Chapter 24: Attacking the Heart and Fighting Upwards

  It was already late at night, and the room was quiet. With a creak, the door of one of the bedrooms was quietly pushed open, although it was very light, but still made a slight sound, the quality of this door couldn't help but furrowed Yin Ying's eyebrows.

  "Knock knock knock." The knocking on the door was well-controlled.

  "Who?" Director Ma was already in a daze.

  "I... wine." Yinyin replied.

  The door creaked open with a "creak".

  Yin Yin flashed in.

  Beauty, fine wine, what a day! Director Ma's stifling laughter is incessant...

  After tonight, the second shift of ten days in the countryside is about to begin. Guo Huihui came over before dinner.

  Guo Huihui is one of the few young and unmarried female teachers in school, who always smiles brightly. She has a normal relationship with Liu Ya Qian, neither too close nor too distant, just a purely colleague relationship.

  When eating rice, Guo Huihui took the initiative to come to Liu Ya Qian's side and brought out a package of pickled vegetables. Liu Ya Qian felt Guo Huihui's kindness, and as both were young girls, they quickly warmed up to each other.

  Guo Huihui wore a pair of thick-framed glasses, her face was ordinary and looked down, those big glasses covered up many acne on Guo Huihui's face. Her skin was dark, and the powder applied unevenly, making people feel very uncomfortable.

  However, when she smiled, her white teeth still set off her brilliant smile.

  Guo Huihui couldn't stop laughing, and Liu Ya Qian also became more and more absent-minded as she spoke.

  "How's that? Not a bad harvest, is it?" asked Guo Huihui.

  "It's not like I'm not used to it, you know that. This is my first time running recruitment." Liu Ya Qian was very grateful for Guo Hui Hui's concern.

  "How many are there?" Guo Huihui was very interested in this.

  "Three, got the money." Liu Ya Qian said.

  "Did you give it to the chairman?" asked Guo Huihui.

  "What? Give the money to the principal now? Can't we pay when school starts? What if someone doesn't come, how do we get a refund?" Liu Ya Qian's concern was not unreasonable.

  It's easy to give money, but hard to get it back. Especially when getting a refund, you have to be questioned and judged. Liu Ya Qian said "I haven't eaten pork before, does that mean I've never seen a pig run?"

  Guo Huihui said: "In schools, enrollment is based on who has paid the money first. Your concerns are valid, but if we can ensure that the students will definitely come, it's better to pay the money first and be safe. What if another teacher collects the money from other parents of this student? If you don't pay first, you'll regret it later."

  Yes, it's a concern.

  Liu Ya Qian asked with concern: "Have you encountered this before?"

  Guo Huihui, with a worldly air, said: "Of course I have, and there are many examples. Last year, I had the bad luck to encounter such a situation. A student, I received money from his grandmother, but didn't hand it over, worrying that he wouldn't come back and would need to refund the money. But another teacher later collected the money from his mother and handed it in ahead of time, so the quota was counted towards someone else's head."

  Guo Huihui sighed and continued: "Otherwise, I would have gotten a reward of 1,000 yuan with just this one more spot."

  "Ah! So there really is such a thing." Liu Ya Qian secretly became worried.

  "Right, are those three students you accepted definitely coming?" Guo Huihui looked at Liu Ya Qian's eyes.

  "Definitely." Liu Ya Qian replied firmly.

  "Hurry up and pay the money then." Guo Huihui said anxiously.

  "But it's already so late, the chairman won't be coming." Liu Ya Qian thought to herself, and didn't rush for the time being.

  "Tomorrow you must hand it in, lest the night is long and the dreams are many." Guo Huihui said.

  "Hmm." Liu Ya Qian responded with her mouth, but in her heart she thought, this Guo Hui Hui usually doesn't get along with me closely, how did she suddenly become so concerned about me? Is it that she's trying to curry favor for no reason? But what is there for her to gain from this anyway?

  "Where are those three students from?" asked Guo Huihui.

  Liu Ya Qian said that the place, Guo Hui Hui listened and excitedly said: "That must be able to come, so many young children have come to our school. Are they all surnamed Sheng?"

  Liu Ya Qian: "Uh, one is called Sheng Ye, and another is..."

  "How old are you now? What grade will you be in when school starts?"

  Liu Ya Qian shook her head: "I don't know."

  At this time, Liu Ya Qian had already left a heart eye and did not plan to reveal more information.

  Guo Huihui seemed to have also noticed, and smiled: "Yes, it's good that you're cautious. Remember, all the information about these job openings is absolutely confidential. If you tell others, they'll go snatch them away."

  Liu Ya Qian said with deep feeling: "I've been swept away too."

  "Ah!"

  Liu Ya Qian mentioned "Xiao Wang Zhuang incident", Guo Hui Hui felt indignant.

  "But the money has been collected, no one can take it away now."

  Guo Huihui nodded in agreement and said, "That's no problem. If you can guarantee that the student will definitely come, it's best to pay the money as soon as possible, which is the safest."

  Liu Ya Qian nodded and the two of them went together to wash dishes.

  Vertical day.

  The next ten days were Liu Ya Qian's rest days. She slept a lot in her school dormitory.

  When I got up, it was already "the sun shines on the incense burner and produces purple smoke".

  Director Cao has also arrived and is busy looking at his computer in his office.

  "Chairman." Liu Ya Qian's voice was sweet and dripping.

  "Oh, Teacher Liu, why haven't you gone home yet? Come on in, please." Both Chairman Cao and Liu Ya Qian were in a good mood.

  "How was it? How's your trip these past few days?" Chairman Cao hastily asked before Liu Ya Qian could even sit down.

  "It's okay, at least there are no more black holes. I've recruited three students, and this is the prepaid tuition fee." Liu Ya Qian took out 300 yuan, as well as the student's household registration book, which needed to be photocopied to handle the annual textbook fee subsidy of 585 yuan per student.

  Director Cao enthusiastically accepted it, praising without stopping: "Teacher Liu, you're already very remarkable. The first time you go down to recruit students, you've already achieved results. It's not small at all. At this speed, completing the task is completely no problem..."

  Liu Ya Qian just smiled and accepted the chairman's praise.

  Suddenly, Chairman Cao made an extremely brief pause, the invoice in his hand was about to be issued, but then he stopped moving, first making a photocopy of the household registration book.

  Liu Ya Qian stood up, put away the student's household registration book, and just waited for the invoice to leave.

  After receiving the photocopy of the household registration, Director Cao sat down in his boss chair, picked up the pen and suddenly said: "Huh? Not right, not right, not right, not right, not right."

  Liu Ya Qian suddenly realized something and couldn't help but tense up.

  "Those three students..." Chairman Cao quickly opened the receipt that was left in front of him and indeed found the receipt with the names of those three students.

  At that time, Liu Ya Qian's shock was indescribable...

  "How can there be a duplicate name?" Chairman Cao muttered to himself.

  Liu Ya Qian quickly calmed down from her shock and astonishment.

  "Or won't it be...not the same person..." Liu Ya Qian said with a lack of confidence.

  "These three are also from Sheng Lou." Chairman Cao had already confirmed something.

  It's definitely the same three students, absolutely a repeat.

  Liu Ya Qian has already confirmed that in the same village, three students have exactly the same name, which explains everything.