Urban Super Medical Saint

"Hey, Ge Shengming, if you hit my son's head again, we're not done!" Although Ge Dongxu was just complaining casually, his mother wouldn't have any of it and immediately charged at Ge Shengming with hands on her hips and glaring eyes.

"Suya, don't listen to this kid's nonsense. With his head, even if you hit it with a brick, the brick would crack but his head wouldn't be affected at all," Ge Shengming hurriedly defended as he saw his wife flexing her authority.

"So what you're saying is, we should have used a brick just now?" Xu Suya glanced at Ge Shengming and asked softly.

"Ah! That's not what I meant. I'll clear the table. You two have a good chat, a good chat," Ge Shengming, noticing Xu Suya suddenly becoming gentle, felt his hair stand on end and hurriedly began to clear the dishes toward the kitchen.

"Dad, let me do it." Ge Dongxu quickly moved to grab the dishes from his father's hands, laughing.

"Good son, just spare your old man, alright? Didn't you see your mom's eyes almost shooting swords?" Ge Shengming whispered.

"Pfft, look at you, so pathetic. Aren't you embarrassed for your son to see you like this? Okay, stop arguing, give them to me!" Xu Suya couldn't hold back her laughter anymore, stepped forward and took over without further ado.

Seeing this, Ge Shengming and his son chuckled, then let Xu Suya take over, but they didn't just stand by; they went on to tidy up the other tables.

The three of them bustled about happily for a while before they finally had a chance to sit down.

"Mom, why didn't you tell me you were learning to drive? I could have found someone to arrange a coach for you," Ge Dongxu brought up the driving lesson issue again once they had sat down.

"For such a small matter—why involve you? Your dad contacted the coach who taught him last time; that coach is a very nice person," Xu Suya said.

"Figures I can only handle small tasks," Ge Shengming muttered from the sidelines.

"Look at you, competing with your son, do you have no shame?" Xu Suya gave Ge Shengming a cold look.

"Heh heh." Ge Shengming smiled sheepishly.

"That's good then." Hearing it was the coach who taught his father before and recalling that it was Chief Zuo Le who introduced him to his dad, Ge Dongxu knew that despite Zuo Le having transferred away from Changxi County, the coach would likely still give them due respect; this reassured him, and he nodded in affirmation before curiously asking, "What suddenly made you want to learn driving, Mom?"

"Your mom, she's going to teach at the town now," Ge Shengming helped to answer.

"Mom's going to teach in town? What will happen to the elementary school in our village?" Ge Dongxu was taken aback.

"Previously, the town's finances were limited, and the transportation in our mountain areas was poor, so schools like ours in the village mostly operated locally with non-officially dispatched teachers, just a few educated individuals from within the village. Your mom was one of the better ones, having reached high school. In recent years, the economy has been doing well, and living conditions along with transportation have significantly improved, so the town started to plan centralized education. They built Baiyun Town Third Elementary School on Dongxing Street in Baiyun Town, and moved students from Ge Family Village and about seven or eight surrounding villages there to study," explained Xu Suya.

"It's more formal this way, and both teaching resources and other educational assets can be centralized, which is a good thing," said Ge Dongxu.

"Yes, so I'll need to go and teach in town when the new school year starts. Though the road is now open and it's not far, and it's convenient to ride a bike or take a bus, there can still be emergencies when I'm rushed for time and might need a car, so I figured I might as well learn to drive," Xu Suya continued.

"I see, so does going to teach in town mean she'll be an official teacher?" Ge Dongxu asked with a smile, knowing his mother loved the education profession and teaching children. He had been taught by his mother in elementary school, so he was genuinely happy for her.

"Not really, but if I teach for a year or so and perform well, I should be able to become an official teacher," Xu Suya replied with a smile, obviously in a good mood.

"There won't be any problem, will there?" Ge Dongxu asked somewhat worriedly.

"What problem could there be? Your mom went to high school, and she even obtained a teaching certificate a few years ago, and she has been recognized as an outstanding rural teacher by the town for several years. Although over these years, she only managed to get one of her students into university, which was you, she's still cultivated a few from vocational and normal schools. Among them, Ge Jiahui even graduated from the normal school last year and is teaching at County No. 3 Elementary School. Besides, your mom has devoted her best years to the cause of rural educational business. Back when Baiyun Mountain was poor and couldn't even pay a salary of a few tens of yuan, your mom figured she'd teach you as well as a group of children for free, so she taught for quite some time without pay," Xu Suya said proudly.

"Yes, in our poor mountain area, no one wanted to come and teach. In the village, not to mention high school graduates, we hardly had anyone who finished elementary school. If it weren't for your mom, I doubt there would be many educated people from Ge Family Village now. Plus, the high school graduates back then weren't inferior to your current university graduates. Your mom's academic and teaching levels were evident, so you don't need to worry about this," Ge Shengming remarked emotionally.

"That's right, Dongxu. Your mom is a people's teacher who nurtures minds, she definitely needs to stand upright and also turn regular in an upright manner, so don't you go talking to Director Zuo Le at the education department about this. If it happens that way, even if I become regular, it would be losing face!" Xu Suya suddenly remembered her son was no ordinary person and also dutiful; recalling when his father went to get his driver's license and was afraid of being scolded by the instructor, he had even gone to speak with Director Zuo Le, so she hurriedly gave a preemptive warning.

Xu Suya came from a good background, and she had had the chance to land a good job or marry into a well-to-do household, but she chose Ge Shengming. This choice clearly showed her noble and stubborn nature.
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As a teacher, she had always been diligent and excellent in her job, and her qualifications were indeed sufficient for regularization, so she would not allow reliance on her son or connections to achieve it.

If regularization were to happen, it had to be done rightly!

"Don't worry, Mom, I understand. Dad was worried about the mixed quality of driving school instructors back then, who took bribes and scolded students, so he asked Director Zuo for help, fearing Dad would be disadvantaged. But this is about your job, and with your qualifications clear, why would I mess things up and lose face for you?" Ge Dongxu knew his mother's intentions well and spoke seriously.