A foreign city, dear you

Ye Lian is going to another school for an interview today.

This is also a private school, just near her residence.

The school needs to recruit two English teachers with a salary of [-] yuan.

The salary is a bit low compared with other schools, but it is much higher than that of Pingcheng Middle School. Besides, how can Ye Lian feel that the salary is low? As long as she can apply for the job, she will be grateful. She submitted her resume as early as Monday and was told that the interview would be at [-] a.m. on Friday.

Under the scorching sun, Ye Lian held a parasol and walked along He'ao Avenue towards the vegetable market.

When you come to a slope, you can see a vegetable market and a school.

The vegetable market is on the right side of He'ao Avenue, called He'ao Vegetable Market, a little far away from Yelian.

The school is on the left side of He'ao Avenue, slightly closer to Ye Lian.

From a distance, she saw several people waiting in front of the school gate.

It was only half past nine, and those people were more active than her.

Yes, if you haven’t found a job yet, who wouldn’t be anxious?

Some of them were holding umbrellas, and some were standing under the shade of the big tree in front of the school gate.

Ye Lian came to the school gate and joined the waiting queue.

She put away her umbrella and stood under the shade of a tree, hoping that the coolness of the shade would help her stop sweating.

The school's stainless steel retractable doors glow with metallic luster, silently separating everyone from the school.

On the wall next to it, the big red letters "American and British School" shine brightly in the sun.

Ye Lian clasped her hands together in her heart: Give me good luck and let me succeed!

When ten o'clock arrived, the security guard opened the retractable door to the width of a human body, allowing the people waiting outside to file in.

During the waiting time, a few more people arrived one after another.

Following the guidance of the security guard, everyone came to the office closest to the school gate on the first floor of the teaching building, and then sat on a row of wooden sofas placed against the wall.

When I was waiting outside just now, I didn't realize that now that I was sitting so far apart, it suddenly seemed like there were so many people.

Ye Lian roughly counted in her mind: there are more than a dozen people who have come to apply for an English teacher job, and it seems that they have lost their job again today.

After a while, someone came to the door and said, "Those who are applying for Chinese language and mathematics teachers, follow me."

Hula stood up and many people followed him out of the office.

There were only four people left in the office: one man and three women.

Ye Lian breathed a sigh of relief quietly.

After a few days of running into obstacles, Ye Lian became a little less confident. Coupled with the fact that she had no advantages at all from a junior college degree, had no teaching experience in a big city, and was not an English major, she felt that she could not compete with others.

However, you have to fight even if you can’t fight hard. What if God is merciful and allows you to succeed? If you don't work hard, there will be no "just in case".

Ye Lian encouraged herself in her heart.

The four of them said nothing and waited quietly.

Not long after, footsteps sounded in the corridor.

A tall man wearing a white shirt and his hair parted appeared at the door.

There are two desks in the middle of the office. The tall man walked straight to one of the desks and sat down on the chair.

He took a sip of water first, then briefly introduced himself, and then talked about the interview process. He always sniffs when he speaks, and has a rather heavy nasal voice, making a loud sound.

The four interviewers found out that his surname was Hu, that he was the leader of the English team here and was in charge of today's interview.

Team leader Hu didn't waste much time and quickly announced the start of the interview.

"Ye Lian!" Team Leader Hu called.

Oops, why am I the first?

Ye Lian suddenly became nervous and her heart was pounding.

She took a deep breath and calmed down for a moment, then at Team Leader Hu's signal, she moved another chair and sat across from him across the desk.

In the past few days, I have been looking for jobs everywhere and experienced many failures, but it is not completely without gains.

The interview process is similar for each school. Ye Lian is already very proficient in these aspects and has prepared many times for the interview content.

Slowly, Ye Lian became less nervous.

Both the self-introduction in English and the reading of English passages went relatively smoothly.

The lecture session was originally going very smoothly, but unexpectedly, Team Leader Hu suddenly asked a question in a loud voice. Ye Lian didn't react for a while, and she was a little flustered. I finally calmed down, but the pauses and incoherence in the middle cannot be covered up.

There is no trial lecture session, and the interview is basically over after the lecture.

Team leader Hu told me that after the interview, he would go back and wait. After [-] p.m., he could inquire about the results by calling or coming to the guard room.

Ye Lian left the office and the school gate, feeling very frustrated and annoyed all the way.

That damn question was so loud that it didn’t sound clear! Now it's better, but there is little hope again.

What should I do if I really can’t find a job?

She desperately needs a job.

She likes to stand on the podium and see the smiling faces under the podium.

Moreover, if there is no job, Cao Xueqian cannot survive with his salary of [-] yuan.

In the afternoon, near four o'clock, Ye Lian wandered in front of the school gate.

She hoped for a miracle but was also afraid that the result would be disappointing. After struggling with it, she still mustered up the courage to knock on the glass window of the guard room.

The guard asked her why she was here, asked her name, and then told her to wait.

Waiting again!

How many times did she have to wait before she got the good news she wanted?

The waiting time is so long every minute and every second.

Finally, the guard stuck his head out and said:

"Ye Lian, you are hired. Come to school at eight o'clock next Monday to report to work."

In an instant, Ye Lian felt that the whole world was gorgeous, and she hurriedly said "thank you" to the security guard.

What a surprise and a miracle!

Ye Lian stroked her chest, unable to suppress the sudden joy.

She wanted to jump up, she wanted to shout loudly: "I have a job in Yancheng!"

Finally, she no longer has to run around and hit the wall; finally, she no longer has to wait again and again; finally, she no longer has to worry about going to the factory!

For a moment, she cried with joy again.

The campus in front of us immediately became friendly:

A five-story teaching building is folded into a right angle from the middle.

The teaching building is a bit shabby, but because it is dark red, it doesn't show too much.

The two right-angled sides of the teaching building are surrounded by a cement playground. There are two basketball hoops at each end of the playground, and there is a track outside the playground.

Between the playground and the school wall, there is a flag-raising platform...

The campus is not too big and a bit rough, but what does it matter? It was the first place to welcome her with open arms, and to it she would give her youth and heat.

After Ye Lian glanced at the big characters "Meiying School" on the wall again, she felt that those big red characters turned into a friendly smiling face.

Ye Lian left the school and walked to the vegetable market. An excited heart has nowhere to rest.

She wished that Cao Xueqian would appear in front of her right away to share her happiness and joy.

Dear Qian, when will you get off work? do you know? I found a job! I’ve also established my footing along the city!