Chapter 19 Faith is forced out! (1)
Hey, have you heard? Jiggs has been blackmailed and Popov paid the bill!
Recently, this sentence has become the most popular greeting in Donglin, its popularity is comparable to the most common "Father's morning" in the Divine Academy, or the infamous "Have you eaten?" of the Yanhuang people before the Great Calamity.
Jiggs had done his best to dispel the rumors, but the spread of gossip always outpaced his imagination. By New Year's Eve, how he fainted, foamed at the mouth, and even the two lovely young nurses who took care of him were vividly depicted by people, and as more and more students returned home for the holiday, it gradually showed a trend of spreading throughout the entire Canaan Empire.
Under the overwhelming pressure of public opinion, Jiggs fell ill without surprise, and there was a rumor that he would only wake up with a loud "whoop" after the doctor mixed the medicine with chocolate and shaped it into a leaf, then swallowed the medicine in one gulp, and raised his chubby thumb to give a thumbs-up, exclaiming "My teeth are good, my appetite is good..."
But at this time, Ye Huan was a bit incomprehensible.
The director of this hanging event, after distributing gold coins to the students, fainted - which is not unexpected, after all, he was just a waste person who couldn't even lift twenty kilograms of iron and had no physical strength. What's surprising is that after two days and two nights of fainting, the first thing he did when he woke up was not to take care of his own illness, nor to comfort those followers who had been guarding outside the door for two days, but to rush quickly to the arena.
What is he going to do? At this time when Giggs dreams of killing him, go exercise or check his poor level?
What's even more bizarre is that after being tactfully rejected by the teachers, Ye Huan couldn't find a hint of disappointment on his face. He simply smiled and returned to his dormitory, muttering to himself in an unintelligible language, "The arena is still sealed... Hehe, this means someone hasn't woken up yet, and that thing isn't at risk of being exposed... It's just, damn it, the Wind Wing has already reached 30 centimeters. When can I test my progress?"
What happened next was beyond reason.
On New Year's Eve, the followers of Salvation all returned home with full bellies and shining faces after being treated to a feast by Jinbi. Ruxiu rode off on a batch of sturdy warhorses, while Baisui bought a brand new set of cooking utensils. Even Adou managed to get his hands on two boxes of high-quality hemp from who-knows-where, and got so high that the neighbors thought he had been summoned by God and was ascending to heaven in broad daylight.
Only Ye Huan, this wealthy man who owns over a hundred gold coins, did not show any signs of extravagance. He didn't even buy himself a new set of clothes or eat a small portion of beef that wasn't expensive. The most extravagant thing he did was to find a very simple and shabby little apartment outside the school - and this was still forced by the demolition.
While being frugal with himself, Ye Huan took out nearly a third of his assets to buy a large batch of flour, pork, cheese... in short, anything that could be used to celebrate the New Year, totaling forty big carts.
In addition to these things, there were also a hundred porters and more than ten boxes of cloth, which seemed to have been made into clothes and banners.
Just as the classmates were discussing, Ye Huan took these things out of the door. Several students who were leaning on the window saw where he was going and couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, "Ye Huan, are you crazy? Where are you going to that ghost place, to take care of those 8,000 poor people?"
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Hei Gu is a small town on the outskirts of Dong Lin, like another dozen or so towns built around the Divine Academy. It sits in the midst of a large mountain range, with steep cliffs on both sides and a river that originates from the heart of the Canaan Empire flowing through Dong Lin. Due to the presence of underground hot springs, this river has not frozen over in the cold winter. The only road leading into and out of this small town is a winding mountain path on the south side that can barely accommodate two horses walking abreast.
Due to this unique terrain, Hei Gu is not suitable for farming and even the birds and beasts that pass through are scarce, so there are no farmers or hunters living here. In fact, its residents are just some people who need temporary shelter.
For example, the 8,000 rural workers recently invited by Jia to assist with demolition, and also the 500 poor students who were forced to be homeless after demolition...
On New Year's Eve evening, the poor students were sweeping snow on the mountain road. They all had impressive strength and their way of sweeping snow was dazzling. The boys sprayed out large fireballs, while the girls summoned warm gusts of wind when the snow was melted into ice water by the fireballs, drying the ground in a few strokes. In just two or three hours, more than half of this mountain road was cleared, but there was no sign of joy on these students' faces.
What's so happy about?
Do you think we are willing to work hard in this cold weather? And tonight is supposed to be a New Year's Eve spent sitting by the heater with my girlfriend, drinking wine!
Damn it, this is the price we have to pay for not having enough money to rent a hut in Black Valley. If we want to live here for free, this is what we have to put up with! Good heavens, they're just some commoners, and yet they dare to make the pride of the Divine Academy shovel snow for them...
At the same time, the snow-shoveling classmates were clearly divided into two groups.
One group of over 400 people was responsible for clearing the flat roads, while another group, consisting of only one person, took care of all the steep sections, with a workload that almost exceeded the total of the others!
It's Shura!
On this cold New Year's Eve, she was wearing only a tattered linen shirt, with her bare arms exposed outside, covered in snowflakes. She had tied her long hair back into a ponytail, and every time she exerted herself to swing the broom, the ponytail would swing too, flinging out a string of sweat beads...
Of course, she didn't have any cotton shoes to wear either, and her bare feet trudged through the snow, making a heart-wrenching "creaking" sound.
This isn't her intentionally dressing like this to gain sympathy, in fact, when the classmates threw the most tiring and exhausting part of the road at her just now, she already knew that she wouldn't be able to get any pity from these people——she simply didn't have a decent set of clothes, that white robe issued by the Academy symbolized the divine and faith, absolutely cannot be worn while doing hard labor.
Alas...
Shura sighed in her heart, then she raised her head and saw that the classmates in the distance had put down their tools and were staring blankly in one direction.
A team of magnificent horses emerged slowly on the horizon, all uniform white steeds, with a white carriage and gilded bodywork. From the windows, which never emitted any hot air, it could be seen that inside the carriage there must have been lit... a warm stove? Or a charcoal brazier?
The students suddenly felt even colder.
Even the coachmen were luxurious, on this cold evening they were all big fat men with shiny faces, wearing black cotton coats, black cotton cloaks and black fur boots. Under these warm clothes, they shamelessly had two coachmen for one carriage, one driving and the other hiding in the carriage to enjoy the fine wine and roasted meat inside!
It won't be wrong, it's barbecue, that thing emitting heat, turned out to be charcoal for barbecuing on the car!
Look again at the tattered long gown on his body, the thin cloth shoes, and a stomach that had gone hungry for a day, growling with hunger, the students let out the most painful groans...
Heavenly Father, whose chariots are these, come to torment us?
At last, the flag representing identity appeared. It was hung on the last big truck, about 5-6 meters high, with a black rectangular surface and an inverted five-pointed star in the middle, as well as a black goat pendant... This, isn't this the same banner that Ye Huanxi used when he ambushed us a few days ago?
"Happy New Year, everyone!"
Ye Huan indeed emerged from the largest and warmest carriage.
The faces of the classmates changed immediately.
Knowing that we are doing hard labor here, without padded jackets and food, you brought nearly a hundred luxurious, well-fed and fat carters here...
What's going on?!
Are you here to mock us on purpose?
Several boys have already thought about it, as long as Ye Huan dares to say another sarcastic word here, giving them an excuse to take action...
However, Ye Huan didn't respond to their intentions at all. After a courtesy greeting, he waved his hand and pointed, the convoy of cars carrying warmth and tempting wine and meat aromas slowly "crawled" past these students...
His target seems to be in Kurokawa, those eight thousand, with a status far inferior to these divine students... the lowly commoners!?
