After Le Bai came out of the valley, he also came to exchange for food. Before he could even line up, a bunch of people came carrying sweet potatoes, one bag for you and one bag for me, piling up sweet potatoes all around him.
"No, no, how can I take your things?" Le Bai still thought like before. He didn't accept gifts from his students even as a tutor, let alone these ancient parents.
“I didn’t actually teach them much; the children in the barren mountains are all very smart.” He backed away repeatedly.
"Master Le, we're not doing this for the children's sake. We'll be going to school ourselves from now on, so please take good care of us!"
"Yeah, I think I'm just not very bright, but the Mountain Goddess said that everyone in the barren mountain has to study, so we can't fall behind, can we?"
"The Mountain Goddess must like clever believers. I'll study until I drop, even if it kills me!"
A group of people were muttering to themselves, and Le Bai finally understood.
It turns out that another adult school will soon be opened in the barren mountain, and everyone in the barren mountain will have to come and study. If they don't meet the standards, they won't even be able to receive the blessings of the Mountain Goddess in the future!
Upon hearing this, Le Bai's first thought was that this Mountain Goddess must be a cultured deity!
This was the first time he had ever heard of a deity assessing believers' academic performance!
But this is also good. In the future, everyone in the barren mountain will be able to read and do accounting, which will reduce a lot of communication troubles.
Perhaps this was also the intention of the Mountain Goddess?
When he returned, a group of people followed him, and they carried the sweet potatoes directly into his yard.
Despite carrying such heavy sweet potatoes, this group of people made rapid progress and even took the initiative to do other work after arriving.
Le Bai carried two large bags of cotton and soon became tired.
"Master Le, let us help you! We farmers have plenty of strength!" One of the men picked up the cotton sack and ran swiftly to the yard.
Le Bai: "..."
It wasn't that he lacked strength, but he couldn't compare to these blessed villagers.
Back in the courtyard, Gu Rui also came out. He had just returned from the earthen kiln and felt dirty, so he took a shower. When he looked up, he saw his roommate's hesitant expression.
“Let’s talk,” he said, glancing at the sweet potatoes and cotton in the yard.
During this time, he also realized that the scholar living in the same courtyard as him was also a time traveler. However, they were both very busy and had no time to communicate, nor did they know the time period that the other had traveled to.
Now that the two of them have run into each other, and the other person doesn't seem too busy, he certainly won't let such a good opportunity pass him by.
“I also think we need to have a proper talk.” Le Bai nodded.
"Were all these cotton and sweet potatoes you brought back a gift from the Mountain Goddess?" Gu Rui asked.
"I know what you're wondering. Do you think the Mountain Goddess might also be a time traveler?" Le Bai had also had that suspicion before, so he naturally understood Gu Rui's thoughts very well.
"Impossible. Just considering the ability to bestow blessings, no transmigrator could do that. Besides, you know the farm over there in the valley. Do you think any transmigrator could make cotton ripen in three days and sweet potatoes harvested in two days?"
After listening, Gu Rui seemed to be deep in thought.
He had naturally thought of this as well, but the things he had encountered these past few days were truly thought-provoking.
"Even if she's a transmigrator, that's fine too. The Mountain Goddess is so powerful, isn't she just a powerful backer? What's shameful about us relying on our fellow villagers?" Le Bai said nonchalantly.
Gu Rui: "..."
That seems to make sense.
Knock knock knock.
There was a knock on the door outside the courtyard. Le Bai went to open the door and found that Zhang Yao had also come over.
"Shall we have a talk?" At this moment, it was Zhang Jing who was in control of the body. Her personality was different from her sister's; she was much colder. The two people in the courtyard quickly noticed her change.
After a short while, the three of them each found a stone stool, sat around in the courtyard, and introduced themselves.
“Zhang Yao, you’re a different person now, aren’t you? I can clearly feel that your way of speaking and behaving has changed.” Gu Rui observed very carefully, and had been suspicious ever since Le Bai opened the door.
After all, they both worked at the earthen kiln, and he could occasionally exchange a few words with Zhang Yao, even though he knew what kind of person she was.
“You two have very strong observational skills, being the first to notice the difference between my sister and me.” Of course, Zhang Jing didn’t continue to pretend; she revealed that she and her sister were one body with two souls.
After hearing her description, the person on the other end suddenly understood.
"So you and your sister traveled here together. Your method of time travel is quite interesting. What did it feel like when you switched bodies?" Le Bai immediately became inquisitive.
"This is not the time to talk about this. I came here to confirm whether you are indeed time travelers."
"The second thing is that I want to exchange information with you. You two arrived here before us sisters. How much do you know about this world?"
Zhang Jing was certainly not there to claim kinship with someone from her hometown; her eyes were brimming with tears.
To live a better life in this world, one naturally needs to acquire more information about it, but the information revealed by Linjia Village is very limited.
That's why she thought of coming here to ask, hoping to exchange information.
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