Chapter 31.1 I Like You, Xie Hezhang

Shu Qingyao decided to pull some strings for Xie Hezhang!

Although the village secretary assured her that he would arrange some lighter work for Xie Hezhang in the future, Shu Qingyao di dn’t dare to take any more risks.

Who knows if Xie Hezhang would be in danger again?

Shu Qingyao couldn’t bear to let Xie Hezhang experience something as terrifying as the night before last again.

However, Principal Xu thought for a moment, then said with some difficulty: “Teacher Shu, it’s not that I’m unwilling to accommodate you. But you know our school, we don’t lack teachers, and as for other positions, we don’t lack them either…”

Before she could finish, someone knocked on the door.

A tall and burly canteen chef walked in.

The man was in his fifties, big and strong, standing at the door, twice the size of Shu Qingyao, with a face full of wrinkles, looking unapproachable.

Shu Qingyao rarely ate at the school canteen, but she knew him, he was Master Xu, the chef who cooked for the teachers and students at Helian Primary School.

Seeing someone looking for Principal Xu, Shu Qingyao couldn’t continue to disturb her, found an excuse to make way, and slowly retreated from the principal’s office.

Sigh.

Pulling strings at school wouldn’t work.

Everyone knew that the jobs in the school were easy, except for her music teacher, no one was vying for it, other positions had a long queue of people waiting, one down and another immediately replaced.

She had to think of other ways.

Shu Qingyao was pondering whether to bother Jin Zhuang again, when a rough male voice suddenly came from behind her: “Teacher Shu. You went up the mountain with the logistics staff yesterday, you knew about the mudslide in advance, right?”

Shu Qingyao turned around and saw Master Xu walking up to her, asking her.

Her deeds had even spread to the school’s canteen chef?

Shu Qingyao was a little embarrassed.

“Cough. It was just good luck.”

“You city educated youths are different, you can even predict mudslides in advance.” Master Xu praised her, then changed the subject, “What were you talking about with Principal Xu just now?”

Shu Qingyao coughed lightly, “Nothing. Master Xu, I’m about to have class, I’ll talk to you later.”

It was probably because she tried to pull strings with Principal Xu and was overheard.

Cough cough cough.

Shu Qingyao quickly found an excuse to escape.

Then she heard Master Xu say leisurely behind her: “I’ve been too busy cooking in the canteen lately, I wanted to find an apprentice to help me share the workload. It seems I can only ask Principal Xu to find someone…”

Shu Qingyao pricked up her ears, her steps stopped.

“Wait, Master Xu!”

She ran back excitedly, showing her signature sweet and innocent smile, “Master Xu, you’re looking for someone to work in the canteen?”

Master Xu glanced at the girl’s flattering smile, his expression paused, this female educated youth…

Shu Qingyao quickly recommended Xie Hezhang: “Master Xu, I have someone in mind, he’s young and quick, you’ll be satisfied! You don’t need to trouble Principal Xu to find someone!”

Working in the canteen, it was definitely hard, after all, the task of buying vegetables early every morning was enough to make people tired.

But working in the canteen, there was also a lot of oil and water.

Like the public canteen in Helian Village, the canteen chefs there were all people who got in through connections in the village, you couldn’t get in without some connections.

Like Shu Qingyao buying vegetables back and asking the chef in the educated youth dormitory to cook, they also had to take a cut, this was the unspoken rule.

In this era, whether in the city or the countryside, those who could eat public food lived a relatively comfortable life.

Helian Primary School was a private school, with about two hundred students enrolled, although the school had set up a canteen, students could bring rice to steam, and the canteen chef would also cook some dishes to sell cheaply, but not many students were willing to spend five yuan a semester to steam rice, most students went home to eat.

The school canteen chef’s daily work was to steam rice for the fifty or so students and eight teachers who paid for steaming rice, and to cook.

If the dishes cooked at noon were not sold out, they were allowed to take the leftovers home at night.

This was also one of the reasons why the canteen chefs lived a comfortable life.

Shu Qingyao recommended Xie Hezhang while calculating in her heart.

If Xie Hezhang worked as a canteen chef in the school, it would be a great benefit, not only would Xie Hezhang and Xie Xiaoqian have food to eat, but she could also secretly go to the canteen to see him under the guise of official business.

However, would such a good thing really fall to Xie Hezhang?

Usually, such oily and comfortable jobs were arranged for relatives or family members.

But if he didn’t know that she was looking for other jobs for Xie Hezhang, why would Master Xu stop her?

Shu Qingyao was full of doubts, but her mouth was still sweet, she said all the good things about Xie Hezhang.

“Well, that’s how it is…” Master Xu’s face full of wrinkles looked very unapproachable, showing a hesitant expression, which made Shu Qingyao nervous.

Just when Shu Qingyao thought he was playing with her, Master Xu nodded, “Since Teacher Shu recommends him so strongly, I’ll ask Principal Xu to talk to the village head later, and let Xie Hezhang come to my side to be an apprentice for three days.”

Shu Qingyao was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, and genuinely smiled.

“Master Xu, thank you, you can rest assured, Xie Hezhang will definitely not disappoint you!”

Master Xu was still frowning, but seeing Shu Qingyao smiling like a flower, he couldn’t help but smile too.

This smile turned his face full of wrinkles into a kind and amiable one.

He nodded to Shu Qingyao: “What are you thanking me for? My son’s life was saved by you, if it wasn’t for you, my little Xu would have been buried in the earth yesterday.”

Shu Qingyao then realized that this Master Xu was actually the father of one of the logistics staff who went up the mountain with her yesterday.

He was deliberately beating around the bush to thank her.

Master Xu left, Shu Qingyao suppressed her joy and went back to class.

Perhaps because she was too excited, she played several wrong notes in the first class, which made Xie Xiaoqian look back at her in confusion.

In the afternoon, Shu Qingyao finished her last class, asked Xie Xiaoqian to wait for her at the classroom door, she hurried back to the office, stuffed the music book into the desk, and went out with her small cloth bag.

She was eager to share the good news with Xie Hezhang.

“Teacher Shu.”

Jiang Xun, who had finished his last Chinese class, also came back, and seeing her, he greeted her with a smile.

Shu Qingyao didn’t have time to pay attention to him, she perfunctorily responded, and hurried out, Jiang Xun was used to her aloof attitude, thinking that they had gone up the mountain together a few days ago, they should have gotten closer, so he smiled and said: “Teacher Shu, are you free this weekend?”

Shu Qingyao stopped, turned around, “What’s wrong?”

Jiang Xun said: “Ruan Wenhui woke up today, I was thinking that we went up the mountain together yesterday, and she was the only one who had an accident, should we go to town together to buy some things to visit her?”

Oh, Ruan Wenhui had woken up.

Shu Qingyao thought for a moment, she didn’t plan to go with Jiang Xun, and refused: “I don’t have time this weekend, I’ll go when I have time.”

After saying that, without waiting for Jiang Xun to say anything, she turned around and went out with her small cloth bag.

As she went out, she saw Tong Yuan stood at the door, their eyes met, and Shu Qingyao was the first to look away.