On the first day of March, the southern Slime Basin has begun to warm up.

It was already dark at half past six in the morning, but this morning the fog was so thick that there was nothing to be seen in the white expanse a few meters away.

On the way back to the town from the mine, a girl with braided hair pushed a brand-new bicycle and walked slowly, for fear that she would not be able to see the road clearly and accidentally bump into something.

As one of the first people in the Slime Basin to own a private bicycle, Jenny almost hit Ji Shijun on her first ride.

Jenny, pushing her bicycle, felt that her life was like a dream, so unreal.

Last summer, she was the eldest lady of the prestigious Silver Narcissus Chamber of Commerce in Andorra, a brilliant star in the eyes of everyone, and every day several companions flattered her, and every time she went out hunting with her friends, those partners did not dare to hunt more than herself.

However, on that very day, the sky fell.

When Jenny returned home from hunting that day, the housekeeper hurriedly told her that she had taken her to her father's study.

What she saw in her study was her father, who had just taken poison, and the creditors who had IOUs against her.

Jeanne's mind went blank, and when she came to her senses, she had been stripped of her gorgeous dress, stripped of her fine jewelry, and had left Andorra la Vella on a slave ship heading east.

The slave ship came and went, and from time to time girls were sent into the cabin, and the crying never stopped in the cabin.

At that time, Jenny was desperate to see her future, she didn't know the life of a slave girl, becoming a maid was the best destination, and the worst thing was to become a tool for men to release their energy.

At the same time, she was a little glad in her heart, glad that her sister had come to live at her uncle's house many years ago and did not have to suffer like herself.

After spending some days in despair, Jenny was taken to the mine.

The one in charge of taking the slave girls was an elf, and she asked what the girls would do.

After half a month of quarantine, among the girls, those who can cook went to the canteen of the mine, those who can farm to the farm, and those who can sew were arranged to the sewing room.

Because Jenny can write and calculate, she was eventually assigned to the statistics department of the mine.

Living in a dark, dirty shack didn't happen, and she was assigned to a two-bedroom dormitory in the town below the mine.

In the same dormitory as her was a sister in her twenties, who married a canteen cook at first sight not long after she arrived, and later moved in with a girl about her age.

She doesn't have to worry that she will become a tool for men to vent their desires, although the majority of men in the mine, but her outstanding appearance has become everyone's key protection object.

Now her daily job is to keep track of the amount of ore mined by each shift and keep a book.

Relying on the bookkeeping knowledge she learned at home, Jenny improved the tables used in her daily work not long after she worked, which greatly improved the speed and accuracy of the mine's production statistics.

Jenny's improved statistical form was well received by the Mine Statistics Section and was then rolled out elsewhere.

Therefore, in February, Jenny was on the list of advanced workers of the 1923 Screaming Slime Pioneer Regiment in the Divine Calendar.

Not long ago, Jenny, who went to Slime City to receive the award, received a bicycle from the Elven Tree Sea, just like other advanced workers.

After the awards ceremony, Jenny tried to ride a bicycle at the instigation of others, but almost hit Ji Shijun, who came to see the excitement.

Fortunately, Ji Shijun was generous and did not pursue it, otherwise she would definitely be invited to drink tea for three days and three nights on the charge of "suspected murder of the Führer".

The town was not very far from the mines, and Jenny soon saw through the thick fog the tall concrete walls of the town.

When she entered the town called "Iron Furnace Town" after registering at the city gate, it was about five minutes and seven o'clock in the morning, and the loudspeakers on the city walls sounded briskly music against the town's tall trumpets.

These loudspeakers were installed at the end of last year and put into use at the beginning of the new year.

It is said that this new thing called radio is a new invention of the elves, and Ji Shijun bought it back as soon as he learned about it, and installed it in every town, factory, and farm in the basin.

When the sound of the daily morning news sounded, Jenny was buying rice cakes by the small cart selling breakfast on the side of the road and chatting with the aunt who sold breakfast.

The girl's fist-sized, steamed rice cake garnished with a few raisins is Jenny's favorite right now, and she bought two of them in a slime plastic bag and hung them on the handlebars of her bicycle.

The breakfast seller knew Jenny, and she asked, "Come back so early, do you have a break today?"

Jenny nodded.

The work of the mine is "five shifts and four shifts", working six hours a day, working four days and one day off, and after the night shift at six o'clock this morning, Jenny has a day off.

After the two chatted a few words about the recent fog and the clothes were dry, a familiar name appeared in the news from the loudspeaker in the distance.

"On the afternoon of February 30, at the invitation of Ji Shijun, the head of the Howling Slime Pioneer Regiment, Earl Charles McGardenen, the special envoy of the Elven Royal Court and the midshipman staff officer of the Elven Royal Court, arrived in Slime City and began a friendly visit to the Howling Slime Pioneer Group. ”

This was the first official diplomatic visit received by the Wailing Slime Pioneer Regiment in 1921. In addition to a full set of diplomatic activities, we will also arrange for the Earl of Maccaden to visit and visit various places. ”

At about 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the head of state Ji Shijun held a ceremony in Freedom Square in Slime City to welcome the visit of Earl McCaden, and then held a brief meeting with Earl McCaden. That night, the head of state Ji Shijun held a banquet to entertain the Earl of McCaden and his party. ”

"In his welcome speech at the dinner, Head of State Ji Shijun said, 'It is a great honour for me to welcome the Earl of Maccaden and his distinguished delegation to the Slime Basin. We are very grateful for your help with the Elven Court in the early days of the establishment of the Screaming Slime Pioneer Regiment. Today, our people are united by the belief in building a better life, and we are committed to building a better new life in peace and freedom. ’”

"In his speech, the Earl of McCaden said, 'The Howling Slime Pioneer Regiment is a new, energetic group. She was born from disaster and led the people to take root, grow and flourish on this land. In a short period of three years, the broad masses of the people have been exposed to frost and dew, cut thorns, and cultivated and woven with a land of size, legislation, and the people's livelihood has flourished. Only great people can create such unprecedented miracles. ’”

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"Girl?!" the breakfast seller called out to Jenny a few times before she came back to her senses.

Jenny took the money and continued to push her bike away, returning to her dorm shortly after.

The dormitory is made of cement and red brick, and has four floors.

Jenny locks her bike in the utility room and returns to her room, where the sound of washing comes from the bathroom.

Soon after, a listless beautiful girl walked out.

Jenny raised the steamed rice cake in her hand and said, "Marlena, I bought you breakfast." ”

"Thank you. Marlena's voice and expression were lifeless, like the walking dead.

Jenny doesn't care about this, and Marlena was sold here after being sold into slavery because of debt. However, Marlena is different from her, she is implicated in her father's debts, and Marlena became a slave after she was unable to repay her gambling debts.

As a result, Jenny was freed when she arrived in the Slime Basin, and Marlena had to deduct half of her monthly salary until the Slime Merchant Group paid off the cost of buying her.

Fortunately, Marlena was born in a conservatory and got a job as a teaching assistant at a workers' night school, and she was okay after half of her salary was deducted.

Just as the two were about to have breakfast together, someone downstairs suddenly shouted, "Jenny is not there, there's your package!"

When Jenny heard this, she immediately rushed out of the room and jumped directly down the corridor on the third floor.

The postman uncle in a dark green uniform looked at Jenny speechlessly, and then handed her a package half a meter square and more than thirty centimeters thick.

After signing for the receipt, Jenny couldn't wait to go back to the dormitory to unpack the package.

Mallena, who was nibbling on steamed rice cakes, asked curiously, "Who sent it?"

Jenny, who opened the package, said, "It's my sister." ”