Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 360 - 359 Praise for Stream of Consciousness

Chapter 360: Chapter 359 Praise for Stream of Consciousness

"The process of the argument isn’t important, what we’re after is the result—look, they’re all making a fuss, and now we don’t have to queue up, right?"

"I have reason to believe that you stirred up all this commotion just to keep the people from Nine-miles Team busy, and then we could take the chance to deliver our grain."

"How can you say that? Am I such a malicious person?"

"Yes."

"It’s not what I intended, everything just went with the flow."

"Heh."

"Really!"

Lin Nianhe, pushing an empty handcart, tried to prove his innocence while walking back.

While speaking, he saw Li Dahe, with his disgruntled face, leading a beaming commune leader towards them.

"Educated Youth Lin," the leader rubbed his hands together, smiling with a wrinkly face, "Have you finished delivering the grain? Ready to go back?"

Although the leader only called Lin Nianhe, the others also stopped in their tracks.

Lin Nianhe smiled and nodded: "Yes, we’ve finished."

He didn’t explain at all why, while the leader was charging ahead, he was sneakily delivering the grain.

The leader not only didn’t want to pursue the accountability but even wanted to praise her: "Oh, Old Li, look, it’s Educated Youth Lin who has high consciousness, always putting the collective first!"

Li Dahe: "..." Go ahead, forcefully praise it then!

The leader smiled kindly, squinting his eyes at Lin Nianhe: "Educated Youth Lin, our commune needs good comrades like you, come work at the commune, we really need you!"

Li Dahe: "..."! Was his refusal just now not clear enough, or does this person have no shame at all?

Li Dahe frowned and gave Lin Nianhe a meaningful glance.

Lin Nianhe blinked, as if she hadn’t seen Li Dahe’s signal, and replied cheerfully: "Thank you, leader."

The leader’s face immediately brightened with a smile, he just wanted to show off to Li Dahe when he heard Lin Nianhe continue slowly: "However, I choose to stay in Ten Miles Team, the children can’t be without a teacher."

The leader’s smile froze on his face.

Li Dahe threw him a smug look.

The leader cleared his throat and beckoned Lin Nianhe over: "Educated Youth Lin, come here."

Lin Nianhe "Oh"ed, obediently following him to a quieter area.

"Xiao Lin, are you worried about returning to the city?" The leader lowered his voice, getting straight to the point, "Don’t worry, even if you come to work at the commune, I will definitely keep the opportunity to return to the city for you!"

Working at the commune, sitting in an office with a salary, and even being able to return to the city.

Who could refuse such an offer?

The leader was very confident, already considering which desk to allocate to Lin Nianhe.

However, Lin Nianhe wasn’t the slightest bit interested in this pie in the sky; her lips still bore a faint smile as she earnestly replied: "Leader, perhaps you’re mistaken, I’m not staying in Ten Miles Team to return to the city. There are only two children in my family; my brother has been enlisted in the army for a long time, so if I didn’t want to come, I wouldn’t have had to be sent down to the countryside at all."

The leader asked subconsciously: "Then why do you want to stay?"

"I’ve said it, for the kids, they need a teacher. Indeed, you could transfer teachers from town to the village school, but can you ensure that they come willingly? You know it, if they harbor any dissatisfaction, the students will end up being the ones who suffer."

"Children hardly have the chance to attend school, and every household strives to pinch pennies to provide for them. I can’t let them brave the snow to get to school only to suddenly discover a change in their teacher."

The leader praised instinctively: "You, kid, I always knew you had it in you!"

Lin Nianhe: "..."

It wasn’t quite that way.

Only after he finished speaking did the leader realize what he had said, and he immediately felt embarrassed.

He had come to poach talent, so why did he join in praising her! How could he continue to poach her now?

"Well, well..."

"Can you understand what I mean?" Lin Nianhe batted her big eyes and looked at him with a beaming smile, "Nothing is more important than the education of the students, right?"

The leader smiled awkwardly, not really wanting to agree with her.

Lin Nianhe knew in her heart why the leader wanted her to go to the commune, so she said with a light laugh, "Leader, I think it’s best for you to focus on the construction of the Match Factory’s branch. In fact, I think the scale of our branch factory can be further expanded, taking Lan County as the center, it can radiate to the surrounding towns and even to the city."

The leader’s eyes suddenly lit up: "Oh?"

"After all, it’s not a job that requires much skill, so it’s easy to spread," Lin Nianhe continued, "But for now, we need to evaluate the issue of production capacity. We can’t take steps that are too big."

The leader looked at her with great expectation, his question loaded with implication, "Can the Match Factory agree to it?"

"If the situation allows, I can go talk to Factory Director Tian," Lin Nianhe replied with confidence.

"Great!" The leader made a final decision, his smile deepening with wrinkles.

Lin Nianhe’s suggestion was something he had already thought of and was looking forward to—the larger the branch factory got. But the more they produced, the less would be the main factory’s share. Would they agree?

His main reason for wanting to pull Lin Nianhe to the commune was to have her take full charge of this. If she could persuade the Match Factory to open a branch, surely it wasn’t impossible to ask for a bit more share with some effort!

Now that Lin Nianhe had taken the matter upon herself, what else did he have to say?

Lin Nianhe had pleased the leader tremendously, and before she left, she casually said, "By the way, Leader, could you also allocate some coal for our village school? Winter is approaching, and the children in our school are so young..."

The leader, grinning ear to ear as if basking in the sun, readily agreed: "Sure! No problem at all! Everything for the sake of the children!"

Not to mention Lin Nianhe just asking him for some coal, he would even smile and ask which piece she wanted if she said she wanted to eat his flesh!

"Thank you so much, you’re truly the best leader!"

"Hahaha..."

The leader left with a heart full of satisfaction, laughing so heartily that he walked with a bounce.

Seeing his joy, Li Dahe’s heart began to drum with unease.

He tugged at Lin Nianhe and asked her with glaring eyes, "What did you promise him? Don’t say I didn’t warn you—if you really go to the commune, it’ll be hard to return to the city later! Don’t listen to Wong Xiaokou’s nonsense!"

Lin Nianhe sighed helplessly: "Uncle Team Leader, how can you question my love for Ten Miles Team? How could I possibly abandon everyone to go to the commune?"

Li Dahe glanced at the leader strutting away and asked suspiciously: "If you didn’t agree to anything, how could Wong Xiaokou be so ecstatic?"

"Oh, that?" Lin Nianhe said innocently, "The leader said he’s going to allocate some special coal supply for our village school, saying that no matter how poor we are, we can’t skimp on education, no matter how tough it gets, we can’t let the children suffer... He really is a leader with great love."

Li Dahe: "..."

"You don’t believe me?"

"I believe your grandma’s leg!"