Chapter 155 Jinjiang Exclusive

Looking at the floating bridge in front of him, which was large enough for seven or eight young men to walk side by side easily, Lu Xuan curled his lips and said, "Why can't we play like this? There are similar floating bridges in the amusement facilities at the water park. Mine is just a little longer."

【??? Can it be the same?】

Is that a little different? The floating bridge in the park is only a few dozen meters long, and yours is several kilometers long!!!

Lu Xuan said casually: "Almost."

Audience: !!! What a huge difference!

Lu Xuan said, "It's just sitting there anyway, why not use it?"

Ever since I first drew the 'Large Inflatable Water Platform', it was like I had disturbed the world of inflatable products. Almost every day, three or five similar products would appear in the blind box shipments.

There are also many large, medium, small, and inflatable tents.

Sometimes not only gold blind boxes are released, but silver ones are also released. At most, there are more than ten pieces released a day.

Even the daily discounts for evolution fluids are refreshed frequently, and each time they are at the lowest discount, giving people the feeling that if they don't buy, they will suffer a loss, and if they buy, they will suffer a big loss.

Then, Lu Xuan bought it.

Lu Xuan: “…”

It's always hard to resist the temptation of clearance sales and half-price discounts.

Even if he was once a rich second-generation, this is no exception.

No one stipulates that rich second-generations cannot pursue value for money.

He bought it, but how to use it... Lu Xuan had no idea before.

Now every household in the village has a kayak that is more convenient to use. A simple inflatable platform is not as convenient as a kayak.

In modern times, this type of platform is mostly used when taking a vacation or fishing at a lake or the seaside.

But doing this in a flood is pure madness.

It was not until the flood had subsided that Lu Xuan felt it was time to take his things out for a walk.

With the floating bridge, villagers can at least save the energy consumed by powered kayaks.

It’s true, no matter whether the audience was amazed or speechless, the villagers were really happy after realizing the function of the floating bridge.

Zhang Chengming tried to step onto the inflatable platform and found it surprisingly stable. Even if he jumped hard on it, he could not feel any obvious bumps.

Seeing this, others also stepped on it and walked back and forth. The more they walked, the more they felt the convenience of the floating bridge.

"Great! With this inflatable bridge, we won't have to waste energy kayaking every day when we go to the mountains."

"The kayak we replaced is manual, so it doesn't consume much energy. But paddling in the flood is too tiring. Every time I come back, I have to ask Doctor Lin to massage it. Now with the floating bridge, I don't have to waste any energy!"

On that day, everyone used the floating bridge.

Not only hunting and gathering parties walk on it, but children also like to run on it.

Because the water flow nearby is not fast, even if someone falls in, they can be easily pulled back. The elders did not stop them, but there was always at least one adult watching.

In addition to the floating bridge, Lu Xuan also took out a large inflatable tent and placed it on the water. He invited several families with whom he was on good terms to have a barbecue party in the middle of the water.

With the curtains on all sides opened, the tent looks like a pavilion, from which you can see the surrounding scenery. There is a large grill in the middle of the tent, and even with more than ten or twenty people busy around it, it doesn't seem crowded.

Lu Xuan also released the travel record video that others had eagerly requested.

A group of people ate barbecue skewers, drank fruit wine, chatted and watched the natural scenery in the video. It was so comfortable.

Audience in the live broadcast room: It is quite comfortable, but it doesn’t feel like surviving a natural disaster at all.

Lu Xuan disagreed.

What does disaster survival look like?

Displaced, hungry and cold?

That's someone else.

His way of surviving natural disasters is to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks, and he will never endure any bitterness.

Isn’t it enough that we have suffered for ten years in the last days?

It's time for him to enjoy his life again.

While eating and drinking, the topic of conversation, in addition to the floating bridge, was still the yearning for grasslands, deserts and oceans, which has been a hot topic in recent days.

While everyone was talking about their expectation to see it with their own eyes one day, Chen Rong was always distracted, occasionally secretly glancing at him with an expression as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Lu Xuan realized that the other party seemed to want to tell him something, but since the other party didn't say it on his own initiative, he pretended not to notice anything.

At this moment, Chen Rong was thinking about what happened two days ago.

…

Two days ago.

In an empty aisle on Ship No. 2.

Chen Rong looked at Ji Xiuling, whose complexion became even fairer and more hydrated after eating and drinking well, and looked away somewhat embarrassedly.

He coughed dryly and said, "You should be able to guess what I want to say to you, right?"

Ji Xiuling's eyes moved slightly, but she didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Chen Rong didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "I think you can see it. I want to marry you as my wife."

Ji Xiuling didn't expect him to be so direct. She looked a little unnatural and said, "I'm already married and have children."

Chen Rong said, "Your husband is gone, aren't you going to be a widow for the rest of your life? What's the point of living then?"

She is the same age as Li Tuo and is in the prime of her life. It is not worth it for her to be a widow with a child.

Chen Rong lost his usual glib tongue and said seriously, "I will treat my child like my own. Although my abilities may not be as good as Lu Xuan's, or Wuyang Xiong Mao's, I can still ensure that you and your child have a comfortable life."

He paused here and added, "Of course, I don't mean to force you. If you don't want to, you can refuse me. My mother said that you come from a good family, so you may not think much of me, a peasant. I can understand."

His mother said that before the disaster, Ji Xiuling was the daughter of a successful scholar and a lady from a prominent family.

If it were before the disaster, he would probably be disliked if he looked at her for even a second longer, and he wouldn't even dare to think about marrying her.

But the disaster made him meet her. He really liked Ji Xiuling, so he just gave up. No matter how he thought about it, he felt unwilling to do so.

After thinking about it for several days, I decided to give it a try.

If it really happens, won’t he be able to live a life with a wife and children and a warm bed?

Ji Xiuling frowned slightly, opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but quickly closed it again, slowly lowered her head, and remained silent.

Chen Rong's heart skipped a beat and he felt a little disappointed.

No way? She couldn't possibly be looking down on me, could she?

He would send some supplies to Ji Xiuling and her daughter every now and then. She would refuse at first, but has gradually been willing to accept them in the past two days. He thought she had some feelings for him.

Is he just being too sentimental?

Chen Rong's smile was a little forced. Just as he was about to find a way out, he heard Ji Xiuling whisper, "You have special abilities, and your future is definitely limitless. I'm just a widow with nothing. I can't be of any help to you, and I'm afraid I'm not worthy of you."

The words that Chen Rong was about to say were suddenly stuck, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

Not worthy of him? How is that possible!

If he could make Ji Xiuling the daughter-in-law of the Chen family, his ancestors would probably be so happy that they would not be able to contain their excitement.

"How can I not be worthy of—"

Ji Xiuling spoke first: "If you are only interested in my body, you don't need to marry me. I am willing to repay you for saving my life with my body."

In Fuyao Town, women who have no one to protect them and are unable to support themselves can only rely on men to survive. She has seen too many similar situations.

Chen Rong was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to understand what she meant. His fiery heart seemed to be poured with a basin of ice water. His face, which was originally full of expectation, instantly became gloomy, and a hint of anger appeared in his eyes.

He suppressed his anger and said, "I was certainly a piece of shit in the past, but I wouldn't do something like this to ask for a favor. Even if it wasn't you, I would have saved someone else if I had seen them. I didn't expect anything in return."

What he is looking for is a wife, not a prostitute.

A woman who cannot survive in a famine may be forced to marry someone else, but she can easily support herself in the village.

Ji Xiuling's words were equivalent to trampling on his likes.

Chen Rong said in a stern tone: "I told you don't want to, don't force yourself. Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything today." After that, he turned and left.

Ji Xiuling subconsciously reached out her hand to stop the person, wanting to say that she was not forcing him.

She sincerely believed that with Chen Rong's ability, he could find a better girl, an innocent girl who had never been married and had no children to burden her.

But looking at Chen Rong's departing back, Ji Xiuling finally said nothing.

…

Chen Rong returned to his cabin in anger.

As soon as he closed the door, his tense face fell and he looked dejected. He walked back and forth in the narrow corridor, sighing every time he walked, and sighing again every time he walked again.

Sitting on the bed weaving baskets, Aunt Chen could no longer bear it and said, "Why are you always sighing? You've sighed away all your blessings. If you have anything to say, just say it directly."

Chen Rong immediately went to sit next to Aunt Chen, sighed again, and said, "Ah, Mom, you don't understand."

Aunt Chen looked contemptuous. "I don't understand? Just stick your butt out and I'll know what you're talking about."

Chen Rong's eyelids twitched, and he looked unconvinced. "Then what am I worried about?"

Aunt Chen continued to move her hands as she spoke calmly, "You've been courting Xiuling all day long. I'm not blind, so how could I not see what you were thinking? You looked so dejected when you came back. You must have been rejected."

Chen Rong blushed when his thoughts were exposed. Then he widened his eyes and gave his mother a thumbs-up: "You really are my mother. You can see through this!"

Aunt Chen raised her chin proudly, "Of course! In my life to this age, I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice."

While saying this, I was muttering in my heart, you showed it so obviously, not only your mother and I, but few people in the whole village didn't notice it.

Chen Rong chuckled and said, "Don't you feel choked by such salty food?"

"Stop being a sly fellow." Aunt Chen rolled her eyes at him and snorted, "I don't know who said they wanted to find a virgin, but why did they end up falling for a pretty widow who just had a baby?"

At this point, she couldn't help but look him up and down with a scrutinizing gaze, and said in a dangerous tone: "You are not just after the girl's beauty and don't intend to take responsibility, right?"

Chen Rong shouted, "How is it possible! Am I that kind of person? I really like her!" It was obvious that Ji Xiuling didn't want him to take responsibility.

Aunt Chen looked at him sideways and said, "I'm not a virgin, so I don't meet your requirements."

Chen Rong grinned and said, "Didn't you expect to meet someone you like so much? It's just right for you to pick up a granddaughter for free. Do you dislike it?"

Aunt Chen: "Of course I won't mind."

She just felt that if she had known that his standards were not to be taken seriously, she would have broadened her scope of dating when she was in the county town.

But now that a better candidate has appeared, there is no need to feel too regretful.

Although it is still uncertain whether good things can be accomplished.

Aunt Chen warned Chen Rong with a serious face, "Don't think you can bully or force me just because I'm an outsider. If you dare to do that, I'll break your legs!"

Chen Rong cried out in injustice, "I wouldn't force her. Don't I understand that a forced melon won't be sweet?"

After getting married, I have to endure the cold reception every day. How frustrating my life must be.

Aunt Chen thought to herself, some people don’t care whether the forced melon is sweet or not, they just pick it and it’s theirs.

She curiously asked her son, "So what exactly happened? Did she really reject you? Did she dislike your poor background? Or did she dislike your appearance?"

Chen Rong's mouth twitched fiercely, "How am I ugly? How can you say that about your own son?"

He argued cunningly: "She didn't reject me explicitly, she just couldn't think it through at the moment. I think she is still a little interested in me."

Aunt Chen chuckled and said, "Whatever you think is useful, it depends on what she thinks."

Chen Rong still insisted, "I'm sure she doesn't hate me at least."

Aunt Chen rolled her eyes: "You're talking nonsense."

After all, Chen Rong saved the lives of Ji Xiuling and her daughter, and also sent a lot of supplies to them. If Ji Xiuling still hates Chen Rong, then she would be an ungrateful person.

But not hating him and being willing to live with him are two different things.

Chen Rong continued to mutter, "This is the first time in my twenty-plus years of life that I've fallen so deeply in love with someone. If I can't marry her, I feel like I'll be alone for the rest of my life."

Aunt Chen was quite disapproving, but she still said, "So what do you want? Go and pester me?"

"Isn't that disgusting?" Chen Rong waved his hand and told Aunt Chen what Ji Xiuling had said to him. He analyzed: "I think she might still be feeling insecure because she came later. Mom, what do you think of me doing this... and then this...?"

After hearing this, Aunt Chen couldn't help but look at her son with admiration. She didn't expect that he could come up with such a positive idea.

"I don't know if it will help you marry her, but it's a good idea. If it succeeds, other people in the village will also benefit from it, and you will have done a good deed."

Chen Rong, who was recognized, couldn't help but feel refreshed. He rubbed his hands happily and said, "Then I'll find a chance to talk to Lu Xuan about it."

…

Back to the present.

After eating the barbecue, Zhang Chengming and others returned to Boat No. 2 drunkenly, only Chen Rong went to find Lu Xuan.

"Well, I have something I want to discuss with you."

Seeing this, Lei Yan said to Lu Xuan, "I'll go find your sister." Then he left first.

Lu Xuan signaled Chen Rong to follow him and returned to the lounge of Ship No. 1.

Lu Xuan sat on the sofa with his legs crossed and asked, "What's the matter?"

The audience in the live broadcast room also pricked up their ears curiously.

Chen Rong sat down opposite him and said, "Actually, it's about Miss Ji. It's about my attitude towards her... Do you understand what I mean?"

Lu Xuan said lightly: "You like her."

Chen Rong nodded, "Yes! I want to marry her."

[Wow! What was I saying?! Chen Rong really has a crush on me!]

[I've seen it coming. Sending food and daily necessities to others every other day without any reason is either a traitor or a thief!]

[How long has it been since you realized you've fallen in love? To put it bluntly, it's all because she's pretty, tsk tsk.]

[In ancient times, many people had never met each other before marriage. Chen Rong's situation was considered good.]

So, what did he say to the anchor when he fell in love with Ji Xiuling? Should he show off his affection? Or should he ask the anchor, a single guy, for advice on pursuing her?

Lu Xuan asked Chen Rong the same question.

"If you like her, you can go and tell her."

Do they still expect him to help them connect?

Does he look like a matchmaker?

Chen Rong groaned, "Of course I've already said it, this isn't... cough."

Chen Rongyin put aside the sad things that happened later and continued, "My mother said that her father was a juren, and she learned to read from him since she was a child. I was thinking, could I let her teach the children in the village to read and write, and then let her receive a monthly salary like Doctor Lin."

Lu Xuan looked at Chen Rong with some surprise.

The audience was also shocked.

I thought Chen Rong was talking about some love affairs, but I didn't expect him to talk about such serious things?

Chen Rong remembered that there was another person in the village named Xu Wenzhe who could read, so he quickly added, "If it's not convenient to teach all the children, I think it would be a good idea to teach the girls in the village to read."

He had even thought of teaching the girl to read, and suddenly he looked at Chen Rong with new eyes.

【I also……】

[It's a bit surprising that ancient people didn't have the idea of favoring boys over girls.]

[That's not necessarily true. Can't you tell? His main focus is finding Ji Xiuling a proper job!]

He specifically mentioned Lin Qingfu because he wanted Ji Xiuling to become a skilled worker, skipping the probation period and becoming a formal villager.

Although the intention was not pure, it was a good thing to think about letting the children in the village go to school.

Lu Xuan also thought it was a good thing, as it coincided with his recent idea of enlightening Lu Chen.

However, he did not think it was necessary to distinguish between men and women when reading. Could they do anything shameful if they mixed together?

When it comes to studying, there is no distinction between genders, only whether one studies well or poorly.

Besides, no one says there can only be one teacher.

On the contrary, the more teachers there are, the better, and it would be even better if they can provide one-on-one service.

Feeling a familiar silence, Chen Rong's heart rose to his throat, fearing that Lu Xuan would oppose his proposal.

After a moment, Lu Xuan said, "Since she can read, she really shouldn't be buried."

Chen Rong was overjoyed, "You agree?"

Lu Xuan nodded: "I will discuss it with the village chief. We will wait for his notification on what to do next."

Chen Rong was overjoyed and said, "Okay!"

·

"Knock knock." Ji Xiuling knocked gently on the hatch of the village chief's house.

"Is that Xiuling? Come in." Miao Jinfeng's voice soon came from inside.

Ji Xiuling took a deep breath before opening the door and found that in addition to the village chief and Aunt Miao, there was also Lu Xuan.

Because the Li family had so many people, they occupied two adjacent rooms, one for the women and children, and one for the men.

Li Tie's room is one of the few business rooms on Ship No. 2. In addition to four beds, it also has a small living room.

It’s not that Li Tie is enjoying privileges, it’s mainly because people from the village come to him from time to time to talk to him, and the room is too small to accommodate them.

Li Tie said to Ji Xiuling kindly, "Please sit down."

Ji Xiuling sat down stiffly in the empty seat in the small living room, feeling a little nervous.

She had just parted ways with Chen Rong yesterday, and today she was called over by the village chief. She couldn't help but worry that the village chief was going to kick her out.

If it weren't for Chen Rong, she would have died long ago. She was lucky enough to be able to live a good life here for a while. She would not have any complaints even if she was driven away.

But her child is still young...

Ji Xiuling bit her lip, thinking about how to ask the villagers to keep her child.

Li Tie noticed her nervousness and soothed her, "Don't worry, I came here to tell you something good."

Ji Xiuling was stunned for a moment, "Good news?"

Li Tie nodded and said, "Yes, your father is a scholar, and you can read. Are you willing to teach the children in the village to read and write? Don't worry, you won't work for nothing. The village will pay you every month."

Ji Xiuling opened her mouth and was completely stunned.

At first, she was surprised that in such a famine year, the village chief actually wanted the children to learn to read and write. Then she realized that the other party wanted her to be a female teacher, and she was even more shocked.

Li Tie asked her, "Are you willing? If you agree, your probation period will be waived. From the day you officially teach the children, both you and your daughter will enjoy all the benefits you deserve."

Lu Xuan also said: "Teaching doesn't require you to spend too much time, no more than two hours a day." Too long a time would not be friendly to the kids.

Ji Xiuling quickly said, "Of course I do!"

If she could get paid for teaching, she could spare more time to take care of the children herself, gain the gratitude and respect of the villagers, better integrate into the village, and be treated as a part of it.

Thinking of all these benefits, Ji Xiuling couldn't help but feel jealous.

"Thank you, village chief, thank you, Brother Lu, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I will definitely teach you well."

Li Tie said with a delighted look, "Not many people in our village can read. It's a blessing for the children that you're willing to teach them. I should be thanking you."

Lu Xuan said, "If you want to thank someone, thank Chen Rong. It was he who came to me and told me about this that made me and the village chief suggest this."

Although he couldn't ignore Lu Chen's other friends if he wanted to enlighten him, and he would probably ask Aunt Miao to talk to Ji Xiuling after knowing that she could read, but since Chen Rong brought it up first, the credit belongs to Chen Rong.

Li Tie praised him: "It's rare that the boy did something serious."

Ji Xiuling was stunned.

Li Tie didn't pay much attention to what was happening between these young people. At this moment, his mind was full of the fact that all the children in the village could read and write.

He said to Lu Xuan cheerfully, "Besides Ji Yatou, Xu Wen Ze can also teach the children, but what exactly can he teach them? They don't have any books. Ah Xuan, can you ask an immortal to exchange these things for them?"

Lu Xuan nodded and said, "I can prepare the teaching content and paper and pen, and I will give you the news tomorrow."

He needs to go back and think carefully about the teaching content.

Li Tie patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Then I will wait for your good news."

·

Ji Xiuling, who left the village chief's house, happened to meet Chen Rong, who was waiting nearby, on her way back.

Ji Xiuling whispered, "Thank you."

Before Ji Xiuling looked over, Chen Rong suppressed the concern on his face and said indifferently, "It's nothing. Just teach the children in the village well. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Then, without waiting for Ji Xiuling to say anything else, he quickly passed by her.

Ji Xiuling felt a change in his attitude and felt a pang in her heart. She stood there for a moment before returning to her room.

When Chen Rong heard the sound of the hatch opening and closing, his expression fell.

Liu Chun, who happened to see the whole process, teased, "What's wrong with you? You tried to show your affection but failed, and you ran into a wall? Could it be that you've been rejected?"

Let me tell you, there are more than one person in the village who is interested in Miss Ji. You have the upper hand because of their life-saving grace. If you give up..."

Chen Rong's expression changed, and he said fiercely, "Who gave up? Who was rejected? It's nothing! Let's see who dares to compete with me!"

As long as he is sincere and perseverant enough, he will have a wife one day!

·

On board ship No. 1.

Lu Xuan was looking for the space beads where the blind box shipments were stored.

The audience in the live broadcast room who are very interested in educating their children came up with ideas.

What does the host want to teach? It shouldn't be about those ancient feudal dregs, right?

[Don't do that! You're teaching your children bad things. If you're going to teach them, teach them something useful.]

[The Cataclysm is full of dangers. Just learning to read isn't going to be very helpful, is it? It's better to teach them how to fight. Who knows, they might need it someday.]

Aren't adults the ones who need to learn combat techniques?

[Children will grow up one day, and every one of them will be a strong person from the time they start elementary school! ]

Lu Xuan said, "Chinese and math must be taught, and combat can indeed be included, but how to teach it specifically and which subjects to choose require further consideration."

Lu Xuan took out all the books he had pulled out of the blind box.

From the moment you first unlocked the blind box gameplay, one or two books would be pulled out of an ordinary blind box from time to time, and sometimes silver would also come out.

Up to now, he has accumulated hundreds of books.

The genres of these books are all-encompassing.

There are all kinds of literary works, fashion magazines, travel magazines, biographies of historical figures, a dictionary of the native language of a certain planet, a collection of mutant animals, children's picture books, a famous painter's album, the history of the evolution of aircraft, a detailed explanation of the terrain of a certain planet, a natural encyclopedia, a hundred questions about the universe, children's popular science books, children's enlightenment books...

He would also read some of them when he had free time, and learned a lot of information about the Star Alliance from them.

But today I'm looking for children's textbooks.

Lu Xuan picked out books with children's titles, natural encyclopedias, popular science books... and then classified these books into categories.

During the classification process, Lu Xuan gradually had a clearer idea of what kind of courses to let the little ones take.

Half an hour later, Lu Xuan looked at the pile of teaching books in front of him and nodded: "It's almost done."

Once Ji Xiuling and Xu Wenzhe are familiar with the course content, we can start classes for the kids.

No matter what kind of suffering we encounter, it cannot be the suffering of education.

Since the village has become more and more abundant in supplies, it has gradually returned to its pre-disaster state. It is time for the children who have only known how to play all day to tighten their belts.

The kids who were having fun in the water park/indoor playground suddenly felt a chill on their backs and had a bad feeling.