tenth year of teaching

Chapter 64 Trouble
That night, the young couple had an argument back to back for the first time.An Lei fell asleep quickly, and Guan Min burst into tears listening to the familiar snoring.

Is this the life you want?The person who wanted to rely on with all his heart turned his face coldly because of a meal.What did you do wrong?Do you have to be so patient?There were so many grievances in her heart that she couldn't express them, but she couldn't swallow them either.

I cried and woke up intermittently, and finally fell asleep in a daze early in the morning.When An Lei woke up, he saw Guan Min huddled at the foot of the bed, with messy long hair covering his face, and faint traces of tears in the corners of his eyes.

Why!He sighed. He knew his parents' temper very well, and he didn't know what Guan Min wanted.Decades of life have made him accustomed to relying on his parents. Before marriage, his mother proposed to live together. One was that the current old house was indeed a bit far from the new house, and they were worried that they would not have time to cook because of their busy work.Then there is the rush to hold and coax the grandson, thinking that sooner or later they will have to take care of them together, so it is better to get along well from the beginning.He couldn't refuse. Seeing that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were getting along well before marriage, he agreed.

In fact, the old lady is a little careful, she is afraid that her in-laws will stay here and not leave.They paid the full price for the house, bought it before marriage, and had nothing to do with their son and daughter-in-law living there.Why do your in-laws stay with you and not leave?As someone who contributes money and effort, I can't get close to him, and I feel really unbalanced.Fortunately, my in-laws understand etiquette and left after finishing the wedding.

"You are really two different things before and after marriage, why are you so pretentious!" The old lady started talking to the old man at night.

"Don't talk nonsense, I think it's good. It's normal for a young person to be busy with work. She has just arrived at a management position and naturally has a lot of things to do. She is so young and she definitely doesn't have enough energy. I'm such a bad old man, why should I celebrate my birthday." Father An put away newspaper, took off his reading glasses, lay down and hummed comfortably, getting ready to sleep.

"Girls are busy with whatever work they are doing. It's almost done. Don't delay me any longer to pick up my grandson." The old lady muttered as she got up and turned off the light.

"Stop nagging, the young couple will discuss it themselves, why are you meddling in it?"

Mother An turned off the light, walked back to the bed and lay down, turning over a few times, becoming more and more worried as she thought about it.He patted the old man and said, "Do you want to say hello to Principal Zhang and arrange a leisurely errand for her? You, Lao An, are the third generation of the family, so don't delay having your grandson by then."

"Yeah, go to sleep!" The old man replied vaguely.

It was almost eight o'clock when I woke up. An Lei had already left for work. Guan Min quickly wiped his face and hurried out.The house with three bedrooms and two living rooms, more than [-] square meters behind her, is spacious and bright, but to her, it is like an urn. She leaves early every day but doesn't want to come back at night.

Although he was reluctant, Guan Min went to the mall to pick out a gift after get off work.Simple handle, the size of a palm, carved with a dragon.It's too expensive to say, and things worth thousands of dollars can't be put on the table, it's just a wish.But the warm yellow jade piece glows softly under the light, giving it a refined elegance.Guan Min stroked the smooth jade face, feeling a warm current seep out of his heart.When she was a child, she broke the handle piece that her father liked very much. It was somewhat similar to this. At that time, her father often held her in one hand and rubbed the handle piece with the other, sitting in the living room and talking and laughing.

After paying the price and asking the salesperson to wrap it up, she returned home with joy.I came back early today. The old lady was still busy in the kitchen, and the old man was reading the news on the sofa as usual.She walked in, changed her shoes, and called softly: "Dad."

"Hey, I'm back." Father An raised his head and continued to pay attention to the current news that concerned him most.

She thought about it, walked to the sofa, took out the gift and put it on the coffee table. "Dad, you see it was my fault that I forgot your birthday yesterday. I went to the mall to give you a replacement gift today."

"Ahem, why bother?" An's father took the gift and put it in front of him: "Don't worry about it anymore, I'm just a vain person."

Guan Min hesitated and wanted to remind An's father to open it and take a look, but saw that the old man was focused on the news.He said nothing more and turned around and returned to the house.

An Lei and her mother-in-law also softened their attitudes that night. Guan Min thought that she should write down important things in the future.In the evening, the young couple had a good make out, and Guan Min felt relieved.

Early the next morning, the two of them packed up and prepared to go out. The gifts that Guan Min glanced at on the coffee table were still there untouched.His heart sank, and his expression became a little bad.When he went downstairs, An Lei was a little surprised that he was talking and laughing just now. How could he keep his face and say nothing now?

"what happened?"

"nothing."

"What happened?" An Lei was a little angry.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Guan Min was angry.

"Are you sick?" An Lei became impatient, and because of something at work, he left Guan Min and drove away in a hurry.

Guan Min stood there biting his lip and said nothing for a long time.

My home is very close to the school, and the late autumn morning is as refreshing as lemon.Ailanthus leaves began to fall on both sides of the road, and there was something sticky under the trees. I don’t know if they were insect eggs or something else.As he walked and made the sound of zipping, Guan Min felt nauseated and squatted on the roadside and retched several times.

Towards the end of October, the school is preparing for the midterm exam.The grade department must cooperate with the school to hold an examination meeting in advance. During the last class in the afternoon, Guan Min organized a meeting for all the first-grade teachers in the large conference room on the second floor of the library.The grade group leader had to go to the city for a meeting and had not yet returned, leaving Guan Min alone to organize it.

The original meeting time was 17:20. After the teachers sat down slowly, 10 minutes had passed.Guan Min didn't sleep well the past two nights, and she caught a cold in the morning. The teachers were talking messily in the audience, which made her have a headache.

"Teachers, please be quiet." I said it three times in a row before it became quiet.

"The midterm exams will be held next Wednesday and Thursday. Today we will have a centralized meeting on the exam requirements. The school requires strict exam order this semester. Please pay attention to the following points: [-]. Do not mark homework, prepare lessons, look at mobile phones and other unrelated exam behaviors in the exam room. , must supervise the whole process, and strictly enforce order in the examination room; second, any students who violate discipline must be handed over to the Moral Education Department, and disciplinary punishment will be taken; third..."

"As for the last examination room, it must be handed over to the Moral Education Office. It is estimated that it will be empty."

"No, I can't do anything. I just lie down on the table and sleep when I get up. When the paper is about to be handed in, I copy it randomly when I wake up."

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Her headache became even worse as she listened to the careless discussion in the audience.She took a deep breath and reluctantly continued, "This time there are two people to invigilate the exam. The teacher who is not invigilating the exam must stay in class. The grade department will conduct random inspections by office."

"Director Guan, what time do you need to arrive for class?" Teacher Dong in the back row interrupted her speech.

Guan Min put down the meeting book in his hand and said, "Normal working hours are eight in the morning and two in the afternoon. Random inspections will be made at other times."

"I would like to raise another issue. Each Chinese language test takes at least two days to mark, and a batch of essays takes one day. If the invigilator does not allow marking, we will not be able to hand in the results on time."

"Director Guan, our English team should also report that our subject is always put last in the test, and it is so urgent when the scores are unified. We have to work overtime at night every time to mark the papers. Can the school consider changing it?"

"I will report the problem of Chinese marking to the higher-ups to see if the number of invigilation sessions can be reduced." Guan Min answered casually. "A question about the English group, I need..." Before she could finish speaking, the messy discussion started again. "Director Guan, the class fee is the same, but the number of Chinese courses is reduced, what about us? Isn't it unfair for others to increase the number?"

Guan Min was a little at a loss and didn't know how to answer. Teacher Jin slowly walked into the conference room.She blurted out: "How did you get here?"

"International students are here, which one is more important? What kind of meetings are held all day long?" Teacher Jin is famous for his bad temper in the school, but his teaching performance is excellent.

An unknown fire rushed to his forehead, and Guan Min threw the meeting notebook on the table. "Everyone, please be quiet. Please strictly regulate the meeting."

More than half of the "old" teachers in the audience curled their lips to look at her when she stopped talking, and some chuckled at her worry.Teacher Jin stopped, turned around and walked away, muttering loudly to himself as he walked: "Why are you pretending? I have to consider whether to listen to the principal's speech."

Teacher Dong quietly raised his eyebrows at Teacher Jia beside him, secretly giving him a thumbs up, and the two of them smiled tacitly.

(End of this chapter)