Toad
The third cousin leaned back, folded his hands behind his head, and sighed, "At the beginning, everyone was united in purpose, but later on, when there were more benefits, we had to start thinking about other things."
"Most people are always greedy for more." Chen Jin thought this was normal. A person without any selfish desires should be called a saint. Anyway, she could never be a saint. But being selfish is fine as long as you use fair means.
"Let's put it another way. If Huang Hao can improve his abilities, I will have no objection to him running the company in the future. The same goes for you, Third Brother. If you don't manage well, I won't vote for you."
The third cousin laughed out loud, "Sure, I am the same anyway. If you don't have the right skills, you won't take on a job. If you can't do it yourself, just hire someone to do it. Alas, even my luxury car, after all, I can only look at it and can't afford it."
Chen Jin thought to himself: It would be strange if I can’t afford it. The third brother just wanted to keep the money in case he was short of money when he needed additional investment.
The more money you have, the more you have to think carefully before spending large sums. If it was my third brother in the past, if my third uncle gave him hundreds of thousands of dollars, he would definitely use it to buy a car and would definitely not think that the car was not worth buying.
"By the way, has Chen Yongan returned home this week?" A week had passed, and Chen Yongan hadn't called her to report on the situation. She thought about this matter a lot while at work, and she always felt unhappy when she didn't hear the follow-up.
"No, he said that the class is going to organize an activity. Their class organized an outing to the National Forest Park." The third cousin looked at her, "Do you have something to talk to him about? He has said bad things about me to you a lot, right? Is he saying that I am Grandet, a stingy guy, an old landlord who exploited people in the old society?"
Chen Jin burst out laughing, "He really didn't say all that, but what you said is quite appropriate, Third Brother." It was only Chen Yongan who dared to mutter in private and didn't dare to resist loudly. He also didn't think of so many words to describe his brother. Come to think of it, there is still some brotherhood between us.
Chen Jin took the remaining cakes to the backyard and asked the little kids inside to take a piece each from the fence. Seeing that Big Orange was having fun, Chen Jin called it a few times. Its little ears moved several times. It also secretly looked back, then quickly turned back to play with Little Bai, pretending not to hear her calling. Chen Jin stopped shouting and turned around to call his third cousin to go out and prepare for dinner.
"Where's Daju? Aren't you taking it with you?" The third cousin walked out and then he remembered that Chen Jin was missing a little follower.
"Oh, it's busy. I can't call it, so let it play at home by itself." It would be best if she found out that she went out without taking it with her. Then she would see if it would pretend not to hear her calling.
Unexpectedly, just as Chen Jin and her third cousin reached the gate of the community, the guard reminded her, "Teacher Chen, your orange dog has escaped."
Chen Jin felt both angry and amused. He stopped and watched it running towards him with its short legs. It was so angry that it directly pulled at the trouser leg of its third cousin.
The third cousin thought that the two were equally childish. The big orange cat lay on his arm with its head turned to the side. The third sister kept muttering, "Third brother, take the big orange cat home. I think my third uncle likes it very much. I can't afford to keep a cat with such a bad temper..."
The entire Wutong Road was filled with Chen Jin's mumbling and the angry meow of the big orange cat, and the students passing by all turned back to look. When she met her students, Chen Jin immediately stopped talking. It was the serious teacher Chen again, but when she heard her students calling her "rich sister", her third cousin burst out laughing.
It’s not wrong to say that. As long as uncle’s business goes smoothly, third sister’s wallet should also be fatter.
Chen Jin and Chen Jiaxin scheduled a visit on Saturday, left work two hours early on Wednesday afternoon, went straight to the flower and bird market, and bought a trunk full of flowers.
She met the cat seller at the flower and bird market. His family had a small stall in the market. The man still remembered her, and when he saw her, he asked her what happened to the kitten she had brought back.
Chen Jin said: "I can eat and sleep, which is good."
The man was relieved and said: "That's good, I said that kitten was the most well-behaved, I didn't lie to you, haha."
Chen Jin nodded against his will and praised the kitten, snorting heavily in his heart: What is the most well-behaved thing? Big liar!
"Xiao Jin, you bought so many flowers again?" Professor Kong walked over with his hands behind his back and just happened to see her moving the flowers from the trunk into the car.
"Yes, looking at the flowers makes me feel good." There is also a big flower shop near the vegetable market, and the prices are quite affordable, but Chen Jin feels that shopping in the flower shop in the vegetable market is not refreshing enough, so he still has more fun shopping in the flower and bird market.
He casually took out a gentian and handed it over, "Give it to Lele to play with."
Professor Kong took it cheerfully and said with a smile: "You always send little gifts to them. No wonder Lele and the others want to come to you all the time."
"They are all worthless little things, just for fun." Just as she finished speaking, her big orange dog actually strolled out from the front door of Shen Baichuan's house, probably because he heard her talking. She thought it was going to rush over, but it ended up lying down at the doorstep watching her work... What a heartless cat! She even praised it for being well behaved in front of its previous owner.
Chen Jin took out a large square-mouthed bottle, filled it with Platycodon grandiflorum, and placed it on the dining table. The whole room instantly became three points brighter.
The next day, I took a small bouquet out and put it in the vase on my desk. The information summary table on my desk, which was giving me a headache, became pleasing to the eye.
However, today when everyone came to work, they glanced at her from time to time. Obviously it was not because the flowers on her desk were bright and eye-catching, nor because she was dressed particularly beautifully today. She often went to watch other people's fun, and she could tell at a glance whether the eyes of others were looking at her.
Without further ado, Chen Jin put down his pen and looked up to ask, "I left work early yesterday. What gossip did I miss?"
The other three smiled awkwardly. Teacher He and Teacher Chang looked at Zhou Ding. Finally, Zhou Ding came out to explain: "I heard from a friend that you scolded your ex-girlfriend and his wife until they cried outside. Now everyone in the School of Physics knows about your past."
Chen Jin was surprised and said, "I thought you knew about it last week. The speed of spread is still not fast enough."
Under the confused looks of the three of them, Chen Jin briefly recounted what happened and concluded, "Anyway, I've let out my anger now, so their little troubles back then are over with me. If they can't get over it, that's their problem, just don't mess with me again."
"Don't you think I've been very happy at work these past two weeks?" Chen Jin shrugged. "Anyway, I feel quite happy."
The other three people: I can’t tell, I feel like you seem very happy every day.
"Then you're not afraid of Sun, huh?" Zhou Ding pointed his finger forward. The second office past their office was Vice President Sun's office.
"Not bad. You should cherish the days you work with me. Maybe I will go to open up new land in the future."
"......" Well, reclaiming wasteland doesn't mean going home to build buildings, right?
Facts have proved that everyone was overthinking it. Vice President Sun has no time to deal with Chen Jin, a small follower. He has been very busy recently. Since 1993, the "double selection" system for graduates and employers has been implemented on a trial basis, gradually abolishing the employment system of "unified allocation and distribution" and "guaranteed appointment as cadres" for graduates. I heard that it will soon be officially abolished. The future employment destination of graduates is also a big problem.
Now it seems that being assigned to some state-owned factories is not a good choice. It is better to work in private enterprises outside, at least the salary is higher. In the past, state-owned factories had the advantage of stability and guaranteed income regardless of drought or flood. But now look at how many state-owned factories have collapsed. Some graduates have just been assigned to factories where they can’t pay wages and are about to go bankrupt…
The school now also attaches great importance to cooperation with private enterprises outside. Some students with excellent academic performance in school are directly transferred there after graduation. Vice President Sun has to attend many meetings now and has no time to take care of these small matters.
Teacher Chang said with emotion: "Fortunately, we have caught up with a good time. If it were now, I would not be able to come to NTU to be a counselor. Without the assignment, it would be difficult to find a job in the future."
Teacher He said: "It is relatively easy for students from Nanjing University to find jobs because of the reputation of the school. However, those students who don't study hard and have no ability will probably be eliminated."
Yes, many people who got into university thought that their lives would be secure. As long as they could graduate successfully, they would be assigned a job. Compared to the previous generation, they had to fight hard for a worker's position. If you are sure that you will have a bright future, you won’t be so serious when you enter university. Otherwise, why would anyone skip classes to attend social gatherings? They have put the cart before the horse and have forgotten that a student's primary duty is to study hard.
"I will have to worry about students' employment in the future."
Chen Jin spread his hands, "If you don't work hard, it's useless for others to worry about you. The counselors can't just create a bunch of jobs for them out of thin air. In the future, tell the students in the meeting that if you don't study hard, you won't be able to find a good job in the future. Tsk! Every time I tell them this, they smile and say that the country will definitely guarantee job placement. When the guaranteed job placement is really cancelled, they will cry."
In fact, neither she nor Zhou Ding became counselors because of guaranteed job assignments. They obtained the eligibility to run for the election on their own and had to take an interview later...So, although the abolition of the guaranteed job assignment system seems still a long way off for students, it has actually already begun quietly.
Teacher Chang laughed, "Students are all like this. They might even say that if they can't find a job, they can go to your company to work."
Chen Jin also laughed, "Someone actually replied to me like this, and I scolded him back. Not to mention that my family doesn't have a company, even if my family did have a company, who would ruin their own business like this?"
Everyone in the office was discussing the abolition of the guaranteed job allocation system, and no one noticed a stranger knocking at the door.
"I'm here to see the junior counselor. Oh, I'm the new psychology teacher, Wu Kai."
Chen Jin looked up and saw that the person didn't look like a teacher. He was dressed in fancy clothes, with natural curly hair, a colorful shirt, and blue jeans... He stood out among the not-so-young teachers. Few students are as fashionable and trendy as he is.
Wu Kai glanced at everyone in the office and his eyes fell on Chen Jin. Noticing that he was staring at her for a while, Chen Jin kindly reminded him, "Teacher Zhou Ding is the counselor for the junior year. He just went to Vice Dean Sun's office."
"Oh, then I'll wait a moment." Wu Kai put his hands in his pockets, walked over and stood in front of Chen Jin, and was about to bend down to see what she was writing. Chen Jin picked up a palm-leaf fan on the table to swat mosquitoes to block his way.
My impression of the new teacher suddenly plummeted from average to the bottom.
Wu Kai was still grinning and said, "I'm sorry to bother you. I was just curious about what you were looking at. Oh, by the way, which grade are you the counselor for? What's your name? You just graduated not long ago, right?"
His eyes lingered on her face as he spoke.
"Haha, there's something on my face?" Wu Kai still didn't realize there was anything wrong with him and touched his face.
Chen Jin smiled and said, "I'm testing you to see how thick your skin is. You don't think you're very handsome and humorous, do you?"
Wu Kai's face changed slightly, his eyes faded, and he snorted, "You are such a person, I didn't say anything to you. I apologized for affecting you. I don't know what you are fussing about? Did my words offend you? Asking you which grade your counselor is from and what his name is, you can't even ask that? There's nothing I shouldn't ask, right?"
"If it was another normal person asking, I would think it's fine. Your tone and eyes make me feel offended, so that means there's something wrong with you." Chen Jin closed the open notebook and said calmly, "If I think there's something wrong with others, then there must be something wrong with them."
Wu Kai frowned, "I said I asked normal questions, I don't know what you were thinking. How good-looking do you think you are? I'm staring at you?"
Then he smiled humorously and said, "It seems that there are a lot of people chasing after you, which makes you feel that anyone who looks at you has bad intentions towards you."
"Indeed, there are many toads."
Seeing Wu Kai's face darken, Chen Jin raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Teacher Wu, I was just joking with you, you won't be angry, right? I'm sorry, I was just talking casually just now, I didn't say anything about you, right? Look, I've already apologized to you."
"Oh, I said more than you did, so let me apologize again. I'm sorry, Teacher Wu. I was just giving an example casually, and I didn't say you were a toad."
"Teacher Chang, Teacher He, you heard what I just said, right? I was speaking in a nice voice."
Teacher Chang and Teacher He both nodded, "Yes."
Zhou Ding came back and saw that the atmosphere in the office was not right. "What's wrong? Hey, classmate, is there something wrong?" He looked him up and down and said, "Is this the popular way for students to dress now?"
"No, his new teacher is the one who was recommended by a friend of his boss. His name is Wu Kai." Chen Jin said, "However, young people nowadays like to dress like this. Last time I went to the village, those who didn't work or go to school liked to dress like this. They said it was the new trend. The students in our school have been in school for too long and haven't kept up with the development of the times."
"Hey, Mr. Wu, Mr. Zhou Ding is here. Don't you have something to ask him?"
Wu Kai looked down at his own appearance, then looked at the person in front of him. The other person seemed to be just describing an objective fact, and there was no trace of sarcasm on his face. But he felt uncomfortable listening to it, as if she was hinting at him for coming in through the back door and dressing so unfashionably.
But he had no evidence.
Wu Kai frowned and asked Zhou Ding for the information of the junior students who wanted to drop out, saying that he wanted to talk to them.
Originally, Zhou Ding thought he wanted to take a look at the student information, but now he heard that he wanted to talk about the information of those students? Zhou Ding held down the information bag to prevent Wu Kai from taking it away.
"No need. I have almost finished talking to the students and parents. The students are now relaxed. I will just follow up."
If an outsider intervenes, what if he persuades those students to drop out of school?
Wu Kai said dissatisfiedly: "I think it is important to provide students with professional psychological counseling as early as possible. Teacher Zhou, if a student drops out, you can't bear the responsibility."
"I told you, I have almost persuaded the students. I just went to Vice President Sun's office to report the situation. I won't bother you anymore." Zhou Ding locked the file back into the drawer.
Wu Kai gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, our college counselor is amazing."
"Yeah, they're all pretty good." Chen Jin echoed, and reminded Zhou Ding, "Teacher Zhou, you'd better report this to your supervisor. If someone talks to the students privately and something goes wrong, and they don't take responsibility, you'll be the one to take the blame."
"Hey, hey, hey, Teacher Wu, I'm not targeting you, and I'm not saying anything about you. As counselors, we have to be more careful and rigorous in doing things."
Chen Jin looked at the time, stood up and stretched his limbs, then called out to the others, "We've been delayed today and missed dinner. Let's go."
Wu Kai followed them downstairs with a stern face. In front, Chen Jin laughed the loudest. "I'm not bragging. Some people can't control their eyes and have to look at me. They also blame me for not looking good. Are you kidding me? Don't you know what I look like?"
"Well, some people, I can tell what kind of toad they are just by looking at them, but they still try to argue that they are frogs. What are they pretending for?"
"Hey, let's not talk about it. It's a bit unlucky and it affects my appetite. Let's go to the third canteen today. I haven't been there for a long time."
I don’t know what the people in front whispered, but Chen Jin laughed even louder, “Hahaha, right?”
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