Wolf King

In the early morning of this day, Ted Zhongzhang, who lived in the shared dormitory, was the first to wake up.

It was late in the winter, and Ted sat up in the dark, took the clothes next to the pillow and put them on, got up gently and got off the kang, and walked to the top of the kang with indoor slippers (actually clogs) with thick wooden soles In front of the big stove, I squatted down and took iron tongs to remove the soot that sealed the stove mouth, and stuffed a few coal balls into the half-dark stove fire.

In the coal mines mined in Qiuling New District, good-quality coal lumps and pulverized coal are used to make iron and burn gas engines, and poor-quality pulverized coal and cinders are made into briquettes for heating everywhere.This kind of briquettes are used in the resettlement site. When burning, the smell is strong and a bit pungent, but as long as the house is well ventilated when it is built, it is not a big problem to use.

In any case, cinder balls are always more resistant to burning than firewood... If you rely on firewood for warmth, the woods on the grassland will not be able to withstand the disaster for many years.

After filling the stove with coal, Ted Zhongteng straightened up, picked up a wooden bucket, raised the thick curtain and went out to fetch snow, then poured it back into an iron pot to boil water.

The big stove was getting hotter and hotter, and when the water was almost boiling, the dozen or so tigers and big cats who were sleeping on the kang in the Datong shop almost woke up.

Someone rubbed his eyes and opened the curtains, looked at the snow scene outside through the double-layer laminated glass, and screamed, "It's snowing so much again? It's piled up to the window!"

"Did it snow last night?"

"How sleepy you are, the roof keeps rustling in the middle of the night."

Those who made noise and gathered around the window were all cats. Although there were some people in the tiger family who were surprised that Xuexue didn't feel cold, they didn't speak, and quietly put on their clothes and got off the kang.

Ted Zhongzhang opened the cabinet next to the stove, took out his washing tools (a glass with bubbles, a pig hair toothbrush, a salt bag for brushing his teeth, a square off-white towel, and a small plastic basin the size of his head), and put them in With half a basin of hot water, I went out and grabbed a few handfuls of snow and sprinkled it in. Then I squatted silently in the underground pipe drains reserved in front of each dormitory to brush my teeth.

All the tiger clan filled up hot water and went out to wash, only then did the chirping cat clan go to the cabinet and each took their own washing tools.

When brushing their teeth, these big cats don't like to squat with the tiger clan, they all squeeze into the drain of the dormitory next door...

Each dormitory has a dormitory head who is responsible for waking up at the earliest to boil water, and getting breakfast and dinner for fellow dormmates in the cafeteria (Chinese food is generally eaten as a work meal); , since Ted Zhongzhang took the initiative to take over the head of the house, the big cats seem to have no idea that the head of the house will take turns, completely ignoring this...

Ted finished washing up in twos and twos, put away his personal utensils, went out in silence, and went to the cafeteria alone.

The Ministry of Huoyan emphasizes equality of living rights, equality of labor rights, and more importantly, more work, more pay, no work, no gain. Based on the basic principle of distribution according to work, new cats who have not participated in work and made contributions to the collective cannot enjoy "" The welfare benefits of "official" laborers are more obvious in the dining... The big cats who have farmed in the farm can have an extra dish for breakfast and dinner, and there is a snack at noon, and the new cats do not have this treatment .

"Dormitory No. 9-13, right?" The chef at the cafeteria window glanced at the sign board held up by Ted in the tent, and Ma Liu handed out their breakfast, "29 meat pies and [-] vegetarian pancakes each. There is a bucket of soybean milk and a pot of mixed vegetables and vegetables. The sugar is already in the bucket of soybean milk, so just take it away.” Then he pointed to the hanging clock (from the Dwarf Kingdom) hanging on the wall next to the window, “Remember to return before nine o’clock. Cutlery, don't forget."

Ted Zhongzhang nodded, put the basket of wheat cakes on his wrist, picked up the soy milk and picked up the pot, turned his head and walked out.

Behind him was the head of the farm. When the chef served breakfast to this "official" employee, he gave an extra pot of stewed vegetables with pork, rabbit meat, tofu, fruit and tofu skin...

Daily breakfast and dinner, among the food provided by the cafeteria, this extra "treat meal" is often the essence, such as the small fragrant pot at dinner yesterday, the pickled fish fillet at breakfast yesterday...

Of course, even though they can't get the "reward meal", the new cats are also very respectful of the meals provided by the Huoyan Department. Ted Zhongzhang brought the breakfast back to the dormitory, and the big cats who usually ignore their Tiger Clan immediately surrounded them. come over.

"The one with green onion on the skin is a vegetarian cake, and the one without it is a meat cake. Don't get it wrong!"

"Who doesn't like meatloaf? Swap vegetarian pancakes with me."

"It's a fool who will change it with you!"

"Where's my soup bowl? Who took my soup bowl?"

"Who would take your bowl? You obviously didn't wash it yourself, and it's still under the cabinet!"

"Haha idiot, hurry up and wash it!"

The tigers were as quiet as chickens, and they squatted aside to eat slowly after taking their own portions.

For the big cats, the breakfast and dinner portions are just right, and the tigers can only eat half full, but no matter whether it is the cats living together or the people in the cafeteria, it seems that they have not found that the tigers can't eat enough , It's been almost a month, but no one has mentioned this.

Ted Zhongzhang split his vegetarian cake in half and gave half to each of the two youngest boys in the same dormitory. He took the rest of the meat pie and ate slowly with a big bowl of mixed vegetables.

It is said to be a hodgepodge of vegetables and vegetables, and there is also a lot of rabbit meat in it. The diced rabbit meat smashed into pieces and stir-fried is delicious and crispy, which is countless times better than the barbecue that the tigers are used to eating; Soybean flour, the product of oil extraction), the taste of wheat cake kneaded is worse than that of pure wheat cake, but a sufficient amount of filling and a layer of lard brushed on the wheat cake can cover this small defect.

Although the portions were not enough, the tigers ate to their heart's content.

After breakfast, everyone washed their own tableware, and Ted Zhongzhu, who was the head of the house, had to clean the baskets, barrels and pots in the cafeteria.

After returning the tableware from the cafeteria, Ted Zhongzhang returned to the dormitory to bring all the clansmen and headed to the work place.

Such as sweeping snow, weaving bamboo baskets, dustpans and baskets, taking care of a small number of vegetable greenhouses, knitting sweaters for woolen mills, etc., are all taken up by the cat clan. What the tiger clan has to do is the most tiring work related to kiln firing. ——About 600 meters to the south of the resettlement site, several large rows of simple earthen kilns smoke from morning to night every day. They are not burning bricks, cement, tiles, various types of pottery pots, ceramic water pipes, etc. for expansion next year. simple building materials.

"Go to the Qiuling New District to transport coal today!" The local cat in charge of allocating the work, just like in the past, smashed the most troublesome work on the heads of these tigers.

Ted Zhongzhan silently led his tribe to get the sled, and drove the long sled convoy to the new hilly area.

Braving the wind and rain to catch up with hundreds of miles, and loading and unloading coal by themselves, even if the Tiger Clan has the same physical strength as the Snow Wolf Clan, it took a whole day to pull the coal...

What can make these tiger heads a little easier is the work meal that can be mixed in the hilly new area until noon.There is usually no limit to this meal at noon, and the tigers can eat enough. The canteen dishes in the Qiuling New District are more abundant than those in the No. 100 Farm. Multiple numbers.

Pull the coal back and unload it, and the sky is already dark.

The local cat assigned the work did not leave work earlier than the workers. According to the rules of the Ministry of Fire, any worker in the workplace cannot leave without finishing the management; He checked the coal warehouse again, and then let the tiger heads call it a day.

The exhausted tigers cheered up and went to the public bathroom next to the resettlement site to wash off the coal powder on their heads and hands, and then went back to the dormitory... The local cats will make surprise spot checks from time to time, and anyone who is found to be sloppy will be banned. No one can bear the humiliation of naming and criticizing.

The dinner was as usual for the big cats, and the half-fed tiger heads rubbed their bellies before heading to the dormitory that serves as a classroom to start evening classes.

"Today, we are going to learn how to use parallel sentences."

The local golden cat who serves as a literacy teacher for the Tiger Clan is quite chubby, and his eyes are squeezed into thin lines by the flesh on his face.Ted Zhong Zhang once thought that this must be the fattest cat clan, but he accidentally heard that there was a pair of golden cat brothers in the Fire Department who were twice as fat as him, and Ted Zhong Zhang was stunned for a few seconds at that time...

"When writing a short composition, parallel sentences have stronger emotions and more momentum than ordinary narrative sentences. Most importantly, they can be used to make up the number of words... The graduation examination paper of the first phase of the literacy class requires writing two hundred sentences with coherent content and clear themes. For short essays, if what you want to write is too simple and you can’t make up more than [-] words, you can find a way to write more parallel sentences..."

If Xiao Yun heard the teaching method of this local golden cat, he wondered if he would be dumbfounded... His original intention was to hope that everyone could be literate, but obviously, under the threat of frequent exam questions, the natives of this world I also naturally learned how to specialize in coping with the exam.

After the two-hour class, Teacher Jinmao sent out a set of simple exam papers with only five questions written by himself, so that the tiger heads could get used to the exam atmosphere in advance—the style of the Huoyanbu, or don’t do it, decide what to do When things happen, everyone is required to do their best; although the big cats are only provided with the simplest literacy education, the managers of the Huoyan Department also subconsciously come up with the "ranking of each study group's final exam" during the design process. Incentive links such as the "Excellent Literacy Teacher Selection Prize Pool" came out...

A group of tiger heads struggled to complete the spot check exam. After taking back the test papers, Teacher Jinmao did not let everyone go back to rest, but invited Ted Zhongzhang up with a smile: "Ted Zhongzhang, our study group even you There are 16 people who are making good progress in their studies, and their scores in arithmetic and literacy are above the standard line. This literacy course is over, are you interested in signing up to continue learning the second course?"

"Phase two?" Ted was taken aback.

"Yes, in the first phase of arithmetic and literacy, you only need to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of three-digit numbers, and know and be able to use [-] characters. In the second phase, you need to start learning simple arithmetic formulas, and you are required to know and use [-] characters flexibly. Teacher Jinmao explained with a smile, "If you only do ordinary work, one period of literacy knowledge is enough, but if you want to do better, you should continue to learn."

Ted Zhongzhan nodded vigorously without much hesitation: "Okay!"

The response from the Tiger Clan was transferred to the leader of the Arthur Clan, who was busy writing a request report for the expansion of the "OEM" project at the resettlement site, and it was not surprising...

Things that are too easy to get are often not cherished. If the same thing requires people to work hard to get it, no matter whether the thing has actual value or not, its value will inevitably increase exponentially. This is what Ayun teaches What everyone said without shyness when they how to train people.

Clan leader Arthur, who was able to easily handle the cat clan, made full use of the knowledge points taught by Xiao Yun in the resettlement method for the tiger clan: on the scale that would not force the tiger clan to overthrow the table, let the tiger clan suffer a certain degree of unfair treatment .

The result is obvious. The Tiger Clan, who are valued less than other big cats, but can deal with the past, unknowingly long for "fair treatment" - literacy teachers don't have to tell them that they are capable More work, more work, more rewards, as long as you hint that they will be able to live better if they follow the footsteps of the Ministry of Fire, these tiger heads will take the initiative...

"The first phase of literacy is still half a month away. If we don't give back to the enthusiasm of the Tiger Clan as soon as possible, the preliminary work will be in vain." Patriarch Arthur put down the charcoal pencil and squeezed his chin to ponder, "But if we give them 'fair treatment' too soon , it seems that our allocation model is the same as playing... well, we still have to wait!"

Chief Arthur took out a notebook, wrote a few paragraphs, and then continued to write the report.

Afterwards, the tiger that "boiled" for another week at Farm No. [-]...

Before the end of the first period of literacy education, the two local cats who were in charge of literacy education for the Tiger Clan happily informed the group of tiger heads that their request for "some members of the tribe to continue their studies in the second period" had been approved. In order to encourage the enthusiasm of the Tiger Clan in learning, The Huoyan Department decided to arrange for a vermicelli production line to be handed over to the Tiger Clan.

In the past one and a half months, Ted, who has been deeply aware of how powerful the vermicelli industry of the Huoyan Department is, waved his fist excitedly - even if there are only a hundred or so members left, the Tiger Clan can still prove themselves!

Another few days passed, and a group of half-human horses pulled the sleigh convoy and pulled the vermicelli production line "loaned" by the Huoyan Ministry to the Tiger Clan to the No. [-] farm resettlement site.

Ted Zhongzhang, who came forward to handle the handover procedures of the production line, was so embarrassed that his skin almost cracked in the face of the centaurs who looked bad and resentful...

Like the big cats, the centaur transport team did not utter provocation or vent their emotions with spicy words, but just their ugly faces, irritable tone, and impatient body language were enough to make these tiger heads feel ashamed ...

Ted Zhonghang struggled to complete the handover with a frowning brow, and slipped away under the sight of a group of centaurs...

Sending the vermicelli production line into the factory assigned to them (in fact, it is an vacated warehouse), Ted Zhongzhang endured the boiling emotions, and firmly comforted himself: at least with this job, the clansmen can eat every meal Satisfied—Patriarch Arthur said in front of all the patriarchs that anyone who is capable of taking charge of a certain production can advance that month's salary on the day of entry.

——But it’s still so embarrassing! !

Ted squatted down in the middle of the tent, covering his head with his paws.

None of the other members of the Tiger clan cared about comforting Ted. Some of them lay down on the ground and rolled, some huddled in a corner to fill mushrooms, and some looked at the sky blankly...

No matter how embarrassing, life is still going on.It's freezing cold, no matter how arrogant Ted is in the camp, it's impossible for the clansmen to abandon the delicious food and warm kang that they can eat on time every day, and follow him away... Especially after they finally proved themselves, Be the first to get exclusive production items now.

Under the guidance of the instructors sent by the Ministry of Fire, after learning to produce vermicelli, getting an advance salary, and being able to spend their own money and add vegetables to fill their stomachs, the tiger heads have no intention of leaving for dignity—after all, centaurs, cats, etc. Whether it is the Clan or the Snow Wolf Clan, although they are not close to them, no one points their noses to their faces or scolds them so much that they can't get down.

This is not what Xiao Yun or Chief Arthur told you behind the scenes, but no matter how poor the Tiger Clan is, no matter how intimidating their size is, and their personal force is there, they may be able to achieve the goal of forcing these tigers to take their heads away, but what will happen? The people who are forced to live will never die or be disabled... Most importantly, they will also offend the patriarch Ali who made every effort to bring the Tiger Clan back!

Tribes living on the grasslands have no conditions to raise the brains that "everyone in the world is my parents, and someone will tell me what happens to me".

In the third month after the beginning of winter, the first batch of vermicelli produced by the Tiger Clan was sent to the Huoyan Department.

Xiao Yun personally came to check the quality of these vermicelli, and confirmed that they were all within the required standards, so he was very satisfied: "This is the correct way to open the Tiger Clan~ The natural affinity for the wind element, if not used to make vermicelli, would it be a waste of money? !"

Following Mr. Sean & Mr. Hodgson who came to watch the fun: "..."

The half-human Marcel who didn't want to come but couldn't help but follow: "..."

Xiao Yun did not ignore the emotions of the old employees, and turned his head to pat Saier on the shoulder who had come back for the winter: "You personally went to the vermicelli production line to deliver to the tiger clan, and also saw how desolate the tiger clan left on the grassland are. .I don’t say anything to ask everyone to abandon their grievances and accept their beautiful words. They work for us, and to a certain extent, they are also contributing to our cause of building grassland homes, so let’s treat them as strangers in the same camp. What do you think?"

Searle was silent for a while, then nodded slowly.

The disabled Snow Werewolves like Ah Yi and Amo also had a big enmity with the Tiger Clan. They all chose to ignore the Tiger Clan. As a centaur, Saier naturally couldn't make excessive demands.

And...Although Purcell didn't show it honestly, the centaur in the cursed land is living better than the tiger clan that was once brilliant, and Purcell is a little dark in his heart~

It's not that he doesn't know that the Tiger Clan has been half-starved and half-fed in the No. [-] farm settlement for nearly two months. In comparison, the centaur who came to the Fire Flame Department and immediately received the same treatment as the Snow Wolf Clan is simply heaven and earth~ !

Saier, who was proud and arrogant, flicked his tail to go to play with the clansmen. Xiao Yun and the two magicians went to Mr. Xiao En's laboratory.On the way, Hodgson said with emotion: "With the hatred between the Tiger Clan and the Snow Wolf Clan, you can still let go of the past and give their remaining clansmen a way out after the Tiger Clan's downfall. With such a heart, even the dignified nobles can't bear it." Not many people have it."

Xiao Yun smiled reservedly, and was about to pretend to be aggressive, when Mr. Xiao En exposed him unceremoniously: "No, no, Mr. Hodgson, you haven't seen through Ayun. He even brought the cat's paw of the cat cat's cub Once used, even the cubs of goblins rushed to mine, how could they let go of the tiger paws of the tiger clan? The production of vermicelli in half a month after the start of construction, the tiger clan should not consider whether there is a way to survive, but whether there is a way to survive in this life. Can I be free?"

Hodgson: "..."

Xiao Yun: "..."

"'A person lying on a hospital bed can at least hold a sweater needle, and a gangster who only steals, kidnaps and does bad things may not be able to plant the land', this is the letter Ayun wrote to his first disciple Carlyle that impressed me the most. Profound words." Mr. Xiao En did not spare Xiao Yun at all, and continued, "Under the earnest teaching of this devilish teacher, Prince Carlisle made a plan to organize pregnant women, the elderly, young children and the disabled from the royal factory. The measure of receiving manual work and going home to increase production and save the cost of expanding the factory building; and sent all the prisoners in the prison to the northwest wilderness of St. Bridge to open up wasteland, built many "labour farms", and caused trouble There are not enough prisoners, and the scandal of the local magistrate randomly arresting people and setting up charges... In "Journey to the Mainland", the bard of the southern kingdom calls him the 'Prince of Overseers', and this is all thanks to Ayun!"

Hodgson: "..."

Xiao Yun: "..."

"Of course, I'm not talking about Ayun's fault. St. Bridge's economy has not been shaken at all after the Civil War in the past few years. Ayun's guidance and Carlisle's iron fist have contributed a lot." Mr. Xiao En laughed He looked at A Yun, as if he was not being mean, but praising Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun: "..." I let you say everything, and I'll say something!

Hodgson silently turned his gaze to the other side of the square, looking at the snow wolf and cat cubs (average age four to six) who were trying to clear the snow.

Moon of Vengeance is somewhat envious of people like Ayun who were born on the grassland, and also a little sympathetic to these grassland people...

At this time, Xiao Yun accidentally glanced at the snow-sweeping team, and immediately glared, pointing his finger at them: "Ruhua! I told you to sweep the snow, not to play in the snow!"

The little girl with an upturned braid hurriedly pushed down the freshly built snowman...

Hodgson: "..."

Xiao Yun didn't notice that the corners of Hodgson's mouth were twitching slightly, and continued to shout at the boys: "Those who need to be combed after work, go to the female workers to comb, and don't leave the hair elsewhere, do you understand?"

"Understood~" the boys answered in unison honestly.

Xiao Yun nodded and let them go, turned around and complained to Mr. Xiao En: "I forgot to tell Aisha to take the cubs to the female workers' dormitory for grooming, and as a result, the hair they shed was wasted. Now Aisha remembers Take the cubs under his care to groom on time, and these half-grown cubs will become the main force of waste."

Mr. Sean chuckled, and said: "Aisha is Aldoni's favorite disciple after all, how long are you going to let him take care of the child?" He glanced at Hodgson with a half-smile in his eyes.

Hodgson: "..."

In an instant, the Moon of Vengeance of the Great Magician produced a powerless rush...

"The kitten born last year will be let out when he is three years old. Anyway, their master and apprentice will have to study for at least five years, and sometimes it is time for him to show his talents..." In recent years, I have gradually become more and more direct. Xiao Yun didn't notice Hodgson's strangeness, and walked forward on his own.

Hodgson, who followed numbly, suddenly thought of something, and suddenly looked at Xiao En with a calm expression.

Just... A Yun like this is willing to pay such a large sum of money for you to ask me to reincarnate your undead, Xiao En, you--you are probably also in the pit!