Chapter 22: "Little Stove" Between Classes

A woman is so strong, others must not guess, you will never guess clearly, Mr. Guo thought of doing it, she couldn't stop for a moment, thinking that it was her consistent nature to do it, she didn't even have time to say to her family, just said to her neighbors, "I have something to do in the county!"

Uncle Qi is looking for Mr. Guo, speaking of a lot of origins, Uncle Qi's surname is Guo, formerly known as Guo Benhua, and Mr. Guo is the family, although the ancestors do not have thousands of acres of fertile land, but also have no worries about food and clothing, the family also hired tenant farmers, in the village is also one of the richest households, the ancestors attach great importance to children's reading, not only at home invited Mr. private school, but also actively help the village willing to read children to go to his house to study, his ancestors are naturally loved by the villagers, never thought that the good times will not last long, the Japanese came to the village to collect grain, there is a ruffian in the village, the village has a ruffian, repeatedly claimed that his ancestors harbored grain, the Japanese went to his home to persuade him to hand over the grain to the imperial army, his ancestors verbally agreedAfter the Japanese left, they took advantage of the night to transfer the grain to a relative's house more than ten miles away from the village, and in order to avoid trouble, they also hid their family's only seedling Qi Benhua in the relative's house. The next day, when the devil came to his house, he did not get a grain of grain, and the ruffian Bad Three insisted that his ancestors refused to cooperate with the Japanese, and the devil was annoyed and angry, and pulled all the people left behind in Guo Benhua's family to the east of the village, and stabbed him several times with a bayonet in front of the whole village, and stabbed him to death on the spot, and his condition was unbearable.

Guo Benhua, who hid in a relative's house, became an orphan, and with a bitter hatred for the Japanese devils, he became a small correspondent of the local guerrillas. Once, on the way to deliver a letter, he happened to meet a devil to set up an inventory, and he wittily grabbed the corner of an adult's clothes and skillfully evaded the devil's investigation.

The adult who pulled was Mr. Guo's grandfather Guo Songlin, when he asked for dinner on the way back, he also happened to pass by the inventory point, Guo Benhua took advantage of the situation to instinctively pull this, pulled out a relationship between the two of them, after the inventory point, Guo Songlin and Guo Benhua talked and learned that Guo Benhua was originally with his own family, according to the generation, Guo Benhua is more free than Guo Songlin, naturally called Guo Songlin uncle, afterwards the two became a year-old friend, for the orphan Guo Benhua, this uncle is his elder, as long as he passes through Guo Songlin's village, he will naturally visit Guo Songlin's house, Guo Songlin really regards Guo Benhua as his own nephew。

As he grew older, Guo Benhua had changed from a correspondent to a guerrilla fighter, and he did not dare to forget his hatred for the devils, so he borrowed a Qi character from the anti-Japanese hero Qi Jiguang and changed himself to Qi Benhua, vowing to drive the devils out of China. Because of his courage in fighting and his knowledge of words, he soon became a young political commissar in the guerrillas, and later incorporated into the regular troops of the Eighth Route Army, becoming a real soldier of the Eighth Route Army.

Qi Benhua's home in the county seat is located in a small courtyard behind the guest house of the county party committee, the small courtyard has three rooms, two of which are for the old couple to live, and the other is the kitchen, the yard is not big, except for the one-and-a-half-meter-wide brick paving road leading directly to the gate, the rest are all planted with all kinds of vegetables. Mr. Guo, who was standing at the door of Qi Benhua's house, looked in through the cracks in the doors of the two gates, and saw that the door facing the door was open, although Mr. Guo did not see anyone, but from the open door, it can be inferred that there are people in the house, he raised his hand to knock on the door but stopped in mid-air, did not fall, and suddenly remembered something, his little thing to trouble an important leader in the county, is tantamount to anti-aircraft guns to fight mosquitoes, too overkill, was thinking about it, the door suddenly opened, and a bald middle-aged man in his fifties stood in front of Mr. Guo: "Isn't this Xiao Guo? Where are you from? Come in, come in!"

"Uncle Qi, I miss you, I came to see you!" Teacher Guo was really a little shy, after all, it was the county parent official standing in front of him.

"Still thinking about me, how are you at home?" asked County Magistrate Qi kindly.

"Okay, it's all good!" Mr. Guo replied as he walked into the house with County Magistrate Qi. Entering the house, Mr. Guo put the best peaches directly on the chair next to the door.

"You see, come to me, you don't need to be so polite, everyone is a family, sit down and talk. County Magistrate Qi patted the sofa next to him as he sat down, prompting Mr. Guo to sit down and talk. Mr. Guo moved his steps slightly and slowly sat down on the end of the sofa.

"Is your job okay?" Seeing the county magistrate Qi ask about his work, Mr. Guo naturally felt that he should get to the point, and he felt a lot more relaxed when he heard the county magistrate Qi mention "they are all family", but he still felt that it was really ridiculous to ask the county's parents for a county-level outstanding teacher.

"Fortunately, in this final exam, I won the first place in the county in the average score of my mathematics class, and one of the students in the class also won the first place in the county!"

"That's good! It shouldn't be a problem to evaluate it as excellent!" I didn't think about what Mr. Guo didn't want to mention, so I asked County Magistrate Qi to give it a thorough look. The shrewdness of the county magistrate surprised Mr. Guo.

"I could have evaluated the outstanding teachers in the county, but because the number of places was limited, I only evaluated the outstanding teachers of the commune!" Although this result was only said to her by her classmates, Ms. Guo believed that this result was the final result, and she accentuated her tone in the last word "commune".

When the county magistrate Qi heard Mr. Guo say that the number of places is limited, he immediately understood Mr. Guo's intention, but before he figured out the origin of the matter, as a local parent official, it was inconvenient to say anything!

Seeing that County Magistrate Qi didn't say anything, Mr. Guo felt that what he said might have gone too far, so in order to ease the awkward atmosphere, he asked, "Where is Aunt Qi?"

"She went to work, you see, she just talked and forgot to pour water for you. County Magistrate Qi said, wanting to stand up and take the cup from the tea tray under the table.

Teacher Guo was embarrassed to let the elders pour water for himself, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't be busy, I'll do it myself!" As he spoke, he leaned over and took a cup from under the table, picked up the ceramic teapot on the table, first filled the cup in front of the county magistrate with water, and then poured water on the cup he had just held.

"How is the family's income now?" said the county magistrate Qi changed the topic and asked about the rural affairs.

Mr. Guo understands that although he didn't say his own matter directly, it has been revealed to the smart county magistrate, and as for whether he can handle it, the key is whether he wants to ask about it.

"The income is much stronger than in previous years, and everyone is very motivated. "Although Mr. Guo has joined the teaching team, because he is a private teacher, his identity is still a peasant, and the natural responsibility system has also been allocated a share of land, and he knows a lot about rural affairs, but what should he say about his parents?

"At present, because many families have a weak foundation, there is no production cost at home, and there is no money to buy chemical fertilizer, let alone other means of production!" Mr. Guo poured beans into a bamboo tube, and directly reflected the development problems encountered by farmers to the parent official in front of him.

When County Magistrate Qi heard this, he looked at Teacher Guo with a solemn expression, and seemed to be thinking about something while listening.

When Mr. Guo saw the expression of County Magistrate Qi, he thought that he had said something wrong, and he didn't dare to continue.

"Uncle Qi, look, there is something wrong with what I said, please don't mind!" Mr. Guo stopped the topic and said as if reviewing.

"There is nothing wrong, this is exactly what I want to understand, what you said is very important to the people, this problem has to be solved by the county, otherwise it will affect the income of farmers, this is a major matter for the people of the county!" Qi County couch leaned on his back, touched his forehead, and said sonorously.

Mr. Guo was shocked, he did not hear the county magistrate express his attitude on his own affairs this time, but he expressed his attitude on the spot about the affairs of the people of the county. Teacher Guo cheered for himself in his heart, has he really become a hero who asks for the people's lives today? When Teacher Guo thought of this, he snickered at his own detour.

Teacher Guo thought that there was nothing to say about sitting down again, so he stood up and said goodbye to County Magistrate Qi: "Uncle Qi, I made a special trip to see you and report to you about my work, and I am very happy to see you, so I won't delay your time!"

"I don't think it's a delay, but I'd be glad if you had time to come to see me often, old man. Your Aunt Qi is not at home today, next time you will definitely ask her to cook you a few good dishes. The county magistrate Qi said and mentioned the fresh peach that Mr. Guo put on the chair just now, "You bring this back to the elderly at home, I don't lack it here, you see that the vegetables grown in my yard can't be eaten!"

Teacher Guo was willing to follow, pushed the hand of the county magistrate Qi to lift the peach, and said again and again: "Look at what you said, my little heart, besides, this is what I bought from my hometown market, this year's fresh peaches let you taste fresh, how can you let me take it back!

The two gave way, and the county magistrate Qi put the peach back in its place, and waved goodbye as he sent Mr. Guo to the gate.

Teacher Guo returned to school, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, after thinking about it, she felt that this time she went to the county seat, just worked in vain, and did not gain anything, for an ordinary teacher, she can only do this, as for the honor of excellent teacher at the county level, it can only be solved later. What Teacher Guo didn't expect was that because of her trip to the county seat, the county government compound was already busy.