Chapter 77 Brotherly Love



"How is it?" Huang Aiyun asked hurriedly as Lin Wei returned to the office.

Lin Wei asked: "What's going on?"

Because some time ago, someone had been asking Lin Wei about whether she would stay or leave. Huang Aiyun saw from her attitude that she was really open-minded and didn't have many reservations when speaking. She directly asked, "Is it about whether you will stay or leave after your substitute teaching is over? Isn't that what Principal Feng is looking for you for?"

"Um."

"Really? Then why did she look for you?" Huang Aiyun noticed that Lin Wei's expression was not right and immediately realized, "Are you kidding me?"

"Didn't I answer 'hmm'?" Lin Wei said with the corner of her lips raised.

"I thought you were saying that Principal Feng wanted to see you for something else!" Huang Aiyun looked at Lin Wei's face and said, "From the look of you, have you been promoted to a full-time employee?"

Because the army had approved the application for additional teaching positions, Principal Feng was about to hold a meeting to discuss the matter and did not ask Lin Wei to keep it confidential, so she did not deny it: "I have been converted to a regular employee, but my salary and benefits have not been adjusted."

"I've been promoted..."

Huang Aiyun wanted to say that it would be fine if he was converted to a regular employee, but when the words came to her lips, she changed her mind and thought, "Isn't your salary calculated as a regular employee? How can it be adjusted for you?"

Lin Wei suppressed her laughter: "You just realized it?"

Huang Aiyun gritted her teeth: "You are really... annoying!"

"It's just a joke," Lin Wei smiled, stood up and asked, "Are you going to class?"

"Go." Huang Aiyun hurriedly followed, and asked as they walked out, "By the way, you've been promoted to a full-time employee. Which class will Teacher Chen teach when he recovers from his illness?"

Lin Wei said uncertainly, "From what Principal Feng said, she will continue to teach Class 3 this semester, and there will probably be major changes when she returns after the Chinese New Year."

"What changes?" Huang Aiyun asked.

Lin Wei shook her head: "How would I know? Let's talk about it next year."

Huang Aiyun said, "But it's good that you can stay."

After the morning reading, Feng Ying organized a brief meeting with all the faculty and staff during the break to tell them about Lin Wei's regular job offer.

Although it had been speculated long ago, there was still a moment of uproar in the office when the speculation was confirmed. Some were surprised, some reacted quickly and immediately congratulated Lin Wei with a smile, and some were curious about how the courses would be arranged in the future.

The last question is of particular concern to the main subject teachers in lower grades.

After all, the main subject teachers in the lower grades teach three classes alone, and the teachers who teach auxiliary subjects have an easy job, but the chances of promotion are small anyway, and basically they still get the lowest level salary after working for three to five years.

But it is different for main subject teachers. Those who have no teaching experience will get the minimum wage of 26 in the first year, which will increase to 29 in the second year, and then it will be adjusted every two or three years. Those who were teachers before joining the army will have a higher grade when they enter the job. Except for the principal and vice principal, the monthly salary of the teacher with the longest teaching experience in the military primary school can be over 40 yuan.

Although Lin Wei still received the lowest salary, Teacher Chen had been a teacher for several years and her salary was not lower than others. At least among the main subject teachers, several teachers were rated the same as her.

With the same salary, how can she balance herself mentally if she has to teach two senior classes or three junior classes while she only teaches one class?

Faced with the teachers' questions, Feng Ying did not evade them and said that the class schedule would be adjusted after the New Year. There is only more than a month left in this semester, and Teacher Chen is not fully recovered, so please bear with him.

Now that the long-term problem has been solved, everyone naturally won't care about what happened in the past one or two months. After all, they are colleagues, so the atmosphere on the scene became harmonious and happy. The only ones who were unhappy were Ke and Sun.

The reasons why the two were unhappy were similar, but not exactly the same.

Teacher Sun was bothered by the fact that he was forced to apologize by Teacher Hong because of what he said wrongly because of Lin Wei.

Teacher Ke was still worried about the midterm exam. Although she would no longer teach Chinese to Class 3 after Teacher Chenjiu came back, a semester only had more than four months in total, and she taught for three of them. If they didn't do well in the final exam, whose fault would others say? Of course it's her.

Perhaps, they would not say that her teaching level was not good enough, but she was an old teacher and the class she taught performed worse in the exams than Lin Wei, who had just become a teacher. Where could she put her face?

Just thinking about that scene made Teacher Ke feel so annoyed that he certainly couldn't be happy.

However, no matter how unhappy he was in his heart, he still had to pretend to be happy. Therefore, after leaving the principal's office, Teacher Ke still congratulated Lin Wei.

Seeing her friend congratulating Lin Wei, Teacher Sun became even more unhappy. As soon as the two separated, she pulled Teacher Ke aside and muttered, "Why are you congratulating her?"

Teacher Ke said calmly: "We are all colleagues."

Teacher Sun curled her lips and said, "What colleague! She has no teaching experience at all. She was lucky enough to become a substitute teacher. Now she has been promoted to a regular teacher. She must be very proud of herself."

"Even if it's just luck, it's because she's capable enough," Teacher Ke murmured with his head down, "She's not just any person. On her first day with the army, she encountered a shortage of staff in the pharmacy, and Director Chen rushed to hire her."

If she hadn't said it, Teacher Sun wouldn't have remembered it, so he asked, "Do you know why she didn't make it to the hospital pharmacy?"

Teacher Ke asked in confusion, "Didn't Director Luo refuse to release Gao Xiulian in order to appease other military wives because she had reported her to the Military Dependents Resettlement Office?"

"What? I'll tell you the truth. This is just the apparent reason." Teacher Sun lowered his voice and said, "The real reason is that she offended Director Luo."

"She didn't know Director Luo before, right? How could she have offended him?"

"You really don't care about what's happening outside," Teacher Sun said helplessly, "You still remember Luo Yun, right?"

The two had been with the army for four or five years. When they first arrived on the island, there was only a small clinic outside the base with a handful of doctors and nurses. Teacher Ke certainly still remembered Luo Yun and asked, "Director Luo's niece? But she was transferred two years ago, right?"

"Then do you know why she was transferred?"

Teacher Ke shook his head: "I'm not sure. Is it related to Lin Wei? But they..."

"It has nothing to do with Lin Wei, but it has something to do with her man Zong Shao." Teacher Sun stopped and looked around to make sure there was no one around before saying, "I heard that Director Luo originally wanted to bring Luo Yun and Zong Shao together, but Zong Shao didn't agree and went back to his hometown to get married. Luo Yun felt embarrassed and applied for a transfer."

"I remember Luo Yun was in good condition?"

"I'm not going to lie. When the news first came out, I couldn't believe it," Teacher Sun curled her lips. "I really don't know what Zong Shao had in mind. After all the choices, he actually chose Lin Wei."

"Who knows?" Teacher Ke turned his head and asked, "By the way, what you just said means that Director Luo deliberately targeted Lin Wei because of what happened before?"

"Eighty percent."

"So that's it." Teacher Ke suddenly realized and slightly raised the corners of his lips.

When Zong Shao came back in the evening, Lin Wei talked to him about work.

Zong Shao's first reaction after hearing this was: "Then we have to celebrate."

Lin Wei instantly remembered the celebration of her becoming a substitute teacher and asked, "Drinking again?"

"Drinking is a way of celebrating. If you don't want to drink, tomorrow is Sunday and we can go for a walk in the county or watch a movie." Zong Shao said that Ya County is not a prosperous place and the ways to celebrate are really limited.

"What's there to see in the county? It's just old houses. There's not even a park. Let's go to the movies..."

Lin Wei thought of the time when her family went to the movies. Mingming couldn't sit still half an hour after the movie started and wanted to go out to play. Zong Shao didn't agree, so he kept rubbing on his seat, as if there was a knife under his butt. So she shook her head and said, "Mingming definitely can't sit still, so forget it."

"Then don't take them."

"Not taking them?" Lin Wei looked surprised.

Zong Shao nodded: "Let's not take them, just the two of us will go to the movies."

Lin Wei smiled: "Comrade Zong, do you want to date me?"

Zong Shao didn't answer, he just looked at her and asked, "Do you want to go?"

Lin Wei was somewhat tempted, but when she looked at the children playing outside, she hesitated: "If we go out to play, what about Mingming Ruirui?"

"Just let Mr. and Mrs. Zhou help look after them." Anyway, when they are at home, the three children always get together to play.

"What if they want to go too?" Lin Wei asked again. This is what it's like when you have children. When you want to spend time alone together, you always have many concerns.

Zong Shao said, "Just tell them we have something important to do and we can't take them with us."

"Then tell them."

"OK."

Since this matter concerned their own world, Zong Shao did not hesitate at all. As soon as he picked up the chopsticks, he told the two children that they were going out tomorrow.

Mingming didn't react after hearing this, and said, "Don't mom and dad go out every day?"

"Tomorrow is Sunday, so Mom and Dad won't go out." Ruirui said, then paused and added, "Unless they take us with them."

Mingming thought so too: "Mom and Dad, will you take us with you tomorrow?"

Zong Shao lied calmly: "We have important things to do and cannot take you with us."

Mingming nodded and asked, "What's the important matter? Can't my brother and I go? We won't affect mom and dad."

Zong Shao thought that bringing you along would be a nuisance, and said, "It's hard to say, but only the two of us can go."

"Okay." Mingming was a little disappointed, "What should we do tomorrow?"

"I'll tell Little Stone's father later. You can go to their house for dinner tomorrow."

"oh."

Because I wouldn't be able to see my mother tomorrow, Mingming asked to sleep with her after taking a bath. After Mingming made the request, Ruirui immediately followed suit and said that he also wanted to sleep next to his mother.

Zong Shao: "You are already big kids..."

"We are big kids, and Dad is still an adult!" Mingming grumbled in dissatisfaction, "Dad is so much older than us, and he can sleep with Mom, so why can't we sleep with Mom?"

Zong Shao was both angry and amused: "When I was your age, I didn't ask to sleep with my mom."

It was still the same question: "You are so old now, why do you sleep with my mother?"

"Because your mother is my daughter-in-law."

"What is a daughter-in-law?" Mingming asked curiously. Although it was not the first time he heard the word, he had never asked it before, so he didn't quite understand it.

Ruirui asked, "Can I sleep with my wife if she's mine?"

"That's right, not only can I hold my wife while sleeping, I can also..."

Before Zong Shao could finish his words, Lin Wei slapped him in the face: "That's enough! You're getting more and more outrageous." Then she asked the two children to go to bed, "Let them sleep with us tonight."

As soon as Lin Wei finished speaking, the two brothers cheered, "Let's sleep with mom," and climbed onto the bed swiftly.

After taking a good position on the bed, Mingming made a smug expression towards his father, which made Zong Shao grit his teeth and he wanted to carry him to the second bedroom.

But before he could do anything, Lin Wei glared at him: "Come on, you are already a grown-up, why are you still fussing over a child?"

Mingming hugged his mother and nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "That's right."

Zong Shao narrowed his eyes: "You are very brave tonight."

Mingming immediately screamed, "Mom! Dad is going to hit me!"

Lin Wei had no sympathy for him: "It's his due!"

In order to ensure that Mingming's accusation would not be in vain, Zong Shaozhen slapped him on the buttocks twice. It didn't hurt, but it was enough to quiet the little guy down. The family members lay down in order of size.

Zong Shao slept on the outside, Mingming was lying between his father and mother, and behind them were Lin Wei and Ruirui.

They obviously didn't want to lie in the middle, and when they climbed onto the bed, they deliberately chose a position close to the edge of the bed. But their father was unsportsmanlike and made them go to the inside as soon as he got on the bed. Ruirui moved in quickly, and Lin Wei was not unwilling. As for Mingming, Zong Shao pushed her with his hand and she rolled to the middle of the bed.

In the middle of the night, he clearly wanted to change seats with Ruirui. Ruirui was not afraid of sleeping with her father, but as a child, she always thought that things that were snatched away by others were the best.

This understanding also applies to the sleeping position in the bed.

Although the brothers have a deep bond, Ruirui still firmly chose to sleep inside.

Mingming was greatly disappointed and had to accept his fate, lying pitifully between his parents.

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