Chapter 12 Chapter 12

There is a rumor circulating in the town, it is told in teahouses, in the streets and alleys, and even in the dark of the low houses in the corners of small alleys.Rumors have no wings, but they fly faster than those with wings; rumors have no sharp horns, but they pierce deeply into people's hearts.Everyone talked, listened, and thought with curiosity and astonishment. At the same time, they felt that this was not a matter of just talking, listening, and thinking. Their own fate, and the fate of the whole town, were all related to it, as if they were inseparable. As inseparable as ever, it sees it as its own danger and enemy, burning with feelings of fear, resentment, hostility.

At first, the students boasted and went home and said that the school was building a farm, and all kinds of vegetables and fruits would be planted; everyone had to do it, digging the soil, planting, watering, and fertilizing, which would be new homework in the future.He also said that the coffins were dug up from the field, and some of the coffins were broken, and the bones of the dead inside were picked up.This is undreamed-of news, and the family members spread it everywhere for fear of delay.After this legend, the townspeople just remembered that there is a wasteland next to the school, and there are many graves on the wasteland.It would be nice to hear whether the farm is not a farm, but the strangest thing is to dig up the coffin and pick up the bones.Such a rash and large-scale excavation, without looking at Feng Shui, to predict good or bad luck, if it condenses a fierce spirit because of this, you will know whose body the clock is on!Before seeing the whereabouts, everyone may be unlucky.So anxiety, like a spider's thread, entangled everyone's heart gently but stickily.

The words of the legend tend to enlarge and blur the outline.Relocation gradually turned into casually discarding in another wasteland; picking up bones for reburial gradually turned into a dustpan and dumped into the river.Those who do good deeds specially ran to the side of the school to see, really!The lonely and pitiful coffins lay vertically and horizontally on the overturned mud, as if silently lamenting their bad luck; fragments of rotting coffins remained in several potholes, where did the bones go? — must have been thrown in the river!When they went to tell others, they added "I saw it with my own eyes" to every sentence; His coffin was so broken that it was like firewood for cooking.Isn't that enough to be believed?

This kind of behavior is no different from thieves, and it is even more vicious than thieves; thieves dig graves secretly, but now they do it openly in schools.Moreover, those tombs are unowned, and the ghosts inside have a bit of a vagabond temperament. It is common for them to beat people up casually, or to get a little advantage from others; Then know the etiquette and righteousness."In the past, they didn't come out to seek trouble, probably because they lived comfortably and had peace of mind, so they forgot about the world; this is the luck of the whole town.Now their dwellings are taken, their bodies are turned upside down, and their bones are torn apart.The wind and rain, restlessness, and pain in the joints are enough to arouse their violent anger: "You, people in the mortal world, are so abominable, are you going to deprive us of the peace of unlucky ghosts! Well, it is just to make trouble with you!" Now, let's see how capable you are!" Those who can say such rascal words may not understand the principle of "every grievance has its own head, and every debt has its own owner"; their actions must be reckless and chaotic.So, bumping into the east family, the east family fell ill, rushing to the west family, the west family was unlucky; maybe all the ghosts worked together to stir up a great plague in the whole town! ——When the apprehensive townspeople thought this way, they felt that the behavior in the school was not only the same as thieves, but also endangered the public, and it was simply the public enemy of the whole town.

When the teachers in the school pass by the street, many angry eyes are shot at them; there is also a sense of unfamiliarity mixed in here, as if to say, "You, obviously a few people who are familiar, but judging from the recent events Look, you are far away from us; you are like foreigners, like barbarians!" As usual, foreigners or barbarians can't argue with him; so although they hold grudges, they look at each other angrily and there is no specific resistance. .After the hateful person passed by, of course, pointing at the person's back, there was another round of discussion and abuse.

A teacher like Liu Weiting, when he was ridiculed and criticized by others in the teahouse, he had his own excuses.He said: "This is completely none of my business. We are just clerks, the principal is the boss; when managing a shop, the boss can do whatever he wants, and the clerks have no control over it. Of course, I raised my hand during the meeting, I agree with this. If you ask me why I raised my hand, you must know that the proposal and approval are just a formality. Lao Jiang has already decided in his heart that if you give him a rebuttal, he will be very unhappy; why bother!"

Someone asked him again: "Do you know that this matter is very bad?" He smiled warily and replied: "Ghost, I don't believe it. However, the coffins that are buried there are dug up for no reason and let them go through a lot of bumps. From a human point of view, I don't think it's very good." Words like this quickly spread to the ears of many people, so the target of public outrage tended to be simple. Everyone thought: "It turns out that Lao Jiang is the only one who did this harmful and heartless thing!" Action shows.In the minds of ordinary people, if Jiang Bing has a field, a shop, and an old home, he has a special status; it seems that it is not appropriate to use specific actions to make trouble with people with special status.

It wasn't until Jiang Huhu had a scheming plan, and his full mind was full of lightning-like schemes, and finally smiled triumphantly, and started to carry out everything planned, that Jiang Bingru encountered actual obstacles. Jiang Huhu said consciously or unintentionally in the Ruyi Teahouse: "Jiang Bingru's actions are too ridiculous. The land is not in his school, and he started to cultivate it without asking about it. He is planning to make a farm." "Why?" Zhao Juren turned around and asked, "I remember that land was wasteland. When I was a child, I saw all these deserted tombs. Until the school building was built later, it always looked the same."

"Wasteland!" Jiang Huhu spat out, as if his opponent was not a senior with first-class status in the town, but just a kid who didn't know the importance. "Can the wasteland be occupied casually? What's more, it's not a wasteland, and it obviously has an owner!" "Then whose family it belongs to, we want to hear it," Jin Shubo asked solemnly, looking straight at Jiang Huhu's round face with myopia. "It's mine," Jiang Huo said with a stern smile, "it was passed down from his great-grandfather. It's just that I never thought of finding out which piece of land it was; I didn't go to the tax deed when I entered the Republic of China. Recently I heard that their school I started to start a farm here, and I thought to myself, it’s not my land, right? If it’s my land, of course, it’s not worth letting others take it; do you think so? So I picked up the old deed and looked at it. It stated The four places are not the same as they are now. For more than a hundred years, people's prosperity, failure, collapse of houses, and construction of buildings are naturally different. But I have checked the chronicles, and according to the plans contained in the deeds After careful examination, it is not bad at all, it is exactly that piece of land."

"Well, that's how it is," said Zhao Juren and Jin Shubo at the same time, covering up their doubts with a voice of conviction. Jiang Huo then said generously: "People can't afford a cemetery, so they bury coffins there. That's helpless, and I don't care about it; anyway, I don't have spare money to build a house. It's different to run a farm. It's almost like a school." In a short time, a wall will be built to simply enclose the school. This kind of robbery and fraud does not take people seriously; I know that I am not easy to mess with, so I am willing to stop? I will sue him Let's see how he defends by seizing land and digging graves!"

He was quite a tiger, and he had such an easy demeanor when it came to dealing with his enemies; he poured a little snuff from an agate snuff bottle into a little ivory saucer, dipped the middle finger of his right hand into his nostrils, and squeezed He squinted and sniffed. "If you don't need to sue," Zhao Juren has always advocated that more things are worse than less things. After reading some Buddhist scriptures, he has a deeper understanding of the truth that enmity should be solved rather than knotted. "Say to Bingru and ask him to pay you back. Digging up many coffins and bones is not an option. We humans want to be comfortable, so are their ghosts. This kind of evil thing should not be done." "Say it!" Jiang Huo looked at the thin face of the loyal old man, "it's easy to say. He intends to take possession, but is he willing to give up just by saying it? It's better to go through legal procedures than to waste words." Zhao Juren and Jin Shubo then knew that Jiang Huhu was the same as usual, he would never let go when he found a topic, and he would see his new article soon. In less than a day, many people in the town spread the word to each other: "Lao Jiang is shameless, taking away other people's land! He has land and land. If he wants to build a farm, don't he just donate it? His little one He has money like his life, how can he do it! He would rather do that shameless thing... That land was originally owned by Mr. Jiang Tiger. Mr. Jiang is about to go to the city to sue." At the same time, some postings were found in the streets and alleys, with some scrawled handwriting, some neat ones, some clumsy ones, and some smooth ones; all of them were not signed, and were replaced by "a caring person" and "unsatisfied guest".Some of the postings said that Jiang Bingru had unearthed many tombs, and the town would not be peaceful; A grave-digger who is not worthy to be the principal of the most prestigious school in the town: these words represent all public opinion. A group of "white ministers" didn't have time to write any debunking posts. They only said in a mocking and provocative tone: "He did that kind of evil thing, which made people feel uneasy. First, let him taste our fists and see if he is peaceful or not! He has to Be sober, don't sleep in the drum; when it makes us mad, he's going to make his school go to the ground!" Of course, everyone who heard these words shouted "Yes" enthusiastically, as if they were facing a hero who defended the country.Most of the students in the school have also changed their usual attitudes.What they whispered was nothing more than rumors from the outside world, and when the teacher approached, they swallowed, and smiled slyly at each other; there seemed to be a sentence in that smile: "You are now under public surveillance; don't let it go What a show."——This is exactly the feeling that students often think of when they look at the awkward and restrained teacher when they come to the school. ——And the effect of the teacher's teaching and supervision is obviously reduced to very little, as if the students have been infected with the poisonous gas of laxity and slack. Jiang Huhu's son, Jiang Hua, and five or six other students did not come to school for several days; although he did not resign explicitly, it was also a sign of compliance with the public opinion on the posted post. This has almost become a situation of "besieged from all sides", and the reclamation work had to be temporarily suspended.In order to discuss countermeasures, Bingru held a staff meeting. In Bingru, it was hard to imagine that there would be such a trend.The removal of several coffins has shocked the hearts of the whole town; the common people's lack of common sense is truly appalling.But in fact, there is no obstacle, so just ignore it.Then the issue of land rights arose, and postings of "intelligent people" and "unsatisfactory people" appeared, and ordinary people enthusiastically called "good" when the "white Xiangren" tried to beat the school to the ground with their fists, so they didn't just ignore it , This not only frustrates the new business, but also shakes the school itself; this trend must be resolved before everything can continue his life like a healthy person. But Jiang Shidiao, who has always been the most despised, is the one who makes things difficult. This makes Bingru very angry.What was handed down from the great-grandfather, what is contained in the old deeds are all exactly the same, it is obviously a bunch of nonsense, blackmail tricks!But thinking of going against a man nicknamed "Tiger" with great supernatural powers, I couldn't help feeling discouraged: "Am I his opponent? He does everything, cheating, coercion, hard skills, soft skills... and I There is only such a flat and upright mind and attitude. Will he finally win the victory?" He can't solve this question, and he also hopes that his colleagues will give him strong help in the staff meeting. Bingru said: "As far as ordinary people are concerned, it is entirely misunderstanding and superstition that have caused this trend. The misunderstanding must be explained to them; the coffin was not thrown away casually, and the bones were not thrown into the river. I can understand. Superstitions must be broken; from the standpoint of the school, the responsibility for breaking superstitions should be shouldered by ourselves. Seize this opportunity to teach them a factual lesson—follow our plan, and let them know that there is no sneaky plague to follow. Please think about it, isn't it the way it should be?" After he finished speaking, he looked around the colleagues sitting around excitedly and sincerely.He believed that since the educational proposals were distributed to colleagues, they all accepted them unconditionally, which was tantamount to a kind of oath, united under the same goal and completely selfless.Therefore, he believes that this meeting is not a formality for handling affairs, but an exchange of thoughts and plans among comrades. "It's hard to say for sure," Xu Youfu continued coldly, "Of course there won't be ghosts, but the plague will often come suddenly; or, by coincidence, some other unfortunate events will happen in the town. At that time, there were a thousand mouths, so they could argue that it has nothing to do with the matter of moving the coffin?" He said, looking at everyone with a questioning look, expressing that he was the only one who was thoughtful; although he might not realize that this In fact, there is also a dislike for the new facilities in the school. "That's out of control!" Huanzhi felt the same anger as Bingru, but felt the depression of frustration was deeper. Hearing what Xinfu said, he immediately refuted it.He has lost his peace of mind for several days because of this matter.He deeply hated the ordinary people in the town; they obviously want their children to be good and give them good nutrition, but they blindly obstruct them, thinking that they are taking poison!The society of a town is like this, so is the society of the whole of China; isn't hope very weak and elusive!But he changed his mind again, if education is always carried on in the same old way, at most, it will only worry about nouns, words, and words, from this kind of education to that kind of education, and will never start from the actual life. Let the students have a new and reasonable life experience; wouldn't that mean that there will be no healthy and enlightened society for a lifetime?So for the current new facility, it is the same as loving life, and we must firmly let it establish a foundation.This is like the first bricks, slowly stacked one by one, will form a majestic new house; this is like a small stone thrown into the ocean, the turbulent force will spread, and it will go infinitely far.As for the obstructing force, shrinking back is of course not an answer; if you retreat one step, the force advances one step further, and in the end it will only destroy you!He continued solemnly: "Now, a question should be settled first, that is: should our school transfer the society or accommodate the society? If we want to transfer the society, then we should do it with purpose , let the society finally understand. If you want to accommodate the society, of course, you have to not do anything that the society doesn’t understand, and everything should follow the opinions of the society.” His impassioned and eager attitude made his colleagues feel differently, but they also shot their eyes at him. "Naturally, we want to transfer the society," Bingru said first, as if he was afraid that others would give another answer. Some of the people at the banquet nodded, and those who didn't nodded did not express their disagreement. "Then proceed according to our original plan," Huanzhi seemed to feel a little more comfortable in the chest compartment, "the site still needs to be reclaimed, and the coffin still needs to be moved." Liu Weiting coughed lightly, which indicated that he was about to speak.He said lightly: "The outsiders are dissatisfied with us. It seems that it is not only about moving the coffin, but also about setting up a farm. They said: Why send children to school? They just want them to study and improve; to learn a little, They can occupy a better position in the future. If they only want to farm, honestly speaking, they don’t need to go to any school. Even if they are sent out to look after cattle when they are teenagers, at least they will save the family’s food. Of course, it's a very boring thing, but since I heard it, I should say it for everyone's reference." He coughed again, which of course meant the end of his speech; then he picked the nails of both hands one by one as if nothing had happened. "I mean," Lu Sanfu blushed first because he was about to speak, and his voice was hesitant, which is his normal state when expressing his opinions, "it's better to postpone the establishment of the farm. This is a matter of fact, and in fact we don't allow us to postpone it. Jiang Shibao He came out and said that this piece of land belongs to him, and he wants to file a lawsuit with us; before the lawsuit is settled, he will not be at ease if he insists on building it, Mr. Li, don’t you think so?” At the last sentence, he turned his head and looked at Li Yigong next to him turned into a conversational tone. Li Yigong just waits for the arrival of next month to join the company to do another kind of fresh and rich job. Regarding the difficult situation of the school here, he sees the misfortune of his neighbors the same. Although he listens sympathetically, he does not understand Be prepared to give something more than sympathy.He nodded to Lu Sanfu. "It's completely extortion, a hooligan's behavior!" Bingru was angry when he heard Jiang Lidang mentioned three times, "Where is his territory! I always knew it was in the school. He is used to doing this kind of trick; otherwise he would How can we live comfortably? He stirs up troubles for no reason, wants to file a lawsuit, and if we want to benefit, we fight him; we are justified, so why not let him bully us!" Unable to restrain his emotions for a while, he raised his voice and said: "These people are really stupid thieves of society, obstacles to all good forces! If we want to transfer society and improve society, we have to go forward and fight with this group of people." East and West fight, and kill them so hard that they won't return!" "I don't know if there is a deed for this piece of land in the school? If so, you might as well file a lawsuit with him." Like a bystander, Xu Youfu provided such opinions with maturity. "There is no deed. But all the previous principals can come out to prove it. If it is Jiang Shibao's, why didn't he want to find out for a long time, and didn't know it was him until now?" "Suspicious indeed. But he has the deed, and we don't." "That must be fake!" "We don't have the real thing, how can we be sure that what he has is fake?" The ice is as refreshing as if lost.Over the past few days, because of his resentment, he only thought about it; Jiang Shibao was trying to blackmail, but the blackmail was futile, because the fact that the land belonged to the school was undeniable.He didn't expect Jiang Shibao to seize this aspect, and the school didn't have the deed to prove the ownership.Now hearing what Xu Youfu said, I couldn't help but shudder; it seemed that there was a voice in my heart: "You will lose to him!" Huanzhi was also at ease.Although he said that "the education world has seen a lot of darkness", he has never encountered such a dispute before him.He hardly believed that there would be such a person in the world who made trouble out of nothing, but the realization of the fresh realm farm of Miansi's dream was indeed delayed by Jiang Shibao.How will obstacles be removed?How will you help Bingru?In his mind full of ideals and concepts, he searched and searched, but there was not a single root of the answer.If you say that you can't control all these things, you just need to do it in a reasonable way, which is naturally the case; but in fact, it has become a situation that cannot be ignored.But what to do?As if bursting from his depressed chest, he yelled "Trouble!" Lu Sanfu bit his tongue, shot a cold look over him cunningly, as if to say: "Zhuge Liang, why bother? Where are your tricks?" Silence temporarily occupied the preparation room. Liu Weiting looked at Bingru, coughed again, and broke the silence and said: "Besides, there are rumors outside that they are going to hit the school and give someone a fist. If you are full and have nothing to do, maybe you will really make it." "Then we can only call the police for protection." Bingru said bitterly. "What's the use of police protection? The most important thing is to extinguish the hearts of those troublemakers." Liu Weiting's words always have two different effects. It's true to say that they are concerned, but it is not necessarily wrong to say that they are ridiculed. "Several students didn't come to school for several days. I found out that it wasn't because of illness or other things, and Jiang Hua was also there. It was obviously a sign of resistance." Huanzhi thought of this incident in a similar way, feeling sentimental In other words, it is sad that students have never tasted a strike-like method against him in his years of teaching career. "Oh! I don't understand!" Bingru said in a trembling voice, with a miserable expression on his face, "I believe we did nothing wrong, why did they attack us all of a sudden and regard us as public enemies?" A black veil of disappointment covered his heart for a moment.He seemed to see many demons, tearing up his educational proposals, throwing them in the garbage dump, and trampling on the new facilities he was going to hold one by one.Except for disappointment, boundless disappointment, in the end nothing can be gained, nothing will succeed! "Give up this school, right?" Such thoughts drilled out from the black veil like little snakes. But another idea immediately took over the former. "Two children are in this school. If someone else takes over this school, I will never be very satisfied. Besides, what will I do after I leave the education career? Manage those trivial farm and shop affairs? In the teahouse, in the Is it possible to sit in a training center for idlers for a day and a half? That is no different from a prison life! Moreover, the educational proposals that have been brewing for a long time are beginning to be implemented. Although I don’t know the results now, it is not an exaggerated delusion to be very happy .Why did you give up before seeing whereabouts?" He also thought about how a person like Jiang Bingru, which was written in the post, was worthy of being the principal. "Maybe there is another conspiracy hidden here. Someone wants to seize the position of the principal." The consciousness of not wanting to fall into the trap cheered him up a bit. He suppressed the idea of ​​coming out like a snake, and decided not to Change course; present obstacles will of course be worked out, even if followed in subtle ways.He gradually tended to the view that "for the purpose, the means may be flexible"; his educational ideal is the ultimate goal, and to achieve it, he had to choose a smooth and convenient path. His feelings calmed down a little, and he spoke again: "We talked for a long time, but we still haven't come up with a specific solution. But we must discuss it today. Please express your opinions again." So the mathematics teacher, who had never spoken, began to express his opinion.He said: "Our school will have all kinds of new facilities, which are based on an educational ideal, which is good. But the society's knowledge can't follow it, thinking that we are fooling around. This is where the separation and antipathy come from. Coincidentally, There are many tombs on the wasteland, and relocation of coffins and bone inspection violates the superstition of society. Separation, antipathy, and concerns about disasters naturally regard us as aliens and attack us in groups. I think the farm still needs to be established, other plans New facilities must also be built; however, some places need the understanding of the society, and some places have to make concessions to the society. For example, what is the significance of the farm in education? Letting students work on the farm is different from just reading science books. The society is clear; this is clearly stated in Mr. Jiang's opinion letter, the banknotes are excerpted and distributed. Graves, society thinks that they cannot be moved, so we will not move. Fortunately, the ground is not narrow, and we plant some on the tombs Flowers and trees can also be admired; it must violate the old customs of society to show the breaking of superstition, why bother? I don’t know if you think this method is useful or not.” He also reminded everyone: "One phenomenon that should be paid attention to is that all the resistance forces are obviously organized; and the only one who presides over it is undoubtedly Jiang Shidiao. But he would be more than happy if he really had a lawsuit with him; he kept saying that the lawsuit would prove it. I think we should ask the right people to clear it up for him; It is tricky to hinder our new development. As long as he is willing to agree, I believe the rest of the resistance will dissipate. This is the way to catch the thief and the king, and I don’t know what you think." "Very good," Xu Youfu swallowed a yawn and said, "Very good, comprehensive and very specific." "Let's decide like this," Liu Weiting thought of the three companions who had agreed to be there for entertainment. Lu Sanfu didn't say anything; the soles of the shoes dragged on the floor, making a sound that made others drag their feet involuntarily. Those who hadn't spoken all the time let out a sigh of relief. Of course Ni Huanzhi was very dissatisfied with this too-compromising approach.But after thinking hard and hard, only this kind of too compromised solution is still a solution; so he lowered his head as if humiliated. As if the last shackles had been lifted, Jiang Bingru seemed to have regained her usual courage.But a burst of boredom immediately came to mind, and he couldn't help but show a faint expression."No objection, let's pass it as it is," he said.