In those years, we were not together

Chapter 3 Reality Encounters Dreams (2)
For many years, whenever he thinks of Han Meimei, Li Lei will always take out this tape and listen to the English dialogue that he has heard thousands of times.Every time it can remind him of some past events, but why don't these events corrode his heart all the time?Forgetting, he wants to forget what happened before all the time, but this kind of forgetting has become a burden, the more he wants to forget, the more he can remember.And once I think of it, it is a kind of silent regret and a kind of endless expectation.

Inadvertently, a warm current hit Li Lei's brain, two tears fell on the open English textbook, and the clock on the wall began to strike the time, exactly 22 o'clock.Maybe it was because he was too tired during the day, at this time Li Lei suddenly lay down on the open English book and fell asleep.

4. Time travel to middle school

Opening his eyes, Li Lei found that he was on a strange street, and the surrounding buildings looked so old. There were no tall buildings, no lush greenery, and no crowded traffic.

As he was walking, Li Lei found an old man surrounded by many children, chattering about something. When he got closer, he saw that he was a candy maker!I saw the old man skillfully took out some red sugar mud from the prepared sugar mud, kneaded it in his hands, twisted one end into a thin strip, and blew it up with a thin tube; I made some black sugar mud, skillfully kneaded it into various shapes, and decorated it around the red "balloon" that had just been blown up. Then, I skillfully made some decorations. In a blink of an eye, a vivid Zhu Bajie appeared in front of my eyes.

"Okay, okay, this is mine!" A chubby little boy took out two cents from his pocket and put it in the iron box on the old man's car, and then took the lively Zhu Bajie with both hands.

Looking at the clothes of the people around him and the scene around him, Li Lei felt very familiar, but he couldn't tell where he was.Suddenly, he realized that he was no longer in 2011. Could it be that he had time traveled to several years ago?But what year and month it will be, even he himself is not very clear, if he asks the people around him, he feels embarrassed, afraid that others will regard him as an alien, so he has no choice but to give up.

Suddenly, he thought of a good idea, and asked the little boy who bought Zhu Bajie just now: "Little friend, do you like Zhu Bajie very much?"

"No, I like Sun Wukong!" The little boy said with his eyes wide open.

"Hehe, why did you buy Zhu Bajie?" Li Lei asked puzzled.

"Because I have Sun Wukong and Tang Seng in my family, I will buy Zhu Bajie this time, and next time I will buy Monk Sha. In this way, I will have four masters and apprentices together!" The little boy said seriously.

"It turned out to be like this! Then, brother, can I buy sand monks for you?" Li Lei wanted to take this opportunity to get closer to the little boy.

Unexpectedly, the little boy said: "Mom said, you can't take other people's things casually." It seems that the child has received a good family education, but he also said: "Mom will give me pocket money tomorrow. I can buy Monk Sha!" When he said this, the little boy was full of pride and satisfaction, which made Li Lei really feel that happiness is such a simple thing!
"You're so smart. How old are you? What do you belong to?" Li Lei wanted to talk to the little boy in a different way.

"I am 6 years old, and I belong to the rabbit!" said the little boy.

rabbit?A series of numbers popped up in Li Lei's mind. After quick brain calculations, it turned out that this was 1993. If he said that, he was just in the first year of junior high school!

On the first day of junior high school, Li Lei thought to himself, yes, looking for his former middle school!

So he hailed a taxi. "Go to Elite Middle School." Li Lei said.

Soon, at the Elite Middle School, Li Lei took out 100 yuan from his pocket and gave it to the driver.The driver didn't pick it up, and looked at him suspiciously.

Li Lei suddenly realized that the renminbi in 1993 was not the renminbi in 2011, so he groped for a while, and finally found a few one-dollar coins. Fortunately, a few were from 1991.Handed it to the driver and finally got out of the car.

The elite middle school of this era still retains the appearance in memory, the yellow and white walls, and the pines and cypresses at the school gate are still the same, emerald green, very energetic.

Li Lei still clearly remembered that every Wednesday was the day for their team to clean up. Whenever this time, he would carry water with Jim to water these pines and cypresses.Every once in a while, I would take a shovel to loosen the soil for them. These pines and cypresses, like good brothers, accompanied my growth in the three years of junior high school.

Just as he was thinking, Li Lei had already reached the gate and was about to go in, when an old man shouted, "This comrade, who are you looking for?"

It turned out to be Grandpa Zhang who was watching the gate. "Grandpa Zhang." Li Lei said.

"you are?"

"I am..." Li Lei realized at this time that Grandpa Zhang would not know himself in 18 years, so he said, "I'm here to find Han Meimei, who is in the first grade."

"Are you his uncle?"

Li Lei found it funny that he became Han Meimei's uncle!However, those who don't know are innocent, so he just nodded.

"Come here to register!" Grandpa Zhang said.

When writing the name of the visitor, Li Lei thought for a while and wrote the name "Han Gang". The logic was a bit messy, and even he himself didn't know why he wrote such a name casually.

Walking into the campus, I came to class one year, which happened to be an English class.

MissGao is standing on the podium and is vividly reading English texts to everyone.At this time, MissGao still has fashionable big wavy curly hair, delicate makeup and an elegant yet intellectual jacket, she is still so beautiful.

I remember when I was in junior high school, among all the students, there was no one who didn’t like Miss Gao, not only because of her beauty, but also because of her lively personality that could get along well with the students, and her English teaching style would not be like The other teachers are so old-fashioned, so many boys in the class secretly fantasized that it would be great to be able to marry a wife like Miss Gao when they grow up!
Li Lei searched the classroom, the fourth seat in the second row, yes, the girl with short hair and ears is Han Meimei!
Huh?Who is the boy sitting next to Han Meimei?Yellow slightly curly hair, fair face, looking very smart from a distance, it turned out to be Jim, and Han Meimei was sitting at the same table with Jim!In an instant, a wave of jealousy surged into Li Lei's heart, and he felt that he was in a bad mood.

Just at this time, the bell rang for the end of get out of class, and the students ran out of the campus one after another and started various extra-class activities.

5. Sudden applicants

Although the time between classes is only 10 minutes, the activities of the students are rich and colorful.

A group of girls played rubber bands in groups of three and four, while a group of boys threw frisbees and sandbags.

At this time, Li Lei stood there, feeling like an outsider, without any surprises.Because he didn't know what method he should use to strike up a conversation with his former partner, loneliness came to his mind all of a sudden.

At this time, he suddenly thought of a sentence, which seemed to be more suitable for his situation - you are two or no two, both are there, no three and no four!

At a loss - Li Lei was really at a loss what to do.At this moment, he saw Jim walking to Han Meimei and handing him a bottle of water.

In an instant, Li Lei felt an electric current rushing through his body. It shouldn't be like this, how could it be like this?Li Lei thought indignantly that Jim had always liked Han Meimei. Li Lei had always had a vague feeling for this fact, but when he saw this scene for real, he still couldn't accept it.Han Gang in real life, and even Jim in middle school have some kind of relationship with Han Meimei, whom he likes, which makes him feel very uncomfortable, but what can he do?By the way, where was I at that time?At this time, Li Lei really hoped that he could appear by Han Meimei's side, and at the same time, he was looking forward to what he could do for Han Meimei at that time, so he began to search, but unfortunately, he didn't even see a shadow arrive.

Because he was standing far away, he didn't hear what Jim said to Han Meimei. He just looked at them from a distance and smiled innocently. He felt a lot of dissatisfaction.

At this moment, the class bell rang, and the students walked into the classroom one after another.It was another long class, and Li Lei felt that he was bored and didn't know where to go.

He looked at his watch, the time was 10:40, it should be the last class, Li Lei was planning to wait until Han Meimei finished school.At this time, Li Lei suddenly felt a little ridiculous. I came to such a familiar and nostalgic place unknowingly, waiting for a familiar and unfamiliar person, is it just to reminisce about the little beauty at that time and the share in my heart? Little nostalgia?Perhaps, people often cannot control their own behavior with their thoughts, and at the same time, their behavior cannot control their thoughts.

Just at this moment, a middle-aged man walked towards him.

"Sir, are you waiting for the students to leave school?" The middle-aged man had such a kind expression on his face when he said this, but Li Lei still seemed a little flustered in the face of the sudden question: "Yes, oh, no, I am..." He didn't know what to say to be more appropriate. He really didn't know what answer to give to such a sudden question so that the other party would not feel that he was an unexpected guest.

However, fortunately, he reacted quickly, and suddenly had an idea, and said, "I'm here to apply for the job. Does this school recruit math teachers?"

The middle-aged man shook his head. Li Lei suddenly felt disappointed, but also found it funny. How could he suddenly say such words? The specific words in a specific state should have nothing to do with thinking, but it is hard to change the words now, Li Lei Lei had no choice but to look at the middle-aged man with great anticipation.

However, the middle-aged man said again: "Young man, why do you want to come to our school to be a teacher?"

"Well, because Elite Middle School is a key middle school, both the teachers and the students here are excellent, and many people regard it as an honor to go to school or work here!" Li Lei had no choice but to continue with the excuse To make it up, although it sounds a bit flattering, what he said is also reasonable. In the whole city, only the elite middle school was the best in quality education at that time, and it was also the school with the most foreign children in the whole city.

Perhaps, everyone likes to hear good things. The middle-aged man was really happy from ear to ear when he heard what Li Lei said.

"You young man, you really have vision. Our school has always been rated as an 'advanced model school in the city'. Whether it is academic performance, or competitions such as physics competitions, science competitions, and English speeches, we are among the best. Young man, you are right, many teachers are proud of this!"

"You, you are the principal Sun of this school!" Li Lei looked at the middle-aged man carefully and said.

"You know me?" The middle-aged man was a little surprised.

"Oh, I saw you in the newspaper." Li Lei made up a cover. Of course he remembered the principal's appearance, but he didn't really see you in the newspaper.

"Hahaha, not bad, young man, you are good at observing life, why don't you come to my office?" Principal Sun was obviously a little happy. After all, being praised and recognized by others is an extremely happy thing. Young men can't get rid of this kind of vanity that is inherent in human beings.

Li Lei was a little flattered. He really didn't expect that he would meet the principal by accident, and they had a more speculative conversation.

So, he followed the principal to his office.

Li Lei remembered that when he was in middle school, he would often go to the principal's office, but most of the time it was because there were important activities that required him to call on his classmates to actively participate.

At that time, Li Lei was the monitor of the class and the captain of the school. Because of his good academic performance and being sensible and obedient, he was very popular with the teachers. Even the principal knew this little boy in class one a year.

The principal's office is still the same, and there are still many various medals and photos of various activities.

"Come on, drink water first."

"Thank you!" Li Lei sat on the sofa after receiving the water.

"I see what you are wearing, you should have returned from studying abroad, right?"

"Yes," Li Lei replied, "Before, I was a teacher in China for two years, and then I studied for an MBA abroad."

At that time, MBA was a novelty, and the principal became interested when he heard what Li Lei said.So he asked: "With your degree, it shouldn't be difficult to find a job with good conditions. Why do you want to enter our private middle school? Being a teacher is a bit overqualified, right?"

"Haha," Li Lei said with a smile, "Education is just a piece of paper. It is completely different from culture. Education does not necessarily mean culture or high quality. I think Chinese people have never figured out how to make their children What is the purpose of reading? I have been reading in such a daze for more than ten years that I have lost my child's own nature and become a machine that only knows how to read."

"Well, what Mr. Li said is very reasonable, but you also know that the national conditions of our country are such that it cannot be changed by one person's thinking, nor can it be reversed by a school, so your thinking may be reversed in the short term. It will be more difficult to achieve…”

"Principal, you are right, but think about it, our elite middle school has always been a normal school and a key middle school, and has always emphasized quality education, but quality education is not just a verbal promise, it must be done in practice. Right? This requires us to absorb some of the essence of foreign countries, so that our students not only have good grades, but more importantly, cultivate their social survival ability from an early age. Only in this way, our students will surpass those of similar schools in all aspects. student!"

Seeing Li Lei speaking in high spirits, Principal Sun was silent for a long time and said, "Well, young man, what's your name?"

"Li Lei."

"Li Lei?" the principal repeated in surprise.

"what happened?"

"Oh, it's nothing, we have a student named Li Lei in the first grade of junior high school, and he is also a very thoughtful little guy." The principal said.

Hearing the headmaster praise him like this, Li Lei couldn't help being a little happy, but he calmed down a bit, deliberately changed the subject, and said, "Well, this name is quite common."

"Bring your ID and academic certificates, and go to the Academic Affairs Office of our school at 8:[-] tomorrow morning to go through the formalities, and then you can go to work." The principal said.

"Really?" Li Lei said excitedly.

"Of course it's true, young people. Our school needs young people with ideas and ambitions like you! Only in this way will our teaching team continue to have new strength. Only in this way will our students be more You're so full of vigor!" Although it was a bit official, Li Lei found a job in a wrong way, which can be regarded as a small gain.

6. A class teacher
Early the next morning, Li Lei went to the Academic Affairs Office first, and it happened that Principal Sun was also in the Academic Affairs Office.

"Ah, Li Lei, you are here!" Principal Sun said enthusiastically, "Come on, let me introduce you. This is Director Guo of the Academic Affairs Office."

"Director Guo, hello!" Li Lei stretched out his right hand.

"Ms. Li, I've heard you famous for a long time! The principal has been talking about how ambitious and energetic you are all morning..." Director Guo said excitedly.

"Hehe, thank you, Principal Sun, for your compliment." Li Lei was really a little embarrassed when Director Guo said this.

"Where."

At this time, Li Lei lied: "Principal Sun, I'm sorry, because I came from another place, so I still have all my documents at home. It will take a few days..."

"There is no problem with this. Today, I came to Director Guo to discuss which class teacher I want you to be. How about this, Li Lei, because you just came here, you can't be the teacher of the upper grades. We mean that we hope you can start from The first grade brings..."

"It doesn't matter, the first grade is also fine." Li Lei said.

"Then let's lead Class [-], Grade [-]! The teachers in Class [-] are very young. It just so happened that the head teacher had some trouble at home two days ago, and he took a long vacation. Now the position of math teacher is still vacant, and other teachers have been leading the class. .So I think your thinking should be very close to theirs, and you shouldn’t have any major problems in your work.” said the principal.

(End of this chapter)