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Yan Ruiying's column | Green Leaves (fiction)

Yan Ruiying's column | Green Leaves (fiction)

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On Friday afternoon, Sada sat dazed at her desk, her mind empty, her eyes staring straight out the window. It felt like my body was hollowed out, and my body was sore.

The colleagues in the office, one by one, did not dare to greet Sha Dai, and after school, they went home one after another. Even sister Lin, who has always been in love with each other, silently held a glance at Sha Dai, did not speak, and quietly left.

I don't know how long later, it was late, the window was dark, and the office was even darker. Saday was still that posture, like a sculpture.

Suddenly, Sada stood up and turned on the light, and the strong light suddenly illuminated the corner of the office. I could see that Sha Dai had just cried, her eyes were red and swollen, and her face was full of tear marks. I also saw that there was a hint of fortitude on Sha Dai's tear-stained face. Only to see her quickly walk to the trash can behind the door, bend down in the trash can to pull something, later, lift a convenient bag, slowly open, inside is an aloe vera green leaf!

Sada went downstairs to the bathroom, washed her face, came back and cut a piece of aloe vera with a knife, cut off the outer skin, squeezed out some juice, and smeared it on her face little by little. While talking to himself: what green leaves and red flowers, are all hu yak, the rest of their lives are not evaluated, happy to spend their years.

The office was dead silent, and Sha Dai's whispered self-talk was like an empty mountain sanskrit sound, echoing in the empty office.

Sha Dai, who has been hanging zero in fifty years, has participated in the job evaluation for many years, but it has ended in failure.

For many years, the school has divided classes every year, and Sha Dai has taken the initiative to ask for more lessons, and has been working as a class teacher. The eighty-year-old woman in the family all depends on her sister to serve.

After hard work, Sadai has been rated as an excellent teacher many times and has also published a national paper. It has won unanimous praise from teachers, students and school leaders.

Three years ago, in that job evaluation, the school gave more indicators. Sada felt that her conditions were hard enough, so she confidently entered the competition again.

The documents were all done one by one, and I was depressed with excitement in my heart. An inevitable excitement filled the heart.

Three indicators, twenty people competing.

The exciting moment begins. On Thursday afternoon, students left the school one after another. The school organized a jury, took the materials of the participants, and set out to select.

One of Saday's hearts was tugged up, and she was at a loss for words, had no heart to read, had no heart to cook, and even the most proud TV series could not attract her.

Sha Dai walked from home to the alley, and from the alley back to and from, back and forth, like ants on a hot pot. At the mouth of the hutong, I happened to meet a colleague Li, who also participated in the job evaluation, and Sada and Li were neighbors before and after. Li was taking a bundle of greens from the car. "Can't you eat?" The vine leaves are steamed and delicious! "Steamed delicious?" That's the point! "Give it all to you, I've eaten at home."

Sha Dai finally found some specific work from nothing. She began to pluck and wash the leaves, only to wash the slightly wilted leaves to the point of being green and verdant.

At 8 o'clock, the husband came home from the evening shift, made a meal and called her to eat, and she still fiddled with the basket of vine leaves.

At the dinner table, Sada did not have a little appetite and sat in a daze. Suddenly, the phone rang, and Sateten stood up and grabbed the phone, "Didn't the result come out?" Whose phone is it? He said to himself. But it was my sister who called, "Silly Nizi, call at this time!" Scared to death! Answering the phone, Saday muttered.

Sades stood up and slowly paced to the mouth of the hutong, looking to both sides, the neighbors who usually come and go, today are actually cold and cold, not even a personal shadow.

It was destined to be a sleepless night...

The next day at the school, a group of people stood around the wall outside the principal's office, is the list of the results of the selection public?

Sada did not dare to look closely. Finally gritted his teeth and walked over and squeezed into the crowd. “...... Li third, Sada fourth..." Sada almost fainted.

In fact, this result, the first night Sha Dai vaguely expected: let herself hold the mobile phone all night, and there was no movement. If you win, will there be no humanity?

The harsh reality confirms a night of speculation and conjecture. Saday's heart sank to the extreme.

"Green leaves lined with red flowers, how many red flowers are there?" Or more green leaves. A colleague whispered out of the crowd and passed by her.

Saday snapped, "I said! I'm just a little bit worse! Yesterday I wanted a handful of green leaves from Li! Thinking of this, Sha Dai pounded her chest and almost howled.

Seeing Li again, Sada almost ignored Li.

Last year's job evaluation, Sade can pay attention to this. From the time I handed in my documents, for three whole days, the leafy greens were not bought or eaten. But it still didn't pass.

"Did I give away a bag of tomatoes?" Tomatoes are red! Representing safflower? "No, I'm wearing a green coat!" "Did I wear a pair of red shoes on my feet and step on a red light?" ...... For many days, Sada was nervous.

Those who have the ambition can achieve everything, and only by persevering to the end will they be victorious. This is The motto of life that Saday venerates.

Sha Dai worked harder, wearing the stars and wearing the moon every day, coming first, leaving the latest, staying in the school all day, focusing on teaching, and putting all her body and mind on the students.

Lynn in the same office also works very hard and is very close to Sha Dai. When the two are not in class, they often talk about students, talk about parents, and share good things together. Lin brought coffee to Sha Dai, Sha Dai gave Lin Peony Flower Tea; Lin gave Sha Dai the aloe vera leaves raised at home, saying that it was wiped with aloe vera juice, the skin care effect was good, Sha Dai brought Lin Lin a rose gel purchased online by her daughter, which was also a good skin care product...

Last week, several colleagues in the office heard that Lynn had aloe vera at home and wanted to try this "skin care product". Lynn brought several from home. Deliberately left a fat one, wrapped in a convenience bag, and secretly placed in Sada's drawer.

This is broken!

The next day, early in the morning, Sadi opened the drawer and saw the wrapped aloe vera leaf, the bomb buried in the bottom of her heart, which exploded in an instant. Sha Dai jumped up suddenly, "Knowing people know faces and don't know their hearts, thanks to me for treating you as a confidant, you actually want me to be a green leaf!" Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the office, he grabbed the aloe vera and threw it into the trash.

In the next few days, Saday answered Lin without answer, and sometimes even crossed her eyebrows, like an enemy.

Sada slowly smeared the entire face and trimmed her gray hair with her hands. I sent a message to my husband: Let's go home for dinner and make your favorite hand-rolled noodles tonight. Then he sent a voice to Lynn: Thank you sister for the aloe vera green leaves, I have smeared on my face, see you on Monday, and return your bright smile.

Yan Ruiying's column | Green Leaves (fiction)
Yan Ruiying's column | Green Leaves (fiction)

About author:Yan Ruiying is a physics teacher at the Fourth Junior High School in Dongming County, Shandong Province. Excellent teacher of Heze City, teaching expert of Heze City. From teaching for nearly thirty years, he loves students, loves sports, and loves education. When I'm fine, I like to write a little text to record what I see and hear.

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