Chapter 102: Inquiring for Information

Shen Jufeng tapped the table with his long, bony fingers. "Lu Jiu is right. It's more cruel here. In the past, if you had talent and hard work, you could break through social classes, but it's different in the gaming world."

He continued, "Furthermore, the original social classes have been broken up and are now rearranged. Many people's mental states don't match their abilities. In fact, these people are more unstable."

It's like an uneducated gangster, the various laws and regulations before the end of the world prevent him from doing whatever he wants.

But now the world has changed dramatically, and suddenly a gangster like this gets a career card to start his career. If he is luckier and gets a very good skill card, then he will have great power.

There is a high probability that they are consumed by desire. It is hard to imagine what such a person would do.

But Zhuang Yun was not thinking about these things. He was just a little worried about his daughter's future.

An An is just an ordinary person. Even though their lifespans have increased now, Zhuang Yun cannot guarantee that he can return safely every time he clears the wilderness.

The levels of wild monsters will be upgraded in the future. As An An's father, he naturally hopes to always protect his daughter, but the most important thing is that An An herself must be strong.

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

Light spots are very rare nowadays, skill cards and class cards are basically gone, and the last major game update was only after the global beast tide.

Who knows how many times a beast tide of this scale will occur? The light spots will only become more and more precious, even if they are just the kind that increase the total attribute value.

Seeing Zhuang Yun lowering his head in deep thought, Lu Jiu knew he was worried about An An. "Brother Zhuang, don't be too stressed. Xuantian City is well protected after all. Even ordinary residents are safer than any city-state we've seen before."

This is not bragging, but the truth.

"I know, I'm just afraid that something might happen to me. What if she's so young..." Even if he was a professional resident, how could he be willing to let An An go out to clear the fields when she was so young.

Lu Jiu clasped her hands together, a hint of nostalgia flashing in her almond eyes. Once upon a time, her parents loved her so much, cared about her so much, and even made a will early on.

I have the same idea as Zhuang Yun, worried that if I have an accident, it will affect my child’s future life.

However, she quickly suppressed this emotion and said, "So, Brother Zhuang, you have to work hard to improve your strength. We are not the ones who will hold you back. We will definitely survive."

Shen Jufeng had been watching the two of them, and he could see the emotion Lu Jiu was revealing. He whispered, "Go back and see if there are any ordinary residents who used to be teachers. Even if the children don't need to go to school now, they should at least understand the knowledge and culture of our previous world and not be illiterate."

His words reminded Lu Jiu that since the apocalypse, they have been busy clearing the wilderness to obtain resources. Even the children have been sent out to clear the wilderness, but no one has thought about the issue of children's education.

Education is not only about teaching children to recognize words, but also about educating and cultivating their mental development with the most objective and fair consciousness and thoughts, so that children can step by step develop perfect self-awareness and thinking.

Zhuang Yun obviously thought of this as well. "Yeah, it's a pity that I haven't taught her how to write yet. She was still in kindergarten before."

In the early days, I struggled to survive in the wild. After entering the city-state, I tried to obtain resources to survive. Now that I can finally take a breath, I realize that I must educate my children.

Lu Jiu: "Let's write a letter of advice to the city lord later. There are so many people in our city now, it's impossible that there is no teacher at all."

Shen Jufeng: "There should be. If the environment and salary are provided, I think many people will still be willing to continue to be teachers."

Zhuang Yun had never thought that the city lord would take care of this matter. "I can write the letter, but my main concern is finding a teacher. No matter what the subject, at least the child needs to learn."

He is not short of money now, and the materials for forging can be given to the forging shop. He can get the equipment he wants by paying a certain amount of labor fee.

The three of them chatted for a while and finally finished a dish. They were not interested in looking at other shops in the city. Just by looking at the situation in the city, they could guess that there was nothing good.

Especially since Lu Jiu himself is the city lord, he knows that good equipment is mostly obtained by clearing the wild, and the price is not cheap if purchased from NPCs.

But this did not stop them from looking around the city.

They sat in the restaurant for a long time. When they came out, it was already evening. After a quick stroll, they had to leave the city and rest.

However, it happened that ordinary residents who were outside collecting food and vegetables came back, and several groups of people were pushing and shoving each other, and some were cursing.

It seems the dispute has never been resolved.

Lu Jiu and his companions hurriedly stood by the roadside, trying their best to avoid meeting these residents.

A group of people passed by them, and Lu Jiu heard their cursing again, which was similar to what he heard when he entered the city before.

"Today's crop of rice was right under my nose, and you just snatched it away without any hesitation. How dare you be so shameless!"

"Oh, I see you have quite the nerve. What's under your nose is yours. 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 just making up stories!"

…

Lu Jiu almost laughed out loud after hearing this conversation, but luckily he managed to hold it back.

Then there was a commotion among the crowd.

"Hey, did you see the email the city lord just sent?" someone asked the person next to him. At this moment, no one cared about the quarrel and everyone looked serious.

"I'm not blind, of course I can see!"

“…”

Lu Jiu and his companions also stopped and pretended to look at the goods on the stall, but they were actually eavesdropping with their ears perked up.

"Damn, he's getting more and more ruthless. He made us squeeze into those two fields to collect food and vegetables, and now he wants to use us as free labor, collect food from other fields, and hand over 90% of it. He's just saying that."

"Fuck! I used to get paid for my work, but now I'm a landlord? I collect the grain for him and only take 10% for myself. Landlords weren't this ruthless in the past!"

"That's right, and they even let the patrol NPC monitor us. Ugh!"

…

It seems that there is too much grain in other fields, and it is obviously impossible for so many people to harvest it all, so they have to plan to target ordinary residents.

Lu Jiu exchanged a glance with his other two teammates, and they split up to find opportunities to chat with the 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 nearby, not paying any attention to Lu Jiu.

This stall sells small items such as bamboo baskets, shoulder bags, and even women's accessories. They are obviously things from before the apocalypse and should have been stored in the stall owner's personal backpack at the time.

These are really not practical. Nowadays, personal items, especially those for storing things, are basically made of grids, which can store more things.

As for accessories, girls might buy them. Lu Jiu looked through them and picked up a fruit-shaped clip, ready to buy it back as a gift for An An.

"Boss, how much are these clips?" She waved to the boss's wife while holding a few clips. These were all items without attributes, just like the door of her own house when she saw it at the beginning of the apocalypse, all worth zero.

When the proprietress saw that there were still people buying things, she quickly waved to the people she was chatting with and said, "Let's talk later. I'm going to collect the money first."

Two readers left messages asking why my book, which is a female-themed novel, appeared in the male channel. I was so confused. How could this happen?

(End of this chapter)