Chapter 621 [The Weird Principal] (Part 1)

Shiwa Primary School is located between two small mountain villages, Xiaoshiwa Village and Dashiwa Village. The courtyard walls of the primary school are also built with stones. Zhou Shanhu said: "This primary school was built by Principal Chen himself. Even the walls are stones he carved, and they are chiseled out one by one with a chisel."

Zhang Yang looked into the school through the gate. The school was not big, there were only two rows of school buildings, with only six rooms in total. Those who came here to study were students before the third grade, with only one class in each grade, and there were only three teachers, including principal Chen Aiguo.

Zhou Shanhu lay on the gate and shouted inside: "Principal Chen! Principal Chen!"

After about three minutes, I saw an old man wearing a military cotton hat, a military coat, and an old cotton shoes walking towards this side. If it weren't for the high myopia glasses on the bridge of his nose that gave him a bit of bookishness, anyone would have thought that this was an old farmer, and that was Chen Aiguo, the principal of Shiwa Primary School.

Because the sky was dim and Chen Aiguo had a bad look, he held a flashlight in his hand and shone a sharp light towards the door: "Who?"

Zhou Shanhu shouted: "Principal Chen, it's me, Hu Zi!"

Chen Aiguo walked forward a few more steps and came to the door. Only then did he see clearly that it was Zhou Shanhu. He looked at Zhang Yang and Jiang Liang with great vigilance and said, "Huzi, why are you here for such a big snow? Who are they?"

Zhou Shanhu smiled and said, "Principal Chen, please open the door first. These two are my good friends. We will come to ask you for some information."

Chen Aiguo nodded and slowly opened the school gate.

Zhang Yang came to him and said with a smile: "Hello Principal Chen, my name is Zhang Yang, I came from Jiangcheng!" He stretched out his hand, Chen Aiguo looked at his hand, and had no intention of shaking hands with him. He sorted out his coat and whispered: "It's windy and snowy outside, sit in the room!"

Chen Aiguo's home is in a room next to the school gate. It is close to the school gate, and he usually works in the communication room.

The steel bar pot on the indoor stove was steaming, and a pot of sweet potatoes were stewed inside. Apart from a torn chair and an equally ragged desk, it was a small bed one meter wide. Zhang Yang and the other two sat down on the small bed. Although Zhang Yang could not meet each other, judging from Chen Aiguo's performance, this person was not easy to approach. Zhang Daguanren has experienced the system for several years and has already had certain experience in interpersonal relationships. For a person like Chen Aiguo, who is a strange and introverted person, if he wants to narrow the distance between them, he must find the topic he is interested in. It is probably not possible to take out the photos as soon as he comes out.

Zhang Yang said: "Principal Chen, we have two things here this time. The first thing is that I know a Hong Kong philanthropist. She wants to build some schools in the mainland. Chunyang County in Qingtaishan has built more than ten Hongqi Primary Schools. She asked me to help find suitable aid sites. Is Principal Chen interested in improving the teaching conditions of the school?"

Jiang Liang looked at Zhang Yang curiously. This guy's cultivation has really improved a lot, and he knows what he says when he sees someone.

Chen Aiguo spent his whole life focusing on elementary school. Zhang Yang's topic really aroused his interest. He whispered: "You are talking about Hongqi Primary School, right? I heard it when I went to the village for a meeting, but it was Chunyang. We are in Xishan, and we are not from the same province." He was a little unbelievable to Zhang Yang's words.

Zhang Yang said: "No one said he had to assist in the construction of primary schools in Chunyang. Now there are Hongqi schools in Jiangcheng, and even Nanxi City, Pinghai Province, Hongqi Primary School. Their purpose is to create admission conditions for children in poor mountainous areas as much as possible. I think you are quite in line with it."

Chen Aiguo didn't say anything, picked up his chopsticks and fiddled with his sweet potatoes.

Zhang Yang said: "Principal Chen, if you have no objection, I will invite her to come and inspect it in a while."

Chen Aiguodao: "Let's talk about it, what else do you have to ask me?" Chen Aiguo's mind was very clear. He remembered that Zhang Yang had just said that there were two things to find him. Although Chen Aiguo didn't have much contact with the outside world, his age was here. He realized that the olive branch that the young man had thrown at the beginning might be tempting himself. There was no free lunch in the world. Chen Aiguo understood this truth.

Zhang Yang said: "Principal Chen, that's the case. I want to inquire about the educated youth who went to the army to work."

Chen Aiguo took down the sweet potato, sealed the stove door, wiped his hands with a towel and said, "What did you say?"

Zhang Yang had to repeat it again.

Chen Aiguodao: "What do you want to ask about?"

Zhang Yang took out the photo of the educated youth and handed it to Chen Aiguo.

Chen Aiguo took the photo and came to the kerosene lamp. He looked at it, his eyes were very focused, and he was frozen on the photo for a long time. He shook his head and said, "The light is too dark to see clearly."

Zhou Shanhu said, "Principal Chen, don't you have a hand lamp?" He picked up the flashlight and helped to look at the photo. Chen Aiguo looked at him dissatisfiedly and said, "I have glaucoma and I can't see clearly at night." He returned the photo to Zhang Yang and whispered, "It's getting late, it's so snow outside, so I won't leave you for dinner."

When Zhou Shanhu heard Chen Aiguo’s order to expel guests, he couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed. He looked at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang finally found some clues and certainly would not give up easily. He put away the photos and smiled and said, "Principal Chen, you can't see the photos clearly, but you should have heard of a name. Did Xu Changde be an educated youth here back then?"

Chen Aiguo said coldly: "I haven't heard of this person before. Okay, I have to have a meal."

Zhang Yang wanted to say something, Jiang Liang pulled him, Zhang Yang could only resist the doubts in his heart. The three of them left Shiwa Primary School, and the sound of the iron gate closing sounded behind him, and Chen Aiguo locked the school gate from inside.

Zhou Shanhu smiled bitterly and said, "Don't be surprised by two brothers, he has this temper."

Zhang Yang said: "He should know something."

Jiang Liang hadn't spoken just now. He quietly observed Chen Aiguo's expression changes, especially when Chen Aiguo saw the photo, his expression seemed very shocked and complicated. Jiang Liang was a criminal policeman and was good at seeing the essence through phenomena. He whispered: "I must know, but he doesn't want to say it, so we can only find another way." Jiang Liang said this, but he couldn't think of any solution.

The heavy snow outside not only did not stop, but was getting heavier and heavier. Such weather would definitely not be able to return in the snow.

Zhou Shanhu invited them to stay home and stay overnight. The people in the mountains were simple and enthusiastic. Zhou Shanhu took out the marinated bacon and stewed it. He also killed a chicken to entertain two distinguished guests from other places.

Zhang Yang returned to the car, carried a box of Moutai and a few boxes of canned lunch meat.

The two best buddies who were riding on the tractor with Zhou Shanhu were also called to accompany the guests to drink. Both of these young men also had surnames Zhou. The Zhou surname in Xiaoshiwa Village is the largest surname. The one wearing blue clothes is Zhou Shansong, and the other young man is Zhou Shanhe. They are both relatives of the same clan.

When the two of them came over, they also had something to do. Zhou Shansong brought a salted fish and Zhou Shanhe brought a pheasant.

Through conversation, I learned that Zhou Shanhu was an orphan, and his mother died of dying from childbirth. When he was five years old, his father met a wolf pack on the mountain. When he found it, he was left with only one chewed head. Zhou Shanhu lived with his grandfather. The grandfather passed away two years ago, and he was the only one left in the family. There were several uncles and uncles, but none of them were concerned about him. Zhou Shanhu used the tractor left by his grandfather to transport the mountain and the running point up and down the mountain. Although the old man Zhou Youjin is the village party secretary, it has no help to him. Instead, he usually tries to take advantage of him. Recently, he wants to spend the old house left by the old man and want to renovate a new house here for his son to marry. Zhou Shanhu didn't say anything. He is almost eighteen years old this year and plans to go out for a while.

Zhou Shanhe had been to middle school in the county and saw some worlds. When he saw Zhang Yang bringing a box of Moutai liquor, he said in surprise: "Moutai! Brother, this is a lot of money, right?"

Zhang Yang laughed and said, "My friend gave it to me. It's a drink on a snowy day. Today you can prepare the dishes. I'll prepare the wine. My brothers will drink it until he gets drunk.

Zhou Shansong tidily table up, and the emergency lights that Zhang Yang brought from the car were also handy. While a few people were busy, Jiang Liang took out a magnifying glass and studied the photo carefully. He suddenly found something and waved to Zhang Yang and said, "Zhang Yang, come here!"

Zhang Yang walked over and Jiang Liang pointed to the position in the last row of the photo: "Look, take a closer look, is this person Principal Chen?"

Zhang Yang was slightly stunned and leaned over to take a look. Sure enough, he saw a thin young man standing there smiling very brightly, but he was not wearing glasses. Looking closely, he still found some outlines of Chen Aiguo from his appearance. Zhang Yang said, "It's him, yes, it's him! But he is not wearing glasses."

Zhou Shanhu also came over when he heard them talking, put them in the photo and nodded affirmatively, "It's Principal Chen. It turns out that he has taken a photo with these educated youth."

Jiang Liang said: "Maybe he is one of the educated youth."

Zhang Yang said: "I'll go find him!"

Jiang Liang shook his head and said, "Now is not the time. He must have recognized this photo. Since he doesn't want to say anything, it proves that he must have something hidden. If you go to him now, you may make things worse. Wait until you talk about it. Anyway, we won't leave today, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Zhou Shansong walked in with the prepared pheasant and shouted: "The fragrant pheasant is out!"

Zhou Shanhu smiled and said, "Come on, come on, let's have a drink!"

There were several large bowls full of the Eight Immortals table, and the people in the mountains were not stingy when treating guests. Zhou Shanhu’s piece of cured meat was originally prepared for the New Year. When the guests came, they took out all the things they usually couldn’t bear to eat.

Zhou Shanhu picked up the little black bowl and said, "Our brothers and three welcome two elder brothers to visit the mountains!"

Zhang Yang and Jiang Liang raised their cups and smiled and said, "Damn it!"

"Do it!" The few people were very generous and drank the wine in the small bowl together.

Zhou Shansong wiped his lips and said with praise: "Good wine, everyone says Moutai wine is delicious, I'm so big and I'll drink it for the first time."

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "The quality of wine is second. Drinking mainly depends on your mood. When you meet a close friend with a thousand cups, you don't have to say anything more than half a sentence. I will get along with you."

Zhou Shanhu was busy pouring wine for everyone, and they cooked another bowl of wine together and began to toast each other. Zhou Shanhu accompanied Zhang Yang to drink a small bowl of wine and picked up a pheasant leg for him. Although it was a farm dish, it was very authentic. Zhang Yang said, "The skills are good."

Zhou Shanhedao: "Huzi cooks deliciously, and he always cooks when we drink together."

Zhou Shanhu smiled embarrassedly and said, "It's just a blind man. My parents died early. When I was a child, I cooked by myself. After more than ten years of cooking, I have to make some progress."

Zhang Yang remembered the scene of him punching the thief on the mountain road today, and couldn't help laughing: "I see that you punching very well. Have you practiced Kung Fu in the past?"

Zhou Shanhu nodded: "I have been practicing boxing with my grandfather since I was a child, and I know some wild moves."

Zhou Shansong said: "Hu Zi's kung fu is the best in our village."

Zhou Shanhedao: "Don't talk about our village, even our village can count. A tiger can split three bricks with one palm, and a kick can break a tree with one foot."

Zhou Shanhu blushed: "Don't talk nonsense, let the two elder brothers laugh at me."

Zhang Yang and Jiang Liang both laughed, and Jiang Liang said, "You can see that you knocked down the thief with one punch today, and you have good kung fu."

Zhou Shanhu said: "I was naughty when I was a child and often fought with people. Every time I came back from a fight, my grandfather would beat me up, saying that practicing boxing was not to bully people, but to strengthen my body."

Zhang Yang said: "You can't be bullied if you don't bully."

Zhou Shanhu said: "Brother, are you both ***?"

Zhang Yang said: "He is me, not!"

Zhou Shanhu said: "What is the eldest brother doing?"

Zhang Yang said: "I work in Nancy!"

Zhou Shanhu said: "Nanxi? A while ago, an engineering team in our village went to Nancy to work, and I almost followed him. I was thinking about going there to find some work to join them in the spring."

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "It's always good for a young man to go out and make a fortune. If you go to Nancy, you can go to the Sports Commission to find me. I'll leave the address for you afterwards."

Zhou Shanhu nodded excitedly.

Several people were drinking happily, and suddenly there was a cough outside. Village Party Secretary Zhou Youjin walked over slowly. Zhou Shanhu saw that it was his uncle from the crack in the door, and hurriedly opened the door: "Uncle, why are you here? Please sit in the room!"

Zhou Youjin entered the house, took off his hat first, brushed the snow on it, and pretended to be surprised: "Huzi, there are so many people in the family, I wouldn't have come if I had known it."

Zhang Yang didn't have much affection for this philanthropist. From his performance, we can see that this guy probably smelled the fragrance and came to drink with wine. But Xiaoshiwa Village is the territory of others after all, so it's okay to be polite. Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Secretary Zhou, sit quickly, sit quickly, it's a cold day, drink a glass of wine to warm up!"

Zhou Youjin said how he was so embarrassed, but he sat down at Zhou Shanhu's seat. Zhou Shanhu quickly brought him a small black bowl and poured a bowl of wine. Zhou Youjin didn't wait for others to greet him, so he picked up the wine bowl and smiled and said, "I'll disturb you, I'll punish myself for a glass." After squeaking, I took a drink for most of the time, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a chicken neck and ate it, squinted his eyes and said, "What a wine! Maotai, right?"

Jiang Liang smiled and said, "I knew that Secretary Zhou was an expert in drinking when I heard it." He took out a box of cigarettes, took out one and handed it over.

Zhou Youjin took it politely, first lit it for Jiang Liang, then lit it himself, wrapped it hard, and the good cigarettes and wine tasted so exciting. Zhou Youjin said, "Huzi, hurry up to toast the two distinguished guests! I'm so ignorant, I want me to say you!"

Zhou Shanhu nodded and went to serve Zhang Yang with a drink. Zhang Yang smiled and said, "No, there are so many rules. Let's drink as much as you want, just be happy."

Jiang Liang took the initiative to drink with Zhou Youjin, then dropped the wine bowl and said, "Secretary Zhou, are you familiar with Principal Chen?"

Zhou Youjin took a breath and said, "You are talking about Chen Aiguo, are you?"

Jiang Liang nodded.

Zhou Youjin said: "He is not a native of us. He was also an educated youth in the countryside. When he first came to our Xiaoshiwa Village, he was also an activist. Later, he was arrested and criticized by the village for spreading reactionary remarks. For his sake, my father was criticized a lot and was locked up in the village for a while. After he came back, he became bored. Later, the educated youth returned to the city and others left, but he was the only one who left, saying that there were no relatives at home. He stayed here alone to run a primary school. My father helped him a lot because he was a foreign surname and village.

Everyone in the village bullies him, and my father always helps him. After establishing the primary school, he was very serious in substitute classes and gradually gained the respect of the villagers. However, his temper became more and more strange. Except for seeing students with smiles, he ignored the people in our village. Maybe because he looked down on us people in the mountains." Zhou Youjin took another sip of wine and said, "What's wrong, are you going to find him? Did you hit a nail? Chen Aiguo is like that when he meets everyone, he ignores him. Don't be as knowledgeable as him."

Zhang Yang said: "Secretary Zhou, have you heard of Wang Junyao?"
To be continued...