Chapter 37 Telegram

"Why can't Teacher Lin teach us next semester?" Junzi retorted subconsciously.

The boy was a relatively honest person in the class, so he immediately backed off when he heard what he said, "Maybe I was wrong."

However, the cheerful atmosphere had cooled down, and everyone remembered that Lin Qiao was just a substitute teacher for them, and the one who really taught them chemistry was Teacher Jiao.

The end of the semester is summer vacation, and by the time school starts in the fall, Teacher Jiao’s leg will probably be almost healed.

Actually, Lin Qiao had not been teaching them for a long time, less than two months in total, but everyone felt empty when they suddenly knew that she might be leaving.

What Lin Qiao brought to them was another possibility, a possibility that turned boring learning into something interesting and made people want to explore it.

Rather than teaching, she always guides them. They often don’t even notice the passage of time before a class is over.

Moreover, Lin Qiao is their acting class teacher. Compared with Class 3, they are closer to Lin Qiao, especially after Lin Qiao insisted on helping Li Xiaoqiu clear his suspicion last time.

"I don't know who Teacher Lin will teach next semester." The next semester hasn't started yet, but Junzi is already feeling jealous.

Qi Huaiwen didn't say anything either. His face was cold. He turned the pen in his hand once, and then again. Soon it fell on the table.

"Then can I have my copy of 'Girl's Heart' back?" the boy in the seat in front of him tried to liven up the atmosphere.

Unfortunately it didn't have much effect. After the boy finished speaking he laughed several times, but no one around him laughed. They all looked a little depressed.

They didn't really want Lin Qiao to leave, but they knew in their hearts that Teacher Jiao was their homeroom teacher. They couldn't just hope that Teacher Jiao would leave because they couldn't bear to let Lin Qiao go, right?

It was really sad. Someone poked the homework book with a pen and said, "Teacher Lin is leaving soon. What are we still learning?"

"Why not? Teacher Lin has prepared all the materials." Junzi quickly recovered his spirits and rolled up his non-existent sleeves. "I wanted to keep some tricks in reserve, but now I can only let you see my true strength."

Everyone wanted to scold him again, but then they thought, if they didn't let Teacher Lin see it, they would never be able to see it again in the future.

"Study, study." The two boys in the seat in front of him turned around, "I haven't finished memorizing those chemical formulas just now."

Originally, when it comes to motivating students, it's a matter of trying hard at first, then fading, and finally running out of steam. Lin Qiao's last effort was so effective because the time was short, but this time the battle dragged on too long, and some students were already losing interest in studying, so she brought up the final exam reward again.

Unexpectedly, the reward only made everyone excited for a while. What really made the students work hard to get good grades was her impending departure.

When the soldier returned home in the evening, his schoolbag contained not only his copied notes, but also a collection of wrong answers from previous homework and exams compiled by Li Xiaoqiu.

Fearing that he would lose concentration again, he wrote on a piece of paper: "I must pass this time!" He also posted a note on the wall and door in front of his desk.

He even ran to find Brigadier General Liang and said, "Dad, keep an eye on me for a while. If I fall asleep before 9:30, you can beat me with a belt."

Brigade Commander Liang was even more sleepy than him. He was already leaning against the bed, snoring with the ceiling fan on. He didn't react for a long time after hearing what he said.

Brigade Commander Liang's wife reacted, "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"You don't understand." Junzi said in a deep voice, "I must pass the exam this time. If I don't, I will die."

After saying that, he turned around and went back to his room. Liang's wife looked confused and asked, "What do you mean by 'die if you don't succeed'?"

Brigade Commander Liang was still dozing off. "If you don't succeed, you'll die..."

"What? He's going to die!" Brigade Commander Liang's wife suddenly jumped up from the bed and rushed to her son's room.

Brigade Commander Liang was finally startled by her and said, "It was just an analogy. What are you so excited about?"

The next day, Vice Principal Qi had an evening study session. As usual, he walked around the corridor to check on the study situation of the entire grade. Unexpectedly, the class with the most people was Class 4.

This used to be a troublesome class. There would always be one or two rows of seats empty, just to give face to the self-study teacher.

He couldn't help but count them again, and it was still the largest number in the whole grade. He looked in through the back door and saw a few troublemakers in the back row also scratching their heads and studying chemistry.

Xiao Gao was in danger this time. He smiled and shook his head, then turned back to the class he was looking at.

On the day of the exam, Lin Qiao arrived at the classroom early and reminded the students to check their stationery and prepare for this last exam.

"You have reviewed what you need to review, so relax. If you really can't relax, just think that summer vacation is coming soon, and I won't be behind you waving a whip to urge you to study anymore."

She always spoke in a humorous way, and the students couldn't help laughing, but after laughing they all became silent.

"Okay, don't be stressed." Lin Qiao clapped his hands. "I've prepared all the materials. If you really don't do well in the exam, I won't refund my money."

This made the students laugh again, and after they finished laughing, they cheered up and said, "I'm sure we'll do well on the exam this time!"

The whole class shouted, especially the troublemakers in the back row of the military, who shouted louder than anyone else. The sound reached the corridor, and the lady from Class 5 next door just walked out of the classroom, but couldn't help but pull her feet back, "What are you doing? Going to the exam room or going to the battlefield?"

After the exam, the entire campus was completely empty, with only the teachers still grading papers in the office in the summer heat.

Lin Qiao went to buy a large bag of ice cream and popsicles. "Everyone, have some to cool down. We'll review them later. Anyway, no one is rushing us to produce results this time."

When she said this, Team Leader Gao remembered that after the last month-end test, the third and fourth shifts took turns to find excuses to come and inquire about the news. He smiled and took one, "Then I won't be polite with you."

"Don't be polite to me." Lin Qiao smiled and handed it to someone else, "Maybe you won't have a chance next time."

This made everyone look at her more, especially Team Leader Gao, who turned to ask Vice Principal Qi, who was grading papers nearby: "She's leaving now?"

"Not sure yet." Vice Principal Qi was also unsure, "But with Xiaolin's level, he can be taught well anywhere, so there's no need to worry."

"That's true," Team Leader Gao smacked his lips while biting his popsicle, "I'm afraid she'll surpass me this time."

At this moment, another physics teacher next to him suddenly exclaimed, "Which class is this from? He got all the physics answers correct." He hurriedly tried to peel off the sealed paper.

"Are they all correct?" Vice Principal Qi did not eat his popsicle and was still reviewing the papers, but he could no longer pay attention after hearing what he said.

The teachers of other subjects also looked over, and soon a corner of the name on the top of the paper was revealed, "Qiu... Xiaoqiu... Is it Li Xiaoqiu from your class, Xiaolin?"

Lin Qiao really didn't know. She came over to take a look and said, "It looks like her handwriting."

"That's really good! How long has it been since someone in our school got a perfect score in physics?" The physics teacher clicked his tongue and asked Vice Principal Qi.

"The last one was Wu Haiyang." Vice President Qi obviously remembered all this very clearly.

"You taught me all of this." The physics teacher sighed, then remembered something and asked Lin Qiao, "I remember Li Xiaoqiu was also good at chemistry."

"She is good at science, but not so good at Chinese and English."

The chemistry papers had just been graded and were about to be combined. Team leader Gao took it directly, biting the popsicle and began to unwrap it, "Let's take a look at hers first."

Soon Li Xiaoqiu's paper was drawn out, with a score of 94.

It may not seem high, but the average score of each class is only over 60, and there are only a few students in a class who can score over 90.

Vice Principal Qi couldn't help but say: "He scored 194 in two subjects. He is a good candidate for science."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Lin Qiao thought of Qi Huaiwen. Just as she was about to look through the papers, Team Leader Gao had already found them. He calculated the entire paper and got 87. "The chemistry student in your class has made great progress. I remember he just passed the midterm exam, and his score last time was less than 80."

The progress of Class 4 in chemistry was not just fast, it was simply terrifying. Because this time Class 3 did not surpass Class 1 led by Team Leader Gao, but Class 4 surpassed Class 3.

This is the class with the lowest grades in the entire grade. Even Lin Qiao himself joked, "After all, our class has a lot of room for improvement."

Even though they only exceeded the score by a little, when the results were released, even Class 4 themselves couldn't believe it. After a moment of shock, they remembered to cheer. After cheering, they ran to thank Li Xiaoqiu, "You are still amazing. You guessed the last big question correctly!" Then they collectively rushed over to thank Lin Qiao.

Lin Qiao was caught off guard and was hugged by a brave girl, and then another one. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Let me tell you what I need to bring tomorrow, and come back tomorrow to do the experiment."

She prepared the materials, but they had to bring the basins from home.

The students started to make a noise when they saw someone hugging Lin Qiao. Then another person went up to hug her and then sat back in their seats to listen to her carefully.

But Lin Qiao didn't expect that as soon as she arrived at school the next day, she would receive a wad of change from Li Xiaoqiu.

The soldier came with her, and two other boys in the class helped her carry the materials. Several boys put down their things and fanned themselves by grabbing their clothes. Li Xiaoqiu was pushed out, "Um, Teacher Lin... We can't let you take the money for the experiment."

The girl blushed as she spoke, but her eyes sparkled. “This is what our two classes put together. I don’t know if it’s enough.”

It was really a thick stack, because it was all banknotes, some of which were wrinkled, but they were carefully sorted together. It was the heavy gifts from more than one hundred people from two classes.

Lin Qiao once again felt the sour and swollen feeling. Looking at the young and tender faces below, he was speechless.

"Teacher, please don't refuse." The more talkative representative of the chemistry class of Class 3 immediately smiled and said, "We didn't keep a record when we collected the money, so no one knows how much anyone paid."

This was really shameless. Lin Qiao took the money, but the words of refusal were stuck on his lips.

It was also at this moment that she noticed the high school sophomores taking graduation photos on the playground, and she suddenly thought, "Wait for me."

Soon she came back, "The teacher won't accept the money. But the teacher and the photographer have already agreed to use it to take a group photo of our two classes."

At the end of the morning, the students took their handmade soaps home with them. The remaining steps were simple, and Lin Qiao asked them to do it themselves at home.

Seeing what the soldiers brought back, Liang's wife turned it over and over in disbelief, "Is this how soap is made?"

Junzi was afraid that she might spoil it, so he rushed over and said, "Of course, our teacher Lin knows everything." Then he held her in his arms and touched her like a treasure, "This box contains four pieces. When they are finished, I will give one to Teacher Lin and write my name on it."

"Does your teacher need this piece of soap from you?" Brigade Commander Liang's wife was speechless.

Junzi was in a rare low mood. "Teacher Lin will not teach us next semester. I'm afraid she will forget about me."

"What? Xiaolin won't teach you next semester?" Brigade Commander Liang's wife reacted even more than Brigade Commander Liang, "Why won't she teach you?"

Hearing this, Brigadier General Liang couldn't help but lick his teeth, "Xiao Lin was originally a substitute teacher for them. Besides, don't you dislike her?"

"Who said I don't like her anymore?" Brigade Commander Liang's wife stammered, "I just didn't know her well. Didn't I think she didn't know how to make a living? Who knew she was so busy?"

If you don’t cook when you don’t have a job, you’re just not living. If you don’t cook when you’re done with work, it’s because you’re busy…

Brigade Commander Liang really didn't want to say anything about his lover, but he felt a little sorry that Lin Qiao no longer taught Junzi. After all, Junzi's grades were getting better day by day. He passed the chemistry final exam this time. Although his other subjects didn't improve much, they were better than before.

The students had to wait until they returned to school to get the photos, but Lin Qiao got them as soon as they were developed, two photos in total.

Because there were too many people and one photo couldn't fit them all, she took photos with both classes separately and placed them on the table.

Ji Duo

When I got home and saw him, he looked at me with his hands behind his back, "Have the students graduated?"

This man has been leaving home early and coming back late lately. Sometimes he is not even at home on Sundays. I don’t know if he is busy with the army or his own business. He is tanned and speaks like a leader inspecting him. Once, he was so busy that he forgot to call her: "Xiao Cui, pour me a glass of water."

Lin Qiao poured it for him. He took it and drank it without even looking up. After finishing it, he continued to work.

When she was about to go to bed at night, she calmly asked him, "When did I change my last name to Cui?" The man was stunned for two seconds and said, "Xiao Cui is my orderly."

He was one of the first to come back today, so Lin Qiao asked, "Your friend's first batch of liquid soap should be ready for sale, right?"

How could Ji Duo know this? He couldn't chase his nephew every day to ask him, so he pointed at the class on the photo and asked, "Grade 14, Grade 13?"

It looked like he didn't want to say more, so Lin Qiao didn't ask any more questions. After all, he probably wouldn't deny his share, and he still had some tricks up his sleeve.

She smiled and said, "It's not the students who are graduating, it's me who is graduating." Thinking that Xu Li is also a teacher, she asked, "You should have a lot of these photos at home, right?"

"Well, there are about ten of them." Ji Duo was obviously not busy today. After sitting down, he did not rush to flip through books or documents.

Lin Qiao turned around and sat on the desk. "I remember that our mother was born in 1921. There weren't many women studying at that time, right?"

In fact, she has always been curious. Many people of Xu Li's age in the village still have bound feet, not to mention learning to read. However, Xu Li can teach in a middle school, which shows that she has a high level of education.

But she was sitting sideways, and her long legs had nowhere to rest under her skirt, so they were just half-hooked up in her slippers. Because she was wearing a bra underneath, it still showed off her slender curves.

Ji Duo didn't say anything, but reached out to help her pull the hem of her skirt, pulling it until it covered her knees.

He was not arrogant, and Lin Qiao didn't notice it. After all, this bra was ordered by Xu Li for her before the wedding, and the hem was not short. And they were not outside, he was afraid of being seen by others, and there were only the two of them at home, because only female mosquitoes sucked blood, and there was probably no male mosquito.

The weather was hot, so Lin Qiao subconsciously dodged and heard Ji Duo say, "The first girls' school in my mother's hometown was founded by my mother's family."

This was something she had not expected. “Was our mother so powerful in the past?”

"It was OK. He was well-known in the local area. Later, he donated all his property and devoted himself to the revolution."

But when they got married, no one from Xu Li's family came, and Xu Li never mentioned it. And since Xu Li's family background was so good, why did she marry the old man? After all, no matter how outstanding the old man was, he was a second marriage, nearly ten years older than her, and he had a son.

Ji Duo seemed to know what she was thinking, "When my father met my mother, there was no one left at my mother's house. She was the only one left with the students from the girls' school to help take care of the injured."

In that era, few people were really normal. I didn't expect Xu Li to be so approachable and not even have a temper, and she actually came from the best family.

Moreover, she, who came from the best family, didn't care much about her family background, but Ye Minshu, who came from a poor family background, almost regarded this as the only standard for measuring people. Once they successfully crossed the class, they would defend the class more than the people in the class itself. In the final analysis, they still lacked confidence.

Lin Qiao felt a little emotional, then she lowered her head and found that the man had pulled her skirt down again.

This time she was completely speechless. She kicked Ji Duo's calf with her foot and said, "Why don't you think my clothes are too short when I sleep at night?"

Ji Duo just frowned, "How long do you want to wear it to sleep?"

After spending a long time together, Lin Qiao discovered that although this man seemed taciturn, sometimes he would say something that could really make people feel choked.

And how long do you want to wear it when you sleep...Are you sure this is not driving?

Lin Qiao simply turned around and put her bare feet on the man's knees. "Go ahead and pull him. This time you're closer."

This time he pulled her closer, but her knees were bent, and under the falling skirt, even her beautiful knees were vaguely visible. Not to mention that this time, her slender calves were only inches away from the man, and he could see her white hair on her dark green military pants as long as he lowered his eyes.

Ji Duo tilted his head and leaned back in his chair, "Are you sure?"

"You're so arrogant." Lin Qiao lifted up one side of her skirt.

The old cadre is obviously not a serious person, but he pretends to be serious in front of her. He even makes fun of her when she wears a skirt at home.

Lin Qiao wanted to see how long he could hold out, so she deliberately stepped on the man's knee.

After this step, Ji Duo's hand moved, but it was not towards the hem of her skirt.

Lin Qiao felt the heat on his ankle, but before he could react, his body lost weight and he was pulled off the table.

She was startled and subconsciously reached for the edge of the table, but was caught in the arms that were opened leisurely.

Ji Duo was still leaning back in the chair, as if she was actively throwing herself into his arms. He raised his hands and pulled and pressed her skirt. The next second, Bragi's fluffy skirt was already entangled on her.

This strength, this precise control, does the country know that he has put the results of his training into this?

Moreover, the posture of the ring under the hips inexplicably reminded Lin Qiao of holding a child.

She put her hands on the man's shoulders and couldn't help but move. She was immediately patted on the leg by him, "Behave yourself."

The voice was deep, but also inexplicably seductive. The man tilted his chin and glanced at her coldly, even with a tone of command.

This is very life-threatening, and military uniforms really make people think of many things.

At least if it were Lin Qiao's friend who loves to read novels, he would be able to immediately come up with a 100,000-word pornographic novel in his mind, with all the combat gloves, hand shackles, hanging things up, cough cough...

Lin Qiao didn't move, but she asked seriously: "How about you don't take it off next time you go to bed? I don't think you have too many clothes."

Almost at the moment when he finished speaking, the arm around her tightened, and the man obviously understood.

Just at this moment, someone in the yard downstairs suddenly shouted: "Comrade Lin Qiao, there is a telegram for you!"

"My telegram?" This time Lin Qiao didn't care about the military uniform.

She has almost no relatives in this world, so the Ji family didn't need to send a telegram to find her, so it could only be Liu Yulan.

If it wasn't urgent, Liu Yulan could have written to her. Lin Qiao jumped up and took out a handbag from the drawer, "Wait a minute!" and ran downstairs.

Ji Duo soon followed and just saw Lin Qiao finish stamping the letter, take the telegram, and then his expression changed.

"What's wrong?" he asked in a deep voice.

"My cousin is missing." Lin Qiao frowned and handed him the telegram. There were only four words on it - "Lin Wei is missing."

This is so confusing that Lin Qiao has no idea what's going on. But since Liu Yulan specifically sent a telegram to tell her, it's most likely true and it's urgent.

Ji Duo immediately folded up the telegram paper and said, "Come with me." He then asked, "Do you know the phone number of your hometown?"

It's already afternoon, and the telegram won't arrive until tomorrow. And the payment for telegrams is based on the number of words, which is not clear at all.

However, there was only one telephone in the village in his hometown, in the village party office, which was usually used for important notifications, and the villagers had no access to it. Moreover, this telegram was sent by Liu Yulan, so if he wanted to ask, he had to ask Liu Yulan, and Lin Qiao had never even been to the village where Liu Yulan was.

"Then I'll find someone to help you check it out." The couple went out and headed towards the military camp.

Brigade Commander Liang's wife came back from buying groceries and ran into them. "What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Go make a phone call." Ji Duo nodded at her and was about to leave when she stopped him again, "I have a phone at home, why are you going out to make a call?"

Ji Duo was not prepared to bother her because he didn't know how many numbers he had to call to look up the number, so it would be more convenient to go to his own office. But Liang's wife put down the basket as soon as she entered the yard, "Soldier, call your teacher Lin for you!" After shouting, she asked them, "Who do you two want to call?"

It was no longer possible to refuse, so Ji Duo took the phone and quickly dialed a number.

With the address and the exact village name, it is not particularly difficult to find the phone number, it just takes some time.

Lin Qiao didn't waste any more time. After confirming with the village party secretary that he had dialed the right number, he said directly: "Please help me find Comrade Liu Yulan."

More than ten minutes later, Liu Yulan's voice finally came back hesitantly on the other end of the phone, "Hello."

"Mom, I'm Lin Qiao." Lin Qiao introduced herself first, then went straight to the point, "I just received your telegram. Is there something wrong at home?"

In this day and age, it is still possible to send anonymous letters. Although others probably don't know her address, Lin Qiao still asked cautiously.

As expected, the telegram was sent by Liu Yulan. "Dawei is missing. He has been missing for two or three days. Didn't he come to look for you?"

"Did he say he would come to Yandu to find me?" Lin Qiao didn't remember giving Lin Wei the address.

Liu Yulan was stunned and became even more panicked. "Didn't you give him the address? Then where did he go?"

"Mom, don't panic." Lin Qiao had to stay calm at this time.

Please tell me first, who told you this news? "

"Your uncle and your aunt came to see me last night and said that Dawei was missing. They must have gone to look for you and asked me for your address."

"Did you give it to me?"

"No, I went to ask around first and heard that David was indeed missing, so I sent you the telegram."

That’s good. Liu Yulan has a gentle personality, but fortunately she’s not stupid.

Lin Qiao thought for a moment, comforted Liu Yulan, and then handed the phone to Ji Duo, "Please help me call Shahe Village and tell them that they are investigating Lin Wei's disappearance."

She always has to figure out the situation before deciding what to do next.