Chapter 107: Heartbroken

Lu Jiu went to find Zhuang Yun with a lot of harvests. Since they came back, Zhuang Yun has been going out to clear the field with the temporary team without stopping.

But there was no other way. She and Shen Jufeng have been sorting out the affairs of the city for the past few days. Shen Jufeng was busier. She sometimes goes to the training room to train for a few hours.

Zhuang Yun hasn’t left the house today, so she happened to deliver all his things.

Lu Jiu sent an email in advance, so when she arrived at Zhuang Yun’s house, he was watching the scenery outside from the French window in the corridor.

“Brother Zhuang, are you thinking about life?”

Although Zhuang Yun has a good temperament, and they often form a team together, they sometimes saw him staring blankly in silence.

He laughed at himself: “It’s nothing, but sometimes I feel emotional, are you all busy these days?”

“Yeah, I’ll probably be busy in the next two days, and then we’ll go to the Baiguo Grove to pick some fruits, and by the way, pick up a few fragrant pigs for myself to eat.”

The fragrant pigs were delicious, and she was always worried that her stock was not enough for consumption.

“I see. I went there the day before yesterday. People from several city-states were picking fruit. Many trees were lit when I went there at noon. We have to go early.”

The Baiguo Grove was like an orchard close to several city-states. From summer to winter, unless there was a major event, there will be many people going there every day.

The last time they went to Baiguo Grove, no one was there because of the appearance of colorful spiders. Many professional residents chose to go wild near the city. It was too dangerous for ordinary people to go with non-professional residents.

Now there were fewer and fewer colorful spiders, so the place was bustling again.

“Okay. Now there is only one month left in autumn, and winter is coming soon. During this time, let’s clean up the wild. I don’t know if there will be wild monsters outside in winter.”

“I’m afraid there will not be many. Winter is the season when resources are scarce. In late autumn, there will be fewer wild monsters outside. Just like the day before yesterday when I went to Baiguo Forest, last time when we walked for a while, we could encounter a group of fragrant pigs. Now we have to It took a long time before we found a batch.”

Fragrant pigs were well-known in several nearby city-states. They bought a few batches of fragrant pigs that day, and there was a dispute when the meat was divided, but he didn’t fight.

“Speaking of winter, the animal swarm has remained silent. I’m really worried. There won’t be beast tide in the winter, right?” She was in the city these days and hadn’t gone out to inspect the nearby wilderness.

Zhuang Yun followed with a sigh: “It’s hard to say, our city-state has been very active in clearing the wild. If autumn doesn’t come, the possibility of winter should be even smaller… But I’m not sure about this, just let fate decide.”

This topic was a bit heavy, Lu Jiu was also brought into a subtle mood.

Suddenly the door in the next house opened, and Shen Jufeng who was very busy these days appeared.

Seeing the two people’s expressions of concern, he asked in a deep voice, “What are you two doing?”

Lu Jiu said: “It’s just talking about the beast tide. I haven’t thought about it these days, so I feel a little guilty.”

Shen Jufeng looked at her from head to toe and thought to himself: You’re so stupid, you have so many good things in my backpack.

“It’s useless to think about it, I just finished my work, let’s go to the training room together.”

All the affairs of the city lord were left to him, while Lu Jiu hang out and chatted leisurely.

“No rush, no rush, I’ll give you something first. I brought over the ham and sausage that Mr. Zeng made. I tasted it. It’s very delicious.”

Hearing the food, Shen Jufeng turned sideways: “Come in.”

Lu Jiu finished dividing up the food at home, but the ham was too tempting, and it happened that meal time was approaching, so the three of them decided to have a good meal.

*

There were discussions about the occupational census in the city, but it was gradually accepted after a few days, and the reply here has been received

More than 6,000 emails were sent, and nearly 5,000 letters were replied. It seems that most of the residents were still very cooperative. As for whether what was written was true or not, it was unknown.

Among them, there were only dozens of teachers. One of them attracted the attention of Shen Jufeng. This person said that he found his backpack at the beginning of the end, and the outside world changed dramatically, so he collected a lot of textbooks.

The capacity of the backpack was not limited at that time, he put everything in the backpack when he saw it.

This person said that if necessary, he can hand over all the books to the city lord.

It seems that more than one person believed that even if the world has changed, education was still needed.

Shen Jufeng sent this email to Lu Jiu, and the two discussed the matter together.

In the city lord’s mansion, Shen Jufeng put a first-grade Chinese subject book on the coffee table, which was sent by the teacher along with the email.

Lu Jiu picked up the book and flipped through it. When she saw the lovely pictures and accompanying text, she felt nostalgic.

Seeing her flipping through the book, Shen Jufeng began to talk about the origin of the book: “He gave this book, and there is a high probability that he is telling the truth. He said that it would be summer vacation, and there were school supplies for all ages in the school warehouse. When he needed books, he happened to be making up lessons at school, and he went to the warehouse to collect all the things by the way.”

Hearing about remedial lessons for students, Lu Jiu was a little puzzled: “Isn’t he a primary school teacher, why does he still need remedial lessons?” As she spoke, she raised the first-grade Chinese textbook in her hand.

“It’s a private school, with both elementary and junior high schools. He is a junior high school teacher.”

Lu Jiu nodded, that’s why.

This teacher just happened to find a personal backpack, anyway, he took the risk of taking it all without limit.

But Lu Jiu began to worry again: “But even if you collect a lot of books, this thing can’t be reproduced.” Besides, they don’t know how many books the teacher has, whether it covers the entire elementary school and junior high school.

“So if you want to promote education, it won’t work at the moment. It is estimated that only people like Zhuang Yun are willing to find teachers. Now there are no raw materials or copying machines. These books are precious resources.”

Lu Jiu put the book back on the coffee table, then looked at him suspiciously, “Then buy all the books from that teacher?”

Although the teacher didn’t buy it himself, it was still his personal property.

Shen Jufeng took the book back and put it away: “I’ll negotiate this. If he offers to sell it, I’ll buy it when the time comes.”

“That’s okay, I guess there are not many adults willing to spend money to pay their children’s school fees. This will be labor.”

They seem to have returned to the last century. Children have no conditions to receive education. As long as they can do it, they are laborers. Whether they can harvest food or do hard work, they can just squat there to collect.

There were many children in the nearby fields. They have lost the superior quality of life they used to have, and they have to start to contribute to the family.

Shen Jufeng doesn’t care, he can do this kind of thing if it can be done, and forget it if he can’t: “The current situation is like this. It has only been a few months since the world has become like this, and many city-states have not even stabilized life in the city.”

Shen Jufeng was telling the truth. She has a lot of resources and gold coins and can carry out education, but this was not something that will happen just because she wanted to.

Then Shen Jufeng gave her another critical blow: “The beast tide mentioned by the system hasn’t appeared yet. It’s not clear what scale it is. This kind of precariousness is hidden under the surface, so few ordinary people will think about spending money on their children. As for the teachers, you can at least ask them to teach the children how to read.”

 


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