Training the Heavens

Chapter 24: Making a Complaint Needs a Good Method

It would be easy to be discovered if he took the main road, so Gao Jialin did not ride the bicycle that his family lent him money to buy.

The mountain paths were very difficult to walk on. Fortunately, he had drawn a reward for physical enhancement in the previous world. He could walk very quickly on the rugged paths that were rarely traveled, and he didn't feel tired even after walking a long distance in one breath.

Gao Jialin was also familiar with this road. Before his family bought a bicycle, he felt embarrassed to always ride on Gao Shuangxing's bicycle, so he often took a small road to go to the county middle school.

The small road was difficult to walk on, but it was much closer than the main road. By noon, Gao Jialin finally reached the edge of the county town.

He did not rush into the city, but waited for a while, because it was the time to get off work and there were many people coming and going on the street, and there was no guarantee that he would meet acquaintances. If this acquaintance met Gao Minglou or Ma Zhansheng and mentioned it in passing, it would be troublesome.

After a while, Gao Jialin guessed that everyone who worked in the unit had gone home for dinner, so he chose a route with the least pedestrians and walked all the way to the gate of the county center.

There was neither an admission notice nor a score list posted on the wall outside the county middle school, which once again confirmed Gao Jialin's guess that Qin Baosheng was indeed the person behind this incident.

Every high school would post a score list and acceptance announcement after the college entrance exam. Now that someone from Kuanzhou Middle School has been admitted to university, why haven't they posted any? Firstly, they don't want to arouse suspicion, and secondly, they don't want to be implicated.

How else would you post it? If you posted that Gao Jialin was admitted to Shanghai Pujiang University, someone would definitely inform Gao Jialin, and that would expose the truth.

If you post that Gao Shuangxing got into college, wouldn't that confirm the fact that they knew about it? If something were to happen in the future, they'd all have to go to jail. If you don't post it, they'll at least have some room for defense.

Seeing this situation, Gao Jialin realized that his goal had been achieved. He hurried out of the county town, walked along the southern road for a while, and then squatted under the shade of a tree on the side of the road and waited.

About half an hour later, a dilapidated bus drove over. It was the bus from Kuanzhou County to the regional capital Yinxia. Gao Jialin waved and the bus stopped.

I got on the bus, bought a ticket, and found a seat in the corner.

Nowadays, when you go out, you need a letter of introduction most of the time, except for the shuttle bus, where the management is a little more relaxed. Otherwise, Gao Jialin would have to find a way to carve a fake stamp and make a fake letter of introduction.

The ticket was not expensive. It was a two-hour drive from Kuanzhou County to Yinxia City, and the ticket cost one yuan. Gao Jialin's entire savings was only a little over three yuan, which was just enough for him to make a round trip to Yinxia City.

At around 3:00 p.m., the car drove into Yinxia City. Before entering the station, Gao Jialin got off the car halfway, asked someone, and then strode towards the Yinxia District Education Bureau.

Arriving at the door, Gao Jialin took out his college entrance examination admission ticket and handed it to the guard. "Uncle, I'm a candidate from Kuanzhou. I haven't received the admission letter yet. I want to go in and ask. Is that okay with you?"

Since it was time to hand out notices, many parents were eager to know the results. The security guard, having seen people like him many times, simply pointed to the right place and said, "That's fine. You're not the only college student asking this lately. Go in, turn left, and look for Section Chief Liu in the second row, second cave!"

"Okay, thank you, sir!" Gao Jialin thanked him and walked quickly inside.

He knocked on the door, greeted politely, and explained his purpose. He also asked about Gao Shuangxing's admissions results. Section Chief Liu didn't mind his shabby clothes; anyone who had the confidence to check their results was a high-performing student. He still had great respect for future college students. "Gao Jialin from Kuanzhou County?" He took the admission ticket, pondered briefly, and blurted out without even looking at the information. "Oh, I remember your name. No one from Kuanzhou has been admitted to university in five years. You're the first to do so. You've been accepted by Shanghai Pujiang College! Why haven't you received your admission letter yet? That shouldn't be the case. You've arrived a long time ago!"

"Indeed, no, could it be lost?" Gao Jialin asked.

"That's not possible. University acceptance letters are sent by registered mail. You must sign for them in person and then report them with the signature record. If they're lost, the post office will find it and you'll have to contact the university immediately to have them resent!"

Section Chief Liu first rejected Gao Jialin's guess, but then he started to doubt it. Did I remember it wrong? Was this student named Gao Jialin actually not admitted?
Fortunately, the statistical data was right at his fingertips, so he quickly took it out and looked for it. Yinxia was still relatively poor and the education level was very backward. Not many students passed the exam this year, so it didn't take him much time to find Gao Jialin's record.

"Look, Gao Jialin, you scored 473 on the college entrance exam and have been accepted into the Chinese Department of Shanghai Pujiang College. It's clearly written here, and the notice has already been sent. Why don't you go to the post office and ask? They have records there too!"

"Gao Shuangxing's grades are way worse. Look, he only scored over 300 points, not even enough to pass the junior college entrance exam!"

Gao Jialin immediately frowned, "Hey, this is strange, uncle, can you let me copy these two sentences down and then stamp them so that I can go to the post office to check them? Otherwise, no one will listen to me if I just talk nonsense."

"No problem! Go check it out right away. It's still not too late for them to contact the school to reissue the notice. If you delay any longer, it will be too late!"

At that time, the management of official seals was not so strict, and this was a major matter that concerned whether the child could go to college. Without saying a word, Section Chief Liu took out the official seal and stamped it on Gao Jialin.

Gao Jialin took the opportunity to write two more notes, saying that he was afraid they would be lost on the way, so he planned to put them in several pockets. Section Chief Liu did not doubt it and stamped it.

"Thank you, uncle. I will come to thank you specially when I get the notice!" Gao Jialin thanked him sincerely. It was just a piece of cake for him, but it saved Gao Jialin a lot of trouble.

Gao Jialin went to the Yinxia City Post Office again and performed the same operation, and once again obtained conclusive evidence. The city post office also received the notice sent from Shanghai and had already distributed it to Kuanzhou County.

"Oh, I've been staying at my relative's house in Yinxia these days. I'm afraid the postman didn't deliver the package because he saw I was not there!" The only difference was that Gao Jialin changed his excuse, so as to prevent the people at the post office from being too enthusiastic and contact the Kuanzhou County Post Office immediately.

He also got a stamped certificate from the post office just in case.

These two pieces of evidence are crucial because filing a complaint also requires a method. Many people only feel that they have been wronged but cannot produce any solid evidence. They just listen to their illogical narration, which makes them furious, while the people who listen to their complaint are confused. In this case, it is naturally difficult to get their attention.

That's why Gao Jialin made a special trip to Yinxia just to get solid evidence. If he put these two stamped notes in front of the leader and then said that he was replaced by Gao Shuangxing, it would definitely be more effective than empty talk!

Now that the evidence has been obtained, the next step is to find someone to file a complaint with, and there are also some considerations on which department to file the complaint with.

(End of this chapter)