Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 31 A Gift for the English Teacher

Thanks to his senior high school English teacher Gu Jia, Zhou Jing was directly hired by Experimental Middle School.

Gu Jia has not been in school during this period and Zhou Jing has not yet rewarded her.

Gu Jia should come to work at school tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and Zhou Jing is thinking about what gift to give her.

The first element of gift giving is to please the person. Zhou Jing only knew that Gu Jia liked to wear skirts in summer, such as dresses, long skirts, short skirts, denim skirts, etc., and never wear the same ones twice a week. But he couldn't give her a skirt, and the weather was getting colder.

Give a set of cosmetics?

Zhou Jing didn’t know what brand or type of cosmetics Gu Jia used. A girl like Gu Jia who loves beauty and has money should be very particular about cosmetics, and she wouldn’t just buy the more expensive ones.

Lipstick is more appropriate.

Zhou Jing knows a lot about lipsticks, such as Dior, Chanel, Lancome, and Armani.

Finally, he chose Lancome and looked up the color number online. He recalled Gu Jia's appearance, temperament and personality in his mind, but he couldn't figure out what color number was suitable for Gu Jia. Zhou Jing simply chose one that he thought looked good.

What is 271 bean paste? It sounds sweet, but the price is 320.

Nowadays, giving a 320-yuan lipstick as a gift is enough to show Zhou Jing's sincerity.

"What are you checking?"

Yang Wenwen came to the office and glanced at Zhou Jing's computer.

There was no one else in the office at the moment, so Zhou Jing said without disguising, "Check what's suitable for Teacher Gu Jia. What do you think of the lipstick, Teacher Yang? This one costs over 300 yuan."

"Sure, Teacher Gu likes to dress up."

Yang Wenwen thought it was okay.

After Experimental Middle School released the announcement for recruiting high school mathematics teachers, countless people lined up. Since the high school department only wanted to recruit one person, it was no longer just a question of competitiveness. Some people used connections, and some gave money.

If you want to spend money, it will be impossible with less than 50,000.

Gu Jia used her background to get the school to recruit Zhou Jing, which was a big favor. However, after all, they were teacher and student, so Gu Jia certainly didn't want Zhou Jing to express anything. Besides, Zhou Jing hadn't graduated from university yet, so giving him a gift of a few hundred dollars was just right. If Gu Jia wanted to make a fortune from this, she wouldn't have helped a student like Zhou Jing.

"What color is Ms. Yang's lipstick? It's pretty nice."

Zhou Jing looked at Yang Wenwen's red lips and smiled.

"I don't like to wear makeup, so I use natural brown colors. Pink is more suitable for Teacher Gu Jia. The bean paste pink one you see now is pretty good."

Yang Wenwen usually only wears light makeup. She doesn’t have the time and doesn’t like to put on elaborate makeup.

"Then let's go for this one. Teacher Yang, do you know where there's a Lancome store?"

Zhou Jing doesn't know much about the high-end shopping malls in Yulin City.

Yang Wenwen put her hair up and thought for two or three seconds before saying, "You can go to the Guomao shopping mall on Second Street. Even if there is no Lancome there, there are other good brands. Guomao is the stop before Century Plaza."

Zhou Jing nodded. He knew the China World Mall.

After the rain stopped outside, Zhou Jing took the bus to the Second Street International Trade Mall, found the Lancome counter, bought a lipstick and asked the salesperson to package it more beautifully.

"Is this a gift for a girl you like? I can package it in a romantic pink style for you."

The salesperson said kindly.

"No, just an ordinary colleague."

I was misunderstood, Zhou Jing explained.

The salesperson understood and took out a plain fancy tote bag.

After eating outside, Zhou Jing returned to school to deliver the lipstick to the dormitory. It was almost time for evening self-study class, so he took his laptop to the classroom. "Soldier Assault" continued to play in the evening, and Zhou Jing watched the class with the students as usual.

"Does Teacher Zhou like the later Chengcai?"

A boy named Xue Zhian sat in front of Zhou Jing and asked.

"I like him very much. He is the complete opposite of Xu Sanduo. He is a genius. The reason why Chengcai was so disgusting in the early days was actually the flaw of the entire Seventh Company. They kept saying they would never abandon or give up on him, but they were not honest or tolerant enough with each other. Chengcai likes to play tricks, and everyone from the company commander to the soldiers knows it, but they don't guide him and instead pretend to obey. Xu Sanduo is honest, but they dislike him for not being smart enough and not being smooth enough. This is not the true way of never abandoning or giving up on him."

Zhou Jing shared with his students what he saw.

Geniuses should not be praised all the time, and losers should not be excluded too much. "That's true. If you are good in Team A, you are good, and if you are not good, you are not good. In fact, the biggest problem in the Seventh Company is Gao Cheng. He used tolerance to Chengcai by mistake, and harshness to Xu Sanduo by mistake."

Xue Zhian agreed with his class teacher's point of view. He liked Chengcai more than Xu Sanduo.

"It's true after hearing what Teacher Zhou said."

“This is called seeing the essence through the phenomenon.”

Other students reviewed the plot of the Seventh Company in the early stages of "Soldier Assault" and found that some of the behaviors were indeed very harsh.

"Did Mr. Zhou ever have a romantic relationship in college?"

Another student started gossiping, and a girl named Hui Lina asked curiously.

"No."

"I don't believe it. Mr. Zhou is so handsome that there must be a lot of people chasing after you. Haven't you met anyone you like?"

"This is the flaw of a science brain. It is numb to emotions."

Zhou Jing would definitely not admit it in front of these boys and girls, otherwise they would gossip about it endlessly.

"Teacher Zhou is very caring and considerate. How could she be numb to emotions?"

"That's right!"

"Teacher Zhou shared college life with us."

The students expressed their disbelief. Teacher Zhou was fair-skinned, dressed neatly and cleanly, and spoke better than many people could sing. How could a boy like him not be the kind of person who was careless and didn't understand emotions?

"If you want to start a relationship in college, you should hurry up in your freshman year. If you don't, you'll end up being single for four years."

"Why?"

Students who have just entered high school don’t understand. In their perception, university is a temple of freedom where they can fall in love anytime they want.

“I don’t know why, it’s a common phenomenon.”

"Maybe if you want to have a relationship, you can start dating in your freshman year. You will be busy from your sophomore year onwards. You will have to take many professional courses in your sophomore and junior years, and you will also have to take exams, such as CET-4 and CET-6, computer science, etc. In your junior year, you can start thinking about your future direction, such as employment, postgraduate entrance exams or civil service exams. You can start looking for a job before the end of your junior year."

"For those who want to take the postgraduate entrance exam or the civil service exam, you should start preparing in your junior year at the latest. You can take the postgraduate entrance exam in the first semester of your senior year, and you can take the civil service exam in your senior year. As for employment, it is best to find a job before the start of your senior year, and start internships in your senior year. There are basically no classes in your senior year, and if you have classes, it is not important. If you don't take the postgraduate entrance exam, the civil service exam, or work in your senior year, you will waste a lot of time."

Seeing that they were all listening very attentively, Zhou Jing asked them to talk more.

"Well, after listening to what Teacher Zhou said, I feel like college is very rushed!"

"It depends on how high your goals for the future are. If you don't have any expectations for the future, it doesn't matter if you have fun for four years in college."

Zhou Jing is like a senior student, patiently answering students' questions and resolving their doubts.

Xue Zhian took out the celebrity stories of "How They Succeeded" and said, "Many foreign celebrities, such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, became successful after dropping out of college. Teacher, do you think that foreign education is not that important?"

"That's not true. Education is important everywhere." Zhou Jing took the book, flipped through it, and shook his head. "These people are not worth referring to. First of all, they have the ability to get into Harvard or Cambridge. Secondly, they have good backgrounds. Thirdly, they have good opportunities. You have a great chance of being admitted to Tsinghua University and dropping out to start a business."

"Teacher Zhou is absolutely right. This kind of book is just poisonous chicken soup. Those who succeed either have good conditions or have noble people to help them. There are many excellent people, but it is still difficult to achieve great things without a mentor."

Wang Xiaoyu took the book and looked at it.

Xue Zhian suddenly felt that the book was boring and he had wasted more than twenty yuan.

After the first evening self-study get out of class, Zhou Jing returned to the office and woke up his dormant computer. He opened QQ and checked whether Gu Jia's computer was online. Zhou Jing sent a message: [Good evening, Teacher Gu. When will you come to school?]

[Tomorrow at noon, anything going on? ]

Only two or three seconds later, Gu Jia replied.

Zhou Jing: [It’s okay, ask Teacher Gu if he has too much luggage, I’ll help him move it]

【Let’s talk about it tomorrow】

Gu Jia's mouth curled up, this boy is quite sensible.

(End of this chapter)