Chapter Twenty-Six: Shells

Jill was completely cured in the fall, which was the happiest thing for Ruona in all this time. Ruona's greatest concern was that Jill's illness would be delayed into the winter, which would worsen.

When Jill returned to his post, he seemed to have dropped out of the center of town altogether overnight. People often don't see Gil all day long--- only see the mayor feasting guests in the town, inspecting around, but they don't see Jill limping about business. Now the only trace left by Jill in Fandra is the White Dove Exchange, looking at the busy scene of the exchange, people can't help but wonder where this Jill has gone.

At this time, Jill was living on the site of the school. Jill has helped the mayor with a lot of things, and now he has an exchange, two stores in the best part of the port, and a little further away, Jill has a fully stocked warehouse.

Working with the mayor of the town has come to this point, and Jill already knows what she should do next.

The mayor of the town represents King Nord, and after a short period of conflict some time ago, he has gradually taken control of Fandra's army and power. The mayor of the town only needs to be stable in the town to get the most benefits. Jill knew that now was the time for Mayor Mare to be at his most expansive, and in the town, as a Mayor Mare he had reached the top. Now that Jill is going to be away from the town for a long time, it is not a good thing to rise too quickly in the town, and Jill knows that his situation is completely unrooted, and without a foundation, it is not enough to deal with the risks of the future.

Now the mayor only needs the flattery and praise of others, and his political achievements have been sufficient. Jill took advantage of the mayor's attitude towards him when he was still very humble and took the initiative to apply to run a school, which surprised the mayor a little, of course, the mayor was more of a satisfaction--- this Jill is very smart in doing things, but dealing with smart people always makes people a little uncomfortable, it's good that he's an ally, if one day he changes the law and makes himself bad.

The mayor routinely kept Jill's request, and then let Jill do it himself. He originally thought that Jill just wanted to be a rich man and then set up a school to sell his reputation, so he kindly reminded Jill to set up a shop and open a market, but seeing that Jill was determined to open a school, the mayor of the town wondered for a long time, although he couldn't figure out what Jill was planning, but it was not harmful to him to see Jill's approach horizontally and vertically, so let him go.

The mayor of the town wrote a letter to the provincial capital, saying that there was a young and promising person in the local area who was willing to dedicate his youth to the education cause of the Nord Kingdom, and was willing to contribute half of his income to the school every year for student assistance, hoping that the provincial capital would support him.

Soon, the provincial capital replied, and the provincial capital said that this young man had been very famous lately: the inspector and the commissioner on the construction site said that he had said a lot of words for this young man, so it seemed that this young man was thinking about the royal family and the king of Nord.

Officials in the provincial capital gave the mayor the privilege of helping Gil choose land for running the school, and all the expenses involved were discounted.

Mayor Mare's work began before the fall, and by the time Jill had recovered, the land had been fenced.

Around the school, there is also a large area of cultivated land. Jill begged that the swamp outcasts be left behind and used as tenant farmers for the school, on the one hand, to give them a way to live, or else they would have to wander around; On the other hand, it also saves a lot of money for the school.

The mayor had been indifferent to the hundreds of dirty, sick people, and when he heard that Jill was willing to help him with the garbage, he readily agreed. The mayor told Jill that all he needed to do was pay a little money to apply for a hukou for the men, so that they could settle in Fendra and become full-fledged residents.

Jill sent Ivan to finish the matter that afternoon, and of course, the mayor received a 'gift' from Jill as a thanksgiving.

Leaving a construction site, making a fuss in the town for a while, and returning to a construction site.

These days are like a dream for Jill.

The land is backed by a low hill, and the land is flat and dry--- which is rare in this swamp.

It was surrounded by weeds and shrubs, and there was a grove of trees on the hillside that stretched out to the plain, like a thick carpet of green felt. At the edge of the forest there are huts built by woodcutters, with tattered furniture and a few pieces of unprocessed wood. The forest is dark and damp, with rotting pine trees and moss on the beech, and peasant girls often come here to collect berries, fungus and mushrooms.

A few years ago, when the port was built, there were still a lot of wild animals in this forest, and it was common for hunters to carry wild deer and wild boars to the port to sell to the craftsmen, but now there are very few wild animals here. Occasionally, you can see some small rodent moving from one end of the road to the other very quickly.

Every morning, the forest is filled with mist, and the undulations of the North Sea Plain are so gentle that you can see the mist spreading faintly over the ridges of the mountains, and the distant sea will shimmer at a moment after dawn until the sea turns blood red in the evening.

Jill decides to go out for a walk, and Jona follows suit.

The two walked side by side through the busy construction site, which was the school of the future. In terms of the design plan, Jill told the engineer that the school would first build an auditorium and a large library, and then build classrooms, dormitories and other buildings on the basis of these two buildings. Jill considered that in the beginning there would be very few students coming to study here, so there would not be many buildings for students to live in.

On this side of the construction site, it is mainly Jill who is here to show up, and Ivan and Martin occasionally come over to bring news from the outside.

Jill walked on the edge of the forest, and Jona followed.

"Renault's mother left a month ago, right?" , Jill asked, sniffing the peculiar dampness of the forest.

"Well, a month ago," Jona kicked open a pine cone, "and went to bed at night, and didn't suffer much." We told Renault only after we had buried her. ”

"I haven't seen him in a few days", Jill stepped over a puddle with the help of Jona, "he's okay".

"After crying for a few days, we kept staring, nothing happened, just looking at it and worrying."

"Why did Reno's mother not want to live in Fandra for a while, so why did she have to come to the beach?"

"It is the habit of the Nords to go either into the forest or to the sea when they die. I don't know, I've heard about it. ”

"Ah, my mother is a Nord, she didn't mention this to me."

"Who would mention 'death' to their own children."

"Well, too", a swiftly flying bird caught Jill's attention, and the bird flapped its wings and disappeared into the depths of the woods, "but since it was his mother's request, it would have fulfilled her wish." Unfortunately, I was in Fandra during that time and couldn't take care of Renault. ”

"It's okay, I'm here. Oh, look ahead, Mother Renault is buried over there, in the woods. The doctor said that the patient's body would either be cremated or buried deep in a place where there was no one, and we would bury her here. ”

"Oh, it's good, it's in the forest, and it's close to the sea, so it's like a Nord home."

"Yes. Before Renault's mother died, she struggled to go to the beach and picked up two shells, saying that one for Renault and the other for his father. ”

"Ah, you're still letting her go to the beach?"

"That's all she wants, and we're up to her. She was gone that night, and soon Renault learned of her death and sat on the ground crying with a shell in one hand. The next day Renault went to the beach, and he would pick up some shells every day to give to his mother. ”

By this time, the two had followed the path that the hunters had stepped on to the forest, and the weather was fine, with dappled sunlight dotting the path.

"That", Jill seemed to see something, stopped, and pointed ahead, "That's Renault's mother's grave." ”

Ruona raised her eyes, her eyes slowly reddening, "Well, this is it." ”

In front of the two of them, there was a small mound full of beautiful little shells.

At the same time, on the edge of the port of Zhiwacheze in Vecchia.

Two ragged men were lamenting the impermanence of life with their heads down. The two men had suffered a great change of fortune a few months earlier, and since then, they have decided to go into the world, so they hop on a ship that sails into the distance in the harbor of Rhodoc, and finally make it to Vecchia.

When the two of them got off the boat, they found that most of the money they had brought was also stolen. The two of them got into trouble on the dock and demanded the culprit, but they were beaten up and thrown out of the gate. I've always heard that the Wikibians are arrogant and unreasonable, but now the two really understand the power of the Wikibians' fists.

As the sun sets, the two of them sit on the shore with the roar of the tide, and bitter memories come to their hearts.

Originally, both of them were the pride of heaven in the Rhodok Navy, but for some reason, they failed the math in the final exam, and finally lost the opportunity to serve the country. Sometimes, fate is so impermanent.

"Taylor," said a bearded man, "we haven't eaten in two days." ”

"That's right, Cauchy. We bought two bowls of Vekia bread for the last few copper plates, and although there was a lot of bark added to them, it was still delicious when you think about it. ”

"I didn't expect that when I was in Rhodoc, I thought we were at the center of the world. At that time, I secretly went to see those galleons, and it was very spectacular. As a result, now the two of us have fallen to this point, which is really embarrassing. ”

"Don't think about it, we haven't solved the problem of eating tonight. If we really can't do it, we have to go to the dock to carry the bags," Taylor said, "I didn't expect that the weight-bearing running we practiced in military school would come in handy today." ”

"Well, God has His own plan. Hey? What's the commotion over there? ”

"Eh", what else can it be, it must be looking for someone to do coolies again''' It's a shame to think about it, as a cultural person, he ended up like this. I've heard from Mr. Goblin that he helped a crappy writer revise an article that is now lying on the street every day without a place to go, and we're in a similar situation."

"Not really," Cauchy sighed, "Forget it, Taylor, we will do even the work of selling coolies, and if we don't eat, we will starve to death." ”

The sun has gradually sunk into the sea, and the whole world is a tragic blood red. The two of them silently glanced at each other as they had done a few months ago, and walked towards the place where the crowd was noisy. After they went, the two read a notice that turned out to be a teacher job advertisement. The more they read, the more surprised they became, and when they read that "we are looking for insightful people in mathematics, engineering, and philosophy" to come to our school to teach, and provide accommodation and 94 gold coins a year, 300 catties of wheat, 170 catties of oats, and seasonal fruits and vegetables, their eyes widened to the extreme.

"Tyler, am I wrong? Am I dreaming? How can our mathematical talents be put to use? I thought it was useless to study math."

"No, Cauchy", Taylor lay down in tears, "God hears our prayers".

After contacting the person who posted the notice, the man told Cauchy and Taylor to come here in a few days to be tested by a scholar to make sure they were indeed talented in mathematics. Seeing Cauchy and Taylor's hungry skin, the man gave them a hard loaf of bread and half a bottle of mulled wine.

Thankfully sending off the recruiter, Taylor and Cauchy wept as they chewed bread.

"Cauchy, good things are grinding, I''ve got a dream."

"What is it? Taylor? Give me a sip of mulled wine first. ”

"For you", I think that one day, all students will be able to learn mathematics and let them participate in rigorous tests, only in this way can people understand the beauty of mathematics and feel the beauty and magic of the universe from mathematics. We also want to let them know that it is not possible not to study mathematics, only then can we gain our dignity", Taylor said as he looked into the distance.

"Yes, mathematics has been neglected for a long time, from the westernmost countries to the easternmost city-states, people think that learning mathematics well is just to be able to calculate the area when building a house, and to be able to count the length when building a road. It's an insult to mathematics," Cauchy was indignant.

"Yes, I feel that way too", Taylor nodded, "We're going to let people know that we're going to let people name great mathematical discoveries after me, 'Taylor's Formula,' 'Cauchy's Theorem,' what a wonderful thing that sounds like"

"Well, Taylor, I've heard your idea and our poor Lopida, and we're going to make people remember it, too."

"There's a long way to go, Cauchy"

"I'm ready"

When the two of them were pregnant, a howling wind in the North Sea made the two of them shrink their necks together. Then the two of them hastily ate their own food, drank a drop of wine, and then patted the ashes on their buttocks, and went to find the bridge hole one after the other to spend the night.