A gravel road winds on the hillside and stretches halfway up the mountain.
It is a courtyard that can be seen to be old. The walls and roofs are old and new. Some places are in tatters, but some places are quite exquisitely repaired.
There is a double wooden door, and a copper-colored nameplate like a township enterprise is hung on the wall, with a few big words:
Qingyunyuan Institute of Chinese Studies.
On the front of the gate, there are three large characters with flying phoenixes:
Qingyunmen!
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Wu Daotao slowly walked to the door wearing his long gray cloth. He shook his sleeves and robe first, then stepped across the threshold and walked into the door. He shouted loudly as he entered.
"Master is back!"
With a shout, a little native dog sprang out of the side room inside. It was dressed in a gray and yellow coat. It ran all the way with its tongue sticking out, and rubbed against Wu Daotao's pants.
He stretched out his foot and kicked it lightly, then stared and shouted: "Where are the people? Where have all the family members died??"
Then a woman in her forties came out of the side room. She was dressed in a gray cloth gown common to country women of this era. She also held a broom in her hand. She had an ordinary appearance, but her eyes were quite peculiar: her eyes were white.
Hei Shao.
Looking from a distance, if you don't look carefully, you might think that this person is rolling his eyes.
"Back?"
"Well, I'm back." Wu Daotao nodded and handed over a shoulder bag that he had casually handed over.
The mother-in-law glanced at it but didn't answer it. She said coldly: "Have you had lunch?"
"without."
"Oh. I'm hungry because I haven't eaten. I haven't made dinner yet."
"..." Wu Daotao swallowed, then looked at the yard: "Where are those little brats?"
"The eldest brother went to the river to play. The third and fourth children went to the back mountain to pick fruits and said they wanted to learn how to make wine.
The second brother is quite obedient. The village chief's son is getting married next month. Yesterday he came to ask you to tell him a good time. You were not at home, so today the second brother went to your door to tell him what happened to you.
"
"What?" Wu Daotao blinked his eyelids, and his tone was a bit vague: "I remember the second child... I learned acupuncture in the Yin Zhai... An auspicious wedding day? How can he calculate anything?"
The mother-in-law rolled her eyes: "The village chief and his son are not good people either. They have squandered the public accounts and kicked in the widow's door in the middle of the night. They do a lot of evil things!"
The second brother said that if he calculated the hour randomly, he would be deceived by three hundred and five hundred yuan."
Wu Daotao smiled, nodded and praised: "What a good boy! He is more promising than the others!"
Wu Taotao said as he walked into the main hall opposite the gate.
It is said to be a main hall, but it is actually a large room with tiled roofs.
Within the threshold, on the incense stand, Sanqing Taoist Master is sitting on the right, Buddha and Bodhisattva are sitting on the left...
Wu Taotao picked up a few sticks of incense and burned them. After bowing a few times, he turned around and saw that his mother-in-law had already walked over with a cup of tea.
Wu Taotao stretched out his hand to take the tea cup, but the mother-in-law took a few sips of it and ignored Wu Taotao's extended hand.
Wu Daotao smiled, retracted his paws and hid them in his sleeves, and then took a long time to take out a wad of banknotes from his pocket.
"Here is two thousand yuan." Wu Daotao coughed and said seriously: "This time I went down the mountain to see my master, and I came across some business, so I made a lot of money.
You can take this money to buy some rice and noodles tomorrow.
Well, the kids are hungry for meat these days, so go to the butcher shop in the village and cut a few kilograms of fat pork belly, and then chop a few tail bones."
The mother-in-law took it, spat on her fingertips, counted it quickly, put it into her pocket first, and then looked at Wu Yatao coldly: "That's all? Have you hidden any private money?"
"How is that possible!" Wu Daotao said with a righteous face: "The whole family shares weal and woe! How could I do such a despicable thing as hiding private money!"
The mother-in-law looked Wu Daotao up and down and sneered twice.
After being silent for a while, the mother-in-law said: "Before going down the mountain this time, you calculated that you would encounter an opportunity. Did it come true?"
Wu Daotao squinted his eyes and thought for a while: "Human, I met you. Things are settled. But..."
"But what?"
"I'm a little unsure about that person." Wu Daotao touched his chin, thought about it again, shook his head and said: "The face is a little strange, I quietly calculated it, and the fate is wrong...
That man was very weird, I felt like my whole body got cold when I got close to him, and I didn’t dare to have any deep intercourse with him, so I just came back in a hurry.”
After listening to the words, the mother-in-law's face became a little more serious: "The fate is wrong?"
"Well, that's not true."
"Then...it's better to stay safe and stay far away." The mother-in-law thought for a while and said, "Our foundation is weak in this field. Right now, you and I are the only ones who can't withstand the tossing of wind and waves."
"That's what I think too. It's best to stay calm. I just need to stay away from that person... Hey, hey, hey? What are you touching?"
"Let me see if you have hidden any private money!" The mother-in-law reached out and grabbed Wu Daotao, and then touched the upper and lower pockets of Wu Daotao's clothes.
Wu Taotao struggled desperately: "I said, I am also the leader after all! Can you save some face for me! Hey! Don't touch me!"
"Fucking leader! If you hadn't beaten me in the dice roll, it would have been your turn to be the leader!
Aha! Where did this money come from? And you said you didn’t hide any private money!
Don’t run!!!”
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Chen Nuo sent off his senior brother yesterday, and Sun Keke's matter was also resolved.
Once this person is out of trouble, he can't help but become lazy again.
Originally, Chen Yanluo's dream in this life was to be a salted fish.
After seeing off his senior brother yesterday afternoon, Chen Nuo rested for a while in Brother Lei's shop and then ran out for a walk.
In the evening, I went to Lao Jiang's house for dinner... and spent some time with Xiao Zizi. Then I left the house of Lao Jiang, found a small computer room near the school, and played StarCraft all night.
In the morning, Chen Nuo, covered in smoke, walked out of the computer room and prepared to go home and sleep.
I had just arrived home when I unexpectedly received a call. The caller turned out to be a worker from Liu who had no roads.
"Chen Nuo?"
"Eh? Liu Da...well, Teacher Liu, why did you call me?"
Worker Liu actually felt a toothache as soon as he heard Chen Nuo's voice. He felt sorry for Niwai, and his tone was not very polite: "Don't talk nonsense! I'm informing you on behalf of the school that you will come to school at 2:30 this afternoon.
One trip.”
"What's going on? It's time for a holiday after the exam."
"Come if you are told! This is what Principal Fang asked me to inform you."
Chen Nuo heard a little detail: You guys.
"What's going on?"
[Read books and get cash] Follow the vx public account [Book Friends Base Camp] and read books and get cash!
"Good thing! Okay, I have to inform others. Remember, we will meet in the school auditorium at 2:30 in the afternoon! Don't be late! By the way! Wear school uniforms!"
Chen Nuo hung up the phone, took a shower first, and then lay on the bed for a while.
I got up on time at two o'clock in the afternoon, put on the blue and white sports uniform of No. 8 Middle School, and then went out.
I rode all the way to the school, entered the school gate and went straight to the school's small auditorium.
At half past two, Chen Nuo almost walked in through the door.
There are already many people waiting in the small auditorium of the school.
Liu Dagong and two teachers from the school's academic affairs office, as well as an unknown middle-aged woman wearing a suit, who looked like Liu Dagong's colleagues and were probably sent by the education group.
However, Worker Liu was very polite to her, and his rank was obviously much higher than that of Worker Liu.
"Hey! Chen Nuo! Didn't I tell you not to be late?"
Seeing Chen Nuo's arrival, worker Liu glared and shouted.
Chen Nuo looked at him: "Am I late? It's half past two."
There are already more than ten or twenty students sitting in the seats in the small auditorium. Including Chen Nuo, there are exactly twenty people in total.
Among them, Chen Nuo knew only two: Du Xiaoyan, and the unnamed toolman squad leader.
I don't know the others, they are all from other classes. It can be seen that there are all freshmen and sophomores in high school.
For those who are not in the senior year of high school, the senior year of high school requires the college entrance examination.
However, there are some hints.
The students who were called all looked pretty and upright - they were all wearing school uniforms, and they looked like obedient and good students.
If you pull them out, they can be used to take publicity photos for the school.
...Hmm, are these people chosen based on their looks?
Chen Nuo thought to himself.
But... why is my little Keke not here?
If we talk about appearance, no matter how good it is, who can be better than my grandson CC?
In other words, girls with long legs can be longer and shorter.
This is called: Eight-level appearance, Coco's peak. If the grasshopper doesn't come out, who can compete with her?
Chen Nuo walked over and sat down with the squad leader and Du Xiaoyan. After all, the three of them were familiar with each other. In addition to being classmates at school, they also had an extra layer of relationship that they would make up lessons at Lao Jiang's house together in the evening.
Seeing that the students were due, Liu Dagong began to speak.
Chen Nuo felt a little bored when he heard this.
It turns out that what we are talking about is that the school will officially transform from a public school to a private school next semester.
After the restructuring, the school will establish an "International Department".
Let’s put it this way, the teaching materials are from the UK, the teachers are mainly hired from outside, and there are also some foreign teachers hired directly.
It seems that this education company has really invested a lot of money to make a big splash.
The so-called "International Department" actually recruits children from wealthy families. The three-year high school system is directly based on "quality education". After graduation, they do not take the domestic college entrance examination and directly study abroad.
Therefore, in order to be in line with foreign standards, the high school teaching language in the International Department does not follow the domestic exam-oriented education system.
For this reason, a new teaching building was originally built on a piece of land next to the school before the No. 8 Middle School was restructured.
This land originally belonged to the school-run factory of No. 8 Middle School.
No. 8 Middle School used to be a vocational high school in its early years. It had its own school-run factory, which was small but occupied a small piece of land.
After the name was changed to Pugao, the school-run factory ceased, but the land remained.
After the decision to restructure a year or two ago, the education company acquired the land and began to demolish the factory and build a new teaching building on the site. The original office building of the school-run factory will also be converted into dormitories and faculty dormitories.
It really cost a lot of money - actually it wasn't a loss at all, the piece of land was very valuable.
Chen Nuo actually knows a little bit about this matter.
Hmm... Luo Qing's father, Boss Luo Dazuo, took over a lot of the cement and earthwork business in the school's teaching building construction project.
Chen Nuo had heard Luo Qing say a few words before.
So, what are the eight students summoned for this afternoon?
It's very simple, do reception work.
Because the International Department has hired many foreign teachers and new external teachers.
The new teaching team will arrive tomorrow.
The school and the education company set up a temporary reception office. The school was short of manpower. Although the education company sent a few employees over, it was still not enough.
Therefore, according to tradition, students are naturally asked to do the errands.
The twenty students called here, including Chen Nuo, were actually doing "volunteer" work.
Responsible for receiving new teachers who report to the school, and then leading them to visit the school and helping them settle into dormitories. In the process, they do some physical work, help move their luggage, run errands, etc.
Moreover, in order to show the style of No. 8 Middle School, children with good appearance were specially selected.
In fact, except for Chen Nuo, all the other students present knew about this matter and had been informed of it.
But Chen Nuo always skips classes, so he only found out today for the first time.
Above, worker Liu was talking about injecting chicken blood.
Chen Nuo asked the squad leader in a low voice: "You have known about this for a long time?"
"Yes, we had a meeting before."
"Then why do you call me? I always skip classes, which makes me irritated at first glance. You have to give me a short notice to receive foreign guests. Aren't you afraid that I will get into trouble?"
The squad leader rolled his eyes: "How do I know? The list is all set by the above."
After worker Liu finished speaking, the lady leader in a suit from the education company also began to speak.
This person introduced herself first, and then she found out that her surname was Zhang. She was an executive sent by the education company to be in charge of reception. Worker Liu politely called her Mr. Zhang.
Mr. Zhang's speech was more kind, telling the students not to be nervous, to relax, and to receive new teachers and foreign teachers with a good spirit.
Then he started talking about foreign affairs disciplines and the like.
Chen Nuo heard this impatiently, so he took out his cell phone, sat down and secretly played with Snake.
But I also understand that people are selected based on their appearance, but they are not called Sun Keke.
What a joke.
Sun Keke is the daughter of the future vice-principal... Let the daughter of the vice-principal serve tea and water to the teacher and carry a suitcase?
What teacher can afford it?
Isn't it awkward?
When you go to work, let the children of the company's vice chairman's family act as your pawn...
Do you dare to use it? Do you have the nerve to assign people to do chores? Do you have the nerve to make people tired and miserable?
So I didn't ask Sun Keke to do this job of waiting on people.
In fact, Chen Nuo also wanted to leave.
However, Mr. Zhang added:
Students who perform well in reception work this time can receive extra time points.
That’s it, just keep it.
Anyway, idle time is idle.
This meeting can be regarded as a mobilization meeting - according to Chinese tradition, this kind of mobilization meeting is always held before work.
Then the teacher from the Academic Affairs Office announced some disciplines and foreign affairs work regulations that need to be observed during this work.
Mr. Zhang also announced that all the teachers, students and staff involved in the reception would be invited to have a big meal in the newly opened restaurant of the International Department of the school tonight.
So the whole audience cheered.
When Chen Nuo saw that the conference was over, he turned off Snake, which he was tired of playing with, put away his mobile phone, and was about to follow the troops to get some food.
Mr. Zhang suddenly turned his head and whispered something to worker Liu.
The whole army went to have a meal.
Chen Nuo, Du Xiaoyan, the squad leader, and another girl I don’t know.
Four people were left behind.
"What's wrong? You don't want to take us with you to have a big dinner?" Chen Nuo smiled lazily.
When Mr. Zhang saw Chen Nuo like this, he raised his eyebrows first, but still said in a very kind tone: "Four students, we have a more important task for you."
"Ah?" Du Xiaoyan and the other girl were a little confused.
"Well, the International Department has introduced foreign investment, and our school has a new school director.
This school director is a foreigner and does not know much about the situation in China or the school.
So the four of you are the reception staff specially selected by us to serve this school director."
"Hey! You won't do anything dirty, right?" Chen Nuo frowned: "Let's forget it with the squad leader and me. Let two young girls serve a school director? It's hard to say!"
Mr. Zhang frowned, but remained calm: "This classmate... you are Chen Nuo, right? There is no need to worry about what you said! We will strictly follow the foreign affairs disciplines for this reception! There will not be any
The bad things you imagine.
And...the foreign school director is a lady about fifty years old!"
Chen Nuo nodded.
Oh...it turns out to be...
Rich woman.
Chen Nuo turned to look at the squad leader: "How about it, brother, do you want to stop working hard?"