Chapter 24 Returning Home

"Are you really going to teach in high school?" Teacher Yang was surprised when he heard this as he entered the office after class.

Not only her, who else present here would not be surprised?

Lin Qiao has only been here for a few days. She is just a young girl who has just graduated from high school, but she is about to teach in a high school.

However, Teacher Yang said, "You are really going to teach in high school," which clearly shows that she knows something. Facing Teacher Yang who has always been responsible for teaching her, Lin Qiao also smiled, "Didn't Teacher Jiao from the first grade of high school get injured? Principal Qi asked me to take over for a while."

Teacher Yang nodded, "Do your best. It's a waste for you to stay here with me at your level."

She reacted calmly, and the others also began to digest this shocking news. Only Teacher Zheng was embarrassed, "This Ji family's daughter-in-law is different. She has only been here for a few days, and she can already teach in a high school."

This was obviously saying that Lin Qiao had used a backdoor, and Teacher Yang frowned when he heard it.

Lin Qiao didn't even raise her head, "If Teacher Zheng wants to go, he can also go to Principal Qi for a trial class."

Teacher Zheng choked and stopped talking immediately.

If she could teach in high school, she wouldn't be complained by parents all day about her poor teaching skills and would not be afraid of being replaced by a newcomer.

They are both young and just graduated from high school, so how come Lin Qiao can teach in high school?

I am not afraid of not being able to teach well and being scolded by those trouble-making parents...

The high school teaching building and the junior high school teaching building were not far from each other, only about ten meters wide. When Lin Qiao rushed to the office, the science office had already received the notice and helped her clean up the desk. "This is Lao Jiao's desk, you can use it first."

As he spoke, Team Leader Gao brought two large piles of homework over and placed them on her desk. "Finally someone has taken over. I was almost exhausted these past few days.

die."

There are four science classes in the first year of high school. Lao Jiao teaches two of them, and Group Leader Gao teaches two.

Lao Jiao has been away for the past few days, and the other two shifts have also put pressure on him. Unfortunately, he is only less than 40 years old, and his hair is falling out in clumps.

Team leader Gao touched his head with a lingering fear, "I almost became Secretary Qu."

"Be careful not to let Secretary Qu hear it." Everyone in the office laughed at him. Lin Qiao also found that this Team Leader Gao was quite funny from his previous encounters.

But when she started marking the assignments, Lin Qiao no longer found it funny.

The chemistry performance of the two classes taught by Teacher Jiao was really poor, especially Class 4 where Junzi was. Not only were there many mistakes, but the homework was also obviously far inferior to theirs.

She thought back to the number of people she saw during the trial class that day, and after a quick look, she realized that at least a dozen books were missing.

There are fifty or sixty students in a class, and at least a quarter of them did not hand in their homework. I don’t know if it was just like this today or if it is always the case.

Lin Qiao simply didn't rush to review the papers and asked the team leader next to him, "Do you have the report card for the last midterm exam?"

"Report card?"

"Well, I want to see what level both classes are at."

Even though I'm only teaching for a few months, as a teacher I have to be responsible for the students.

Team leader Gao also realized that Lin Qiao was not here to fool people, "Okay, I'll find it for you, I don't know where I put it before."

Finally, I found it in the drawer. It was a handwritten grade ranking and the average scores of each subject. To be honest, the results of the two classes led by Lao Jiao were not very good, especially the fourth class where Junzi was, which was at the bottom of the class in chemistry.

"I remember that Teacher Jiao is the head teacher of Class 4, right?"

"Yes, that's why their class didn't even hand in their homework. At least Class 3 still has a head teacher to keep them under control."

Team leader Gao is the leader of the freshman science team. He also taught classes for a few days and has some understanding of the two classes. "There are many troublemakers in their class, and it's hard to manage them when Old Jiao is here. If you really can't manage them, just catch the good students in front."

This is also the helplessness of being a teacher. Not every student is easy to manage. If it is difficult to manage and you are afraid of affecting others, you can only arrange them in the back row.

Lin Qiao also knew about this and asked about the situation of the two classes before continuing to grade the homework.

Lin Qiao went to the first formal chemistry class after taking up the post, carrying his homework book with him. The first thing he asked when he entered the classroom was, "Who is the class representative?"

A quiet girl in the third row raised her hand and said, "Yes."

Those who can sit in the third row are usually the ones with better grades in the class. Lin Qiao handed the homework book to them and said, "Hurry up and hand it out."

The girl quickly stood up and took it. The rest of the class finally reacted and started to make a noise. Especially Junzi, his eyes almost popped out, "Are you really going to be our teacher?"

"If it's not true, how could it be false?" Lin Qiao glanced at him and smiled meaningfully, "You better be careful."

The soldier didn't react at first. He was stunned for a while before he exclaimed, "You're not going to tell my parents about this, are you?"

If Lin Qiao wanted to complain, it would be very easy. He didn't even have to go find his parents. He could just stand in his own yard and shout.

Seeing Lin Qiao smiling but not saying anything, Junzi was frightened, snatched the blackboard eraser from her hand and said, "Teacher Lin, you take a rest, I'll do it, I'll do it!"

This behavior caused unanimous contempt from the classmates. When Junzi returned to his seat, he was immediately booed.

He was a little annoyed by being scolded, "If you were me, you would also be scared. Qi Huaiwen must understand this."

Qi Huaiwen, the neighbor he named, just glanced at him and lowered his head to continue reading the novel. The others also obviously did not believe him.

"I'm serious." Junzi was a little anxious, "She lives next door to me, just separated by a wall. Are you afraid?"

No one scolded him now, they just laughed so hard that they almost wrote a look of schadenfreude on their faces. When they saw Lin Qiao after school, a group of people pushed Junzi and said, "Why don't you go say hello to your teacher? What if the teacher thinks you are not polite enough and goes to your house to complain?"

"Get out of the way!" The soldier picked up his schoolbag and a group of people immediately ran away.

Lin Qiao actually saw them a long time ago, but it was after school and kids fighting was no big deal, so she pretended not to know.

After dinner, I returned home and saw a figure waiting quietly outside the door in the dusk.

Ji Ze leaned against the wall, one foot lightly touching the ground, holding a few jujube leaves sticking out of the wall in his hands, looking bored.

Lin Qiao was a little surprised, "How long have you been here?"

"Not long." Ji Ze obviously didn't want to talk about this. He stood up and picked up a plastic bucket at his feet. "Take a look. Is this the olive oil you want?"

Lin Qiao thought he was just talking, but he actually got it. It’s only been a few days.

And this amount...

She looked up at her nephew and asked, "How much is this?"

"Twenty kilograms, right? A friend made it. I'm not sure exactly. Just take what you want."

Ji Ze placed the bucket in front of her. Lin Qiao opened it and took a look. "It really is olive oil."

"Then I'll help you carry it in." Ji Ze directly picked up the plastic oil barrel.

Twenty kilograms is really heavy. Since the other party was carrying it, Lin Qiao didn't insist on snatching it. He took out the key and opened the door. "Have you had dinner tonight?"

"Yeah." Ji Ze responded casually. He felt uncomfortable since he stepped into the door.

He had been to his uncle's dormitory and office before, but this was his first time in his new home. Moreover, his uncle was not at home, so he and Lin Qiao were the only ones with an awkward relationship, which made him feel even more uncomfortable.

Ji Ze didn't look around, just put the things in the kitchen and left.

"How much did you pay for it?" Lin Qiao thought there were too many things and asked quickly.

Ji Ze didn't even turn his head and said, "I don't know, just use it." He took a few big steps and walked out of the yard.

All the men in the Ji family have long legs. Although Ji Ze is not as tall as his uncle, he is also over 1.8 meters tall. Lin Qiao couldn't catch up with him, so he simply gave up and prepared to wait for Ji Duo to come back and ask what he thought.

If that doesn't work, just wait until the handmade soap is made and give some to the other party.

Twenty kilograms of oil, how long will it take for her to use it all up?

Now that he had the oil, Lin Qiao bought other ingredients and finished making the food on Saturday night.

She had to go back to her old house on Sunday, so she didn't have much time. And she had to go to the photo studio to pick up the photos taken on the wedding day.

Making handmade soap is not difficult for Lin Qiao, at least it is much easier than baking a small cake.

She found the distilled water through the school's channels. Sodium hydroxide is available on the market, and the rest was just to strictly calculate the dosage and operate with caution.

The process of mixing alkaline water into oil will release a lot of heat, which can easily splash out and burn the skin. The white smoke is also irritating, so it is best to protect your hands and eyes.

Lin Qiao opened the windows and door of the kitchen for ventilation and was busy working when a familiar jeep stopped outside the yard.

He had been away for nearly ten days and there was another summary meeting when he came back. Ji Duo's expression did not change at all, but his jawline became sharper and he spoke less, leaning back in the back seat of the car with his eyes closed.

Xiao Fang parked the car and was about to call for help when he smelled something strange.

The car window was open, and Ji Duo in the back seat also smelled it. He immediately thought of Lin Qiao's words: "It's edible, not poisonous."

He immediately opened the door and got out of the car. As soon as he entered the yard, the smell became more obvious. Not only the smell, but also some white smoke was faintly coming out of the kitchen.

Ji Duo walked in with a sullen face. As soon as he entered the kitchen, he picked up the pot lid and covered the source of the white smoke.

"Wait, don't build it yet!" Lin Qiao shouted hurriedly.

She really didn't expect Ji Duo to not come back early or late. She was making handmade soap in the kitchen when he came back.

Fortunately, the man moved quickly and reacted even faster, and he stopped in mid-air when he heard the words.

Lin Qiao continued to work and quickly explained: "I'm making handmade soap, it's not on fire."

Ji Duo also discovered that the white smoke was not coming out of a pot, but a small basin. However, the smoke and smell, and the fact that it was in the kitchen, made it hard not to think too much.

He frowned and looked at the liquid in the basin. Lin Qiao had already spoken again, "If you have nothing to do, get out first. Be careful not to splash it on you."

The young girl was wearing gloves and a pair of goggles on her face. She tried to be as careful as possible, but liquid still splashed from time to time. Ji Duo looked down and realized that he really couldn't help and might even get in the way, so he turned around and left.

When I came out, I ran into Xiao Fang peeking around in the yard. "What happened?"

"It's okay, your sister-in-law will make something." Ji Duo closed the kitchen door.

Xiao Fang's expression was clearly one of disbelief, but since Ji Duo had said so, he didn't dare to ask, "Since everything is fine, I'll leave first."

After the alkali liquid and grease are mixed, they need to be shaped in a mold.

Lin Qiao poured everything in, scraped off the excess on the surface, packed up the tools, and then came out of the kitchen.

The news broadcast in the living room had ended long ago. Ji Duo was leaning on the sofa with his eyes half closed, a cigarette in his hand, and two cigarette butts in the ashtray on the coffee table in front of him.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Lin Qiao always feels that in the hazy smoke, the man's resolute and handsome face

A little tired.

Besides, this man smokes normally, but he rarely smokes so many in one breath.

She subconsciously slowed down her pace, walked over and asked, "Do you want to go back upstairs to sleep first?"

"No need." Ji Duo retracted his empty gaze, his expression returning to his usual coldness, "Are you done?"

"It's done. We'll remove it from the mold tomorrow and start cutting it into pieces."

Lin Qiao sat down on the other side of the sofa. Just as he relaxed, he felt that the air in the living room was a little bad. "Do you want to go out for a walk? Come back after the smell has gone away?"

Anyway, she planned to wait until the smell dissipated and then go back to sleep.

Unexpectedly, the man looked very tired, but he still put out his cigarette in the ashtray, stood up, and said, "Let's go."

Entering mid-May, the weather in Yandu gradually began to get hot. After dinner in the evening, many people would go out for a walk to digest their food. Seeing the man hanging up the gate, Lin Qiao remembered that Ji Ze had brought her oil a few days ago. "At that time, he put down the things and left. I didn't have time to ask how much it was."

"Is Xiaoze delivering oil to you?" The man's expression paused in the night.

Just as Lin Qiao was about to nod, he heard a deafening scream from the next yard, "Help! Someone's been murdered!"

A figure suddenly appeared, followed by the furious Brigade Commander Liang. "Stop right there, you little bastard!"

"Only a fool would stand there and wait for you to hit him!" The soldier could still retort while running for his life.

Brigade Commander Liang was visibly irritated. He looked around and saw no suitable weapon, so he tried to pull the belt.

The soldier had already seen Lin Qiao and immediately ran towards her, "Teacher Lin, save me!" and hid behind Lin Qiao like a cat.

It was embarrassing to be seen teaching his son a lesson, and this bastard even hid behind someone. Brigade Commander Liang was in a dilemma whether to chase him or not, so he simply pointed at him and said, "What's the point of hiding behind a woman? Get out of here!"

The soldier was particularly honest, "I wouldn't dare hide behind Captain Ji."

Lin Qiao couldn't help but laugh. He looked at Ji Duo, who looked very imposing, and then at the boy behind him. "Did someone come to your house to complain about you?"

This was obviously a joke, and Junzi laughed and said, "No, that's not the case. I just listened to my teacher and did a little experiment at home."

When he was mentioned, his eyebrows and eyes flew up, and Brigadier General Liang threw the things in his hand at him, "You call these mysterious tricks a little experiment!"

Lin Qiao then noticed that Commander Liang also took a small piece of paper, which looked like rolled cigarette paper, and the boy stretched out his arm and grabbed it firmly in his hand. The soldier even waved it in front of her, "Teacher, you see I did it right, it all came out when I baked it."

It was indeed revealed, but Brigade Commander Liang became even angrier when he heard it.

Lin Qiao was really curious about what he had written to become so popular, so he took the paper and flipped through it, only to find that the paper was too small and only one word could be written on each piece.

However, after flipping through the pages, she was able to read the complete words on the page - "I'm warning you, Liang Dalong, be nice to your son in the future. He is the lucky star of your family." The handwriting was as slow as dog crawling, and it was written more than once.

"I've been writing for several days before my dad discovered it." Junzi whispered in her ear, looking quite proud of himself.

Brigade Commander Liang has always liked to roll his own cigarettes, as he feels that cigarettes have filters and are not very powerful when smoked.

Today, a roll of cigarette paper was used up, so he picked up a new one. Unexpectedly, as soon as he lit it, he felt something was wrong.

The brat Junzi had been watching from the side, as if he was waiting for this scene, and immediately started to talk nonsense, "Why are there words on this paper? Dad, didn't you do something wrong? Is God giving you a warning?"

He could tell at a glance that the performance was too exaggerated.

Besides, this kid wasn't prepared to hide it, he immediately took the initiative to take the fire and burned out all the words on the stack of papers...

Lin Qiao had seen people seeking death before, but he had never seen anyone seeking death like this.

After listening to the soldier's chatter, she returned the rolled cigarette paper to him and moved aside. "Captain Liang, you can fight. I didn't see anything."

"Teacher, you betrayed me!" The soldier immediately jumped up, spread his legs and turned around and ran away.

Unfortunately, he was still a step too slow. Brigadier General Liang grabbed him by the collar and slapped him on the back of the head. "Let's see if you can run away!"

He quickly covered his head and said, "Stop hitting me! I'll become stupid if you hit me again!"

"Be a little more stupid and you won't make me angry." Brigade Commander Liang dragged his son home. He was not satisfied and kicked him twice on the butt.

The boy had already gotten rid of his anger at first, and these two kicks were just for show. His wife still stepped out to stop him, "It's ok to hit him twice, it's not a big deal. You're the same, Junzi, why do you want to make your dad angry when you have nothing to do?"

"I just learned a little experiment. Do you want to try it?" The soldier laughed.

Hearing what he said, Brigade Commander Liang also remembered, "You just called Xiao Lin teacher? Is she a teacher in your school?"

"Which Xiao Lin became a teacher?" Brigade Commander Liang's wife had just finished washing the pots and dishes and came out, wiping the water stains on her hands.

"She's the lover of our neighbor, Captain Ji." Junzi was beaming with joy. "She's our chemistry teacher now. She taught us how to do this little experiment of making words appear on paper."

"She became a teacher? No, isn't your homeroom teacher responsible for teaching chemistry?"

Liang's wife found it unbelievable. How old was Lin Qiao? She looked like an adult, but she could actually teach in a high school?

"Our teacher Jiao broke his leg, so Teacher Lin came to take our place."

The soldier didn't notice so much. He even forgot to play when the experiment was mentioned. "How amazing is it? You will never guess what it is written in."

"Are you leading the military class now?" Ji Duo also asked about this on the other side.

If he remembered correctly, Junzi was already in high school. When he left, Lin Qiao was still in junior high school and hadn't even been taught yet.

Ji Duo came back at a perfect time, catching Lin Qiao busy making handmade soap. If he hadn't mentioned it, Lin Qiao would have forgotten about it. "Their chemistry teacher broke his leg, so he asked me to help out for a while." He simply explained the matter.

"You are good at chemistry." This time, unlike in the car, Ji Duo said it in an affirmative way.

Although Lin Qiao didn't say the details, it's not easy for a high school graduate to beat a college student, and this college student is Song Jing...

If his sister-in-law knew about this, her face would definitely be very interesting.

She regarded Song Jing as the ideal daughter-in-law and praised her highly. She totally looked down upon Lin Qiao, a girl from the country.

But it is also possible that his sister-in-law doesn't care about these things at all, but only family background and origin.

The man was sure, so Lin Qiao told him the truth, "Don't you think it's interesting? The soap we use, the medicine we take, and the soy sauce and vinegar we cook with are all made from chemistry."

It was because of her interest in these things that she fell in love with chemistry. Then she got better and better at it and finally fell into the pit of chemistry.

But it was also because I liked it that I was able to keep calm and do the same experiment over and over again even when my instructor was tormenting me so much that I wanted to curse.

Perhaps when people really like something, it will show in their tone of voice unconsciously; even the shadows that are lengthened and shortened by the street lights reveal a bit of joy.

Ji Duo's mind unconsciously recalled the image of her working seriously just now, and before he knew it, he had walked around the compound.

Seeing the guard standing guard at the door, he raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "Go back." Seeing Lin Qiao agreed, he said, "You don't have to worry about Xiaoze."

This means that he will handle the matter and Lin Qiao will no longer pay attention to it.

The next day, at Ji's house, Xu Li saw her son and was even happier than the previous week.

"It's different now that I'm married. I know to go home now. Before, I wouldn't see her for ten days or half a month."

Ji Duo's face no longer had the tired look of yesterday. After hearing his mother's teasing, he just handed the small paper bag over and said, "Photos."

"I guess it's time to wash it out." Xu Li happily took it to the living room and called Master Ji, "You can take a look too."

Old Master Ji was reading a newspaper with his reading glasses on his nose. His expression was lukewarm but his face looked honest.

The photo was taken by Ji Ze himself, and it's pretty good. Although the camera's pixel is average and the shooting technique is very simple, it's better than some straight male boyfriends' photos.

Especially the photo of Lin Qiao and Ji Duo, both of them are very good-looking, Ji Duo is in a uniform, and Lin Qiao is also wearing light makeup. The upturned eyes and red lips set off her fair face, and standing next to Ji Duo is like a rose falling on the tip of a gun.

Xu Li looked at it repeatedly and said, "Qiao Qiao is still the best looking girl. She looks even better with makeup on."

The old man didn't comment on his daughter-in-law, but his expression showed that he agreed. However, when he saw his son next to him, he asked, "Why is the second son so grim at his wedding?"

"When does he not have a stern face?" Xu Li was also a little disgusted.

There is no harm without comparison. Normally, I wouldn’t feel anything, but when standing next to Lin Qiao, Ji Duo looks like he is taking an ID photo.

"Qiao Qiao is still photogenic." Xu Li couldn't help but praise her again.

As for the whole family

She didn't even mention the Ji Jun family in Fushang. She took out the photo album and put the selected photos in it. "You keep the rest. I remember there is a seagull camera at home. Xiaoze brought it over before. Qiaoqiao, you are good at taking pictures. Do you want to take a few more?"

"Let's not take pictures of it." Lin Qiao said, "No one in my family would take pictures of this."

She can take selfies with a mobile phone, but she has never touched this old-fashioned camera.

Xu Li thought the same thing, "That camera is still black and white. After developing and colorizing the pictures, they will never look as natural as in color."

Before the reform and opening up, domestically produced cameras were all black and white, and color cameras only started to appear in China this year, so most people couldn't get them. Xu Li didn't mention it again, and took out another empty album, "I guess you two may not have time, so I bought one for you."

As they put the photos into the album one by one, Lin Qiao suddenly remembered something, "I also have a photo of Zhang Jiduo when he was a child, I'll put that in later."

A photo of Ji Duo when he was a child?

Xu Li's expression paused imperceptibly. Over there, Ji Duo, who was being dragged to the study by his father, who rarely saw him, to play chess, also paused.