Volume II, Chapter XXII
In fact, the person Lin Meijiao's crush in her heart is Wang Hongju, and Lin Meijiao has liked Wang Hongju since the first day she met him. Wang Hongju's tall and handsome appearance and gentle and elegant conversation make him unique among many warriors, especially the heroic spirit between his eyebrows, which makes Lin Meijiao particularly obsessed. Lin Meijiao, who was just in love, felt that she had never seen such a man who attracted her, her heartbeat would speed up every time she saw Wang Hongju, and whenever Wang Hongju looked at her, she would shyly avoid her gaze. Lin Meijiao was deeply fascinated by Wang Hongju.
However, the more she became infatuated with Wang Hongju, the more she felt inferior. Because he knew that Wang Hongju was a man from the big city of Beiping, had studied in college and seen the world, and was a PLA officer, and he was only the daughter of a landlord in a small seaside village in Guangdong. Even so, Lin Meijiao's love for Wang Hongju is still getting deeper and deeper. Lin Meijiao, who is pregnant with spring, dreams of being with her lover almost every day, but when she wakes up, she can only bring endless melancholy and disappointment. When she heard that Wang Hongju already had a lover, she felt very painful in her heart, the deeper the pain, the deeper the love, the deeper the love, the more painful, just like a person who doesn't dare to take the things he loves very much or wants to take but can't get them, which can only bring endless chagrin.
Because Wang Hongju has become the benchmark of Lin Meijiao's love, she will use Wang Hongju as the standard for choosing a mate, but in real life, she has not met a better man than Wang Hongju, and her love for Wang Hongju is deeper, and Wang Hongju has simply become an idol in her heart. It is precisely because her heart is full of love for Wang Hongju that Lin Meijiao rejected the pursuit of some people and resolutely left the art troupe; It is precisely because of this that she has the courage to resist marriage to the death. However, she hid her love for Wang Hongju very tightly and never showed anything in front of Wang Hongju, but silently endured the emotional torment in her heart.
On the night of walking by the river, Lin Meijiao told Lin Nanhui about her love for Wang Hongju, and under Lin Meijiao's repeated advice, Lin Nanhui promised to keep this secret for her niece.
Wang Hongju, who didn't know about this, cared for Lin Meijiao like a little sister, he felt that since Lin Meijiao didn't want to return to Haitou Town, she should find a job for her in Qionghai for her, he remembered that a few days ago at a meeting of the county education bureau and a small school Principal Chen had a very speculative conversation, Principal Chen had said that they had insufficient teachers. Wang Hongju wanted to introduce Lin Meijiao there as a teacher, so he asked Lin Meijiao's opinion, Lin Meijiao replied that she was very willing to be the child king, and Wang Hongju personally visited Principal Chen.
Lin Meijiao studied in junior high school in Haikou, and after graduating from junior high school, she also studied for a year in high school, and then dropped out, which meets the conditions for being a primary school teacher in terms of education. After Wang Hongju gave a detailed introduction to Lin Meijiao's situation to the school, Principal Chen was basically satisfied. After Wang Hongju went back and told Lin Meijiao the news, Lin Meijiao was very happy. Within a few days, Lin Meijiao successfully passed the interview with Principal Chen, and on the day Lin Meijiao took office, Wang Hongju personally sent her to that primary school.
Lin Meijiao's beauty caused a big sensation in that small school, and the teachers praised Lin Meijiao as a fairy, especially those single male teachers who saw a big beauty in the school, and secretly applauded that they had the opportunity to contact the big beauty.
Lin Meijiao was arranged by the principal to be a teacher in the first grade, teaching two courses of Chinese and arithmetic, and there were more than 20 students in the class. Half a day of teaching, half a day of lesson preparation and homework correction, she loves this job, and she also likes these innocent and romantic children.
In the early days of liberation, there was no public cafeteria in general schools, and the single faculty and staff living in the school were cooking and eating in the dormitory by themselves, and there were always male colleagues in front of Lin Meijiao's dormitory to send some rice and vegetables and other things, whenever someone sent something, Lin Meijiao always smiled and politely declined, if someone quietly put it down, she would return it to others after she knew. Although Lin Meijiao is very helpless to those male colleagues who are attentive to her, she still maintains a down-to-earth and generous attitude.
Qionghai County is a small place, and most of the young people here have fun watching movies or dancing ballroom dancing on weekends. Lin Meijiao learned to dance ballroom dancing when she was in the army art troupe, she danced well and liked to dance very much, Wang Hongju was good at singing and dancing when he was in college, the two of them hit it off on the hobby of dancing, if they don't dance on the weekend, the soles of their feet will itch terribly.
On weekends, in one of the best dance halls in Qionghai, under the soft lighting, pairs of men and women embracing each other danced to the dance music. Wang Hongju put his arms around Lin Meijiao's slender waist, held his head proudly and looked sideways forward, while Lin Meijiao leaned back slightly, put her slender little hand on Wang Hongju's broad shoulder, and showed a faint smile on her face, and the two danced elegantly and lightly with the rhythm of the dance music. Wang Hong's tall figure is obviously half a head taller than the person next to him, and Lin Meijiao is undoubtedly the most beautiful woman in the audience, and the two of them have attracted the attention of many people.
A couple of men and women who had just learned to dance next to them whispered: "Look, those two people are dancing, and we are dancing compared to others, just moving our feet." ”
When the dance music was interrupted, when Wang Hongju and Lin Meijiao walked to the dance floor to rest, a middle-aged couple came over and looked at them with admiration and said, "Oops! Handsome men and beautiful women, you are really an enviable couple! ”
Lin Meijiao lowered her head embarrassedly after hearing the compliment, and Wang Hongju saw that Lin Meijiao was embarrassed and hurriedly explained to them: "You have misunderstood, we are not lovers, just good friends." ”
"I'm sorry, we're blind! But it would be a shame if you two weren't lovers! You have to hurry up and try to be lovers! The middle-aged couple made a good-natured joke, and Wang Hongju and Lin Meijiao also laughed.
Wang Hongju asked: "Listen to your accent, you are from the Northeast, right?" ”
"We are from Heilongjiang, and we followed Siye from the northeast to Hainan, we are from the 43rd Army, and now we have transferred to the local government."
"I also transferred from the 43rd Army, and we are still old comrades-in-arms!" Wang Hongju chatted cordially with the middle-aged couple, and Lin Meijiao listened with great interest.
Just as a few of them were talking, a thin young man not far away had been hiding behind the crowd and silently watching Wang Hongju and Lin Meijiao, revealing a melancholy and cold look in his sunken eye sockets. This young man is a colleague of Lin Meijiao's primary school, named Yang Xinmin, and is the leader of Lin Meijiao's teaching group. He is a bachelor, a native of Qionghai, the backbone of teaching in the school, and one of Lin Meijiao's suitors.
When Lin Meijiao first walked into the school gate, Yang Xinmin took a fancy to her at a glance, and Yang Xinmin usually expressed extraordinary enthusiasm and concern for Lin Meijiao both at work and in life. When Lin Meijiao first came to the school and had little teaching experience, Yang Xinmin really helped Lin Meijiao a lot, and often gave her teaching guidance; He also often helps Lin Meijiao do some work such as selling food and carrying water in his life. Lin Meijiao is more grateful to Yang Xinmin, treating Yang Xinmin as her brother and friend, and the two of them spend more time together than others, which has caused some misunderstandings, and troubled people spread rumors that the two of them are in love. This rumor was heard by Yang Xinmin, although he denied it on his lips, he was very happy in his heart, he was confident that he was the best man in the school! is fully capable of chasing Lin Meijiao, a big beauty, so Yang Xinmin expressed his admiration to Lin Meijiao while the iron was hot, but Lin Meijiao rejected him very politely on the grounds that she was still young and didn't want to fall in love too early. Although Yang Xinmin felt embarrassed, he still continued to pursue Lin Meijiao without giving up, but he hit the nails one after another.
Yang Xinmin thinks very highly of himself, and he can't figure out why he is not worthy of Lin Meijiao? By chance, he found a tall, personable, and northern accent young man who came to the school to find Lin Meijiao, Lin Meijiao and he were talking and laughing together, and then the two of them left the school together. Yang Xinmin was jealous when he saw this scene, he wanted to know who that man was? What do they go to do? So he followed from a distance, and he saw Wang Hongju and Lin Meijiao walking into the dance hall, and he also bought a ticket and walked into the dance hall.
Yang Xinmin didn't know how to dance, so he sat down in an inconspicuous place in the dance hall, staring at Wang Hongju and Lin Meijiao, who were hugging and dancing on the dance floor. Yang Xinmin looked at Wang Hongju carefully, and he found that this man was at least one hundred and eighty centimeters tall, with a thin waist and broad shoulders, and well-defined facial lines, which made him look very handsome. He even found that Lin Meijiao's eyes were always smiling and looking at Wang Hongju silently when she danced, and Yang Xinmin decided that this tall and handsome man was Lin Meijiao's favorite object. Although Yang Xinmin usually feels good about himself, he understands that he is much worse in front of this tall and handsome man, he knows that he is definitely not a competitor of this tall man in front of Lin Meijiao, he can't help but feel sour in his heart, he hates his parents for not giving him a good figure and a handsome face. Since then, Yang Xinmin has developed a perverted mentality, he always wants to know what Wang Hongju and Lin Meijiao are doing together, and every weekend he will secretly follow Lin Meijiao and Wang Hongju to the dance hall like a hunter stalking their prey, sitting in a dark corner and watching their every move. Whenever he saw Wang Hongju hugging his most beloved woman, his eyes would emit a cold light of cold jealousy, especially when he couldn't stand Lin Meijiao's smile at Wang Hongju, he lifted it like poking his heart with a knife.
At a teaching group meeting, Yang Xinmin quietly asked Lin Meijiao who was the man who often came to her? Lin Meijiao replied that it was her uncle's comrade-in-arms when he was in the army.
Yang Xinmin pretended to be envious and said, "Gillian, your boyfriend is so handsome!" ”
"Don't talk nonsense, he's a big brother, not my boyfriend!"
"Really? I don't believe it! ”
Lin Meijiao said seriously: "It's true, don't guess, he's just a good brother of mine!" ”
Hearing Lin Meijiao say this, Yang Xinmin's heart burst with joy, and he felt that he had hope again.
During the lunch break, Lin Meijiao was cooking in the kitchen, and she heard someone shouting that she was busy putting down her work and walking out of the door. She saw Yang Xinmin standing in front of the door with a fish in his hand and a smile, so she asked, "Teacher Yang, what are you looking for me?" ”
Yang Xinmin raised the fish in his hand and said, "Gillian, I just bought a live fish from a fisherman on the riverside, this is specially bought for you, take it!" ”
"What fish are you okay to buy me? Take it back and eat it yourself. ”
"You're polite! I heard that you are the eldest lady at home and are not very good at cooking, so come, I will personally cook the fish for you. Yang Xinmin walked into the kitchen without saying anything, and quickly cleaned up the fish with his hands and feet, and Lin Meijiao had to stand aside and help. After a while, the fish was ready. Yang Xinmin opened the lid of the pot, and a smell of fish came to his nose.
"Well, this fish tastes good, right?" Yang Xinmin asked proudly.
Lin Meijiao said happily: "Not bad! It smells so good! You're a good cook! ”
"My family is poor, my parents have given birth to several children, I am the eldest, I have to help my parents work since I was a child, and I learned to cook when I was seven or eight years old."
Lin Meijiao said with emotion: "Yes, the children of the poor have long been in charge, and I still have to learn from you." ”
Yang Xinmin pointed to the fish and said, "Then you can taste it slowly!" I'm leaving. He turned to leave.
Lin Meijiao hurriedly stopped him and said, "Teacher Yang, don't go, let's eat this fish together." ”
"No, I still have some things, you can eat it yourself."
"Look, how inappropriate this is! How can you make me thank you! Lin Meijiao looked at Yang Xinmin with some embarrassment.
Yang Xinmin laughed, he pointed at Lin Meijiao and said, "Do you think I will buy you fish for nothing?" I'm conditional. ”
Lin Meijiao was a little surprised: "What? You are conditional to help me! ”
"Of course, I'm going to ask you to be my dance teacher! Do you promise? ”
"Let me teach you to dance, what kind of dance can you teach?"
"Ballroom dancing, of course! I see a few of you dancing teachers go out dancing every weekend, and I'm so hungry! ”
"You want to ballroom dance too? Why not say it sooner! I'll teach you, but I'm good at women's steps and worse at men's steps. ”
Yang Xinmin said again and again: "It's okay, it's okay!" You are too modest! I recognize you as a teacher. ”
In fact, since Lin Meijiao rejected Yang Xinmin's courtship to her, she didn't want to have too much contact with him, but Yang Xinmin is a qualified teacher and the leader of his own teaching team, and he has a lot of weight in the principal's words, Lin Meijiao has rejected his pursuit and agreed to teach him to dance because she doesn't want to offend him again.
In the following days, every time after dinner, Yang Xinmin dressed himself up neatly and cleanly, sprinkled a little flower water on his body, and then asked Lin Meijiao to learn ballroom dancing. After learning to dance, I have to chat in Lin Meijiao's dormitory, and sometimes I stay in her dormitory very late and don't want to leave. Yang Xinmin stuck to Lin Meijiao like rubber candy and didn't let go, Lin Meijiao was very disgusted with Cui Yang Xinmin's approach, and she was embarrassed to embarrass him in person, so she decided not to teach Yang Xinmin to dance anymore. After school that day, in order to avoid Yang Xinmin's entanglement, Lin Meijiao locked the door of the dormitory without cooking dinner, and went to Qionghai Middle School to see Lin Nanhui and Wang Hongju.