CH 151

Chapter 151 – 1992-2020

Teacher Wang kept her word. She said she wanted to talk about two things and did exactly that. She left after she finished speaking, without dragging her feet at all.

The door slammed shut, leaving Lian Qiao and Little RenDong in a daze staring at the mountain of primary school students’ homework.

“This… is this a day’s homework?” Lian Qiao took a finger and stroked it. It was more than ten centimeters thick

RenDong sat in front of the small table, raised his posture seriously and said, while opening his homework book, “It’s just homework for primary school students. With the two of our educational backgrounds, we should be able to… eh???” 

His voice stopped abruptly. RenDong stared at the homework book with a dazed face and his eyes almost popped out.

“What did you see?” Lian Qiao came over curiously and found that it was a math exercise book.

Why are first grade questions so difficult? They were all questions with pictures. Even the writing was marked in pinyin, so it shouldn’t be too difficult.

However, among a bunch of 1+1s, there turned out to be such a question:

“Mom bought 5 cakes and distributed them to 4 children. What type of division is reasonable?” 

There are five circles drawn under the title, indicating five cakes.

Lian Qiao: “…” 1+1 has not been mastered yet! What’s this about cake!

RenDong raised his forehead and said helplessly: “Do you know this topic?”

Lian Qiao: “I don’t know how to divide five cakes into four, but I can divide five people into four cakes.”

RenDong: “Huh?”

Lian Qiao: “First hack a kid to death, and then…”

RenDong: “…”

Little RenDong frowned, obviously very dissatisfied with this answer. Lian Qiao coughed and said sternly, “Forget it, let’s do our homework quickly. I’ll help you Baidu… ouch!”

He took out his mobile phone and remembered that their mobile phones had long been out of battery. There was no internet in this world, so he couldn’t help but bow his head.

Immediately, Little RenDong’s mind came up with famous aphorisms such as “There are roads in the mountains of books, hard work is the path, and the sea of ​​learning is endless… Turn back to the shore” and so on. He didn’t want to take shortcuts anymore, so he spread out his homework one by one, sorted them into categories and began to assign tasks to himself and Lian Qiao.

There are nine subjects in total. Chinese, Mathematics, English, Nature, Society, Labor Skills, Art, History, Morality.

Everyone is familiar with the three subjects of Chinese, Mathematics and English. Nature, society, art, and history can be regarded as quality education, and the homework is not difficult. The labor skills are all manual work, Lian Qiao had skill in this area, so it was naturally left to him.

Morality was even simpler. Opening the exercise booklet, there was a task list inside.

1. Help mom and dad wash the dishes.

2. Help mom and dad to do the laundry.

3. Ask mom and dad to tell a bedtime story about honesty.

…It seemed to be quite simple.

The two of them planned to do the most difficult Chinese, Mathematics, and English first, and then do other things in between to adjust their mood. Unexpectedly, when the two were tortured to death by elementary school mathematics, they were surprised to find that the seemingly simplest morality homework was actually the most difficult!

Each task is followed by a box asking parents to check off the child after completing the task. Of course, RenDong wouldn’t really run out in the middle of the night to find dishes to wash so he just checked it off casually. However, as soon as he checked the dishwashing task, the third task suddenly turned blood red and a big red cross appeared in the box behind it.

RenDong was startled.

The word “honesty” in the third task was like two slaps across his face: please note that this is not rhetorical.

Lian Qiao and RenDong really and clearly heard two sounds of “pa, pa”. Soon, two big red palm prints appeared on RenDong’s pink little face.

“Fuck!” Lian Qiao exploded in an instant, and held up RenDong’s little face in distress, “Are you okay!”

Little RenDong was stunned by the divine palm and couldn’t react for a while.

Lian Qiao was furious, stretched out his hand to protect RenDong in his arms, then threw the morality workbook on the ground and crushed it hard with the soles of his feet.

“What a piece of crap! How dare you do this?! I @#￥% you!!!”

Lian Qiao breathed out into a homework book. Little RenDong struggled lightly in his arms, tugged at his sleeves and said, “Don’t be impulsive, I have to hand in my homework tomorrow.”

“We won’t go to this school! F* this school!” Lian Qiao tried to pull the homework book apart. He was so angry he wanted to throw the words and numbers onto the table and step on them directly.

RenDong hurriedly protected the fruits of his labor and said angrily: “Calm down! What are you doing!”

Lian Qiao pointed to the homework book that was more than ten centimeters thick on the table  and scolded: “This idiot woman doesn’t even want you to finish your homework! It’s a fucking year’s worth! Even if you try to, you can’t finish it! And what’s this shit, you can’t tick it off if you haven’t done it? Then how can you finish it! It’s the middle of the night. How can I find a mother for you?!”

RenDong: “…” So you already acquiesced that you are my father?

But after hearing Lian Qiao’s words, he quickly realized that Lian Qiao wasn’t losing his temper randomly. Lian Qiao was already convinced that they would not be able to finish their homework tonight, and there was no doubt that he would be criticized by the teacher when he went to school tomorrow. As for whether there will be additional punishment…

Don’t even ask, there must be.

So Lian Qiao was angry, but it wasn’t about homework. He was angry at his own powerlessness.

If it’s only about language and math, it’s fine. Two adults with college degrees can do it and complete it before dawn. If it’s only morality it’s also okay. Since the teacher has recognized Lian Qiao as his father, then he can also complete these tasks with RenDong.

The point is that they only have a few hours left and the pile of homework for the nine subjects was as high as a hill. It is absolutely impossible to finish everything before going to school tomorrow.

Doesn’t this mean that RenDong will go to school to die!

But the NPC has come to take the initiative to set them a task… Just like the collection of dolls released by the rabbit in the Matryoshka instance, although it was not a real clearance condition, the doll itself was a hint. In addition, if you really completed the task, you can also get hidden props …

Wait, hidden props!

Lian Qiao suddenly had a thought and his eyes involuntarily glanced at the backpack.

That key… his brass key…

It’s already the last instance, do you want to use it?

However, if it is used up, he will…

RenDong didn’t notice his strangeness and only thought that he was depressed, so he climbed onto his lap and rubbed his cheek with the tip of his nose to comfort him.

“Okay, don’t be angry. Let’s take a step at a time, shall we?”

Lian Qiao’s heart skipped a beat, with an inexplicable sense of guilt. His fingers curled up, not daring to touch RenDong.

In order to avoid RenDong getting suspicious, he had to cough in embarrassment: “You, be careful…you are only seven years old, don’t do this kind of action! I’m not made of copper!”

“But…” Little RenDong stared at him with a reddened face. Suddenly he wanted to play a trick on him so he gently poked his cheek with his fingertips and said, “Aren’t you my father now? What’s wrong with me kissing you?”

After saying that, he closed his eyes. He closed his eyes and kissed Lian Qiao on the cheek with a “muah~”.

This time Lian Qiao really exploded. The fine hairs stood up all the way from the back to the tailbone, and the tips of his ears and nose were all red with embarrassment.

“Go away!” Lian Qiao pushed RenDong away in shame and indignation, bent down and picked up the trampled moral workbook, “Don’t affect my improvement of ideological and moral awareness! You are too, hurry up and do homework!”

RenDong smiled, knowing that Lian Qiao’s emotions had recovered. After that, he picked up the pen again.

As much as Lian Qiao was inspired, an impossible mission was still an impossible mission. The two of them stayed up all night and in the end they still hadn’t finished the math homework.

Math was so hard!

It’s only the first grade of elementary school! Why is it so difficult!

Lian Qiao suddenly became deeply worried about RenDong’s future studies. The next day, the morning sun came with the subtitles of “2000” blurred and Lian Qiao worriedly sent RenDong to school. On the way, he couldn’t help but ask: “How about…can I hire you a tutor?”

RenDong: “Huh?”

Lian Qiao: “Is there an entrance exam or something after…”

RenDong: “…Isn’t taking the exam enough? Do you really want me to go to a key high school?”

Lian Qiao: “Even if it’s not for the exam, it would be great to find a college student tutor and let him help with the homework.”

Little RenDong stood in front of the school gate, raised his face and asked sincerely: “Then do you have money for this?”

Lian Qiao: “…” Indeed, no!

The two of them barely survived by relying on the support of the director of the orphanage. After that, there will be a long time to go. If they spend money to hire a tutor, what will happen to their basic necessities of life!

Although he knew that Little RenDong had no intention of mocking him, Lian Qiao was deeply hurt as an old father. He bid farewell to Little RenDong with tears in his eyes, and made up his mind when he turned around.

Make money! He must make money!

Set a small goal and earn himself 100 million first! He can’t let the child suffer, so he must find a hundred or eighty tutors to help him with his homework!

He raised his head bitterly but fortunately he saw the recruitment notice hanging on the door of the snack bar across the road at a glance.

Lian Qiao has excellent eyesight and, across the road, he saw a sign that read: We are looking for a cook. Full board and lodging, daily salary.

Isn’t this tailor-made for them players!

Lian Qiao happily crossed the road and was about to run into the snack bar to ask questions, when a tall figure suddenly flashed in front of him, blocking him and the recruitment notice.

That person seemed to have been attracted by the recruitment notice and was also carefully studying the contents of the notice.

Lian Qiao thought that the NPCs were really realistic. There were even some who compete with players for jobs. It’s too real! However, when he raised his head, he was surprised to see…

A bald head with a discernible radiance.

Bald head, monk robes, cloth shoes. That tall figure interprets two words from beginning to end:

A monk.

…Are you here for alms?

Lian Qiao didn’t expect that the completion of this scene was so high, and there would be such a high-level monk NPC who could ask for alms. Standing blankly behind the monk, he intuitively felt that this was an important person, and that some extra bounty mission might be triggered. Just as he was about to start a conversation, he heard the monk shout angrily towards the inside.

“Boss! Are you hiring a chef here?”

Lian Qiao: “?” 

The monk: “Do you think I can do it!”

Lian Qiao: “???”