Strict Wife Of The ’70s Manages The Household - Chapter 975
When Ren Hongxia heard that she was leaving, she stopped her work to see her off and asked someone to pack a bag of chili peppers for her.
Lin Lan, “… Secretary Head, you are too polite. An amount that was sufficient for eating was already plenty.” Lin Lan had picked a small pile of peppers on her own, after all.
Ren Hongxia didn’t care, “How can that little bit be enough? Of course I have to provide more.” She asked Liu Chuncai to carry them on his back, “Captain Lin, you have only been in our team for two days, so do come again soon.”
Currently, all the surrounding brigades were proud to have Lin Lan and her team come over for promotions to the point where they were competing with each other.
After Lin Lan and others left…
Several educated youths gathered together and muttered, “Where does she get her confidence from? She hasn’t even been to school and she still has the nerve to instruct us?”
“That’s right! Look at the slogans she wrote and the simplified characters? I’m afraid she can’t write proper characters(3).”
(T/N: I believe that Simplified Mandarin characters were starting to popularise, but the system still widely used Traditional Mandarin characters, which are known to be more difficult to write and read. I can attest to that :’D )
“Isn’t it because her husband is the Director? If she didn’t get in through the back door(4), would she be able to organise the propaganda performances?”
(T/N: Back door means connections, nepotism, political exchange. Anything that can get your foot in the door of an opportunity that without a certain person or power you wouldn’t have been able to)
“I heard from people in their village that she is lazy and greedy— how domineering.”
“She is also very unsophisticated, only thinking about her chili peppers all day long. I guess there is nothing else in her mind except food. At any rate, I haven’t seen her write any poems so…”
Yuxin could write poems and had always claimed to be a talented woman. She showed Lin Lan her own work, hoping to surprise the elder woman so that she could provide the script to Lin Lan and take the opportunity to build a good relationship with her. Who would have known that Lin Lan was stupid and didn’t understand her work! In fact, she had actually given her serious instructions to review? Bah! A country woman who had never been to school and merely enjoyed chili peppers, had the nerve to instruct her, a high school student?
People call her Teacher Lin, but did she really think she was a teacher?
They were just flattering her!
Although they all wanted to curry favor with Lin Lan so that Han Qingsong could recommend them for potential positions or seatings, they were also wary of comparing with one another. Therefore, they started to nitpick with Lin Lan as soon as she left, as if the more they said something unpleasant, the less likely they were to be accused of using a back door.
Lu Changwei was very angry when he heard them slandering Lin Lan, especially when he saw the way they surrounded her with such enthusiasm and admiration. The comparison from then to now was really disgusting.
“Even though Comrade Lin Lan hasn’t gone to school, I think she’s better than you all! At least she is more cultured and knows the meaning of being an embarrassment!”
Several of the youths didn’t expect to be heard by Lu Changwei, but they were not afraid of him, “She’s gone now, so why are you still flattering her? If you’re still going to refrain from flattering the right people, then someone’s husband is not going to recommend you into university, hehe.”
“Of course I won’t be asking for a recommendation through the back door, but you guys? Don’t say bad things about someone behind their back and then ask for help in recommendations later.”
Yuxin sneered,”I’ll say, Teacher Lu, you have no relationship with her, why are you being like this? Do you perhaps have that sort of intention towards Captain Lin?”
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