Lu Nong didn't know what Director Leng was thinking, so he replied, "Yes, Pei Zheng will come here during the Chinese New Year, and there are only a few days left."

Before leaving Beijing, Pei Jian had promised Pei Zheng that he would take him to the south to celebrate the New Year.

Now Pei Ji'an has gone out on a mission, and I don't know if he forgot to send someone to pick up Pei Zheng.

But judging from the frequency of Pei Zheng sending several letters a month, even if no one came to pick him up, he would be able to find it himself.

Lu Nong still has some confidence in Pei Zheng.

Director Leng smiled and nodded, as if he suddenly thought of something, and said, "By the way, Xiaolu, I remember that your job has not been assigned yet. The military district primary school just transferred an assistant teacher, leaving a vacancy. Do you have any ideas?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Hu Mei suddenly looked at Director Leng. She had been striving for this job of elementary school teacher for a long time and had mentioned it to Director Leng before. However, Director Leng did not take care of her as he did Lu Nong.

What does it mean?

Does Director Leng intend to bypass her and give the job directly to Lu Nong, who has only been here a few days?

Hu Mei was full of dissatisfaction, and it showed on her face. Liu Erniu, who was standing by, saw it and winked at Hu Mei, telling her to hold her dissatisfaction back.

Lu Nong saw the exchange of glances between the two people. Actually, to her, the job of an elementary school teacher was important, but not that important.

The military area is located in the mountains and there are limited job positions. The value of being a primary school teacher is still very high. However, this is only true for military wives like Hu Mei who have only received a few years of education but have a low level of cultural education. The competition among them is very fierce.

Of course, military wives like Wang Xiuzhi and Liu Erniu who were illiterate and unable to work clerical jobs wanted to supplement their family income with wages, and most of the work they did was physical labor, like planting crops in the fields to earn work points.

But Lu Nong is different. The army and military region are short of talented people. Lu Nong has a high level of education and real skills. She can consider jobs other than just being a primary school teacher. She can work in many places, such as the trade union, the propaganda department, the Women's Rescue Association, the hospital, etc.

But after all, it was Director Leng's good intention, and Lu Nong couldn't refuse, so he simply said to Director Leng, "Director Leng, don't worry, I will consider this job carefully."

Director Leng observed Lu Nong's expression and saw that although her tone was humble, she did not seem unconfident or reluctant when she agreed. The smile on her face became more and more obvious. It seemed that she had found the right teacher.

"Okay, I'll tell Principal Sun later. If you've made up your mind, go there. But let me be frank. I'm just a recommender. Principal Sun will decide whether to hire you. If he thinks you're not suitable, I have no say."

Director Leng said this out of her own considerations. What if she was wrong and Lu Nong was not suitable to be a teacher, or was just a superficial person with a good appearance? As the head of the school, Principal Sun is at least the last line of defense.

Lu Nong nodded, "Of course. Anyway, I still want to thank Director Leng for introducing me to this job."

"You're welcome." Director Leng said with a smile.

Lu Nong and Director Leng were getting along very well. Hu Mei's eyes were almost red. She was not an impulsive person, but seeing that the job she had been looking forward to for many years was about to be snatched away, she could no longer hold back and said:

"Director Leng, you can't just keep the good jobs for Comrade Lu who just came here. We old people also need them."

Director Leng had a gentle expression on his face. "Don't worry, Comrade Hu Mei. It is my job to help military wives. I treat everyone equally."

"You approached me about the teaching job before. I remember that my reply to you was similar to what I said to Comrade Lu Nong today. I asked you to attend the interview with Principal Sun and I also greeted Principal Sun on your behalf. However, Principal Sun later gave me feedback that you were not suitable to be a teacher for the time being."

Hu Mei's face darkened. She felt that what Director Leng said was all empty talk. If he really treated everyone equally as she said, why would he introduce the job opportunity that belonged to her to Lu Nong?

Why bother with an interview? Wouldn't it be better to just assign the job to him directly?

Yes, during the last interview, the principal said that she was not suitable, but being unsuitable once does not mean that she will never be suitable. Through the last interview, she basically understood Principal Sun’s assessment criteria. As long as she takes another chance, she will definitely be successful.

Hu Mei was planning to look for Director Leng again, but Director Leng directly introduced the job to Lu Nong.

It's obviously biased, why else? Because Pei Ji'an is the deputy commander, the commander's key training target!

Poor Mr. Song in their family, his promotion opportunity was snatched away by someone else, and his wife was also bullied at home.

As expected, good people are often ridden, and good horses are often ridden. If she doesn't fight, she won't get anything good.

"Director Leng, I already know where my problem lies and have been preparing for this for a long time. What do you think?" Hu Mei said in embarrassment.

Director Leng pondered, "I really can't let your work go to waste. How about this? I'll talk to Principal Sun and we'll just turn it into an exam to see who gets the highest score?"

"Since it is about teaching students, the level of the teacher is very important. Hiring teachers through examinations should be the fairest method. Whoever is hired at that time can no longer complain."

Before Director Leng finished speaking, Hu Mei was ecstatic. That was great. She was sure to win.

In fact, Director Leng's idea coincided with that of Principal Sun. During Hu Mei's last interview, Principal Sun gave her a test paper and asked her to complete it on the spot.

Before taking this test paper, Hu Mei had a good chat with Principal Sun. She felt that Principal Sun was satisfied with her at that time. However, when this test paper appeared, Hu Mei lost the chance of being hired.

The reason was that she couldn't understand most of the questions on the test paper and her cultural knowledge was limited.

Now Director Leng is going to select people through examinations. No wonder Hu Mei is happy, because in this matter, the one who is taking advantage everywhere is Hu Mei.

First, she had taken the test once before and had test experience; second, she had been doing exercises at home when she had nothing to do and had been working on it for three months. Although she was not 100% sure about the questions that Principal Sun would ask, she was at least 80% sure.

In this situation where anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was in Hu Mei's favor, not to mention Hu Mei, even Liu Erniu and Wang Xiuzhi were worried about Lu Nong. At the same time, they both understood Director Leng's idea. Since he wanted to introduce the job to Lu Nong, why did he let her take the exam together with Hu Mei?

If they wanted to give the job to Hu Mei, why did they allow Comrade Lu Nong to participate?

Only Hu Mei was so happy that she almost laughed out loud. Now she no longer disliked Director Leng's partiality and looked at Lu Nong with pride.

Lu Nong: “…”

Lu Nong looked a little embarrassed. It was not because she was confident, as she had never lost an exam. She was mainly afraid that it would be unfair to Hu Mei.

However, Hu Mei interpreted her behavior as fear of difficulties. Hu Mei seemed to comfort Lu Nong and said, "Comrade Lu Nong, if you are afraid, you don't have to compete. Just do more exercises at home and work hard next time when there is a vacancy in elementary school. It will be the same."

Lu Nong: “…” Sister, I’m not scared, I’m scared for you.