Chapter 117: I’m afraid men can’t figure it out
Chen Jintao hasn't been to school for a long time. Today she came to register the children and saw many familiar faces, and of course, many unfamiliar faces.
There are new students every year, which is very normal. In addition, new family members occasionally come to the family compound, and the children have to transfer schools as well.
The principal had greeted Shen Jintao early in the morning. In view of her high teaching quality, she will be responsible for teaching grades five and six this semester.
Chen Jintao was quite satisfied with this arrangement. In fact, children in grades five and six are much easier to teach than those in lower grades. At this age, children will be more respectful to teachers and have almost learned the rules.
"Hello, Teacher Shen!"
"Hello, Teacher Taozi!"
Along the way, any child who knew Shen Jintao would take the initiative to greet her. They all liked this beautiful teacher who cooked delicious food.
Children are all like this. They have no resistance to beautiful things or people, and even less resistance to delicious food. Coincidentally, Chen Jintao has both.
"Teacher Taozi, why...why have you gained weight?" A little girl who used to be in Shen Jintao's class pointed at Shen Jintao's belly in shock.
Chen Jintao's face is still thin, her skin is still fair, she is still the same Teacher Taozi, but why has her belly become bigger?
"Huh?" Chen Jintao couldn't help laughing. The child's childish words were really interesting. "Because Teacher Taozi is greedy, she got fat. What should I do?"
Suddenly, Shen Jintao acted as if she was very distressed, which frightened the little girl.
"Ah... this... that... Teacher Taozi, please don't be sad. Look, I have a little belly too!"
The girl was probably the most favored one at home. She was very cute and innocent, and she showed her bulging belly to Chen Jintao.
Chen Jintao was almost melted by their cuteness. It turned out that human babies were the cutest creatures in the world.
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Teacher Taozi is pregnant with a baby. The baby will grow slowly, and then Teacher Taozi's belly will get bigger." Chen Jintao explained, "It's like planting a watermelon. Your little brother or sister is just a small bud in the teacher's belly. They will grow slowly, and when they are mature, they will come out of the teacher's belly and become cute kids like you."
Being praised for being cute by her favorite teacher, the little one blushed, "I know!"
"Go and play..." Chen Jintao waved her hand. The little girl was indeed playful. Moreover, the vacation had been so long, and she hadn't seen some good friends who lived in the countryside for a long time. She couldn't wait to share with her friends some of the things she had encountered recently, as well as what delicious food she had eaten during the summer vacation. These were all topics of conversation among the children.
Chen Jintao noticed that there seemed to be quite a lot of new students this semester, so she asked the old teacher, "Are there so many new students here every year?"
The teacher's surname is Li. He is quite old. He is holding a cup of hot tea in his hand and said with a smile, "There weren't so many students coming to school before. It seems that they heard that the food in our cafeteria is good, so so many people sent their food here. It's good that way. You must learn to read and write. In the past, many children went to work in the fields after attending primary school. Some even didn't have the chance to go to primary school."
Teacher Li was really happy. He had been a teacher for so many years and this was what he most hoped to see.
Chen Jintao couldn't help but laugh, it was because of this.
The registration day was very busy. Chen Jintao didn't even have time to go home for dinner. No food was bought for the cafeteria today. After all, the children left after registering, and the teachers just had to make do with whatever they had. Many of them had their meals delivered to them by their families, and some even simply didn't eat.
Of course, Liu Guifen brought Chen Jintao's meals. Seeing this school, Liu Guifen's eyes were full of envy, "It would be great if there was such a good school in our hometown."
After all, this was a school built by the military region, and it was made of blue bricks and large tiles. In Liu Guifen's eyes, it was very grand.
"There will be some in the future." Chen Jintao smiled and took the food that Liu Guifen brought to her.
During this period, Liu Guifen has been cooking in different ways. Anyway, she can see some greasy and meaty food every day. Now that Chen Jintao no longer vomits, everything she eats tastes delicious. If she doesn't eat meat for a day, she will feel uncomfortable all over.
Fortunately, the place where we followed the army was by the sea, otherwise where would we get so much meat? Whether it was fish, shrimp or something else, Chen Jintao liked them all.
Today, Liu Guifen steamed a sea fish for her and used some sauce prepared by Chen Jintao herself. It tasted very refreshing and not fishy at all.
Seeing that her daughter-in-law was satisfied with the food, Liu Guifen also smiled.
"Mom, have you eaten?" Chen Jintao asked her mother-in-law.
"Yes, I ate at home before I brought you the meal. You eat first, I'll go look around."
Liu Guifen is really interested in this school and also wants to see what her daughter-in-law's workplace is like.
"Okay, then don't go too far."
"Don't worry, you can't get lost, right?"
Xiao Hongying looked at Liu Guifen's back as she walked away and couldn't help but sigh, "Jintao, your mother-in-law is so good to you."
Other female teachers also think so. Mothers-in-law like Liu Guifen are relatively rare.
"Well, my mother has always been very good to me, and we have never had any conflicts. I think this is good enough. If I were to argue with my mother-in-law all day long, my life would not be smooth."
"Isn't it..." A female teacher agreed with this statement very much. "My mother-in-law was like this before. She said she was coming here to take care of me and the children, but after she came, I had to take care of her every day. I had to cook for her every day after work. If I didn't cook, she would yell at everyone in the family that I was unfilial. Fortunately, my husband was clear-headed and sent his mother back directly."
"Hey, this is really annoying when compared to others. I heard that Liu Jinping hasn't even finished her confinement yet, but she's working every day. Deputy Company Commander Zhang didn't say anything either. I'm afraid men can't figure it out, tsk..."
Many of the teachers in the school are family members of military personnel, so naturally everyone knows what’s going on in the family compound.
Well, once they started talking, they couldn't stop. We are all women, and if you put yourself in their shoes, you will feel suffocated. The topic continued until the afternoon when more children came to register and the teachers became busy.
After Shen Jintao finished her work, she found that Xiao Hongying didn't seem to be in a particularly good mood.
"What's wrong with you?"
Xiao Hongying sighed, "Jintao, I am a little scared. Gao Wu and I are not young anymore and we are getting married soon, but I have a general idea of his family situation. I am really afraid that my mother-in-law will also come to join the army. What if...ah..."
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