Chapter 38: A Small Clash

  Lan Jie arrived at the Experimental Primary School early in the morning with Bao'er. As soon as she got off her bicycle at the school gate, a car horn blared behind her, startling her. She quickly pushed her bicycle towards the wall and turned around to see a green Beijing Jeep stopping steadily. A pretty little girl jumped out of the car first, followed by a well-dressed woman who looked arrogant. The woman slammed the door shut and the jeep drove away with a few loud beeps.

  Little girl jumping up and down on the jeep saw Bao'er sitting on Lan Jie's bicycle back seat, and began to scratch her face and shout: "Plow the land, plow the land, stinky treasure, go farming, walk two steps, fall into the mud, all over smelly no one cares..."

  Bao'er's face turned bright red with anger, she jumped off her bicycle and shouted loudly: "You stink too! I, I take a bath every day..."

  Lan sister was originally smiling and thought it was quite interesting, but suddenly the little girl proudly scolded: "Stinky farmer, stinky farmer, you just don't take a bath." Lan sister was stunned for a moment, is this discrimination against our treasure?

  "Is it this little country bumpkin who's fighting with you? Xiaoyun, how many times have I told you not to get involved with rural people, look, now your mom has to come and meet the parents." The woman with a lot of airs about her disdainfully glanced at Bao'er and Lan Jie, and when she saw the half-old bicycle next to Lan Jie, her mouth curled up even more, pulling along the little girl called Xiaoyun as they entered the school gate.

  Seeing the contemptuous gaze of the mother and daughter, and then looking at the tearful Bao'er, Lan's heart felt a little sour. It turned out that her daughter was being discriminated against in school, wasn't she? She herself found it hard to bear that gaze, let alone the young Bao'er.

  Lan sister gently hugged Bao'er into her arms, and said in a low voice: "Mom shouldn't have hit you, it was mom's fault." Bao'er burst out crying, and Lan sister held her for a long time without moving.

  When Sister Lan arrived at the office of the first and second grade group, the other parents had obviously waited impatiently. As soon as they saw Sister Lan come in, they scolded her: "Hey, do you have a sense of time? You let everyone wait for you alone, your time is worthless, we are making money every minute."

  Bao'er's class teacher, Teacher Zhang, a young man in his twenties, smiled and made a round of apologies, "Now that you're here, now that you're here, let's get started."

  The other parent curled their lip and said, "What's there to say? If I'm being honest, a troublemaker like that should be expelled immediately. And as for your school, how could you have admitted such an uncivilized child from the countryside? We didn't send our daughter here to get beaten up."

  Teacher Xiao Zhang frowned, but the cause of the incident was actually very simple. As soon as Bao'er joined their class, she received a warm welcome from most of her classmates. Who wouldn't like a delicate and lovely little girl? However, this led to dissatisfaction from the original class princess, Xiaoyun. When she saw that her usual friends were all going to make friends with Bao'er, Xiaoyun became jealous. After hearing that Bao'er used to live in the countryside, Xiaoyun started teasing her, and the two girls ended up fighting. Teacher Xiao Zhang had originally asked the parents of the two girls to come in, hoping to talk about the incident and have Xiaoyun's family scold her and apologize to Bao'er, which would calm down the situation.

  Who knew that Xiaoyun's mother was exceptionally fierce and sharp-tongued, saying she wanted to expel Bao'er as soon as she opened her mouth. Teacher Zhang was truly at a loss for words, thinking to herself, "You must be Director Zhou's wife, you're not even this arrogant."

  Lan's sister looked at the other family with some trepidation, although she was angry in her heart, and still accompanied by a smiling face said: "This big sister, children quarreling is a common thing, how can you expel the child because of this small matter?"

  Teacher Xiao Zhang was intimidated by Lan's sister from the start and couldn't bring himself to ask Xiaoyun to apologize, so he just went along with her and smiled, saying: "Yes, let it go."

  Xiao Yun's mother said coldly, "You rural kids fighting is no big deal, but our Cloudy is precious. From young to old, I've never even slapped her once. How could she be scratched by that little fox spirit of your family? Is it that easy to settle?"

  When Xiaoyun's mother scolded Baobao, Lan Jie got angry. To say that she was also a reckless and temperamental person in the past, and had been baptized by the battles of Zhuo Dajun and the three aunties and six grannies in the village. However, after arriving at the county town, under Tang Yi's pressure every day, she became humble and timid, but when someone bullied her own daughter, she couldn't just swallow it.

  Lan sister glared with her apricot eyes and said: "Big sister, aren't you ashamed to say such a thing about a child? You're also an educated person with status, how come your words are not as decent as mine, a rural woman?"

  Teacher Xiao Zhang almost burst out laughing, never expecting Lan Jie to be so quick-witted.

  Xiao Yun's mother actually didn't have such a big temper before, but after seeing Lan sister, she deeply understood her daughter's feelings at that time. Calculating the age of their children, this village girl should be about the same age as herself, but this village girl is young and charming, with a flirtatious air around her eyes and eyebrows, and her face is smooth and delicate, unlike Xiao Yun's mother whose eyes already have fine wrinkles. Being surpassed by a village girl, Xiao Yun's mother inexplicably got angry. In fact, Lan sister is a rural woman who gave birth early, and this year she is only 26 years old, indeed a few years younger than her.

  Xiao Yun's mother was even more furious, listening to Lan's sister being polite at first but rude later, each sentence refuting herself, her eyes wide with anger, scolding: "Your daughter is a little fox spirit, and you, this mother of yours, are an old fox spirit!"

  Lan's sister, with her well-honed quarreling skills, had a lot to say in response to being scolded by the fox spirit. She sneered coldly: "A fox spirit is still better than an ugly monster like you. Your daughter is a little ugly monster and you're an old ugly monster. If I had your behavior, I would have died from embarrassment long ago. You scare people on the road, scare your family at home, and even scare your lover in bed. What's the point of living like this?"

  Teacher Xiao Zhang was stunned and almost went to find a pen to take notes, thinking that poetry is among the people, poetry is among the people.

  Xiao Yun's mother was so angry that her face turned blue and red, she opened her mouth but couldn't say a word, suddenly let out a strange cry, and rushed towards Lan Jie, grabbing at her hair with both hands, cursing: "You dare to scold me, you fox? I'll beat you to death!"

  After countless brutal struggles in the Niujia Puzi, Lan Jie's women's boxing skills had reached a state of perfection, having already reached the realm where no moves could defeat her. With a casual push, Xiaoyun's mother was knocked off balance and crashed into the office desk with a loud thud, hitting her waist on the corner of the table, crying out in pain, her face turning green.

  Lan Jie sneered coldly, thinking to herself: You think you can play temperamental with me? You're still too tender. My status is different now, I won't stoop to your level. If it were a year ago, I would have torn that stinky mouth of yours to shreds.

  Teacher Xiao Zhang came over to mediate with a suppressed smile, while Yun's mother was furious and her lungs were about to burst. She had never been so angry before, but she didn't dare fight Lan again, it was clear that she couldn't beat her.

  However, Xiaoyun's mother was not a trifling matter, and she began to scold Teacher Zhang severely, pointing at him and saying: "Get your principal here for me! I want to see what kind of students your school recruits, what kind of parents they are!"

  In the midst of the commotion, they didn't manage to disturb the principal, but instead, the director of studies arrived upon hearing the news. Upon hearing Xiaoyun's mother repeatedly demanding that Bao'er be expelled, Director Jiang glared: "Who do you think you are? What are you yelling about? Be honest with me! Don't affect the normal teaching order of the school!"

  Xiao Yun's mother couldn't believe her ears and stuttered: "Jiang, Director Jiang, are you talking to me?"

  Director Jiang's face was frosty: "Are you saying that the victim's parents are not to be told? You, bring Zhou Xiaoyun over here. If she doesn't apologize to Bao'er, I'll have her go home and reflect on her actions! You're spoiling her!"

  The teachers in the office were all stunned, did Old Jiang take the wrong medicine today? Or was his brain kicked by a donkey? In the past, he couldn't even fawn on Xiaoyun's mother, but now he's biting her like a mad dog.

  Xiao Yun's mother was also inexplicably strange, seeing that everyone in the village was abnormal, either a rural woman or a mentally ill person. Staying any longer would not be beneficial, so she glared at Lan sister and said: "You, you wait for me! I'll make you know my power!" After speaking, she tidied up her disheveled hair and escaped from the office in a somewhat disheveled manner.

  Director Jiang sneered at Xiaoyun's mother, "You think you can rely on your connections to bully me? I'm a man of principle." He spoke very loudly, as if afraid that others wouldn't hear him. However, several teachers in the office felt nauseous upon hearing his words.

  Director Chiang turned to Lan again, with a serious and official expression: "Comrade Xia, rest assured, I will seriously deal with the students who bully their classmates, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."

  Lan Jie nodded gratefully and thought that people's teachers were of high quality and completely different from those who only cared about personal gain in society.

  Lan's sister also had a personality that wouldn't let things go, and since she met a fair and strict school leader, she immediately started complaining: "My baby has only been here for one day and was bullied, look at the attitude of other parents, I definitely can't afford to offend them. You say, is there still a way to attend this school? I think it's better to let our baby go home and not suffer from embarrassment here."

  Lan sister was just casually venting, but Director Jiang was so frustrated that he couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. He thought to himself, "Miss, why are you still pretending with me? Not even ten Directors Zhou would dare to look down on you." Now, he could only try his best to persuade her, saying how his school treated all students equally and wouldn't favor some over others.

  Lan listened to his explanation for half a day, and her heart was slightly calmed down. She had a great impression of Director Jiang, thinking that there were still good people in society. So she smiled and bid farewell. Director Jiang enthusiastically sent her out of the office, and when they reached the school gate, he said with a smile: "Miss Xia, please give my regards to Secretary Tang." Lan was stunned, and then suddenly understood that her gratitude and emotions had been wasted. Looking at Director Jiang's smiling face, she really wanted to slap him in the face.