In the cafeteria of Wuzhou Middle School.
The school did not make any arrangements for Zhou Yu for the morning exam, which made Zhou Yu complain in his heart. He thought to himself that the school was too stingy. They didn't even let him earn such a small amount of money, just because he, Zhou Yu, was here for an internship and had no regular position?
Isn’t this pure workplace discrimination?
It's not Zhou Yu's fault for thinking this way. The school counts the class hours for every time you supervise an exam, and they give you subsidies. If you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will do it.
Besides, you can't do it just because you want to. Even if you want to do it, you still have to ask others if they are willing to give you this opportunity.
If you want to do it, you're too late. There are many teachers in Wuzhou Middle School rushing to do this job. It's normal that it's not the turn of a small and unknown intern teacher like Zhou Yu.
No, Zhou Yu is no longer an unknown person. His deeds have spread among many teachers, including students!
However, apart from the students in Zhou Yu’s class, most of the other voices were mocking.
As Zhou Yu was not assigned the task of invigilating the exam, after finishing writing the lesson plan, he looked at the time on his mobile phone and saw that it was already 11 o'clock in the morning. So he simply returned to the dormitory, took out a lunch box and went to the cafeteria to eat.
"Old Zhou! Why are you eating fried fish again?" In the cafeteria, Zhou Yu was concentrating on frying fish when a familiar voice sounded in his ears.
As soon as Zhou Yu raised his head, he saw a green lunch box with patterns placed opposite him. Then, a can of cold blue Coke was stuffed into Zhou Yu's arms.
"Hiss~"
Zhou Yu couldn't help but shudder at the cold touch. He quickly put the Coke back on the table, looked at Xiao Chen who had already sat down opposite him and said with a smile, "Hey, the blue can? Why did you change to a blue can of Coke today? Aren't you fond of red cans of Coke?"
With a "puff" sound.
Xiao Chen opened the pull ring of the blue can of Coke and took a sip.
'Gulu', 'Gulu'
"Ha~burp~refreshing!" Xiao Chen burped, put down the Coke in his hand, picked up a spoon, and began to stir the rice in the bowl. While chewing the food, he answered Zhou Yu's question, "Oh, aren't you tired of the sweet taste of the red can of Coke? Let's try the blue can!"
"You know what? You know what? Drinking a blue can of Coke occasionally feels really good! It's really bubbly and refreshing!"
After being in Wuzhou Middle School for so long, Zhou Yu, Xiao Chen and Lin Ya's relationship has improved rapidly and they have become good friends. They would get together from time to time to chat and eat.
After becoming good friends, Zhou Yu gradually understood Xiao Chen's specific situation.
His family lived in the urban area of Yicheng. His father was the principal of a middle school and his mother was the president of a bank in a town. His family was quite well off, at least compared to Zhou Yu, it was much better.
Xiao Chen was not short of money, and he could see that Zhou Yu's family was not well off. But they were in school, with dormitories and food subsidies, so they didn't have to spend money. Basically, if they were a little frugal, they wouldn't have to spend much money on other things.
Therefore, Xiao Chen would buy some snacks and drinks from time to time and share them with Zhou Yu and Lin Ya.
When Xiao Chen did this at the beginning, Zhou Yu even thought for a moment that Xiao Chen liked Lin Ya and was planning to pursue her?
"What?! Chasing Lin Ya?!" Until one day, when Zhou Yu asked Xiao Chen in a joking tone, Xiao Chen was shocked on the spot, "No, buddy, do you have a serious illness?"
"I treat Lin Ya as a brother, and you actually want to bring us together to live? You have bad intentions, kid! Are you jealous of me being free and at ease?!"
Zhou Yu was surprised. "Is this true? I saw you taking care of Lin Ya so much. I thought you had feelings for her but were too embarrassed to say it out loud!"
Xiao Chen was speechless. He looked at Zhou Yu for a long time as if he was mentally retarded, and then he said, "Brother, I take care of Lin Ya because I am interested in her and want to date her?"
"Then I am quite caring towards you, right? What's the matter? Do I want to date you too?"
Zhou Yu: “…”
"Here, I'll give you this piece of pork chop and give me a piece of fried fish. Seeing what you eat, I feel like eating too." Seeing that Zhou Yu was stunned and speechless, Xiao Chen immediately changed the subject.
He scooped up a piece of pork ribs with a spoon and put it into Zhou Yu's lunch box, then scooped up a piece of fried fish from Zhou Yu's lunch box and put it into his own lunch box.
Zhou Yu lowered his head and glanced at the bright red ribs in the bowl. The ribs looked so appetizing, and said helplessly, "Don't you dislike fish? Then why are you eating my fish?"
Xiao Chen spat out a large fish bone, chewed the charred fish meat, swallowed it with satisfaction, and then replied, "Do I not like eating fish? I'm just too lazy to spit out the bones! Big fish like this don't have many small bones, and they smell good when fried. It feels good to eat them occasionally!"
"Okay, okay," Zhou Yu was helpless after hearing what Xiao Chen said. He ate the ribs Xiao Chen scooped for him and muttered, "Anyway, you are right!"
Xiao Chen said nonchalantly, "Let's not talk about this. By the way, tomorrow is the National Day. How are you going to spend it? It's a seven-day holiday! Are you going to go home or go out and play?"
"Poof!" Zhou Yu spat out the bone in his mouth, feeling the sweet and sour meat aroma filling his entire mouth. After thinking for a moment, he replied, "At most, it's only three days off. I plan to go home to see my parents, and then go back to school."
Xiao Chen was stunned when he heard this.
"Three days? No, brother, aren't we celebrating the same National Day?"
Zhou Yu explained, "You misunderstood. The holiday is 7 days. But I have already informed them. I will officially start the class on October 4th!"
After Zhou Yu said this, Xiao Chen immediately understood what was going on. He was very puzzled, "Brother, are you really going to fight so hard? There's no need!"
Xiao Chen persuaded Zhou Yu, "I've been teaching these students in our school for such a long time, and I've finally figured it out. They're really useless!"
"Your foundation is too poor! It's useless for you to work so hard. It's all in vain. I bet you that there is not even one person who can get into a second-tier university or above!"
Zhou Yu was curious, "Are you so sure? Didn't our school leaders set up a pilot class? The pilot class should have at least a few second-tier books, right?"
Xiao Chen sneered, "The pioneer class? It's just the tallest one among the short ones!"
"Let me tell you, I was the invigilator for the math test for the science preparatory class yesterday. I went through the questions when I had nothing else to do, and the test paper wasn't difficult. But I don't even want to talk about what those students wrote!"
Zhou Yu was surprised and asked, "Is it really that tragic?"
Xiao Chen said helplessly, "We can't say that the whole army was wiped out, but we can say that only one in ten survived!"
"What are you talking about? You seem so excited~!" A clear voice interrupted their conversation. It was Lin Ya.
Xiao Chen was the first to say hello, "Hey, why are you here just now?" He raised the blue can of Coke in his hand, looked at Lin Ya proudly and said, "Sorry, I didn't prepare any Coke for you today!"
Lin Ya rolled her eyes, put the lunch box on the dining table, and sat next to Xiao Chen. "Who cares!" After saying that, she took out a thermos cup from the small bag she carried with her.
Xiao Chen was stunned. "No, sister, you're using a thermos cup in this weather? That's not how you maintain your health!"
"You know shit!" The thermos was opened, and a brown drink with a hint of chill was poured into the lid. Lin Ya lifted the lid and looked at Xiao Chen proudly, "What's so good about Coke? It's unhealthy! Look at me, eight-treasure sour plum soup, it's refreshing and heat-relief!"
Xiao Chen curled his lips and complained, "Unhealthy? I've bought you so many Cokes, and I've never seen you drink less!"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Lin Ya raised her eyebrows and asked the same question again, "What were you talking about just now?"
"We didn't talk about anything?" Zhou Yu explained, "I was just talking to Teacher Xiao about the exam and the National Day holiday."
"National Day! It's a seven-day holiday!" Speaking of holidays, Lin Ya immediately became interested, "I plan to go home first, and then go out for some fun, what about you guys!"
Xiao Chen spoke before Zhou Yu could, "I'm the same as you. Lin Ya, do you know what Mr. Zhou's arrangement is?"
Lin Ya's curiosity was aroused. "What's the arrangement?"
Seeing Lin Ya so curious, Xiao Chen immediately became interested and repeated Zhou Yu's arrangements to Lin Ya in detail. "Tell me, is Teacher Zhou working too hard?" Xiao Chen said to Lin Ya in a vivid manner.
Lin Ya immediately looked at Zhou Yu with an expression of looking at an idol, "Wow! Teacher Zhou, you are so amazing! You didn't take a break during such a long vacation to give students free tutoring!"
When she said this, Lin Ya's face was full of excitement, but then she immediately became regretful, "I can't do it. It's too tiring to attend classes all the time. I can't stick to it! Besides history, I can't really teach other subjects. I'm not as good as Teacher Zhou!"
Seeing Lin Ya's expression, Zhou Yu also felt a little embarrassed.
He secretly complained in his heart, sister, if you also have a system forcing you, telling you that if you don’t meet the standard, you will lose 5 centimeters, you will work as hard as I do!
"It's not as great as you say!" Zhou Yu waved his hand. "It's clear that all the school's resources are now leaning towards the advanced classes and key classes. The parallel classes have been completely abandoned."
"There are a few students in our class who are talented and hardworking and don't want to give up. Otherwise, I wouldn't be like this. I can't let other people's children down, right?"
Xiao Chen nodded when he heard this. "You are right, but I will let it go! First, we don't have the kind of students you are talking about in our class. Second, I can't bear the hardship you are having!"
Lin Ya cheered Zhou Yu on, "Come on, Teacher Zhou! I'll bring you something delicious when I come back!"