Chapter 51 Panic

"Someone reported that our school was behind the scenes and gave the opportunity to give a public lecture to Xiaolin?"

In the school's small conference room, Team Leader Gao, who was called to the meeting temporarily, was speechless. "Is this guy full? He's jealous even when he's giving a public class."

This morning, Principal Zeng received a call and went to the Municipal Education Bureau. When he came back, he called all the chemistry teachers to a meeting. He thought there were some instructions from above regarding chemistry teaching, but he didn't expect that someone had reported it.

Teacher Yang from the junior high school chemistry department didn't think this was just jealousy. "This opportunity to give an open class should have an impact on the evaluation of outstanding teachers."

In the previous ten years, the salary assessment was stopped nationwide, but it has been gradually resumed in the past two years, and the salary has started to increase. If you can be rated as an excellent teacher, it will not only look good on your file, but also be beneficial for future salary increases. It's no wonder that someone would target Lin Qiao.

Moreover, she had known Lin Qiao in junior high school before, so she knew more. She couldn't help but glance at Teacher Zheng Huifang beside her.

Lin Qiao also glanced at Zheng Huifang. After all, among all the people present, the only one who had a conflict with her was Zheng Huifang. Of course, others could not be completely ruled out as a possibility.

Zheng Huifang didn't show any expression, but when she saw Lin Qiao looking at her, she said unhappily, "Why are you looking at me, Teacher Xiaolin? Do you think I wrote it?"

Lin Qiao didn't say anything, but Team Leader Gao couldn't help but ask Principal Zeng, "Is it anonymous or with real name?"

"Real name." said Principal Zeng.

This was a bit surprising. Reporting such a thing would obviously offend people. Who was so fierce? Wasn't he trying to make an enemy of Lin Qiao?

Principal Zeng said: "The report letter was signed jointly. Except for Lin Qiao, every chemistry teacher signed it."

This surprised everyone even more. My signature is also on it? "Team Leader Gao pointed at himself, "But I didn't sign it at all."

Except for Lin Qiao, all the chemistry teachers present said that they had not signed. However, on the report letter that Principal Zeng saw at the Education Bureau, everyone's signature was indeed there. Moreover, these signatures were not in the same person's handwriting. He was just familiar with a few of the signatures, and it did not look like they were written by the person themselves.

This is a bit of a malicious person. You say you are jealous, why don't you report it yourself? Why drag others into it? Why bother to forge signatures?

It is impossible to say that others are not envious of Lin Qiao for being able to give this open class.

After all, this is the first open class of the first batch of experimental trials in the country, and the leaders who come should be of high status. As long as you can teach well, the benefits will be visible.

But they also have to have the capital to compete with Lin Qiao. Who doesn't know that the country can build a laboratory and the school can become the first batch of pilot schools, all because of Lin Qiao?

"The signature must be fake." Amidst all the discussion and complaints, Lin Qiao, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke up. "Someone must be jealous of me because I'm so popular. Only someone who is nothing but wants to pull down those who are better than him can do such a nasty thing. How dare he use his real name?"

This is not like her character. Those who are familiar with her know that she is easy to get along with. She would never say such harsh words or speak in such a loud tone.

Principal Zeng and Team Leader Gao were both a little puzzled, and Teacher Yang also looked at her with a slightly strange look.

The rest of the people who were not familiar with her did not think too much about it, and thought that she was just angry and said something she did not think about. It is inevitable that young people will be hot-tempered.

Lin Qiao said such harsh words on purpose to see if anyone would be provoked by her words and attitude and reveal their true colors.

After all, she was very familiar with reporting. Last time she led students to do an experiment, someone reported it to Principal Zeng, who had a talk with her. This time, it was Principal Zeng who made the decision to let her give an open class. The other party simply bypassed the school and reported it directly to the Municipal Education Bureau.

Moreover, the other party's wording was very subtle. They did not even mention Lin Qiao's name, but only said that all the chemistry teachers were dissatisfied with the school's behind-the-scenes manipulation and jointly reported it.

The laboratory is also a key project of the Ministry of Education this year. The higher-ups must be paying attention to it. As soon as they received the report, they immediately went to talk to Principal Zeng.

She showed some disdain on her face, "This kind of villain has dirty thoughts himself, and he drags others into it. How shameless."

Unexpectedly, some people were really upset. "Teacher Xiaolin, what you said is too arrogant, right? There are so many veteran teachers here, who doesn't have more experience and ability than you? How come you are supposed to be in the position? Others are not happy with your internal appointment and jointly reported you. Do you think you have dirty thoughts?"

If this was said by an experienced and good teacher, it would be fine, but this one...

Lin Qiao smiled and said, "Teacher Zheng, what you mean is that you think you are more experienced and capable than me?"

The words were full of sarcasm, and Zheng Huifang's face immediately became even uglier. "You just rely on your own intelligence. You don't even know who sent the letter of recommendation to you. You really think you are so great. This kind of thing should have been open to selection. You are about to leave, but you still take all the good things and don't give them to those who need them more."

Lin Qiao didn't need to say anything now, because everyone else in the conference room saw it and looked at Zheng Huifang and didn't want to say anything.

It's most likely that she did it. Even if she didn't, she must have had this idea in her mind, and she didn't forget to drag other people into it while she was talking.

Principal Zeng didn't want to talk much either. He was still protecting the old staff of the school, thinking that no matter what happened, they should suppress it and not make it too ugly. After all, it's not easy for anyone. Xiao Qi proposed several times to take the military service entrance examination, but he didn't agree. As a result, they reported the matter to the Education Bureau.

He looked at Lin Qiao apologetically, "The Education Bureau means that no matter whether the letter is true or not, it is best to re-select. It must be fair and just. Otherwise, why don't you all try the class."

"I won't try it. This laboratory was originally obtained by Xiaolin." Before Lin Qiao could say anything, Team Leader Gao spoke first.

Teacher Yang had no intention of participating. "I'm busy enough teaching three classes by myself. How can I have time to prepare for an open class?"

They both expressed their opinions. Even if they had that intention before, it would be difficult for them to say it now. Besides, they didn't want to be used as a tool.

In the end, the two teachers from the first year of high school and the remaining two teachers from the middle school all said they would not participate, leaving only Zheng Huifang and Lin Qiao. This really caught Zheng Huifang off guard. She thought that Lin Qiao's words were so arrogant and there was the excellent teacher thing, so more people would stand on her side.

But there are only her and Lin Qiao left, which means the chance is 50%. She is unwilling to give up like this.

Zheng Huifang gritted her teeth and said, "I can try, but she teaches high school and I teach middle school. The difficulty is different. Isn't it unfair to compare like this?"

She even said that the different levels of difficulty are unfair, it seems that she really wants this opportunity. Does she still want Lin Qiao to go to junior high school like her?

Teacher Yang has some

Unable to bear it any longer, Team Leader Gao originally didn't want to argue with the young female comrade, and now his face was not looking good. But before they could speak, Lin Qiao said first: "If Teacher Zheng thinks it's unfair, then I will also use junior high school students to explain."

Her eyes were calm and composed as she looked at Zheng Huifang. "How about using the students from the same class? Teacher Zheng teaches half a class and I teach half a class?"

The look in her eyes was simply provocative, and Zheng Huifang agreed immediately, "Just say it, I really think I can do anything."

The students were hers, and she was familiar with the junior high school curriculum. If she made more preparations beforehand and practiced with the students a few times, how could she be inferior to Lin Qiao, a strange teacher?

"That's settled then. We'll have a trial class once the equipment arrives." Principal Zeng didn't have much to say after things had turned out this way. "Let's end the meeting here."

Back in the science office of Grade 12, Team Leader Gao was still talking about this matter, "Who is this person? He even forged our signatures."

The head teacher of Class 3 had no classes this period. She asked after hearing this, but was a little speechless after hearing it. "This little Zheng, I remember her teaching was just average."

"Her performance is more than just average. Even the top 10 in my two classes, any one of the top 20, can perform better than her."

What Team Leader Gao said was a bit exaggerated, but Zheng Huifang has been in the school for six or seven years. She only teaches chemistry to the third grade of junior high school, and she teaches it so poorly, so don't blame others for criticizing her.

Lin Qiao didn't say anything. She never said anything about this kind of thing. If she had the time, she might as well see the truth in class. The head teacher of Class 3 also knew her personality. When she heard that they would each teach for half a period, she couldn't help but laugh, "I don't know if I have class that day. If I don't have class, I'll go and take a look."

The contrast is so tragic that the students and their parents will probably report it to the school after hearing it.

Xiao Zheng must have never heard Lin Qiao’s lectures, otherwise he would never have dared to agree.

When Team Leader Gao heard this, he also laughed and crossed his long legs at the table. "Then you better get there early. I guess there will be a lot of people there that day."

Forging a signature is too disgusting. After the meeting, I don't know how many people will curse behind my back. Maybe this group of people will go there. Xiaolin's idea is still good. If she can jump, let her humiliate herself, so that there is no comparison. She really thinks Xiaolin is relying on the power of her husband's family.

When Lin Qiao returned home at noon, this incident no longer had any impact on her. However, she did not expect that there would be guests at home again today.

"Do you think it's necessary for her to do this? It happened eight hundred years ago. Is it worth it for her to do this?" It was Old Zhou's nagging voice.

Lin Qiao opened the door and walked in, greeted the other party, "Brother Zhou is here." Then the other party turned around and was stunned for a moment.

Old Zhou was obviously a political commissar. He was not only gentle and fair-skinned, but also very friendly. He smiled all day long and always had a pen in his chest pocket. But that smiling face was now full of grievance and anger. There were two long scars on his left face from the jaw to the neck.

This was a couple quarreling, and the man was forced to leave by his wife?

Lin Qiao paused, without showing any abnormality, and walked over and placed the key in his hand on the coffee table.

She was not surprised, nor did she laugh. The discomfort on Lao Zhou's face was obviously much less. He greeted her and said, "Xiao Lin is off work." Then he continued to grumble to Ji Duo, "How can I go to work if she is like this? Even if she wants to go, can't she choose a place where I can't see her?"

It turns out that being carried is not the problem, but being carried where others can see is the problem...

Are Brother Zhou’s requirements so low?

Lin Qiao couldn't help but glance at Ji Duo, and found that the man looked normal, even more so than she could tell something was wrong. He just pointed at the medicine bottle in front of him and said, "You do it yourself."

"No." Lao Zhou maintained his final stubbornness. "Now if I go, you all know that my wife has pushed me away."

Then she started to complain: "You said I was not married and had no partner at that time, so what was wrong with me writing a poem for someone? Wei Chun's partner didn't say anything, but she went to the hospital and I don't know who told her about it, but she got violent the moment she came back, as if I was so sorry for her."

"The nurse may not know yet." Seeing that he didn't need it, Ji Duo put the medicine bottle away.

Old Zhou choked when he heard this. "What's the matter? If her partner knew, would he come up and punch me like your sister-in-law did?"

Ji Duo looked at him without saying anything.

Old Zhou was immediately frightened, and his voice was even lowered, "No way? Can she really fight? You guys have trained together, how good is her target's skills?"

Seeing this, Lin Qiao could hardly hold back her laughter, so she tilted her head to suppress her laughter, and her gaze happened to meet Ji Duo's.

The man's eyes were calm, and his words were calm, but they were inexplicably choking. "It shouldn't be a problem to beat three of you."

Lao Zhou was silent and depressed, then suddenly asked a serious question: "What about the fight between your sister-in-law and him? How many points did they last?"

Lin Qiao really couldn't hold it back, and subconsciously grabbed a handful of things around him, barely managing to control his expression.

When the smile faded, she realized that she had grabbed Ji Duo's hand on the sofa. The man also noticed it, frowning and looking at her, but he didn't say anything, nor did he pull his hand back. He probably didn't want to make a big move and draw attention to himself because Lao Zhou was there.

Lin Qiao immediately retracted it and mouthed "sorry" to the man.

Ji Duo withdrew his gaze and said nothing, but his brows were still furrowed.

In this day and age, even couples don't walk shoulder to shoulder on the street, let alone holding hands or arm in arm. I guess this old cadre finds it a little hard to accept.

But Lin Qiao didn't do it on purpose. Could he really write a 5,000-word self-criticism and deeply reflect on his mistakes?

She turned to look at Lao Zhou, "You and your sister-in-law must have a very good relationship, right? Otherwise, this is something that happened before marriage, who would care?"

"But you can't chase me away, right? How can I go out like this?" It was obvious that what Old Zhou cared more about was the issue of face.

Normally, when a couple quarrels, the man gets slapped in the face and people laugh at him for half a day. But he is going to the barracks with these two on his head, so everyone won’t have to watch any other excitement today.

Lin Qiao thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you just say you came to my house to pick dates and cut them. My dates are ripe now, so you can bring some for your sister-in-law and the children."

Unexpectedly, Ji Duo also spoke at this time, "Just say you came to my house to pick dates and cut them."

The two of them seemed to be going together, and they turned their heads and looked at each other at the same time.

To Lao Zhou, this was a tacit understanding, and he couldn't help but feel a sour taste in his mouth, "You two are done, I'm still in the midst of a miserable situation."

Fortunately, he thought that when Ji Duo asked him about his married life a few days ago, the couple had a quarrel. Wasn’t the other person living a better life than him?

After Lao Zhou finished speaking, he really thought about the feasibility of picking dates, and did not notice that Lin Qiao quickly withdrew her gaze, but Ji Duo looked at her again.

"Then I'll pick some and go back after I'm done." Lao Zhou rolled up his sleeves, "So that I don't end up not going home for lunch and your sister-in-law will pick on me again."

However, as a political commissar, he was obviously not as skilled as Ji Duo, a commander, and he was not tall enough. In the end, almost all the dates were picked by Ji Duo.

Actually, it would be nice if there was a big plastic sheet, which could be spread under the tree and hit with a pole, but unfortunately there was none now, so Lin Qiao could only carry an enamel basin and follow Ji Duo. The man picked some and threw some into her basin, and Ji Duo's movements were neat and accurate, so it didn't take much time.

Seeing that the basin was almost full, Lin Qiao felt a little tired from carrying it, so Ji Duo took it with one hand and went to the kitchen.

"No need to wash, I can wash it myself when I get home." Lao Zhou said embarrassedly from behind.

He came to Ji Duo mainly because Ji Duo was quiet, stern, and never laughed at him, so he was the perfect person to confide in. Unexpectedly, the couple not only gave him advice, but also sent him dates, picked them for him, and even washed them for him.

Old Zhou was so moved, and then he saw Ji Duo pour out a small half of the dishes, wash them, put them in a plate and handed them to Lin Qiao, and then gave him the remaining unwashed dishes.

It turns out that the other person washed the food for himself to eat, and he was just being sentimental...

Old Zhou was so moved that his heart was instantly half gone. However, he was still moved, and before leaving, he specially thanked the couple again.

Lin Qiao held the plate and watched him go out. Perhaps she was afraid that it was not like the real thing, so she turned back and scratched her face with a branch again. She took a date and bit it while asking with a smile: "Is Zhou's sister-in-law really that amazing?" Thinking that these dates were all picked by men, she handed one to Ji Duo.

Ji Duo doesn't usually like to eat these, but still

I answered, "My sister-in-law teaches physical education in elementary school and used to be a Sanda athlete."

"So she only hit Brother Zhou twice, or was she showing mercy? No wonder Brother Zhou asked who was better at fighting, her or the nurse."

The date tree in the yard is of good quality and bears sweet dates. Lin Qiao plans to take some to the office in the afternoon. But Old Zhou is so interesting that she couldn't help asking as she walked inside: "Brother Zhou is so romantic, why did he find a sister-in-law like this?"

She cared more about other people's affairs than he did. Ji Duo wanted to throw the date on the tea table, but after thinking about it, he kept it in his hand.

Lin Qiao happened to not hear him, so she turned around and saw a smile in her big, bright eyes. He paused before saying a concise answer, "Old Zhou and my sister-in-law were introduced to me by Commander Ding's wife. His wife likes to introduce potential partners to her soldiers."

"Didn't I introduce it to you?" Lin Qiao threw away the date pit and took another one from the plate.

That was the end of her conversation. She asked casually, but then she remembered that this man didn't seem to like chatting, let alone talking about his own affairs.

Just as he was about to change the subject, Ji Duo said calmly, "I introduced them." He paused and added, "I introduced two, but I didn't see them."

Lin Qiao was a little surprised. "You haven't seen it? I guess you don't know anything about child marriage either."

This was the first time the two families talked about this child marriage after they got married.

No, in fact, the two of them had never talked about it before they got married. Even during that blind date, they just stated their conditions to each other in a businesslike manner.

Now think about it, one of them was forced to ask for help, and the other was forced to do it. In terms of emotional foundation, they are worse than those couples who got married through blind dates.

Ji Duo subconsciously took a bite of the date in his hand, "What about you? What would you do if you didn't have this child marriage?"

"If I hadn't had this child marriage," Lin Qiao really thought, "then I would have been like my cousin and gone out to be an illegal resident." Anyway, household registration was not connected to the Internet in those days, so as long as you had the connections, you could find a way to get a household registration in other places, but it would be difficult and you would have to suffer a lot in the early days.

If Lin Qiao could think of it, Ji Duo could naturally think of it too. It was really a coincidence that they got married.

This made him feel a little complicated. He chewed the dates without paying attention to the taste. "You didn't panic at that time?"

"I was panicked." Lin Qiao gave him an unexpected answer.

In fact, after knowing each other for such a long time, he never seemed to see Lin Qiao show panic. No matter what happened, Lin Qiao always appeared calm and composed.

But Lin Qiao was really panicked when she found herself in a completely unfamiliar book and lying on the kang due to heart disease.

Facing the fate of being sold and the current situation of being powerless, there was a moment when she wondered if she could put her clothes back on after it was broken.

"But there's no point in panicking. If I don't find a way out myself, I'll have no choice but to marry Ma Rongliang."

Lin Qiao was very calm about this, but because of her calmness, her seemingly light-hearted threats of panic were useless and sounded particularly heavy.

Maybe this is why she doesn't rely on anyone, because when she was growing up, there was no one for her to rely on...

This reminded Ji Duo of their conversation. Maybe to her, his sudden talk about trust seemed like a joke.

Just as he was about to say something, Lin Qiao's eyes suddenly fell on his hands with a strange expression, "Captain Ji, are the dates delicious?"

This girl only calls him Ji Duo when she introduces him to others. Usually, she either doesn't call him by that title or calls him Captain Ji. She even called him uncle before.

Ji Duo was still thinking about what he had thought about before, and said casually, "It's OK."

Then Lin Qiao stopped talking and looked at him with an increasingly strange expression.

Ji Duo sensed something was wrong and looked down along the line of her gaze. He finally found a clear wormhole on the bitten surface of the date...

In the afternoon, Lin Qiao brought the dates to the office and when distributing them to everyone, she specifically reminded everyone: "There may be bugs in them."

She was deeply impressed by Ji Duo's expression at that time. He looked serious and cold, but it made people feel that he was not in a good condition.

This man doesn't care much about food. After today, dates will be on his blacklist of recipes, just like seafood.

Fruit trees these days are not sprayed with pesticides, and everyone knows that. Everyone comes and grabs two fruits, and they are almost all divided up in a short while. Fortunately, when Team Leader Gao came in, everyone left some for him, so he came and took it. "I just saw downstairs that the equipment ordered by the school has arrived."

"Has it been delivered?" Lin Qiao's desk was next to the window. Hearing this, he looked outside.

Sure enough, there was an old Dongfeng truck parked under the laboratory building next door, and the logistics staff were unloading things there. Because they were all glass products, they were unloading very carefully.

Soon someone came to Lin Qiao and Team Leader Gao with a list and said, "Come over here and see where and how to put the things you need for chemistry."

This person who doesn't know anything about the business really can't mess around. Lin Qiao and Team Leader Gao put down their work and went to help organize things in the chemistry laboratory.

After a while, Teacher Yang and another male teacher from the junior high school also came. The four of them worked all afternoon to put the items that should be placed under the laboratory table under the laboratory table and put the items that should be put in the cabinet into the cabinet. If there were any items that were too valuable or dangerous, the cabinets had to be locked from the outside.

Teacher Yang washed his hands in the sink and said, "Now everything is ready. You can come over for a trial class tomorrow."

"I don't know when it will be scheduled yet." Lin Qiao also washed up and just returned to the teaching building when she was stopped by Junzi in the corridor, "Teacher Lin, I have something very important to tell you."