Quick Transmigration: I Actually Became a System Bug

Chapter 24 The Uninhibited Life of the 60 Educated Youths 23

Moreover, the two of them managed to get two rifles from the front desk of the guesthouse. Of course, there were troops stationed around the forest farm, so Ji Han and the others tried their best not to use the guns.

Because of the busy farming season, Ji Han and his companion did not encounter anyone else along the way. The two of them entered the depths of the mountains and forests without any problems. Gradually, the wild animals began to appear more often. At first, there were common pheasants, rabbits, and snakes, and then they were able to see some larger animals.

They even encountered two silly roe deer halfway there. The roe deer lived up to their nickname "big silly." When they saw people, they didn't hide. Instead, they stared at Ji Han and Shi Shaoyu with their innocent big eyes and a curious look.

Ji Han and Shi Shaoyu exchanged a glance, then took out two cucumbers with fillings from their spatial storage and threw them at the two silly roe deer. The two roe deer were startled and retreated a long distance. However, before Ji Han and Shi Shaoyu could make any further moves, the two roe deer hopped back.

Then...then they ate those two cucumbers with gusto, and before long, Ji Han and his group had acquired two dazed and sleeping roe deer.

Ji Han and Shi Shaoyu tightly bound the two roe deer's limbs and then casually put them into their spatial storage. The subsequent hunt was not so lucky; the two of them found themselves surrounded by a pack of wolves without realizing it.

Fortunately, they reacted quickly enough. When the wolves pounced, they darted into the space and hid there for three days. In the same spot, the wolf pack fought with a herd of wild boars. After the battle, the two of them took advantage of the chaos and obtained the carcasses of two wild boars and four wolves, although the carcasses looked rather unsightly due to being torn apart.

In the days that followed, Ji Han and his companion hunted during the day and rested in their space at night. They not only harvested a lot of prey, but also gathered legendary medicinal herbs such as ginseng, saposhnikovia root, gentian, and eleutherococcus senticosus, as well as various mountain delicacies such as wood ear fungus, hazel mushroom, monkey head mushroom, and matsutake mushroom.

Overall, it can be described as a great success and a fruitful return.

Fourteen days later, in the middle of the night, the two finally emerged from the mountains. After leaving, they first went to Grandpa and Grandma Ji's place, leaving them two old ginseng roots and some herbs. Then they went directly to the train station. After buying their tickets, they mailed a letter of reassurance to Deputy Factory Director Cui at the post office next door.

The two did not return to Qianjin Commune, but went back to Kyoto again. After arriving in Kyoto, they stayed at a guesthouse next to the train station. After some makeup and dressing up, they became Ji Xiaohua and her husband Shi Dazhu when they entered different black markets.

After selling their wild game and some medicinal herbs on different black markets, they didn't dare linger in Kyoto to avoid being tracked down, and returned to the commune elementary school.

Before the start of the school year, as usual, only Grandpa Li, the gatekeeper, was diligently guarding the school's safety and finances. Ji Han and Shi Shaoyu knocked on the glass of the gatehouse and were quickly let in by Grandpa Li. After all, there were only a few teachers in the entire school, and Grandpa Li could remember them all.

"Teacher Ji, Teacher Shi, you're back! How's everything at home?"

Shi Shaoyu grinned and placed the local specialties he had brought into the open window of the guardhouse.

"It's fine, it's fine!"

"Uncle Li, how have you been lately? These are local specialties we brought back from Kyoto. Why don't you try them and see if they suit your taste?"

Grandpa Li took the first look and saw the exquisitely packaged box of pastries. Such expensive items, he knew without even tasting them that they would taste good.

"Hey, hey, I'm doing just fine. You should take these exquisite pastries home and eat them. I'm just an old man, I don't need to eat such good things."

After exchanging pleasantries with Grandpa Li, Shi Shaoyu left the box of pastries in the guardhouse. Grandpa Li even came over to help the two of them clean the dormitory that they hadn't lived in for more than two days since it was set up, and also brought them a lot of firewood and vegetables.

After resting for two or three days, Shi Shaoyu, urged by Ji Han, finally got down to business. He took out his manuscript paper again and began his career as a writer.

In fact, as Ji Han put it, there wasn't much to be innovative in his writing at this point. It was nothing more than praising labor, praising the Party, praising struggle and hard work, and adding some red and expert quotes along the way. If needed, adding some outstanding personal stories would make it even more perfect.

Because of the high-pressure environment with Ji Han watching over him at all times, Shi Shaoyu wrote his article quickly and well this time. He managed to finish copying it all before the end of summer vacation and mailed it out.

To Ji Han's surprise, at the start of the new semester, their first task wasn't teaching classes, but...home visits.

Yes, home visits. Due to the previous suspension of the college entrance examination, the sending of educated youth to the countryside, and the suspension of classes, things are still okay in the city, but many parents in the surrounding rural areas have long given up on sending their children to school. Rural children mature early. Children as young as six, seven, or eight can already go to the fields to cut pig feed and dig wild vegetables. When they are a little older, around ten years old, they can directly follow adults to the fields to earn work points.

As a result, in the first semester after the resumption of classes, very few children from the surrounding rural areas came to school, and even many school-age children in the commune had their families give up on attending school.

With students not coming to school, the teachers have no choice but to visit each household in hopes of enrolling more students.

It was at this time that Shi Shaoyu, a rich second-generation heir who hadn't suffered much hardship before transmigrating, realized that not every child has a happy childhood. This world is never short of hardship and suffering; it's just that those hardships hadn't befallen him.

Especially in those days when people couldn't even get enough to eat, the preference for sons over daughters was very strong in the countryside. For many girls, let alone going to school, even getting a full meal or a pair of shoes was a luxury. The word "going to school" was too distant and unrealistic for them.

Another fruitless day. On the dormitory table were braised pork and steamed buns that the two of them had bought from the state-run restaurant, looking delicious and appealing. Even though his stomach was growling, Shi Shaoyu had no desire to eat at all.

"Old Ji, I want to write an article!"

After saying that, Shi Shaoyu quickly finished the steamed bun in his hand, sat down at his desk under the dim light, and began to write furiously, while Ji Han silently cleaned up the dishes.

Actually, while primary schools were relatively better off at this point, middle and high schools were still in a state of chaos. Teachers were afraid to discipline students, so students started causing trouble inside and outside the school without restraint. Ji Han didn't think Shi Shaoyu's article would attract much attention. In fact, if he didn't write it well, he himself might get implicated.

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