Chapter 64 Clues

When I opened the envelope, I found the letter paper inside was quite thick, about five or six sheets.

Being able to get to the position of first secretary, he naturally would not show any impatience. He quickly glanced at the contents of the first page of letter paper.

Before he had even finished scanning, his expression became serious, causing the secretaries to look at each other, all of them curious about the contents, especially the one he had just complained about.

However, curiosity was useless. The other party quickly scanned several pages of letter paper and stuffed them directly into the envelope. "I'll take this one."

Now everyone wanted to know even more, and some glanced at the secretary intentionally or unintentionally.

"What does it say? They sent it up without waiting for the normal process."

"Who knows? Anyway, it's probably very important."

"Okay, let's all read the letter. Whether it's important or not, we'll know after the meeting in the department."

It wasn't long before they actually found out, because the minister highlighted the letter at the next departmental meeting.

"I have received a letter of advice from a grassroots teacher. You can take a look at it."

He placed the envelope on the table. The deputy minister was closest to it and saw the name on it at a glance, "Lin Qiao?"

The minister nodded. "She suggested that we hold high school physics and chemistry competitions in addition to the math competition."

Those who know the inside story know that Lin Qiao teaches chemistry, so it is not surprising that she would suggest this. Someone frowned and asked, "Isn't it too early to do this now?"

Another person next to him also said: "The math competition has only been held for a few years, and we haven't seen any results yet."

In fact, this suggestion has been made before, but things have their priorities. The college entrance examination has just been resumed and there are many things to do, so they cannot take care of these. Logically speaking, the minister would not have brought it up so seriously at the meeting for discussion.

Sure enough, the minister took a sip of water and said, "If the purpose is to strengthen basic subject education, improve the quality of school personnel, and stimulate students' interest in learning, it is true that there is no effect in just two years. But what if the competition is linked to college entrance examinations and award-winning students are allowed to be recommended for admission?"

"Admission by recommendation?" The deputy minister was a university president. Upon hearing this, he immediately took the letter and opened it to read.

Others didn't expect that Lin Qiao would mention this either. "Is she planning to select and train specialized talents through competitions?"

This is different from simply holding a competition. It is a completely different way of selecting talents besides the college entrance examination. It is a bit like the workers, peasants and soldiers college students in the past.

But at that time it was recommended by the unit, so there was a lot of room for tinkering. It was not like an exam where you just got the ranking you wanted.

After the deputy minister finished looking at the two sheets, the people next to him also reached out to take them. Someone who hadn't taken his turn yet asked the deputy minister, "Do you think this is feasible?"

"It is indeed worth considering." The deputy minister said, "I once taught a student who had strong professional ability, but was extremely unsatisfactory in certain subjects. It took him three years to pass the exam."

He handed over the next page he had just read and said, "You should know this student."

People really know that he is the backbone of the middle-aged scientific research talents in the past two years. He not only has experimental projects, but also teaches at the university.

This is indeed worth considering. The college entrance examination has been restored for three years, but the country is still short of people. With the current reform and opening up, the shortage will only increase under the impact of Western technology. If they cannot quickly cultivate a group of available talents and improve their technology, they will always be strangled by others.

In the end, it was passed almost unanimously, and those who did not pass the option abstained.

The next step is to come up with a charter. The specific steps on how to do it and when to do it still need to be slowly discussed and decided.

The deputy minister said nothing at the meeting, but when he returned home he told his wife: "Xu Li has really cultivated a good daughter-in-law for the country."

His wife is also in the education system. She called Xu Li again and said, "You have good taste and can choose a wife for your second son."

"That's also the second brother's own blessing." Xu Li narrowed her eyes and smiled proudly before she couldn't help asking, "What happened again? Why did you suddenly call me to tell me this?"

"You don't know yet?" The other party was a little surprised and mentioned that Lin Qiao had written another letter of advice to the Ministry of Education.

"I really don't know that. You don't know that Qiao Qiao has the same personality as our second son. She won't reveal anything until things are done. I only found out about it after reading the newspaper last time." Xu Li complained.

But his face was full of smiles, "Yes, the couple are both good at hiding things."

Then he couldn't help asking, "So, has this been proposed?"

"It's probably going to be a success," said the deputy minister's wife. "But I don't know when it will be officially implemented."

That one laboratory and one admission to a competition were enough to make Xu Li proud for the rest of her life.

She was in a really good mood. She hung up the phone and sat back on the sofa. She couldn't help but mutter, "Qiao Qiao's head, why does it have so many ideas?"

When she saw the reading glasses Ji Duo gave her on her birthday, she said for the first time: "Thank you so much, my eldest daughter-in-law."

This is not like her style. When Ye Minshu's affair was exposed, she was so angry, but she didn't say anything bad to Ye Minshu.

The old man couldn't help but glance at Xu Li, "I'm not old, am I hard of hearing?"

"Then just assume you are hard of hearing." Xu Li said, and then stood up and went back to the house to rummage. "Qiao Qiao came to our house without bringing anything, so I have to make a few more pieces for her."

The old man was left alone in the living room, feeling confused.

No, we agreed to give him two pairs of knee pads first. Why did you do it for Qiao Qiao?

It was not until late December that accurate news came out that the Physics Association and the Chemistry Association would host the first Physics and Chemistry competition next year. The preliminary round was scheduled for the start of school in March, and the final round was scheduled for May. Those with excellent grades could be directly recommended for admission to university.

After seeing the first half of the notice, the education bureaus of various cities and principals of various schools were able to sit still and only arranged the registration and examination matters in their minds.

However, everyone was completely stunned when they saw the second half. How could they be admitted to university without recommendation? This wasn't the case in previous math competitions.

Since all the major high schools in Yandu were located locally, they were well-informed. After a quick inquiry, they found out that this was Lin Qiao's idea again. They were even more shocked than the last time.

Last time, only a number of pilot programs were opened, and only a limited number of schools benefited. This time, anyone can sign up, and as long as they do well in the exam, they can be directly admitted to university.

Lin Qiao's school knew even more, especially the Grade 12 Science Office. It only took a quick guess to figure out who Lin Qiao was doing this for.

"I was wondering why you asked me about the competition, it turns out it was for this." The head teacher of Class 3 sighed, "Li Xiaoqiu is so lucky to meet you."

She just used what she knew in her previous life. It didn't take much effort. All it required was dedication.

Lin Qiao smiled and said, "That's because our country values ​​talents. Such a good seedling is not only a pity for us, but also for the country."

Because the preliminary exams will be held at the beginning of the semester, students who want to participate must register this semester. After Lin Qiao went to the classroom to talk about this, he called Li Xiaoqiu out alone.

The girl's usual gloomy expression changed, her eyes were bright, and when she looked at Lin Qiao, her eyes were filled with tears, "Teacher Lin..."

I want to say something but I don't know how to express it. All my words finally turn into a simple "thank you".

Lin Qiao hugged her and patted her thin back comfortingly, "Can you take the final exam with a calm mind?"

"Yes," Li Xiaoqiu nodded heavily, "I will definitely do well in the exam!"

Perhaps because she was calm, knowing that even if she was not good at Chinese, she could still go to her favorite university if she studied her strengths, Li Xiaoqiu did well this time. Not only did she stay on topic in her composition, but her reading comprehension was also exceptional, and she scored over 70 in Chinese, and her score was among the top three in her grade for the first time.

"I got 293 in math, physics and chemistry, and a perfect score in physics. If I could get 90 in Chinese, I would definitely be in the top 100 in the city."

Team leader Gao shook the report card in his hand and said, "Students like this who are seriously unbalanced in one subject, especially those who are weak in their main subjects, really can't take the general college entrance examination. It's such a waste."

"The average scores for each subject are out. It's time for you to go to the Education Bureau to report your scores, right?" the head teacher of Class 3 asked him with a smile.

When this was mentioned, Team Leader Gao became even more energetic. "I will register tomorrow morning and take a look at the results of other schools."

The main reason why the final joint examination is only held once a year is that it is troublesome. After all, there were no computers to calculate scores in that era, and all grades had to be arranged manually.

After each exam, their school would take several days to calculate the scores and rankings. There are more than a hundred middle schools in Yandu, and it would only be more troublesome to compile all of them.

January is the coldest time of the year. When Team Leader Gao arrived at the Education Bureau fully armed and carrying his report cards in a thick cardboard notebook, he ran into the head of the science team for the second grade of No. 21 Middle School.

When acquaintances meet, they are particularly jealous of each other... and particularly friendly. Anyway, Team Leader Gao is quite friendly and greets others from a distance.

The other party was confused by his smile, looked at him, ignored him, locked the car and went into the Education Bureau.

But both of them are here to report their grades, so won’t they end up meeting in the same big office?

Team leader Gao was not in a hurry. Despite his height, he fell behind the opponent. From a distance, he could hear the noisy voices in the big office, where people were registering their scores.

Someone saw the team leader of No. 21 Middle School and immediately greeted him, "You are finally here, hurry up, your school is the only one left at the top of the rankings."

The other party hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Is it so early this year? Let me see how many points they got."

As soon as he said that, Team Leader Gao also followed him, wanting to see the overall performance of the schools ahead of him this year, and then estimate how his own school would rank.

Unexpectedly, he was stunned when he heard the word "chemistry". When No. 21 Middle School started to report, he subconsciously touched the report card he brought with him.

"It's still tenth." The person in charge of recording roughly ranked them and said to the team leader of No. 21 Middle School.

The team leader was obviously not very satisfied, but unexpectedly, the team leader Gao next to him suddenly interrupted and said, "Since everyone has lined up here, let's line up our school as well."

"From your school?" The team leader of No. 21 Middle School glanced at him and said nothing more, but his eyes fully expressed his meaning.

Team leader Gao just smiled and handed the score sheet over. The person in charge of recording took a look and asked in surprise, "73.8?"

"73.8?" The team leader of No. 21 Middle School was also stunned. This average score was 0.1 higher than their school.

He didn't quite believe it. "Did you miscalculate?"

"It has the average scores of each class, take a look for yourself." Team Leader Gao said cheerfully as he took out another copy from his folder. "If you want to see the specific scores of each student, I have them here too. If that doesn't work, we haven't distributed the papers yet, they are in the office, so I can show them to you."

Their school actually made it into the top ten in the city in the final joint examination for chemistry. Anyone who got the final ranking would be shocked. No one should say that they were able to become a pilot only because of nepotism.

Except for chemistry, the scores of other subjects also improved by seven to eight to more than ten places. When Principal Zeng came back from the Education Bureau, he walked with the wind.

"This laboratory has really not been opened in vain. From what I heard from the higher-ups, they will conduct a second batch of trials next year."

After the end of the semester, Lin Qiao had winter vacation. Xu Li took her out to buy New Year's goods. They met an old colleague, who specifically asked about Lin Qiao.

Xu Li listened with a smile throughout the whole process. When she went back and mentioned it to her grandfather, he nodded and said, "Not bad, you made it into the top ten."

"Thanks to the test paper my mother prepared for me, I got one question right from Yanda High School this time." Lin Qiao warmed his hands and took off his coat with a smile.

Xu Li was sorting out the new dishes she had just bought. She was obviously stunned when she heard this. "I don't think I've ever bought a Yanda High School for you."

"Was that built by Ji Duo?" It had been a long time, and Lin Qiao couldn't quite remember which ones Ji Duo built.

"The second son also helped you." Xu Li looked at her son with a smile, her eyes teasing, "I said he asked me what I was doing that day."

Even the old man narrowed his eyes and looked his son up and down, as if he didn't know him.

Ji Duo had gone out for something in the morning. When he came back from outside, he was looked at like this by the old couple. He choked for a moment before brushing off the snow on his military cap and said to Lin Qiao, "Mr. Gu asked me to bring you something."

He only said he was bringing something back, but he didn't take it out in front of his master Xu Li, which showed that he wanted to give it privately.

Xu Li could see it, so she glanced at her son with a smile and pushed Lin Qiao, "I'm a bit messy here, you two go back to the house and talk."

Lin Qiao followed Ji Duo back. When he entered the room, he was a little curious, "What's so mysterious?"

Ji Duo took out a little jade tiger from his pocket, strung with a red rope. It had probably been close to his body the whole time, so it still had some body temperature when it fell into Lin Qiao's palm.

The zodiac sign of this body is tiger, but Lin Qiao doesn't remember telling Mr. Gu about this. "Did Mr. Gu give this to me?"

"I bought it at Panjiayuan when I passed by." Ji Duo didn't think he was selling dog meat under the guise of sheep meat. After saying that, he took out a bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts and said, "This is it."

So, was this little tiger given to her by him?

Lin Qiao never thought that one day she would receive a gift from Ji Duo. Although the man spoke to her in a normal tone, he didn't seem like the kind of person who would give gifts to others.

It seemed that ever since she had come into contact with his past and helped him find Shaozhen, his treatment of her had changed slightly...

Just as I was thinking about it, the man over there whispered, "Su Zheng and I are about to go out."

When he mentioned Su Zheng, Lin Qiao could no longer care about anything else. His expression remained the same. "That man is making a move again.

?"

Ji Duo said "hmm" in a deep voice, "I just received the news. This time it's more like Chen Zhaonan, and there's no flaw in his words."

If they didn't find someone in advance, and they showed up one after another, they would either end up finding a fake one or be tortured to the point of having no peace of mind.

Lin Qiao stroked the jade tiger in his hand and said, "This time you are going to prepare..."

"Just grab the person."

If you just want to find Shaozhen, you can send her here like Chen Zhaonan did. But if you want to catch the troublemaker, you can only go there.

"When can you come back?" Lin Qiao was a little worried about his family. "It's almost the New Year."

Regardless of whether it was because of the New Year, she would take the initiative to ask about his return date. Ji Duo's expression still relaxed, "I will be back before the New Year."

"What about this place in the house? Can I keep it a secret for you?" Lin Qiao still asked the same questions as before.

Ji Duo said, "You don't have to keep it a secret this time. I'll be away for the next few days. You can go back to the old house and live there."

The man took the jade tiger from her hand, lowered his eyes and helped her tie it around her neck, "There are many people at home, and there is also Sister Zhang. The food she cooks is better than the cafeteria."

The rough fingertips stroked the skin behind her neck, tied a knot lightly, and the little tiger fell on her chest.

Lin Qiao felt that she was a little heavy and was about to lift her up when the man let go of her hand and suddenly stretched out his arms to hold her in his arms.

In just a moment, the other party let go, but her body still froze for a moment.

After all, apart from certain things and being teased by her, men never hugged her like this, without any passion/desire, just a simple hug.

It seemed like he was talking a lot today. Not only did he explain where he was going and why, he also spent several sentences making arrangements for her...

Lin Qiao missed the man's sight. Ji Duo noticed it, but he said nothing. He just looked at her for a while and said, "I'll go tell my parents."

Hearing that Ji Duo was going out, Xu Li had the same worry, afraid that he would not be able to come back before the New Year, and afraid that he would not be able to do things smoothly.

The old man was old, so it was inevitable that he would nag. Ji Duo listened and couldn't help looking at Lin Qiao. He found that the girl was lost in thought. In the past, she would be able to sense something immediately after being stared at for a few times. This time, he stared at her for a long time, and Xu Li noticed it, so she raised her eyes and glared at him.

For some reason, he felt more comfortable with her glaring than with her calmly and decisively sending him out the door.

Ji Duo didn't look away, just staring at Lin Qiao, staring until the old man started coughing, then he checked the time and said, "Then I'll go back and pack my things."

Lin Qiao did not go with him. She felt like she had discovered something, but she was not quite sure.

Compared to the original book where the male protagonist wanted to eat meat with her, the fact that he wanted to live a normal life with her was beyond her cognition.

After all, they had agreed from the beginning that it was a cooperative relationship, and the man had always maintained a good cooperative distance, talking about things when there was something to say and never talking nonsense when there was nothing to say.

How come when I go out now, I not only have to give clear instructions, but also make arrangements for her and even hold her before I leave?

Lying alone on the big bed in the old house at night, Lin Qiao was unable to sleep, so he simply took out his review materials and read two pages.

After brushing, her heart calmed down.

He patted his butt and left. Why should she stay here and think about it?

Sleeping, it's not like she has nothing to do except thinking about these things.

Lin Qiao's visit to the old house made the old man and Xu Li quite lively, as if they had returned to the time when she lived in the house before her marriage.

With one more young person to eat at, Aunt Zhang had more room to show off her cooking skills. Within two days, even Ji Ling came over with her schoolbag on her back.

Ye Minshu came to take her daughter home, and as soon as she entered the room, she saw Ji Ling and Lin Qiao washing their hands with liquid soap after finishing a small experiment.

At that moment, she thought of what her eldest sister-in-law from her natal family had said. It seemed that everything used in the old house was sent by Lin Qiao and not purchased. Could it be that Lin Qiao was really related to that Muzi liquid soap?

But if there is a connection, why haven't I heard Lin Qiao mention it? And I haven't seen her have much money...

Ye Minshu paused, sat down on the sofa in the living room, and asked her grandfather, "Xiaoze has a childhood friend named Chen Weiguo. Dad, do you still remember him?"

"Chen Baisheng's little grandson?" Ji Ling was still there, and the old man answered the question to give face to his eldest daughter-in-law.

"Yes, didn't Mr. Chen survive? Although he was rehabilitated, his family is no longer as well as before. I heard recently that my childhood friend Xiaoze has fallen into poverty and has even borrowed a large sum of money from the bank."

Ye Minshu sighed, and heard the old man and Xu Li next to him look at each other. She frowned unconsciously and said nothing.

Lin Qiao also remembered the name Chen Weiguo, and couldn't help but glance at Ye Minshu, and found that Ye Minshu was also looking at her.

"I don't know what he's thinking. Even if his family is in trouble, having a stable job is better than doing business, right? In the past, people always said that scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans are scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans are scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans are artisans. This is because the country has been reformed and opened up. Otherwise, it would be speculation. If Mr. Chen were still alive, he would be so angry that he would die."

Ye Minshu shook her head, with a tone of regret, "It's a pity that I didn't know this earlier. If I had known, I would have asked Xiaoze to persuade him."

This left the old man and Xu Li at a loss as to what to say.

They all knew that Ozawa had always wanted to do business. They had even heard that he had made a name for himself.

Seeing Ye Minshu belittling her childhood friend Xiaoze and his business here, the old couple were silent.

Lin Qiao smiled and sent Ji Ling out, "Go and see if Aunt Zhang has prepared the meal."

The silent atmosphere in the living room made Ji Ling feel something was wrong. She nodded and went out obediently.

Lin Qiao then raised an eyebrow, "Sister-in-law, haven't you been working recently?"

Meeting her expressionless gaze, Ye Minshu instantly realized that she was saying that she had too much free time.

Ye Minshu smiled and said, "I'm just saying, don't get excited, you're not giving up your job to start a business."

"Since you're working, why don't you read the newspaper? I remember that leader encouraged people to do business, didn't he?" Lin Qiao also smiled, "Or does sister-in-law think that he is ignorant, leaving a good job and forcing people to do business?"

This is an exaggeration. Ye Minshu was visibly choked up, "When did I ever say that?"

"That may be because I misunderstood. I always felt sorry when you mentioned your childhood friend Ozawa, and I thought you thought this policy was not good."

Lin Qiao was not stupid. The other party's words sounded sarcastic and were most likely a subtle criticism of her business dealings with Ji Duo.

They are running a legitimate business, the country doesn't prohibit it, and her husband Xu Li hasn't expressed any objection. So is it her turn as a sister-in-law to make irresponsible remarks?

Lin Qiao's words were really rude. Ye Minshu's face turned red. Just as she was about to say something else, the old man next to her frowned, "You came back just to say this?"

Are you protecting your little daughter-in-law?

Ye Minshu didn't think there was anything wrong with her scolding. If Lin Qiao didn't have any problem, she was just saying it. If she did, it would be Lin Qiao that the old man should take care of.

If this gets out, won't people laugh at us?

But the old man clearly showed his partiality, and she had no choice but to get up and go out to call Ji Ling home.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived at the door of my house, I saw my sister-in-law who had been waiting there.

"Minsuk, I have something to tell you."