Chapter 453 School Starts

But the development of things was still beyond Xia Yan's expectations.

She was shocked when she heard that a customer she had never met left a suggestion that a book donation box be placed in the library.

Gao Shixu remained calm.

"That's normal. After all, everyone has received education and attaches great importance to culture."

Xia Yan felt that what he said made sense. For example, school hasn't started yet, but the schedule is already full with parents coming to make reservations for school places.

"School starts tomorrow, so get some rest tonight."

...

Xia Yan still remembers the last time he got up early.

When I walked into the hotel lobby in a daze and was about to have breakfast, I saw parents coming out of the elevator and coming in from the main door with their children, looking anxious, afraid that they would be late for school.

The two sides looked at each other unexpectedly, and Xia Yan felt a little embarrassed.

Especially the line "The sun is already shining on your butt and you still haven't gotten up", she wanted to go back and fall asleep -

She doesn't have to go to work, school, or run a store. She can just lie back, eat, and drink, while points come in quickly. She feels great as a winner in life.

"Boss Xia got up so early. Oh, yes, today is the first day of school, right? He is indeed a hardworking man!"

Listen to these sweet words!

Xia Yan's foot, which was about to turn back, suddenly changed direction. "That's right, what you said is correct."

Oh, she is such a real person.

At the school gate.

Gao Shixu and teacher representatives from each grade stood guard at the portal, ready to welcome the new students.

Parents from the base, factory area and hotel gathered outside the school gate. When they saw Xia Yan coming, they all stepped back to make way.

Xia Yan walked into the school and stood next to Gao Shixu.

Opposite them are the expectant eyes of the parents. When dozens of eyes fall on them at the same time, the teachers can't help but feel a little nervous, wiping the sweat from the tip of their nose and forehead from time to time.

"It should be about time, right?" Gao Shixu asked.

Xia Yan opened the backstage and saw that it was only a few seconds until eight o'clock, so she didn't say anything.

When I counted silently to zero, a five-meter-wide portal appeared out of thin air one meter away from the school gate, emitting a bright white light and slowly rotating inward in a vortex shape.

"Here I come."

"Can I send my child to school now?"

The parents on the opposite side immediately started whispering.

The moment Gao Shixu saw the portal appear, he raised his arms and shouted, "You can enter the school now. Children, line up and enter the corresponding portal in order."

Hearing this, the parents loosened their hands, gently pushed their children on the back, and whispered, "Go, go to school, I'll pick you up after school."

The young children have already forgotten what school is, but when they see their parents smiling with tears in their eyes and full of relief, they subconsciously think that this is a good place, because they have never seen such an expression.

Looking back every few steps, with expectations for the future and courage that had not yet disappeared, he disappeared behind the elementary school portal.

Then Xia Yan heard a burst of suppressed sobbing. This should be the first time they were separated in the context of the end of the world. It was understandable that they were worried and reluctant.

After sending their children to school, the parents were reluctant to leave. They stared at the last portal that appeared. They saw the vortex on it spinning faster and faster, and a girl with a vigilant face walked out first.

She was as thin as a matchstick and her head was unbalancedly large, apparently due to developmental problems.

The girl had never been here before. After walking out of the portal, she stood still, looking at them warily because they were obviously dressed differently.

"Are you here to go to school?" Xia Yan asked as gently as possible.

The girl nodded, and suddenly heard footsteps behind her. She jumped to the side and looked back. Her small body was already bent, ready to attack at any time.

The person who came out was a young boy who was a head taller than her.

The young boy gave her a strange look, walked towards the school, and plunged into the junior high school portal.

Then came the third, fourth... countless people coming out of the portal. There were also children who were as defensive as she was, but more of them had been here before and were familiar with the environment. They even greeted Xia Yan.

"Are you applying for elementary school? Or junior high school?" Seeing that she didn't move for a long time, Xia Yan walked forward.

"...Elementary school." The girl took a step back calmly. It was her mother who told her to come here, although they didn't know if this was a real school.

Mom has to go out to a faraway place to kill zombies, and she also teams up with other teams.

She was still young and couldn't walk that far, and it was not safe to stay at the base. After seeing the propaganda film appearing in the sky again, her mother fell silent and said:

"You go hide in there and sneak back after school. I remember you once said there was a doghouse outside the base commander's house. You hid in it when it was dark. Don't answer anyone who calls you. You'll have a good life when Mom comes back."

She didn't want her mother to leave, but what could she do?

"good."

"Why don't you go in?"

She woke up with a start, looked at the woman in front of her who was more beautiful than the base commander's wife, pursed her lips, and whispered, "I don't know where to go."

Xia Yan pointed backwards, "The second door, just walk in directly. The teacher is waiting for you at the back."

She felt someone gently push her back and her feet moved over involuntarily. The white-haired old man next to her smiled at her kindly and touched her head.

"Go ahead, good boy."

She looked at the portal getting closer and closer, her heart pounding, and she couldn't help but want to turn back and run home, but the girl next to her who was younger than her went straight in, so she was not afraid.

The moment she closed her eyes and walked through the door, her eye sockets felt hot, and the image of her mother leaving home this morning, following a group of men, suddenly appeared in front of her eyelids.

She knew why her mother didn't take her, but she missed her mother so much...

"Welcome, classmate. You're assigned to Class 3. It's the third classroom from the front."

She opened her eyes, tears welling up in her eyes that she had not yet absorbed. She saw that there was indeed a teacher wearing the same clothes next to her, but she did not dare to look up.

"I'll take you there." The teacher took her hand without any disgust, walked through the bright corridor, passed the classroom with open doors, and finally arrived at the destination, gently pushing her in.

"Just find a seat and sit down first. The seats will be rearranged according to height later."

She followed his instructions and found a seat against the wall, sitting down with her head half lowered. All she could see was the brand new desk, the comfortable and sturdy stool, and herself, who was covered in dirt.

She quietly touched the crystal core hidden in her inner pocket, and felt more at ease.

Mom, it seems different here, a bit like the old days you talked about.

Children of the same age kept coming in through the classroom door, and the originally empty seats were gradually filled up. She sat close to the corridor and could hear people walking by outside.

The class size also increased from three to eleven.

How could there be so many children? Were they, like me, forced to leave their mothers?