Chapter 21: Frustration

  That night when she returned home, Liu Ya Qian snuggled into her mother's quilt and the two chatted for a long time before Liu Ya Qian fell asleep in her mother's arms.

  Liu Ya Qian woke up early and drank a cup of Oolong tea before leaving her house feeling refreshed.

  For the next ten days, Liu Ya Qian plans to live in school, otherwise it's too torturous, having to get up so early, one or two days is fine, but every day is unbearable.

  Mom is absolutely supportive of her daughter's career...

  Liu Ya Qian is afraid of dogs, and Yin Ying is also afraid. The two people encouraged each other to be brave and walked into the small village path, with the sound of barking dogs constantly.

  "Hello, we are teachers from Huiyuan School who have come to recruit students. Do you have any children at home who will be attending elementary school?" Liu Ya Qian asked in a extremely sweet tone.

  "My kid is going into fifth grade this fall." The rural aunt was stopped on the road and replied after being stunned for a moment.

  "Oh." Liu Ya Qian gave up.

  Yin Ying said: "No problem, just come to our school for fifth grade. Our school is the best private school in the city, I guarantee your child will get into a key middle school."

  "Guarantee?" The aunt showed some interest.

  "Of course! Elementary school is the foundation, can't delay children's learning. In the future society, there is no room for people without knowledge to stand on their own. By the way, is your child in this public school?"

  Auntie: "Hmmm... one book read"

  Yin Yin's face immediately showed a hint of sly joy: "Then I know. Are there only a dozen or so students in your child's class? Is the teacher particularly irresponsible? Is it...?"

  Auntie: "Not all of it, but..."

  Yin Yin: "Auntie, let's go to your place and sit for a while. Is your child at home?"

  The aunt simply let Liu Ya Qian and Yin Ying go home with her.

  Soon, Yin Ying took down the student and collected 200 yuan as prepaid tuition fees. After issuing a receipt, this counted as recruiting one student.

  Liu Ya Qian is envied beyond measure.

  After Yin Ying and Liu Ya Qian came out of the aunt's house, Yin Ying said with great concern: "The next one we meet, I'll give to you."

  Liu Ya Qian smiled and said: "I thought they only accepted first-year freshmen."

  Yin Ying: "How is that possible! Not just first-year freshmen, but anyone who goes to school, whether it's elementary school, middle school or university."

  Liu Ya Qian was somewhat puzzled.

  Soon, Yin Ying and Liu Ya Qian met another family with children going to school. This time, Yin Ying just stood by and observed coldly, letting Liu Ya Qian do the talking. Liu Ya Qian was fluent and eloquent, first talking about the school in a grandiose manner from two aspects: one was the living aspect of the school, including food and accommodation, and the other was the teaching quality, the glory of this year's sixth grade...

  "Alas! We also want to go up, but these two children, the tuition is so expensive." Liu Ya Qian thought for a moment and said: "Can be exempt from one hundred."

  Liu Ya Qian decided to give up the reward money she would get in the future.

  "Actually, your school tuition is already quite low...... Alright, let them attend for a semester." The parents of the child finally relented.

  Liu Ya Qian happily took out paper and pen, ready to issue the receipt, saying: "Two children, a total of 400 yuan registration fee."

  "Uh... well, two teachers, how about this, we temporarily don't pay the registration fee, and after two days, we'll go to your school to take a look and then decide."

  Liu Ya Qian heard this and became anxious: "This is not only the registration fee, but also the advance payment for textbooks. If we don't pay in advance, when school starts, the children won't have their textbooks because they weren't ordered ahead of time."

  The child's parents insisted on it.

  Liu Ya Qian did not think that she would actually end up losing due to her own mistakes.

  Liu Ya Qian and Yin Ying walked out.

  Liu Ya Qian walked with a dejected face, and suddenly Yin Ying said: "Ya Qian, I'm going to the restroom, you go ahead first."

  Liu Ya Qian heard this and could only slowly walk forward.

  He broke off a branch from the side to defend himself. In this rural village, almost every household raises dogs. These dog things seem to be very spiritual, the more you fear them, the more they can sense it and the more ferocious they are towards you.

  In a flash of insight, Liu Ya Qian suddenly realized that something was wrong. This Yin Yin had fallen into the toilet, how could she have been gone for half a day?

  Liu Ya Qian's brain isn't stupid, it's just that whenever she comes into contact with new things, she needs to take her time to get familiar with them. As the saying goes, "practice makes perfect", Liu Ya Qian isn't insensitive, but rather a newcomer who has just started.

  At this time, Liu Ya Qian had already felt that something was wrong. She quickly turned back and returned to the house. As expected, Yin Ying had taken the money.

  "How did you two meet again?" Liu Ya Qian tried her best to suppress her voice.

  "You charge one for 200, two kids for 400, I don't have that much. The teacher said to ask for instructions, only charge 200, one child is 100, and I just happened to have enough on hand."

  Liu Ya Qian was struck as if by a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and was stunned.

  A person walking on the way back, Liu Ya Qian thought, this won't do, not to mention low efficiency, if you encounter a foolish family and hand over the money, if you encounter someone with a slightly better brain, who would believe you, wouldn't they think you're a swindler?

  This school is also like this, why must they insist on collecting money on the spot for it to count?!

  After getting on the car, Liu Ya Qian and Yin Ying stopped talking. Liu Ya Qian could only remember it for now. For a moment, she couldn't even take revenge. Forget it, blame herself for not being capable enough.

  The recruitment started in the afternoon.

  All the teachers just wait for the bus to stop, and then they rush down in a hurry, immediately diving into the crowd of people, handing out flyers non-stop. Those who are slower will feel embarrassed to go, even if they do go, it's already too late, as others have already taken the lead. If they try to force their way in, it's not that they can't do it, but they'll have to struggle and fight for a while, and still may not be able to attract any students.

  This is the approach of those lower-grade teachers, because their students are very young and even as parents, it's not easy to get in touch with them.

  And teachers with senior classes, once they arrive at a place, immediately give their students' home phone numbers here.

  Liu Ya Qian was the last one to get off the bus, she had no choice, she sat in the very back of the bus, ever since the first day Liu Ya Qian came late from home, all the seats were taken, so she could only sit at the very back.

  Because those who rush for seats, even if people get off the bus, they still leave their belongings to occupy the seat. This phenomenon of rushing for seats was only seen in universities during the intense period of preparing for exams.

  Unexpectedly, it has now spread all the way here.

  Liu Ya Qian had no choice but to be helpless.

  "Teacher Liu, how's it going? Have you found it?" Cao Baokun got out of the car and lit a cigarette, handing one to Director Ma.

  "No." Liu Ya Qian didn't seem to be lying.

  "Alas! Come slowly. By the way, have you called your students?" Cao Baokun asked.

  "There is nothing here."

  Cao Baokun: "Is it around here somewhere? You could have contacted me in advance, I would have sent you over. Having my own students bring it, the efficiency is greatly different."

  Cao Baokun is so powerful, Liu Ya Qian suddenly became cheerful again.

  Liu Ya Qian was just about to make a phone call when Director Ma called her over: "Teacher Liu, would you mind getting a bottle of glue for me?"

  Liu Ya Qian did as she was told, although very reluctantly. However, Liu Ya Qian thought that in her current situation, it's best to not offend anyone if possible.

  Director Ma posted the notice while muttering to himself: "If there are middle school students, university students, they all want it. Leave your phone number with me, and if I recruit them, I'll give you a commission."

  Liu Ya Qian was taken aback.

  Director Ma: "Don't tell others about this, it's a private job. Anyway, the commission won't be less for you, at least 400 yuan from middle school and 600 yuan from university."

  Liu Ya Qian nodded frequently.

  Liu Ya Qian doesn't have the energy for that now. She has ten tasks of her own and hasn't finished a single one yet.

  Director Ma finished speaking and took the paste to continue sticking elsewhere.

  Cao Baokun walked over, took out a pen, and with a smile, crossed out Director Ma's phone number that was posted on the wall and wrote down Liu Ya Qian's cell phone number.

  Liu Ya Qian stared blankly at Cao Bao Kun, who chuckled and said: "It's nothing, everyone else does it this way. Director Ma won't mind, he doesn't have a recruitment task anyway."

  Liu Ya Qian was amused by Keke.

  Cao Baokun laughed even more happily, his yellow teeth fully exposed.