Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 193 - 192: The Resolution Determination Segment

Chapter 193: Chapter 192: The Resolution Determination Segment

With a light remark, Lin Nianhe left Zhou Chujiang stunned on the spot.

He opened his mouth wide, staring incredulously at Lin Nianhe.

After a long while, he muttered, "How... how could you not remember me..."

Lin Nianhe didn’t respond, simply sweeping him with a puzzled look.

It’s as if she was asking: Why should I remember you?

As a kind-hearted person, Lin Nianhe would never meddle with other families’ Gouzi, but if he insisted on rubbing up against her, she would have to kick him away and cut off his hopes.

Lin Nianhe felt that she had made her stance clear enough, Zhou Chujiang should no longer have any hope for her.

However, she overlooked a crucial issue.

Zhou Chujiang had been struck down before, by both Lin Nianhe and Su Yuncheng’s double blow, and even got mixed doubles thrashed when he got home.

If all that couldn’t stop him from trying to get close to Lin Nianhe, then a mere "What is your honorable surname" certainly wouldn’t.

Zhou Chujiang quickly shook off his dejection and straightened up.

He tidied up his collar, posing in what he believed was his most dashing posture, and gave Lin Nianhe a slight nod, "Comrade Lin Nianhe, allow me to introduce myself again, I am Zhou Chujiang."

Several girls looked at Zhou Chujiang with admiration in their eyes.

Such resilience should not be wasted on anything less than reclaiming wasteland.

Lin Nianhe was a bit speechless, and although she wanted to say something, she sneezed first instead.

Wang Shumei suddenly laughed.

She handed her handkerchief to Lin Nianhe, saying, "You know what, I think this isn’t someone speaking ill of you, it’s Comrade Su missing you, right?"

Lin Nianhe, seeing the well-intentioned Sister Shumei, cooperatively returned a slightly embarrassed smile.

Though she felt, this would hardly affect Zhou Chujiang.

Indeed, Zhou Chujiang remained calm inside.

He had long convinced himself to accept the possibility of Lin Nianhe having a partner and had even developed a series of plans—first disrupt the lovers, then seize the opportunity to enter, and afterwards...

Zhou Chujiang hadn’t finished his thoughts when the commune leaders and Principal Wu entered together.

The leader’s surname was Feng, named Feng Yuanshan, nearly fifty, very thin with sunken cheeks and two blisters the size of peanuts on his lower lip. His eyes were bright and sharp, looking somewhat stern. He wore a slicked-back haircut, not a hair out of place, and his collar seemed to be altered, fitting tight around his neck with his discipline button fastened, appearing somewhat strangled.

Feng Yuanshan was holding a mottled enamel jar, with a bright red star shining on its white base.

He and Principal Wu sat down one after the other; Feng did not speak immediately but looked over the seven young people one by one, as if to imprint the face of each person in his memory.

After a moment of silence, Feng Yuanshan spoke up, "Comrades, young Educated Youth comrades, I am very pleased to see you all here."

Feng Yuanshan’s voice was somewhat unpleasant, his throat sounding as if he had been speaking non-stop for three days and nights, hoarse and deep.

"The village school of Ten Miles Team was originally established thanks to the donations of kind-hearted comrades. It’s true that the commune has financial difficulties regarding this aspect, and I believe Principal Wu has already discussed the issue of salaries and work points with you all... Here, I would like to apologize to everyone."

Saying this, Feng Yuanshan actually stood up and bowed deeply.

"Sorry, I’m incapable of providing you with the salary of official teachers, and the five yuan a month subsidy is already the most the commune can offer."

Straightening up, Feng Yuanshan had a hint of moisture in the corners of his eyes.

"But I still hope you can take on the responsibility of being teachers and educate our next generation well... I know it’s unfair to you and I know that rural education is very difficult, but please hang in there, think of it... think of it as for the sake of the children, let’s not let our school be built in vain, and let’s not let our kids have to traverse mountains and ridges to get to school."

Perhaps it was the tone of his voice, when Feng Yuanshan spoke these words, it made people feel particularly oppressed.

After taking a deep breath, Feng Yuanshan smiled.

He said, "In the future, if you encounter any difficulties or grievances, come to my office anytime. Even if you bang on the table and scold me, I won’t say a word... Just speak out about any difficulties, and I will do my utmost to resolve them for you. And then there’s the issue of returning to the city..."

"If you want to return to the city, I won’t stop you, but you must tell me before applying for sick leave to quit, because we still need to find new teachers... We can’t have the little bastards come to school early in the morning and find no teachers."

Everyone listened somewhat dumbfounded.

For the people from Ten Miles Team, it was their first time meeting Feng Yuanshan, and they never imagined today’s meeting would be about such matters.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was quietly oppressive.

Lin Nianhe licked her lips and glanced at everyone’s bewildered faces, then she laughed.

She said, "Leader, in the past, we only had points, and most of us could only get five or six points, but now we have ten percent and subsidies, the treatment is really good."

Her smile made her eyes curve beautifully as she continued, "Being an official teacher is a formal job, it’s definitely incomparable, and we never intended to compare."

Feng Yuanshan was startled, looked at her, and hesitated before looking at the others.

But he saw everyone else nodding, with an agreeing attitude.

"Yeah, there are subsidies, hey, I can afford to go home for the New Year now." The first to chime in was Wen Lan, who was overjoyed just thinking about going home for the holidays.

"Leader, I’m not returning to the city, I don’t have any family left." Miao Hongqi clutched the corner of her clothes, her palms sweaty, "Ten Miles Team is my home, even if they all return to the city, I’ll hold up the village school."

Miao Hongqi seldom spoke when there were many people around, and saying these few words turned her face beet red.

"Yes, leader, the city isn’t much better than the countryside, our place may be poorer, but it’s clean." Wang Shumei said, her mouth slightly raised, echoing the sentiment.

Wang Xue looked at them and also stated her position: "Leader, I have no one to apply for medical leave for retirement for me, please rest assured."

After the women had all spoken, everyone unconsciously turned to look at Wang Dong.

Wang Dong was baffled.

No one had told him before the meeting that there would be a session for expressing determination!

He was unprepared!

Wang Dong opened his mouth and after a long pause, he squeezed out a sentence: "Umm, I’m also not in a hurry to return to the city, my home doesn’t have a ping-pong table."

A few girls cast a disdainful glance at Wang the Wood.

Actually, they weren’t really making declarations of commitment, it’s just that the atmosphere built up to this point, and seeing Feng Yuanshan’s lips blistered with worry, they simply spoke some truths to put his mind at ease.

No one expected Wang Dong to bring up a ping-pong table.

One can only say, thank goodness for ping-pong for sustaining Teacher Wang Dong’s teaching career.

Feng Yuanshan, hearing these words, was stunned for a long while before he finally smiled.

But as he smiled, it tugged at the blister on his lips, causing him to grimace in pain.

It hurt, but he was still smiling, smiling until tears fell.

Others also laughed, their eyes curving into crescents, waiting for what he would say next.