Chapter 102: Inquire about news

August 1, 2023Ai Hrist

Shen Jufeng tapped the table with his slender and well-defined fingers: “Lu Jiu is right, this place is more cruel. In the past, with talent and hard work, you could break the hierarchy, but it’s different in the game world.”

He continued: “Moreover, the original social classes have been broken up and now rearranged. Many people’s mentality and strengths do not match. This kind of people is more unstable.”

Like an uneducated gangster, the various legal rules and laws before the end prevent him from doing whatever he wants.

But now the world has changed dramatically, and suddenly such a gangster got a professional card to start a job. If he was lucky and gets a good skill card, then he has great power.

There was a high chance of being swallowed by desire, and it was not hard to imagine what such a person would do.

But Zhuang Yun didn’t think about these things, he was only worried about his daughter’s future.

Zhuang Antong was just an ordinary person. Even though their lifespan has increased now, Zhuang Yun can’t guarantee that he can return safely every time he clears the field.

The level of wild monsters will be upgraded in the future. As Zhuang Antong’s father, he naturally hopes to protect his daughter all the time, but the most important thing was for Zhuang Antong to get strong.

In the gaming world, professional players were more capable of protecting themselves.

Nowadays, light spots were very rare, and skill cards and professional cards were invisible. The last game update was only after the global beast tide.

Who knows how many times there will be a beast horde of this scale? But the light spots will only become more and more precious, even if it was just the kind that increases the total value of attributes.

Seeing Zhuang Yun bowing his head in deep thought, Lu Jiu knew that he was worried about Zhuang Antong: “Brother Zhuang, don’t be too stressed. Xuantian City is well protected. It’s safer than any city-state we have seen before.”

This was not her bragging, but the fact.

“I know, I’m just afraid that something will happen to me, what should I do she is still so young…” Even if he was a professional, how could he let his daughter go outside to clear the wild at such a young age?

Lu Jiu clasped her hands together, and her almond eyes showed a trace of nostalgia. In the past, her parents loved her so much, thought of her, and even made a will early.

She thought the same idea as Zhuang Yun. She would also worry about her child’s life in the future if she had an accident.

But she quickly suppressed this emotion: “So Brother Zhuang, you have to work hard to improve your strength. We are not people who hold back each other, so we will survive.”

Shen Jufeng kept looking at the two of them, and he could also see Lu Jiu’s leaked emotions and said in a low voice: “When we go back later, let’s see if there are any ordinary residents who used to be teachers. Even if children don’t need to study now, at least they have to understand the knowledge and culture of the world before and after, and don’t become illiterate.”

His words reminded Lu Jiu that since the apocalypse, they have been running around to clear the wild. Even the children went out to gather resources, but no one thought about the issue of children’s education.

Education was not only to teach children to recognize words but also to educate and cultivate their mental development with the most objective and fair consciousness so that children can develop a perfect self-awareness step by step.

Zhuang Yun also thought of it: “Yes, it’s a pity that I haven’t taught her to write until now. She was still in kindergarten before.”

In the early stage, he struggled to survive in the wild, but after entering the city-state, he tried to obtain resources to live on. Now that he adjusted, he realized that the children had to be educated.

Lu Jiu said: “Let’s write a suggestion letter to the city lord in the future. With so many people in our city-state, it’s impossible not to have even a single teacher.”

Shen Jufeng replied: “There should be. If the environment and salary are provided, I think many people are still willing to continue their profession as teachers.”

Zhuang Yun doesn’t think the city lord would take care of this matter: “I can write letters, but I don’t think we need professional teachers. No matter what subjects they teach before, I just want the children to learn.”

He was not short of money now. Some equipment he needs was ready-made in the blacksmith shops, and he can get the desired equipment with a certain amount of hard work.

The three of them chatted for a while and finally finished the dish they ordered. They were not interested in visiting other shops in this city-state.

Especially Lu Jiu herself was the city lord. She knows that most of the good equipment can be obtained by clearing the field. It was not cheap to purchase from NPC.

But this didn’t affect them to look around in the city.

The few of them sat in the restaurant for a long time, and it was already evening when they came out, and they went out to the city to rest after strolling casually.

However, the ordinary residents who collected food and vegetables outside just came back, and several waves of people squeezed each other, and some of them were cursing.

It seems that the dispute has not been resolved.

Lu Jiu and the others hurried to the side of the road, trying not to meet these residents face to face.

When a group of people passed by them, Lu Jiu heard them cursing again, which was similar to what she heard when she entered the city before.

“Today, that crop of rice was already under my nose, but you are so good, you still didn’t hesitate to snatch it with your chicken paw. How can you be so shameless!”

“Hey, I think your face is very thick. What is under your nose is yours? Right now, the city-state is also under your nose, why don’t you say that Yuhong City is yours?”

“Is this the same thing? You’re being unreasonable!”

Hearing this conversation, Lu Jiu almost laughed out loud, but fortunately, she held back.

Then there was another commotion in the crowd.

“Hey, did you see the email sent by the city lord just now?” Someone asked the people next to him, and they didn’t care about the quarrel of others. Everyone looked serious.

“I’m not blind, of course, I can see!”

“… …”

Lu Jiu and the others also stopped and pretended to look at the products at the stall, but pricked up their ears to listen.

“Damn, the city lord is getting more and more shameless. He forced us to collect food and vegetables in those 2 fields, and now he wants to use us as free laborers to collect food from other fields. He even wants 90% of it to be handed over to him. This is extortion.”

“Damn, I used to be paid for my work. Is the city lord a black landlord? He wants us to collect food for him, and then only give 10% to us. Landlords weren’t so black before, right?”

“That’s right, he even let the patrolling NPC monitor us. Bah!”

It seems that there were too many grains in other fields. Just a few people cannot harvest them all, so they thought of using the ​​ordinary residents.

Lu Jiu exchanged glances with the other two teammates, and they moved separately, looking for an opportunity to talk to ordinary residents here.

After the two of them left, Lu Jiu continued to stay in front of the stall. The stall owner was still chatting with other people, not caring about Lu Jiu at all.

The stall sells small gadgets, such as bamboo baskets, shoulder bags, and even women’s accessories. It looked like things from before the end of the world, and it should be stored in the stall owner’s backpack at that time.

These were impractical. Nowadays, personal items, especially those for storing things, were grids, which can store more things.

As for accessories, girls might still buy them. Lu Jiu checked it out, and only picked up a fruit-shaped clip, planning to buy it back and give it to Zhuang Antong.

“Boss, how much are these clips?” She held a few clips and waved her hand at the stall owner. These were all non-attribute items, just like the door she saw when she checked her door in the early days of the end, all of which have zero value.

Seeing that there were still people shopping, the stall owner quickly waved to the other party: “We’ll talk later, I’ll collect the money first.”