Chapter 13: Is This a Meeting of Fate?
"Contemptible Xu Tianming, hello teachers. Xu Tianming, who was wearing gold-rimmed glasses, greeted his colleagues. It's also a salute to everyone.
The teachers greeted each other, and everyone was very interested in Xu Tianming coming to be a teacher. Because he graduated from Harvard. Harvard is the most well-known university in the world, and Xu Tianming can be said to be a senior all over the world. The network of Harvard graduates is ubiquitous, and almost all of them are at the top of society.
Even if Xu Tianming is a researcher specializing in academic studies, specializing in mathematics and chemistry, he can have a higher choice. Especially when he studies chemistry, it is easy for him to work in a chemical company or a chemical laboratory through a network if he wants to.
Why did he come to Hive No. 1 Middle School to teach?
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"Lao Zhang, don't you say it's strange? A Harvard graduate came to teach in a middle school? I don't question his academic qualifications and abilities. But it's one thing to be able to read yourself, but it's another thing to teach. Otherwise, why set up a special pedagogical university to teach students how to teach and educate people, and finally become teachers. ”
"Do you still want food?"
"Yes, add me a bowl. I've been tired lately, and I'm doing two jobs together, and I feel like I'm going to fall apart. Especially now that both jobs are still in the stage of building the skeleton, they have to be busier even more. ”
In Lao Zhang's new house, Jiang Hua unceremoniously handed over the job to Lao Zhang. After a day of work, going home for dinner is the most relaxing moment for Jiang Hua.
Zhang Tong's new house is not small, the size of one hundred and eighty square meters that Huang Gang gave him, and it is all decorated. Zhang Tong bought some IKEA furniture and sent it, spending tens of thousands of yuan, and this new house can be occupied. Although it is not a luxurious decoration, it is quite cozy.
Jiang Hua still enjoys this kind of life, and someone is waiting for him to come back at home after work, which is actually a good feeling. Many people are lonely, and if they go home without a companion, they will have cats and dogs, so they will at least think about going home. Otherwise, there is no sense of belonging in an empty house.
Jiang Hua is used to chatting with Zhang Tong about these things after work every day.
So she took the second bowl of rice that Zhang Tong gave her, and after thanking her, she continued to eat and said, "You say it's strange, it's not strange. Harvard graduates, both mathematics and chemistry are top students. He came to teach at the middle school, and I thought it was strange to think about it. ”
Zhang Tong instructed Jiang Hua: "Eat slowly." No one is robbing you. By the way, Xu Tianming studied mathematics as an undergraduate at Harvard, why did he change to chemistry in graduate school?"
"Let's be more foreign, American universities generally call undergraduate bachelor's degree and graduate degree master's degree. People don't want to call them undergraduate and graduate students. Jiang Hua corrected Zhang Tong and asked him to speak in a foreign manner: "We also asked Xu Tianming today, and he said that his grades were very good that year, so he was specially recruited to Harvard." In particular, mathematics is very good, so I was favored by a professor who was engaged in mathematics at Harvard. He was given a full scholarship to study hard at Harvard. ”
"He has an undergraduate (Zhang Tong: is a bachelor's degree, and he speaks in a foreign manner), and he was brought by this professor when he was a bachelor's degree. However, in his senior year, the professor died of a sudden illness, and he switched to chemistry when he was a master's degree. Yes, the practical applications of chemistry are wider than mathematics, and it is easier to find a job. ”
Zhang Tong listened to Jiang Hua's chatter, and he interjected: "Then what job did Xu Tianming find?"
"I was a little curious about him, so I checked in the files of the Special Investigation Bureau, and he had done research at a chemical company in the United States. After five years of work, the drug company seemed to have given up on their research and disbanded Xu Tianming's project team. Later, I couldn't find out what Xu Tianming was doing, because they were all abroad, and he said that he was studying behind closed doors. ”
"After two years, he returned to China and has been doing some research work, and it seems that he also went to some advanced cram schools as a teacher. Later, Hive City was founded, and he was one of the teachers who was invited. Jiang Hua briefly summarized Xu Tianming's experience.
Zhang Tong scratched his head: "This person is a bit not simple." I always thought he was a little weird. ”
"Huh?" Jiang Hua took a bite of sweet and sour pork ribs, and glanced at Zhang Tong: "What do you say?"
"Have you checked his abilities?"
"Checked, he's a memory-enhancing ability awakener. So it's very helpful for him to do research and research. A project team in China invited him to do research, but he said that he had transformed into an educator in recent years and did not want to engage in research. ”
Zhang Tong shook his head after listening to Jiang Hua's words: "Anyway, I think he's weird, you can stare at him more when you have time." Hopefully, I'm thinking too much. ”
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Xiao Xiao and Xiao Hei now followed Zhang Tong to Hive City. The two of them also found a house to rent. Hive City is newly established, so the rent is cheap in order to attract residents. Xiao Xiao rented a one-bedroom apartment at a price of 300 yuan a month, and it was a three-year lease, which was the same as giving it for nothing.
And Xiao Hei lives upstairs in her, so that Xiao Hei can teach her training.
You still have to go to class, you have to do work, and you have to live life.
For Xiao Xiao, the most important thing in life is probably to eat all kinds of delicious food.
"Xiao Hei! Xiao Hei! There is a new bakery downstairs! The price is so cheap!" For a female foodie, what is more exciting than a discount on bread and desserts?
"Oh. Xiao Hei, who was playing "Monster Abuse" upstairs, was dragged downstairs by Xiao Xiao.
As a new city, Hive has surprises every day, and there are always new shops opening. Because the rent of the hive is cheap, in order to attract customers, many private shops have cheap prices. There is a feeling that prices are back to five years ago.
The newly opened bakery is very cheap, and the store is not far from Hive No. 1 Middle School, so many students come here to buy food.
"Wow, the bean paste bread is only four yuan a piece, and it's so big!" The bean paste bread the size of a big steamed bun in Shandong is only sold for four yuan, which is the price of many years ago! Xiao Xiao, who was used to selling half a fist-sized bean paste bread for eight yuan a piece in Huaihai, suddenly felt a sense of happiness filling his body.
"Buy, buy, buy!" If she didn't take out a hundred yuan to buy bread, Xiao Xiao felt sorry for herself.
And Xiao Hei said to the clerk very generously on the side: "I want your bean paste bread." After all, now Zhang Tong has basically sent him all the living expenses that Gao Xiaomin gave to Xiao Hei, and now Xiao Hei is also wealthy.
When the new store opened, there were not many bean paste breads, only more than 20 yuan, and only 100 yuan were bought out. Xiao Hei carried a large bag of bean paste bread and continued to look at Xiao Xiao expressionlessly: "Do you want anything else?"
Xiao Xiao raised her forehead, because all the customers in the store looked at her, and bought all the bean paste bread in one go, which didn't seem to be very good. But you can't return it right now.
"The bean paste bread is all sold out!" Lin Miao, who was out of school, looked at the shelves of the bean paste bread with great disappointment.
The clerk spread his hands: "No way, it's round." ”
Lin Miao likes to eat bean paste bread the most, she saw the bean paste bread that Xiao Xiao (Xiao Hei) had bought, she said a little embarrassed: "Little sister, can you transfer a bread to me? I'll buy you one." ”
"You're welcome, you're welcome. Take it. Xiao Xiao was embarrassed. It's not like she doesn't eat bean paste, she wants to buy something else. As a result, Xiao Hei wrapped the bean paste bread in one go, so that she couldn't speak again.
"Hello teacher. "Hello teacher. ”
After Lin Miao transferred the money to Xiao Xiao, she heard someone behind her shouting that the teacher was good, she turned her head and saw that it was her math teacher Xu Tianming.
He greeted the students politely, then walked straight to the bakery, bought a croissant, and left.
Lin Miao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief after watching him leave, and then patted her chest: "I'm scared to death." ”
Xiao Xiao looked at her curiously: "He's your teacher, isn't it scary to look at, what are you scared of?"
"My math and chemistry grades are super bad!" Lin Miao was very straightforward: "I am a liberal arts student, and I am completely blind in science." By the way, let me introduce myself, my name is Lin Miao, what about you?"
"My name is Xiao Xiao. ”
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In the trash can at the corner of the street, a fresh croissant was lying quietly inside, and the plastic bag had not even been opened.