Siheyuan: All the birds want to die, I enjoy happiness

Yan Bugui, after all these years, was enlightened by Su Xingchen's few words. Two days before the Lantern Festival, Yan Bugui secretly approached Su Xingchen and asked her to get him some rare items to give as gifts. Of course, this time he realized that he couldn't just give them to the principal, since there was also the Party Secretary.

Forget about the vice principal; the principal and vice principal don't get along anyway, why would he do this to himself? Besides, since the principal has already offered to make him the dean of students, he's really offended the vice principal. But he's not afraid, since he has the principal backing him up now, and besides, he's a pretty steady person and rarely makes mistakes at work.

So this time, he thought he might as well send some gifts to the Party Secretary and the Principal, just a small token, which is what a subordinate should do. He also knew that they wouldn't care about ordinary things, but rare things are not something ordinary people can get their hands on, so of course he would approach Su Xingchen first, and Su Xingchen certainly wouldn't let Yan Bugui down.

Su Xingchen immediately produced two Jinhua hams for Yan Bugui from her spatial storage. At this time, Jinhua hams were not something that could be easily obtained; in fact, they were something that ordinary people simply could not afford.

First, you need to be able to travel back and forth between Jinhua and Beijing, which already stumps a lot of people. This letter of introduction isn't easy to get; it's not like you can just leave whenever you want. Then there's the round-trip transportation cost and the meat coupons and money for the hams, which is another big expense. It may seem like just two hams, but behind them lies extraordinary value.

Yan Bugui had only heard of Jinhua ham, but had never actually seen it. However, this time he didn't mince words and directly asked Su Xingchen how much it cost. How would Su Xingchen know? He simply sold it to Yan Bugui at the normal price for pork hind leg meat plus 60%.

Yan Bugui naturally felt it was a bit pricey, but he had already understood the principle of "you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub," so he gritted his teeth and gave the money to Su Xingchen directly. Of course, the result didn't disappoint him. After giving the two hams to the principal, Principal Hu insisted that Yan Bugui stay for dinner, and even guaranteed that Yan Bugui would become the dean of students' studies as soon as school started. And indeed, Principal Hu wasn't lying; Yan Bugui became the dean of students' studies right after the start of the semester.

However, the Party Secretary certainly deserves credit for this. After all, the Party Secretary had only heard of Jinhua ham but had never seen it. At the same time, he also remembered this unassuming teacher, thinking that he could pay more attention to him in the future. So when Principal Hu nominated Yan Bugui as the new Director of Teaching Affairs, he directly expressed his approval. What else was there to say? The Party Secretary had spoken, and everyone else agreed.

At the opening ceremony, Yan Bugui, sitting in the last row of teachers, heard Principal Hu announce, "Yan Bugui will serve as the Director of Academic Affairs." He immediately straightened his back, and all the teachers in front of him turned to look at him. He stood up, bowed, and smiled to express his gratitude. Only he knew the reason behind this; he understood that his era was finally about to begin.

It's a pity that it took him so many years to understand this principle, otherwise he wouldn't have lived so frugally all these years. But now it seems that it's not too late, and there's still time.