tenth year of teaching

Chapter 4 Interview
At 2:00 p.m., I boarded the special car from the District Education Committee to pick up the graduates on time.

There are more than a dozen graduates in the Normal University area this year, and some of them have gone home first.There were about six or seven people in the car, and Yuyang District sent a Jinbei car to pick them up.According to previous years' practice, I had never heard of such preferential treatment. This year, not only were the files taken away first, but a car was also sent to pick up the graduates. Chu Xia felt a little flattered.

The Jinbei car exited the Third Ring Road and drove slowly along Jingyu Road.Looking out the window in early summer, there are almost more traffic lights than cars on the suburban junction road out of the city.Yuyang District is an outlying suburb, more than an hour's drive from the city. The roadside outside the city is full of green, and there are fewer and fewer high-rise buildings. The prosperity slowly fades away, and the local character begins to show.

The car was walking leisurely, and Chu Xia was a little bored.She glanced around the car. Everyone was drowsy. Most of them didn't know anyone who was not in the same department at the university.Only the girl sitting in the front row of two seats on the left looked familiar.

Chu Xia stared intently for a while, and suddenly remembered, isn't this Zhang Yunru from the next class?
Unlike Chu Xia, Zhang Yunru actively participated in various activities organized by the school during college, including serving in the student union, and was named an outstanding graduate when she graduated.

Just as she was thinking about it, she saw Zhang Yunru turning around. The two looked at each other, feeling a little embarrassed.Zhang Yunru waved to her, and the two bored people sat down together.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Yunru asked Chu Xia: "Are you ready for our interview next week?"

"interview?"

Zhang Yunru looked at Chu Xia in surprise, "Don't you know?"

"What kind of interview? Didn't our Education Committee accept all the files directly?"

"But the Human Resources Department still has to make allocations."

"distribute?"

"Yes, do you think it's better to stay in the urban area or go to the mountain area? Whether you go to high school or junior high school, you have to get points from the education committee."

Chu Xia was stunned for a while. In fact, she knew that there was another layer that Zhang Yunru didn't mention. Whether she went to a key school or an ordinary school was a matter.

"But don't worry, I heard someone say that all those who graduate will stay in the city." Zhang Yunru looked at the car behind her and said to Chu Xia in a low voice.

"Oh" Chu Xia responded, "Then do you know what the interview is about?"

"How could I know?!" Zhang Yunru said exaggeratedly.

The two of them talked about other students in the class going for interviews.

At almost four o'clock in the afternoon, the car finally drove back to the Yuyang Education Committee courtyard.

Chu Xia got out of the car, stretched Zuma's waist, waved goodbye to Zhang Yunru, and turned around to leave the compound.As she walked along the road to the station, she was thinking about the interview next week.

Before getting off the bus, the teacher in the same car who was responsible for receiving files had officially informed everyone to report to the Personnel Section of the Education Committee at 8:30 a.m. the following Tuesday for interviews.

When Dr. Zheng heard that there was still an interview, he slapped his thigh and said, "I don't know anyone in the education department." After discussing it with Lao Chu for a long time in the evening, he decided that he still had to find an acquaintance to find a way to assign this job. Things cannot be vague.

After asking for help, he finally asked an unknown relative, and I didn't know how many people were transferred to talk to him. Doctor Zheng felt a little more at ease, but Chu Xia felt that he was just asking for peace of mind.

Early next week on Tuesday morning, Chu Xia took the bus and rushed to the Education Committee.

The bus drove slowly along the canal, filled with people rushing to work.I was sitting by the window in early summer, and the half-opened car window blew in the breeze as the car moved. Various trees, shrubs, flowers and plants were planted beside the river.People who got up early to exercise flashed from time to time among the shadows of the trees, as well as old people holding boxes and chanting their voices. The green river in the distance shimmered from time to time under the reflection of the morning sun.

Everything is so quiet and peaceful. Although the car is packed with people like a can, there are fewer high-rise buildings outside the car, and there are fewer cars on the road, but there is more of a slow pace of life.This is the reason why Chu Xia wants to return to Yuyang. Life needs to have a sense of rhythm, and the speed should be appropriate.

There was a station outside the Yuyang District Education Committee. Chu Xia got off the car and walked to the door of the Education Committee. Last time I drove in and didn't have the chance to observe it carefully.

The courtyard of the Yuyang District Education Committee must be several decades old, and it is completely in the architectural style of the 50s.There are several signs hanging on both sides of the fence that is as tall as one person, one of which reads BJ City Yuyang District Education Management Committee.Less than 10 meters from the door, there is a row of bungalows with a doorway opposite the main door.Chu Xia looked around. On the right was the guard room, and on the left was the exam center sign.

Passing through the doorway, there is an old-fashioned four-story building about 30 meters away, only a hundred meters wide from left to right.There is a row of parking spaces painted in front of the building, with only a few cars parked sparsely. Although private cars have become popular now, the outer suburbs are still not as prosperous as the urban area.A row of covered bicycle parking spaces at the back wall next to the guardhouse was filled with all kinds of bicycles, with electric vehicles occasionally interspersed among them.

Chu Xia walked into the building, turned left, walked through a few doors, and found the room with the sign of the Personnel Department.She stood still and turned her head to see if there were any wrinkles in the skirt at the back. For today's interview, she specially put on a more formal cyan suit and brown shoes, which slightly suppressed her youthfulness as she had just graduated.

After confirming everything, he raised his hand and knocked on the door. A hoarse female voice came from the door: "Come in."

Pushing open the door, there are two opposite desks facing the door and windows in an office of about ten square meters.A middle-aged woman in a floral dress was sitting at one of the tables. She looked up at Chu Xia and asked, "Are you here for an interview?"

"Yes, teacher."

"Go to the conference room opposite and wait for a while. We will announce the start at 8:30 on time." After saying that, he lowered his head and continued to bury himself in the pile of documents in front of him.

When Chu Xia turned around to go out, she discovered that there was a suite behind the door. A slightly deep male voice came from the ajar door: "Old Zhang from the Arts and Sports Department, what's the name of his daughter? Oh, okay, okay, I got it." "With that said, the door of the suite inside was closed.

Chu Xia turned around and left the room, closed the door and walked into the conference room opposite.

The conference room is about the size of an ordinary classroom, and the furnishings are similar to those of a classroom. It is fully equipped with a blackboard, projection platform, and dozens of rows of long conference tables and chairs neatly stacked underneath.

Chu Xia sat in the middle seat by the window. Because she came early, there was no one in the conference room yet.She turned to look out the window. It turned out that there was a slightly larger courtyard behind the building, and at the end of the courtyard was a row of bungalows, surrounding the courtyard in a concave shape.

She was thinking about what the room in the back was for?She was inadvertently patted on the back, and she was startled and turned around quickly.She smiled when she saw a round-faced cute little girl smiling at her.

"Hi, it's really you! Why are you here so early?" The girl said and sat down next to her.

"There's no traffic jam at this point, and it's cooler. Why didn't I see you when I came to pick up someone in the area last week?"

"I came back by myself, too lazy to wait." Zhang Jing said nonchalantly.

The two chatted affectionately.

Zhang Jing was Chu Xia's high school classmate and was admitted to the Department of Psychology of the Normal University.The Chemistry Department where Chu Xia works has been taking classes at the main campus, while the Psychology Department is in the College of Liberal Arts two blocks away from the main campus.Therefore, the two of them did not meet many times during the four years of college. The university is so big that it is difficult for them to meet each other without deliberately meeting each other.

Zhang Jing's parents divorced early and she has been living with her mother, who teaches elementary school.But his personality is not affected at all. He is carefree and speaks and does things very neatly.Chu Xia likes her very much, and the two have been very close since high school.It’s just that she was not sociable, and the university slowly cut off contact with her.When they met this time, the two of them were very surprised and started chatting enthusiastically together.

(End of this chapter)