The principal's office is still on the top floor of the old teaching building, or connected to the teacher's office, this is the style of the old principal, nearly one hundred and fifty teachers are gathered together to work, what a spectacular scene, Chang Ning feels familiar and intimate, except for the lime water whitewashed walls, it seems that nothing has changed.

Standing at the door, Chang Ningxin said that he didn't enter this terrible door back then, every time he entered, he would get one more reprimand from the teacher, or he would have to worry about writing a review one more time, and if he entered the door today, he would not repeat history.

The old principal took Chang Ning's hand and omitted the last trace of hesitation in Chang Ning's heart.

"Smack." The old principal clapped his hands and shouted, "Teachers, please put down your work first." ”

Because before the school meeting, each class is in self-study class, most of the teachers are preparing in the office, listening to the old principal's greeting, everyone raised their heads, their eyes focused on the door, the office is rebuilt after the opening of seven classrooms, each person has a writing desk, two by two, except for a passage of nearly one and a half meters in the middle, the two sides are densely packed and crowded, and the seats of students in the classroom are comparable.

"This is the old school I often mention to you, Chang Ning, a student in the first class of the seventh and fifth grades, of course, he is now the assistant to the county magistrate of Qingyang County, and the winner of the title of the top ten outstanding young people in the country......"

No need to prompt, before the old principal's voice fell, warm and loud applause broke out, so sincere and lasting, Chang Ning was naturally excited, he had never had this kind of brilliance and enjoyment in the past two years, what a great honor it was to be warmly welcomed by so many teachers.

Chang Ning walked all the way in a regular manner, shook hands with the teacher who stretched out his hand, and when he met a familiar or former teacher, he stopped and said a few words, and when he returned to the old principal, he was already sweating profusely, and his shirt was half wet.

Then, he stood up straight and bowed respectfully at seventy or eighty degrees, which was also the first time in his life that it was from the bottom of his heart.

The old principal raised his right hand and signaled for silence, "Next, please ask Assistant Chang to speak, everyone is welcome." ”

In the applause, Chang Ning asked the old principal: "Old principal, what am I talking about?" The old headmaster said, "You can say whatever you want." Chang Ningle was happy, "When I read it, why didn't I say it?" The old principal also laughed in a low voice: "At that time, you were under my control, I didn't let you say it, but now that you are a bigger official than me, of course I want you to say it." Chang Ning said: "Stinky old man, do you know that I can't speak, you are deliberately taking my army." The old headmaster smiled and said, "Stinky boy, it's okay, you just say it, everyone is watching." Chang Ning was happy again: "Okay, I'll just say a few words nonsense, and I'll be exempted from the speech at the teacher-student conference." ”

After a pause and thinking about it, Chang Ning faced the expectant eyes of many teachers, so he had to take out the manuscript he had prepared a long time ago.

"Teachers, the new semester has begun, for you, it will be a busy season, because your harvest is not in the early autumn today, but in the summer of each year, I am one of the harvests of several teachers among you, although some are not successful, but finally become a useful person to the society, in fact, I have long wanted to come to the school to see, but, but for well-known reasons, this old principal is my sworn enemy, I was stunned when I saw him, **** trembling, therefore, until today, forced by the county magistrate of Gaoji Deng, in desperation, I came hard. ”

In the good-natured laughter of the teachers, the old principal pushed Chang Ning with his elbow and whispered, "Xiao Chang, what are you talking about." ”

"Really, several of my teachers can prove that it is this big office, I may be the history of the school, except for those class cadres and class representatives, as the one with the most students coming, my diary is remembered, I was called to this office by the old principal and the head teacher to criticize and lecture forty-seven times, and was criticized by the principal at the conference without naming and criticizing, respectively, twenty-nine times and twenty-two, two years and four semesters to write a total of twenty-seven and a half reviews, that half because the college entrance examination is approaching, the old principal suspended the implementation of me, I slipped away later, and finally escaped a blow from the old headmaster in two years. ”

No one applauded this time, because Chang Ning's gesture had already been placed there.

"Teachers, I brought the unsubmitted review today, because I don't want to give up halfway, I beg the principal to forgive and accept it, and ask the teachers to prove it." As he spoke, he took out a piece of homework paper, held it in both hands, saluted the old principal ninety degrees, and respectfully handed it to him.

The old principal's face was shining with tears, and he took the review with excited hands, "Stinky boy, get up, you have finally lived up to my hard work......"

Chang Ning squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Stinky old man, don't be too happy. ”

There was another thunderous round of applause...... Suddenly, the applause suddenly fell and the teachers burst into laughter.

It turned out that the old principal's back was pasted with a piece of paper with four lines of poetry written on it.

The old principal was stunned, knowing that something had changed, and slapped Chang Ning with a smile, "Stinky boy, it's your way again." He reached out and tore off the piece of paper from his back, and he was even happier to look at it, because it was the limerick poem that Chang Ning made up for him back then:

Wearing a hat all year round, glasses are always on the forehead, dressing only in a tunic suit, and willing to be the second child at home.

After laughing for a while, and after the atmosphere became harmonious, Chang Ning took out two more slips and handed them to the old principal.

"Old principal, teachers, Gao Ji and County Magistrate Deng sent me to visit everyone, approved 20,000 yuan, I didn't blow it, I pressed the hand of County Magistrate Deng, and changed the two words to three words, you are not easy, County Magistrate Deng is not easy to worry about this stall in the county, so 30,000 is not less, of course, when I passed by the County Commission for Discipline Inspection, I followed them 20,000, this 50,000 yuan, I have a suggestion, take out 10,000 yuan to improve the lives of all faculty and staff, and then take out 10,000 yuan to save, by this time next year, reward outstanding faculty and staff, How you spend the rest of the money is your own business. ”

The old principal smiled with a note in his eyes, "Xiao Chang, you are really the God of Wealth of our school, no, you are a big savior." ”

Chang Ning pointed to the ceiling fan that was motionless on the ceiling, and asked with a smile: "Old principal, you are still so picky, you can nag for three days when I ate two steamed buns, but now that the God of Wealth is here, you are not even willing to turn on the electric fan." ”

The old principal said embarrassedly: "Xiao Chang, to tell you the truth, we can't afford to pay the electricity bill, and the power company has been out of power for five days." ”

"Oh, what's going on? Tell me about it. ”

"The school expanded its enrollment of eight junior high school classes and four senior high school classes last year, and the expenses in all aspects were large, and the school's old bottom was all bet in, and the tuition fees just collected this year were also advanced, but the county's promised appropriations have not come down, so now we can delay it, and we can owe it, and the teachers' salaries have been deducted by me through gritted teeth for a month."

"How much do you owe to the power company?"

"Probably, probably, 10,000."

Chang Ning's eyes rolled, "Old principal, we haven't made a deal for a long time, how about coming back today?" ”

The old principal's eyes lit up, "You can tell me first." ”

"As long as you don't force me to speak at the school's teacher and student conference at three o'clock, I will hold an on-site office meeting here to help you solve all kinds of problems and difficulties, as long as you put them forward, I will give you a decision to solve them on the spot."

"Stinky boy, is this true?"

"Stinky old man, when do I talk and don't count?"

The old principal pulled Chang Ning to the door of the office, pointed to the phone on the desk and said, "Xiao Chang, if you ask them to send a call within half an hour, I will obey you." ”

Chang Ning smiled at the teachers, took a glass of water from a female teacher, pulled a chair and sat down, picked up the phone and dialed it out, while saying, "Old principal, you ask the teachers to do a favor and check our school, how many children of cadres and workers in the power system are there?" ”

The director of the county electric power bureau is called Ma Yunkong, 40 years old this year, is a rural cadre from the old coarse, as the director of the power bureau has been more than four years, used to be Fang Tianzheng's person, and later introduced by Fang Tianzheng, and Chang Ning got very close, the two drank together several times, when the rural power grid was built, Chang Ning also helped him from the provincial finance department to ask for more than 200,000 yuan, Chang Ning naturally admired it, and when they met, they were brothers and brothers.

"Brother, it's you, why do you think of my brother today, we haven't gotten together for some days."

Chang Ning made a gesture, signaling the old principal and the surrounding group of teachers to silence, and shouted into the phone: "Old Ma, you are embarrassed to say brother, you said that you did a good thing, you did it, electric tiger, the tiger's ass can't be touched, the people of the county are afraid of you, but why do you shit without paper, let brother I help you wipe your ass, do you say you are not damaged?" ”

"Hey, brother, you wait, you say slowly, when did I, Ma Yunkong, do anything to pull my brother's back?"

"Well, old horse, do you know where I am now?"

"Who knows, you've always been a god, I can't guess."

Chang Ning said into the phone: "Today, the county magistrate of Gaoji Deng came to me and asked me to come to the county on behalf of them to take a turn, I thought about good things, and I came to the fart, the intellectuals used to be stinky old nine, but now they are soul engineers, let's go to the set, especially the old principal, who used to bully me when I was studying, I have to find some face to come back, but, alas, as soon as I go, I will run into trouble." ”

"Haha, what should I do?" Ma Yunkong smiled on the phone, "Brother, I know what's wrong, you ignore them, these intellectuals, they don't understand the truth of repaying debts, they owe me the electricity company and don't pay the electricity bill, that's right, I ordered them to cut off their electricity." ”

Chang Ning sneered, "Hmph, old horse, you can still say it, to tell you the truth, if I don't come today, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep the black gauze hat on your head." ”