"Okay." Tian Erhe turned around and said to Shang Jian Yao jokingly, "Now you know how difficult it is to maintain order in such a settlement?"
Jiang Baimian didn't want to continue to stimulate Shang Jianyao, so he took the conversation and asked instead:
"Mayor, when we came in just now, there didn't seem to be so many children? Are they working with adults?"
Tian Erhe turned his body sideways and pointed to the three buildings in the shape of "pin":
"They have classes over there, and the adults don't go to school until they come back."
"Class?" Jiang Baimian raised his eyebrows slightly, "Do you still maintain classroom-style education?"
This is a very rare thing outside of the big forces, in the many wilderness wandering settlements on the dusty soil, at least not in those settlements Jiang Baimian had been to before.
Organizing classroom education is completely unnecessary for people who are struggling to survive. It is a waste of energy and resources - manpower is a very important part of resources, full-time teachers and people who are not helping in the fields at home. Children are a luxury in many settlements.
In those places, parents and elders can occasionally provide children with some teaching in their daily life to help them acquire common sense, learn to farm, gather, cook, clean, shoot, hunt and carry babies.
Tian Erhe smiled and said:
"Every time an outsider enters Shuiwei Town and finds out about this, he will be very surprised. Indeed, it is not easy to maintain the 'school' under our conditions. Everyone saved and saved, tightened their belts, It didn't break the tradition."
He raised his head subconsciously, looked at the dark evening sky that was about to rain, and said with half a memory and half emotion:
"The first person who proposed formal education for children was an uncle named Shen Liuxin.
"He said: No matter how difficult it is, children still have to be literate, read, and learn the most basic knowledge. Only in this way can they and their descendants, the future townspeople of Shuiwei Town, remember who they are and where they came from. What group they belong to, what kind of culture and history they have had. Only by always remembering these can they persevere with hope in a bad environment and in the 'darkness' where there is no hope.
"Although I agreed with Uncle Shen's proposal at that time, my thinking was actually very simple: every time I brought back items and manuals from the ruins of the city, I didn't know some words, and even if I knew them, they were connected together. After that, I often don't know what it means anymore. This makes it impossible to use items effectively, how can this work
"This kind of thinking is really simple. Only in recent years have I gradually understood Uncle Shen's words."
Having said that, Tian Erhe stood up and pointed to the three buildings in the shape of "pin":
"Do you know where this place used to be?"
Bai Chen, Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong shook their heads at the same time.
"This is the former school in Shuiwei Town. There is a basketball court, there is a flag-raising platform, there is a teacher's dormitory, there is a student dormitory, there is a computer, library and laboratory building, and there is a teaching building..." Tian Erhe one As he introduced them one by one, a little charcoal light appeared on his face.
Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and the others were very fascinated by what they heard and watched. Even those buildings and venues could barely be distinguished by their outlines in the darkness of the evening.
Tian Erhe withdrew his hand, turned around, and repeated the original words again:
"This used to be a school."
His expression was serious and serious.
Before waiting for Jiang Baimian and others to respond, he sat down again and laughed at himself:
"In this matter, many townspeople don't understand, they are not unwilling to maintain such a small school, but feel that this should only be provided to the original residents, as for the wilderness wanderers who will be admitted later, give them to them. One bite is already a great kindness, so why waste resources
"They believed that the original townspeople, especially the core members of the town guard, should divide up the land, and the later wilderness wanderers could only rent and pay a certain share of the harvest.
"They also believed that later homeless people should not be allowed to join the town guard, and that they should not be given relatively better weapons."
Having said this, Tian Erhe shook his head by himself:
"Oh, when I was alive, I could still rely on prestige to hold me down, no one dared to really object, at most complain in private, when I die, I really don't know what Shuiwei Town will be like.
"Don't talk, don't talk, eat, eat."
Regarding the internal affairs of Shuiwei Town, Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen are not good at expressing their opinions. They can only maintain the attitude of the guests. That pot of braised beef.
Shang Jianyao did not join in in a hurry, and continued to pick up the beef in the bowl in small pieces and feed it to the little girl beside him.
The little girl is also very sensible. After eating, she didn't ask for it again, and bowed to Shang Jianyao seriously:
"Thank you brother!"
After thanking her, she took the rest of the debris and hopped back to the area where there were many buildings in a chaotic place - it was originally several basketball courts side by side.
"The action is very standard." Shang Jianyao praised behind her.
"This is what the teacher taught specifically." Tian Erhe was quite proud.
Shang Jianyao still didn't go to the braised beef, and silently nibbled the yellow multi-grain steamed buns there.
Jiang Baimian did not persuade him, and asked Tian Erhe about their various experiences after the destruction of the old world while eating.
Most of these experiences are boring. After all, Shuiwei Town has a geographical advantage and has received less external tests, but Jiang Baimian and others still listened with relish, which made Tian Erhe more interesting and even talked about himself and his wife. The experience of germinating feelings during a hunt.
After everyone had almost eaten, Shang Jianyao began to attack the remaining braised beef, and dipped it in the juice and water with the multi-grain steamed buns in his hand.
"I haven't been so happy for a long time." Tian Erhe rubbed his stomach and glanced at the leaves and ashes on the ground, "I have to go back to my room, there are still some things in town waiting for me to make up my mind."
Jiang Baimian suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said:
"Mayor, I have another question."
"What?" Tian Erhe tightened his army green coat.
Jiang Baimian recalled:
"Have you ever met such a person
"Male, black hair, golden eyes, 1.8 meters tall, very handsome, should be more handsome than him."
She turned her head to indicate that the reference object was Shang Jianyao, and continued:
"I like to wear trench coats, gloves, hair neatly combed, and, like to wear boots."
Tian Erhe thought about it:
"There are very few outsiders in Shuiwei Town, and I haven't been out of the town for a long time, so I have absolutely no impression of the person you mentioned.
"Puppy, you go and ask the people who went out hunting recently to see if they have seen people like this, and then come back and tell the white girl about them."
"Okay mayor." Seeing the opportunity to perform, the town guard member nicknamed "Gouzi" ran very fast.
After watching Tian Erhe, who was wearing an army green coat and a furry hat, leave the wooden shed and enter the area where various buildings were chaotically built, Bai Chen looked around and confirmed the location of the town guard members.
She immediately sat down and said to herself:
"Why did the mayor tell us about the internal conflicts in Shuiwei Town?"
Jiang Baimian looked at the fire of the stove, smiled and said:
"Of course, I hope that the big forces that may exist behind us can accept Shuiwei Town.
"Otherwise, why do you think he invited us to be a guest
"Even if he trusts you enough, he doesn't have to do it. He can express his care and kindness in other ways."
She turned her head to look at the somewhat confused Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao, who didn't know what she was thinking, and continued:
"It can be seen that the internal conflicts in Shuiwei Town have made Mayor Tian worry for a long time, and he is worried that after his death, the situation in Shuiwei Town will slip into a bad place and eventually fall apart.
"During such worries, he met a wilderness wanderer he knew and could trust, and it was obvious that this wilderness wanderer had taken refuge with a lot of power and seemed to be doing pretty well.
"If it were you, would you be a little excited, hoping to get in touch so that Shuiwei Town could rely on that big force that is not too malicious to the wanderers in the wilderness in the future
"With such a shelter, and with the overall planning and planning from the major forces, this contradiction within Shuiwei Town is really nothing."
Long Yuehong finally understood:
"That's it...
"Team leader, will the company accept them?"
This sentence is also what Bai Chen wanted to ask, otherwise she would not deliberately talk to herself.
Feeling Bai Chen's gaze, Jiang Baimian turned his attention to the stove in front of him again.
She smiled a little and said:
"When I return to the company, I will report it according to the normal process. Whether it will be accepted or not will depend on the decision of the board of directors. In this regard, even the entire security department and the strategy committee only have the right to make suggestions.
"However, I will definitely hide the specific location of Shuiwei Town, and only say that I met their hunting team in the wilderness."
Bai Chen was obviously relieved, and said in a low voice:
"That's fine, that's fine."
Long Yuehong is obviously puzzled:
"Why hide the exact location of Shuiwei Town?"
The object of the report is the company itself.
Jiang Baimian glanced at him with a slight smile, did not answer, did not explain, just said:
"Look, Shang Jian Yao didn't ask."
When Shang Jianyao heard his name, he looked at the team leader:
"Ah, what are you talking about?"
Jiang Baimian squeezed out a smile:
"Say you look good."
"It's okay." Shang Jianyao was quite modest.
The scene suddenly quieted down, and it didn't take long for a member of the town guard with the nickname "Gouzi" to run back and get close to Jiang Baimian:
"Someone has seen the person you describe.
"He went to the north of Yuelu Station. He was a very strange person: at that time, everyone in the hunting team thought he was very attractive, and they couldn't help but want to please him and approach him, but he was indifferent and forced a distance. , disappeared into the wilderness."
"It's a bit strange..." Jiang Baimian muttered to himself as if he had thought of something after listening to it.
She immediately raised her head and said with a clear smile:
"thank you."
"No, no!" The town guard member nicknamed "Dog Zi" responded excitedly.
Next, Jiang Baimian didn't ask any more questions, and the town guard had no choice but to leave the wooden shed.
Shang Jianyao's eyes followed and looked outside, only to see that the sky was already dark, the dark clouds were low, and the entire Shuiwei Town was dark.
The sound of the oil-fired generator hummed, and in the three buildings in the shape of "pin", many rooms radiated light. On the walls of the town, one after another light bulbs were lit up, helping the guards to illuminate the outside. , In the bungalow area and the area where the buildings were chaotically built, a few candles and firelight flickered and then quickly extinguished, and the whole almost completely sank into the night.
Clap la la, the heavy rain that had been brewing for a long time finally started to fall in the dark night.