Chapter 30 Reflection

As soon as Lin Qiao entered the office on Monday, he found a few more chemistry books on Team Leader Gao's desk.

Without waiting for Lin Qiao to ask, Team Leader Gao said, "If I don't hurry up and learn something new, Class One and Class Two will be left behind."

"That's not the case. Your grades in those two classes are still pretty good." Lin Qiao smiled and pulled out a chair and sat down.

"Of course not. The day before yesterday, Lao Qi told me that he was going to recruit a few more young college students in the second half of the year, and it would be best if they could also learn physics."

Compared to chemistry experiments, physics requires higher equipment requirements, and it is a bit difficult to get all students to participate.

But Vice Principal Qi was not just talking. Just look at Lin Qiao to see how much change the fresh blood has brought to the school. One class improved by 2.1 points, and another class improved by 4.3 points. It has only been half a month. This was unimaginable before.

"When you young people grow up, we old guys will retire."

Team leader Gao, who is not even 40 years old, expressed his feelings, "It will be time for class soon. I have to go ask the auditorium if the application has been approved."

Lin Qiao led two classes to do the experiment on Saturday afternoon. It was too late for him to apply. But he was not in a hurry. After all, once Lin Qiao finished explaining, the other classes would know how to do it. He just wanted the students to try it out.

Just as I stood up, Secretary Qu came in and said, "Xiao Gao, your small auditorium has not been approved. Lao Zeng asked me to tell you."

"Not approved?"

Not to mention Team Leader Gao, even Lin Qiao was a little surprised, after all, the school had approved her application last Monday.

Team leader Gao frowned, "Why didn't you approve it?"

Old Qu was a bit careless and was really stumped by the question. "Old Zeng didn't tell me just now. How about I go and ask for you?"

"Forget it, I'll go ask it myself."

As Team Leader Gao was about to leave, Old Qu looked at Lin Qiao again, "One more thing, Principal Zeng wants you to go to his office."

This was another rejection of Team Leader Gao's application, and another look for Lin Qiao. Team Leader Gao and Lin Qiao looked at each other.

"Let me go first." Lin Qiao said. After all, Principal Zeng had contacted her first, and it would not be convenient for the two of them to go together.

Team leader Gao had no objection and turned around and sat back down.

Lin Qiao has been in the school for a month. He has been dealing with Vice Principal Qi and has never met Principal Zeng.

However, she did hear some things about the other party. Principal Zeng only came back in the past two years. He was previously overthrown and demoted to raise pigs, and his position as principal was taken away by someone else.

This kind of situation was quite common in the past, especially in schools. However, in the past two years, as order was restored, those who seized power were suppressed again, and these old intellectuals returned to their posts.

After raising pigs for ten years, Principal Zeng obviously did not adapt well to returning to school. In addition, he was indeed old, and the ten years of demobilization had also put a lot of strain on his body, so most of the school affairs were handed over to Vice Principal Qi, and he only made some important decisions.

When Lin Qiao met Principal Zeng, he found that he was indeed very old.

Unlike Vice Principal Qi, Principal Zeng has thick fingers, and one can tell at a glance that he has been doing heavy work for a long time. He is in his fifties but looks like he is in his sixties.

What is more crucial is his eyes, which are silent. There is no longer any vigor or enthusiasm for education in them.

Lin Qiao's heart sank as soon as she saw this. Sure enough, after Principal Zeng asked her to sit down, he started talking: "I heard from some colleagues that you not only borrowed the small auditorium, but also repeatedly occupied school resources and took students to do experiments that were useless to teaching."

Time and again... taking up school resources... not useful for learning...

Lin Qiao would never believe that the person who made the complaint had no ill intentions towards her.

But she didn't rush to interrupt, and waited until the other person finished speaking before looking up and saying, "I thought those ten years were over."

This turn of words came so suddenly that it hit Principal Zeng right where he felt hurt. Principal Zeng was stunned.

Lin Qiao wanted this stab, putting himself and the other party in the position of victims. "I thought the era when everyone had two eyes behind their heads and was afraid of making mistakes when speaking was over. I didn't expect that after the country has been reformed and opened up, there are still people doing this kind of framing and informing."

The young girl's eyes were sharp, and she looked straight at him, as if she was confused and angry.

Principal Zeng paused in his questioning, and couldn't help but think of himself who was speechless at that time.

Lin Qiao did not try to force the other party to speak. Seeing that the other party was speechless for a moment, he quickly calmed down and said, "Of course, I say this is a false accusation for a reason. You should know that I was a temporary substitute for Mr. Jiao after he was injured."

Principal Zeng nodded. He did know this, otherwise he would not have thought that her behavior was childish and inappropriate.

"Then do you know the chemistry scores of the two classes I taught this time?"

This again made Principal Zeng stunned, because this was just a test at the end of the month, not a major exam, and he didn't teach any classes, so he really didn't know exactly what it was.

"If you knew, you wouldn't say that." Lin Qiao didn't mean to be humble, and now was not the time to be humble. "Because of my little experiments that were useless to learning, the average score of Class 3 of Grade 11 has risen.

The next person closed the gap by 2.1 points, and the fourth class closed the gap by 4.3 points. "

Principal Zeng really didn't expect this. Even if Lao Jiao was still there, it would be difficult to improve the score so much at once.

"That's why I said they were slandering me." Lin Qiao protested, "I came up with these experiments to motivate students to study hard."

In fact, she was just a substitute teacher, and it was fine as long as she did not do anything wrong. Even if the grades of the two classes dropped a little, no one would blame her, especially Class 4. After all, she took over halfway through the term, and she was old enough, so it was good enough if she could prevent the two classes from completely collapsing.

But she didn't, and because of that, Team Leader Gao and Vice Principal Qi always admired her.

If Principal Zeng was twenty years younger, or had not experienced those ten years, he would also admire young people like this, but...

He raised his hand and pressed down, "Don't get excited. I just asked you to come here to understand the situation. I don't mean to criticize you."

Lin Qiao was not excited, but just tried her best to take the initiative. However, this time the other party did not give her a chance to speak, and then said: "But you did apply for this small auditorium, and you also used the chalk for teaching to make the chalk bomb, right?"

Lin Qiao couldn't deny this.

Principal Zeng sighed and said, "It's a good thing that young people want to let students learn more, but you also have to consider other aspects. Apart from other things, the funding alone, using so much chalk and reagents can easily be used for tampering, not to mention that I heard that your experiment is not very safe."

He came from that era, when even the smallest matter could be magnified infinitely and become a mistake, so he naturally hoped that young people would be more cautious in doing things.

"Since someone has reported this to me, it proves that the comrades have already expressed their opinions. You should be more careful in the future."

What he meant was that it was still not recommended for her to lead the students in doing experiments. Lin Qiao was about to say something else when she heard some chaotic footsteps outside, as if something had happened.

Principal Zeng went out to take a look and saw several students from the junior high school running towards the infirmary.

"Isn't it said to be very simple? So many freshmen did it and nothing happened, but why did our teacher Zheng's culture dish explode when he did it?"

"Speak softly, or someone might hear you."

"I heard it. She cut herself by doing this and still can't catch up with the students. I want to see how she did it..."

Several students were obviously going to get the first aid kit, but Teacher Zheng was too incompetent, especially at this time.

Lin Qiao's heart sank at that moment. Sure enough, Principal Zeng looked at her and said, "I told you that this experiment is very dangerous. If you are sure that nothing will go wrong, then do it yourself. As for the students, just let them take a look. You haven't taken any experimental classes either, but you still learned well, right?"

It's not that she has never taken lab classes before. She fell in love with chemistry because of these labs.

Lin Qiao wanted to refute, but since the other party had already said this, there was no point in her saying anything more. She could only nod and return to the office.

As soon as Team Leader Gao saw her expression, he knew something was wrong. "What happened?"

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid your two classes can't do the experiments." Lin Qiao told him about the matter, "I don't know who targeted me and implicated your class."

When Team Leader Gao heard this, his eyebrows furrowed. "Who is so wicked that he can't stand seeing others doing well?"

Seeing that Lin Qiao was sitting there without saying anything, more calm than usual, he comforted her, "It's okay. This has nothing to do with you."

"I know." Lin Qiao certainly wouldn't blame herself for this, she was just a little angry.

We are all teachers, so we should all hope for the best for our students. If there is competition, then we should compete openly. What's the point of playing these games?

Besides, who is directly competing with her except Team Leader Gao? Team Leader Gao didn't say anything, so what is the other party relying on?

When this incident happened, Class 1 and Class 2 of Grade 1 were indeed very disappointed. Although Team Leader Gao demonstrated the experimental process in class, how could that compare to doing it by hand?

Soon, classes three and four also found out. When Lin Qiao entered class four's classroom, she saw that the cabbages that were growing vigorously below had all wilted. She paused and put the dried chalk on the desk, "What? You don't want your own experimental results anymore, so I'll smash them for fun."

"Who said they don't want it anymore?" There was an immediate response from below, but the spirits were not very high.

"Then I'll call out the names, and the groups should come up and take them. You must finish throwing them on the spot, and you can't leave them until after class."

"Oh." The students were still not very interested. Junzi, who was more familiar with Lin Qiao, asked directly, "Teacher Lin, are you really not going to let students do experiments by hand in the future?"

They couldn't do it before, but they had never done it before and didn't think it was a big deal. But after following Lin Qiao to do it twice, they knew that doing experiments was such an interesting thing. They were always unwilling to go to class as boringly as before.

When Lin Qiao raised her eyes, she met a pair of eyes that were full of disappointment yet also hinted at expectation, and her heart suddenly felt a little sour.

She traveled through the information explosion of that time. Children had been exposed to various interesting experiments since childhood, but by the time they entered middle school, they had lost their curiosity about these things. However, for various reasons, these children in front of her were always in a state of lack of knowledge. It was enough for them to be happy to inject a drop of water into their dried-up sponges.

Lin Qiao didn't notice that her voice had become very gentle. "Who said you can't do experiments in the future?"

The soldier glanced at Qi Huaiwen subconsciously, "Didn't the principal find you and ask you not to lead us to do it?"

Qi Huaiwen didn't say anything, but his peach blossom eyes looked over. It seemed that this guy had heard the news and was helping everyone to find out the information.

"The school is afraid that you will be in danger." Lin Qiao did not tell the children about the dirty things done by adults. "Besides, if you can't do it in school, you can still do it at home. We can also do a lot of small experiments at home. If it really doesn't work, the teacher will pay for it out of his own pocket and let you do the experiment."

Looking at those eyes that were lit up like lanterns, she raised her eyebrows and said, "The teacher can still do this, but you have to show me your grades, too."

After the class, Lin Qiao went to find Vice Principal Qi and asked, "Is our school's funding really not enough for students to do experiments?"

She saw that the school's teaching buildings were newly built, and the desks and chairs were not old. Compared with the rural middle school where she originally attended, it did not seem like the school was short of money.

Vice President Qi did not hide the truth from her, "It's okay to do some small experiments occasionally, but it's not enough to build a laboratory. This still requires funding from the state."

Seeing that Lin Qiao didn't say anything, he said in a gentle voice, "Compared to a few years ago, it's much better now. Don't worry, take it step by step."

Teachers who survived those ten years were all patient. For Vice President Yu Qi, students who listened attentively and teachers who taught peacefully were more important than anything else. "Don't worry, the country needs talents, and will definitely attach importance to the training of students and increase investment in education."

Lin Qiao nodded, returned home in the evening, and went upstairs to write materials as soon as he finished his meal.

The other party can report it, so why can't she?

She wanted to write a letter to the Ministry of Education, explaining the importance of hands-on practice in promoting knowledge learning and requesting middle schools to set up laboratories.

She didn't even have to put in any effort. She could write a long and logical article starting from herself and her students.

Lin Qiao wrote so much that her neck became sore, and then she realized that she was empathizing with those students.

Although she had been acting normal for so long after traveling through time, she always remembered in her heart that this was a book. This was the first time she felt such empathy.

yes……

Every person here is so vivid, with his or her own joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness, and his or her own desires. Even those who are far away from the plot in the book, how can it be just a book?

While she was in a daze, a big hand landed on the back of her neck and pinched it for her.

The man didn't say anything, and his force wasn't strong enough, but Lin Qiao still came back to her senses in an instant, turned around and asked, "Where should I mail the letter to the Ministry of Education?"

Ji Duo had already noticed that Lin Qiao was not right today. Her eyes were still bright, but she was absent-minded from time to time, and it was obvious that something was wrong. She came up to write after dinner, so he did not disturb her. When he saw her stop to rub her neck, he reached out to help her.

Rather than asking her what happened, Lin Qiao obviously wanted a solution to the problem. Ji Duo said concisely, "Give it to me and I'll mail it for you."

This is why Lin Qiao feels that he is reliable. He rarely asks about those minor details and always gives the most intuitive solutions.

"Then wait for me to moisturize it." Lin Qiao was relieved. She felt that his palm was a little hot. It would be better not to pinch it twice. She pulled his big hand down and said, "Can you

Even if you haven't written any materials for this position, you must have seen it before, right? Please help me find out what needs to be changed later."

When it comes to being both red and expert, how can she, a time traveler from the 21st century, be comparable to him, a native soldier?

Ji Duo didn't leave. He put his hand on the back of her chair and glanced at the contents as she flipped through the pages.

If a man and a woman have not broken through the last level of the relationship, it can actually be seen from their bodies. At least if someone else did this, Lin Qiao would think that the other person was deliberately flirting with her, but when Ji Duo did it, she thought it was just normal, and even pointed out the places she was unsure of to the man.

Lin Qiao was not really good at writing about materials from this era, so Ji Duo mentioned two things and simply pulled a chair over and sat next to her to help her write.

It is said that a person's handwriting reflects his character. The man's handwriting is majestic, and rather than being upright and strict, it reveals a bit of ruggedness in the twists and turns, which is not consistent with his cold appearance.

However, Lin Qiao had seen a lot of people who did not match his appearance in the past two days, so he quickly skipped over the other person's handwriting and paid attention to the content of what he wrote.

Lin Qiao started from his own experience, moving readers with his emotions, and his words resonated with readers. Ji Duo started from a macro perspective, raising his thoughts to a higher level in just a few sentences, but he stopped writing halfway through, "Let's just use your original copy."

Lin Qiao was stunned. The man had already put the cap on the pen. "For those in a high position, simple emotions can move people more than profound thoughts."

Lin Qiao didn't know how he came to this conclusion, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed to be the case.

"Then I won't change it." Lin Qiao copied the letter again and was about to put it in the envelope. Ji Duo said, "Make another copy and send it to the leader's mailbox."

Today, this leader attaches great importance to cultivating talents. It was he who facilitated the restoration of the college entrance examination. Writing to the Ministry of Education may not be as useful as writing to him.

Lin Qiao quickly copied another copy and handed it to the man. She rubbed her wrist which was a little uncomfortable and asked curiously, "Aren't you going to ask me what happened?"

"I can guess some of it." Ji Duo put away the letter and tore up the other papers with written contents.

This habit is extremely cautious and is usually developed by people who work in confidentiality jobs.

This man is a man of few words. Others would talk more after drinking, but he was even more taciturn and always maintained a cautious restraint.

No one knew what had caused him to develop these habits. Lin Qiao didn't ask much and simply told him what happened at school.

"Your principal is afraid of being criticized." The man commented, "Some things can only be understood by those who have experienced them."

That's true. Lin Qiao is not Principal Zeng. I wonder how he felt when he was asked again and again whether he realized his mistake while feeding pigs on the farm. In a time with no end in sight, some people are brave and return full of enthusiasm, but some people are also allowed to be cowardly.

The next morning, Ji Duo went to the military camp with the two letters from Lin Qiao.

Before reaching the office, I saw a figure leaning against the door from a distance, with his hat on his index finger spinning boredly. Who else could it be but Ji Ze?

Ji Duo had long been accustomed to his laxity and was too lazy to talk to him, "What's the matter?"

"Uncle, you're here?" Ji Ze quickly grabbed his hat, stood at attention and saluted, "Hello, Captain Ji!"

Seeing that he didn't tell him his purpose directly, Ji Duo simply opened the door and went in, picked up the phone and made a phone call first, "Ask for the address of the Ministry of Education and the leaders' public mailbox... Yes, I have two letters to send... No need to make special arrangements... OK, I'll write it down..."

Ji Duo quickly wrote down two addresses. As he spoke, the two letters were lying on his desk.

Ji Ze looked at them curiously, and when he put down the phone, he asked, "Who wrote these two letters? Their handwriting doesn't look like yours."

"Your aunt wrote it." Ji Duo filled in the address neatly, took out two stamps from the drawer and pasted them on.

When he heard that it was Lin Qiao, Ji Ze immediately showed some discomfort on his face, "Then she is quite good, and her handwriting is also good."

Ji Duo heard it and stopped to look at him. "She is not some ignorant country girl. She graduated from high school and is currently a chemistry teacher in a children's school. She has the right and qualifications to make suggestions to the higher-ups on the problems she sees."

These words made Ji Ze feel even more uncomfortable. He really didn't understand Lin Qiao. She was unwilling before, and now she was avoiding it.

Everything that needed to be said had been said last time, and Ji Duo didn't want to lecture his nephew every time they met, so he asked him again the purpose of his visit.

This time, Ji Ze didn't waste any more words. "Isn't grandma's 60th birthday in two weeks? I want to ask you what you are going to give her. I don't want to give you something too heavy."

"Didn't your grandma forbid us to send gifts?" Ji Duo raised his eyes and glanced at his nephew.

The Ji family has always been low-key, and Xu Li is not one who likes to show off. No matter whether it is the grandfather's or her birthday, the whole family gets together for a meal.

Ji Ze also knew, "It's not a valuable thing, and it's not something I bought. If you don't want to give it to me, I will just give it to you casually."

Without waiting for Ji Duo to ask more, he stood up from his chair in the office and said, "Uncle, you are busy. I will go back first."

Ji Duo frowned and said nothing more, "Go out and close the door."

But his nephew's visit also reminded him. When he got home at noon, he talked to Lin Qiao about it and said, "You should get off work early next Friday. It's Mom's birthday."

"Mom's birthday is the week after next?" Lin Qiao had no idea about this. "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Mom can't say no, let's just go back and have a meal."

"My mother can't get over it, so you really won't let her have it?" Lin Qiao thought this was just some straight man's talk. "If you give her more gifts, will my mother still be angry?"

Old Master Ji was not good at giving gifts to others, and no one had ever told Ji Duo that he should give gifts. He frowned slightly and simply sat down to discuss this with Lin Qiao, "What do you think we should give?"

It seemed that he really didn't understand, not that he didn't want to send it. Lin Qiao went to the refrigerator to get an ice cream. Just as she was about to tear the packaging, the man looked at her and said, "The doctor told you to eat less cold food."

Perhaps because he was used to giving orders, when he spoke he usually spoke in a tone of explaining things.

Lin Qiao had been controlled by him too much recently. After a scolding, she put the ice cream back and said, "You can decide what to give me. I have something to give you anyway."

In ten days, the handmade soap she made should be ready. She would make the liquid soap in the evening so that it could be used on Xu Li's birthday. On Xu Li's birthday, Lin Qiao asked for leave two classes in the afternoon. When she returned to the old house, Ji Jun's family was already there, except for Ji Ze. Xu Li was wearing a festive red short-sleeved shirt.

The things must have been bought by Ye Minshu. Ye Minshu was eagerly praising them for being beautiful, but she obviously didn't have the high spirits that she had when Ji Jun got promoted last time. She didn't look very energetic.

Ji Jun sat aside and talked with his old man, his expression was gentle and his face was full of smiles.

Seeing Lin Qiao and Ji Duo coming back, Xu Li immediately smiled and said, "Xiao Yan sent you a package. I put it in your room. Don't forget it when you leave."

If Xu Li hadn't mentioned it, Lin Qiao would have forgotten the good stuff Ji Yan said she would mail to her.

Lin Qiao said "hmm" and presented the gift she had prepared, "Happy birthday, Mom. This is a little thing I made myself. Try it. It's better than the ones you buy."

There were six handmade soaps wrapped in wax paper in a row, and a large bottle of liquid soap.

"You made all this yourself?" Xu Li was very surprised and felt it was new. But when she saw the liquid soap, she was a little confused. "What is this?"

"Liquid soap." Lin Qiao said.

Seeing that Xu Li was still a little confused, and even Ye Minshu showed doubt in her eyes, she suddenly reacted.

There wouldn't be any liquid soap at this time, would there?