Chapter 96

Bad temper

"Lina, what's wrong with you? My second mother came to your base to be the principal because I asked her so hard. Why did you offend her today?"

The party wasn't over yet, but He Lanshan carried her husband away like a chicken and brought him to Chen Lina.

"Not only her, but also Teacher Tian from Base 1 Primary School was put in there by you. When can you change your habit of placing your relatives in positions?" Chen Lina said directly.

"Chen Lina, you can't say that. You are in charge of the farm, and your brother-in-law is the director of the production farm. My second mother wants to develop a women's federation in the mining area. She also wants to change the status quo of our mining area. Why can't I ask her to come?"

"She's not as good as He Min, you know that, right?"

"No, Junqiang is the only grandson of our He family, so she has high hopes for him. This is normal. I tell you, you have to endure for another two semesters. When the mining area allocates a house to He Min, I will find a way to transfer her away, okay?"

"Director He, you and I are not that close friends. Besides, it was your second mother who said that if Nie Weiguo performed well, she would leave immediately. Don't tell me this now."

"I'll talk to her and ask her to take special care of the three boys in your family. Isn't that enough? Chen Lina, you've had enough of the limelight, what else do you want?" He Lanshan's voice became louder and louder.

"Mom, please stop arguing with my Aunt Chen, okay? Aren't you afraid that the leaders will hear your jokes?" Gao Xiaobing stopped her mother at the right time.

But Chen Lina also heard it.

Wang Geming, He Min’s mother, is regretting and doesn’t want to leave school anymore.

Well, Chen Lina's nanny Yuan Hua in her previous life had always been in poor health, and she also kept wanting to give He Min a baby.

In short, there are all kinds of things that cannot be done. It is estimated that it will not be long before He Min and his mother and son will be asked to leave the house.

She has always chosen to ignore this matter, and she has only met Yuan Hua once.

She was a very cowardly woman, just like Song's wife who almost adopted Liu Xiaohong. For women like her, they would rather be beaten to death by their husbands than get a divorce.

However, divorce is like resurrection from the dead for them.

If you were to give her a little help at this time, it would be difficult for her to divorce.

Wang Revolution was in Daqing, where she was employed in the agricultural sector, and like Chen Bingcang, she earned five yuan a month. But when she arrived at the mining area, she could earn sixty or seventy yuan a month. She had been clamoring in the backstage that she wanted to leave, but now she was regretting it and was not going to leave.

"It's not a matter of whether she wants to leave or not. I'm telling you, He Lanshan, I'm going to replace all the teachers at the No. 1 Base Elementary School."

"Hey, Director Chen, you were just named a model worker and became a regular employee, but you feel like you've just become a secretary. I don't believe you can drive my second mother away."

"If I can't get away, I won't be named Chen." Chen Lina also said this, and without talking to He Lanshan anymore, she got up and left.

"Mom, mom, come and eat some roasted sweet potatoes." Sandaner came out with a small sweet potato in his pocket, and no one knew where he came from.

"Wow, it smells so good and sandy. Who gave it to you?" Chen Lina asked.

"Sister Gao, she gave one to my brother and my brother gave it to me." Sandan said.

Every time his mother took a bite, he would lick his lips greedily. However, he would never eat it first unless his mother did.

"Yes, this is wrapped in red mud and baked in the oven for at least two hours. It smells like chestnuts. This variety is not available in our mining area. No, let Nie Weimin ask Gao Xiaobing where this sweet potato was bought from. I need to know the place."

"Okay, Mom, but you and Aunt He had such a fierce quarrel, are you really okay?" Sandaner had been following Chen Lina, and he was very worried when he heard the two adults quarreling.

"It's okay. We both have bad tempers. Working in the same system, it's inevitable that we'll have conflicts. But she's the type who puts everything on the table. Dandan, I have to tell you one more thing. In life, we're not afraid of quarreling enemies, but we're afraid of friends who stab us in the back. That's what it means to be a snake in the mouth. Do you understand?"

She and He Lanshan strengthened their friendship during quarrels.

However, today she not only wants to drive away Mother He, but also harm all the children in Base No. 1.

Once you offend your teacher, there is no turning back.

After handing the sweet potato back to Sandan, he found an empty seat, sat down and licked it slowly.

"Secretary, didn't we say that the second-in-command of our autonomous region would come to present me with the award? Why is it you again?" After the party was over, the leaders would have fun together and chat about family matters as usual.

"Why? Xiao Chen seems unhappy because of me." Secretary Ah said, and stretched out his hand. "Come on, this year's model worker of our mining area, I wonder if I have the honor to dance with you?"

Chen Lina turned around and looked at the man. Hey, the man was here when she was watching the show just now, but now that the leaders were having a gathering, no one knew where he had gone again.

She suddenly realized that her husband had been inattentive recently, always using the excuse of being busy with work and staying in the laboratory every day.

"It is my honor to dance with the leader. However, Secretary, you have always told me that the farm is part of our mining area, just like the oil refinery, various bases, and the armed forces, and is directly under the jurisdiction of the district government. Then I have to ask you, why is my salary so much lower?"

They gave her a formal position, and then reduced her salary by 15 yuan, which was tantamount to a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality.

"Xiao Chen, I have to tell you that our republic is a major agricultural country, but the wages in the military, oil, and coal mining are naturally high, while the wages in agriculture are inherently low.

Although your position is the same as those factory managers, do you know how much a village party secretary earns nowadays? "

"Five dollars."

"That's right. You are in charge of agriculture. The salary I give you is basically the same as that of an agricultural village chief."

"I don't care how much money the village heads in the mainland get in a month. I only know that the output of our farm this year can supply the entire mining area population, and our labor force is gradually decreasing because of the return of educated youth to the city. Secretary, our farm should not be the granary of the mining area. The members work hard all year round, and in March and April they still have to eat their nests. I really can't bear it."

Ah Shuji couldn't even dance properly. "So what do you mean?"

"If I were a county magistrate in Hongyan, I would accept a salary of 60 yuan, but in the mining area, a primary school teacher also makes 45 yuan a month, so I would also make 45 yuan. What I do is much more than a primary school teacher.

How about this, I will quit being the manager, I will apply to be a teacher at a primary school in the mining area, and get a leisurely salary, what do you say?"

"Xiao Chen, if you don't do this anymore, where are we going to find the manager in a short while?"

"I don't care where you found the director, Secretary. I only know that all the teachers in the primary school in the mining area graduated from red brick universities. What are the so-called red and expert graduates? They graduate directly from primary school and become red and expert. When Teacher Tian taught the children, he didn't call their feet feet, but "jue". The children were not called "sui zi zi", but "sui zi zi". Secretary, I know you are not in charge of education. Our mining area has not yet established an education committee.

But you can't let just anyone in as a teacher. My two sons are counting on this school to study. No, I have to go back to be a teacher."

Well, the music hadn’t stopped yet, but as soon as Chen Lina let go of his hand, Secretary Ah couldn’t dance anymore.

Staff Officer Yu was injured in May, and in June he went to the farm in a bandage to harvest summer wheat. Then he said, "Director Chen, we have to dance together today. If you don't dance with me, you will never have the chance to dance with me again, because I will be transferred to another place soon."

The problem was serious, and Secretary Ah glared at him and sent him away.

"Xiao Chen, I can help you with the teacher's matter right now. I will transfer Wang Geming to another position, and you can choose the principal.

But I still want you to be the farm manager. For the sake of our border, please bear with me. We have seen your achievements. Okay?"

"Then give me some time to take a vacation. Is that okay with you? For the time being, let Director Wang take over my position. It's winter now, and the farm can't start building vegetable greenhouses because you guys won't approve more funding. You guys should take your time to look for someone suitable. If you find a suitable director, I'll just quit."

Comrade Xiao Chen picked up the soda, and said, "Wow, Sandaner is so thoughtful. He put a wheat straw in her soda, which serves as a simple straw."

Really, this child is so straightforward, always so considerate that she wants to kiss him more.

"That's fine. You've been busy and tired for a year, so just take a good vacation. It happens to be winter vacation now. After the vacation, we can consider whether you should stay or leave."

Chen Lina nodded. In order to advance, she had to step down for a while. Otherwise, she thought that neither Secretary A nor District Chief Gao would recognize her importance.

"Comrade Xiao Chen, are you really not working?" Nie Weimin was depressed after coming out of the auditorium. "Why?"

"Nie Weimin, seeing that you scored 97 points in the exam, I realized the serious consequences of my busy work. I plan to return to my family temporarily, take a break for a while, and then find a suitable job," said Chen Lina.

Xiao Nie was so angry that he bared his teeth and said, "If you were a student under Wang Geming, you wouldn't even get 60 points on the test. Don't disbelieve me."

"Then how come my Xiaohong only got two perfect scores?"

"She, she is also a traitor." said Nie Weimin.

But I have to admire that no matter who is the teacher, Liu Xiaohong always has a positive attitude.

It is so cold on the Gobi Beach in December.

Because they couldn't stand the cold, they only went to the auditorium. Chen Lina was driving the car. Just as she dropped off the three children in the car, she suddenly heard a cute voice calling "Nieh Wei-min, Nieh Wei-min."

"Sister Gao?" Nie Weimin shook the window and said, "Why are you still wearing this? Aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"

"Am I pretty?" She was dressed up as a flying musician, but it was too cold that day.

"Xiaobing, hurry back. If you don't go back dressed like this, you will probably freeze to death." Without saying anything, Chen Lina took off her coat, wrapped Gao Xiaobing in it, and carried her back to the auditorium.

"Aunt Chen, I'm not cold." Gao Xiaobing was still being stubborn.

"Now you are still young, so of course you don't feel cold, but in the future rheumatism and arthritis will tell you how right it is for you to wear a pair of woolen trousers now." Comrade Xiao Chen was not afraid of the cold when she was 50 years old, but arthritis told her the importance of wearing a pair of autumn trousers when she was young.

He Lanshan had just heard Secretary A say that Wang Geming was going to be transferred away, so he rushed over angrily, grabbed the girl's wrist and said, "Chen Lina, you are so powerful. For the sake of a few children, you actually dared to bend the secretary."

"Children mean much more than we do. They are the rising sun at eight or nine in the morning, the hope for the future of our country, and the next generation who will help us continue to build our frontier. I will never allow anyone to poison our children in education."

Whether it was reciting slogans or arguing, He Lanshan was no match for her.

Wang Geming, who had broken his arm, was so angry that he wanted to argue with Chen Lina, but was dragged away by He Min.

He Min also wants to pursue a career in politics, but making a fool of oneself in front of the leader is the biggest taboo.

"Hey, Comrade Xiao Nie, I told you not to bring the hot water bottle if you are not strong enough, and I am not thirsty at the moment, why are you pouring me some water?"

"Mom, what if you want to drink later?"

"Don't flatter me. I tell you, Comrade Xiao Nie, a teacher is a teacher and studying is studying. For you and Er Dan, no matter who the teacher is, studying is your own business. Don't throw bricks into other people's chimneys anymore. If I find out again, I'll spank you."

"Nie Weiguo, you traitor." Nie Weimin stuffed bricks into Wang Revolution's chimney, and only Erdan knew about it.

"Brother, I didn't say anything. Didn't you hear the people on the farm say that mom knows everything? She has two more eyes than us. She can guess what bad things you did."

Needless to say, the day before yesterday, the revolution brought out two large bricks from the chimney, which made a lot of noise and curses in the family area for a long time, and the other children were scared to death.

Only Nie Weimin was holding the book and grinning slyly, his whole body was shaking from laughing. Who else could have thrown it if not him?

"By the way, why hasn't your dad come back yet?" Chen Lina walked around in circles for a while, and always felt that something was missing in this warm home. After walking around in circles, she understood.

Oh, it’s her man who is neither considerate nor romantic and has been acting like a fool recently. Comrade Nie Gong is not here.

"Hurry up and go to bed. I've locked the door from the outside. Let's go to the office building to find your father. Everyone, go to bed. No fooling around or fighting, especially Erdan. Don't tickle Sandan's itch or pinch his feet."

The three brothers were all very naughty when they slept, and Sandan was very itchy all over and was often suffocated by his two brothers.

"Okay, Mom, go ahead and we promise not to cause any trouble." Before Nie Weimin finished his words, a hand was already quietly pinching Sandan's feet.

In such cold weather, Chen Lina wrapped herself in red mud and roasted sweet potatoes before leaving.

I had just given the children a few big ones, and there were two left. I peeled off the red mud and patted it dry, then took a packet of newspapers and went to the office building to look for a job.

To be honest, this was the second time she went to Nian Gong's laboratory seriously.

As soon as she went out, she ran into Xiao Zhu, who seemed to be looking for her as well. "Teacher's wife, our teacher asked you to go to the lab."

"What's going on? He wasn't at the party tonight, nor was he at the dance. Xiao Zhu, are we busy with work lately?"

"Not really, but the teacher must have additional tasks. Anyway, he didn't tell us. He asked you to go today. I guess it's related to his tasks, but I'm just guessing."

Well, this is strange. There is actually something that can involve her?

His laboratory was on the sixth floor, which was high enough and tiring to climb. Moreover, the comrades from the Armed Forces Department were not on duty today, and there was no one in front of the iron gate.

The laborer was waiting at the door, in his usual work clothes, looking a little embarrassed. "Xiao Zhu, tell Lao Wang downstairs that I may have to stay for an extra hour, so that he won't lock the door."

"Okay." Xiao Zhu said, and left.

After Xiao Zhu left, Nie Gong said mysteriously, "Come, I have something very special to show you today."

"Another movie?" The last time I came here, I was here to watch a movie.

When she saw his blushing face, Chen Lina felt that she had guessed it right.

"A romantic action movie?"

She now understood that he was definitely going to show her a romantic action movie because he didn't come home in the middle of the night and came to the laboratory.

OK, this man has figured it out.