“Xiao Wu, pick any of these empty beds you like!” Su Xuan said to Xiao Wu.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu looked at the beds, then thought for a moment and asked Su Xuan, “Su…
Boss, where is your bed?” “Just call me Brother Xuan.
By the way, why did you ask this?” Su Xuan asked, puzzled.
“You don’t need to worry about that, just tell me!” Xiao Wu replied.
Su Xuan thought to himself: Oh well, it’s just a bed spot.
Then Su Xuan pointed to a corner and said, “Okay!
It’s next to that corner!” “Hehe, then I’ll just sit next to you!” Xiao Wu said with a grin, placing the package on the left side of Su Xuan’s bed.
“Uh…
well!
Whatever, whatever you want!” Su Xuan said speechlessly.
He then thought to himself, “Could this be a 100,000-year-old ‘rogue rabbit’ that’s so open-minded?” Xiao Wu sat on the bed, first looking at the quilt on Su Xuan’s bed, and then at the bedding of the other work-study students.
Xiao Wu immediately panicked and awkwardly chuckled, “This…
I don’t have any bedding!” Seeing this, the other work-study students around them immediately chimed in: “Sister Xiaowu, use mine!” “Sister Xiaowu, use mine, mine is more comfortable to use!” “Use mine, Sister Xiaowu, mine is clean.” …
Seeing this, Xiao Wu shouted, “Stop…stop!
Be quiet!” Then everyone calmed down and looked at Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu first looked at everyone’s bedding, then at Su Xuan’s bedding.
After thinking for a moment, she stopped hesitating and said to Su Xuan, “Hey, Brother Xuan!
I want to talk to you about something!” Upon seeing Xiao Wu’s expression, Su Xuan immediately understood what she wanted to say!
Then, feigning a wry smile, he said, “So you mean you want us to share this?
But the blankets aren’t big enough!” “Mmm!” Xiaowu nodded in response, then asked in confusion, “That’s easy, we can just put the beds together!
I’ll buy bedding later!
Why are you being so silly?” Upon hearing this, Su Xuan hesitated for a moment before saying, “Ah!
This way…
Okay!” Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu exclaimed with delight, “Thank you, Brother Xuan!
I’ll go move the bed now!” As soon as Xiao Wu finished speaking, she immediately got up, moved her bed to Su Xuan’s bed and put them together, then spread out half of each bed with bedding.
“Okay!
That feels so good!” After making the bed, Xiao Wu lay down and fell asleep.
“Sigh!” Su Xuan sighed upon seeing this and shook his head speechlessly.
…
Half an hour later, a voice came from outside the seventh dormitory.
“The two work-study students who enrolled today, come out here!” “Teacher Mohen is here, Brother Xuan, come over here quickly!” Wang Sheng said to Su Xuan.
Upon hearing Wang Sheng’s words, Su Xuan called out to Xiao Wu beside him, “Xiao Wu, wake up!
Don’t sleep!” “Hmm…
um, ah, oh okay!” Upon hearing Su Xuan’s words, Xiao Wu immediately got up from the bed.
“By the way, what’s up, Brother Xuan?” Xiao Wu asked Su Xuan, getting up with a puzzled look in her eyes.
“Sigh!
You…
the teacher told us both to go out!” Su Xuan sighed when he saw Xiao Wu’s appearance, and then said.
“Oh, okay!” Xiao Wu smiled sheepishly.
Su Xuan led Xiao Wu directly to the door.
A middle-aged male teacher, nearing forty and with green hair, spoke upon seeing Su Xuan and Xiao Wu: “My name is Mohen, you can call me Teacher Mohen.
Tomorrow is the opening ceremony, no one is allowed to be late.
Classes officially begin the day after tomorrow.
Starting the day after tomorrow, you will also be responsible for cleaning a part of the campus, specifically the garden south of the playground.
You will be paid ten copper soul coins a day.
Clean diligently, and make sure all the clutter is removed.
I will be checking regularly.
If you don’t clean properly, you will have your wages deducted at best, and at worst, you will be expelled.
Okay.
By the way, if you have any questions, you can ask Wang Sheng.” After finishing his speech, Teacher Mohen left.
After seeing that Mohen had left, Su Xuan and Xiao Wu returned to their dormitory and sat on their beds.
When Wang Sheng saw the two return, he immediately stepped forward and said, “Brother Xuan, and Sister Xiao Wu, Teacher Mohen must have asked you for work-study jobs or something!” “Yes, that’s right!” Su Xuan and Xiao Wu exchanged a glance and then responded at the same time.
Wang Sheng then added, “He is the teacher in charge of our dormitory.” “We work-study students can work to support ourselves.
Brother Xuan and Sister Xiaowu, you will be in charge of the open space on the south side of the garden.
You will receive ten copper soul coins every day.” “Although ten copper soul coins isn’t much, everyone in our dorm gets one, so it’s a perk for work-study students!” Su Xuan and Xiao Wu nodded in response, “Yes, thank you, Wang Sheng, we understand!” Wang Sheng said to Su Xuan and the other person, “It’s alright, Brother Xuan, Sister Xiao Wu, it’s almost time to eat, let’s go to the cafeteria together!” “Let’s go to the cafeteria together.
I’ll cover your meals for the next two days.
Consider it a celebration that our work-study team has grown stronger.” Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu immediately exclaimed excitedly, “Yes!
Thank you, Wang Sheng!” Su Xuan thought for a moment and realized that he still had the three gold soul coins that Grandpa Jack had given him and some of his old Tong Soul coins, and said, “No need, I have my own money, so I won’t spend any more money!” Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu then added, “Forget it, Wang Sheng, I don’t want it either!” Then he turned to Su Xuan and said, “Brother Xuan…
can I borrow some soul coins from you to treat me to a meal?
I’ll pay you back once I get my money!” Su Xuan thought for a moment and said, “Yes, that’s fine!” “Um…
well, okay then!” Wang Sheng said awkwardly after listening to Su Xuan and Xiao Wu’s words.
Then Su Xuan, Xiao Wu, and Wang Sheng headed towards the academy cafeteria.
…
Notting College, cafeteria.
Nottingham College’s dining hall is very large.
It is a two-story building that can accommodate all the students and faculty for meals.
There are two floors, and the first floor alone can hold several hundred people.
Before long, Su Xuan and his two companions entered the cafeteria.
However, a mocking voice came as soon as they entered.
“Oh dear, look at them, aren’t these Wang Sheng and his gang of penniless bastards?” The person who came from the voice was a male student, about eleven or twelve years old, standing on the stairs between the first and second floors.
He was fairly good-looking, but his eyes were filled with mockery and disdain.
He also shouted at Wang Sheng, “You poor wretch…
you’ll never be able to eat upstairs in your entire life!!” “What’s so great about the second floor!” Xiao Wu was furious upon hearing this.
She said that Wang Sheng had explained the meaning of “boss” on the way to the cafeteria, which was to protect the work-study students from being bullied by the regular students.
Besides, Xiao Wu is the eldest sister of the Star Dou Great Forest, and she can’t stand being wronged.
Moreover, she just promised Wang Sheng and the others in the Seventh Dormitory that she would protect them and call them Sister Xiao Wu.
How could she let Wang Sheng be insulted and not talk back?
“Oh!
What an adorable little girl!
Mixed in with Wang Sheng and the others, she must be a work-study student.
What a pity.
I’ll let you off the hook today; I’m going to eat!” Upon hearing this, the male student noticed Xiao Wu, his eyes lit up, and then he said regretfully.
“you…” Xiao Wu wanted to chase after him and yell at him, but Wang stopped her, saying, “Sister Xiao Wu, the second floor is a private dining area, and the prices are very expensive!” “Well…
alright then!” Xiao Wu thought for a moment and decided that she should still borrow Su Xuan’s soul coins to eat, so as not to cause him any trouble.
Then Wang Sheng led Su Xuan and Xiao Wu to the food serving window and said, “These vegetarian dishes cost one copper soul coin, meat and vegetarian dishes cost two copper soul coins, and chicken legs also cost two…
This rice is free!” Xiao Wu looked at the food with drooling eyes and said longingly to Su Xuan, “Brother Xuan, I want to eat this chicken leg and carrots, is that okay?” “Sigh…
um, okay, you can order!” Su Xuan shook his head with a wry smile when he saw Xiao Wu’s expression.
…
After Su Xuan and the others finished eating, Su Xuan said to Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng, “By the way, I have something to do and will be back later!
You guys go back to your dorms first!” “Okay, Xuan-ge, you can go ahead and get busy!” Xiao Wu said to Su Xuan.
Wang Sheng assured Su Xuan, “Don’t worry, Brother Xuan!
I’ll take Sister Xiao Wu back to the dorm first!” Then Wang Sheng and Xiao Wu headed towards Dormitory Seven.
Seeing this, Su Xuan muttered to himself as he walked out of the academy, “I’ll go to the blacksmith’s shop and buy some iron blocks to use as weights for my training!” Ten minutes later, Su Xuan found a blacksmith shop on the street and headed towards it.
However, as Su Xuan stepped forward, he saw a six-year-old boy repeatedly striking a block of iron with a large sledgehammer, while the blacksmith’s workers exclaimed in alarm: “This…
could this be the long-lost Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique?!” “Yes!
I’ve heard that some people can tap it eighty-one times in a row!” Seeing this, Su Xuan murmured, “Tang San?
Am I really that lucky that I can run into Tang San at any blacksmith shop?” Then he walked up to Tang San and said, “Tang San, what are you doing here?” “Um?” Tang San then turned and saw Su Xuan, thinking: Su Xuan, it was him who stole my work-study spot.
Humph, but it’s also fortunate that it was him, otherwise I wouldn’t have met Yu Xiaogang, who has the “invincible theory” of martial souls, and is such a good teacher to me.
He then gave Su Xuan a perfunctory smile and said, “Su Xuan, I’m just working here!” The middle-aged man next to him said, “Hey, mistress, do you know him?” “Yes, Uncle Shi, he’s from our village too!” Tang San replied.
Then Uncle Shi San from the blacksmith shop said to Su Xuan, “Young friend, what brings you here?” “Hello Uncle Shi San, I’d like you to help me build a set of 10-pound abdominal weights and 5-pound limb weights!” Su Xuan said to Shi San with a smile.
“Well, since you and Xiao San are from the same village, I won’t make money off you.
Ten copper soul coins, come and collect them tomorrow afternoon.” Shi San thought for a moment, then said to Su Xuan.
“Well, thank you, Uncle Shi San.
I’ll come here whenever I need something made!” Su Xuan said to Shi San with a smile, thinking to himself: I didn’t expect to run into Tang San while making a load-bearing load, and even benefit from his help.
Haha, I’m so happy.
“Uh…this.” Tang San, who was standing to the side, was immediately embarrassed upon hearing their conversation, and thought to himself: This Su Xuan, he took my work-study spot last time, and this time he’s taking advantage of me again, how despicable!!