"Nian He, didn't you say you were going to leave the notebooks and pencils to the children? Why did you take them out as rewards again?"
The next day, after Principal Wu heard about Lin Nianhe's promise, he came over full of doubts.
Lin Nianhe looked at the shovel in Principal Wu's hand and felt it looked familiar.
She just thought that Principal Wu was getting something for some villager, and didn't think much about it. She even got up and made a bowl of Qiuli ointment for her: "Let them 'earn' notebooks and pencils for their children. Isn't that good?" It can improve the efficiency of literacy.”
Principal Wu took the bowl but did not drink. She put it on the table and looked at Lin Nianhe. After a long time, she asked: "Nianhe, why did you do this?"
"Um?"
"Why on earth are you donating to build a school? Why are you working so hard on literacy? You are even helping your competitors to review... Nianhe, I don't understand you."
Principal Wu frowned slightly. She had darkened a lot from being exposed to the wind and sun in the countryside recently, but she looked much better than before.
Principal Wu's inquiry came earlier than expected. Lin Nianhe lowered his eyes and smiled softly. He looked at her and asked, "Then what are you trying to do?"
Principal Wu interrupted her directly: "Don't interrupt, I'm asking you now."
She had asked Wang Hong for advice before she came - if she wanted to have a good conversation with Lin Nianhe, she must not give her a chance to ask questions, and she could not let her lead her away!
Principal Wu agreed with Wang Hong's suggestion and felt that it was not appropriate to bring Wang Hong with her, so he only took her shovel.
The shovel was in her hand, always reminding her of Wang Hong's instructions.
Lin Nianhe licked his lips.
Principal Wu is a bit difficult to deal with today. It seems that he suddenly upgraded after receiving guidance from an expert.
Lin Nianhe: "Did you dream about Grandpa Whitebeard last night? Did he give you a secret book or something like that?"
These words made Principal Wu, who had not thought much about it, successfully think wrong.
"What a mess!"
Principal Wu tapped the ground with a shovel.
Her expression became serious, she stuck her head out of the window and looked around like a thief, then turned around and closed the window tightly.
She looked at Lin Nianhe with complicated eyes, and her words were more persuasive: "Nianhe, you are still young, so it is reasonable to be deceived, but we have to distinguish right from wrong. We are close to the sideline, and there are many people infiltrating... …”
Her voice was very low, for fear of being heard.
Lin Nianhe looked at Principal Wu's actions and finally understood - the "master" that Principal Wu met was not the old man with a white beard, but the female director named Wang Hong.
She looked at Principal Wu dumbfounded: "Principal Wu, what you said is too much. No matter how hard I try, I can't get involved with the enemy."
See, this is the danger of not being careful with your words and deeds!
Principal Wu's brows could not relax, and she asked in a low voice: "Then what's going on with that old man with the white beard you mentioned?"
Lin Nianhe touched his nose: "I dreamed about it last night."
"ah?"
Lin Nianhe held back his embarrassment and said seriously: "He passed me a book, saying it was a secret book."
Principal Wu couldn't help but be curious: "What did you write?"
"Prosperity, democracy, civilization and harmony."
"..."
Taking advantage of Principal Wu's thinking, Lin Nianhe hurriedly explained: "Actually, I didn't think too much when I first donated the school... I just heard Hehua said that they had to walk a long way to go to school, and Tiezhu fell into the river because he went to school. .”
"The folks in Shili Brigade are very good to me and do their best, that's all."
Lin Nianhe's tone was calm, and after he said what he wanted to say in a straightforward manner, he stopped talking and looked at Principal Wu quietly.
Principal Wu regained consciousness, with tears in his eyes.
On this day, Principal Wu said a lot.
She talked about what happened when she and her husband were in class, about a child who fainted from hunger in the classroom, about how the playground used to be filled with big and small words...
"Nianhe, thank you."
Finally, she said.
When Lin Nianhe sent her out, he gave her the jar of Qiuli ointment that had been prepared.
"Principal Wu, have a drink every morning and evening. Take care of yourself."
She smiled lightly, "The children are still counting on you."
The glass bottle was slightly cold. Principal Wu squeezed it tightly and nodded to Lin Nianhe: "Okay, okay."
Lin Nianhe watched Principal Wu send off and found that her back seemed to be straighter than before.
…
Bicycles and large trucks go towards each other on a country road
Zhou Xu glanced at the slow-moving large truck and couldn't help but pull over and watch eagerly.
It's a pity that he just can't learn to drive, otherwise he can drive a large truck now.
Just think about it and it’s majestic!
In the truck, Sun Mancang held the steering wheel, looked at the person in front and asked, "Brother, what does that person do?"
Qian Guozhu also saw the people staring at them on the side of the road. He was about to say don't worry about it when he heard Sun Mancang added: "Look at how straight he stands, does he look like the son of our vice-captain? Just think of it. The monitor’s one.”
Qian Guozhu rubbed his red eyes and took a closer look. It was true.
He said: "Stop and ask."
"Brother, in our car...oh yes, let's ask."
Sun Mancang stopped the car a few meters away. Qian Guozhu looked over and asked, "Comrade, what's the matter?"
Zhou Xu came back to his senses, a little embarrassed, smiled dryly and waved his hand: "It's nothing, I just want to see how impressive your car is."
"Oh," Qian Guozhu smiled cheerfully, opened the door and got out of the car, and handed a cigarette to Zhou Xu, "Comrade, you are a postman? Thank you for your hard work."
"It's nothing hard." Zhou Xu, who was born in the army, is also a cheerful person. Without much refusal, he took the flue and thanked him, and asked casually, "Where do you come from, comrade?"
"Liao Province." Qian Guozhu lit a cigarette himself and asked him, "Brother, is he a postman?"
One of the two men was a scout, and the other traveled around and met countless people. They lit up cigarettes and said a few words, and they naturally became brothers.
Zhou Xu patted his satchel: "Yes, don't you want to go to the production team to deliver the letter? Are you going to the provincial capital?"
"No," Qian Guozhu spat out white mist, "I originally wanted to catch up on the road, but ended up catching up too much. I'm afraid I'll have to go to the city in secret today."
"Hahaha, then you have to be careful, it's not good to drive at night."
"Not good."
After the cigarette burned out, Qian Guozhu patted Zhou Xu on the shoulder: "Brother, I'll leave first, otherwise I'll have to stay in the car again at night."
"Sure, please be safe."
Qian Guozhu got on the car and left, but Zhou Xu did not leave immediately. He looked at the roadside for a while before getting on the bicycle.
"Brother, I see that he is not very neat in the walkway." Sun Mancang said.
"Yes," Qian Guozhu nodded, "I think he retired due to injuries."
"well……"
Sun Mancang sighed, then smiled bitterly: "When I was a child, I wanted to be a soldier. Now that I think about it, I have no idea whether I will be a soldier or not. With my virtue, I can't say for sure..."
"Bang!"
Before he could finish his sentence, the front wheel of the truck ran over something unknown and made a muffled sound.
Sun Mancang's face tightened and he quickly stepped on the brakes.
(End of chapter)
