Zheng Wenshu's worries are not superfluous, the situation is still going on, not only is Yahou Street deeply involved, but it is impossible for everyone to stay out of it. On this morning, as soon as Cen Huanian entered the school gate, he was notified to the school auditorium by an unfamiliar face with a red hoop, saying that it was the Lichuan County Education Liaison Station that had convened a meeting.

Hey, why didn't the school leadership team send the notice? Cen Huanian felt a little strange.

But he didn't expect it, and there was something he didn't expect. When he walked into the auditorium, he found that Yao Xianxian was already standing on the rostrum, but this time he did not have a seat, but stood on the edge of the stage, with his head bowed, and a big card hanging around his neck.

What's going on? Cen Huanian was stunned. But before he could come back to his senses, an angry shout came—

"Put Cen Huanian on stage!"

Standing on the ground, two red hoops rushed out from the rostrum, and without saying anything, Cen Huanian was put on the stage, and hung a big card that had been prepared for him.

Looking down at the big characters written on the cards to give him An's name, Cen Huanian was very surprised: he was only the principal of a primary school, and this principal had always been a coward, and he was suppressed by Yao Xianxian everywhere. Who doesn't know that in addition to the few houses where he lives now, his father's family business has long been turned into Limin Primary School, what assets do they have? These houses were also replaced by the town during the housing reform, and they are much smaller than the old house that was originally connected to Limin Primary School. To say that he is his father's filial son and grandson must mean to inherit his legacy and take charge of Limin Primary School, but is this wrong? Ask the old neighbors here, whose children have not benefited from this school, and who can say that the old father is guilty of running a school with him?

"Why, not convinced?" Seeing him slowly raise his head, as if to observe the situation in the auditorium, a thin white hand reached over from the side and pressed his head down hard. As soon as he heard that sharp voice, he knew that she was the teacher Yang Qionghua.

How could she be like this? Cen Huanian was shocked, didn't she humbly ask herself yesterday morning that she wanted to reduce the number of class hours, why did she become so fierce and vicious overnight?

Looking at Cen Huanian's embarrassed appearance of being held by his head, Yang Qionghua was very happy at this time.

Last night, Qiu Bingjun, the head of the county education system, came to her home and told her that she had decided to pull Yao Xianxian and Cen Huanian out, hoping that she would come forward and pick up the burden.

"I'm going to pick the head?" Hearing the other party's intentions clearly, Yang Qionghua was happy at first, but soon hesitated. She knew her weight in school and was worried that she would not be able to convince the public.

"We'll support you, don't be afraid!" Qiu Bingjun knew what she was thinking, and immediately cheered her up. In fact, he also knew that she was not the right person, but because most of the teachers followed the rules, they did not have the corresponding desire and courage, so they had to be so.

"But Cen Huanian Yao Xianxian and he have no bad deeds," Yang Qionghua still hesitated, "The conclusions made before don't count?"

"Look, the mind is behind the situation. Qiu Bingjun disagreed, (omitting a bunch of discordant words here........ Seeing the gradually changing expression on her face, Qiu Bingjun smiled slightly, "Also, you said that Cen Huanian and Yao Xianxian have no bad deeds, so does it count as they harming the interests of the masses?"

"Harming the interests of the masses?"

"That's right, the county education bureau gave the people's primary school a year before last, you could have enjoyed one, didn't Cen Huanian give it to someone else?" Qiu Bingjun was obviously provoking.

Hearing this, the resentment that had been pent up in Yang Qionghua's heart for a long time was immediately stimulated. Listening to Yao Xianxian, he agreed to her raising her salary by one level, but Cen Huanian objected, saying that the quota should be given to the best worker, which led to her hope being disappointed. This is still self-reliant, this Cen Huanian actually moved out the teaching evaluation statistics and attendance sheets of the past years when she went to question, which made her so embarrassed.

"What's the matter, shouldn't such a principal have a resolute struggle with him?......." Qiu Bingjun squinted his eyes at the woman in front of him who had obviously been angered by personal grudges, and added at the end: "Are you afraid of him and don't dare?"

"Who said I was afraid of him and didn't dare to fight him?" Hearing him say this, Yang Qionghua was very unconvinced. She got up from her seat with a "whoosh", "As long as you bring someone tomorrow, I will definitely cooperate with you." ”

"Okay, it's a word, as long as you dare, it's up to you here. Qiu Bingjun slapped his thigh and agreed.

……

Thinking of this, Yang Qionghua's thin palm increased the weight of Cen Huanian's head. At this moment, on the rostrum, Qiu Bingjun, who was wearing a red sleeve on his arm, held a horn in his hand and shouted loudly-

"All teachers, listen well, in view of the long-term embarrassment of the principal and secretary of your school, I hope you will distinguish between right and wrong and stand firm!"

"Hey, isn't this Qiu Bingjun from the Teaching and Research Department of the County Education Bureau?"

"You just know? He's the head of the Liaison Terminal now!"

"How did you find out Yao Xianxian?"

"Yao Xianxian has always rectified others, but I didn't expect to be rectified by others today!"

Suddenly hearing this, the teachers in the audience immediately began to discuss.

"Don't make a noise!" Seeing the agitation in the audience, Qiu Bingjun on the stage raised his voice, "I announce that from now on, the People's Primary School will be led by our liaison station, and Cen Huanian and Yao Xianxian will all stand aside from today." ”

"Who is in charge of the work of the school?" said a voice from the crowd. As soon as people heard it, they knew that it was Fan Yun.

"Yang Qionghua. Qiu Bingjun said undoubtedly.

Hearing this, people were taken aback. Everyone looked up and found that she was standing next to Qiu Bingjun, with a smug look on her face.

Seeing this situation, the audience suddenly became agitated-

"Why is she?"

"Will it work?"

"It's nice to be able to take care of yourself!"

"Quiet, quiet!" Listening to the discussion of the faculty and staff in the audience, Qiu Bingjun was a little weak-hearted. He pulled his throat, both to suppress the masses and to cheer for himself: "I know that some of you have opinions about Teacher Yang, thinking that she usually does not work well, but as the saying goes, no one can make a mistake if he is not a sage, not to mention that it doesn't matter if he makes a mistake, he is a good comrade if he changes." Our main station believes that Comrade Yang Qionghua has a good background, high consciousness, a firm stand, and the courage to struggle, and does not rely on comrades like her, and the people's primary school will not be good. ”

"Principal Cen didn't make any mistakes, why did you want him to step down?" Hearing this, someone in the audience muttered.

"Who is it that is still looking for Cen Huanian?" Although Qiu Bingjun stood on the stage, he still heard it. He changed the tone of Yang Qionghua's evaluation when he was arranged, and asked sharply.

There was no squeak from everyone in the audience, although some of them could hear that it was the school worker Lao Peng.

"No one has come forward, forgive me and don't dare!" Qiu Bingjun was very annoyed when he couldn't ask the grunt. He loudly announced—

"From this moment on, Cen Huanian and Yao Xianxian will be suspended for inspection, and they will not be allowed to leave the school gate without permission when they go to work!

There was another stir in the venue. It was at this moment that the bell rang before the first lesson.

"Teacher Sheep!" a call came over as the teachers left the venue in a hurry.

"What's the matter?" Yang Qionghua was talking to Qiu Bingjun lively, and he was a little impatient when he heard someone greeting him.

"The family of third-grade teacher Hu sent a note, saying that she had an unstable fetus and stomach pain, and that she had been sent to the hospital, and that she would have to be transferred to the school for the third and fourth periods of Chinese classes in the morning. ”

"What are you looking for me to do about this?" Yang Qionghua felt inexplicable.

"Didn't you just announce that you were in charge of the school?"

"Then you don't need to look for me, there is a teaching office, Lao Luo. ”

"Lao Luo went to participate in the county's primary school teaching tour yesterday. ”

"What should I do then?" Yang Qionghua had no choice but to look at Qiu Bingjun.

It's really a thin mud that can't support the wall, I don't have fart skills, and I still want to be in power! Qiu Bingjun secretly snorted in his heart. But he didn't dare to show Yang Qionghua the color clearly, because her husband was the deputy director of the old county party committee office, and now he took the lead in standing up to support them, which could not be offended, not to mention that she was brought out by herself. However, he had more ideas than her, and when he saw her looking at him with a call for help, he turned his mouth to Cen Huanian, who was talking.

Yang Qionghua was not stupid, and immediately understood what Qiu Bingzheng meant, so she walked over to Cen Huanian and said loudly: "Cen Huanian, you can arrange Teacher Hu's class transfer." ”

"It's-"

"This is your chance to atone for your sins!"

"Okay. Looking at the heavy sign that had just been taken off his neck, Cen Huanian sighed in his heart. He really didn't understand what Qiu Bingjun and Yang Qionghua were going to do. In addition, there is something that he does not understand, that is, Qiu and Yang actually did Yao Xianxian, and their relationship is not very iron? Perhaps, this has something to do with Yao Xianxian's lack of interest.

Thinking of this, Cen Huanian shook his head slightly. However, he didn't have time to sort out these at the moment, and there were still two hours to go, that is, Mr. Hu's class in the second class, and he had to arrange it quickly, so he couldn't let the students sit in the classroom at that time.

"Principal Cen!" Just as Cen Huanian walked towards the teaching office, a slight call came from behind.

Cen Huanian stopped, turned around to look, and found that it was Fan Yun, who was looking at him with concern.

"Are you alright?" Fan Yun asked worriedly, as she approached

"It's fine. Cen Huanian's heart was hot.

Fan Yun looked at him in disbelief. From the moment she entered the auditorium, she had been watching him. Seeing him being held by Yang Qionghua's head, his face turned pale, she was very worried. After working together for many years, she has long known that although he is modest, his personality is very stubborn, and he is the kind of person who "can be killed but not humiliated". As a colleague with whom she has been on a good relationship for many years, she can't accept that result.

"You go to class, I'm fine. Looking at Fan Yun's concerned eyes, Cen Huanian was very moved. But he knew that Yang Qionghua had long been dissatisfied with Fan Yun's respect and maintenance of him, and always wanted to create some gossip. He didn't want to see this boring woman make a fuss about nothing, and even Fan Yun would suffer unwarranted harm.

Fan Yun still wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say for a while, and the class was about to start, so he had to smile apologetically at Cen Huanian, and turned around and walked towards the classroom.

Looking at Fan Yun's back, Cen Huanian felt a lot of emotion: people often say that adversity sees the truth, and Teacher Fan's behavior is undoubtedly the best empirical evidence. Recently, not only have many people stayed away from him, but all that has reached his ears is bad news: The eldest son has written pragmatically saying that the school has long been suspended, the campus is in chaos, and others are not allowed to go home; his son-in-law Niu Houhuai, because he has always been close to the leader, will pull him out to fight with him whenever he struggles with the leader, and he has also forced him to hold a small flag with the words "sycophant" written on it, making him cry all day long and lose his temper at Huimin; in Qingjiang City, his old friend Shangguanzheng and his wife have been brought in"Study class", the four daughters panicked. Only his old friend Shen Jiayan, because of his good family background and innocent history, was able to survive, but he was also yelled at by the unit to study documents and hold meetings every day, and he couldn't come to Lichuan if he wanted to.

Alas-

Thinking of these many things, Cen Huanian's mood was very heavy. Although he thinks that he has always been cautious and conscientious, and has not made any mistakes, he has never let him go every time, and in the end, Shengsheng has made him a frightened bird, so that his greatest wish is to be wronged by himself, but I hope that his family, especially the children, can live a stable life and not be hurt by them that they should not suffer.

To say, Cen Huanian's worries about his family are really not superfluous, not to mention how pragmatic he is, just being a cutting-edge, he obviously feels that it is not easy to live in the world. On this day, when my father was ordered to stand aside, he was fired from the printing house after only twenty-four days of work.

Cen Xinrui was called to the personnel unit in the typesetting workshop. At that time, he was led by his squad leader, a female master named Lu Li, to pick up the lead words of the drought report sent by the county flood control and drought control headquarters. Just as he was finishing the second manuscript, the workshop director walked in through the door and told him that the personnel unit had asked him to go.

"What's the matter?" Lu Li, who was in her thirties, saw this and hurriedly asked. There was a lot of work in this period, but there were people in the team to participate in the activities carried out by the rebel organizations, and the manpower was very tight.

"I don't know. The director's words flickered.

"Then, Xiao Cen, go and come back quickly. Although Lu Li was suspicious, she endured Cen Xinrui in front of her, turned around and explained.

"Okay. Cen Xinrui put down the pick-up board, carefully placed the manuscript paper in the unfinished document, pressed it with a pressing strip, and then walked towards the outside of the workshop.

"What the hell is going on?" Looking at Cen Xinrui's distant back, Lu Li asked the director again, "It's easy for us to come in the word picking workshop, do we have to transfer to other workshops?"

"That's good. The director sighed.

"What's going on?" Lu Li was a little surprised.

"I'm afraid this odd job Xiao Cen won't be able to do it. ”

"Why?"

"There was opposition. ”

"Why?"

"Said his father had serious political problems. ”

"Is there a problem? who knows the situation who doesn't know, Principal Cen is an honest person. Lu Li couldn't agree, "Take 10,000 steps back, even if there is a problem, what does it have to do with his son, could it be that he can't do a part-time job? ”

"It's useless for you to tell me this, it's what the factory wants to do. The director said helplessly.

Lu Li was speechless. Although she sympathizes with Cen Xinrui, she is soft-spoken and powerless. In the past 20 days, she has a good impression of this young man. She felt that the workman should be like him, not lazy and slippery, diligent, and he was literate and literate, and there were almost no mistakes in the manuscripts he picked up.

Sure enough, the director was right. After Cen Xinrui arrived at the personnel unit, although the head of the unit treated him very politely, he was stunned by the words he said after greeting him: the factory decided to dismiss him and asked him to immediately go to the financial unit to settle his salary since entering the factory.

Why? Cen Xinrui looked at the head of the unit with his eyes wide open: When you first came, you were also in this office, didn't you want to do a good job by yourself and Jiang Yizhen and make a plan to do it for a long time? Why did you change your mind after only more than 20 days?

The head of the unit couldn't stand Cen Xinrui's innocent eyes, so he hurriedly fled the office under the pretext of being in a hurry. He also had no choice, it was the decision of the factory director. The director of the factory said that yesterday Yang Qionghua of the People's Primary School came running with a group of people and strongly demanded that the printing house dismiss Cen Xinrui, on the grounds that the bad elements could not be allowed to be a loose party while making money. Before leaving, she also left a cruel sentence: If you don't dismiss Cen Xinrui, you won't want to take over the business of the education system in the future.

"I also know that this mother-in-law surnamed Yang doesn't pay attention to what she says, but a lot of the work in our factory comes from the education system, and if she really wants to make it bad, the impact on our factory will be serious." At the end, he said: "Don't talk about these things to Xiao Cen, just say that the county economic committee does not agree to recruit temporary workers." This young man is a good man, and he can't break his heart, so let him settle the account at thirty-five dollars a month. ”

In just twenty-four days, he was dismissed, and in the face of such a result, Cen Xinrui felt a chill in his heart. To be honest, it's not that he can't study, and he never thought of getting a job in a printing house. His dream is to go to a good university and learn a good major, just like his brother is pragmatic, but he didn't expect that it was a temporary job, and he couldn't do it before he figured out what was going on. It seems that this twenty-four is indeed unlucky, and it is a bullshit number. In the past, people said that they only thought they were joking, but now it seems to make some sense.

Cen Xinrui walked to the workshop in a depressed mood. Before going home, he had to say goodbye to Master Lu. Twenty-four days later, he and Master Lu have established a good relationship. Master Lu is not highly educated, but he is very enthusiastic about others. Although she didn't have much skill in picking up words, she still taught him some experience, including how to get used to reading the lead words backwards, how they were arranged in the word board, which ones were commonly used, how to hold the word picking plate so that he didn't get tired, and repeatedly told him to remember to wear rubber finger covers when picking up words, so as not to affect his body for a long time, and so on.

Cen Xinrui didn't know how he walked back to the workshop. But just as he was about to walk to the workbench, he suddenly found that the workshop director was talking to Master Lu, and there was a girl standing next to them with her back to him, whose bumpy figure was very familiar.

Could it be Lin Hongying? Cen Xinrui was puzzled. When I walked over and looked, it was really her, and she was listening to what Master Lu said.

Hearing the footsteps, Lin Hongying turned her head, and when she found that it was Cen Xinrui, she couldn't help but be stunned: "Alas, why are you here?"

"Why can't he be here?" Hearing her say this, Lu Li felt that she was asking very inappropriately, "To be honest, if you hadn't come, he would still stay here." ”

"Wait, you make it clear, if I don't come, he'll stay here. Lin Hongying was a little confused.

"Isn't this clear? He used to do a good job here, but just because you have to do this job, he has to leave. Lu Li said angrily. Speaking from the heart, Lu Li didn't have a good impression of the beautiful girl in front of her at the beginning, not talking about anything else, just as soon as she came in, the young men in the whole work class stopped their work, watched for a long time, and some of them squeezed their eyebrows with each other, they felt that she was a flower that attracted bees and butterflies, and it would be difficult to manage in the future.

"Why is this so, the neighborhood committee told me that this is not the case!" Hearing this, Lin Hongying was very confused.

"Master Lu, don't talk about it. This only blames me for not being able to work with you and complain about others. Cen Xinrui didn't want this conversation to continue, "I'm leaving, I'll come to see you later." After saying that, he packed up his clothes and left the workshop as if he were fleeing. He didn't know if his dismissal had anything to do with Lin Hongying. But no matter what, he didn't want her to see his embarrassment.

"Let's get to work. Looking at Cen Xinrui's back that was almost deserted and fled, Lu Li felt very uncomfortable, looking back at Lin Hongying and looking at him blankly, she couldn't help but feel a sense of dissatisfaction. It's just that the situation in front of him is really not caused by this girl's film, so Fang softened his tone a little.

What Master Lu said, Cen Xinrui didn't hear it clearly, and he didn't want to hear it clearly, since he left the printing house in the way of being dismissed, everything there had nothing to do with him. At the moment, he is worried about his father and mother. He knew how uncomfortable it would be for them to hear that he had been fired, and that it was likely to be directly related to his father's situation. Nowadays, what he can't see most is their self-blame. He felt that there was nothing wrong with them and that they should not be ashamed of their children. But he didn't know how to comfort them. He feared that the more comfort he had, the more it would touch that sensitive and fragile nerve in their hearts, and it would make them more painful.

Sure enough, when he returned home with a total of 28 yuan and 8 cents of 24 days of labor income, he found that his mother's expression was very heavy, and Jiang Yizhen, who was sitting next to her, had a bad face.

"Xinrui is back?" Seeing him walk in, Jiang Yizhen greeted.

Cen Xinrui let out a "hmm" and carefully observed his mother's expression.

"I know about the printing house, and I blame it on not being able to get things done. Jiang Yizhen looked at the two of them and said reproachfully.

"Mother Jiang, don't say that, can you blame this? We can't thank you for your concern. Hearing Jiang Yizhen say this, Zheng Wenshu hurriedly said, "If you want to blame, we can only blame ourselves, the conditions are not good, and they do not meet the requirements of others." ”

"You can't say that," Jiang Yizhen couldn't agree, "What conditions are not good and don't meet the requirements?" If you want to blame, you can only blame ........." Alas, if there is no such thing, the children are not all studying, what kind of odd jobs do they have? Even if they do odd jobs, they don't have so many famous names!"

"Be quiet. Hearing her say this, Zheng Wenshu was frightened.

Listening to her friend's reminder, Jiang Yizhen realized that she had lost her words, and couldn't help but stick out her tongue to see that there was no one else in the courtyard, and Fang breathed a sigh of relief. But she couldn't help it, and said: "At least blame Yang Qionghua's mother-in-law." This person is also bad, where does Principal Cen usually offend you, not only to rectify him, but also to rectify his son, and can't get along with a child, is it still a human being?"

"Forget it, such a person, no matter how much he talks, it is useless, there is no need to hurt himself. Although Zheng Wenshu mentioned Yang Qionghua, seeing that Jiang Yizhen was so annoyed, she comforted her in turn.

"Don't hurt God, don't hurt God, it's not worth being angry for this bad woman. Hearing Zheng Wenshu say this, Jiang Yizhen agreed.

"Xinrui, don't think about the printing house anymore, during this time, follow my father's instructions, take a look at the textbooks left by my brother, and try to do the exercises that can be done. ”

Seeing that her son was still standing beside her, Zheng Wenshu turned around and admonished.

Cen Xinrui nodded, not angry.

"Is there anything to do in the meat company?" Jiang Yizhen remembered Hui Min's side.

"Only the slaughterhouse needs to kill the pigs, and Hui Min said he can't do it. Besides, I don't want him to do this, at the end of the day, he is too tired to talk about people, and he is covered in blood. ”

Hearing Zheng Wenshu say this, Jiang Yizhen did not squeak. After a while, Fang asked tentatively: "There is a job, I don't know if Xinrui is willing to do it." ”

"What's the matter, you say. Hearing that there was work to do, Cen Xinrui opened his mouth immediately. Although he thinks it is important to study at home, he also feels that it is not good to stay at home all day reading books and doing problems. I'm almost seventeen years old, I can't always ask my parents to provide for me, I should find something to do.

"Pick coal. Seeing that Zheng Wenshu was also looking at herself expectantly, Jiang Yizhen said with great determination.

"Pick coal?" Zheng Wenshu didn't figure out what she was talking about for a while.

"Oh, that's right," Jiang Yizhen saw this, and hurriedly explained: "The county fuel company has brought in a batch of coal, and the weather forecast says that there will be rain recently, and the transportation company is not manpowered, so I contacted the town and hoped that the idle laborers of the various neighborhood committees would help carry it." ”

"How do you pick a pick?" Cen Xinrui asked.

"I brought my own baskets, and I carried them from the barge to the yard of the fuel company, and it was about a mile and a half back and forth, and I was worth a hundred pounds and seven cents. ”

"I'll go!" Hearing Jiang Yizhen say this, Cen Xinrui agreed to it.

"Are you okay?" Looking at her son's incomplete body, Zheng Wenshu was a little worried. Of course, she didn't want her son to stay at home all day to study his homework and do nothing else, but she was afraid that he would not be able to bear the heavy work.

"No problem, Mom. Cen Xinrui knew his mother's thoughts, and hurriedly comforted, "If I can provoke, I will pick more, and if I can't provoke, I will pick less." ”

Zheng Wenshu still hesitated.

"That's it, Mother Jiang, I'll go tomorrow. At this moment, Cen Xinrui felt that he couldn't take care of much. In his opinion, people have to do things, and they can't be idle, not to mention that they have done things like pounding bricks and slag, wrapping candy, and peeling vegetable tendons before. Although picking coal is harder than these jobs, it is better than doing nothing, and more work is more rewarding. Somehow, at this moment, he suddenly thought of the text "The Beginning of Labor" that he had read in the second grade of junior high school. He felt that he was a bit like the author Wu Yunduo back then.

Looking at the cutting-edge and sensible expression, Zheng Wenshu suddenly had a feeling of wanting to cry. She felt so sorry for her son: other people's children have no books to read, so they can easily find a job, no matter how poor they are, they can also be idle at home and have food, but their own family cannot. This is not only because of the heavy financial burden, but also because he and his father have instilled in him since he was a child that men cannot do nothing and rely on others. She didn't know if this precocious state was good or bad for the child's growth. Although she doesn't know any psychology, she always hopes that her child will have a happy teenager. But Xinrui was very sensible very early, and he was more pragmatic than his brother, which was really distressing to watch.

It seems that they can only obey him. Seeing that Xinrui had made up his mind, Jiang Yizhen also agreed, Zheng Wenshu sighed and finally agreed. She thinks it's okay, not to talk about how much money she makes, at least she doesn't waste time, and it's also a workout for him.