Chapter 117 Chapter 117 Community of Interests
His expression today was the ugliest, his eyes full of resentment, which made people feel very bad at first glance.
Ye Ning looked around at everyone, put a smile on her face again, and walked over.
A dozen people, except Chongrong, were all here. However, everyone's faces were not looking good. It looked like they had just discussed something, but their opinions were very different.
"Sorry I'm late."
It was five forty, and she still had twenty minutes to eat.
"You are a busy man, it's normal for you to be late." The man with a wound on his face said sarcastically.
Ye Ning glanced at him and nodded, "I'm a little busy, so I won't be polite."
She sat down at the dining table.
Everyone looked at each other, and one of them immediately walked to the door, preparing to close the restaurant door.
But when he was about to close the door, Hou Lin stopped him, "Wait a moment."
As soon as he finished speaking, the chef came over with a lunch box. "Here I come."
The chef glanced at the table, then walked past the person at the door and went directly to Ye Ning with the lunch box. He quickly moved the things on the table aside and placed the contents of the lunch box out.
"Tonight we'll have steamed crab meat, steamed pork with rice flour, eggplant stew with Li Siyuan, hot and sour buns, colorful vegetable fried rice, and a century egg and lean pork soup."
Ye Ning's single-person meal was actually quite large, more than two or three pure humans could eat. However, she consumed a lot, so she could digest any amount she ate, and even occasionally needed to drink some nutrient solution to replenish her energy.
That fried rice is made with brown rice. It’s evening, so you should eat something healthier.
They were all her favorites, and the crab meat was peeled off, so it was delicious to eat directly.
"Thank you, Chef!" Ye Ning happily expressed her gratitude to the chef and immediately started eating with relish.
Ye Ning's mood improved instantly.
The chef retreated with satisfaction, and before leaving, he kindly helped them close the door.
As soon as he left, the pure human at the door paused for two seconds before turning around and locking the door.
The man sitting at the top looked at Ye Ning: "Are you so worried about us?"
Ye Ning's dishes didn't look as refined or luxurious as theirs, and the presentation wasn't even as good, but they still looked delicious. This was probably because they used so many plants and ingredients they had no idea what they were made of. For example, they had never even heard of preserved eggs. It was a black thing, and how could it be used to make delicious soup?
When they thought about how she had only been in Gaojiang District for two days and had already done so many things, making everyone around her discuss and admire her, everyone's heart suddenly became more sour and complicated.
Ye Ning heard the ill intention in his tone, and she said honestly, "Isn't it said that the more powerful one is, the sooner they die? I'm afraid I'll die early."
She finished speaking quickly and started eating quickly again.
"If you are afraid of death, why are you so anxious to plant so many plants?" The injured man quickly brought up the topic as if he had found a way to start.
"Yeah, why do you grow so fast? You grow so many plants, have you ever considered other pure humans?"
The other man was pulled aside just as he finished speaking. The woman next to him winked at him and said softly, "Look at you guys, what are you talking about so hastily? Ye Ning has been busy all day. Let her eat something first. We can talk again after she's rested."
As she spoke, she considerately pushed the mint water in her hand towards Ye Ning.
"These are all clean. Don't worry, nothing will happen. We usually pay attention to our own safety."
The other person smiled at her, and Ye Ning smiled back.
She nodded, her tone as gentle and harmless as ever. "Then I'll eat first, and we'll talk after I'm done. I've been busy all day, and I'm really hungry. You can talk while we eat."
Ye Ning's tone was so kind that the people who had spoken in a bad tone looked at each other. The woman who had just spoken quickly gave them a look, and everyone's emotions quickly calmed down.
Yes, maybe she really didn't think that much?
She is only eighteen years old and doesn't know who she is related to, but what is certain is that she grew up alone in the Xisha area in secret. Before being exposed, she had no contact with any pure human beings. She probably doesn't understand the power relationship involved. Once she understands it, she will know how to make a decision.
She didn't know, they just taught her. They were all pure human beings, and she and they were a community of shared interests.
Ye Ning finally got some quiet time to eat. Everyone else was looking at her, but she didn't care much and just concentrated on enjoying her dinner.
The others also started eating, but for some reason, the dinner, which was obviously a sumptuous meal, suddenly became tasteless.
Even though she chewed slowly, she ate very quickly. Ten minutes later, Ye Ning had almost finished her meal. Her plate was clean, and she drank the last sip of soup.
"Okay, I'm done."
Ye Ning cleared the plates, sat on the chair and looked at them.
"Is there anything you want to tell me? I still have ten minutes to rest."
Everyone looked over in surprise, "Ten minutes? What do you mean?"
"Are you going to plant more crops after eating?!"
Ye Ning nodded.
But her nod instantly ignited everyone's anger.
"Do you know what people are saying about us now?" The man's tone was full of resentment and unwillingness.
"What do you mean, more than a dozen people? They're still no match for you," another person said, a tone thick with sourness. "Can't you just hold yourself back a bit? You're trying so hard to show off, thinking you're excellent, but have you ever considered the feelings of other pure humans? Aren't the dozen or so of us trying our best? Just because we can't compare to you, we're all losers!"
"That's right. You can't just be so focused on your own attention and completely disregard the lives of other pure humans." Someone else interrupted, "How are we going to survive in the future? Everyone will think we're incompetent and useless. Our reputation and status will plummet, and all this is because of you."
The older man also said, "You are still young and don't understand the seriousness of this. If you keep a low profile and give us more opportunities, you will also protect your own safety."
If she were to travel around the world in this way, there would be no place for pure humans.
Even if they were still needed now, what about the future? In a few decades or centuries, when Dust Planet was covered in plants, what would become of their descendants?
The only way for pure humans to survive is through planting skills. If even this skill is not important, what value do they have?
Ye Ning looked at them. They were quite good at blaming others. They didn't think about improving themselves because they were not capable. Instead, they thought it was the fault of those who were more capable.
"So you want me to slow down the planting process like you do?"
The woman who had spoken to her earlier nodded quickly. "I've already told you not to be so aggressive. Ye Ning is still young, but she's so smart and quick to understand. She'll definitely understand our difficulties."
"It's not that we don't want to plant more plants, but you know that planting is the only capital of pure humans. If the orcs don't need us in the future, what will happen to us?"
"Yes, we have to cultivate at least a hundred seedlings every day, but those plants can grow on their own. In a few decades, the orcs will definitely not need us anymore. What will we do then?"
Ye Ning asked innocently, "I haven't even considered these things. So what do you think I should do now?"
Chongji and Jiang Yi looked at her, both with worried expressions on their faces. Their brows furrowed slightly, wanting to say something, but the injured man, assuming she'd relented, immediately said, "We've teamed up with the other pure humans. If you agree, we can come up with a new plan. We'll increase each person's daily planting time to three hours and the number of seedlings grown per day to 100."
"Don't think it's too little. Before you showed up, anyone who could grow an S-rank plant was a genius."
"But the key to this plan lies with you. If you want to suddenly reduce your planting by so much, you must give a reasonable reason, such as illness."
Ye Ning: "Sick?"
The woman said earnestly, "Just pretend to be sick. If you're weak, they won't dare to urge you to plant. If you're worried about being isolated and helpless in Xisha District, you can stay in Gaojiang District. We're here with you, so you can stay sick for as long as you want."
Ye Ning continued to ask: "But now, there are still many orcs and creatures that have not been purified. What should they do?"
Little Mushroom also said that the completion of the system's energy absorption does not mean that the pollutants have completely disappeared from the planet.
The man looked at her and said as a matter of course, "What do they have to do with you? We are the same as you. To put it bluntly, they are just tools made by our ancestors for survival."
"We're already working diligently for them, isn't that enough?"
It was so weird and ridiculous that he could say these words so naturally.
Ye Ning continued to ask: "But even without us, the plants will grow. We just make them grow faster."
"Besides, won't they lock us up and force us to grow crops?"
Someone snorted coldly, "Who dares? If someone really does this, we won't let them go."
"You're still too young. We only need to stabilize the upper echelons. If the district chief disagrees, we can just move to another district. And you're only considering those at the bottom. Have you ever considered that there might be many upper echelons of orcs who don't want plants to be fully adopted?"
"Yeah, do you think they are good people? They always put their own interests first."
Chongji immediately said, "Ye Ning, you need to think carefully about this matter."
"We plant not only for the orcs, but also for ourselves."
They had discussed this countless times before, and the final conclusion they reached today was that everything depended on Ye Ning's opinion. He and Jiang Yi were not good at talking, and they could not win an argument with those people, but they both felt that Ye Ning would never agree to such a request.
She has always been very forward-looking and purposeful, knowing exactly what she wants and how to move forward.
But the other pure humans, after spending time with her yesterday, seemed to think that she was just a little girl who was not gentle and had no opinions of her own.
Ye Ning was slightly comforted by Chong Ji and Jiang Yi. Not all pure humans think this way.
A string of unpleasant songs came from her bracelet.
It was Hou Lin’s singing that I recorded last time. Every word was out of tune, but it was particularly refreshing.
Ten minutes are up.
Ye Ning stood up, her tone no longer gentle as before, but rather clear and refreshing, "Okay, the conversation is over, I'm going to go grow the seedlings."
Everyone: ???
"What do you mean?!"
"We just told you so much, and now you still want to raise seedlings?"
Ye Ning nodded and said bluntly, "Just do whatever you want. Your abilities are average anyway, so it's better than nothing."
If they hold on to this kind of thinking, there won't be much room for improvement in the future.
Instead of relying on them, it would be better to rely on the researchers under her to shorten the planting time. Isn't that how wheat was transformed?
She was just thinking about saying something, but when they said the word "tool", she clearly realized one thing: in the minds of these people, the death of a few orcs was nothing.
In this case, there is no need for her to say anything more.
If Dust Star is gone, what's the future? What's the upper and lower classes? And they clearly have nothing, insufficient military strength, no ability to protect themselves, relying only on farming and being loved by the orcs. How can they confidently say that the other party is just a tool?
If she only looks at the results instead of the process, then the result of this matter is that they are also hindering her planting.
When Ye Ning thought of the word "也", she paused for a moment. It seemed that no one was stopping her, so why did she think of the word "也"?
Ye Ning thought about it, turned and walked towards the door.
The injured man immediately came over to stop her, "No, you can't just leave like this. You-"
While thinking, Ye Ning casually kicked him in the calf.
The man immediately hugged his knees and wailed in pain.
The shin bone is covered with thin skin and muscles, so when kicked, it causes intense pain instantly.
She also got used to kicking.
Ye Ning walked to the door.
But a second before opening the door, she suddenly thought of something.
Ye Ning turned around and asked, "Have you ever come into contact with the rebels?"
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