Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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Is this a way of resisting the leader's inspection?

The education bureau leaders were so angry they wanted to curse. This guy must have lost his mind to do something like this.

After hanging up the phone, the leaders immediately held a meeting to discuss the matter, and soon a notice was issued.

Knowing he had done something wrong, Xu Hesheng hadn't dared to come to the tavern for drinks these past few days.

Having received the bribe from Fan Jinyou, he asked, "What happened next?"

"Don't even mention it, it's infuriating! He Yuzhu actually hired a recent graduate as a teacher."

"What?" Xu Hesheng was extremely surprised.

I thought the literacy class wouldn't be able to continue without me.

Fan Jinyou continued, "That's not all. Not only has that little girl been a tutor for a month, but even Cai Quanwu can give lectures. It's infuriating."

"Cai Quanwu can also give lectures?"

"Yes, it was quite well explained."

This is what frustrates Fan Jinyou the most. He had always thought that he was the most educated among these people because he had only attended junior high school.

I never expected that Cai Quanwu had also attended junior high school. Not only that, but he also knew more than I did.

Others might not know, but I was well aware of it. Back then, everything was chaotic and we had no time to study. Even though I was in junior high, I didn't even know some of the elementary school curriculum.

However, Cai Quanwu was very knowledgeable when he gave lectures, and he was extremely familiar with many idioms.

Although he wouldn't admit it outwardly, he knew in his heart that the other party's cultural level was still above his own.

Xu Hesheng was so shocked that he didn't know what to do.

If I had known He Yuzhu was alright, why would I have played the villain? Now look what happened, I offended He Yuzhu for no reason, and all I got was this little bit of stuff.

Xu Hesheng regretted it too late. The next day at work, his colleague informed him that the principal had invited him.

Xu Hesheng was momentarily confused as to why the principal would be looking for him, and walked into the principal's office in a daze.

"You only came to me, Principal?"

The principal, who usually had a very kind smile, was unusually serious today, making Xu Hesheng feel uneasy.

"Teacher Xu, there's something I need to tell you."

"Principal, what is it?"

"It's about the salary adjustment you made a few days ago."

Xu Hesheng had a bad feeling and asked, "Wasn't that all over already?"

"For others, it's over, but right now your superiors have discovered a problem. There are some inaccuracies in your application materials, so they have decided to revoke your promotion and even deduct one level from your promotion."

"What do you mean, Principal?"

"Didn't you understand? The emergency notice issued a couple of days ago has been invalidated, and because you falsified the information you submitted, you will be demoted one level."

Xu Hesheng finally understood that the plan to raise his salary by one level had been cancelled, and he was even being demoted by one level, which would mean he would earn 4.5 yuan less than before.

Xu Hesheng panicked: "Principal, you can't do this! I've worked diligently and conscientiously, and I've even helped with the literacy campaign in the neighborhood. Why should I..."

At this point, Xu Hesheng couldn't continue. Suddenly, a thought popped into his head: Could it be that the reason his salary increase was canceled and he was even penalized with a deduction of one grade was because of his sudden resignation from the literacy class?

The principal simply looked at him quietly before saying, "Do you already know why you were demoted?"

Xu Hesheng nodded with difficulty, filled with deep regret.

Why did I listen to Fan Jinyou and trick He Yuzhu?

Even if you really don't want to do it, just tell him and arrange for someone to take over, and He Yuzhu won't say anything more.

But when it came time for the higher-ups to come and inspect, he agreed to give a lecture the day before, but then hid away the next day. This kind of behavior is really infuriating.

"Principal, you can't do this. I can accept not giving me a promotion and a raise, but how can you deduct a rank from my salary?"

If I successfully advance, my monthly salary will be 47 yuan for a level 6 position.

原本是7级的工资一个月41块5，现在被降到了8级，一个月只有37块钱了。

In other words, because he quit, he lost 10 yuan every month from now on.

This 10 yuan is quite a lot. It can buy 50 jin of wheat flour for less than 10 yuan, but if it were cornmeal, it could buy more than 100 jin.

The principal sighed: "What can I say to you? You said you wanted to teach at the literacy class in the neighborhood, and I'll adjust your schedule to make sure you can go and teach them every afternoon."

"But how did you repay me? You suddenly hid away and didn't go to give the lecture, which put the neighborhood committee and the community in a very passive position. They even had to invite a teacher from the 5th district to come and give the lecture."

"Did you think about the impact this would have on the school? You made me stand in front of the education bureau leaders for a full half hour. How could you do this to me?"

"not me..."

"Alright, that's enough. If we weren't so desperately short of teachers, I would have fired you long ago."

"I..."

"Get out of here!"

Xu Hesheng walked out of the principal's office, looking utterly dejected.

For a moment, I even had thoughts of dying.

Previously, I only thought that offending He Yuzhu was no big deal, but I didn't expect that I would indirectly offend the neighborhood committee and the street office as well.

Their retaliation is now coming.

They actually took the complaint directly to the education bureau, and even the principal was reprimanded.

The worst part is that I'm losing 10 yuan every month, and I've also lost face in front of my boss, which will probably make future promotions difficult.

Damn Fan Jinyou, why did I fall for his words?

Fan Jinyou is currently doing odd jobs in the kitchen, helping to move things, boil pots and water. Although it is quite tiring every day, he can still leave work on time.

Another advantage is that since I offended most of the customers before, I don't need to take turns working in the tavern at night.

After getting off work and cleaning up, I walked out of the tavern humming a little tune.

Lost in thought, I suddenly felt someone running up behind me and then a sack was put over my head.

Just as I was about to shout, a gust of wind seemed to blow behind me, and a wooden stick struck me squarely on the back of the head.

Fan Jinyou fainted immediately, his body slumped, and he lay against the wall.

Fan Jinyou was quickly awakened by a sharp pain, and then shouted loudly:

"Killing, killing!"

The horrific screams quickly attracted some passersby.

"Oh dear, why are your legs positioned at that angle?"

"Are you stupid? Your leg is broken."

"Oh, I was wondering why. I've never seen a broken leg before."

"Stop talking, quickly borrow a cart to get him to the hospital, otherwise he'll bleed to death."

"so serious?"

"Why aren't you going to borrow a car?"

The next morning, Zhao Yali was in charge of taking attendance. After waiting for a while, she said, "What's wrong with Fan Jinyou today? He's late."

"Who knows? Just mark it as late."

The group had already divided the tasks, and soon all sorts of breakfast items were prepared.

By then it was getting light, and the neighbors came out to buy some breakfast snacks to tide them over.

"Did you hear that?"

"What's the matter?"

"Fan Jinyou's leg was broken yesterday."

"What?" Everyone was startled.

Although the speaker's name was unknown, everyone lived in the nearby alleys and had seen each other before.

The guest said, "I said that Fan Jinyou's leg was broken last night."

"How could that be? Everything was fine when I left work yesterday!"

"It happened yesterday after get off work. He was put in a sack, and his left leg was broken with a stick."

"Was it really interrupted?" Kong Yuqin asked.

"Yes, it was right near our house. They were screaming terribly. We thought something had happened. When we got there, we saw that Fan Jinyou was trapped in a sack, and one of his legs was broken."

"This..." Kong Yuqin was so shocked that she didn't know what to say.

Although I usually dislike Fan Jinyou's pretentious manner, we are colleagues after all, and I wanted to appear more grief-stricken, but deep down I felt a kind of schadenfreude.

He Yuzhu was also surprised and asked, "So how is it now?"

"He's in the hospital now, of course. He was sent there last night, and he should have a cast on by now."

The other party described in detail what happened last night, and now everyone who had been somewhat doubtful believed that Fan Jinyou's leg had indeed been broken.