I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 13 The Matchmaker's Mouth
Li Jiawen is not pretty, but she is not ugly either. She has a very ordinary appearance and always has medium-short hair and wears black-rimmed glasses. She is the kind of Chinese teacher image that is most classic in old movies.

In short, it has a strong traditional "teacher's flavor".

Although I teach at Donggang Central Primary School, I am theoretically a "temporary worker" with a low salary of just over 700 yuan a month, which is actually enough these days.

If you live in the countryside, you can usually save money each month. But if you live in the city, you have to be more careful with your money.

Because her hometown is in the northwest of Shazhou City and her workplace is in the southeast of Shazhou City, Li Jiawen usually doesn't choose to go home unless necessary. She eats and lives at the school, which saves her money.

During the National Day holiday, the village's women's director organized a matchmaking event and even filled in her name, but in the end, she felt it was too much trouble and simply stayed at her workplace to enjoy the holiday.

However, to everyone's surprise, the village's women's director and the women's director of Wuxing Village took a car together to Donggang Central Primary School, specifically to ask her to act as a matchmaker.

"Wenwen, let me tell you, Zhang Zhengdong isn't just the principal of Dongweigang Middle School. During the summer vacation, the school-run enterprise he set up called the 'Top Scholar Tutoring Class' was incredibly successful. They earned over four million yuan in just one summer, and the school received several hundred thousand. They're about to build a new playground and a new teaching building. Zhang Zhengdong's career is definitely going to continue to advance..."

"Dongweigang Middle School?"

Upon hearing the name of this lousy school, Li Jiawen immediately felt that the women's director of the brigade was talking nonsense. She had grown up in Gujiawei and knew exactly what Dongweigang Middle School was like.

Parents in the countryside are too lazy to take care of their children, so they send them to this school to cause trouble.

However, she vaguely remembered some reports about Zhang Zhengdong, but they weren't very clear. It was only after hearing the women's director's eloquent descriptions that she became convinced of the rumors.

"Oh my, Wenwen, Dongweigang Middle School is not what it used to be. This year they produced the top scorer in the high school entrance exam, and not just in Shazhou City, but in the entire Wudu City. This shows that Zhang Zhengdong is managing things well, and Dongweigang Middle School is definitely going to improve..."

The women's director becoming a matchmaker has its own set of rules, but it has nothing to do with Teacher Zhang Da'an's promise to give her daughter special tutoring.

Zhang Da'an said her daughter had a chance to exceed the national high school entrance exam cutoff score by 10 points, and the women's director was all smiles.

Be in good spirits!

"...To say that Zhang Zhengdong is a good person is not an exaggeration. Look at his family: three brothers and two sisters. The two brothers got married first, and the two sisters are also married. Now, he's the one serving his father. What does that show? It shows he's filial. Also, his family has a clean record. His father fought across the Yalu River, and his cousin fought in Vietnam. They're clean, there's nothing to complain about..."

"...And, to be honest, Zhang Zhengdong only has one elderly relative. If you marry into the family, you won't need to take care of an old woman. Besides, the father-in-law is an upright man. When his eldest and youngest sons got married, he did exactly what he could afford, without any favoritism. Everyone in Wuxing Village knows that..."

"Most importantly, he's a really good person. It's not just about being a principal; look at his photos, he doesn't look forty at all. He drives around in a car, and he speaks with great manners, unlike some country men who just spout off nonsense. Someone as educated as you definitely couldn't stand that..."

Surprisingly, the elaborate and exaggerated packaging piqued Teacher Li's interest, and she asked curiously, "How tall is he?"

"Oh my, that's not short, about 1.76 meters. But their family's offspring must be good. I saw his older brother's son, who's 1.8 meters tall; his cousin's son is also 1.8 meters tall. If you two get married in the future, your children will definitely grow up to be tall and strong..."

The women's director of Gujiawei spoke like a machine gun, leaving the women's director of Wuxing Village speechless. She could only keep smiling and forcing a smile. Finally, she chimed in, "Jiawen, get to know her first, see if she's a good person or not."

"Wenwen, let's take a look first, get to know each other, and meet in person if it doesn't work out."

With persistent pleading and eloquent persuasion, Li Jiawen eventually agreed without much thought.

Actually, she wasn't very old, only twenty-four or twenty-five, but in the countryside, that age was considered "old maid." When she later married Zhang Zhengdong, it was through matchmaking. One of the advantages was that when Zhang Zhengdong was passing through Gujiawei, he happened to see a house on fire and single-handedly carried an old man and an old woman out of the fire.

Happy marriage.

This scene lacks a bit of a heroic feel, but it's not a big deal; the person is still the same.

Upon receiving a call from the Women's Director of Gujiawei informing him of the completion of his task, Teacher Zhang Da'an was still busy working on practice papers. After all, he would be taking the college entrance examination next year, so he wanted to get some practice first.

He knew the 4696 Jiangkou Province College Entrance Examination paper by heart, had memorized the questions thoroughly, and had also taught a high school review class. He had been teaching for several years and had almost internalized the questions and question types. When he did practice papers, he would copy and compile similar question types, and then do a lot of practice papers for fun.

Being a "skilled test-taker" can also be considered a skill.

"Okay, okay, thank you, okay, okay, okay, I'll treat you to a meal when I go back to Wuxing Village in a couple of days. Yes, yes, yes, hahahahahaha..."

After hanging up the phone amidst laughter and conversation, Zhang Da'an breathed a sigh of relief. With his uncle's major life event resolved, he could finally put his mind at ease.

Just like playing a game, I cleared a task.

I don't have any grand dreams in this life anyway, so I'll just do whatever makes me happy and joyful.

There have been a lot of rumors circulating in the city lately. Uncle Zhang's "old company commander" wants to use his connections to promote him, but unfortunately, he only has two notable achievements: being the top scorer in the high school entrance exam and generating revenue.

However, to be fair, with such a low rate of students passing the general high school entrance exam, simply having a "borrowed" top scorer in the middle school entrance exam is not convincing at all, so we still have to wait.

Furthermore, it is perfectly natural and reasonable for someone from the bureau to concurrently serve as a middle school principal; however, it is impossible for this principal or that principal to concurrently hold a position in a department within the bureau, which would be considered a reversal of the natural order.

Therefore, for Zhang Da'an, it might not be enough to help his uncle improve through his own efforts alone, but it's not impossible.

Uncle Zhang may not be able to improve, but Dongweigang Middle School certainly can.

The school's rank was raised within the bureau, so Uncle Zhang's rank naturally rose accordingly.

reasonable.

Upon investigation, the organization exclaimed, "Wow, Comrade Zhang Zhengdong is truly remarkable! He has such abilities, managing to elevate a rural middle school to such a high level!"

Great, rural middle school, super evolution!

become……

An ordinary rural middle school.

Although it's just a small step forward, when viewed in the context of the historically weak development of school education in Shazhou City, it's... quite explosive!
(End of this chapter)