Old Domain Bizarre

Chapter 27 Harvest
"Homework? Forget it, I wouldn't dare use her even if she did it."

After Zhang Wenda finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the fat man and found that he was fair-skinned and plump, with no injuries on his body.

"Are you... alright?" Another scar appeared on his body, but fortunately, Zhang Wenda was starting to get used to it.

"It's nothing, why do you ask?" The fat man reached out to snatch the fried dough stick from Zhang Wenda's hand.

Zhang Wenda loosened his grip and gave it to him. "Are you sure you're okay not going home by 6 p.m.?"

Although that wretched cat explained yesterday, I don't believe what she says.

"Why would you get injured if you didn't go home by 6 pm? Was it because you didn't eat dinner and your stomach got hurt from hunger?"

Upon hearing what the fat man said, Zhang Wenda immediately realized that such harsh rules and punishments were indeed unique to him.

"Why? Where did this rule come from?" Zhang Wenda wondered as he pulled out his student handbook and wrote something down: "No staying out past 6 PM."

Zhang Wenda then laid out all the rules currently recorded in front of him, attempting to find some logic within these rules.

This incident involving the children's palace shows that the rules of this world don't appear out of nowhere; there must be a set of underlying logic behind them.

Once you understand this logic, you might know how to break free from the rules.

No tardiness or absenteeism is allowed.

You are not allowed to ask others.

You are not allowed to save others.

You are not allowed to be out of the house by 6 p.m.

“What kind of logic is this? Why is it that only I have it, but others don’t?” Zhang Wenda looked on with a furrowed brow.

However, after looking around, he couldn't deduce any necessary connection between them.

If this is a set of student conduct guidelines for this strange world, then why not let yourself save others, and why not let yourself ask questions?
That doesn't make sense. What good student wouldn't be allowed to save someone?

"Hey Fatty, let me ask you something. What are the consequences if you make a mistake, like an error in the Student Code of Conduct?"

Upon hearing this, the fat man, who was chewing on a fried dough stick, suddenly showed a hint of fear in his eyes. "It...it will deduct points."

"That's it?"

"Losing points isn't scary! Too many deductions will make you write a self-criticism, and in serious cases, they'll call your parents."

Zhang Wenda sighed, lamenting that different people have different fates. Compared to his own rules, the fat man's rules seemed exceptionally easy.

No, it's not relaxed, it's just normal student school rules! Even when I was a normal kid, it was like that too.

"What's going on with this world?" Zhang Wenda looked at the bustling street outside. This was his childhood, but it was also a little different.

Even setting aside things like the special abilities children's palace, there are still some differences. First of all, I never used food coupons when I was a child, and there were no supply and marketing cooperatives. These are things that only the elders experienced.

They had never experienced anything like eliminating the four pests.

This world seems to be a blend of distant years and my childhood, familiar yet somewhat different.

"Oh well, let's just take it one step at a time. I'll get my hands on the special ability first." The morning light felt warm on his body, making Zhang Wenda feel a little tired. After all, he hadn't slept all night.

"Fatty, keep an eye on her for me. I'm going to take a nap. I'll treat you to some fried skewers when I wake up."

"Really? Don't worry, leave it to me!" The fat man patted his chest loudly.

He gave Song Jianguo a series of instructions, including not harming himself, not leaving the city, and continuing to work. After carefully ensuring that there were no loopholes in the contract, he slowly closed his eyes.

Zhang Wenda slept very well. When he woke up, the sun was already starting to set. Aside from the rat and sparrow heads piling up even higher, the fat man was idly playing with ants with a stick. "You're finally awake! I'm hungry. I'm going home for lunch." Just as the fat man was about to leave, Zhang Wenda stopped him. "Don't rush. I said I'd treat you to some kebabs, so I'll treat you to kebabs."

After saying that, Zhang Wenda walked towards the pile of sparrow heads. Although the sparrow heads had to be handed over, the sparrow bodies could be eaten.

With a crackling sound, the firewood that Song Jianguo had gathered was burning brightly, and the skinned bird bodies were skewered and roasted until they sizzled and dripped with oil.

Although the sparrows were all thin, their large numbers made up for it. Most importantly, the fat man somehow got hold of chili powder and instant seasoning packets, which elevated the flavor of the sparrows to another level.

"Hiss~ Hah~ Spicy." Pan Dongzi, sweating profusely, said as he ate.

"If you like it too spicy, put less chili in," Zhang Wenda said, stuffing a sparrow into his mouth.

After roasting the sparrow, you put it in your mouth. The outer layer is slightly charred and crispy, and after a crunch, the very tender bird meat is revealed, with a unique sweetness characteristic of poultry. The taste is excellent.

Zhang Wenda still remembers this. When he was a child, his family was poor, and if he wanted to eat some snacks, he had to find a way to satisfy his cravings.

One method is to scatter a handful of rice to catch birds.

Besides that, they would go fishing for crayfish by the river, secretly use their own oil to fry them, collect watermelon seeds that others spit out after eating watermelon, dry them and eat them as sunflower seeds, and even steal sweet potatoes from other people's homes to roast and eat.

After so many years, Zhang Wenda thought he had forgotten everything, but when he started using it, he was still just as skilled.

Zhang Wenda could sense the longing in Song Jianguo's eyes from afar. She hadn't eaten all day, but he ignored it.

After dealing with Song Jianguo for so long, he had figured it out: this guy had absolutely no normal human values.

You can't even treat her like a human; just treat her like an animal. Only stray cats and dogs would casually steal things from other cats and dogs.

People can't learn by being taught, but they can learn by doing. It's useless to reason with this kind of person; just let them bear the consequences of their mistakes.

"But why did this girl turn out like this? Don't the adults care?" Zhang Wenda looked at her slightly tanned skin, the clothes she was wearing, and her bare feet.

"By the way, how did she get her ears? It's not quite right to say she's a wild person raised by stray dogs and cats; she can talk and dress herself. She even knows how to use a collar to control others to do her hard labor. Where did that collar come from?"

After Pan Dongzi finished eating, he followed Zhang Wenda's instructions and took some grilled bird skewers to share with the classmates who had helped him earlier.

Once Pan Dongzi left, only the two of them remained. There wasn't much left in the place, so Zhang Wenda took Song Jianguo to another location.

In order to achieve Zhang Wenda's goal, Song Jianguo worked really hard. She worked for more than ten hours without eating or sleeping. Both she and the cats were obviously much more haggard. There were even many kittens lying at Zhang Wenda's feet, panting heavily.

After the square clock in the center of the town struck five more times, it was already 5 p.m., and Zhang Wenda finally made her stop.

It's not that I feel sorry for her, it's just that if he doesn't come home by 6 pm, he'll be punished according to the rules again.

Song Jianguo picked up a tattered net from somewhere, put all the rat and sparrow heads into it, and dragged it toward the health and epidemic prevention station.

The rat's head and the sparrow's head left a long trail of blood on the ground, just like the grief and indignation in Song Jianguo's heart.

It was obvious that no one else at the epidemic prevention station had ever seen so many pests before, which stunned the other people in line, who all made way for them.

Soon, Song Jianguo's nearly 20 hours of work yielded a total of 11.45 yuan.

"Look, look! Labor can create wealth, so why rob someone?" Zhang Wenda said with a smile as he snatched the money from the other person's hand.

However, Song Jianguo was too exhausted to argue back at this moment; all she wanted to do was sleep.

Seeing Song Jianguo now, Zhang Wenda found him much more agreeable. "Do you really want special abilities? Well, after all, I'm not like you, I'm not that heartless."

"How about this, when I go to exchange it later, you can come along and take a look, so you can feast your eyes on it."

(End of this chapter)