You need to raise your pet using a system [Era]

Chapter 288 Liu Ling's Chapter

Lu Mingnan stared at her intently; he knew it!

But is it really necessary for a teacher from a village primary school to be so concerned?

The quotas have been finalized and announced, and the five teachers who were selected have already officially taken up their posts.

Cheng Ruolan, however, remained serious.

Liu Ling remained silent for a moment, pondering her words in her mind, trying to make sure they wouldn't hurt him too much. Lu Mingnan was a good person, and she didn't want to tell him any unpleasant truths that would upset him.

After thinking for a moment, she said, "There's no way that's possible. Cheng Ruolan has been acting like she can't let go of this failure in front of you. Is she trying to get your help?"

Liu Ling paused for a moment after speaking, realizing that her words were too direct.

Lu Mingnan frowned. "You want my help? What can I do to help?"

He had a clear understanding of himself; he had struggled to graduate from elementary school and had absolutely no interest in studying. He even considered trying out the teacher recruitment exam.

Liu Ling was stunned again.

It's somewhat unbelievable.

She had explained it so clearly, but Lu Mingnan still looked like he didn't understand, which was a bit awkward.

Liu Ling said with a laugh, "Have you never truly acknowledged your family's standing in the village?"

"What status?" Lu Mingnan asked subconsciously.

Liu Ling shook her head, gaining a clearer understanding of Lu Mingnan's slowness once again.

A hint of curiosity flashed in her eyes, and a smile played on her lips as she said, "As far as I know, the bamboo ware factory and pig farm that are making money in the village now were all set up with the help of your third uncle, right? You should know about your third uncle's situation in the village, shouldn't you? If he asks, do you think Cheng Ruolan could get into the village primary school? Or... the bamboo ware factory?"

Cheng Ruolan wasn't serious about being a teacher at the village school; she was serious about her job—a job in the village that would eliminate her from farm work.

Lu Mingnan was stunned.

Are you kidding me?

Lu Mingnan found it hard to believe.

"You... Ruolan wouldn't... surely not! You must have misunderstood..."

Liu Ling also started to give up on herself.

I was afraid of hurting Lu Mingnan by speaking directly.

Even if you phrase it tactfully, the person still won't understand.

However, whatever she was thinking, Liu Ling considered herself an honest person. She might never reveal Cheng Ruolan's true colors in her entire life, or she might just say it directly because Lu Mingnan asked her.

"Hmph, what's impossible? You're just stupid for not understanding their hints," Liu Ling said.

Lu Mingnan frowned even more deeply.

"Otherwise, tell me why she still talks about these things in front of you every day even though it's been so long since the teacher's incident happened? Isn't it because she wants you to feel guilty and then take the initiative to find a way for her, like adding a spot to the village school or finding a way to get her into the bamboo ware factory? You, Lu Mingnan, can't do it, but that doesn't mean Lu Yuanqing can't."

"Lu Yuanqing won't care about Cheng Ruolan's sake, but he won't ignore your thoughts, will he?"

Everyone in Shihua Village knows that Lu Yuanqing raised Lu Mingnan and the others single-handedly, and even remains unmarried for their sake.

(Lu Yuanqing: I can acknowledge that he raised them, but the claim that they won't get married because of him is pure fabrication.)

Lu Mingnan: "..." Guilt? Why should he feel guilty? It wasn't him who made Cheng Ruolan get sixth place.

"Don't talk nonsense. Uncle San wouldn't do that. He's a village official and the village accountant. Even if he led the establishment of the bamboo ware factory, he wouldn't abuse his power for personal gain."

Lu Yuanqing would never do such a thing.

The fact that my family can now work at the bamboo ware factory is entirely due to the fact that we took advantage of the initial shortage of manpower when the factory was first established.

Moreover, none of them held a sinecure position in the factory.

Not to mention Lu Yuanqing's importance to the factory.

None of them were idle and paid wages at the factory.

Lu Mingdong is now able to independently handle all the accounting matters for the entire factory.

Lu Yuanbo can drive, so he has always worked as a transporter of goods at the factory.

He himself has been learning bamboo weaving from his master for many years, and now he can independently weave many handicrafts, and can receive a lot of commission every year.

It wasn't that he was arrogant.

His craftsmanship is already very rare in the factory.

None of them were able to work at the bamboo ware factory because of any personal connections.

Back then, it wasn't that no one wanted to work in the factory; after all, there was a monthly salary, and when there were urgent orders, they wouldn't have to do farm work.

Indeed, Lu Yuanqing was very prescient!

Since the bamboo ware factory is located in the village, it inevitably encounters issues related to relatives and friends.

In any village, there are bound to be relatives or friends. If there were no rules from the beginning, the factory would have been a complete mess by now.

Lu Mingnan explained to Liu Ling, not wanting her to misunderstand anything.

He didn't want others to misunderstand that his third uncle was the kind of person who would completely disregard the rules he himself set for the sake of his relatives.

Liu Ling listened silently to his explanation, filled with admiration.

No wonder Shihua Village has developed into a place that doesn't look like a rural village at all; it's not just because of the exquisite handicrafts, but also because of their strict factory management.

She truly admired Lu Yuanqing's foresight and meticulous planning.

"Your third uncle is really amazing." Liu Ling suddenly realized that her lack of education had been exposed.

She was deeply moved and even wanted to use the most beautiful words to praise Lu Yuanqing.

This was the first person she had ever met who was so capable and intelligent.

Unfortunately, she is not very educated. When she was in school, she was always thinking about how to fill her stomach and didn't pay much attention to her studies. As a result, now when she wants to praise someone, she can't find any more sophisticated words.

Lu Mingnan laughed, "That's right, my third uncle is the most capable."

“He is always impartial in his work, so he would not offer Ruolan a job because of me. Back then... uh, you educated youth caused a lot of trouble, so the bamboo ware factory would never hire educated youth.”

Even if the educated youth behaved well and did not cause any trouble that displeased the villagers, they would not want them.

Outsiders are outsiders after all.

Look at all these years, among all the educated youth who have settled in the village, how many of them have been able to get into the factory?

The only thing they were fighting for was the opportunity to become teachers in the village school.

Become a teacher?

Lu Mingnan was taken aback. "I heard from my third uncle that after the village primary school expanded, children from several nearby production teams came to our village to study, which is why we needed to recruit teachers. However, the commune doesn't manage the specific number of teachers; it's decided by the brigade leader himself."

After all, the expansion of the village school was funded by the bamboo ware factory.

The bamboo ware factory belongs to the Shihua Village collective.

The commune did not provide any financial assistance whatsoever throughout the entire process.

Liu Ling was unaware of the inside story about the change of team leader in Shihua Village, but she knew Lu Yuanqing's status, his position in the village, and his position with Zhao Zhongcai.

So, "Oh, it seems you understand now. Even if your third uncle isn't a teacher or principal at the village school, with his influence in the village, it wouldn't be a problem for him to ask the brigade leader to hire another teacher, right?"