The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 342: Meeting with the Female Principal_1

Chapter 342: Chapter 342: Meeting with the Female Principal_1

After a brief chat with Guan Lin, Li Qing hung up the phone.

He suddenly realized how fast time had passed.

School was about to start.

After submitting his physical examination form to the driving school, on his way home, Li Qing received another call from Qi Xuelan.

Qi Xuelan formally informed him of the school’s opening date and some of the preparations needed before the start of term.

Li Qing needed to arrive at school one week in advance.

He had actually hoped that Qi Xuelan would say something off-topic.

However, she maintained a strictly businesslike demeanor and hung up the phone as soon as she had finished talking.

Li Qing smiled wryly.

Sister Hu hadn’t managed to stick to the old saying of ’avoiding mountain talk when coming down from the mountain,’ and seemed to be even gentler with him.

But Qi Xuelan, it seemed, really intended to treat those past events as mere memories.

Seeing Li Qing answer two calls in succession, Wu Xingxing couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Is something going on?"

"School’s about to start, I need to be there a week early!" Li Qing put his phone in his pocket and concentrated on driving.

"Oh, that’s soon!" Wu Xingxing nodded slightly, "Actually, I always felt there was no need for you to earn that three thousand yuan a month at school. You are just too busy with it."

"Plans cannot keep pace with changes, and since I’ve already promised someone, I can’t really back out!" said Li Qing, "But actually, the timing is just right. Autumn is approaching, and the business for Wenguan Leaves will be over. By then, I’m afraid I won’t be busy, but rather too idle."

"The work at school isn’t very stressful, I reckon I might even need to find another job."

"Right, autumn is almost here; time really does fly," murmured Wu Xingxing.

...

The day for school to start was drawing near.

On this day, Li Qing got himself a neat haircut and donned a proper outfit before heading to the school.

The campus was empty without the students, only the sparrows chirped noisily.

He was extremely familiar with every plant and tree here.

With each step, memories of the past flooded his mind.

Although it had been several years since he left, the school hadn’t changed much.

Beneath the teaching building, he saw Guan Lin and Qi Xuelan.

"Teacher Qi, Teacher Guan!"

Li Qing greeted them with a smile.

Guan Lin looked Li Qing up and down, her eyes ablaze with a fire she couldn’t hide.

"Looking sharp today, quite the dashing young man!"

Qi Xuelan also turned her head to look, but her gaze seemed to dodge a little.

"First time coming to school, I’ve got to leave a good impression on the teachers," said Li Qing with a smile.

"Really handsome!" Guan Lin nodded and laughed, her eyes seemingly flashing with sparks.

"Let’s go, the meeting is about to start, I reckon everyone’s nearly arrived," said Qi Xuelan, glancing at Li Qing and speaking to Guan Lin.

"Do I need to go too?" asked Li Qing.

"Of course, you have to attend the work deployment meeting before the start of school!" Guan Lin said, laughing as she tugged on Li Qing’s arm.

Li Qing followed Qi Xuelan and Guan Lin to the school’s large meeting room, feeling somewhat clueless.

When they entered, the room was nearly full.

Few teachers, familiar from the last trip, greeted Li Qing enthusiastically.

Li Qing didn’t sit with Guan Lin and Qi Xuelan up front, but tactfully chose a seat at the very back.

He wasn’t a teacher, just a contract worker for the school.

Logically, there shouldn’t be a spot for him in the front.

"Okay, everyone quiet down, let’s start the meeting!"

At the podium, a school leader whom Li Qing did not know pressed the microphone and said.

The meeting was long, so long that Li Qing felt the same way he did when he was in school.

So sleepy that his eyelids were fighting each other.

At first, he could look at the female vice-principal sitting next to the principal to perk himself up.

But later on, even that face with a stern beauty lost its effect.

However, Li Qing was quite curious about the vice-principal.

She seemed about the same age as Qi Xuelan but had a genuinely aristocratic look.

A perfect oval face, big eyes, and long, soft hair naturally falling in gentle waves.

Every movement she made was filled with the air of leadership.

There were three vice-principals at the Third Middle School, and Principal Wang was in charge of logistics; Li Qing wondered what this female vice-principal was in charge of.

In his near slumber, the lengthy meeting finally came to an end.

During it, Li Qing also heard some details about his work arrangements.

But there was nothing urgent; in short, he was told to keep the accounts well, store things properly, and protect the school’s property.

Li Qing could only listen.

He still couldn’t quite figure out exactly what he needed to do.

After the meeting ended, Guan Lin sought out Li Qing with her eyes soft as a pool of spring water.

"Qingzi, we’re planning to go out for a meal, would you like to join us?" Guan Lin warmly invited him.

Li Qing looked at Qi Xuelan standing next to Guan Lin and hesitated but declined, "You all go ahead."

"School is about to start, and I need to make arrangements for the tasks at hand. The Wenguan Fruit is coming into the market in large quantities lately, so I’ve got a lot to do."

It was clear that Qi Xuelan had made up her mind to sever ties with him completely and live her own life.

Li Qing did not want to cling on unnecessarily and give the impression of being overly persistent.

"Alright then, we’ll go ahead!" Guan Lin said with a slight pout of regret.

Li Qing nodded, said goodbye to Guan Lin and the others, and went straight back to the village.

He had been indeed very busy recently.

Because the Wenguan Fruit had come into the market in large quantities, he could no longer make the trip once a day as before.

He now had to switch his approach, running to one village after another.

After returning to the village, Li Qing promptly went into the mountains with Gao Li.

Under these circumstances, it could truly be said that time was money.

The business of Wenguan Leaves and Wenguan Fruit had now spread widely, with many people buying them up.

It was only in these few villages where Li Qing had always cooperated and where there was a foundation of trust.

Otherwise, people would not possibly wait for him.

After making two trips to the county town in succession, Li Qing was really too tired to go on.

He estimated that starting from the next day, if he made two trips in the morning and two in the afternoon, he should be able to gather most of the Wenguan Fruit before school started. Even if the villages could still pick some from the mountains, by that time there wouldn’t be much left.

Back in the village, Gao Li left first.

Li Qing then went to the small shop.

Wu Xingxing was still working on the beautification project for the store, hand-sewing curtains.

"Didn’t my sister-in-law come over?" Li Qing asked after sitting down.

"Sister-in-law went to a meeting with Secretary Qin and hasn’t come back yet," Wu Xingxing said, looking up.

Hearing the name Qin Wenjun, Li Qing instantly felt as if he’d swallowed a fly.

Although she was a woman, the way she had dealt with Han Mei for the purpose of getting a girlfriend had always troubled Li Qing.