Chapter 222 Where does your dad usually hide the household registration book?

Jiang Nian hesitated, then asked curiously.

“Excuse me, what do you mean by ‘insects’?”

On the other side of the aisle, Ma Guojun leaned in with a round, chubby face and laughed.

“He’s mocking you.”

Li Hua turned to glance at Ma Guojun, his lips twisted.

“Enough with the noise, where did this 500-point stray dog come from? Kneel and kowtow! Be my slave, or no one in heaven or on earth can save you!”

Jiang Nian chuckled, then blurted out.

“There are no slaves in New China.”

The surrounding classmates, who were enjoying the show, burst into laughter. After-school self-study made them feel as tired as dogs.

Humans were no different from beasts; in their free time, they loved watching their classmates put on skits.

Sometimes, the boys in the class would also chat about some wild and imaginative topics, like in TV dramas.

Could a wife going downstairs to throw out the trash really have an affair within twenty minutes?

The boys fiercely put themselves in the situation, offering advice and strategies.

For example, leaving the trash aside downstairs and sprinting directly into a car.

As long as the back seat of the car was big enough, wouldn’t that be like melting snow under a scorching sun? All academic qualifications would melt away.

Besides this, the boys in the dorms would also discuss similar topics during their nightly chats.

In the year they trusted their roommates the most, they talked about the apocalypse, explicit content, explicit content, explicit content, and politics. If anyone had recorded it, they could only say they’d secured a government job for the first three years.

Fourth period of evening self-study.

For the most part, school life was quite dull, and the classroom was relatively quiet. A sudden assignment could instantly control everyone in the class for half an hour.

After school, he said goodbye to Zhang Ningzhi and left.

Going downstairs.

Jiang Nian was originally going to look for Xu Qianqian, but he first ran into Zhou Haifei, who was running out of Olympiad Class 3 with her head down.

The latter froze for a moment, then stammered.

“H-hello.”

“Ah, are you going back to the dorm?”

“Y-yes.” Zhou Haifei quickly left.

About twenty seconds later, Xu Qianqian walked out with her backpack, asking curiously.

“Who were you talking to?”

“Oh, Zhou Haifei from your class.” Jiang Nian said honestly, as he followed the flow of people downstairs, “She didn’t have money on her meal card at noon, so I paid for her.”

“It was only four yuan, and she brought coins from the classroom to pay me back.”

Hearing this, Xu Qianqian nodded, then tightened her backpack straps and said.

“Zhou Haifei, she…”

Mid-sentence, Xu Qianqian glanced at the people on either side of the stairs. She seemed to have seen someone, so she simply fell silent and followed the crowd to the first floor.

It wasn’t until they had both left the senior high building and were walking on the road out of the school gate that she continued.

“You actually did something decent. I really admire Zhou Haifei.”

“What do you mean?”

“Her family is a bit… that, they don’t let her study.” Xu Qianqian hesitated for a while, then whispered, “They say it’s better for a girl to get married when she grows up.”

“Holy crap, are they even Human Race?!” Jiang Nian was a little angry.

Zhennan was just like this. He wanted to say something rebellious, but he held it back. To put it bluntly, it was still a problem with the people; the local customs were not good.

Why wasn’t it good? Poverty!

Why was it poor? Bad local customs, bad geographical location. Too many reasons. In short, it could only be said that it benefited from Guangdong; at least it was convenient to go south for work.

The general hadn’t led his troops south yet, but the old relatives had already been going south for many years.

Ding! Congratulations, you are born.

Checking assets, huh?

Why is it a negative number? -388,000, damn, zero is longer than my life!

Then looking down again, where’s my baby clothes? Why the hell is it an electronics factory dust suit?!

Am I even Human Race?!

Screw it, I might as well jump.

Thinking of this, Jiang Nian’s tone of voice inevitably carried a hint of emotion.

“In a poor place like Zhennan, the countryside has a certain degree of male chauvinism.”

“But no matter what, with such good grades, they should at least let her finish school, right?”

Actually, this kind of thing usually isn’t investigated by officials if the people don’t complain, and marrying off daughters was the ultimate move, directly turning into a small trick for getting rich.

“Anyway, it’s quite absurd. Last time when applying for poverty assistance, Zhou Haifei said in class that her family was poor and had no labor force,” Xu Qianqian said.

“Later, seeing that she wouldn’t get it, and you know what our new homeroom teacher is like. She probably really needed that assistance, so she was forced to say a bit more.”

“But I think she probably only said part of it; the other part might have been too difficult to say.”

“How did she get the poverty assistance? Would her parents agree?” Jiang Nian asked curiously, “All these things require guardians to prepare Materials, and find people to stamp them and so on.”

“They would, of course they would cooperate. Her good grades in senior year clearly make her more desirable for marriage,” Xu Qianqian said, “This shows that Zhou Haifei is intelligent and has a greater hope of giving birth to smarter children.”

“Oh, so you mean they won’t let her go to university later?” he asked.

“Hmm, actually, it’s mainly a question of whether they’ll provide tuition and living expenses,” Xu Qianqian frowned, “But she can apply for student loans, with four years of interest waived. That can completely cover tuition and fees, and with scholarships, she might even be able to pay it back directly after graduation.”

“So… after the college entrance exam, she’s still free, and it’s not a big problem.”

“Marriage requires a household registration booklet, and that’s still held by her parents,” Jiang Nian reminded, as the two chatted and ambled out of the school gate.

“Given all that, are you still thinking about marriage?” She said earnestly, “If I were her, I’d first go to university and work outside, and only consider other things after I’m stable.”

“Besides, it’s hard to say if a household registration booklet will even be needed for marriage registration in the future.”

Hearing this, Jiang Nian let out an “Oh,” then followed up on her words.

“Where does your dad usually hide the household registration booklet?”

“He hides it in…” Xu Qianqian said halfway, then suddenly came back to her senses, staring at him for a few seconds, “Why are you asking that? Does it concern you?” Jiang Nian said, “Hard to say.”

“You!”

The two playfully made their way to a late-night snack stall, quickly forgetting about Zhou Haifei’s situation.

After eating their late-night snack, they quickly went home.

It wasn’t that they were cold-hearted, but there were too many such things in Zhennan. To put it bluntly, a poor area is just that, and the local customs weren’t formed overnight.

After returning home, Jiang Nian opened his phone and played a game.

After gaining a star, he slowly went to take a shower. Coming out of the bathroom after blow-drying his hair, he had regained his usual calm and was ready to scroll through his phone peacefully.

Opening Douyin, he saw a group of toy excavators digging.

Instead of playing in the sandbox, they were all gathered around a female streamer in black stockings and a short skirt, extending their digging buckets. Even when constantly moved away, they persisted in digging again.

Damn it, never forgetting their original intention.

Tipping allowed one to queue up to play, and Jiang Nian had to admit, he was a little tempted. It was excavators and black stockings and a short skirt; there must be an expert behind this.

He saw that queuing for a number would take a long time, so he wasn’t in the mood to spend money.

Suddenly, his phone vibrated.

A message from Lin Dong, with only three words.

“Are you free?”

Seeing that it wasn’t particularly late and he wasn’t that sleepy, Jiang Nian replied readily.

“No.”

What a joke. If Lin Dong was looking for him for something good.

Then the opening would be “Holy crap! Brother Nian! Let me tell you something awesome!” “Great news!” “Good news, good news!”

It certainly wouldn’t be, “Are you free?”

Sending that meant either trouble or some idle, rogue matter.

Lin Dong obviously didn’t expect him to refuse so bluntly. After a while, he directly sent a voice message. When opened, the sound was a bit noisy; they seemed to be arguing about something.

After listening for a while, Jiang Nian finally understood what had happened.

The people in Lin Dong’s dorm were arguing about farming in a post-apocalyptic world, which later turned into a debate about whether it was better to start in a city or the countryside when zombies broke out.

They argued endlessly and wanted to find someone to be a referee.

Ding ding ding!!

Jiang Nian joined Lin Dong’s dorm chat via voice, but not as a referee. He was also interested in the topic; a zombie outbreak was right up his alley.

Wu Jungu said, “City starts have a higher drop rate; you can explore neighbors’ survival supplies.”

Hearing this, the dorm instantly erupted in “Holy crap” sounds.

“That’s what you call a good Chinese neighbor, eyeing your neighbor’s rations.”

“A hungry and cold neighbor’s wife, forced to come out and exchange food with you, right?”

“Don’t even say it, that’s the episode I most want to see.”

After the commotion, Zeng Youze put forward the opposite opinion.

“Of course, a rural start is safer. Finding supplies in the city isn’t that simple. Every household has anti-theft bars, and the population density means it’s full of zombies.”

“Generally speaking, every household in the countryside has a toolbox. Besides other things, making some weapons and protective gear is simple, and prying open a neighbor’s lock is also easy.”

Lin Dong raised a different opinion, saying loudly.

“I disagree. The countryside has inconvenient transportation, and gathering supplies is also more troublesome. One person’s strength is small, and besides, you can’t let your little brother suffer.”

Hearing this, Jiang Nian couldn’t help but speak.

“I’ve noticed that your topic gets more and more explicit. But then again, what’s with the zombies? Can rubber isolate the virus?”

As soon as the Human Race Emperor spoke, the dorm instantly fell silent.

“Holy crap, the first time I’ve seen a living Ling Mo!”

“No, Jiang Nian, are you also a loyal user of cling film?”

“What cling film? That’s called an isolation treasure!”

Zeng You was also impressed; how could a Human Race even think of such a tricky angle? You say you’re not picky about anything, but you’re not even acting like a Human Race anymore!

Amidst the clamor, the night chat ended.

As the dorm slowly quieted down, Wu Jungu coughed and turned over to sleep. Lin Dong got out of bed to relieve himself, and then only the white noise from outside the window remained in the dorm.

With a click, Zeng You unlocked his phone.

He opened a novel, adjusted the brightness to the lowest setting, and the faint light fell around his nose. His restless heart gradually settled, returning to a state of calm.

The eastern sky was tinged with the white of dawn.

The next day.

Today was still the weekly test.

Morning self-study proceeded as usual. Amidst the sound of the class reciting, Li Hua suddenly exclaimed.

“No, today is Wednesday!”

“What’s wrong?”

“PE class is gone, holy crap!” Li Hua was stunned, holding his English vocabulary book with an expression of disbelief, “Will they make it up?”

To this, Jiang Nian glanced at him.

“Idiot, you guess.”

Li Hua immediately let out a burst of wailing, and his entire person instantly became dejected.