Chapter 232 - A Prophecy Comes True
Chapter 232: A Prophecy Comes True
In an apartment in the southern suburbs of Jiangcheng City.
A retired old man sat in the yard and looked at the flowers and plants he had planted this year.
As a former primary school teacher, Zhang Shunli liked to plant flowers and plants after he retired.
He liked these flowers and plants.
He especially liked to watch them grow from tender buds, blossoms, and bear fruit.
As he watched the butterflies fluttering in the flowers, he would always think of his own life.
He was the kind of teacher who taught students from the first grade to the sixth grade!
One after another cute kids were sent to him.
Then, they grew taller and bigger, and they graduated from his class childishly.
Year after year and day after day.
He grew from a young man in high spirits to a man with white hair on his temples. Then one day, the leader of the school came, and the leader of the city’s Education Bureau also came.
They all said, “Teacher Zhang, you’ve worked hard. Congratulations on your retirement!”
Oh…
Zhang Shunli was stunned at that moment.
Retirement?
His thirty years as a teacher ended just like that?
Was he getting old too?
Thinking about what happened two months ago, he sighed.
Ring, ring…
The doorbell rang at the entrance of the courtyard.
Zhang Shunli stood up and walked to the door.
A postman appeared in front of him. “Mr. Zhang, this is your teacher’s day greeting card and blessing letter…”
The postman placed a large stack of cards and letters into a purple box and handed it to him.
“Oh…” Zhang Shunli nodded. “Thank you!”
“You’re most welcomed!”A smile appeared on the young face of the postman.
Then, he bowed deeply to Zhang Shunli before saying goodbye.
That was a tradition that had existed in the federal empire for thousands of years.
Respect the teacher and respect the teaching!
The social status of teachers was very high!
In the various levels of the Council of Ministers and physicians, there had always been an unshakable number of members who had been selected from among the teachers.
Holding the purple box, Zhang Shunli walked back.
“It’s Teacher’s Day again…” he said softly. That was the first teacher’s day that he had not celebrated in school.
The retired teacher was more or less not used to it.
He took the box and sat on the chair in the yard.
Then, he opened it. The thick cards and letters inside were piled up.
Over thirty years, he had led almost seven classes and sent almost three hundred children to junior high school.
The oldest among them was already in his forties. The youngest was only six years old and had just entered the first grade…
Therefore, there were many forms of greeting cards.
Some were very small, and some were very big.
Some were very simple, and some were very gorgeous.
There were even some cards that carried coupons.
Consumer Coupons, holiday coupons, airline coupons…
There were many of them.
Zhang Shunli looked at the greeting cards and letters in the box and chuckled. “After more than 30 years of hard work, I still gain something from it!”
As a teacher, what he liked the most was to see the children he had taught. Now that they had become a member of this society, they were able to support a family.
That was a sense of accomplishment!
That was a sense of satisfaction!
So, he sat up straight and prepared to seriously look at the greeting cards and letters.
From the greeting cards and letters, he could tell how his students were doing?
“Eh?” Zhang Shunli was suddenly surprised.
That was because the order of this year’s greeting cards seemed to have changed.
At the top was no longer the greeting card of his student who was now the Vice Minister of the government affairs of the Xisong Kingdom.
Instead, it was an ordinary-looking, ordinary greeting card.
“I have another student who has become a big shot?” Zhang Shunli laughed.
Although, he didn’t care about the achievements of his students.
He only hoped that they would grow up smoothly and not commit crimes.
However, the Empire post office attached great importance to rituals and rules.
Every year, the greeting cards and letters would be arranged according to their status and order.
Therefore, the greeting cards and letters at the top would be the ones with the highest status among all the students.
Zhang Shunli picked up the greeting card with a smile.
“Let me see, who sent this?”
He held it in front of his eyes and looked at the words on the cover of the greeting card.
That was an ordinary greeting card that could be easily bought on the roadside, and it was also a very standard greeting card.
Student Ling Pingan pays his respects to his teacher, Mr. Zhang Shunli, to wish you a happy teacher’s day and wish you: Happy holidays, good health, a happy family…
He waved the greeting card, but there was nothing in it.
He opened it and saw that it was still the same.
Looking at the greeting, other than the student’s name, his name, and the greeting, everything else was printed.
“Ling Pingan?” Zhang Shunli frowned slightly.
He couldn’t recall teaching a student named Ling Pingan.
But…
Looking at the words and congratulatory words on the greeting card, for some reason, Zhang Shunli suddenly felt energized.
It was as if the feeling of youth had returned.
Suddenly, Zhang Shunli smelled a fragrance.
He looked up and saw the flowers and plants in his courtyard blooming one after another.
The garden was filled with spring, and the fragrance of flowers permeated the air!
… … … ..
Qin An leaned on his walking stick as he walked into the empty courtyard.
As he watched, he was a little lost in thought.
In his daze, he felt as if he had returned to school.
He stood at the entrance of the middle school and watched the students walk in one by one.
When the students saw him, they couldn’t help but lower their heads.
Because he was the dean of Education, the Devil in the hearts of all the students!
But…
Looking at the empty courtyard, the former dean of education sighed.
“I’m old…” he said, “I’m old…”
It had been seven or eight years since he retired.
He missed school more and more.
Unfortunately, he was old!
He remembered that at this time last year, he could go back to school alone to take a look.
But now…
He could only rely on his crutches and slowly walk in the courtyard under the care and concern of his family.
He had to admit that he was old!
“Father!” At this time, his son, who had just come back from work, held a briefcase and a purple box and handed it to him with a smile. “These are the teacher’s day greeting card and letter that you received this year…”
Qin An looked at it and laughed. “There are still people who remember an old man like me!”
“Of course!” His son said with a smile, “Although you used to scare people… the students will understand your kindness when they grow up…”
He used to be a member of the school under his father’s rule. Of course, he knew that this strict father had a reputation among the students.
Strict Qin, Devil Qin, Qin Buqun…
All of the nicknames were pinned on him.
However, as the students grew up and slowly stepped into society, there would always be some people who remembered.
They remembered that it was under the devil’s claws of Strict Qin, Devil Qin, and Qin Buqun that they didn’t walk on the wrong path, and that was how they got to where they were today!
And so, slowly, the number of greeting cards and greeting letters increased.
Qin An sat on a chair in the courtyard with his son supporting him.
The sun shone on his body, making him feel warm.
Qin An opened the box.
There were more than a hundred letters and greeting cards inside, and it was almost the same as usual.
Except…
The greeting card at the top was changed.
It was no longer the student who had become the Deputy Speaker of the Federal Empire’s northwest Governor’s district.
Instead, it was a brand new and simple greeting card.
Qin An picked it up and said with a smile, “Looks like I have another promising student!”
To a teacher, to be able to educate a promising student was always something to be proud of and proud of.
He looked at the greeting card and the words on it.
“Student Ling Pingan pays his respects to teacher Mr. Qin An once again…”
“I wish your family a happy and auspicious life…”
It was a very simple and simple greeting card.
The words were neat, but they were just neat.
Other than that, there was no extra information, nor were there any extra words.
“Ling Pingan?!” Qin An looked at his son. He couldn’t remember teaching such a student before.
His son also shook his head. He didn’t remember such a person.
Qin An suddenly stood up in a daze.
He looked ahead at the old peach tree in the yard.
It had bloomed!
Bright peach flowers bloomed in this season that didn’t belong to the flower season.
The fragrance of the flowers filled the air.
Meanwhile, his son looked at his father in a daze.
After suffering a stroke last winter, his old father, who needed to support himself with a walking stick, could stand up now without the help of a walking stick!
“Father!” He exclaimed, “You’re standing up! You can stand up now!”
Qin An lowered his head and looked at his own body.
He tried to take a few steps forward, and each step was very steady!
He held the greeting card in his hand and said, “It seems that an extraordinary man has appeared in my student!”
“A prophecy comes true!”
“This is an ability that only ancient saints have!”
As a teacher for decades, of course, he knew that there was strength in this world that no one knew about.
But…
The strength of these mutants could reach such a level?
A single sentence could cause flowers to bloom, and a single sentence would cure illness?
Unfortunately, he could not remember when he had a student named Ling Pingan?
He quickly went to the study room, where he collected greeting cards. Therefore, he found the name Ling Pingan in the greeting cards every year.
From ten years ago until now…
Greeting cards were sent to him every year.
But…
“I read them every year…” he was puzzled. “Why couldn’t I recall this?”
Therefore, he sat in front of the computer in the study, turned on the computer curiously, entered the website of his school, and began to search.
He entered the student’s name: Ling Pingan.
“Your authority is insufficient!”
That was the only result he got from the search!
The old teacher immediately understood. He turned off the computer and looked at his son, who was walking in.
“Don’t tell anyone about what happened today…”
“Not a single word!”
“This is a state secret!”
But in reality, that was an unnecessary action.
Because in a few days, he and his family would forget about what happened today.
It wouldn’t even leave a single impression!
When they were dreaming in the middle of the night, they might be able to recall a few of their memories, but in the end, this was just an episode in their lives.
It was like a spray in the river.
… … … ..
Sitting at his desk, Situ He looked at the numbers that kept appearing on the computer.
One, two, three…
These were the search data of the teacher’s intranet.
“It seems that the target’s greeting card has some magical effect… “he thought.
If not, the search data on the intranet would not suddenly appear.
“Let’s wait for the investigation report…” he turned off the computer and was not worried about the leakage of the target’s basic information.
Because…
The data and information files related to him had been classified as top secret.
Without authorization, no one could access it!