Chapter 4111: When Pumpkins Mature (4)

When the sky just brightened, thin mist rose on the lake. The morning light shone on the lake, like sprinkling a handful of silver coins on soft silk.

Another night of wind and rain, broad-leaved plants are the best painters, using leaves to paint the lawn and road surface into bright yellow. Two fallen leaves were blown onto the glass by the wind, Schiller pushed open the window, took the leaves down, and placed them on the small table in front of the fireplace to dry. Cat Getan's autumn has already given him dozens of bookmarks.

The fireplace burned vigorously all night, and it had just gone out not long ago. The whole living room was filled with a pleasant smell of dry wood, and it collided with the dampness pouring in from outside the window. Schiller heard the chirping of birds again. Looking out from the window on the side of the living room, he could vaguely see a corner of the chestnut tree, and there seemed to be the figure of a northern cardinal on the branches.

Schiller opened his phone, first ordered some basic ingredients with points to replenish the refrigerator, and then bought some coffee beans, black tea, and sugar with cash. Start the cleaning robot, let it clean the house, and then go out to class.

But he didn't drive. Strategic materials like gasoline are still rationed, and they are allocated according to the number of people. Schiller didn't have much gasoline, and it wasn't enough to support him to drive to and from work every day, so when the weather was good, he would walk to the bus stop.

In front of his door is a long boardwalk, just walk along the boardwalk, turn west, and there is a bus stop within a mile. It takes tens of minutes to walk, but the scenery along the way is very good, very suitable for Schiller, who goes to work very late, to walk over.

He only has a class at ten o'clock today, and since those stubborn people who have no talent but insist on learning psychoanalysis were taken away by Brainiac, every class has been quite pleasant. Especially after Jenna, one of the twins, entered the Department of Psychology, she could hand in a pretty good small essay every week, and reading her essay is one of the few pleasures in Schiller's work.

It's a pity that Barry graduated early and didn't choose to continue his studies, otherwise he could see two pretty good essays every week.

Thinking about the article topic assigned last week, Schiller walked to the entrance of the neighbor's yard again and saw that big chestnut tree. The scientific name of the American chestnut tree is called "American chestnut tree", which is a special subspecies widely distributed in the east. However, the native species has almost gone extinct because it is too unresistant to disease. Now this one should be a hybrid variety with some kind of chestnut tree from China.

The chestnut tree is also a kind of beech tree, and can even grow as big as four or five people can embrace. But this one is not that big, about two people can embrace, and it produces a lot of chestnuts, all over the ground because of the chestnut shells smashed by falling.

I don't know if the owner of this house moved away or had something to do and didn't go home. No one went to clean up these chestnuts, and this place became a paradise for small animals. If there is no accident, this wave of relief food can make the rodents in the nearby forest several times more.

Schiller walked over to check the door number of this house, but unfortunately there was no contact information on it. If there was, he would like to buy some chestnuts from the owner and roast them on the fireplace with pumpkins, the taste should be quite good.

After Brainiac's economic policy was relaxed, although most daily necessities can be bought with points or cash, and it is very convenient to order, and can be mailed home, there are still many that cannot be bought. If you want to eat, you either plant it yourself or buy it from community neighbors.

Schiller didn't see chestnuts for sale on the software, so it should be out of stock for the time being. But he remembered that in the north of Cat Getan, that is, in Massachusetts, there is a chestnut plantation, but it may not have reached the time of large-scale harvest, so it cannot be bought on the market now.

Greed likes cooking very much, maybe he would want to make a chestnut stewed chicken, so he doesn't have to eat in the cafeteria.

Thinking while walking, soon walked to the bus stop. The passengers on this bus were also pitifully few, and only Schiller was a passenger when driving here. But the bus driver was very enthusiastic, he waved at Schiller and said: "Good morning, Professor. How have you been recently?"

"Not bad." Schiller found a seat by the window and said, "The weather has cooled down too fast recently, and there is not enough firewood to burn. Maybe I have to buy some firewood at the community store when I get off work."

"Oh, then you don't have to run for nothing." The driver shook his head and said, "Cat Getan has cooled down too fast this year, and firewood has been sold out long ago. There is not a piece of firewood in the three community stores on the route I drive. Brainiac has planned to open part of the woodland to allow residents in non-dense communities to cut their own wood."

"What about those in dense communities?"

"Burn coal. There is still a lot of coal. What I envy most is the East District, which actually has centralized heating, and I don't know when my home will be built."

"Maybe soon." Schiller said.

Soon, the bus arrived at the station. Schiller walked into the gate of Cat Getan University. The greening of the new campus of Cat Getan University is also very good. In addition to various deciduous plants, evergreen shrubs are also planted, which does not look so bleak. Maybe it is a place with many young people, which is always more vibrant.

"Good morning, Professor."

"Good morning, Professor."

"How have you been recently? Professor?"

"Drink coffee? Professor?"

The students flew into the empty classroom like a group of chirping birds, with dampness that had not yet been eliminated, and the movements of putting down backpacks and taking off coats were like shaking off feathers.

Cat Getan University also has centralized heating, and the classroom is as warm as spring. Schiller also took off his coat and scarf, flipped through the lesson plan at hand, cleared his throat and said: "Hand in the homework from last week first. Jenna, you are responsible for collecting the homework."

The girl sitting on the edge stood up and said with a crisp voice: "No problem, Professor."

Jenna doesn't look like she has changed much. These aliens seem to grow and develop very slowly, and she still looks like a young girl. She cut her hair very short, looking clean and neat.

After the homework was collected, Schiller began to comment. Every time he went to class, he sincerely thanked Brainiac. At least now, the students sitting in his classroom, what they wrote can still be seen, and sometimes there will be surprises.

"Jenna, your analysis of the application cases of child psychology in the field of criminal psychology is quite good. Can you tell me why you thought of writing this?" Schiller asked, raising his eyes.

"Okay, Professor." Jenna stood up and said, "It's like this, not long after I entered school, I found a part-time job in a kindergarten in the factory area, which is to take children to play games and so on. At that time, I found that child psychology is listed as a separate discipline, which is indeed very reasonable. Their thinking is completely different from adults, and it is very interesting to study."

"Of course, children are fragile, even if they fall accidentally while running, it may cause serious consequences. I get along well with children, and sometimes I worry about what to do if they encounter vicious criminals. So, I went to check some cases of child crime and found that precisely because children have fragile bodies and low vigilance, they are always easily targeted by criminals. In order to crack the psychology of the murderer in child crime, I conducted a series of studies on this..."

Schiller listened and nodded frequently, and then said: "This article has many highlights, although it is not enough to enter academic journals, the analysis of many past cases may provide inspiration for relevant departments. If possible, I will help you submit it to the internal teaching journal of relevant departments, and there should be a considerable amount of point manuscript fees."

"That would be great, Professor. I am just short of points." Jenna smiled and said, "The community where we live has no firewood, if you want to order on the software, you have to spend a lot of points."

Schiller nodded and began to comment on other people's articles. Most of them wrote quite well, but there were no highlights. After giving some suggestions and assigning new topics, today's course ended.

There should have been another class in the afternoon, but Brainiac seemed to have temporarily adjusted the schedule, and the afternoon class was canceled. Schiller originally wanted to go to the stadium to watch football training, but the training was also canceled, so Schiller could only prepare to go home.

Returning halfway home, Schiller knew why the afternoon classes were canceled, because the whole Cat Getan was blowing strong winds, and the fallen leaves on the boardwalk were blown all over the sky. From the weather forecast, this wind is afraid to blow all night. In this case, it is not suitable for any outdoor activities, it is better to stay at home honestly.

Fortunately, he had already ordered living materials in advance. If he went to order in the software now, it would definitely not be delivered.

Schiller opened the gate of the front yard, and then found that the purchased materials were neatly arranged in front of the door. He subconsciously looked around the porch, but found that the delivery man's footprints seemed a bit messy.

Pushing open the door, Schiller realized that when he was at work, someone came into the house.

There were no footprints in the house, and everything was where it should be. Schiller walked to the fireplace and found a bit of furnace ash blown up by the convection air of opening the door above the fireplace railing.

He would be very careful to use his body to block the gap when opening the door, so there would be no such furnace ash. Once any furnace ash leaves the range of the fireplace, it proves that the door has been opened.

Schiller checked in the house, no fingerprints, no footprints, things were not turned over, the other party seemed to just come in and take a look, and then left.

Schiller went to the backyard again, the three big pumpkins were still fine there, but it was a pity that they were picked too early, otherwise maybe they could knock the murderer dizzy. Gardening tools and soil didn't look like they had been moved, it seemed that the other party didn't come to the backyard.

Checking upstairs again, the upstairs was not moved either, it seemed that the intruder just turned around on the first floor and then left.

Schiller didn't know what the other party was doing, but they definitely wouldn't come only this time. It will be the Halloween holiday soon, when he is at home all day, he will naturally know what the other party is coming from.

Now there is a more thorny problem than the intruder, that is, his firewood is about to run out. Originally, he planned to use the whole afternoon to prepare enough firewood, but there was a strong wind outside. It is very unwise to enter the forest to cut wood in this weather.

Schiller opened the software again, but found that the nearby community store really couldn't order firewood, and even the farther ones didn't have it, and if it was farther, the price was shockingly expensive, and it might not be delivered.

Schiller sighed. Just when he was thinking about whether to go to the forest, the doorbell suddenly rang. He opened the door and saw Greed standing outside the door with a box.

"My God, what kind of ghost weather is this! I just arrived and it was windy, I spun around in the pile of fallen leaves for half an hour, it's terrible!" ===== CHAPTER 4112 =====