Chapter 26 Questioning

Ji Duo was a man used to leading soldiers, and he actually noticed when Lin Qiao froze for a moment.

But he didn't think about the notebook, he just raised his eyes and asked: "It's so late today, is there something going on at school?"

Lin Qiao continued with his normal expression, "Yeah, I talked to a student."

Ji Duo didn't ask any more questions, turned the page and said to her, "Lao Ding's son is getting married this weekend."

Lao Ding is Ji Duo's immediate superior. When his son gets married, Ji Duo must present a gift.

Since handing in the passbook, Ji Duo received his salary, and the bulk of the money was handed over to Lin Qiao. All the expenses of the family were paid from Lin Qiao. Lin Qiao asked directly: "Are you going to attend the wedding?"

"Just give him a gift money, his son is not in the army anymore."

Lin Qiao had an idea in mind, so he asked for the specific amount and got up to get the money from the counter.

As soon as he opened the small box on the bottom floor containing the passbook and money, the window of the room was blown open with a loud clang.

It's been hot lately, and the windows at home are usually open except at night when we sleep. "Seeing the window shake twice more, Lin Qiao looked outside and said, "It's windy, it's going to rain, I'll go put away the clothes."

She moved quickly and went downstairs before Ji Duo could say anything. Ji Duo got up and closed the window, and helped her tidy up the things that were just blown by the wind.

It didn't matter that she had to organize it. The notebooks issued by the school were thin, and the wind just happened to blow a few pages over. Ji Duo was about to help her close it, but when he glanced at it, he saw long paragraphs of explicit descriptions on it, and his hands froze there.

What the hell is this?!

Ji Duo had seen this kind of thing before when he was leading new recruits, and he closed the notebook with a "snap".

Just when he was about to scold her, he remembered that Lin Qiao was his wife, not a soldier under his command, so he couldn't just scold her.

But how old is she to start watching these?

That's not right. Lin Qiao was already 19 years old, but she still married him. He thought she was still young and needed to be raised.

Ji Duo found that he still subconsciously put himself in the role of the elder. They had been married for more than half a month, but there had been no substantial progress between the two of them, and Lin Qiao was indeed a little too young.

At this time, Lin Qiao looked at this...

Ji Duo frowned, but still lowered his head, opened the notebook and took a quick glance.

I don't know who wrote it. It's full of mistakes and the language isn't smooth. Apart from that little thing, there's nothing else to it.

Ji Duo's brows knitted tighter, and then he turned another page...

When Lin Qiao came back, the table was still the same as when she left, and Ji Duo was sitting upright, as if he had never moved.

"Help me fold it first." She stuffed a few dry clothes into the other person's hand and continued to look for money.

Ji Duo paused, then stood up, spread his clothes on the bed and folded them neatly.

Then Lin Qiao found the money and turned around, she found the man looking at her from behind.

She subconsciously looked at herself and asked, "What's wrong?" The man had already withdrawn his gaze and said, "Nothing, the clothes are folded."

As we were talking, raindrops started to fall outside.

Lin Qiao's attention was diverted. "Luckily I ran fast. The rain looked quite heavy."

The man didn't answer, just said "hmm".

After finishing her review and packing up to go to bed, Lin Qiao looked up and found that the man was looking at her again.

This time she felt something was wrong, but she couldn't figure out what it was.

This person must have known something, the notebook was still in her hand.

He doesn't seem like the kind of person who likes to pry into other people's privacy.

Lin Qiao simply asked, "What's the matter?"

"Nothing." Ji Duo retracted his gaze and picked up the things on the table.

He decided not to mention it to Lin Qiao, so as to avoid embarrassing the little girl.

She would read these because she was curious, but when she understood everything, she would lose interest.

The rain continued until the next morning. When Lin Qiao went to work at school, there were still fine raindrops in the sky.

She shook her umbrella at the entrance and put it behind the office door. As soon as she sat down, she found that the homework of Class 4 had been handed in.

This is really rare. In the past, it was considered good to be able to hand it in after the first class, let alone so early.

Moreover, this homework seemed to be a little more difficult than before. Lin Qiao flipped through it and found several names he had never seen before, including Qi Huaiwen.

Guessing it was the troublemakers in the back row, she picked up Qi Huaiwen's homework first.

When Lin Qiao confiscated the handwritten books yesterday, he discovered that Qi Huaiwen's handwriting was very good, with a strong pen tip, as if he had practiced it specially. However, he was the son of Vice Principal Qi, and Vice Principal Qi was an old scholar, so it was not surprising that he had practiced it.

What surprised Lin Qiao was that although most of Qi Huaiwen's homework book was left blank, he actually got all the homework right this time.

Did he do it himself, or did he copy it from someone else?

Before fully understanding the situation, any doubt would be harmful to the students. Lin Qiao did not rush to draw a conclusion and continued to criticize.

This time, Junzi's mistakes were different from others. He should have written them himself. Although it was still wrong, for a poor student like him, being able to write and hand in his homework honestly was an improvement. At least in terms of attitude, he was willing to be serious.

Lin Qiao criticized most of it in one breath. When he looked up to rest his eyes, he found that the rain outside had stopped.

She looked at it for a while, then lowered her head to finish marking the rest. Noticing that the sun outside was getting higher and higher and didn't seem to be going down any further, she got up and went to the chemistry laboratory.

When Lin Qiao went to supervise the evening self-study class for Class 4 in the evening, in addition to books, she also brought a tightly covered chalk box.

The chalk in the class had been almost used up, and the students didn't pay much attention. However, when they saw that it was her young teacher who came, several students secretly changed their seats.

Lin Qiao wanted to say that it was useless to do it secretly, because she could see everything clearly from the podium. Not only did she know who had changed seats, but she also knew that several students had not come when the bell for evening self-study was about to ring, and they were obviously trying to escape from self-study.

Lin Qiao smiled and knocked on the desk. "I've been teaching for a week, but I still don't know everyone in the class. How about I call out their names so I can get to know everyone?"

I don't want to name any names, I just want to get to know everyone. This is one of the most unreliable lies a teacher can tell.

As soon as Lin Qiao finished speaking, someone in the audience started shouting, "Are you kidding, teacher? You're also taking attendance during evening study!"

The seat next to Junzi, where Qi Huaiwen sat, was empty, and he shouted even louder, "That's right, a classmate went to the toilet and hasn't come back yet!"

Lin Qiao didn't really want to call the roll, he just wanted to liven up the atmosphere in the class so that some students wouldn't be too focused and get scared later. "Since everyone is not here yet, let's not call the roll yet. We won't wait for those who haven't come yet. I'll show you something good first."

Good stuff?

The students were stunned at first, then their eyes lit up and they all stared at the podium.

Teacher Lin mentioned something good. Is it some new experiment?

Not only the soldiers, but other students in the class were also thinking about when Lin Qiao would do new experiments, especially those that they had participated in before, because they were really interesting.

However, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Lin Qiao simply opened the chalk box and took out a piece of chalk from it - an ordinary piece of chalk???

The students were first surprised, then disappointed. Some even couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, you are talking about something good, but you are not going to use up the evening self-study class to teach it, are you?"

Lin Qiao smiled without saying anything, turned the chalk upside down, and dropped it directly onto the concrete floor next to the podium.

Before anyone could react, they heard a loud bang, and the chalk exploded right in front of them.

"Fuck it! It exploded!"

Someone couldn't help but swear, but no one paid attention to him. All the students' eyes were on the chalk pieces scattered on the ground.

"Isn't it just an ordinary piece of chalk? Why did it explode?"

"I don't know. Teacher Lin just dropped it and it exploded."

"Isn't that amazing? How did you do it?"

Amid the discussion, Lin Qiao took out another piece of chalk from the chalk box and asked, "Who wants to come up and try it?"

"Me!" "Me!" "Teacher, me!"

The students were going crazy, especially those troublemakers who were always noisy.

Lin Qiao looked around and handed the chalk to a short girl in the first row, "You come."

"Me?" The girl was a little at a loss.

She was not an outgoing person. Although she listened with bright eyes every time Lin Qiao taught class, she never went on stage to do experiments, nor did she raise her hand to answer questions.

Lin Qiao put the chalk on her desk and said, "Try it. You can throw it on the ground or on the wall."

The girl was still in a daze, but someone next to her couldn't wait any longer, "Can you do it? If not, let me do it!"

When someone urged her to do so, she subconsciously grabbed the chalk in her hand and asked, "Is it going to fall headfirst?"

Lin Qiao didn't say this just now, and couldn't help but look at her and smile, "It's upside down. You observed it very carefully."

This praise seemed to encourage the girl. She took a deep breath and threw the chalk to the ground.

There was another "bang" sound. This time she not only saw with her own eyes how the chalk exploded, but because she was close to it, she could also smell the white smoke produced by the explosion in the air.

This made her whole face turn red, her eyes sparkled, and her heart beat faster than ever before.

Not only this girl, but all the students in the class stretched their necks, some stood up, and some simply ran to the front row because they couldn't see. The aisle was crowded, and some soldiers couldn't squeeze in, so they even stood on the stools.

The question on everyone’s mind is – how is this done?

Lin Qiao glanced at the watch and knocked on the desk again, "Okay, it's time to ring the bell for evening self-study."

That's all?

Everyone had a look of shock on their faces, and those who were closer even glanced at the chalk box.

Lin Qiao simply opened the box and showed it to everyone, "That's all. I just made a few this time for you to see. If you're curious..."

She paused, and raised her eye with a small mole on it, "Then study hard and get two points closer to the third place average in the end-of-month test. If you can do it, I will tell you how to make this chalk bomb, and you can also find someone to come up and experiment on the spot."

"Is it really gone?" Everyone couldn't help but feel disappointed.

But when Lin Qiao said that he could teach them how to do it, the students perked up again, but under this condition...

As if knowing what they were thinking, Lin Qiao patted the chalk dust off his fingers and said, "I think these experiments are not easy. Please give me some face and don't make me feel that I have worked in vain. Besides, I didn't ask you to take the third place. I just asked you to close the gap by two points."

At this point, she laughed and said, "Actually, our class still has a lot of room for improvement. We can learn a few small experiments."

The classmates felt embarrassed when they heard this. Those who were more familiar with her, such as Junzi, were even more embarrassed and touched their noses. After all, they were the ones who lowered the average score.

Lin Qiao did not want to discourage the students' enthusiasm, and helped them analyze, "Two points may seem like a lot, but it's actually quite easy to do. Everyone should listen carefully in class and do their homework well after class. If you fill in one more blank correctly or answer one more question correctly in a big question, you can get more than two points."

This is true. After all, their class does have a lot of room for improvement...

Seeing that people were still crowded in the aisle, Lin Qiao clapped his hands, "Okay, let's all go back to evening self-study. If a leader comes to inspect later, he will say that I didn't do my job well."

The bell for evening self-study just happened to ring at this time. No matter if they were reluctant or not, everyone had no more chalk bombs and could only return to their seats, but they were still discussing in low voices.

Lin Qiao then realized that Qi Huaiwen had come in at some point and sat in his seat next to the soldier, looking down and flipping through something.

It seems that he really did as the soldier said and went to the toilet. He did not skip the evening self-study class and he was quite true to his promise.

But these two powder

The impact of the pen is far from over. After all, when the two explosions sounded, the bell for evening self-study had not yet rung. No matter how noisy the classes were, those who were closer, such as Class 3 and the liberal arts class next door, could still hear it vaguely.

Class Four saw something so bizarre that it was impossible not to tell others about it. The next day, all the students who had not attended the evening self-study session yesterday regretted it and cried out why they had skipped the self-study session and why. The chemistry class representative from Class Three also came to look for Lin Qiao.

The class representative came to petition on behalf of the whole class, with only one purpose - Teacher Lin should not favor some students over others, and their class also needs to learn the small experiment.

The class representative of Class 3 is much more talkative than the one of Class 4. He is the type who knows how to deal with things and is very popular with teachers. Lin Qiao listened with a smile and said, "Okay, as long as you can also shorten the average score by two points, I will also take you to do the experiment."

Whichever class can do it can teach it. If everyone can do it, then we can just give a lecture together.

The class representative of Class 3 went back satisfied, and now all the pressure came to Class 4.

"Are Class 3 crazy? What are they trying to steal from us? Now that two points have become four points, how can we take the test?"

"More than four points, right? What if Class 3 improves by more than two points?"

One classmate said this and was immediately given a cold shoulder by everyone, "You're the only one who's good at math."

"Instead of losing your temper here, you might as well find some good students in the class and let them give you extra lessons." Qi Huaiwen said suddenly.

Everyone thought so too, that is to say, the students with good grades have never been able to play with them, and they don’t know whether they are willing to do so.

Just as they were thinking about it, the class representative came up to them first and said, "Do any of you have any questions? You can ask me after class."

Not only the class representatives, many students also expressed their willingness to help with the lessons. After all, they also wanted to know how chalk bombs were made.

The enthusiasm for learning in Class 4 is unprecedentedly high, at least in chemistry, and one-on-one tutoring is often seen after class. The girl assigned to tutor Junzi is the one who threw the chalk that day, Li Xiaoqiu. She is a little shy, but she is very careful and lent all her notes to Junzi.

As soon as the soldier got home in the evening, he went into his room and started taking notes.

He has a poor foundation and cannot understand many things without reading them from the beginning. But as Teacher Lin said, there is a lot of room for improvement and just learning a little bit will be enough to get two points.

Brigade Commander Liang's wife called him, "There are roasted sweet potatoes left for you on the table." She called him twice but no one answered.

This is really strange. You know, the little boy eats his father poorly. Junzi is in the period of growth. He always complains of hunger after evening self-study. So the family often prepares some food for him, sometimes sweet potatoes, sometimes noodles, and chestnuts in autumn.

Anyway, Commander Liang’s wife knows how to cook, and she usually makes different meals at least once a week.

Really puzzled, she simply brought the baked sweet potato to her son's room. As soon as she entered the room, she saw her son frantically copying things with his head down. Hearing her coming in, he seemed a little impatient, "Just put it there."

She looked at it for several times but still couldn't understand it. She came out and immediately pulled Brigadier General Liang, "Look at what the soldiers are copying?"

Brigade Commander Liang also felt that his son was a little abnormal today. He was afraid that his son had come into contact with something bad. When he entered the room, he found that it was actually chemistry notes.

This is the first time in history. When has this kid ever come back to study before?

"Why did you copy the notes?" he couldn't help asking.

Junzi didn't even raise his head. "Teacher Lin said that as long as our average score can improve by two points, he will teach us to do new experiments. I have to catch up on my lessons." Afraid that his father would ask more questions, he waved his hand and said, "Stop disturbing my studies. You are a grown-up and you are not sensible at all!"

"You little brat, you're trying to teach your father a lesson!" Brigade Commander Liang slapped him but still retreated.

His wife was listening at the door, "What's going on?"

"Nothing, Xiaolin said he'll teach them how to do a new experiment after the test, so they can cram for it."

"Xiao Lin? The wife of Xiao Ji next door?" His wife was a little confused. "Can she teach in a high school?"

She had always had some doubts about this, after all, she was too young. But Brigade Commander Liang said, "If she can't do it, can you?"

His wife immediately stopped talking.

Brigade Commander Liang turned his head and glanced at his son's room again. "I think Xiaolin is fine. When did you see our brat learn?"

Classes three and four studied chemistry with great enthusiasm, and within a few days, even Team Leader Gao knew about it.

"Xiao Lin, you're putting a lot of pressure on me." He complained to Lin Qiao in the office, "The average score difference between Class 1 and Class 3 is only two points."

"We have such a short time, and we may not be able to catch up. Besides, you have been sitting in the first and second shifts for such a long time, can't we give us a break?"

Lin Qiao's words sounded nice, so Team Leader Gao laughed. However, he still said, "How did you make the chalk bomb? Several people have asked me about it. What can I say? I can only say that Teacher Lin hasn't taught it yet, so I have to keep it a secret for her."

It's actually quite simple. Just mix red phosphorus and potassium chlorate in anhydrous alcohol at a ratio of 2:7, and insert it into the thicker end of the chalk. Then seal the hole with chalk dust, let it dry completely for a few hours, and then you can use it.

The only difficulty is that it must be mixed in anhydrous alcohol. If it comes into contact with water or air, it will easily explode.

You have to be careful when hanging them up to dry. After she finished that day, she specially found an empty cabinet and put a note on it, just in case someone accidentally touched it.

However, she didn't plan to say these now, she just smiled and said, "Then please keep it a secret for me, Teacher Gao."

"I knew it." Team Leader Gao nodded at her, but didn't force her. "I don't know where you get so many clever ideas."

"Classes 3 and 4 have a poor foundation, and I am young and cannot control them. I can only think of these ideas to entice them to study hard."

Lin Qiao was telling the truth. People started school late these days. It was common for children to go to primary school at the age of nine or ten. There were even students in her class who were in the same year as her. She had no advantage in age and was only a substitute teacher. She didn't need to pay attention to anything and she didn't know what she would become of the students.

Team Leader Gao also understood what was going on, so he changed the subject, "I remember last time you said you wanted to buy some potassium hydroxide?"

Lin Qiao really wanted to buy potassium hydroxide.

She still had a lot of olive oil left from the last time Ji Ze gave her, but she didn't want to make all of it into handmade soap, so she finally decided to just make some liquid soap.

However, liquid soap is different from solid soap in that the base used is potassium hydroxide instead of sodium hydroxide. This is not available on the market, so she asked Team Leader Gao when the school purchases chemical reagents so that she can buy some.

As soon as Team Leader Gao mentioned this, she knew what was going on. "The school is going to purchase reagents?"

"Well, I've contacted the logistics department for you. How much do you want to buy? Ask them to bring it to you."

Lin Qiao simply took a piece of paper, wrote down what he wanted to buy, and asked, "How much? I'll give it to you now."

If we give it to them now, they won't have to worry about it when they go to buy it. Team Leader Gao didn't hesitate to say, "They should be able to come back at the end of this month or the beginning of next month."

Lin Qiao is not in a hurry. It is almost the end of the month and she has a lot of things to do.

First of all, it was the test she mentioned. Team Leader Gao had already prepared the questions and sent them to the school printing factory for printing. As the time approached, more and more students came to ask Lin Qiao questions. Once, she went to the evening self-study class, and because there were too many people asking questions, she simply gave a whole night of self-study class.

I didn't expect that during such a busy time, there would still be people coming to check family planning.

Teacher Yang and another female teacher from the high school took notebooks and asked each female student whether they had their period this month.

Lin Qiao heard from Sun Xiuzhi that the city's family planning inspections were very strict, but when it really happened to her, she still felt a little embarrassed when she was asked so seriously.

And did she say she was coming or not?

To be honest, she hasn't had her period this month; but even though she hasn't had her period, she is a married woman in the eyes of outsiders, so is there any need to guess what her lack of period means?

Lin Qiao didn't want to cause trouble, so he simply told the other party that he was there.

Teacher Yang was obviously used to this kind of work, and looked normal. Seeing that she was not very comfortable, she smiled and said to her, "You will ask every month, so you will get used to it in the future."

Lin Qiao is not someone who gets embarrassed easily. She just saw that there were gay men being asked questions and suddenly thought of Ji Duo. She wondered if he had been asked the same question.

Ji Duo was actually asked about this. The person who came to his office was an older female comrade who had some friendship with Xu Li.

The other party asked directly, the first thing he asked was whether your spouse had her period. He was about to ask something else when the words were stuck on his lips.

This kind of newly married young people have seen many

"I didn't ask you before because you're not married yet. Be generous. Are you coming?"

Ji Duo himself and Lin Qiao were not that close, and he really didn't want to discuss this matter with outsiders. He frowned and said, "She hasn't come yet."

"I didn't come." The other person looked at him with a smile, turned around and left without asking any more questions.

However, just as he finished his work, he received a call from Xu Li.