Chapter 21 Work

I don’t know what Ji Yan and Ji Duo said to each other. Ji Duo came back quickly and glanced at Lin Qiao deliberately.

Before Lin Qiao understood the meaning of this look, Ji Yan came back with an embarrassed look on her face and gave her the same look.

If Lin Qiao still can't see that the topic these two people are talking about is related to him, he is a fool.

But she was fine, what was there to say? She was still so secretive...

Lin Qiao recalled everything that happened in the past two days. Apart from confronting Ye Minshu that day, he didn't do anything.

Ji Yan has a straightforward and generous personality, and she gets along well with Ye Minshu. She shouldn't go to Ji Duo to gossip about this, and she is not afraid of Ji Duo knowing.

Since there is nothing, let’s not think about it anymore, Lin Qiao continued talking to Xu Li.

Ji Duo only has three days of wedding leave. After sending Ji Yan off today, they will also go back. Xu Li is busy helping them pack their things. "Take these wedding candies and share them with the neighbors. Also, this note is the photo taken on the wedding day. Xiaoze has sent it to the photo studio to be developed. You can pick it up in half a month."

Ji Ze has many friends. The day before yesterday, Ji Duo and Lin Qiao got married, and he specially borrowed a color camera to come over.

After the wedding, he returned to the army, but the film was sent to the photo studio. I don't know how the photos turned out, after all, cameras of that era didn't have previews.

The old man always likes to care about every detail. Xu Li was afraid that she had forgotten and asked Old Master Ji: "Is there anything missing?"

"How should I know?" The old man was obviously impatient to hear all this. Seeing Xu Li asking, he simply got up and went to the study.

He was of the older generation and believed in the idea that men should work outside and women should work inside, so he didn't pay much attention to these trivial matters. Xu Li was already used to it.

Ji Duo said, "No need to bring so much, we will be back at the weekend."

She immediately forgot about the old man and smiled brightly, "Good morning, I'll ask Xiao Zhang to make you something delicious."

Maybe as we get older, we all like lively atmosphere and a simple sentence can make us happy.

Just like that, when Ji Duo and Lin Qiao went to see Ji Yan off, the old couple also came out to see her off. Xu Li stood at the door and watched the car drive away before going back.

"Mom is looking forward to you coming home more often." Lin Qiao said to Ji Duo.

The little girl's eyes were bright and her complexion was rosy because she had a good rest. She had no idea what kind of trouble she had brought to others.

Ji Duo stared at her face for a moment and said in a deep voice, "Yeah."

Why is this person so weird?

It seems like he talks less than usual.

Lin Qiao looked at him, but couldn't read anything from his expressionless face. She decided not to touch him if she couldn't figure him out, and instead talked to Ji Yan in the front seat.

As expected, the man was silent all the way. After sending Ji Yan to the security check, he put the suitcase next to Ji Yan and left without saying a word.

"I'm just saying, yes is yes, no is no, what's the big deal?"

Ji Yan was speechless. Seeing Ji Duo glance at her indifferently, she quickly changed the subject and held Lin Qiao's hand, "I'm leaving now. I'll mail you something good when I get back. I guarantee it will be useful to you. Remember to pay attention to the mail."

This was the second time she had said this. Lin Qiao smiled and agreed, "Safety in the journey."

After seeing Ji Yan off, the two headed straight to the troops.

This is not the first time Xiao Fang has driven Lin Qiao. Almost every time, Lin Qiao's identity changes.

At first, she was a strange girl who had the courage to stop Captain Ji, then she was a younger person who had some connection with the Ji family, and now she has directly become Captain Ji's lover. It's like a triple jump.

This is because Xiao Fang is a down-to-earth person, not the kind of person who would flatter the powerful and bully the weak. Otherwise, he wouldn't know how to do this job.

When we arrived at our new home, we saw a car parked in front of the house of Brigade Commander Liang next door.

A sturdy woman in her fifties was reaching out of the car to carry a bag. Before the driver could reach out, she had already thrown the bag over her shoulder and opened the door.

"Sister-in-law." Ji Duo greeted the other party.

"Xiao Ji." The woman obviously liked him very much. She smiled with her eyes narrowed. When she saw Lin Qiao getting out of his car, she narrowed her eyes again. "Who is this?"

"My love.

"Ji Duo pointed to the gate and said, "We just moved here."

The woman's smile faded again, and she looked at Lin Qiao carefully, "I've only been away from home for more than half a month, and you're already married?"

This attitude was obviously not as warm as that towards Ji Duo, but it was also not like Ye Minshu's, and it was obviously full of hostility and disgust. Lin Qiao felt that she was not RMB, and it was impossible for everyone to fall in love with her at first sight, so she just smiled at the other party generously and called her "sister-in-law".

The other party didn't ignore her, "I live next door, come and see me if you have any problem."

"This is Commander Liang's wife. You can call her sister-in-law or Sister Liu." Seeing the person enter the room, Ji Duo explained to Lin Qiao in a low voice.

Lin Qiao nodded, took out a red envelope and handed it to the driver Xiao Fang, "This is for you."

Xiao Fang never thought that he still had a red envelope, so he quickly refused.

Lin Qiao put the things on the passenger seat and said, "It's not much money, I just want you to share in the good fortune." He smiled and closed the car door.

In fact, this kind of red envelope is mostly given to unmarried young people, and the amount in it is really not that large, but it still makes a difference whether it is given with the right thought or not.

Xiao Fang did not refuse again. He got out of the car and helped Ji Duo and Lin Qiao carry all the bags in before driving away.

The house had been cleaned before the wedding, so they could move in after a simple cleaning. Lin Qiao put the clothes she brought back into the closet and put her old schoolbag on the desk.

In fact, when they were preparing to get married, Xu Li also bought her a new bag, which was just an ordinary bag, better looking than the yellow canvas schoolbag. But Lin Qiao still put some old things she brought from home and the books she wanted to read in this schoolbag.

Ji Duo saw this and suddenly asked, "If you were allowed to go to school, what could you teach?"

Lin Qiao had been looking for a job before, and she wanted to be a substitute teacher the most. After all, the work was not hard, and she could read books in her free time and prepare for the college entrance examination next year.

There are only two months left before this year's college entrance examination. She has to start reviewing from scratch, but her chances of passing are not high no matter how you calculate it.

But she didn't have a high level of education and didn't have a local hukou, so she couldn't go to school and had to work illegally. After all, it was only in 1980 when the reform and opening up had just begun, and food and clothing still required coupons. Without a hukou, she couldn't even buy food.

Now that I'm married, I have a registered residence and can find a job. But the man asked this, obviously with some thoughts in mind.

Lin Qiao remembers that it seemed that jobs could be arranged for family members of the military. Generally, they would be assigned a corresponding position in the military region based on the job they were doing in the local area. Rural women who really had no jobs could also be assigned to logistical positions such as canteens and shops.

What makes her better than others is that she at least has a high school education and can work as a teacher in a school.

But if he is assigned a job in the army, does that mean that, at least in the short term, this man is not ready to go into business?

Lin Qiao thought about it carefully, "Junior high school math, English, chemistry, and high school chemistry are all fine."

There is no need for primary school, as the children are too young to take care of. Besides, she has to take the college entrance examination, and she can't leave just when the children have spent a year adapting to the new teacher, and then let a bunch of little kids adapt again.

Hearing that all of them were junior high school subjects, only chemistry was for high school, Ji Duo looked at her and asked, "Are you good at chemistry?"

Lin Qiao did not deny, "Chemistry is my favorite subject."

She studied chemistry-related subjects in college and graduate school, and had to retake all other high school courses, but this was the only subject she never gave up.

Ji Duo nodded and said nothing more, "I'll go buy some groceries."

"Wait, buy some food?" Lin Qiao called him, suddenly thinking of a serious question, "Can you cook?"

Ji Duo grasped the point almost instantly, "You won't."

"It's not like I can't make it." Lin Qiao said, "At least it's edible and not poisonous enough to kill people."

But she couldn't guarantee whether it tasted good or not.

After all, she had lived in a dormitory all her life. There was a cafeteria in the school and a hotel outside the school. If she really didn't want to move, there was always takeout. The school dormitory also restricted the use of high-power electrical appliances. Until she entered the book, she had not mastered this necessary skill for time travel.

The original body could do it, but what she inherited was the original body's memory, not the original body's feel.

However, in the 21st century, there are still some people whose ideas are stuck in the old-fashioned way of thinking of the Qing Dynasty. They believe that no matter how successful a woman is in her career, she is not doing her job well if she does not serve her husband well and take good care of her children. How much more so now?

Seeing the man looking at her without saying anything, Lin Qiao looked back with an innocent look in his eyes, "How about I give it a try?"

Anyway, no matter whether this man is an old-fashioned person or not, the cooperation has been reached, and it has been certified by the state. It is too late for him to regret.

In the end, it was Ji Duo who looked away first. "It's okay. There's a cafeteria."

So the two of them took their tickets and changed their destination from the market to the cafeteria.

Lin Qiao had never been here before, but from the dishes that Ji Duo brought back, she could tell that the food in the army canteen was much better than that in other places.

When she actually arrived, she found that the supplies here were even better than she had imagined. Not only were there fish and meat, but there were also large, braised shrimps that looked quite large.

Lin Qiao immediately got herself a portion and placed it between the two of them, but the man only ate other dishes and didn't touch a single bite of his chopsticks the entire time.

Thinking back to when he didn't seem to eat the stir-fried shrimp at Ji's house, Lin Qiao asked curiously, "You don't like shrimp?"

Ji Duo didn't say anything, but his subconscious frown revealed his dislike for this kind of seafood.

Why was Lin Qiao being so polite to him? She could just pull it over and eat it herself, so that no one would snatch it from her.

When the two of them were returning, they ran into Brigade Commander Liang's wife at the door of their house again.

The other person was holding a paper bag in his hand. When he saw Ji Duo, he immediately stuffed it into his hand and said, "I was just wondering where he had gone, but you came back. This is the wedding cake I brought back from my eldest brother. They like to give this as a gift for weddings and births. You can try it."

Ji Duo just said "thank you" subconsciously, but she waved her hand and turned back to the next room.

Just seeing Brigadier General Liang made me shake my head, "Xiao Ji is such a good guy, talented and good-looking, why did he find such a partner?"

"What happened to his partner? Isn't he doing fine?"

Brigade Commander Lin Qiaoliang had seen her before. She looked like a good match for Xiao Ji and was generous in her dealings. She was not like some young wives who were timid and timid in their dealings and spoke in a mosquito-like voice that was hard to listen to.

His wife, however, had a different opinion from him, "What's good about it? They didn't even cook lunch at noon, and they went out to eat. When I saw her this morning, I thought she was too pretty, and she's definitely not someone who can live a decent life."

"Why doesn't Xiao Lin live his life anymore? Don't be prejudiced against Xiao Ji's wife just because you introduced her to someone."

"Then why doesn't she cook?" His wife insisted on her point of view, "Besides, among all the people I introduced to Xiao Ji, none of them is better than that Xiao Lin?"

"Are those the ones you introduced to him your wives? They look like mothers."

"I'm older than you too, you think I'm too old, right?" Brigade Commander Liang's wife retorted, "When a man looks for a wife, he wants one who is capable and knows how to manage a life. What's the point of having a pretty face when you're young? It can't feed you."

Good looks can’t be eaten, but it’s comfortable to look at.

Of course, Brigade Commander Liang didn't dare to say this. If he did, his wife would definitely get angry again.

The wife of Brigadier General Liang was married to him by his family. She was three years older than him and was very capable in taking care of the family. The only problem was that she had little education and old-fashioned ideas. She looked down on those young people who did not live a good life and were full of gossip.

He quickly changed the subject, "Stop meddling in other people's business. If you have time for that, you might as well take care of the soldier's studies. He will take the college entrance examination next year. Now is not the time when I was young. It's hard to get promoted without attending a military academy, let alone move up."

When his wife heard this, she also became worried, "I would like to take care of it, but how can I? My family didn't let me go to school..."

This was not a good topic either. Brigade Commander Liang was afraid that she would nag him, so he pointed to the wedding cake on the table and said, "This one is quite delicious."

Finally, he talked about what his lover was good at. The woman suddenly became excited. "Isn't it delicious? I asked around. It's made by putting eggs in the dough, adding a little sugar, and then baking it on both sides. It's very simple. I'll make it for you later..."

Ji Duo acted quickly, and within a few days, Lin Qiao received a notice asking her to report to the Military District Children's Middle School.

The school is not far from home, and it takes about ten minutes to walk there. Like all middle schools of that era, it is a junior high school and a senior high school.

Lin Qiao reported to the school looking for Vice-President Qi, who was in charge of personnel. However, he knocked on the door of the office for a long time but no one answered.

Then someone from the office next door came out and said, "Are you looking for Lao Qi? He's going to distribute physics homework.

I'm done. I'll be back in a bit."

Going to distribute physics homework? It looks like he's still carrying physics from an unknown grade.

Lin Qiao thanked the other party and waited for another five or six minutes before Vice President Qi came back.

He was a very gentle, thin, middle-aged man, wearing glasses and his shirt was a little pale from being washed, but his thin back was straight, giving him the temperament of an old scholar.

When he saw Lin Qiao, he asked her gently about her situation.

How old are you this year? Which high school did you graduate from? When did you graduate?

This was obviously not a chat, but an attempt to find out Lin Qiao's specific level.

As expected, after hearing that Lin Qiao only graduated from a rural middle school, the other party paused and said in a gentle tone, "Do you know the college entrance examination results of your school?"

Because the original school finally had undergraduate students, Lin Qiao knew, "Last year, there were 17 students, three undergraduates and 14 technical secondary school students."

There were no junior colleges in those days, the only options were undergraduate and technical secondary schools.

These three undergraduates all repeated two years, which is equivalent to re-reading high school, and there is not a single freshman among them.

After all, the college entrance examination had been suspended for ten years, and everyone had long since decided that studying was useless. It was suddenly resumed in 1977, but the vast majority of people had never studied hard at all.

Vice Principal Qi nodded and said, "You came at a bad time. This school year will end in two months. Let me find someone for you. You can go to the junior high school and follow her for a few months. When the next semester starts, I will arrange for you to teach a class."

Lin Qiao naturally had no objection and followed him to the junior high school minor department office.

The school's teaching buildings were obviously newly built in recent years, with one grade per floor. Compared with the main department offices, the small department offices seem a bit big and have a lot of people.

Vice Principal Qi called a female teacher who was about to go out and said, "Xiao Yang, I'll arrange a new person for you."

The female teacher was in her forties, holding a lesson plan and walking like the wind. She pushed the question aside immediately, "How can I have the time to teach? I have to teach three classes by myself, and I have to give the whole grade's papers. You can let Xiao Zheng teach. She has the time."

The other female teacher who was doing nails nearby immediately looked over with a look of displeasure on her face.

Teacher Yang didn't care, and after talking rapidly, she was ready to leave. Vice Principal Qi hurriedly stopped her and said, "I gave it to you because you have too much to do. Let her check your homework and help you. Take your time with the lectures. There's no rush."

After hearing that they didn't have to take the person out immediately, Teacher Yang's expression finally softened and he no longer insisted on refusing.

She turned around and took the books and a pile of homework to Lin Qiao, "Then see if you can check it. I still have classes, so I'm leaving now."

"Teacher Yang is a bit impatient, but he teaches really well. You will understand later."

Perhaps fearing that Lin Qiao would think too much, Vice Principal Qi explained a little more. Just as he was about to say something else, someone outside hurried over to him, "Can you get a car? Old Jiao just fell down the stairs, his legs are deformed, he needs to be rushed to the hospital."

After hearing this, he no longer cared about Lin Qiao and turned around and went out, "Where is the person now?"

"It's downstairs in the high school teaching building. I never dared to move..."

The two men walked away while talking. Some people followed them out, while others looked out the window to see what was happening. “Why did Lao Jiao fall down?”

"Didn't you pay attention when you went downstairs? The stairs at the high school are quite steep."

Amidst some discussions, Lin Qiao politely asked where there was a stool, moved one and sat next to Teacher Yang's desk.

She was new and there was no place for her in the office. She could only wait until the vice-principal or Teacher Yang finished their work and then find a desk for her.

Across from me was the female teacher named Zheng. She couldn't help but smile when she saw me. "Teacher Yang is really something. She just asked you to mark the homework but didn't give you the answers. She made up all the questions herself. They are not in the textbook. You should wait for her to come back."

Lin Qiao didn't read much good intentions from these words, and smiled, "It's okay, I'll take a look first."

Teacher Yang didn't mean it. She only remembered this when she reached the classroom door.

However, the bell for class had already rung, so she did not go home. She returned to the office only after the class was over.

Unexpectedly, the pile of homework was still neatly placed on the table. Lin Qiao was holding a junior high school chemistry textbook in her hand, flipping through it very quickly, and it was unknown whether he had read it or not.

Although Teacher Yang did not have high expectations for her level, he was a little unhappy to see her attitude, but he did not express it. "I forgot to give you the answer just now. If you can't mark it, give me half. I don't have a class this period."

As soon as I opened the first book, I was stunned.

Lin Qiao raised his head from the book and said, "You are back just in time. Come and check if I have made any mistakes."

Teacher Yang looked at her without saying anything, then lowered his head and continued to look at the homework in his hands.

Not to mention the mistakes, she even circled the mistakes made by the students. The same thing happened with the next book.

Teacher Yang's expression softened. "Were you good at school?"

"I prefer chemistry." Lin Qiao smiled and handed the top few books to Teacher Yang. "This is a typical mistake."

He pulled out a few more books, "These are the ones with particularly clear ideas for answering questions."

It's even classified.

In fact, when teachers mark homework, they are not only marking it for students, but also for themselves.

Which students have not learned well and need to be reminded, and which knowledge points are prone to mistakes, it is best to repeatedly consolidate them, all of which should be reflected in homework and test papers.

Lin Qiao is not only good at academics, but also very careful in his work. He is really a good candidate to be a teacher.

Teacher Yang was obviously an old teacher who loved talent. Looking at Lin Qiao, he softened a little and said, "Then you should grade these two classes as well. I will give the students a set of papers. I have been too busy these days and have no time."

By the time she had finished most of the papers, it was already noon and school was over, and only a few people were left in the office.

Teacher Yang stood up and rubbed his neck, and found that Lin Qiao had already corrected the homework, and even sorted it out and separated it with pieces of paper.

She picked it up and flipped through it casually, and she had a general understanding of the students' situation. She couldn't help but laugh and said, "I thought they were a drag, but I didn't expect them to be quite capable."

"That's right. Don't you see whose daughter-in-law she is?" Teacher Zheng, who was about to leave, smiled.

This sounded strange, so Teacher Yang didn't respond. Instead, another person in the classroom was curious, "Whose daughter-in-law? I haven't heard of any son in our school getting married recently."

"How can they be interested in our school? Her husband is a big shot, he is the head of our military region, Ji."

Who doesn't know Captain Ji? The youngest captain in the military region.

The key is that this person is not only capable, but also has an extraordinary family background. When he was at the grassroots level in the early days, no one knew about it. After he was promoted to battalion commander, it was gradually revealed that he was Ji Chunming's son.

Many people wanted to introduce girls to him, but he refused to look at them. I only heard recently that he got married suddenly, and I didn’t expect that he married Lin Qiao.

Teacher Yang didn't expect it either, "She is Teacher Xu's daughter-in-law?"

Xu Li was quite famous at that time, firstly because of her strong background and secondly because she was a really good lecturer. She had attended her open classes and benefited a lot from them.

If she is Teacher Xu's daughter-in-law, it is normal for her to be good at this. She glanced at Teacher Zheng who looked unhappy and said, "You found out in just this morning. You are quite quick. Have you finished grading the homework of Class 7 and Class 8?"

When Lin Qiao came again in the afternoon, many people in the office had changed their attitudes towards her. Some, like Teacher Yang, had not changed.

She probably knew something, but she didn't show it.

After dinner and reading the news, Lin Qiao and Ji Duo sat at the desk as usual. Lin Qiao reviewed while Ji Duo read some books she had never seen before.

These were obviously not available outside. When he saw her glancing at the book cover before, Ji Duo had indeed said, "You can read it, but don't take it out." She was no longer curious.

Seeing that Lin Qiao took out a junior high school textbook, Ji Duo took a closer look and asked, "Junior high school?"

"Well, let me learn first, and then I'll be assigned to teach a class next semester." Lin Qiao read the book just to get familiar with the progress of the classes that Teacher Yang was teaching.

Ji Duo didn't ask any more questions, his eyes fell on her face, "I have to go out for a few days, I have a mission."