Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Soaring into the Sky
"Director Zhao, please take a look at this." The clerk from the Propaganda Department placed the newspaper on the deputy director's desk and wanted to say more, but remembering his identity, he finally kept silent.
Director Zhao looked at the newspaper, then at the person in front of him, his eyes heavy with sorrow. He waved his hand to let the person leave, then looked back at the newspaper, seemingly in a daze.
Yang Dai naturally didn't know what was happening in the factory in the county town.
She was sitting on a stool at this time, listening to the captain talking to her about the focus of this propaganda.
In fact, the theme of the labor essay contest in the newspaper is still that the working people are the most glorious.
"Qingguo and the others have already thought of the slogans, but no one has drawn them, so they've been left blank. When the time comes, you can discuss it with Zhu Qingguo and the others to see what would be a suitable picture."
"The team leader will leave this matter to you. You should work hard. If you can get a good ranking, there will be rewards from the commune." The team leader talked a lot, and one could actually hear his distrust of Yang Dai in his words.
But we can only try our best and let Yang Dai do it.
"Qingguo is the leader of our joint propaganda team. You can just go directly to the primary school to find Qingguo." The team leader had other things to do and didn't have time to talk to Yang Dai.
The propaganda team's mission lasted a full month, so Yang Dai didn't feel any rush. Besides, the team leader had obviously come to her in a hurry, and he had obviously not told Zhu Qingguo about wanting her to join the propaganda team.
Yang Dai felt that she could wait for a day or two, and then show up after the captain and Zhu Qingguo had agreed.
But Yang's mother obviously didn't think so.
"The captain gave you such an important task because he trusts you. You have to do it well. There is nothing to do at home anyway, so you should go to the elementary school to find Zhu Qingguo." Mother Yang pushed Yang Dai out while speaking. She also held a newspaper in her hand and locked the door under Yang Dai's gaze.
"Go quickly, I want to talk to someone too." Mother Yang urged Yang Dai a few words, touched her hair again, and went to the neighbor's house with the newspaper.
When Yang Dai arrived at the brigade primary school, Zhu Qingguo was whispering with the principal in the office.
"Comrade Yang Dai, why are you here?" The principal still remembered Yang Dai. When he saw someone coming, he took the initiative to invite her to sit down.
Yang Dai had performed very well in both the written test and the trial lecture, and her ability was no worse than Xia Ziqing and Zhu Qingguo. According to the principal's idea, he actually preferred to choose Yang Dai.
After all, Yang Dai is from the Huangzhuang Brigade, but except for him, all the teachers in the school dislike Yang Dai.
The principal is old and seems to be oblivious to everything else except school affairs. Seeing that the teachers in the school did not agree with Yang Dai's employment, he did not insist.
After all, having the ability at work is one thing, but having good relationships with colleagues is also important.
However, although the principal heard a lot about Yang Dai, he still had a good impression of her and was polite in his attitude.
"The captain asked me to come." Yang Dai looked at Zhu Qingguo. Although this man did not speak, she could tell that Zhu Qingguo did not like her and seemed to be vaguely disgusted with her.
Yang Dai had no newspaper to prove herself, so she could only make her story short.
"Can you really draw?" Zhu Qingguo's brows were furrowed, and his words were full of distrust towards Yang Dai.
"How about you draw on the blackboard with chalk first? There's a difference between drawing with paper and pen and on the wall. Let's try it first." The principal finished the conversation and stood up, took out half a box of chalk and handed it to Yang Dai.
Zhu Qingguo looked at the principal, then at Yang Dai. Although the distrust in his eyes had not yet disappeared, he still walked out from behind his desk. "If you need anything, please let me know. But when we paint on the wall later, we will need paint, and the smell may not be very pleasant. Be prepared."
Yang Dai smiled, her eyes still on the principal.
"Just draw characters. We have to draw characters on our propaganda wall." The principal's impression of Yang Dai became better and better, and his tone of voice became more and more kind.
Yang Dai took the chalk, walked to the blackboard, and started drawing.
Zhu Qingguo has been standing behind Yang Dai, and it is more like supervision than helping.
Fortunately, Yang Dai doesn't care about these things and just does her own thing.
The reason why she agreed to the captain's request was, firstly, that the captain promised to give her a reward, and secondly, Yang Dai actually cared a little about her reputation.
As the legitimate daughter of Duke Cheng, it is no exaggeration to say that she is famous in the capital, and everyone is full of praise when mentioning her.
After traveling through time, Yang Dai's reputation changed dramatically. On the surface, she didn't seem to mind and said that she and her original self were two different people.
But in fact, he cares about it to death and wants to seize every plan to clear his name.
Yang Dai had never used chalk before, and was a little unfamiliar with it at the beginning. She kept erasing and drawing. Zhu Qingguo wanted to speak up several times, thinking that Yang Dai was just filling in the gaps and wasting school resources, but the principal stopped him every time.
In the past, most of the painting tasks of this joint propaganda team were completed by the principal.
However, at the beginning of the year, the principal fell ill and could not work too hard, so the task of drawing could naturally no longer be relied upon the principal. The team leader found several people one after another, but none of them were satisfied.
Now that I see Yang Dai’s paintings in the newspaper, I naturally hope that Yang Dai can take over this task.
After adapting a few times, Yang Dai finally started to paint. It was still a simple composition, with the wind blowing the wheat waves, men and women working together, and no one had a satisfied smile on their face.
"Okay, okay, I knew I wasn't wrong about you!" After seeing Yang Dai finish the painting, the principal stood up and applauded.
Zhu Qingguo's eyes turned from critical to appreciative when he looked at Yang Dai. "I didn't expect you to be such a good painter."
"This is the focus of this publicity. Take a look. Shall we start painting posters on the wall the day after tomorrow?" Zhu Qingguo now holds two positions. He has high demands on himself and hopes that everything will be perfect.
I originally thought that I could only do a careless job on this propaganda poster, and the commune would rank last.
Unexpectedly, a dark horse like Yang Dai suddenly emerged. Zhu Qingguo wanted Yang Dai to start working right away and let the commune people come to inspect as soon as possible.
But thinking of Yang Dai's reputation, he delayed the time by one day, just to give Yang Dai a buffer.
"Just follow Comrade Qingguo's arrangements." Yang Dai agreed.
After agreeing on the start time, Yang Dai did not stay in school for long as she had to go home for dinner.
"Comrade Yang Dai." Zhu Qingguo chased after them as they reached the door. "I apologize for my recklessness just now. I shouldn't judge a person based solely on their reputation. I'm sorry, Comrade Yang Dai."
Zhu Qingguo's action made Yang Dai stunned, but she soon smiled again, "It's okay, Comrade Zhu Qingguo."
"You are better than I thought."
For a person who dares to admit his mistakes and can apologize in public, being in bad shape is only temporary. As long as he seizes the opportunity, he will always be able to soar to success.
Zhu Qingguo apologized generously, and Yang Dai accepted it very openly. They both treated it as a normal thing.
This actually scared Wang Lixia, who had just finished class in the classroom.
Wang Lixia and Yang Dai have been comparing with each other for so many years, and never bowing to Yang Dai has become Wang Lixia's life principle.
In Wang Lixia's eyes, the school is her territory, and Yang Dai will never be able to defeat her. Moreover, Yang Dai used to have her eyes in the sky, and she always complained about the Huangzhuang Brigade and said that she wanted to marry into the city and become a city dweller.
She boasted a lot, but in fact she married a second-rate guy like Han Lin. Just based on this fact, Wang Lixia felt that she could show off in front of Yang Dai for the rest of her life.
But before she could finish her mocking words, she happened to hear Zhu Qingguo and Yang Dai apologizing, and in that instant she almost dropped the book in her hand.
Although Zhu Qingguo had just started teaching at the school, he already had a great reputation. After coming to the school, he was with the old principal every day, and he felt like the second-in-command of the school.
Such a person actually apologized to Yang Dai?
Wang Lixia felt that this world had become mysterious, so he retracted his steps towards Yang Dai and changed direction.
Yang Dai didn't pay any attention to Wang Lixia at all. She was anxious to go home.
It was already hot at noon, and she didn't want to feel the midday sun at all.
Yang Dai had a simple lunch alone and also took a short nap.
After waking up, I looked at the promotional materials given by Zhu Qingguo and thought about going out to see the propaganda walls of each brigade.
After all, the specific posters still need to be compatible with the slogans on the propaganda wall.
"Yang Dai, Yang Dai, are you home?" There was a knock on the door from outside.
"I heard the team leader assigned you an important task? If you do well, you can get full work points?" Yang's mother asked impatiently without even entering the door. "I heard that this job is not hard, but I have to run back and forth between five teams, right?"
After receiving Yang Dai's affirmative answer, Yang's mother laughed happily and put the bicycle into the yard.
"The captain trusts you. If you work hard, the bicycle at home will be yours for the time being." Yang's mother had other things to do, so she left in a hurry after she finished speaking.
Yang Dai was left alone in the yard, staring at the bicycle in bewilderment.
She always thought that Han Lin rode a bicycle to the county town with his father these two days, but it turned out that the bicycle was still at home.
So you walked completely for the past two days?
For a moment, Yang Dai felt that Han Lin's life was much worse than hers.
However, this thought disappeared after I got on the bike.
If Han Lin rode his bike to the county town, she would be the one who would have to walk through the five brigades, and she would be the most miserable.
With a bicycle, Yang Dai didn't stay at home for long. She changed her clothes and went out. She came back later than Han Lin in the evening.
When he entered the room, Han Lin had already cooked the food and was just waiting for Yang Dai to come back and eat.
When Han Lin came back, he went to see Han's mother first, and also heard about Yang Dai's current mission.
Before I could congratulate Yang Dai, she asked another question: "Can we still spare some time to go to the county hospital?"
According to their plan, they were going to the hospital to see the mother and child in the next few days.
But now not only Han Lin is busy, I am busy too, so it is difficult to arrange to go to the hospital.
"I took some time to go to the hospital today, and the mother and child have been discharged."
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