Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

When he said this, Yan Bugui became a little anxious. In fact, he had always been proud of being a scholar. He felt that both Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were just vulgar people and he was unwilling to associate with them.

The only person in this yard whom he looked up to was Lin Geng, who had risen in the past two years. He thought that his neighbors, including Sha Zhu, were all uneducated people.

Now Lin Geng said that as a scholar, he had lost all the integrity of a scholar, so he immediately wanted to speak up to defend himself.

But Lin Geng raised his hand to stop him from speaking, and continued: "Teacher Yan, please listen to me first, don't rush to refute!"

Yan Bugui had no choice but to shut his mouth and raised his hand to Lin Geng, signaling him to continue.

Lin Geng sorted out his thoughts and continued to say to Yan Bugui: "Teacher Yan, I know you are not a sinister person like Yi Zhonghai, nor a stupid and bad person like Liu Haizhong. You are still a good person in your bones!

It's just that the long-term economic pressure has made you overly frugal, and you have to give up the pride of a scholar and become a petty citizen who cares about every penny. But I don't look down on you or despise you because of this! Otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten along so well in the past two years!

But it seems that you have made a mistake in being thrifty. You should understand that too much is as bad as too little, right? You have done too much in this regard, and in this way, you have suffered the consequences!

Look, you have not only offended the neighbors in the entire courtyard, but also everyone who brings something back and sees you two will avoid you and walk around you! In this regard, you have lost the friendship between neighbors. It's okay when you are fine, but when you have a conflict with me, who will help you or stand on your side? This is the first point!

Furthermore, you are so calculating and even calculative even towards your own children. Let me ask you, what kind of relationship can withstand such a waste? Even if it is the relationship between father and son, how much of it is left now if you are so calculating?

Didn't you see clearly that Jie Cheng and Jiefang left home and never came back? Why did they prefer to live in the factory dormitory, squeeze with others, and eat in the canteen where the food was not good, but refused to come back?

Aren't they afraid of you two? So they have no affection for you two. If this continues, let me ask you, when you and Aunt Yan are old, will the four brothers and sisters take good care of you?

I am saying these things to you because we have been neighbors for so many years, and I really don't want to see you become like Liu Haizhong, old and helpless. That's all I have to say. I will never say these things to you again. You are a smart person and you should know where to go!

It is not too late to repent now. If you two continue to treat your children like this, your future will be bleak when you are old, and no one will be able to help you!"

After saying this, Lin Geng took a sip of tea, and then looked at Yan Bugui with burning eyes. After hearing what he said, Yan Bugui was stunned as if struck by lightning. He looked like a fool, even his eyes were a little dazed, and there was a look of fear on his face.

But Lin Geng did not let Yan Bugui go. He drank a sip of tea, lit a cigarette, and continued to say to Yan Bugui: "Also, Teacher Yan, you have been teaching in school since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it has been more than ten years now, right?

You are a senior teacher, so your teaching skills should be pretty good, right? But have you ever thought about why you haven't even been a class teacher or a head of the teaching group? If I remember correctly, in the past ten years or so, you have only been promoted from a sixth-level primary school teacher to a fifth-level primary school teacher, right?

As far as I know, many young teachers who entered the school later than you are now higher in rank than you, right? Do you know why? "

When Yan Bugui heard Lin Geng mention this, he immediately showed indignation on his face and said angrily: "They must have used connections. The school deliberately suppressed my grade and didn't give me a salary increase!"

Lin Geng smiled bitterly and shook his head, then waved his hand at Yan Bugui and said with a smile: "Teacher Yan, Teacher Yan, you have lived for most of your life, right? And you still can't see through this! You are a smart person, but you use your intelligence to scheme against others!

On the surface, it seems like you have gained a small advantage, but you don’t know that you have actually suffered a great loss! "

When Yan Bugui heard this, he immediately asked Lin Geng, "What do you mean by that?"

Lin Geng waved his hand and said, "It's very simple! If you were the principal, would you like a teacher who always finds excuses to leave early? Would you like a teacher who only calculates petty profits and wants to take advantage of students' parents? Would you like a teacher who even smokes a cigarette with his colleagues?

With your work attitude, which principal do you think will appreciate you? Will you be willing to give you a chance to be promoted? Even if there is an opportunity, it will only be given to those teachers who work diligently, and of course it will not be your turn!

That's why I said, you are actually calculating every day, thinking about how to take advantage of small advantages, but in the end you lose the watermelon and pick up sesame seeds. Otherwise, a teacher who has taught for more than ten years should at least be a second or third level elementary school teacher now, right?

If I'm guessing correctly, the teacher who entered the school with you should be at least a level 3 teacher now, right? And you're only a level 5 teacher!

As far as I know, the salary of a third-level teacher should be 66 yuan, while that of a fifth-level teacher is only 42 yuan. You get 24 yuan less than your colleagues per month, which is more than 300 yuan per year! Not counting the usual benefits!

Then do the math yourself, when can you earn more than 300 yuan in a year, including the time you leave home early to go fishing and the time you guard the door and take advantage of your neighbors?

With that in mind, do you still think you've gotten a good deal?"

After hearing this, Yan Bugui, with his mental arithmetic ability, was struck by lightning, because what Lin Geng said was absolutely right. Among the many old teachers who entered the school with him at the beginning, he is the worst one now. The others are basically second or third level primary school teachers, some have become school leaders, and some have been transferred to other schools and become teaching backbones.

Over the years, he had only been promoted from a level six primary school teacher to a level five, and he earned twenty or thirty yuan less per month than his old colleagues, which made him jealous beyond recognition.

It turned out that after all his calculations over the years, he not only failed to gain any advantage, but also lost hundreds of dollars every year. These hundreds of dollars were a huge fortune for a family like theirs. Yan Bugui was so heartbroken that he almost fainted.

At this moment, after Yan Bugui heard the account that Lin Geng had given him, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He stood there in a daze, his eyes dull and he looked like a fool.