao Xiulian sick?"
Zhao Yanhua was puzzled: "Why do you think she did this?"
"What can she gain? She just can't stand seeing others doing well." Huang Aiyun curled her lips, "Let's just say that the job in the hospital pharmacy was assigned to Lin Wei. How can it hinder her? But she just wanted to make trouble. It's not enough to make trouble once, she also made trouble a second time."
Zhao Yanhua sighed: "They are all military wives, why bother."
Huang Aiyun rolled her eyes and said, "Come on, let's be nice to each other as we're both military wives. What about her? Haven't you figured out that she was transferred from the window to the kitchen?"
The teacher named Wu in the office asked, "What happened to that?"
Another teacher named Xu said, "Yes, Gao Xiulian didn't serve Jiang Ling enough food. Was it because there were too many people in line and she didn't pay attention to them or she just looked at them wrongly?"
"You just listened to her nonsense. Not to mention that there were not many people queuing that day. Even if she was really too busy, she had been getting the food for so long, how could she not feel something when half an ounce was missing? Moreover, Jiang Ling had just had an argument with her before getting the food. They had been arguing, and right after that, the food was short of weight. Don't you think it's too coincidental?" Huang Aiyun had a good relationship with Jiang Ling and was very familiar with what had happened before.
Teacher Wu asked: "Did they have a fight?"
"Of course, and it's not just Jiang Ling. She would give less food to people who had quarreled with her before or had a bad relationship with her. It's just that the amount was not much. Others were not sure, so they didn't make a fuss and just went to other windows to get food." Huang Aiyun said, "Anyway, Gao Xiulian is a person with a heart smaller than a needle. I don't like dealing with her."
Several other teachers in the office nodded repeatedly. Even Zhao Yanhua, who was gentle in character, couldn't help but feel fortunate that she didn't have to be neighbors with Gao Xiu Lian.
As a result, all the sympathetic eyes in the office were focused on Lin Wei.
Lin Wei: “…”
…
Lin Wei had five classes in a row today and had no time to buy groceries. Plus, it was almost twelve o'clock when school was over, so she didn't feel like cooking at noon.
It happened that after lunch last Saturday, Lin Wei did not bring the lunch box home, so she took it to the state-owned restaurant and got two meals.
The canteen of the military district primary school mainly provides meals for students. Most of the students come from poor families and have limited money to spend on meals. In order to save costs, the canteen meals are mainly vegetarian, with eggs or seafood only occasionally provided.
Most of the teachers in the school come from well-off families, so after the state-owned restaurants started providing communal meals, the teachers preferred to eat in the restaurants at noon and in the evening.
Because the school was dismissed earlier than other units at noon, there were not many people when Lin Wei arrived at the state-owned restaurant. It was just past twelve o'clock when she finished her meal. On the way back, people went to the state-owned restaurant one after another.
As soon as she entered the family area, Lin Wei ran into Liu Dan. She also had several lunch boxes in her hands. Obviously, not only did she eat in the cafeteria at noon, but the children at home did the same.
Seeing that Lin Wei was alone, Liu Dan asked, "Where are your two children?"
Lin Wei explained: "When I was leaving the house in the morning, I met Xiao Shitou. He refused to go to school with me, so I let him play at Xiao Shitou's house."
"I thought so." Liu Dan suddenly realized, looked around, and said to Lin Wei in a low voice, "The old witch has decided on a time to leave the island."
Hearing Liu Dan's address, Lin Wei couldn't help but look around. Seeing that no one was paying much attention to them, she lowered her voice and asked, "When are we leaving?"
Liu Dan said: "The boat tomorrow night is just going to the headquarters."
Lin Wei asked: "Headquarters? Zhan City?"
After marrying Zong Shao, Lin Wei would pay special attention to news from the navy. After arriving on the island, her understanding of the navy deepened a lot.
The domestic navy is divided into three fleets, named after the sea areas. The Sanlin Base, like the Yangcheng Base, belongs to the South China Sea Fleet, and the headquarters of the South China Sea Fleet is located in Zhan City.
Although they called the Sanlin Base Command the headquarters, but since Yazhou Island was the starting point, the headquarters Liu Dan mentioned certainly could not be here.
Although Zhan City is very close to Yazhou Island, especially Coconut City, it only takes a few hours to get there by boat. But if they go back to their hometown, after arriving in Zhan City, they often have to take a train to Yangcheng for transfer, and then go to various places.
Therefore, if the officers on the island want to return home and are not in a hurry, the first choice is basically to take a boat to Guangzhou. This can reduce transfers and is more friendly to people with a lot of luggage.
The final stop of the boat that Qi Tao arranged for his mother and brother was Zhan City, which showed that he was really anxious to see them off.
Liu Dan nodded: "That's not right. Last night, after Old Lady Qi found out about this, she made a scene at home again. She said she had a headache and chest pain, and she didn't even eat dinner."
"What's Captain Qi's reaction?"
"Qi Tao said that if Old Lady Qi feels uncomfortable, he will send her to the military hospital. There are people on duty at the hospital at night. If Old Lady Qi has a poor appetite and can't eat, it's okay to starve for a while. After all, it won't hurt to starve for one meal. It's the same if she eats after her appetite improves."
"Did Mrs. Qi eat it in the end?"
"I ate. My appetite is better than anyone else's. I ate two bowls of rice!" Liu Dan raised two fingers, glanced at the watch on his wrist, and said with a cry, "I don't want to chat with you anymore. I have to go get food quickly. The children are waiting at home."
Lin Wei said goodbye and separated from Liu Dan, walking deeper into the family quarters.
When they were almost at Zhou's house, Lin Wei saw Zhao Mei. Although she could only see her back, she could tell that she was crying from the way she raised her hand to wipe her eyes as she walked.
Lin Wei frowned slightly and called out, "Zhao Mei."
Hearing the voice, Zhao Mei stopped and turned around, choking with sobs and shouting, "Teacher Lin."
Seeing the tears on her face, Lin Wei quickly walked up to her and asked, "Why did you come back alone? Have you had lunch?"
It would have been fine if Lin Wei hadn't asked, but as soon as she did, Zhao Mei couldn't help herself and burst into tears: "Mom said I was a bad child and she wouldn't give me food to eat, wuwuwu..."
"Where are your brother and younger brother?" Lin Wei asked.
"They all have food to eat, but I don't..." Zhao Mei touched her stomach and said aggrievedly, "I'm so hungry."
Lin Wei was furious, so she took Zhao Mei's hand and said, "Come on, the teacher will take you to dinner!"
…
When they arrived at Zhou's house, Chen Bamei just came out of the kitchen carrying dishes. Seeing Zhao Mei beside Lin Wei, she asked in surprise, "Sister Lin, what are you doing?"
"It's hard to explain." Lin Wei sighed and said, "She didn't eat lunch, so I took her home to eat together. Where's Mingming Ruirui?"
As soon as she finished her words, Mingming jumped in from the back door, threw himself into her arms and shouted, "Mom, are you out of school?"
"Well, how was your morning?" Lin Wei hugged the little guy, wiped the sweat off his face and asked.
"Happy!" Mingming said without hesitation, "It would be great if I could be this happy every day." He glanced at Lin Wei, thinking that his mother was so smart, she should be able to understand what he meant, right?
Lin Wei understood his hint, and then rudely pulled him out of her arms: "We should go back to eat."
Chen Bamei said as soon as she heard it: "Why don't we eat here? I made some extra food at noon."
"I went to the state-owned restaurant to get some food when I came back." Lin Wei said as she took out a lunch box from the bag she was carrying.
"Xiaomei, don't you want to eat too? Isn't it enough for the four of you?" Chen Bamei tried to persuade her again, "Let's eat together. I made too much at noon. Xiao Shitou and I definitely can't finish it."
"Sister Deng, aren't you coming back for lunch?"
"They just got a new batch of medicinal materials in the pharmacy, and they have to count and sort them these days, so they are very busy." Chen Bamei asked, "How many bowls can I get for you to eat?"
Lin Wei said, "Take four and finish the food I prepared first."
Chen Bamei knew that by saying this she agreed to stay for dinner, so she responded with a smile, went into the house, washed four clean bowls for Lin Wei, and then served out two more bowls of rice.
In fact, Chen Bamei only cooked two dishes, one was scrambled eggs with green peppers, and the other was braised potato cubes, but the portions were quite large and two people really couldn't finish them.
Lin Wei, on the contrary, ordered quite a few dishes, including meat dishes such as roast chicken with potatoes and stir-fried clams, and vegetarian dishes such as stir-fried beans and hot and sour cabbage, as well as a plate of cold seaweed. But the portion of each dish is not large, just enough for the mother and her two children.
When the two people's dishes were placed together, the dishes were richer and the portions were larger.
The four children were all very happy eating, especially Mingming. After eating and drinking his fill, he pulled up his skirt to reveal his plump, round belly, and patted it and said, "What a big white bun!"
Because there are so many delicious fruits on Yazhou Island, watermelon no longer has a special place in Mingming's heart.
The wife of the soldier who cooked in the school cafeteria was from the north, and the white flour buns she made were equivalent to two or three of the ones they had in Shicheng. They were also bigger than what they had eaten on the boat when they first arrived at Yazhou Island, which amazed Mingming for a long time.
So after eating and drinking, Mingming no longer mentioned the watermelon belly. All he could think about now was the white flour buns.
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