On the 23rd of December, it was National Day. He returned home from the market after dinner. He sat under the lamp and read a book while waiting for Li Zhiming to return the 50 yuan. However, he waited until midnight and still did not see Li Zhiming.
Early the next morning, Guoqing stood under the big locust tree that the captain had sent to live, anxiously waiting for Li Zhiming to see if he had brought the money. After waiting for a long time, he saw Li Zhiming coming from afar, but he deliberately pretended not to see National Day and kept his eyes elsewhere. When Guo Qing saw it, his heart began to beat fast. He suspected that Li Zhiming's original promise to pay back the money was probably a failure. After Li Zhiming stood still, he pretended to walk over casually, waved his hand, and called him to the side. He whispered,"Teacher Li, where's the 50 yuan? Did you bring it?”
"Aiya, I didn't sell that pig yesterday. Let's postpone the money!”Li Zhiming pretended to smile and said apologetically.
"How can that be? Teacher Li, I have to pay the cashier today. How can I pay without money?”Guo Qing was angry and anxious.
"Then what should we do? Otherwise, I'll put in a good word for the cashier!”Li Zhiming said indifferently.
"You can't say anything. Public funds can't be misused at all. If the cashier finds out that I let you misappropriate the team's money, how can I say anything to them in the future?”
"Aiya, it's National Day. The team has a lot of money. Do you care about this 50 yuan? Anyway, I can't take it out today. Just tell me what to do!”Li Zhiming looked helpless.
"Teacher Li, I think it's like this. Let's both go and borrow. We'll try to borrow all 50 yuan by tonight and hand it over to the cashier tonight.”
"Okay, National Day, you have a wider way. I'll have to trouble you to help.”
After dinner, National Day was like an ant on a hot pan, anxiously pacing around the courtyard. His father, who had just returned from the city that afternoon, could tell that something was on Guo Qing's mind, so he asked,"What happened again? Why are you frowning?”
When he heard his father ask about this, National Day was so wronged that he was about to cry. He said dejectedly,"Teacher Li borrowed 50 yuan from the team and said that he would return it on the 23rd of December, but this morning he said that he didn't sell the pig at the market on the 23rd. She promised to borrow it during the day and deliver it at night, but he was still nowhere to be seen!”
"Which Teacher Li is it?"
"Li Zhiming, wasn't he a teacher before?”
When his father heard Guo Qing's words, he immediately slapped his thighs with both hands and said angrily,"Hey! How dare you believe his words? He was a selfish, calculative, and dishonest person. Stop waiting! This guy was still hanging on, so he definitely wouldn't come today.”
"We agreed that I would pay the cashier tonight. What should I do? This guy tricked me! He was the sweetest when he borrowed money, and his tone was firm! I saw that he was so anxious at that time and promised that he would be able to pay back the money on the 23rd of December. My heart softened and I lent him 50 yuan from the team. If he couldn't pay back the money, how could he pay the cashier tonight?”
His father saw Guo Qing's dilemma and was a little anxious. He walked around the courtyard twice before returning to the cave he lived in. He took out a paper bag and said,"This is the 30 yuan I brought back today. It's all Mao Mao bills. It's for the neighbors to exchange for New Year's money. You can pay them first. There's also 20 yuan here.”
Guo Qing took the 50 yuan from his father and said,"Dad, I'll rush him tomorrow and ask him to return the money to us as soon as possible.”
His father was very upset when he saw that Guo Qing had fallen for Li Zhiming's trick. She felt that National Day was still a little rash. She had just entered society and was already so unstable. His heart ached a little, but he was also a little worried. He said,"Sit down. I still have to tell you about this Li Zhiming.”
Li Zhiming was born into a poor landlord family in the village. When he was young, his family had hundreds of acres of fertile land, horses and mules. There were often long-term workers and more than ten maids in the family. He was a rich family in Green Pine Ridge. But as time went by, things changed. Soon after the Japanese came, Li Zhiming's father, Li Shifu, became addicted to smoking. His addiction became more and more serious, and later, he even smoked a rich family until they were bankrupt. Li Shifu, who was as strong as an ox and dressed decently, had become a skeleton. In the end, they sold the land first, then the house. On the eve of the liberation, the family was already poor. They lived the life of the poor farmers in the past. In 1947, when the village carried out land reform and assessed the composition, Li Shifu's family was rated as poor farmers. In 1950, the village established a high school. Li Zhiming, who graduated from the high school in the old society, was considered the most cultured person in the village. He was 20 years old that year and was a poor farmer. Naturally, he was hired as a high school teacher. After the county's teacher training, he soon became the principal of the high school. However, after he became the principal, he was quickly transferred to a high school in a remote mountain village called Guo Jiaao, which was far away from home.
When Li Zhiming was young, he lived in a wealthy and extravagant landlord family, which caused him to develop the bad habit of being lazy and selfish. Although his family had declined and he had suffered a few years of hardship, his economic and social status had changed after he became a principal. The bad habits he had formed in the past had revived. In the beginning, he only put on the airs of a principal and made some special treatment in the school. Later on, he gradually developed from taking advantage of others to corruption. Some people said that Li Zhiming didn't look like a school leader. He was simply a short-sighted and cheap worm. No matter how big or small the matter was in school, as long as it involved money, he would interfere. No matter how much money was spent, he always wanted to deduct a little from it. If he did not take a little, he would feel uncomfortable. One day he saw a long smooth and delicate stone in the middle of the steps in the school yard and wanted to take it for himself. Finally, on a Saturday, he called over a few senior students and found some bricks to replace the stone. He asked the parents of the students to put on a big cart and pull it twenty miles back to his house. When he built the gatehouse, he used it as a doorstone. The students reflected that he would not even let go of the school fees and textbook fees. Every year, when the students started school, he would always add a few cents to each student's fees for various reasons. Although it was not much for each student, and parents did not care, there were more than 300 students in the school. It was not a small number. He told the teachers that although this amount of money was not much, it could be used as the principal's funds. It would be directly controlled by him as a special expenditure for the school. If the teacher was in trouble or had an emergency, he would solve it according to the situation. However, Li Zhiming used this as an excuse to keep most of the money for himself. At that time, the instructors were too kind and no one had ever checked his accounts. As a result, in August and September 1952, when the national anti-corruption, anti-waste, and anti-bureaucratism movement was nearing its end, Li Zhiming was found out. He was found to have embezzled 1.8 million yuan (old currency, equivalent to 180 new currency) during his two years as the principal of this senior high school. Due to his good attitude of being honest and giving a positive refund, he was finally dismissed from public office.
Li Zhiming had been working as a farmer in the village since he was fired at the end of 1952. Although he was considered a cultured person in the village, no one looked down on him. Even if the primary school in the village lacked teachers and the team had no accountant, no one ever mentioned him. According to the members, his hands and feet were not clean either. He stole cotton when picking cotton and persimmons when picking persimmons. When he came back from the fields, when he passed by other people's private plots and saw the long green radishes and onions, he would secretly pull out two. Otherwise, he would not be able to sleep peacefully at home.
After listening to his father's narration, Guo Qing felt extremely regretful. He said," Dad, I saw his refined and refined manner. He also liked to speak in a tone that was full of praise. I thought that he was a cultured person and thought highly of him. You didn't see how pitiful he was when he came to borrow money that day! Therefore, she sympathized with him. Under his repeated pleas and promises, I thought that I could return it in two days and that it wouldn't delay the team's matters, so I softened my heart and lent it to him. Who knew that he was such a liar!”
"Be careful in the future. Don't trust such people easily. Moreover, regardless of whether they could repay the money in time, they could not lend the team's public funds to others at will. The financial system states that public funds are not allowed to be misused. Don't you know that?”His father asked him seriously.
"Uncle Mao He said it long ago, but I still couldn't keep it in check and let Li Zhiming take advantage of it. However, I guarantee that this will only happen this time.”National Day said seriously, just like his father.
That night, on National Day, he used the 50 yuan his father gave him to pay for Li Zhiming's loan and settled the accounts with the cashier in time. Li Zhiming didn't come that night and didn't see him the next day. He was angry on National Day and went to his house to look for him the next night.
That night at Li Zhiming's house, they didn't say much before the discussion broke down.
Guo Qing had just entered his house, and he did not even greet him. He said bluntly,"National Day, I owe the team money, not your personal money. Why are you so eager?”
Guo Qing's eyes widened when he heard that. He was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, but he couldn't say that his father had already filled the hole. If he said that, he wouldn't be anxious. He turned around and walked away. After a few steps, he said,"If you still don't pay me back, we'll find a place to talk.”
However, Li Zhiming had already dug his face out. He said with some disdain,"Let's see who's afraid of who.”He knew very well that on National Day, he would definitely not dare to say this in front of others. People would say, Who asked you to lend the team's public funds to others? As an accountant, don't you know policy?
There was nothing he could do during National Day, so he could only swallow his bitterness. Perhaps this was the third obstacle he had encountered when he returned to the village on National Day. He walked alone in the dark alley, two lines of hot tears rolling down his face.
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