Shen Yuanxuan was having that strange dream again.

In her dream, a boy walked in front of her holding a billboard-like sign, and as he walked, he stopped and looked around, as if beckoning someone else to follow. After him and continued to walk forward for a while, suddenly someone shouted "Teacher Zhou", and the boy stopped again and talked to the person who shouted him.

The picture gradually dispersed, and the scene turned, and it seemed that there was still this boy in front of him. This time he was facing Shen Yuan, but everything was foggy, and Shen Yuanxuan couldn't see his appearance clearly. She looked down and saw that she was wearing her high school uniform, while the boy in front of her was wearing ordinary clothes.

The boy was talking to her, his voice muffled, as if it were coming from another plane.

She only listened to a few words.

- "Woo, I really came back to you from the future, do you believe me?" ”

Shen Yuan woke up suddenly, and the sky was already bright.

This is the third time she has had this dream.

She rubbed her aching head and picked up her phone at the bedside — twenty minutes before the alarm went off. She turned off the screen and wanted to sleep a little longer, but she didn't feel sleepy anymore.

It's not uncommon to dream of strangers, but it's just that repeating the same dream inevitably makes her feel a little strange. She vaguely felt that the dream seemed to be a clue to something important, and she wanted to recall it carefully, but she couldn't find a clue.

I lay down like this until the alarm clock rang, and I got up to wash and change my clothes.

Today she is going to the Voyage Cram School to interview for a part-time custodian teacher. In order to create a serious and mature image, she specially wore darker clothes and put on makeup that felt good about herself. But after all, she is a little girl who has not yet entered society, and when she stands in front of the mirror, she still doesn't look like an adult.

The Yuanhang cram school is very close to Shen Yuanyuan's home, and she can walk there in about fifteen minutes. Today, Monday, there are no students in the cram school at this time, and it is quiet. In the empty hall, there was only a boy with a college student wearing glasses sitting on the bench on the side of the door, and Shen Yuan pushed the door and made a little noise, so at this time, he was also looking at her.

"Are you here for an interview too?" Shen Yuanyuan took the initiative to talk, "The principal hasn't arrived yet?" ”

"Hmm."

Shen Yuan sat down next to him. After the two sat silently for more than ten minutes, she couldn't help but speak again. "Are you a student at a university near here?"

The boy took off his headphones and turned his head to look at her.

"I mean, you're the ......."

"Yes."

Shen Yuan was a little deflated. Feeling that the boy didn't want to talk to her, she stopped talking, took the headphones out of her backpack, and played Three Kingdoms.

About another five minutes passed, and the headmaster arrived. She said apologetically that there was a traffic jam on the road, and when she looked up, she was stunned when she saw Shen Xuan. "Huh?"

Shen Yuanyuan also recognized Principal Wu. When she was in junior high school, she made up classes in Principal Wu's cram school, but the location of the cram school at that time was not here, and the name was not called Yuanhang Education, so it is estimated that she moved here for some reason. "It's been a long time since I saw Mr. Wu." Principal Wu has always been the principal of the cram school, and Shen Yuanyuan will call her teacher because she used to make up mathematics for her classmates in person, and Principal Wu himself has said that he prefers to hear people call her teacher, and Shen Yuanyuan has always remembered it.

"It's really you, I thought your name was the same when I first saw it - but your name is rarely the same."

"I didn't expect to see you here. Mr. Wu, he came before me, you can interview him first and then interview me. Shen Yuanyuan felt that it didn't seem good for them to talk like this, so he hurriedly reminded Principal Wu that there was another person next to him who came for an interview.

Principal Wu then looked at the boy, and then tried to think about it. It seemed that he didn't remember his full name, so he asked, "Xiao Zhou, is it?" ”

The boy nodded.

"Come with me here for an interview."

The boy stood up and followed Principal Wu to the classroom inside. The moment he stood up, Shen Yuan felt that his back was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't say where he had seen it.

Zhou Minggao and Shen Yuanyuan both came to interview for part-time custodian teachers, and the custodian teachers were not very demanding, and his interview ended quickly. After coming out, Zhou Minggao asked Shen Yuanyuan to go in for an interview, and he left directly.

Shen Yuan entered the classroom, and the principal beckoned her to sit down. "Where are you studying now? If I'm not mistaken, you're probably a freshman now, a freshman or a sophomore, right? Is there time to work part-time at this time? ”

"I just started my freshman year, and I took the first and second books in the south. I have free time to work part-time because...... I took a leave of absence and won't go back to my freshman year until September of this year. Shen replied.

Originally, I was worried that Principal Wu would ask her why she only took two exams or why she was suspended, but Principal Wu just smiled, "After so many years, my cram school has opened this branch campus, and you must have happened a lot." It's normal that people grow up in change. You don't have to be nervous, you're here for an interview today, and I won't ask too much about your personal affairs. ”

Shen Yuanyuan raised his head and looked at Principal Wu gratefully, and said "um".

Principal Wu continued, "Actually, there was nothing to do in today's interview, otherwise I wouldn't have arranged it in such a hurry. I'm just going to take a look at you and make sure you're a safe person. I've explained everything to you, and I'll repeat it to you - I'm here at 4 p.m. every day from Monday to Friday, and I'll go with the other teachers to pick them up from school at No. 5 Primary School. Wednesday is different, because Fifth Elementary School has a half-day off on Wednesday, and you have to come in at noon. The work content is also simple, picking them up from school, tutoring homework, organizing discipline, and that's it. We also have a few full-time teachers here, who are responsible for teaching on weekends, but they are usually here and will help you and Teacher Xiao Zhou take care of it. If you don't understand something, just ask me, and if you're embarrassed to ask other teachers, just ask me. ”

Shen Yuan nodded.

"Now the trusteeship is divided into two classes, the large class is the fourth and fifth grades, and the small class is the second and third grades, I will arrange you in the large class, and the large class will be more obedient than the small class." Principal Wu smiled, "This should be your first job in life, right?" Do it well and don't be lazy. As your boss, I won't treat you like a child in the future, I will treat you as an employee. ”

Shen Yuanxuan also smiled. "Don't worry, Mr. Wu, I will definitely do a good job."

Bidding farewell to Principal Wu, Shen Yuan walked out of Yuanhang Education. After walking a few steps, she saw a small sign of "Yogurt House". She likes to order his takeaway, but because she doesn't usually come here, today is the first time I've seen the real face of this store. Just before breakfast, she entered the store and ordered a cup of yogurt, which she usually likes, and ordered a double skin milk and an egg tart. After taking the meal and turning her head, she saw Teacher Xiao Zhou, who had just been interviewing with her, sitting there.

He was looking at her, too.

There are only two tables in this small shop, and the other table is already occupied by a young couple. Shen Yuanxuan walked up to Teacher Xiao Zhou and asked, "Can I sit here?" ”

He nodded.

After sitting down opposite Teacher Xiao Zhou, Shen Yuanxuan realized that he had ordered the same meal as hers, but he didn't move.

Shen curled a sip of yogurt, leaving a faint milk stain on the upper lip, "Why don't you eat it, this is delicious, I often order their takeout." ”

Teacher Xiao Zhou didn't speak, just picked up the egg tart and took a bite.

"We should be half colleagues in the future."

"Hmm."

"My name is Shen Xuan, the one with the smoke curling, what is your name?"

"Zhou Minggao."

"What?"

He repeated again, "Zhou Minggao." ”

"Zhou, Ming, Gao, such special names, how to write them?"

He didn't answer, just put down the tart, and then said without raising his eyes, "I'm full." He got up and went out, leaving behind a confused look and a table of food that he had ruthlessly discarded. Shen Yuanxuan wondered if he was too enthusiastic, so scared that he ran away without eating. Moreover, she is obviously not a person who likes to talk to people, why is she talking so much today, and she is still facing a guy who doesn't care about people.

Shen Xuan muttered in his heart as he finished eating his own things. She wanted to take Zhou Minggao's yogurt away and bring it to him when she went to work, but when she thought of his attitude towards herself, she gave up silently. She thought that the shopkeeper would put it away again when he saw that it hadn't been opened.

She walked home, added cat food to Guagua, and sat in front of the window in a daze.

It's March now, but the peach tree downstairs hasn't bloomed yet. She opened the window, closed her eyes, felt the wind blowing a little bit, and listened to the books on the table being blown to the pages, hula and hula.

At 3:50 p.m., Shen Yuan came to work at Yuanhang Education. When she pushed the door open, Zhou Minggao was still the only one sitting in the hall, she smiled at him, and he nodded.

At four o'clock, two female teachers who looked to be twenty-seven or eighteen years old came out of the classroom, and Shen Yuanyuan knew that they should be the full-time teachers that the principal said, so he took the initiative to greet them. Zhou Minggao asked, "Is it time to go?" After one of the female teachers nodded, he went to pick up the sign of "Voyage Education" under the table at the front desk and was the first to go out.

Shen Yuanyuan also went out.

From the cram school to the fifth elementary school, along the way, the two female teachers have been talking about things such as weddings, mortgages, and decorations, and Shen Yuanyuan doesn't want to interject stiffly. And they walked too slowly, and gradually Shen Yuanyuan and Zhou Minggao walked in front, two female teachers walked behind, and the four of them opened up a distance. This time, Shen Yuanyuan didn't talk to Zhou Minggao again, like him, she also listened to the song with headphones and didn't say a word. When crossing the street, Shen Yuan's voice in the headphones was a little loud and distracted, and he didn't see the light in front of him turn red, and as soon as he stepped out of his left foot, he was pulled back by Zhou Minggao's wrist. She turned her head to say thank you, but Zhou Minggao said angrily before she could speak, "How many times have I told you to walk and look at the road, how dangerous it is." ”

Shen Yuanyu was stunned. Zhou Minggao also seemed to react immediately, explaining, "I'm sorry, I have a friend who used to be like this, and I'm used to it." ”

The four of them arrived at the gate of the No. 5 Primary School and picked up the children. The children are not as obedient and soft as Shen Yuanxuan imagined, they are simply like a group of disobedient ponies rampaging on the road. Shen Yuanxuan was frightened, for fear that he would not be able to see the children in a situation, so he looked at this for a while and shouted that for a while. The two female teachers didn't care at all like shopping, only Zhou Minggao and her took care of them one after the other.

Finally looked at the children in the back row, Shen Yuan raised his head and saw Zhou Minggao still holding the sign of Yuanhang Education looking left and right, he was watching the children in the front row, and at the same time shouting to the children in the back not to fall behind. One of the female teachers seemed to remember something and shouted "Teacher Zhou" in the direction of Zhou Minggao, and Zhou Minggao stopped and answered her words.

It was March 4, 2019.

Shen Yuanyuan met Zhou Minggao.