Chapter 220 Getting on the Right Track
This was the children's first meal in the valley - after a night of hasty transfer and the brief confusion and excitement of arriving at their new home, they gathered around the large dining table on the platform. The staff sent by the Secret Service to this side of the valley prepared steaming buns, rice porridge and hot soup for everyone. Due to the rush, this was not actually a hearty meal, but a hot breakfast at this time was enough to make everyone feel at ease.
Yu Sheng sat at one end of the long dining table (really long), Hu Li sat on his right, and Irene sat at the table. The youngest children, led by their older brothers and sisters, lined up on both sides of the table according to the dining positions in the orphanage, with small plates already placed in front of them. The "parents" and staff moved the large soup pots and steamers to the table one by one, and then began to serve rice to everyone.
The children found this novel and interesting. This open valley was completely different from the old orphanage and crowded city scenes they were used to. Sitting in an open space and eating with the adults around a huge table was also an unprecedented experience. Even the extremely sensible and well-behaved children in the "Fairy Tale" organization couldn't help chattering at this time.
Of course, not only the children felt it was new and interesting, but the staff sent by the Secret Service also felt it was new and interesting. Apart from anything else, they had never seen a 50-meter-long dining table before...
Little Red Riding Hood helped to serve the children the food, and then came over to sit next to Yu Sheng. She couldn't help but mutter, "Honestly, isn't this table a bit exaggerated..."
"I just thought that the first meal would be a bit ceremonial," Yu Sheng was also embarrassed, "so let's gather everyone at one table."
"Yes, it's quite ceremonial - you should consider the person in charge of serving the food," Little Red Riding Hood pouted. She stood up, took a hot bun, blew on it, put it in her mouth and took a big bite, "Ah, hot, hot, hot..."
"How can it not be hot if it's just steamed?" Yu Sheng felt a little funny. The Little Red Riding Hood he usually saw always had a stern face and looked mature, but now that he had more contact with her, he realized that this "parent" who took care of a bunch of younger brothers and sisters actually had a childish side. "Eat slowly."
Little Red Riding Hood took a deep breath and looked up at the fox who was eating two buns at a time across from her: "She was eating so fast that I thought it had gotten cold."
"...She is a cultivator. When she eats barbecue, she swallows two slices of pork belly with a piece of charcoal. Are you using her as a reference?"
"……I was wrong."
Yu Sheng laughed helplessly, and then he heard the ringing of his cell phone coming from his pocket. He quickly took it out and saw that the caller was Baili Qing's name.
After the call was connected, the cold voice of the female director sounded immediately: "Open a door to the underground parking lot of the Secret Service Bureau. The staff assigned by the Board of Directors to the orphanage have arrived."
"Uh...oh, okay."
Perhaps because he had been busy all night, his brain was a little slow at this time. Yu Sheng took a moment to react and remembered what was going on. He hurriedly agreed while getting up to open the door. At the same time, after hanging up the phone (this time he confirmed that he really hung up), he couldn't help but whispered to Irene: "Is it my illusion? I always felt that Baili Qing's voice on the phone just now sounded a little cheerful..."
Irene pulled Yu Sheng's hair and said, "Nonsense, it's 5:30 in the morning now, and it's finally her turn to call you outside of working hours to urge you to work. Usually, the Secret Service would jump up from their workstations when you report something, but now she's urging you to open the door. If it were me, I would laugh out loud in front of you."
Yu Sheng frowned: "...Is it that exaggerated?"
“That’s what my spiritual intuition says.”
Apparently, the biggest thing that Irene and Yu Sheng have in common is that neither of them uses their spiritual intuition very effectively.
At this time, Yu Sheng had already stretched his hand into the air. He was already very familiar with "connecting" with the Secret Service, and there was no need to open a door too wide to receive several people. So in the blink of an eye, an illusory door appeared in the air - and then he exerted a little force and opened the door out of thin air.
The children looked over here curiously. Yu Sheng's face was already blooming with a smile. He waved to everyone happily: "Look who's here!"
The little kid who was closest to him was the first to jump up from his stool: "It's Teacher Su!"
Familiar faces appeared on the platform one by one. These "teachers" from the board of directors who had been accompanying the children in the orphanage for many years had smiles on their faces. They received an emergency notice from their superiors early in the morning and rushed over.
"Yes, your favorite teacher Su - and teacher Li and teacher Sun, and your favorite winter vacation homework..."
One of the teachers greeted the children cheerfully, then showed the things piled on the camper he had towed over, and told the children the good news that they would still have to make up their classes as usual even if they went "camping" in the valley.
There was a sudden burst of wailing from the kids on both sides of the long dining table - and the adults' gloating.
"Fortunately I don't have to be like them..." Little Red Riding Hood muttered.
Before she could finish her words, Teacher Su walked over to her and casually placed a large bag on the table: "Your homeroom teacher asked me to give this to you - you still have to do your homework even if you take leave, and there are also mock exam papers at the end of the month. You have to do it on your own initiative. I'll deliver it to you when you're done."
little Red Riding Hood:"……"
"Shirayuki, long-haired, and the others over there - don't be happy, the things on this cart are yours. Before we came, the board of directors specially arranged to contact the teachers of your respective schools and classes, and have them come to pick up their homework and the end-of-month mock exam papers."
Suddenly, a joyful atmosphere filled both sides of the long table.
Anyway, Yu Sheng was quite happy watching from the side.
But after he finished laughing, he still reminded them: "Eat first, eat first. The children have been up since 2:30 in the evening and are only having a hot meal now. They need to rest after dinner - we can talk about homework and tutoring later. You guys come over to eat too, it's just a matter of a few more pairs of chopsticks - after we finish eating, I'll take you to get familiar with this place."
After all this, by the time everyone had finished their meal and Yu Sheng took the "employees" sent by the board of directors around the camp, it was already past nine in the morning.
The second group of construction workers arranged by the Secret Service entered the valley at the agreed time, replacing the first group of workers who had been busy since last night, continuing the finishing work of the resettlement site and preparing to start other agreed construction projects.
The settlement itself is largely complete.
Standing on a high slope near the platform, Yu Sheng looked at the neat and brand new "camp" and saw the older members of "Fairy Tale" being familiar with the facilities under the guidance of the workers and masters, handing over the keys of key equipment such as generators and water pumps. Beside them, the roofs of the white simple houses were shining brightly under the clear sky, and the hardened road was neat and wide. The half-grown children and several teachers were carrying packed daily necessities and walking through the alleys between the houses. The "King" was leading a team of guards to catch children everywhere in the camp and take them back to the house to sleep. From time to time, adults would stop and explain to a baby-headed boy with a distressed look on their faces why they still needed to sleep during the day...
To be fair, this resettlement site cannot be described as beautiful and grand, but just looking at it brings a sense of comfort that makes people feel at ease. It fully meets the living needs of all the people in an orphanage. Maybe many places are inconvenient, but it seems... Little Red Riding Hood and the others have begun to like this place.
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As for Yu Sheng, he is happier than anyone else now.
Directly "connected" to the valley, he seemed to be able to feel the change in the "atmosphere" in the valley. This change was very subtle. If I had to describe it... it was as if under this eternally clear and bright blue sky, a simple and vibrant "town" now appeared. Vitality was growing from this new town, slowly "nourishing" this place.
Yu Sheng felt that he liked this vitality, the changes in the valley, and this kind of "nourishment", which seemed to make him feel more truly "alive" - this feeling of "being alive" was even more real than his own heartbeat.
He didn't understand what this feeling was, but the pleasant feeling in his heart made him think it was a good thing.
Then Yu Sheng withdrew his gaze and looked towards the portal platform.
The newly built pump room and generator room are located between the camp and the portal platform. Workers are now extending pipes and lines to connect to another construction site next to the platform.
This was the agreement that Yu Sheng and Baili Qing had made before: the "hotel" would open the valley and the crash site in the valley to the Secret Service for research, and the Secret Service would provide money and manpower to complete a series of construction projects in the valley - including solving the water and electricity problems in the valley, building a smart vegetable greenhouse, etc.
The nightmare spillover incident in the orphanage was an unexpected situation, but now everything seems to be getting better quickly and is on the right track.
With a happy and relaxed mood, Yu Sheng returned to No. 66 Wutong Road. He wanted to have a good sleep before the Secret Service called him to open the door.
Hu Li lent him a tail to hold, and Irene promised him that his rebar + stone body would not suddenly jump onto the bed this time. The temperature in the room was just right, and the brightness was just right after the curtains were drawn - there was no better environment for catching up on sleep, Yu Sheng thought.
Then he hugged the warm fox tail and closed his eyes happily.
When I opened my eyes again, oh wow, it was the Dark Forest.
The sound of a baby crying is in my ears.
Yu Sheng: “…Fuck.”
(End of this chapter)
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