Chapter 41: It's over—how do I explain this?

Luo De's study has also been completely renewed now.

The previous small study, all its furnishings including the bookshelf were made by him bit by bit with his own hands.

It can only be said that it is usable.

It has nothing to do with aesthetics at all.

Moreover, the bookshelf he made himself had the compartment sizes designed wrong; some books either won't fit in, or there's nowhere to put them.

Now the one in this new house is different.

It is originally a house prepared for scholars exiled by the Academy.

Other details may not be considered perfect.

But the basic facilities that scholars can use are still quite complete.

For example, the new bookshelf Luo De is currently using.

The material used is ordinary.

The texture is surprisingly quite good.

Structurally, besides the compartments for books, there are two large drawers that can be used to store notes and other miscellaneous items.

It's just that this bookshelf is too big.

Luo De's little stock doesn't even fill half the space; most of the compartments are still empty.

The most conspicuous position on this bookshelf.

It holds the Rainforest Biological Illustrated Manual annotated by Tighnari.

However, Luo De did not take that book which was very helpful to him, but instead took out a book from the adjacent compartment.

《Teyvat Character Compendium》

This is an enlightenment reader for Sumeru children.

But that was in the past.

Present-day Sumeru.

In the rainforest area, children only need a void terminal for enlightenment; they need no paper or pen, as long as they bring the void terminal to study.

What about the desert area?

Not to mention the tribal folk whose educational resources are completely blocked; even A Ru Cun, which has certified teachers, uses enlightenment books that are several years older than Luo De's yellowed paperback 《Teyvat Character Compendium》

"Tsk tsk."

Luo De clicked his tongue, but did not continue to complain further about this matter.

He has scolded too much.

And thus he grew lazy to scold.

Teaching children seems simple, but for the children, enlightenment is a real, substantial matter.

Luo De was born in a wonderful era.

He has a strong nation as his backing, a peaceful life far from war, no need to face sandstorms, wild beasts, or monsters, and ample medical and educational conditions.

Of course.

In the world he lives in, there are also those who cannot enjoy these, families struggling daily on the poverty line.

But for Luo De, those are only situations that appear in short videos, at least still far from him.

"I never expected that I would now be doing rural teaching work."

Flipping through the book in his hand, Luo De suddenly laughed out loud.

The situation in A Ru Cun is very similar to those impoverished families in the short videos.

The only thing that is somewhat better.

Possibly that A Ru Cun has not yet become that impoverished.

Although most villagers still cannot afford to eat meat every meal, at least they are not unable to taste any meaty flavor.

This is thanks to the business plan set by Kantisi and Uncle Anpu.

No matter how the old guardians oppose this, the village's life is indeed improving day by day, which is an indisputable fact.

Economically, A Ru Cun is still passable.

Education-wise, it's still not good.

Although the Academy's policy toward A Ru Cun is relatively lenient, the educational resources available to A Ru Cun's children are not only scarce but also extremely limited.

"The children's education situation in the village is indeed not good."

Recalling those children he has seen, Luo De wrote a sentence on paper.

"【There are problems with enlightenment education; the children's worldview is heavily influenced by the desert people.】"

This is a common ailment of the desert region; no blame should be placed on those elders who still persist in educating the children.

Luo De once saw children only a few years old fighting in the street, stealing, mouths full of foul language, constantly bringing up the other's ancestors, lacking any clear moral concept, opening and closing their mouths just to shout 'kill, kill, kill,' with very heavy hostility.

Everyone says young children are a blank slate.

But in the desert.

They already lack basic education; moreover, parents need to earn money to support them, lacking sufficient time to accompany them, over time this has led to generation after generation of children being dyed by the desert's great ink vat into this variegated appearance.

Since he has taken on the job.

Then he must do it well.

While killing boredom time, it also requires serious attention.

Luo De carefully recalled the education he received in his youth, then combined with the basic knowledge education section in 《Teyvat Character Compendium》, the material that could be used as classroom content was written down one by one in his notebook.

Considering that he is currently staying in the desert area.

Taking the actual situation into account.

Pure knowledge education is unlikely to have much positive effect.

Otherwise, these children would not likely have living habits now trending toward those of desert people.

After thinking about it for a while.

Luo De then wrote down some things that could be used outside classroom education.

"Let's just leave it like this for now."

"After all, I'm not formally trained; whatever level I can manage is fine."

Looking at the several thick pages of teaching plan in his hand, Luo De lightly shook his head.

That's about it.

He also had no better ideas.

He raised his head and glanced at the time.

"Oh dear, it's already this time; no wonder I'm a bit hungry."

Unconsciously, he spent an entire afternoon just organizing materials and making the teaching plan.

He rubbed his stomach.

Luo De slipped this plan into the Teyvat Character Compendium, then got up to make dinner.

Luo De's dinner was very simple.

Two servings of stew plus a pot of white rice, plus a large cup of freshly squeezed sunset fruit and raspberry juice—it was quite tasty.

The only downside.

It's just that without the ice-element Vision, I can't have ice juice anytime.

Suddenly.

Luo De, who was eating happily, shouted at a corner of the courtyard: "Hey!"

Following that, there was a thudding sound from a painful cry.

It was A De Ba Yi.

Luo De had long noticed him peeking there.

Based on a mischievous mindset, he gave him a good scare.

"Hmph, you can really endure."

After not hearing anything from beyond the courtyard wall for a while, the satiated Luo De put down his bowl and chopsticks, did a light warm-up, then picked up the long sword Dixiya gave him to begin today's training.

As usual.

He didn't miss a single shout that should be made while practicing sword.

Until a sound of something breaking came from next door, Luo De then put away his sword satisfied.

At this moment.

An unexpected event that caught him off guard occurred.

Just as he habitually flourished the sword, preparing to sheath it in the newly forged scabbard.

This long sword that had accompanied him for several months.

It broke!

In the tremor of Luo De's wrist, the sword snapped with a "crack" at a point about ten centimeters from the hilt, splitting into two pieces.

"I"

Holding the broken half-sword in his hand, Luo De's lips moved for a while, then his vision went dark, and only one thought remained in his mind.

"It's over; how am I going to explain this to Dixiya."

(End of chapter)