Chapter 11: Fond of "Narcissus"

  After arranging for Xiao Yao to report to the Chinese Education Department and handle personnel relations, Xiao Ming called Yun Qing, the head of the Propaganda Department.

  "Minister Yun! Xiao Yao said he still hopes to teach at Zhongyi... I didn't handle things well." Before the Education Bureau and Cultural Bureau were separated, Yun Qing was the deputy county magistrate in charge of education and culture, which makes him Xiao Ming's old superior.

  Give Xiao Yao a chance to enter the official career, this is exactly what Yun Qing gave Xiao Ming a signal to thank Xiao Yao for rescuing Chu Yu from Zhong Yuan Cave. However, it seems that Xiao Yao really doesn't know how to appreciate favors now.

  If things didn't go well, naturally give the leader a reply at the first time. Otherwise, after the event, the leader would still think that Xiao Ming didn't take the leader's invitation to heart, which is not good.

  "Oh!…… So that's how it is! In that case, forget it." Yun Qing didn't mind the matter "It's alright, Old Xiao. I just wanted to thank him for saving Little Yu, so I gave him an opportunity. Everyone has their own aspirations and can't be forced. From now on, please take care of him more often, after all, he has done a great service to the Chu family!"

  This young man still has some independence, but he's a bit idealistic. Of course, this is a common problem among young people. Anyway, with her in Kokawa County, it should be possible to take care of an ordinary middle school teacher.

  For example, for things like evaluating job titles, she doesn't need to worry about these small matters, and naturally someone will take the initiative to handle them.

  After arriving at the No. 1 Middle School, Xiao Yao was assigned to the high school department as a math teacher for the first year of high school and took charge of two classes, which wouldn't be too tiring. Because he joined the party while attending Southwest University, he was appointed as the organizational committee member of the school's League Committee. Although he didn't enter officialdom, he still became an official.

  "Xiao Yao, I'll walk you back to your dorm!" A young female teacher followed him out of the administration office.

  "Narcissus, I also graduated from this school, and the dormitory is familiar to me, so don't bother!" Xiao Yao smiled and refused.

  This water fairy is the cultural and entertainment committee of the school union, an English teacher in the first year of high school. They also count as high school classmates, but not in the same class.

  This Shui Xian is the only daughter of Director Shui Gang. Director Shui was their math department head for three years in high school, and the students gave him a nickname "Big Water Jar". This person has some sycophantic tendencies, and Xiao Yao doesn't like him.

  Besides, he is going to a male student dormitory, which is also inconvenient for a female teacher.

  "It's okay! Not a bother..." Shuixian leaned in and explained in a low voice, "The administrator of the boys' dormitory is Zhang Dongmin, who was transferred from Tuanjie Township Middle School a few years ago. I heard that the room he vacated for you was originally his storage room, where he stored many of his collected junk. To make way for you, Teacher Zhang was quite reluctant!"

  "This..." Xiao Yao couldn't help but think that he hadn't even arrived at school yet, and already offended someone. The campus wasn't a peaceful place after all.

  Xiao Yao hesitated for a moment, and the enthusiastic Water Fairy teacher, who was somewhat overzealous, had already walked ahead of him. She turned around to urge him on: "Come on!"

  When he arrived at the boys' dormitory area in the northeast corner of the campus, Xiao Yao found that, as Zhenruo Shuixian had said, the dormitory administrator, Teacher Zhang, did indeed have some resentment towards his arrival.

  However, Xiao Yao's smiling face as soon as they met and Shui teacher who accompanied Xiao Yao made him not dare to show too much, his face was still stiff.

  This is a small house of only over ten square meters, adjacent to the back wall of the boys' dormitory area, with a small pond on one side, and a corner is the original Xuegong Mingluntang's back door.

  After the door opened, Xiao Yao found that except for a half-old table by the window and a bunk bed against the wall, the room was empty, with only a few empty wine bottles and a bundle of old newspapers scattered on the floor.

  "Is there still a narcissus here?" Xiao Yao asked with a smile, "Is Teacher Zhang raised by you?"

  "My wife has hay fever and doesn't allow us to keep it, so I can only put it here!" Teacher Zhang said as he prepared to take the narcissus away.

  "Teacher Zhang, can I have this flower? I'll take care of it!" Xiao Yao hastily asked.

  "Does Teacher Xiao also like growing flowers?" Zhang Dongmin didn't find Xiao Yao so annoying at this moment. He himself had no other hobbies, just a fondness for planting and raising flowers.

  "I prefer narcissus!" Xiao Yao said with a smile.

  "It's rare that you like it, nowadays young people don't like these things. Since Teacher Xiao likes it, I'll give it to you!" Zhang Dongmin finally cracked a smile. No wonder, he uses this storage room to store some collected junk, and every month it's a not-so-small income!

  These conversations between two people didn't seem particularly unusual, but they sounded somewhat strange to Xian'er who was listening in.

  Today, I met the new Xiao Yao at the Teaching Affairs Office. As soon as we met, I recognized that this was Xiao Yao, the top scorer in the school's college entrance examination in their year. At that time, Xiao Yao was also considered one of the best-looking students in Guhe No. 1 Middle School. This classmate who graduated from Southwest University left a deep impression on Shui Xian's heart.

  She had heard her father mention this proud disciple more than once before. So the girl's heart had some other thoughts... But unexpectedly, Xiao Yao had just said a sentence to Zhang Dongmin - "I prefer narcissus", and in her ears, it seemed to have some other meaning?

  The usually straightforward and outspoken Shuixian was left dazed by Xiao Yao's single sentence "I like Shuixian", standing on the side, hesitating whether to leave or not.

  Fortunately, a student came over to look for her soon after, which made her, who was originally somewhat nervous, waved and hurriedly left.

  Zhang Dongmin didn't chat for a few more sentences and left, leaving Xiao Yao alone to clean up the house. However, after they left, Xiao Yao immediately closed the door and nervously fished out something from the stone where the water lily was rooted.

  This is a stone about 3-4 cm thick and roughly the same length, but its surface is covered with a hard shell formed by moss and various impurities, making it impossible to see what shape it is. The size is not small, and it should be used as a base stone for fixing the water lily rhizome.

  Such an inconspicuous thing should not have attracted anyone's attention. But just now, when Xiao Yao looked at this pot of narcissus, it was a completely different scene.

  Just now he was wandering around the house, but when he saw this pot of narcissus, a purple-gold light flashed in his eyes and disappeared instantly. When he looked closely again, a scene appeared that even he couldn't believe.

  His eyes began to blur the narcissus and flower pot, then the layered narcissus bulbs gradually became transparent one by one, the plant's veins and fibers also started to become transparent. The hard shell covered with moss on the surface of this base stone was the same.

  The last piece of jade with a purple-golden light appeared before his eyes. His gaze seemed to have acquired the effect of penetration, and he saw this piece of jade through plants and soil.

  Moreover, he could see a thread of light like fireflies dancing in the stone itself. So when Teacher Zhang wanted to take him away, he found an excuse and left the flower and pot together.