Chapter 5 The Ruler of the Former Dynasty
The cafeteria was full of people. This is the first time Hai Yueming has had breakfast in the school cafeteria. The scene he saw in front of him caused another violent fluctuation in his heart. It's a mess, it's like a school cafeteria? It's a farmer's market at the edge of the city! Crowds, tables and floors are full of discarded napkins, leftover food, and other garbage. In his mind, the people's teachers should be exemplary teachers, at least to set an example for students, such a dirty environment is a good style of a school's staff canteen?
At the entrance of the restaurant, an elderly cafeteria staff member is charging. He is mainly aimed at outsiders and teachers' families. Faculty and staff can use their cards to eat, and if they don't have a card, they have to sign before eating. Seeing so many people huddled together, scrambling to eat, Hai Yueming's appetite disappeared all of a sudden. He walked over and brought a bowl of soy milk, came to a corner of the restaurant, and sat quietly.
After a while, a middle-aged male teacher in his forties walked over and sat across from him. He was dressed in a neat suit, combed his hair without mess, and exuded an elegant temperament all over his body.
"Are you the new teacher?" asked Hai Yueming with a friendly smile on his face.
"yes, just came. Hai Yueming replied.
"Why are you still here in such a messy place? I want to leave. Seeing the crowd in front of the vegetable counter like a vegetable market, the male teacher seemed to be talking to himself and asking Hai Yueming.
"Oh, my friend introduced me, so I'll come and have fun. Hai Yueming replied easily when he heard the question, he couldn't help but raise his head and look at the person carefully, and the subtext in his heart was: Why should I come back? Didn't you come too? Besides, you want to leave, why don't you leave? Of course, these words will not be spoken.
"Teaching in a private school is very busy, like me, with two classes of Chinese classes, but also with an interest class, plus two evening self-study six classes, and in charge of the famous teacher's studio, there are more than 20 classes in a week, and I am exhausted. He was complaining, complaining to a colleague who didn't know his name when he met for the first time, Hai Yueming felt that he had met Xianglin's sister-in-law early in the morning, unless this person was really bitter and hateful.
"Aren't you Zhou Te? The former principal?" Hai Yueming had just heard a few days ago that the former principal was a national special teacher, teaching Chinese, and there was also a famous teacher's studio in this private school, and everyone called him Zhou Te, who was a well-known figure in this school.
"What Zhou Te, I was used by them as an admissions signboard. Since the beginning of last semester, he has long been the principal. I am now teaching my books in peace. You see the school is so messy, a lot of people are gone. Zhou Te said this, as if all the chaos had nothing to do with him, completely forgetting that he was the former ruler of this school and the principal of this school.
"Now that my contract is not yet complete, if I leave as soon as the contract expires, I don't want to stay for a moment. Zhou Te continued. This was interrupted by a commotion.
"You didn't see it?" said a male teacher, slapping his fist against the aluminum alloy counter and yelling repeatedly, "What kind of attitude do you have? This is disrespectful to our teachers." I'm going to complain to your canteen boss about deducting your bonus. The male teacher scolded the cafeteria staff loudly as if no one was around
Ignore the unforgiving look. It looks like this person is about thirty-four or five years old, and the appearance of a monkey with a sharp mouth is really cold, with shriveled skin, a thin body, and a lot of anger. The scolded waitress was busy with her, and her tears were almost coming out.
The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked male teacher was still scolding her.
"Look, it's this teacher, it's a master who can't be messed with. Last year, I almost knocked over my desk in my office for my salary. Whoever messes with him will be in trouble. And usually this person behaves very strangely, he is in his thirties and almost forty, and he is not married. At school, he had a hot fight with those little girls, and the average male teacher didn't like to associate with him. Zhou Te was like a commentator doing on-site commentary opposite Hai Yueming.
Hai Yueming couldn't help but wonder, how many little girls like him with such a sharp-beaked monkey cheek?
"I've been a principal here for a few years, and I'm too tired. When I first arrived, there were few students in the school, so I arranged for teachers to be recruited from each school one by one. There were only a dozen students in a class of the first graduating students, and now there are more than 30 students in a class. In the past, the environment near the school was very poor, all the fields were very deserted, and it was very deserted at night, but now a lot of houses have been built, and it is much more lively. ”
"After a few years, we have contributed a lot of our beautiful youth words to this school. Zhou Te, with Hai Yueming, a new listener, continued to chat with relish.
He talked about the past, which fascinated Hai Yueming. Knowing that Hai Yueming also teaches Chinese, it is like meeting a bosom friend.
At this time, Zhang Zhen came over and sat next to Hai Yueming, Zhou Te saw that someone was coming again, and turned around and left under the pretext of early self-cultivation.
"Teacher Hai, Zhou Te is very talkative, right? He is very good in Chinese class, and he is a well-known special teacher in the country. Zhang Zhen's use of the word "talkative" sounded a bit of a pun to Hai Yueming. Although Zhang Zheng is also a teacher that Hai Yueming just met, it always makes Hai Yueming feel that this woman has an invisible sense of intimacy, especially her elegant temperament, which is exactly the type that Hai Yueming admires.
"I guess so. I don't think he's happy here. Hai Yueming replied.
"Of course. Shimono's former emperor of the dynasty. How do you think he's going to be happy?"
"Flowing water and falling flowers go in spring?"
"Heaven and earth!"
Again, two Chinese teachers huddled together, and many common topics were generated.
"Count me too much, Mr. Hai, don't get too close to this Zhou Te. I won't say why, you know. Now many teachers in the school avoid him. However, you are not afraid, it feels like your backstage is more powerful. Zhang Zhen said half-jokingly.
"What kind of background do I have, I haven't worked in my hometown for a long time. If you want to stay in Dongzhou this time, you can find a temporary job to pass the time. ”
"Legend has it that you were introduced by your boss, you should know him well?"
"It's just knowing. Hai Yue knew that he would reveal his identity sooner or later, and that day at the door of the office, he heard them talking about his origin behind his back, so he covered it up casually.
Hai Yueming and Zhang Lan chatted in the sky.
Breakfast time passed like this, which also allowed Hai Yueming to see the unique scenery of this school.
The show always goes on.