Yu Sui simply picked up on the high school principal's question: "Higher up? Which higher up? The political department? Oh, I see. That's what the captain meant, right?"
"Ahem!" Principal Gao coughed repeatedly. "Well, Teacher Yu's teaching is really good. The kids all like you."
Talking about other things, this is tacit agreement.
Yu Sui smiled and said, "Principal Gao, since it's the request of the group leader, then I won't make it difficult for you. If you don't want to come, then don't come. However, can you tell me what the group leader said? Did he just say that he doesn't want me to be a teacher, or that he doesn't want me to work?"
The principal blushed when someone said this to him.
But honest people are easy to coax, and the principal immediately told the truth:
"It wasn't Captain who told me directly, but that's what the Administration Department told me. They told me to cause you... trouble, and then you won't be allowed to be a teacher. I'm not one to cause trouble for others, so I... told you directly."
Yu Sui: "Haha! Thank you so much, Principal Gao, you are really a good principal, the children like you very much. Then I won't come tomorrow. However, Principal Gao, I feel a little cowardly with you doing this. Although I have only been here for a month, I also know that this primary school has a history. It was originally in the hands of your grandfather, who wanted to help the local children, so he founded it. He is considered a clan scholar, with good ideas and character! But now, in your hands, not only has it not been carried forward, but you have to listen to others' manipulation. It's really... Alas, even if I were a woman, I can't stand it."
Yu Sui's words made the principal's face turn pale. "This... these days, there's nothing we can do. After all, we still rely on the army for subsidies. Otherwise, our school would just be a street school, and we wouldn't even have the money to buy coal for heating every winter."
After saying so much, isn’t this the truth that we want to hear?
Yu Sui stopped herself from leaving and turned to Principal Gao, saying, "Principal, it's really frustrating not having autonomy. How about I come up with a long-term plan for you?"
The principal was very interested and immediately asked, "What do you mean by a long-term plan?"
"If the school wants to develop and improve, it must have money. You're always relying on government subsidies, so what's the point? Your school must have its own stable source of income. Only then can school conditions improve, teacher salaries increase, and teaching quality improve. Then, children from other neighborhoods will come to study here, and your school will become more famous than your ancestors'. So, Principal Gao, making money is your top priority!"
"Haha!" The high school principal, an honest man but no fool, sneered, "How could I not know that? But with such a small school like mine, how can we make money? Tuition is fixed, so how can I expect students to pay more?"
"You're running a school-run factory! Principal Gao, as far as I know, many schools in the provincial capital have school-run factories. Why don't you run one?"
"That's easy for you to say. I don't even have time to attend classes, so how am I supposed to run a factory? Besides, I don't know how to run a factory, and I'm afraid."
"What are you afraid of?"
"I'm afraid if I don't handle it right, I'll be called a capitalist tail."
"Principal Gao, I'm not afraid of being scolded. Otherwise, how about I help you get one?"
"Huh? What...what do you mean?"
Yu Sui stepped back and said to the principal very seriously, "If you're willing, I won't be a teacher recommended by the army anymore. I'll cooperate with you and help you run the school and the factory. You don't have to worry about anything. In the first year, I'll give you 600 yuan, and in the second year I'll give you 2,000 yuan. If you need help finding a job, I can also help you find two positions. In the third year, if you think my school-run factory is good, we can discuss how to cooperate. Are you willing?"
"This... is possible?"
"Why not?"
“Isn’t it a capitalist tail?”
"How could it be? There are so many school-run factories in the provincial capital that are not capitalist tails, so how can yours be a tail? I have never seen anyone who insisted on picking up the tail and putting it on himself!"
The principal stopped talking.
Yu Sui simply stood up and walked away: "Think about it. When you've made up your mind, call me. After working here for a month, my assessment of you is that you've truly failed the original intention of your ancestors in establishing this school."
The principal extended his hand, but in the end, he left Yu Sui's words unsaid.
Yu Sui would not be affected by this and would continue to cook leisurely when she got home.
When Xia Linsheng came back in the evening, Yu Sui said, "I won't be working starting tomorrow."
Xia Linsheng was quite surprised: "Why?"
Yu Sui: "The principal said that someone from our political department said that they wanted to cause me some trouble and make me lose my job."
Xia Linsheng immediately put down his bowl and said in a deep voice, "What do they mean?"
Yu Sui picked up a piece of food from his bowl and said, "There's nothing to be angry about. It's just an act."
"..." Xia Linsheng took a deep breath: "I'm definitely angry. Why is the Ministry of Government like this?"
Yu Sui glanced at him: "What do you think?"
"Should I know?"
"You'll understand if you think about it."
"I..." Xia Linsheng tilted his head and thought for a moment: "I can't think of it."
Yu Sui was helpless. "It must be because of the last time you rescued Han Duomi, many people knew about Han Duomi's behavior. Think about it, I heard people talking about it at school, and the more they talked, the more it got. There were even rumors that Sister Yuan disciplined Han Duomi and even made him kneel down. No one had said anything like this before. And now it seems that Han Duomi himself asked to be discharged from the military, but Lili didn't want to. There's a big fight going on at home, and Captain Li is upset, so he's taking it out on us."
Xia Linsheng: "That shouldn't be the case! Even if you have any dissatisfaction, you should come to me. Why should I ask you to go home?"
"You're stupid! We're all soldiers after all. Wouldn't publicly punishing you be a laughingstock for everyone? After all, you're not a member of the army. Captain Fang is already quite influential. Isn't the power of the two of you strong enough? Captain Xu is no fool. Why would he publicly attack you and incur resentment? That's why he can only take it out on family members like me."
"That's not right! We can't do this! I want to go find him!"
Xia Linsheng put down the bowl as he spoke, quickly put on his coat, and was about to go out.
Yu Sui turned around and pointed at the stool: "Sit down! Don't go anywhere!"
Xia Linsheng stood by the door and didn't come back: "Wife, I can't stand this! You can bully me, but you can't bully my wife!"
Yu Sui looked at him with amusement, not anxious at all: "You are so stupid. If you think I was bullied, then others will feel that they bullied you and vent their anger. But I don't care at all, how can I be bullied?"
"You really don't care?"
"This kind of action definitely doesn't matter!"
"But I think they bully you."
"It's a bit interesting, but if you go and cause trouble with Captain Yu because of this, that's his real purpose. After all, if you make a scene like this with your superiors, you'll be the one who will be negatively impacted."
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