Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 730 Night School
After Chen Yan made this decision, he hesitated for a while.

He looked at Nuomi Guo, and Nuomi Guo also looked at him.

At the same time, the two recalled the previous conversation about Marina between the two.

So Chen Yan said:

"I'll go find Marina, everyone... make preparations, and we'll set off right away."

Due to everyone's understanding of the current situation in the apartment, Chen Yan did not explain too much.

Everyone understands that under the circumstances that Xieyan can build the road from the apartment to Yanan City, even if the apartment is still living in the apartment after it goes to sea, it will not have any impact on the current living conditions, but because the apartment itself Overseas, the personal safety of some tenants in the apartment has been greatly improved.

The only one who has influence is the Messiah - the mother.

As the only mortal in the apartment, Marina is currently unable to go to work due to the riots. When Chen Yan saw her, she was swiping her phone with a worried look.

Chen Yan heard laughter from the mobile phone, which seemed to be some kind of video entertainment software. Marina obviously didn't like the laughter, but she had nothing to do because she was upset.

Marina was sitting on a chair by the window sealed by wooden strips, and some textbooks were messily placed on the light-colored synthetic wood bedside table beside her. Chen Yan glanced at the stacked books and saw that some of them were name:

"Mechanized Textile Concept", "Printing and Dyeing Proportion and Mixing of Light Industrial Dyeing Liquid", "Primary Industrial Chemistry"...

The woman noticed his gaze, and unlike last time, she was able to calmly face his scrutiny.

"There is no corresponding promotion channel in the factory. Even if I learn the knowledge in these books, I will not be able to work in the corresponding job, unless I can go to school again, participate in the recruitment as a technical school graduate, or accompany some company or the agent of the workshop. One sleep in exchange for a job."

Her eyes were as calm as the snow that fell on the roof last night even sparrows would not stop.

Is she... is she showing weakness?

Does she know what he's here for?
Chen Yan had already turned his gaze back to her face. When she finished speaking, he hadn't figured out how to speak to her, so he could only continue following her topic:

"Yarnan City should have adult education... or officially recognized educational institutions such as night schools, to train workers and enable them to obtain academic qualifications recognized by enterprises."

Marina blinked, and the fatigue in her eyes was dispelled a little:
"That would be great if that's the case, who wouldn't want to have a decent job?"

She looked out the window.

There was light snow in the fading twilight. There was no wind in Yanan City today, and the light snow seemed to fall straight from the sky to the ground. Snowflakes falling outside the window.

Snowflakes have no one to help, they can only sink and melt.

"Marlena."

Chen Yan tried to ignore the grayness mixed in the woman's red hair, and communicated with her with a normal tone.

"Mr. Landlord."

The woman glanced at the Messiah who had just walked in behind Chen Yan, so the girl came to the woman consciously.

"Marlena, how do you feel about work recently?"

Marina put down her phone, but didn't stand up.

"not bad."

Her pretendingly relaxed tone could hardly conceal the fatigue between her expressions.

"Before the parade started, it was fine, because it couldn't be worse."

She even made a joke.

But Chen Yan clearly knows that she is not in a good mood now, and the ability to "make jokes when you are in a bad mood" can only be possessed by people with strong psychological endurance.

"Who told you about reading a book?"

Chen Yan tried his best to make his tone appear relaxed, and tried his best to make his inquiry look like a cordial greeting between old friends.

"Isn't it natural to want to read a book?"

Marina felt that this question was very strange.

Chen Yan's eyes flicked past the Messiah behind her, drifted past the snowflakes illuminated by the warm light outside the window, and finally landed on the book beside her bed.

"It should be taken for granted." Chen Yan blinked, "Books are the ladder of human progress."

Marina's eyes were in a trance for a moment: "I seem to have heard this sentence somewhere... But in any case, this sentence makes sense. Those female workers in the textile factory, most of them can't even read the words." I don’t know, I don’t know how to improve myself, I just do the same job every day, enduring a high-pressure life…”

Chen Yan looked into her eyes and said with emotion:

"But no one told them that life could be better. Maybe they think that such a high-pressure life is the normal state of life, just like..."

He pauses here.

Marina wondered:

"Like? Those around me? Those...workmates?"

Or maybe it should have included you.

Chen Yan smiled, her embarrassment was poorly concealed.

"Marlena..."

Marina looked into his eyes and interrupted him in as gentle a tone as possible:
"The textile factory where I worked closed down, and the day before the march, a dyeing machine broke down and several workers fell into it.

Others knew that after the march started, a fire burned the machinery and stocks of the textile factory.

They did it in a state of rage, but I know they did it more out of fear.

They are afraid that one day they will fall into it.

But they can't lose this job, because once they lose their jobs, their families will suffer.

And if they continue to work in textile factories, they feel that sooner or later they will be reduced to the same fate as the workers who fell into the dyeing machine.

They have fallen into an endless loop that cannot be solved. This living situation makes them desperate, and despair breeds fear. These fears are ignited by the sudden outbreak of parade, and the burning fear generates riots, just like everything in the world is oxidized. The response was average..."

Chen Yan probably knew why she said this to him, because he could "feel" the despair hidden under her calm demeanor.

He really didn't want to use synaesthesia with her—he didn't want to listen to and feel a person's heart through the tough and irresistible violent means of extraordinary power.

Unexpectedly, after Chen Yan had this idea, the "feeling" became clearer.

So, he not only felt a glimmer of hope mixed with Marina's despair, but also felt her wariness and hostility towards him.

These vigilance and hostility hit Chen Yan hard.

She is still talking.

"It's not safe outside."

She is holding a cell phone.

"Several of my colleagues have lost contact, and most of them live alone without men.

But having a man doesn't necessarily work, there are too many women who are forced by their own men to become corner girls.

Some of my colleagues... They are very tired. Even if they have a mobile phone, they still need to save electricity, because the charge is expensive, and they still need to use the mobile phone to receive information and communicate with other people. In such a chaotic society, if there is no mobile phone and cannot receive information from the outside world, people will become very irritable and panic. "

Chen Yan knew exactly what she was talking about.

She was telling what she thought was about to happen to herself and the Messiah.

"It's not all good news, though."

She picked up a book at hand.

"There are gossip that this parade has won the residents of Yanan City the right to enter the technical school for advanced studies. If I have learned this knowledge in advance, I will be able to get the certificate soon when the technical school opens. If you apply for a job with a certificate, your salary will be much higher than before.”

She's fighting for her chances, like anything she's ever done to survive.

She looked into his eyes, and the words she was about to say made her, who already understood what "dignity" was, feel a little unspeakable.

But the "gossip" she learned was really just rumors. As a person who witnessed and participated in the whole process of the parade, Chen Yan clearly knew that there was nothing in the negotiation results between the marchers and the House of Representatives. Recognition of technical school certificates".

But even though she knew it was a gossip, even though she said it was a gossip, she still handled everything with a "firm belief" attitude—she even took this as her goal in her future life!
"But before that, I must have a good living and learning environment."

She knew what he was coming to tell her.

No matter what considerations and guesses it was based on, no matter what, she knew that he wanted to "drive her away".

She originally planned to leave, and even found a house, because she felt that she could make money and support herself and the Messiah at that time.

But until the parade started, riots raged, textile factories were burned, all plans were broken, and all living conditions were changed.

She didn't know why the society was getting more and more chaotic even though the parade was successful, and she didn't know how to plan for the future after the life that had already improved was burned to the ground.

Social events like parades are devastating to ordinary people, especially in this special social environment.

Chen Yan knew that the parade would lead to such a result, but when the parade actually happened around him and had an impact on the ordinary people around him, he realized how heavy the "historical dust" of the parade was on ordinary people.

Marina had lost almost everything in the procession except the Messiah, and now, she's just grabbing every chance she can to survive.

And "gossip" is one of the most important opportunities she can seize.

It's like Jack Baldo met when she was desperate for pregnancy.

It's like the old banquet that provides them with shelter and food after giving birth.

Now, she wants to use "gossip" to convince Chen Yan—she doesn't even realize that she is "using gossip to convince Chen Yan", because her desperate situation has made her take this gossip as a Really, it became the only solution to my current gloomy life!
People usually hope that they are rational and objective, but in most cases, people will only be dominated by emotions.

It is the normal state of human beings to be more emotional than rational.

Chen Yan listened to her talk, felt her emotions, and felt like a lump in her throat. He couldn't say anything about his original plan to help her arrange a new residence.

'The new accommodation will never be worse than 33 Walker Street, why can't I say it?Is it because of overflowing compassion and meaningless pity?Or is it because you want to see what's going on with Marina? '

Chen Yan couldn't figure out his own heart - when he could feel other people's emotions, his own emotions became rich and sensitive. At this time, complex emotions rushed into his heart, and he couldn't tell the difference between himself and himself for a while. His purpose—his purpose was disturbed by emotion and could not be clarified.

He looked at her with eyes that seemed to be calm but were actually looking forward to. Amidst the chaos in his heart, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind. This thought flashed across the sky like a shooting star, illuminating all the people and things he had witnessed during this period of time. Connecting all his own thoughts together, holding his long tail across the night sky, tearing open the sky to enlighten the darkness.

As Chen Yan's pupils dilated, he blurted out a sentence that he hadn't thought of yet:

"I'm actually here to tell you about night school."

Jack Baldo, who was hiding outside the door, was surprised when he heard what Chen Yan said. Now that the outside is so chaotic, where is the night school?
When Marina heard the word "evening school", she didn't immediately express any emotions of happiness. Her long-term experience allowed her to maintain a relatively calm state of mind when facing various temptations.

"I've never heard of this kind of school..."

While compiling in his head, Chen Yan said in a very affirmative tone:
"It's one of the results of this parade. It opens up the learning of some basic job skills. After completing the skills test, you can get the same academic certificate as most technical schools in Yanan City-the academic certificate recognized by the parliament."

"Evening classes are taught in the evening, and only one fee is required - the cost of books, which is very cheap, so you can consider working during the day and studying in the evening school at night."

"I heard that the night school also provides student dormitories... but it still needs some money for accommodation... Fortunately, although the environment of the student dormitories in the night school is not very good, it is much safer than outside."

Marina realized something, and she became vigilant, but she didn't question it immediately.

"Where is this night school...?"

Chen Yan replied with a positive tone:
"I heard that all streets in Yanan City will be open, and because of the large number of people, there will be a lot of night schools."

"You'll get the news soon...you can sign up then."

Marina glanced at Messiah, and blurted out a word without thinking:

"But if I work during the day and go to school at night, I can't take care of the Messiah."

Chen Yan felt a little headache, and it was almost impossible to compromise on this matter.

Marina looked at her daughter, and without much thought, she made up her mind:
"I have to think of another way."

Non-negotiable tone.

Faced with such a tone, Chen Yan suddenly didn't know what to do. The Messiah absolutely cannot stay by Marina's side all the time. As a powerful transcendent with unknown abilities, the Messiah had better be Stay in the apartment - she'd better go to sea with them!
Chen Yan didn't expect that the conversation had been going on until now, and it seemed that it was about to succeed, but the conversation suddenly became deadlocked.

But Chen Yan is leaving tonight, he must not take Marina out to sea!
How can we keep Marina safely in Yanan City?
The determined Marina was about to see off her guests, but suddenly heard a low voice calling.

'Mother……'

Marina raised her head in a trance, looking at Messiah with trembling eyes.

'I can take care of myself. '

The girl spoke for the first time since she was born.

For the first time a woman hears the voice of her own child.

'Mom just study and work hard, I will visit my mother often. '

Chen Yan looked at Messiah who kept his mouth shut all the time, and then at Marina who had tears in her eyes, and probably knew what happened.

Taking the opportunity, Chen Yan took out her mobile phone, edited a text message, and asked for Marina's mobile number:
"I will send you the address of the night school. Tonight is the last time for the report. If you miss it, you will have to wait another three months."

Marina looked at the address on the phone screen and then at her daughter's face, struggling for a while, unable to make a decision.

He sent the randomly edited address to Marina, which was a commercial street in the eastern block of the old city. It was not affected by the parade and was very safe.

"I can help you pay the first book fee and accommodation fee, but you need to earn the subsequent fees yourself."

When Chen Yan finished speaking, Marina had already calmed down.

"Mr. Landlord, please go out first, I want to have a few words with Messiah."

Chen Yan wished he could hurry up and arrange this matter. After saying goodbye to Marina, he immediately took Jack Baldo back to the third floor and called No. 17 Walker Street.

On the first floor of the apartment, Marina held her daughter's hands, looked into her eyes, and whispered:

"You promise mom that no matter what, you must, must not sleep with anyone."

The girl was at a loss for a while after hearing such an explanation.

……

……

"I need to rent a building near the eastern block of the old city. It needs three floors. The lower floor is used as a facade, and the upper two floors are for people to live in. It is best for shops with little traffic."

Chen Yan said to the receiver at 17 Walker Street.

"Let it for three months first, um, yes, try to be safe and sign a contract."

"Can it be done sooner? Uh... 3 minutes? Thanks a lot!"

Chen Yan hung up the phone, and Jack Baldo beside him finally had a chance to interject.

"Brother, are you really going to run a night school for the Messiah?"

It was for the Messiah, not for Marina, Jack Baldo had a clear head.

"Not for the Messiah either."

Chen Yan hesitated for a moment, then explained:
"I need to do what I can for this society...Although it's just what I think is right, I still do it because my ability is so great."

Jack Baldo asked:
"Is there any possibility of bad consequences?"

Chen Yan said in a firm tone:

"The world couldn't be any worse."

Jack Baldo thinks so:
"Is such that."

Chen Yan glanced at 5:20 p.m. on his phone, then turned his head and glanced at the eaves across the street through the window.

The dense black shadows have already formed a piece on the opposite side of the street. Those things opened their eyes in the already deep twilight. The white eyes without pupils turned away the moment he looked over. After a moment, they met his gaze.

Such an oppressive scene did not make Chen Yan feel more pressure, but he was not very nervous, but rather excited.

During the conversation with Marina, the insights he gained from his previous experience suddenly had the possibility of being verified, and he knew what he could really do for this city—what he could do within his ability .

"The reason for all the chaos in today's society is that the people's wisdom is not enlightened. People don't know what they should pursue, and they don't know what is right and what is wrong. .”

Chen Yan said in a firm tone:

"this is not right."

He looked at Jack Baldo:
"People need enlightenment in this world, and the only thing that can give people enlightenment is knowledge. I will try to pass on knowledge to people through evening classes, so that people's ignorant hearts can be enlightened."

After the latter quietly listened to him tell all this, he asked:

"When people get enlightenment, can they live a good life?"

Chen Yan thought about this question a long time ago, and replied without hesitation:
"No, Jack, even with enlightenment, people don't immediately get better off."

His tone was deep.

"On the contrary, those who have gained enlightenment will realize what kind of world they live in, which is something they have never been aware of before, and their worldview will collapse.

If they never knew what the world really looked like, they might be able to live their lives in such a muddle. Maybe they would live a very difficult life, but at least they would not be so desperate. "

Jack Baldo asked:
"Since this is the case, why do people still need to be enlightened?"

Chen Yan replied:

"One should know the world as it should be.

For example: People should know that they should have lived in a fair and just society. As taxpayers and builders of the empire, they should enjoy the benefits brought about by the development of the empire.

They will have a correct understanding of their hearts, they will have their own pursuits, and they will...will have a comprehensive development based on correct self-awareness, instead of muddling along! "

Jack Baldo had never been exposed to such an ideal, so he couldn't help asking:

"Where does such enlightenment come from?"

Chen Yan had thought about this question over and over again, and the answer to the question was already familiar to him.

"The evening school will have its own unique courses-ideological enlightenment courses and professional technical courses, and the first lesson of the ideological enlightenment courses is called "Utopia."

Under the protection of Jack Baldo, Chen Yan sat in front of the table, closed her eyes, and entered the online world.

While the icy blue memory fragments in the palm of the hand flickered, some books—book data that did not exist in this world were mobilized, arranged and combined according to the order that Chen Yan had thought about many times, and finally became a list.

Part of the list lists various books required by ordinary skilled workers according to the existing types of work in Yanan City.

The other part lists the books of the corresponding stages according to the chronological order of the development of the Enlightenment Movement that Chen Yan recognized.

When making this list, Chen Yan was actually very disturbed, because no matter how things like books are, they are only indirect experiences. Even if people realize something, if they cannot be used in practice, it will not be beneficial to people.

He only hopes that the thoughts in these books can enter people's field of vision and plant a seed in people's hearts.

He firmly believes that time will allow this seed to take root and germinate.

Behind each title on the evening school book list, there is a download link of the book list marked by him.

'Since these books are all in electronic form, there should be no need to charge for books. '

In this way, the evening school has a curriculum plan.

"Most of the students who can go to night school can't read well, so it's not enough to have textbooks, they have to be taught by teachers,"

Chen Yan manipulated the quantum avatar to search for the high street IP section of Yanan City in the online world, and quickly found a qualified teacher——

This man's name is Ned Roddie, who was originally a master's degree in the Department of Literature at Paris University on the High Street. After graduation, he relied on writing articles for newspapers to make a living. Because he was studying at the university with a loan, his life is very difficult now. It's not an exaggeration to describe it.

What makes Chen Yan interesting is that this person was caught and imprisoned by the choral group for writing articles before, and the reason was to spread atheism.

Since there was no manuscript fee during the three months in prison, this man had no money to pay the rent, so he was kicked out of the room and will sleep on the street tonight.

And on such a winter night, sleeping on the street can almost be equated with "must die".

Thoughtful, knowledgeable, pauper, cornered.

It is the talent that Chen Yan needs most.

A few seconds later, a text message was sent to Ned Roddy's cell phone, who was walking in panic on the bustling streets of High Street.

He took out his mobile phone and looked at the text message pop-up window in surprise:
"[Yanan City Night School]: Dear Mr. Ned Roddy, hello, I am Jack Baldo, the agent of Yanan City Night School, and I hope to invite you to be a lecturer of the night school. Our school... "

There are a lot of introductions in the text message. Roddy is really not in the mood to read it now. His eyes subconsciously fell on the salary:

"Classes are held from 8:00 to 11:00 every night, the hourly salary is 1 shilling, food and accommodation are included, business trip expenses are included, and labor contracts are signed, but teaching needs to be carried out according to the teaching materials of the evening school. "

Rhodedy completely ignored the last sentence, staring straight at "1 shilling per hour", his head almost stopped thinking.

It wasn't until a snowflake melted on his forehead, taking some body heat away and causing him to shiver solidly, that he felt the pain in his abdomen due to hunger.

Roddy's eyes slipped:
"If you are interested, please contact the mobile phone number to chat in detail. "

Without hesitation, he clicked on the mobile phone number at the bottom of the text message.

After a short delay, the call was connected.

"Hello, Mr. Roddie."

Chen Yan's voice appeared on the phone.

Roddy took out his beautiful voice in his graduation speech that year:

"Hello, I'm Ned Roddie. I heard that you need teachers there."

Due to the high demand, the conversation between the two was pleasant.

"Yes, according to policy requirements, the evening school has just been established, and we need to recruit a large number of teachers."

"What I want to know is, what do I need to do now?"

"If you agree to become a teacher in the evening school, I will send you an electronic contract. After receiving my electronic contract and signing it, I will pay you a week's salary in advance."

This is the best news Ned Roddie has heard in a long time. Even if the "electronic contract" is not so easy to accept, but he has reached this point, what is there to question? ?

"no problem."

"After signing the contract, you will become an official classroom teacher in the evening school.

Since the night school has just been established, we have insufficient manpower, so you need to hold the key in person to manage a branch school—because it is a night school, the scale is small, and I will send you the specific school rules later. "

This is not difficult.

"I'm OK."

Things are going really well.

"I need you to go to 17 Walker Street in the Old Town, get the key to the night school, and then wait for the students to arrive-the class will start tonight, so you need to familiarize yourself with the textbooks in advance, and I will send the textbooks and courses you need to use next The form is sent to your mobile phone."

Ned Roddy was a little surprised:
"e-edition?"

Chen Yan replied very simply:

"Yes, do you have any questions?"

Ned Roddie did not hesitate:
"definitely no problem!"

Even if he was asked to spread the belief of the Holy Light, he still taught this lesson!
"I wish us a happy cooperation! Mr. Roddie, if you have any questions in the future, you can contact me at any time! After we finish the call, please send your bank card number to my mobile phone."

Chen Yanping's plain voice echoed on the phone, but it sounded like a savior to Ned Roddie—even though he knew that the savior did not exist.

After expressing his gratitude again, Ned Roddy hung up the phone and sent his bank card number to Chen Yan via text message.

Immediately, a contract was sent by Chen Yan via text message.

Ned Roddy opened the text message, pressed his fingerprints, signed his name, and clicked submit—he had no experience in this area before, but this electronic contract was too simple to sign, just two names and two fingerprints, and the content of the contract It is also ridiculously simple, which is to stipulate simple teaching content and the labor and money that both parties have to pay.

Because the content of the contract was too simple, Ned Roddy couldn't find anything to find fault with.

While he was staring at the screen, a text message from the bank popped up on the screen:
"Yanan City Construction Bank: 15 shillings have been credited to your XXX account..."

The salary of five days a week is really that simple...

Another snowflake fell on his forehead, and the cold feeling made him wake up a little bit from his frenzy for survival.

As a result, some questions came one after another:
Is this night school a private school?Do you have a license from the House of Representatives?Who are the students they recruit?Child or adult?what do they teach
With the ringing of the mobile phone, Ned Roddy received the curriculum and electronic textbooks.

He looked at the words "Utopia" on the first row of the textbook list, and realized that things might not be that simple.

"Anyway... Go get the key first... Anyway, go and have a look first..."

……

……

When Chen Yan sent the money to Ned Roddie, No. 17 Walker Street had already called back.

The quantum clone answered the phone.

"Already have the key? Okay, thank you. I'll let a man named Ned Roddy pick it up right away. You just need to give him the key. There's no need to say anything else."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yan looked at a list generated in front of him.

The list was retrieved from the online world using a number of keyword criteria: "skilled worker", "frequent poster", "more peaceful communicator", "worker", "non-verbal barrier" ", "Persons with Normal Physical Function" and the like.

When Chen Yan set up the evening school, the fundamental teaching direction was to cultivate skilled workers who could think independently, so they gave priority to searching among workers.

Due to the huge population base of Yanan City, he retrieved 18 people for the first time.

This obviously exceeded his expectations.

He conducted a second search on the 18 people: After adding more complex keyword conditions such as "desire to acquire knowledge" and "showing a strong desire for knowledge", the scope was narrowed down to 1 people.

'I need to conduct a third search, because people who meet more stringent conditions will have higher quality themselves. If these people get enlightenment, it will be easier to pass on the enlightenment... If a person can't even read, teach Such a person costs too much, takes too much time, spreads ideas too slowly, and for a person who is too chaotic, the probability of enlightenment failure is too high...'

In the third search, Chen Yan added conditions such as "age less than 30 years old" and "no criminal record", and the number of people retrieved was narrowed down to 500.

'Can't continue searching anymore. '

'These 500 people will gradually enter the night school. '

'And today, I need to select about 500 of these 20 people as Marina's classmates. '

He conducted the fourth search, and the keywords were "within the scope of the old urban area" and "time between 8:00 and 11:00 in the evening".

This time there were only 30 people left.

So Chen Yan sent these 30 people a text message inviting them to attend the evening school. The most important promise was that the first week of teaching would be a free trial class.

The text messages quickly received feedback, 1, 2... until the 20th text message was fed back, Chen Yan sent them, including Marina, the address of the night school, and some "be careful at night" and other messages. Precautions.

'Hopefully it will work out. '

After a thought, the quantum clone closed its eyes.

In the real world, Chen Yan opened his eyes.

He subconsciously looked out the window.

Before the street lights were turned on, the twilight had already darkened from deep purple to black, so the dense white spots on the windows were extremely eye-catching.

Those were the pupilless eyes of the squirming shadows.

　PS: Please let me know if there are any typos!thank you all!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)