Chapter 61
Nanjiang has entered deep winter.
The day before the New Year's Day holiday, the kindergarten held a performance, and the children prepared the program a week in advance.
The teachers set up the stage one day in advance and moved the small chairs from the classroom to the bottom of the stage.
Decorate with balloons and streamers, and then hang a banner for the New Year’s Day parade.
As soon as the children arrived at the kindergarten, before they had time to wow, they were pulled into the classroom by the teachers to eat breakfast, put on makeup, and tie their hair. Even Zhou Du got up very early, and maybe he hadn't slept yet, holding a red ink pad, and put a red dot on the forehead of each child who had already put on makeup.
Li Yang was in charge of holding the camera and filming the entire process.
The young host opened the show and announced the program, and then the kids came on stage.
There was a big chorus, and the sutras they sang were ethereal and melodious through the speakers and microphones.
There was dancing, which was a program of the Tai Chi class. They performed Nuo opera, and wore their favorite masks, including Ultraman and Peppa Pig, and performed a sacrificial dance to invite gods.
There was a drama about Wei Zheng dreaming of beheading the Dragon King of Jing River.
There are also performances with special talents, such as playing the suona, sword dancing, and magic.
Li Yang fixed the camera on a tripod under the stage and sat nearby to watch.
The whole process took nearly three hours. After it was over, the two classes of teachers and students gathered together with a sumptuous meal on the table. Zhou Du made a New Year's wish, and then everyone started eating happily.
After lunch, we sent them directly back to the temple instead of taking a nap in the kindergarten.
The kids from both classes would say a word of blessing to Li Yang before getting off the bus.
The Lotus Class said: "Driver brother, I wish you peace and happiness in the new year, and joy at all times!"
The Tai Chi class said: "Driver brother, may the heavenly officials bless you and may all the blessings come to you!"
Li Yang: "You too."
The school bus drove back to the kindergarten. Lu Xiaoguo was fully revived and preparing for team-building activities, while other teachers were also packing their luggage for two days.
Li Yang went back to his room and took a nap before packing up his and Li Dongqiang's clothes.
The next day, we boarded the travel agency's minibus and headed to a hot spring resort in the neighboring city.
The neighboring city is in the north of the province. We arrived there after a three-hour drive. The perceived temperature dropped significantly. By the time the minibus got on the mountain road to the north, it was already white outside the window.
The snow presses down on the winter clouds, and the white flakes fly. The icicles on the branches are like pure jade.
Everyone inevitably admired it a little, quietly enjoyed the snow, or took photos to record it.
The guide in charge of their car, who was actually a staff member who followed up on the project process and solved daily problems, smiled and said, "There is an open-air teahouse in the villa. It is a great place to enjoy the snow there."
Li Yang rubbed his eyes, feeling a little dizzy.
Zhou Du sat next to him, took out the sunglasses hanging on the collar of his coat, and pushed them onto the bridge of his nose.
Li Yang found that this made his eyes feel more comfortable, so he didn't return it.
After arriving at the mountain resort hotel, Li Dongqiang jumped into the snow pile as soon as he got off the car and ate several mouthfuls of snow.
After checking in, everyone took their luggage back to their room.
Li Yang put away the luggage and led Li Dongqiang out of the room. Zhou Du, who was at the opposite door, also came out.
"Let's go eat."
The two of them went to the restaurant on the second floor first. There were a lot of people in the lobby, some of them were there with their families, some were there for team building. It was very lively, just like what a festival should be like.
Zhou Du booked a private room with a very elegant name, Cui Yu Hall.
The waiter led them over, made tea and then left.
Zhou Du held Li Dongqiang in his arms while ordering food. Li Dongqiang acted like he was giving orders, asking for this and that, and Zhou Du basically ordered what he wanted.
Li Yang posted the name of the private room in the kindergarten work group, and a few minutes later, the rest of the people arrived one after another.
"Have you ordered the dishes?" Liang Tang asked.
Li Dongqiang quickly replied: "It's ready!"
So everyone started chatting about random things, and the atmosphere was very relaxed and harmonious.
The guide will be with them for the next two days in case they have any problems that need to be solved, so they will have dinner together now.
As he looked at this scene, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: I have taken on many team-building projects for companies, but I have never seen one that looked so family-like. It made people feel so comfortable.
He then joked, "Is your kindergarten still hiring? I can drive, so I can be a school bus driver."
Li Yang looked over with a gloomy gaze.
Guide: “…”
It turns out that the only person who looks tough is the school bus driver.
He didn't dare to grab the job, so he quickly waved his hand and said, "I can also cook!"
Liang Tang slammed the table and said, "Leader! We must hire a chef for next semester! Really, my waist is not in good condition..."
Zhou Du stopped him from trying to be pitiful, "Okay, but you have to handle the recruitment yourself."
So Liang Tang turned around and interrogated the guide.
At the beginning, it was normal questioning and communication, just some common sense about kitchen safety and cooking.
The guide's answers were partly correct and partly wrong, but Liang Tang was very tolerant and said, "It doesn't matter, you can learn these later."
The guide might have been half joking at first, but when he saw that Liang Tang was really considering whether he could go to their kindergarten, the guide gradually became serious.
To be honest, having seen the hustle and bustle of the city and the coldness and alienation of human nature, if there was a place where he could stop and have time to think about the true meaning of life and feel the atmosphere of a family like theirs, he would be willing to do so even if he could only get a fixed salary a month, as long as it was enough for him to eat and drink.
After all, he is almost forty years old and has worked hard for nearly twenty years. His body is not good and his heart is tired.
What does it matter if you make a lot of money? The bulk of it will always be spent on hospital treatment, either for yourself or your family members.
I just feel that life is empty.
Just as the guide finished his inner drama, Liang Tang suddenly asked, "Would it be convenient for you to tell me your birth date?"
"Ah?...Oh..." The guide didn't react. He was stunned for a moment before saying, "198..."
He has met many bosses, and some companies really look at this. He behaves very normally and fits in.
Then, five or six teachers in this kindergarten started counting on their fingers.
Calculate his horoscope.
?
Guide: Does everyone in your kindergarten know this?
Then one person said, "I don't think so."
"I don't think so."
"There is too much fire and it is too messy and impure, not suitable for kitchen work."
"Yes, being related to fire but not being able to control it, to put it bluntly, can easily lead to fires. Safety hazards are still the first criterion."
"Do you smoke?" I suddenly asked the guide.
The guide was confused and answered reflexively, "No..." He used to smoke, but one time he burned the sheets in the rental house and he quit smoking because of scarcity.
The teacher who asked the question then said, "It's not good to not smoke. It will cause problems with your lungs and throat."
Wizard: ...
You can even calculate this? He really has chronic problems with his lungs and throat.
The teachers returned to the point: "Besides, the position of the God of Cookery is not very good, he can't eat the meal of a cook."
To put it simply, I don’t know if they can really cook, but what they cook will definitely taste bad.
The guide fell silent, remembering his own cooking, which was either bland or too salty.
Like he said before, he brought up this topic half-jokingly. After all, he didn't know how to teach students, so he could only think of the kitchen and school bus positions.
If the school bus isn’t an option, then the only option is the kitchen.
Who knew that he got serious halfway through and his true colors were exposed, and he also felt that it was impossible.
Then he said, "Teachers, I'm just joking, just joking..."
Help people to the end and send Buddha to the west. Their horoscope has been arranged. Several teachers simply continue to tell him what he needs to pay attention to in the next few years.
The guide listened more and more carefully, and his expression became more and more serious.
Because many things are already showing signs of happening.
Although he didn't know why the kindergarten teacher had this skill, he didn't ask. After so many years in the society, he was curious and there was no need to dig into the details.
I made up my mind that I would take my wife to the hospital for a physical check-up once this order was completed, and I was sincerely grateful to the guide for spending more time with my parents.
The dishes were served and everyone started eating.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the sun, which had not risen all day, came out before setting.
The red clouds covered the snow, and everyone was sitting around the tea stove in the terrace tea room of the villa, chatting and enjoying the view.
The guide brought the hot spring ticket and handed it to Liang Tang, as well as a handful of chestnuts that he got from somewhere. He didn't bother them any more, told them to contact him if they had any questions, and went back to the room.
Li Yang put the chestnuts on the charcoal rack to roast. Feeling a little cold outside, he went into the inner room.
There was a large floor-to-ceiling window in the inner room. He sat on a cushion and watched the rolling red clouds.
Not long after, Li Dongqiang, who was making a snowman with Lu Xiaoguo and Wu Qian, also walked in.
Li Dongqiang threw himself into Li Yang's arms, buried his face in his coat, sniffed it, and said, "My benefactor, you smell like winter!"
Lu Xiaoguo asked it what winter tasted like?
Li Dongqiang said it smelled like snow.
Lu Xiaoguo and Wu Qian sat beside the tea table and looked at Li Yang's back.
Li Yang was facing the floor-to-ceiling viewing window with his back to them. Zhou Du was sitting opposite him on his left.
He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, with the light from the ceiling reflecting on the frame and lenses, and the gilded light was reflected between his lacquered eyebrows and eyes, making him look elegant and graceful.
The pair of long hands were placing plum branches into the jade vase, and tea was brewing in the pottery stove next to it. The fragrance of plum and tea rose with the smoke, and the picture and the smell complemented each other.
Lu Xiaoguo and Wu Qian were a little bewitched, and then they looked back at Li Yang's back. He was so indifferent and didn't even look at this flirty man.
...Do your best! They thought so.
Liang Tang and others came in after drinking tea and brought back roasted chestnuts for Li Yang, who ate them with tea.
"The hotel has a chess and card room. How about playing a few rounds before going to the hot springs? We can soak in the evening and go to sleep afterward." Liang Tang suggested.
"Okay!" Lu Xiaoguo and others responded.
So he got up and went downstairs, and Li Yang followed behind the team to crack chestnuts.
In the elevator, Lu Xiaoguo said, "Let's set the rules. No one is allowed to cheat me! Especially this move, it can't last more than two seconds on the stage! And also, you are not allowed to calculate your winning position!"
"How dare you say that!" Several teachers booed her.
"I will definitely not cheat or use plug-ins this time. Anyone who does is a dog!" Lu Xiaoguo said righteously.
We arrived at the chess and card room, a very large room with two mahjong tables.
Before sitting down, everyone asked Li Yang if he knew how to play mahjong. Li Yang shook his head, so everyone didn't reserve a seat for him and asked him to watch. They also ordered a fruit plate for him.
Zhou Du was also the one who could only watch.
So, there are just eight teachers sitting at the two mahjong machines.
The dice was pressed, and the machine started to work with a rumbling sound, and the cards floated up.
Wu Qian explained to Li Yang while sorting the cards: "Xiao Li, I don't want to play with you because you are a newbie. Your luck won't be bad. And you had good luck playing Landlord with us before. Everyone is afraid of you."
Li Yang reacted, "Are you guys gambling?"
Liang Tang and others said, "How can it be gambling? It's just chips. Chips, ha, the loser treats the winner to a big meal."
Cheating children.
Li Dongqiang, who would be intimidated by some exaggerated words: "Wow! A feast!"
"Three barrels." Wu Qian continued, "The reason why I don't fight with Zhou Yuan is that once he enters the arena, everyone except him will be a loser, so, um."
Li Yang understood.
But it was boring for the two of them to sit on the sofa, so he thought about going back to the room first.
Zhou Du asked him, "Have you ever fished?"
Li Yang shook his head and ate a piece of watermelon from the fruit plate brought by the waiter.
He only went down to the creek to catch them, without using any tools.
"Then let me use your novice protection period." Zhou Du said, "Let me go ice fishing, come?"
Li Yang thought about it and said, "Yes."
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