Before everything goes out

Two days later.

Four days remained until their next trip into the mountains, the day Li Fei and Lin Wen had arranged to climb a tree.

10 a.m.

The sun was shining brightly, and a gentle breeze was blowing.

Lin Wen's family's farmhouse courtyard was simply furnished with a wooden table and a few low stools, which became the children's outdoor classroom.

On the podium.

Lin Wen walked back and forth with her textbook in her hand. Every time she read a sentence, the children would repeat it after her.

"Thank God."

"Thank God~"

"He helps us out of the power of darkness and brings us into the kingdom of his beloved Son."

"He helps us out of the power of darkness and brings us into the kingdom of his beloved Son."

"The light came into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because of the evil they had accumulated. This is their condemnation."

"The light came into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because of the evil they had accumulated. This is their condemnation."

Li Fei sat on a small stool in the last row, listening in.

Listening to the tender voices reading aloud, he felt as if he had returned to his elementary school days more than a decade ago.

Also like this.

The teacher reads a sentence, and then the student reads a sentence.

Among the students, some were shouting and working hard, while others were quietly slacking off.

Back then, he was the one who slacked off.

Right now, the chubby boy named "Mantou" has taken his place.

He glanced at Lin Wen guiltily while shaking his head exaggeratedly, his mouth wide open, but he didn't utter a sound.

"This chubby kid is interesting...wait, is this kid bald at such a young age?"

Li Fei was stunned for a moment.

Mantou is half a year younger than Bai Xiaowu, which, in the previous life, would be about the third grade of elementary school.

The strange thing is...

Looking at the mottled hair on the top of his head and his receding hairline, he even looks like a middle-aged man.

This reminded him of the dead Melon Head.

The bald patches on the top of the head, resembling watermelon rind, gave off a similar feeling.

"No, it's not just this chubby kid."

Li Fei glanced around.

In the small courtyard, the little girl named "Er Ya" had her hair tied in two pigtails, and her face, which should have been fair and clean, was dotted with spots...

freckle?

The freckles weren't thick or unsightly, but they inexplicably reminded him of the deceased Ma Zi.

His face was also covered in mottled patches, but much more severe than this.

and many more.

That's not all.

Next to the flowerpot on the left is the skinny boy named "Ah Xin," the one with the runny nose.

This guy has a black mole on the corner of his mouth.

If Li Fei remembered correctly, Liu Yongxiao also had a similar pimple in almost the same spot on his face.

However, Liu Yongxiao's was bigger and darker, with a few curly hairs sticking out of it.

"Didn't Aunt Niu mention before that some child looked like her?"

Li Fei narrowed his eyes, sensing something was amiss.

Why do these kids look vaguely like some of the villagers?

Was it just his imagination?

"Lin Wen said these are all children of Tai Sui, so what exactly is Tai Sui... Never mind, it's probably just a coincidence. Anyway, it'll be gone in a few days, it's none of my business."

Li Fei shook his head, trying his best to restrain himself and not think about it too much.

Niu Wenbing said that only Liu Yongxiao knew what Tai Sui was.

So many years have passed, and even the villagers don't know about it, let alone an outsider like him.

There's no need to worry about things you don't understand; this is a life lesson he's learned over the years.

Ding~

Ding ding~

The iron basin next to the podium was struck, signaling the end of get out of class.

"get out of class dismissed."

Lin Wen closed the book, and the children got up and started playing and frolicking.

"Well said."

Li Fei handed him a glass of water.

"It's alright. After all, I've been practicing for several years. Most of the content is repetitive, so it's not very difficult."

Lin Wen smiled and handed over the textbook.

This is an extremely large and thick book, heavy in the hand, like a dictionary.

After opening the app, Li Fei casually flipped through a few pages.

The content was mostly religious, frequently mentioning words like "God," "darkness," "light," and "redemption," which he found uninteresting and felt somewhat detached from reality.

"God loves all people..."

"God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light..."

Li Fei read a few sentences and frowned slightly.

Some of the sentences in it were quite familiar even to him, a person who knew nothing about religion.

"So, this is actually a localized version of the Bible? It just replaces the original 'God' and 'Supreme Being' with our local terms 'Heaven' or 'Heaven'?"

Li Fei flipped through a few more pages and confirmed it was true.

"The Bible? What's that?"

Lin Wen looked completely bewildered.

Right.

Li Fei then remembered that Lin Wen was a girl from a remote mountain village, where information was scarce. In addition, she experienced a disaster at the age of 17 and was cut off from the outside world, so it was normal that she didn't know this.

"I'm not entirely sure either, but roughly speaking, it's something like what you have in your hand."

Li Fei returned the textbook.

"Oh, I found this book by chance. I originally just wanted to take this opportunity to teach them to read, but I didn't expect to get so interested in it myself, so I decided to learn everything from it..."

After all, even I don't really understand the other subjects without the textbook.

"What do you want to teach them? I can try next time."

"Really?"

"Well, although I have amnesia, I don't know why, but I still remember some things from the textbooks."

Li Fei chuckled.

Unexpectedly, Lin Wen accepted this statement immediately and excitedly shook his arm.

"That's great! Which subjects do you remember?"

"Chinese, math... I wouldn't call them subjects, they're all fragmented knowledge, like linear equations in two variables, or memorizing ancient poems or something."

"That's still much better than me!"

It was clear that Lin Wen was quite excited.

She paced back and forth on the platform excitedly, almost jumping for joy, until she noticed the children's surprised looks and regained the composure expected of a teacher.

after that.

After a few more classes, it will be lunchtime.

The original plain porridge was now mixed with some diced cured meat that Li Fei had brought back. There wasn't much meat, but it was very flavorful.

Not to mention the chubby boy's steamed buns, even Lin Wen drank two whole bowls of water.

"Everyone is free to do their own thing this afternoon. My uncle, Xiao Wu, and I will go out for a bit and bring you some fruit when we get back tonight."

"Mantou, since Fifth Sister isn't here, you need to take good care of your younger brother and sister."

"And Er Ya, don't be naughty and run around."

Lin Wen gave a series of instructions.

Before leaving, she entrusted her youngest child, Xiaodou, to Sister Xia next door.

After arranging everything, she led Li Feibai and Xiao Wu out of the village.