Ten

Tighter and slower, time saw the winter moon, and the people's primary school began to get busy again: for a student exam alone, the teacher had to produce papers, judge papers, unify scores, and summarize ...... As for the maintenance of school buildings, the addition of teaching aids, the duty on holidays, the visits of retirees, and so on, they are all piled up. Originally, there were not enough manpower, but a few people such as Yang Qionghua and others were still lazy and slippery, and they didn't want to do it, and they didn't want to go, but Yao Xianxian, the branch secretary who was very close to him, had to protect him, which made the teachers unhappy and uneven, and they had a lot of opinions. Faced with this situation, Cen Huanian, as the head of a school, had a headache, but in addition to trying his best to appease the teachers with big opinions, he could only do it himself as much as possible. In his opinion, Yao, Yang and other personnel can do less, as long as they don't cause trouble for the school.

"Principal Cen, if you don't work overtime today, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish the work. At about ten o'clock in the morning of this day, after Luo Yongding finished correcting his papers, he went around in each grade group. During the inspection, he found that he should tell Cen Huanian about this, so he ran into the principal's office.

"Overtime?" Cen Huanian was drafting the year-end summary, and when he heard this, he raised his head, "Take up the rest time, and the big guys may not have opinions." In fact, he had this idea for a long time, but he was worried about Yao Xianxian's consistent non-cooperation, and it was difficult to make a decision.

"Today is Saturday, and if you don't hurry up and rest tomorrow, things will drag on until next week. Luo Yongding was a little anxious about the principal's concerns: as the holiday approached, the county education bureau grasped the relevant work very tightly, and repeatedly urged it to be completed on time.

"What you said makes sense," Cen Huanian thought about it, and felt that he couldn't take care of that much, so he said: "That's it, let's work hard in the afternoon, finish the affairs at hand, and eat lunch in the school cafeteria, and add two dishes to the food group." You go to each grade group to say hello, and I tell the director of general affairs in the cafeteria. ”

"That's good. Seeing the principal's arrangement, Luo Yongding was very happy, and walked to each grade group. Because even though it's just a free lunch, it's hard to say how much motivation teachers can motivate, but at least it can reduce the resentment caused by overtime. And he is not worried about Yao Xianxian's opposition. Although this leader, as the secretary of the branch, always emphasizes political leadership and consciousness first, he has never refused the material treatment he can enjoy. To say that what this person really cares about is that he has what others have, and as for whether he participates in the actual work himself, that is not a matter for him to consider.

But what Cen Huanian didn't expect was that although with the assistance of Luo Yongding, all the work of the school was carried out in an orderly manner, but on this day, Yao Xianxian suddenly told him that his parents and brothers were separated, and he couldn't help but ask, so he had to go back to his hometown for a few days, and the school work would be handled by him.

"Secretary Yao, this-" Suddenly encountering this situation, Cen Huanian felt very sudden.

"Every family has half of the scriptures that are difficult to read, and I am the boss, so it is my responsibility to solve family problems, which Principal Cen can understand. Seeing Cen Huanian's hesitation, Yao Xianxian became unhappy, thinking that he respected you for going home to ventilate you, could it be that he still had to ask for your opinion and get your approval? Thinking of this, the words that followed were not good: "I have already told the county education bureau and the Chengguan Town Party Committee about this matter, and they all agreed, thinking that you will not have any different opinions." ”

"That's not what I meant. Seeing Yao Xianxian think things aside, Cen Huanian felt that it was very difficult to communicate with him.

"Then you-" Yao Xianxian was a little puzzled.

"Towards the end of the semester, there are obviously more things in school, and there are some things that you are not here, and I am not very good at being alone. Cen Huanian explained.

Hearing this, Yao Xianxian was a little puzzled. However, he would not show this kind of suspicion on his face, so he said: "Although the school is the leader of the party branch, it is still the principal's responsibility system, and you are still in charge of what should be managed, no problem." ”

"I'm afraid that there will be some task or work arranged from above, and you are not there, what should I do?" Cen Huanian was still a little worried.

"It's all at this time, what other tasks and jobs do you have? Hearing Cen Huanian say this, Yao Xianxian's precautionary psychology suddenly relaxed a lot. In order to show his generosity, he specially said to Luo Yongding, the teaching director on the side: "Director Luo is here, before I come back, the party branch will not hold a meeting, and all affairs will be handled by Principal Cen." After a pause, he said, "Principal Cen's decision is my decision. ”

"That's a good idea, so do it. Over the years, Luo Yongding has been aggrieved by the frequent run on the principal, and when he saw Yao Xianxian say this, he hurriedly expressed his position.

Hearing Director Luo say this, Yao Xianxian was a little unhappy again, but the words were said by himself, and he couldn't take them back, so he could only say "hehe" twice to express his approval.

Cen Huanian is not an elm pimple, Ren doesn't like to ponder people anymore, and it is impossible not to see what kind of document Yao Xianxian is doing in his belly, but since this person has spoken so beautifully, of course he can only agree. He thought, I hope that before the holiday, it is best not to assign any work above, and everyone will live in peace with each other, otherwise, he will really be the master, Yao Xianxian will be unhappy again, and finally find a fork to go to the ground.

Yao Xianxian returned to his hometown. However, neither he nor Cen Huanian expected that only one day after he left Lichuan County, the town office notified the responsible persons of all units to hold a meeting, saying that the county personnel bureau would temporarily increase the number of places on the basis of the capital increase work in the first half of the year, and asked all units to study it as soon as possible, report the list of personnel who increased the capital within two days, and cash it out before the year.

"Lao Luo, what should I do?" Hearing the news, Cen Huanian was naturally very happy, after all, the employees of this unit can enjoy this rare treatment. But this is just a matter of a moment, and then he feels tricky, in addition to feeling that the number of places given to the people's primary school is too small, there is another point, that is, Yao Xianxian is not there, but he will not allow others to get involved in such a matter. Therefore, as soon as he returned from a meeting in the town, he found Luo Yongding and discussed how to handle it.

"Didn't Lao Yao say that? During his absence, all affairs are handled by you. Luo Yongding reminded Cen Huanian.

"But this time it is a capital increase, which is related to the vital interests of the comrades, and two places are given. Cen Huanian felt embarrassed.

"What's wrong with the capital increase, isn't it just a few more yuan? Who is doing a good job in our school and who is not doing well, who should be added and who should not be added, you haven't counted it in your heart?" Luo Yongding felt that the principal took this matter too seriously, "Besides, you just want to hand over this matter to Secretary Yao for decision, but his family is in the mountains, and there is no phone at home." We can't just stop signing up because he's not there. After a pause, he said, "I also heard that if we don't report it this time, we can't make up for it, so we can't waste these two indicators in vain." ”

"Then, you and Fan Yun are branch committees, you are the director of teaching, plus me, the three of us will hold a joint meeting of the party and government, come up with a plan, and then solicit the opinions of the masses, okay?" Hearing Luo Yongding say this, Cen Huanian felt that it made sense. After thinking for a while, he said to Luo Yongding in a consultative tone.

"Why not? I think that's the best way to go. Seeing Cen Huanian's proposal, Luo Yongding immediately agreed. He has long thought that the principal is very administrative, but he is constrained by Yao Xianxian, and many things are always stumbling and thankless.

Just do it. Because the performance of all the faculty and staff was placed there, soon, the three of them unified their thinking: two places, one for Zhang Jianqiu, who is about to retire in the next year, the old teacher has worked hard all his life, it is not easy, this time without a salary increase, there will be no chance in the future; the other is for the school worker Lao Peng, in addition to his heavy family burden and low salary, more importantly, he has a lot of work on one person, on duty, cleaning, repairing, Helping the cook, he undertook almost all the dirty work in the school, and sometimes when the teaching office was too busy, he was asked to help push mimeographs and nail rolls, and he didn't care about the minister.

"Principal Cen, what do I say, I-" After the plan was announced, Lao Peng was surprised. There are so many teachers in the school, there are many who have the ability and perform well, they are likely to increase their capital, he never thought that this opportunity would fall on his head, so when Luo Yongding announced the school's decision at the school's faculty meeting, he followed into Cen Huanian's office, looking very excited.

"Then don't say anything, what did you do in the past, and continue to do it now. Seeing Lao Peng like this, Cen Huanian was both happy for him and sad for himself. For Lao Peng, although he doesn't have much money, he can solve some problems, and for himself, he thinks that this principal is very problematic. Think about it, not only Lao Peng and Teacher Zhang, who have just come, but also many teachers and staff, should increase their capital for their performance and the needs of school work, but there are not so many places, if he has power, just like in Limin Primary School in the past, can he still be embarrassed on the issue of increasing everyone's income? However, this thought also flashed, and then he realized that it is very dangerous to think like this, it has been more than ten years since liberation, and the people's primary school has long become a country, so he should not still have such a consciousness.

The issue of capital increase was thus resolved. Except for Yang Qionghua, who complained to him and expressed dissatisfaction, the other teachers were very calm and did not affect their work. In terms of the handling of this matter, Cen Huanian is very grateful to Luo Yongding and Fan Yun. He knew that in just a few days, they had done a lot of ideological work among the faculty and staff, especially in terms of conditions, they were both people who should increase their capital, but they both gave up. This is naturally due to their high consciousness, but it cannot be said that it is not a strong support for him. Thinking of these, Cen Huanian was very moved. Therefore, although the school is close to the holidays and the school is much more important than usual, he is still very happy. It's just that in his spare time, he thinks of Yang Qionghua and a few other people who are constantly complaining about passive slacking off because they have not increased their wages, especially when he thinks of Yao Xianxian's possible reaction to the handling of this matter after he comes back, he is not without depression. He knows that no matter how good he does on the issue of capital increase, Yao Xianxian will still have opinions, even if he doesn't say it directly, he will show it on other issues.

There is not much time left before retirement, and it will be clean when the time comes, Cen Huanian thought secretly. At some point, this thought began to appear in his mind, and it affected him more and more frequently as the disturbing events continued to agitate. He knew that he often thought about the suspicion of "declining revolutionary will" as warned by the head of the Siqing Work Group, not to mention that he did not love education work, but in the face of all kinds of seemingly invisible but existing political pressures, how could he love it? Instead of enduring the white eyes and squeezes of some people, it is better to find an opportunity to escape from their field of vision as soon as possible, and those who always look at themselves unpleasantly will not disappear from their eyes and come to look for trouble!

Examinations, marking papers, grading papers, drafting annual reports to the town office and the county education bureau, arranging the work of the next semester, students are on vacation, teachers leave the school, and the school is closed...... Everything is being handled in an intense and orderly manner. Finally, everything that needs to be done this semester is done. Cen Huanian also said goodbye to the teachers of the school and Lao Peng, who stayed on duty, and returned home to start the annual winter vacation life. What the school's faculty and staff will do during the holidays, Cen Huanian doesn't know, he only knows that he has been busy for a year and has to take a good rest. Of course, the words still have to be practiced, not for anything else, at least promise Shen Jiayan to fulfill his promise.

The days passed easily and quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the thirtieth day of the lunar month. On this day, from 4 p.m., snowflakes began to fall in the sky, and it became bigger and bigger. Approaching five o'clock in the afternoon, the entire Lichuan county has accumulated a layer on the ground. As for Yahou Street, because the residents returned to their homes early, there were few people walking in the front yards of each house, and the snowflakes piled up on the ground looked even thicker.

Zheng Wenshu got up early in the morning and began to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Looking at the bowls of dishes that are usually rare to eat, they were on the table, not to mention how happy Xinrui and Limin, who had already been at home on vacation. What's even more rare is that Niu Houhuai actually took the initiative to come to his father-in-law's house for the New Year this year, and sealed a red envelope for his grandmother. If there is anything that the whole family regrets, it is pragmatic to say that this year will stay in school during the holiday and not go home for the New Year, the reason is to save travel expenses, and take a good look at the book to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination in the future.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the whole family sat around the square table. Just when everyone had worshiped their grandfather Cen Shilei and began to hold bowls and chopsticks to the sound of firecrackers from neighbors, a young man with a backpack and a snowflake on his head suddenly walked into the yard and appeared in front of his family.

Let's take a look: pragmatic!

When this happens, the family was surprised, but they still cheered. Especially the grandmother, not only called her daughter-in-law to fill the food for the eldest grandson, but also walked over to whisk the snow for the latter tremblingly.

"Big brother, didn't you say you wouldn't come back for the New Year?" asked the little sister Limin, trying to climb on the eldest brother's shoulder.

"At first, I really didn't plan to come back, but it didn't make sense to stay at school alone, and I was always thinking about my family, so I decided to go home temporarily. Looking at the naughty and cute appearance of the little sister, Pragmatism felt that Rao was interesting, so he reached out and scratched her small and delicate nose. What he said was the truth, but there was a little concealment, that is, when he was on vacation, You Shanshan sent him a letter and asked him if he would go home, she said that she would go back, and if he went home, she had a lot to say to him. This girl was admitted to Guangzhou College of Traditional Chinese Medicine this year, and she and Cen Shishi haven't seen each other for a long time.

"Sister, the situation will change," listening to Limin's question, the new star on the side interjected, "Besides, haven't you been looking forward to the return of your eldest brother?"

The situation will change, listening to this, Cen Huanian, who has been watching the children, couldn't help but move in his heart: Indeed, there is nothing constant in this world, as if the current situation of the family is like this. Only, having said that, what kind of change is it going to be for the better or for the worse, and how do you deal with those unexpected changes?

Thinking of this, Cen Huanian's mood suddenly became heavy.

Strange to say, when Cen Shishi entered the door, the snow outside the house was still falling heavily, but the surprising thing was that just after the family sat down around the table, the snowflakes that had been falling happily suddenly stopped. Although the sky did not clear as a result, the whole world was always shrouded in haze.

It is said that Ruixue is a good year, why can't it be down for a while? Cen Huanian has never believed in any ghosts and gods and the like, but at this moment, he somehow has an ominous association, and even feels depressed. It's just that he can't say where the ominous is, and he didn't realize it until he fell asleep this night.