Lin Ye has been at the school for half a year. It was agreed that there would be a six-month probationary period with a salary of three yuan. After the probationary period, the salary would increase to sixteen yuan.
Because he was a physical education teacher and not a homeroom teacher, his salary was less than Du Wenbing's and others' 24 yuan.
He didn't really care about the amount of money. He could earn that much by working harder on his private plot, or by hunting in the mountains behind the village and catching a few pheasants or rabbits. The key was that he really enjoyed exercising with the children.
However, unexpectedly, when everyone recognized his excellent performance during the probationary period, Qi Wei tampered with his application form and forcibly extended the probationary period to one year.
“Principal Qi, this is clearly retaliation! Teacher Lin has worked diligently for the past six months. The children all like him, and all the teachers recognize his abilities. Why should his probationary period be extended?” Du Wenbing stormed into the principal’s office and questioned him directly.
Lin Ye, who came in next, clenched his fists, demanding an explanation from him.
An Jie was reporting on her work when she heard Du Wenbing's words and immediately scoffed, "Teacher Du, don't speak for me. I don't approve of Teacher Lin. When he leads the kids in PE class, it's just crazy playing around. What's so admirable about that? I could do the same thing."
"You're talking nonsense! Last time you insisted on teaching Chinese, and you corrupted all the kids. The Chinese teacher still hasn't corrected them! You're a black sheep. It's good enough that you weren't fired, and you're still babbling on." Du Wenbing didn't hold back and gave An Jie a good scolding.
An Jie's face flushed red and then turned pale. She said to Qi Wei in a coquettish tone, "Principal Qi, they are bullying me."
Qi Wei's face darkened. He found it disgusting that An Jie was pretending to be weak in front of him in front of others, so he coaxed her out.
After Anjie left, Qi Wei also stood up and tried to slip away.
Lin Ye's eyes were bloodshot, and he was seething with anger. He thought it best to dodge the punch that was about to hit him in the face.
As for the probationary period, let's just drag it out and see what he can do.
To his surprise, just as he was about to leave, the commune secretary walked towards him.
"Principal Qi, you've been here for so long, and I haven't invited you to dinner yet. I've come to invite you personally today, so please don't refuse."
The secretary wasn't inviting him to dinner; Zhang Wei had simply asked him to investigate.
But Qi Wei is, after all, the principal, and he comes from Beijing. He has some connections, so there are many things he can't say outright, as that would easily offend people.
The person was taken away, and Lin Ye and Du Wenbing went about their business.
At noon, Du Wenbing lamented that the current principals, besides causing trouble for teachers, haven't secured any teaching funds and don't care about students; they'd be better off without any principals at all.
Lin Ye asked, "Is the school's budget tight again?"
"That's right, Qi Wei spends all the money on fancy things, and we're almost out of money to print the children's test papers," Du Wenbing said helplessly.
Upon hearing this, Lin Ye immediately got on his bicycle and went to the commune.
At this moment, several leaders of the commune were having a meal with Qi Wei in the small dining room of the commune canteen.
When Qi Wei saw Lin Ye arrive, his face fell and he scolded, "Teacher Lin, I'm having dinner with some leaders. We can talk about it when I get back to school."
Lin Ye suppressed his anger and said to him, "Principal Qi, you've misunderstood. I'm here to see the Party Secretary."
The commune secretary, beaming with smiles, waved to him: "Come, come, Teacher Lin, sit down and eat with us."
The Party Secretary knew that Zhang Wei had stood up for Lin Ye several times, so their relationship must be quite special.
"Secretary, I won't eat. I came here specifically to represent the teachers and commend Principal Qi. Because the school is facing a financial crisis, he offered to donate his entire salary for the next six months for school construction. The children were overjoyed to hear that. Principal Qi is a man of great integrity and virtue. He certainly wouldn't dare take credit for this, but I felt that such a great deed should be known to the leadership..."
Lin Ye kept rambling on and on, and Qi Wei's expression kept changing. Even after Lin Ye left, his neck was still red.
The commune leaders were already worried about the tuition fees for several primary schools when they heard Lin Ye's words. Regardless of whether they were true or not, they all started to flatter Qi Wei.
What else could Qi Wei do? His heart was bleeding, but he could only save face and make the donation a reality.
As for Lin Ye's salary increase, he naturally couldn't stand in the way and refuse to let it happen, otherwise it would be seen as not a voluntary donation and openly making things difficult for him.
Upon hearing this, Du Wenbing couldn't help but admire Lin Ye's cunning.
When Qi Wei returned from the commune, Lin Ye's salary had increased, while Qi Wei himself had lost half a year's salary. He was also invited by several leaders to conduct teaching exchanges at other primary schools.
His salary for half a year was more than 300 yuan. He only brought a little over 100 yuan with him when he came to the countryside, and he was counting on that salary to eat!
And what about teaching exchanges? That's just a way to put him in his shoes, to show him how other school principals manage their schools.
Qi Wei felt wronged and his hatred for Lin Ye intensified; he wished he could tear Lin Ye apart.
Unfortunately, he was a head shorter than Lin Ye, and his small frame made him no match for him.
Although he couldn't beat Lin Ye, he was more than capable of dealing with a child who was only a few years old. On this day, he finally seized an opportunity.
This time, it was Xu Wenbo and Zhou Xiaochuan from Du Wenbing's class again.
The two started fighting again over a piece of eraser they had found.
The matter is simple: Zhou Xiaochuan found half an old eraser on the ground and wanted to keep it for himself. Xu Bowen, as the class monitor, saw this and naturally told him to hand it over to the teacher.
The two didn't get along to begin with, and when they started pulling at each other, they ended up fighting.
When Kun Kun realized they were fighting over his eraser, he watched them fight and laughed so hard he almost fell over.
Anjie happened to see this and immediately told Qi Wei.
Qi Wei slapped his thigh, thinking that his chance had come, and then walked towards the classroom.
He summoned Xu Bowen, Zhou Xiaochuan, and Kun Kun to his office and yelled at them.
The children, all only six or seven years old, had never seen anything like this before and were immediately terrified. Xu Bowen and Zhou Xiaochuan immediately declared that they would never fight again.
"Luo Kunkun, what about you?"
"Principal, I didn't fight, why am I being asked to admit my mistake?"
"Even though you didn't fight, the eraser is yours, right? You deliberately threw the eraser on the ground to make them fight."
Kun Kun froze on the spot, so his missing eraser became a mistake?
Qi Wei was quite pleased with their apparent fear and said that he would visit their home after school to discuss the matter in detail.
The children felt like they had been hit with a thousand blows, and they didn't even know how they walked out of the principal's office.
After school, Kunkun tearfully told Lin Ye what had happened.
Lin Ye's face darkened like charcoal. He had brought this upon himself, so he had no one else to blame but himself!
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