Chapter 459: How many residents are there in the Portable Abode

Li Li Banfeng gently pushed open the door of the Fifth Room, not making the phonograph feel too embarrassed, just letting the phonograph know he had entered.

The phonograph was very calm and greeted Li Li Banfeng: "Seventh Director, not asleep yet."

Li Li Banfeng smiled, sat on the sofa, sat side by side with the phonograph, and quietly enjoyed the images projected from the lens.

On the left is text, on the right is shadow play.

Li Li Banfeng had read this story in the newspaper. Unlike the traditional style of Black Stone Slope, the narrative style of this story was subtle and tactful.

The screen skipped frames from time to time, obviously not filmed in reality.

Li Li Banfeng asked: "Who is this girl? Don't you want to introduce her to me?"

"You mean this girl?" The screen froze on the heroine, and the phonograph said, "This is what I imagined."

Li Li Banfeng didn't speak. After reading the whole story, Li Li Banfeng gave an evaluation: "It's filmed very well. You should put more effort into editing."

After speaking, Li Li Banfeng prepared to go back to his room to sleep. At the door, he heard the phonograph say behind him: "Seventh Director, I am loyal to you and have never changed. When I arrive at the battlefield, I am always willing to fight for you until the last moment."

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "I have never doubted this point."

As an expert in this field, Li Li Banfeng could give an accurate conclusion: that woman was not imagined by the phonograph, she was too real.

Not actually filmed, and not imagined, then what kind of existence is this woman?

Li Li Banfeng sat in the Sixth Room and pondered for a long time. The voice of the phonograph came to his ears again: "Don't be shy, this is the sincerity derived from art!"

"But you are also, too sincere..."

"My heart only has the purity of art!"

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Don't listen to his nonsense, he has bad intentions."

There is someone else!

More than one person entered the Portable Abode!

There was another person, the voice was extremely small, and even couldn't distinguish between male and female.

This person's voice didn't come from the Fifth Room. Li Li Banfeng stared at the Sixth Room where he was for a long time, feeling that the voice just now and the Fifth Room were not in the same direction.

He stood up and pushed the door to the Seventh Room, listened for a long time, and there was no movement.

Pushed the door to the Eighth Room, the Eighth Room was empty, there were no furnishings, and in the empty room, there seemed to be a little sound.

What kind of sound it was, Li Li Banfeng couldn't distinguish.

It was just a little bit short. As long as the "Insightful Spiritual Sound" technique was improved a little, he could hear it more clearly.

Li Li Banfeng concentrated all his attention on his ears until he felt his temples swelling and aching, but he didn't hear the sound of the Eighth Room again.

During this period, because of the promotion, the "Insightful Spiritual Sound" technique was indeed improved, and improved a lot, but this intruder suddenly stopped talking.

Li Li Banfeng rubbed his temples, then walked towards the Ninth Room, and suddenly heard a woman's voice in his ears.

"This crazy man doesn't sleep, what does he want to do again?"

Why is this voice so clear?

Li Li Banfeng turned his head suddenly and said: "Who are you scolding as a crazy man!"

Red Lotus trembled: "You heard it?"

Among this family, Red Lotus came earlier than the Portable Abode.

But this was the first time Li Li Banfeng heard her speak.

Red Lotus's voice was not as sweet as the Lady's, but it had a few more points of intellectualism and rationality, making people think of short hair, rimless glasses, and professional suits.

Li Li Banfeng struck a match, lit a candle, and sat beside Red Lotus: "I didn't expect your voice to be quite good."

"How can it compare to your Lady's good voice." Red Lotus snorted coldly, not wanting to pay attention to Li Li Banfeng.

Seeing the halo on the lotus leaf, Red Lotus was still refining pills. Li Li Banfeng asked: "The one out of the furnace this time shouldn't be the Xiao Xuan Yun Pill, right?"

"Does the Xiao Xuan Yun Pill wrong you? Do you know how many cultivators above the clouds are willing to fight for this pill!"

"But I am not above the clouds now."

"Vision must be long-term. I am sincere to you and won't let you suffer."

Li Li Banfeng was stunned and laughed: "In that case, it was I who misunderstood you. It is indeed a bit wrong for you to live here. I will move you back to the Second Room."

"No need, it's quite good here, far away from that bitch, I also feel quiet."

"Do you really feel quiet?" Li Li Banfeng looked around, "Have you ever heard any sound?"

Red Lotus's lotus leaf trembled for a moment and said to Li Li Banfeng: "I have indeed heard sounds, I have heard the sounds of every room."

Li Li Banfeng was surprised: "You have heard every room?"

Red Lotus hated: "You open a room, I move once, I have lived in every room, I must have heard every room."

Li Li Banfeng asked first: "How many people are there in the Portable Abode? I mean, people I don't know."

Red Lotus thought for a moment and said: "As far as I know, there is at least one in every room."

"What kind of people are these?"

"I can't distinguish, their voices are too vague, even male and female can't be distinguished."

Li Li Banfeng said: "I just heard a woman's voice in the Fifth Room."

"I have also lived in the Fifth Room and heard sounds, but I really can't distinguish between male and female. It may be that the bitch's 'Insightful Spiritual Sound' technique is special, making you hear more accurately than me."

Li Li Banfeng asked again: "Do you know what they have said?"

Red Lotus said: "This is even harder to hear. It is estimated that only your Lady can hear clearly in this house."

Li Li Banfeng said: "Could it be that the Old Master himself can't hear clearly?"

"Who knows, maybe he is too lazy to listen."

The two were talking when a burst of laughter reached their ears.

"Hehehe..."

Vague, indistinguishable male and female laughter.

Red Lotus's lotus leaf was trembling, she also wanted to track the source of this sound, but she could never track it.

Li Li Banfeng asked: "Are you really willing to live in the Ninth Room?"

"Don't let me move again in the future."

"Okay, then I'll call you Nine Flowers in the future."

Red Lotus was stunned for a moment and said: "I have a name, I don't need a new name, I am called Red Lotus, it's quite good..."

Li Li Banfeng returned to the Sixth Room to sleep.

At noon the next day, Li Li Banfeng went to the main room, was intimate with the phonograph for a while, and asked: "Baby Lady, did you hear any movement last night?"

Huchi~

The Lady smiled: "Baby husband, I heard some movement, but it is not important. Husband doesn't need to worry, just leave these things to Xiao Nu to handle."

With the Lady's words, Li Li Banfeng was relieved.

The Lady knew where these sounds came from and also knew that there were other residents in the Portable Abode. She was not convenient to say it now, but she knew how to deal with it.

Li Li Banfeng left the Portable Abode, just in time for the workers' lunch break.

"Ye Lai Xiang" is an evening newspaper, the workload in the afternoon is very large, the lunch break is very short, workers generally don't take a nap, after eating, smoke a cigarette, read the newspaper, and busy themselves with their own work.

The manager brought the roster. There was extra printing today, the work was heavy, so let the workers on duty come over to sign, and there would be a reward at the end of the month.

Li Li Banfeng glanced at the roster and frowned.

In Black Stone Slope, there are indeed many people who can read, but not many who can write.

They are not completely unable to write, they just write too ugly, crooked, missing strokes, a pile of small problems.

There was a new young man named Xiao Fu who really couldn't write, didn't even recognize his own name, and could only do miscellaneous work like stacking newspapers and delivering newspapers.

After lunch, he also learned from the old master, took a newspaper, and read it seriously.

But he couldn't read, he could only look at pictures. Those few pictures in the newspaper were not worth looking at, and he finished them in two or three glances. Others were still looking at the front-page news.

"Master Song, what does this paragraph mean?"

Master Song took the newspaper and lowered his voice to explain a paragraph to Xiao Fu.

After listening, Xiao Fu's veins burst: "There is such a thing in here! Can this eldest lady do this? Is this true or false?"

Master Song waved his hand: "Who can say for sure, true or false, go distinguish it yourself."

"Distinguish? How can I distinguish this!" Xiao Fu was excited and stood up. He wanted to find someone else to ask, walked two steps, and sat back down.

His pants were too thin.

"Master Song, tell me, what are the three words for that eldest lady's name?"

Master Song laughed: "Stupid boy, you haven't learned your own name yet, why do you care about her name?"

"I just want to know where else she is later..."

Li Li Banfeng stared at Xiao Fu for a long time, but heard Xiao Chuanzi say beside him: "When I first came to Black Stone Slope, I also looked at pictures. I thought the pictures here were especially good-looking."

"Later they told me that words are much better-looking than pictures. I didn't believe it at first, but after they read a paragraph to me, I found that words are indeed better-looking than pictures. There is everything in the words."

"I have been pestering others to read newspapers to me. Looking at the face of you and Fifth Master, people read two sentences at first, but they get annoyed after reading too much, and some things are not good to read out."

"I took a dictionary and learned it myself. If I didn't understand, I asked others. If people didn't want to say, I gave them cigarettes. After a long time, I could read a newspaper."

Li Li Banfeng stared at Xiao Chuanzi: "Just to read a newspaper, you learned to read by yourself?"

Xiao Chuanzi scratched his head: "If it's reading, I can do it. If it's writing, I really can't. The strokes are always wrong, and it's ugly."

Yuwen Qi laughed: "When I was young, my writing was also ugly. I learned to write by myself, and there were always irregular places."

"Later I met Old Bai. He came out of the Mo Xiang Shop. His writing was stroke by stroke, which was really good-looking."

"I was unconvinced, went to the street to buy a copybook, learned to write while learning articles, mixed with Old Bai, and later became a literary man."

It turns out that Yuwen Qi and Bai Bai Qiusheng have different backgrounds. He is a worker.

Li Li Banfeng looked at the sign-in sheet again. Almost all the workers present were in this situation.

They read just to read newspapers?

Li Li Banfeng walked around among the workers during lunch break. It was basically consistent with the description of the peddler. About half of the workers could read.

During this lunch break, it was very easy to distinguish between those who could read and those who couldn't.

Workers who could read would hold newspapers and comment on them. Those who couldn't read could only listen to the excitement on the side, dare not talk, and dare not even cough.

When it was time for work in the afternoon, those who could read picked the work first, and the rest were given to those who couldn't read.

There was no way to be unconvinced. Workers who couldn't read couldn't even understand the work order.

Among this group of workers, a group of people would slowly differentiate, and they would force themselves to learn to read.

Is this the reason for the high literacy rate in Black Stone Slope?

Not right.

Factories in other places are also like this. Workers who can read take advantage, but they haven't seen other workers take the initiative to learn to read.

Why is Black Stone Slope so special?

Li Li Banfeng was still thinking when Xiao Fu ran back, sweating profusely.

He held a dictionary in his hand, bought from a fellow worker, very old, patched in many places.

But he cherished it very much, carefully stuffed the dictionary into his bosom, and when stacking newspapers, he would secretly take it out and look at it, comparing the words on the newspaper.

As long as he could learn to read, every story in this newspaper was a reward for him.

This reward was very cheap. After reading it, his body trembled, and he lost interest.

But it didn't matter, there would be new rewards tomorrow, and the rewards every day were different.

The more newspapers he read, the more rewards he got. The circle around him changed, and the words he knew in communication also increased, and his status was constantly improving.

If he gritted his teeth again and learned to write and write articles, he would have a chance to work in the building in the backyard.

This is a virtuous cycle!

The key point of the cycle lies in these newspapers, in the newspapers with unique styles and special content in Black Stone Slope.

Does Green Water City not have similar books and newspapers?

Yes, in the corner of the bookstore, you can also find similar reading materials, but you have to know how to find them, and you have to have a certain experience to make a rough judgment on the content through the book title and introduction.

A person who cannot read does not have the ability to judge, and he does not even have the courage to enter the bookstore.

What about Black Stone Slope?

Li Li Banfeng left the newspaper office and looked along the street. There were more than a dozen newspaper kiosks on one street.

It was too easy to get a newspaper.

The roar of the printing press interrupted Li Li Banfeng's thoughts and reminded him of another thing.

Not only is it easy to buy newspapers, but it is also easier to print newspapers here.

Black Stone Slope has paper mills and printing plants, and paper and ink are very cheap.

The basic cost of newspapers is low, and the price is also low. More costs will be invested in content.

This is another virtuous cycle.

The cultural atmosphere of Black Stone Slope was formed like this.

Two sets of virtuous cycles are encouraging people to take the initiative to learn.

Li Li Banfeng thought he was very familiar with Black Stone Slope. He now discovered that there was superb wisdom in the layout, which he had never noticed.

Who is laying out?

In an abandoned factory, Tang Tang Shijiang took out an iron lunch box from under the lathe and asked: "Are you hungry? Eat a meal first."

The coachman put down the car lever: "Senior Brother, how can I still eat? I have something to ask of you!"

Tang Tang Shijiang smacked his lips and said: "Can you stop calling me Senior Brother? Being your Senior Brother is quite shabby."

PS: Tang Tang Shijiang is the Earth Deity of Black Stone Slope, he likes people with guts.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 460 =====