Chapter 454: Chapter 454

Soon, the third visitor arrived, Political Commissioner Zhu’s wife, Lin Xiaozhi.

Holding a large watermelon in her arms, Lin Xiaozhi placed the watermelon on the ground as she entered, and before Wan Chu’er could say anything, Lin Xiaozhi quickly spoke:

"Let me speak first."

Wan Chu’er: "...Okay, go ahead."

"I’m not here to ask you for any favors, and you don’t need to worry about me causing you trouble. I just want to know, when the school is built, who decides the recruitment of teachers? What are the general requirements for recruiting teachers? If there’s an opportunity, I’d like to try after preparing myself. I won’t use any backdoor connections; I’ll rely on my own abilities to give it a try.

Don’t refuse this watermelon, consider it a consultation fee. Don’t dislike the humble gift. If I gave you something else, it might cause gossip that’d be bad for both you and me."

A fair trade, huh? This Lin Xiaozhi is really interesting, why didn’t I notice such a person before?

Even though Lin Xiaozhi spoke decisively, she was actually nervous inside. Wan Chu’er was known for being aloof in the family district, not mingling with others, and Lin Xiaozhi feared that Wan Chu’er might not be easy to get along with and could possibly reject her.

Wan Chu’er noticed Lin Xiaozhi’s hands tightly clutching her own pants and chuckled softly, saying:

"If you want to be a teacher, I suggest you first get a teaching qualification certificate. The school won’t start until next semester at the earliest, so you have at least four months to prepare for the teaching certificate.

As for the rest, I don’t know yet as everything is still uncertain, but one thing is for sure, the school will hire based on merit, always prioritizing what’s best for the children."

They didn’t notice that after Lin Xiaozhi knocked on the door, five-year-old Zhao Zilong, who had been playing with Chuanqi and Hunter, perked up his ears. His mom had instructed him to pay good attention to what others said to Aunt.

Upon hearing this, a look of joy appeared on Lin Xiaozhi’s face; she hadn’t expected Wan Chu’er to share so much.

"Thank you, I will go prepare to take the teaching exam, then... I won’t disturb you further, I’ll take my leave now."

After saying this, fearing that Wan Chu’er might ask her to take the watermelon back, she hurriedly left, leaving Wan Chu’er’s word "Hey" hanging on the tip of her tongue. This person is really...

Not long after Lin Xiaozhi left, Dong Lili came.

As she entered, she looked both grateful and embarrassed, "I’m sorry for the trouble, I came to pick Zilong up, he hasn’t caused you any trouble, has he?" ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novelFɪre.net

Wan Chu’er politely responded: "No worries, it’s just kids playing."

After exchanging some polite remarks, Dong Lili took Zhao Zilong away. At the door, Zhao Zilong waved to Chuanqi and Hunter: "Goodbye sister, goodbye brother."

"Goodbye Brother Zilong."

All three kids were well-mannered, and Wan Chu’er thought to herself that children are better for not having so many schemes.

Jiang Kechu usually doesn’t come home for lunch. After eating and resting, Chuanqi and Hunter were worried about Xiao Huaili who got hurt the night before, so Wan Chu’er drove them to Huangjiagou Village.

This time they had to enter the village, so she parked her car right in front of the village chief’s house.

From the entrance of the village to the village chief’s house, whenever they encountered villagers, the villagers would stop, smile, and wave or greet Wan Chu’er:

"Mr. Wan has arrived."

"Are you heading for a rest shortly?"

"Lass, you’re a good person."

Looks like everyone knows that Wan Chu’er is going to a school to Huangjiagou Village, so they’re all expressing their gratitude in a simple way towards Wan Chu’er’s kindness.

Chuanqi curiously asked: "Mommy, uncles and aunties are all greeting us." When they used to play at the village entrance, they would also encounter some adults, but not as enthusiastic as today.

Wan Chu’er explained with a smile to her children: "Because mommy is planning to do a good deed, everyone likes us now. You two should also do more good deeds in the future."

Good deeds are worth doing, but as for being good people, that should be considered carefully.

Hearing the sound of the car, Xiao Huaili siblings and Aunt Huang quickly came out from their house, just in time to see Wan Chu’er getting out of the car with two children.

"Little brother, we came to see you," Chuanqi chattered, "I also brought my little Princess for little sister."

When they were leaving the house, Little Zhuanqi picked a Barbie doll from his toys to give to Erya, while Mrs. Jiang and Xiao Bai bought a bunch of Barbie doll toys for her.

Seeing the Barbie doll handed over by Zhuanqi, Erya gasped "Wow" in admiration, her eyes widened, swallowing saliva, and said "It’s so pretty," but she dared not touch it, afraid of dirtying or breaking it.

"Little sister, this is for you, I have many more," Zhuanqi generously said.

Erya, seemingly in disbelief, glanced at her brother and Grandma Huang, then wiped her hands on her clothes before taking the Barbie doll, and couldn’t take her eyes off of it, finding it so beautiful.

"Sister, do you like it?" Zhuanqi asked.

Erya swallowed her saliva and honestly replied: "I like it, you are really nice." This made Zhuanqi giggle.

After thinking for a bit, Erya turned and ran towards the yard, and after a while, she came back with a big apple in her hands, offering it to Zhuanqi.

"This is for you to eat, this apple is really sweet."

Zhuanqi pouted: "I don’t want the apple." At home, Wan Chu’er always insisted on him eating an apple every day, apples weren’t appealing to him.

Erya blinked and still explained: "It’s very very sweet." She had never eaten such a red and sweet apple before.

"I don’t want it," Zhuanqi declared loudly.

Erya, somewhat puzzled how there could be a child who doesn’t want an apple, but since Zhuanqi didn’t want it, she didn’t insist and ran back inside the yard to get something else.

Wan Chuer and Aunt Huang and others watched the interaction between two little girls with amusement.

"My girl, come inside and eat some watermelon. It’s our village’s own, very sweet," Aunt Huang said enthusiastically.

Xiao Huaili, well capable with one hand, led Hunter inside, and Wan Chuer also pulled Zhuanqi into the yard.

As soon as she entered the yard, she saw Erya holding a bag of cookies, "Little sister, here are some cookies for you."

Zhuanqi hid her hands behind her back and shook her head: "I’m not hungry, I won’t eat cookies." Her parents taught her not to eat snacks like cookies when not hungry.

Erya was dumbfounded, these were the best things she could offer on her own accord, after thinking for a long while, she hesitatingly pulled out a grasshopper made of foxtail grass from her pocket, "Then do you want to play with this?"

Zhuanqi’s eyes lit up immediately, "What is this? It looks interesting."

"This is a grasshopper my brother made for me."

"Can I play with it?" Zhuanqi asked expectantly.

"If you like it, I’ll give it to you. When my brother’s hand gets better, I’ll ask him to make a lot more interesting things for you," Erya immediately said happily, finally finding something the little sister liked.