When everyone was celebrating the achievement of the year-end goal and relaxed their mentality, Montelgi, the provincial capital of Hussein Province, which was dozens of kilometers away from Qingling, was also brightly lit up at this time. It's just that the lights here are different from the mines, where circuits have been developed, and here there are still primitive candles and fires.

Today is the day when Huey, the youngest son of Hussein, comes of age. The Holy Volga Kingdom is interesting to say, only the area directly under the royal capital has a special place name, called the Volga region. The rest of the kingdom is named after the family name of the ruling family. The head of the Hussein family, Ke Miu. Hussein, sixty-five years old, was a cunning, fat-brained old man, hairless on his forehead, his eyes cloudy, and unsmiling, and he sat on the main seat in the hall of the Hussein family's castle. The Hussein family was a family of the Volga kingdom that had been guarding the savage provinces for generations. This family is not strong, and only manages some provinces with weak magical strength. But the current head of the Hussein family, Ke Miu. Hussein is one of the few high-ranking magicians recognized by the kingdom.

He has three sons under his knees, the eldest son Raul sits on his left hand, he inherited his father's appearance, with a fat body, but unfortunately did not inherit his father's strong magical strength, and at the age of thirty, he has not advanced to the ranks of magicians, and only stops at the high-level magicians. In the Volga Kingdom, although the high-level magician and the junior magician are only one level, there is a gap between the two levels, and many people will not be able to become magicians in their lifetime. Raul's personality has gradually become twisted and brutal because of his years of inability to move forward, and it is rumored that he has abused several boys and girls to death, but because he is the eldest son of the Hussein family, no one can do anything about him.

The second son, Paul, sat at the right hand of Camus, who was similar in appearance to his mother, who had died young, thin, pale, with small eyes and a large nose. Paul's lips are thin and indifferent. Obsessed with magic, he is only 24 years old, but he is already a junior magician recognized by the kingdom, and his strength is strong. If Paul wanted to, a single magic that could destroy an entire village at once would be respectable on the entire continent.

And in the center of the hall, surrounded by the retainers of Tuan Tuan to congratulate, the coming-of-age ceremony is being held by Ke Mu's 18-year-old third son, Huey. But Huey, although he is the youngest son, is not favored by Comie, just because Comiu thinks Huey is a disgrace to the whole family. Huey is very fat, with a height of more than 1.5 meters but a weight of more than 300 pounds, it can be said that he is a walking pig. But this pig has been eighteen years before he can only get a junior magician, which still uses a lot of family resources, otherwise he would not even have the most basic qualifications to live as a nobleman.

Huey is not only fat, but also stupid, so stupid that it is no different from dementia, and his favorite thing in life besides eating is to abuse his own slaves. And his state also made the family basically decide to give up this stupid pig. However, after all, he is the third son of the head of the family, and Ke Miao still has some pity for him, so he has already thought of a place for Huey.

"Raul." Ke Mu closed his eyes and said lightly.

"Yes, father." The eldest son, Raul, flattered, and because of the smile on his face, there was almost no place to put his squeezed eyes.

"Well, how's the matter going in the mine?" Ke Mu continued.

"Don't worry, father, I've already found a reason to let the mine owner Rhodes go back to his hometown in the countryside. As soon as Rhodes stepped down, the third brother could naturally become the owner of the mine. Raul smiled sinisterly.

"yes, got it." Ke Miao stretched his body with satisfaction, and the cloudy look on his face just now eased a little: "Your third brother is not in this way now, I don't want to see him more." But, after all, he is my child and your brother. ”

"Yes, father." Raul smirked. From beginning to end, the second son, Paul, did not say a word, as if all this had nothing to do with him, and his face was as pale as ice, as if nothing was enough to move him.

Ke Mu glanced at the indifferent Paul imperceptibly, nodded slightly, and said no more.

Suddenly, a servant strode in from outside the hall, and a panicked-looking Vendauer whispered something in his ear. Ke Miao, who was squinting, frowned slightly, and Raul hurriedly got up and whispered, "Let's go, go out and talk." ”

Ke Miao said: "Well, I'm also curious about what this is, let's talk about it." ”

Raul's expression changed, and the servant's expression was also very entangled. At this point, Paul spoke: "Let you speak, and say, this is the command of the head of the house." ”

Paul didn't open his mouth, the servant still dared to stand, Paul's mouth opened, the servant knelt directly on the ground in fright, sweating profusely: "Yes, yes..." Raul's eyes flashed a trace of dissatisfaction, but he covered it up well, he sat down again, and waved his hand at the servant.

The servant was sweating profusely, crawled to the table on his knees, and whispered in a voice that only the four of them could hear: "There is news from the mine, saying that the goal you arranged before the eldest young master, Rhodes has completed it." ”

Raul was stunned at first, then incredulous, after he peeked at his father and Paul, he instantly sweated like rain, and he lowered his voice and said, "Are you sure that he has mined all 300,000 tons?" ”

"The message should be accurate." The servant trembled. Raul instantly became irritable, but since it was a public occasion, he could only suppress his anger. After the servant retreated, Ke Mu said slowly: "Three hundred thousand tons, heh, this is really an impossible number?" But why was it done? Raul, your calculations have not worked. Ke Mu's voice was still unwavering, but Raul could hear that in his father's heart, his status was a little lower than that of his second brother, who was strong in magic.

Raul hurriedly said: "Father, I want to be simple. But this guy Rhodes must not be able to complete this task by conventional means, there is only one possibility, that is..."He gritted his teeth and said: "It must be that he concealed the report when he handed over the minerals every year, and he secretly hid the ore." ”

Ke Mu was silent, and after a long time, his eyes opened a little, and he said lightly: "Is it private?" Raul, the accounts on the mine side are counted by you, aren't they? Raul was already sweating at this point, but he still suppressed the fear in his heart and nodded yes.

Ke Mu's eyes looked into the distance, through the jubilant hall of the guests, over the castle, as if he could float farther and farther away, he said slowly: "Rod, he is a house slave who has followed me for a long time, and it is precisely because of his loyalty, and there was no suitable candidate in the family at that time, that I put him in that position. Unexpectedly, even he has changed? ”

Raul didn't dare to answer, just listened to his unfathomable father, as if he was really pulling family affairs with them.

"Originally, I knew your methods, and I planned to let him live, but now it seems that my father should not have this kindness." Ke Mu closed his eyes again, but Raul had already understood what his father meant, and he nodded, "Understood, father." ”

After the coming-of-age ceremony, Raul returned to his lodgings, first breaking a teacup and then scolding, his face contorted with anger, his fat changing in the shadow of the candle. When his mood had calmed down a little, he instructed his servant: "Call someone from the mine to come to my office, and I have something to explain to him." Also, tell Brad to come and see me, and be quick. ”

The next day, the day on the side of the mine was just right, and yesterday due to the goal of reaching ahead of schedule, Lin Qiang organized everyone in the mine to hold a bonfire party in the big empty field in the miners' village. At the party, everyone had a good time, and several girls even dragged some of the best women in the mine to talk about it until late, and drank a lot of wine. As a result, the next day, Gao Ting and Li Xueyuan couldn't get up.

Lin Qiang, who was about to go out, patted his face, wanting to keep himself in good spirits, but heard Gao Ting and Li Xueyuan shouting at him: "Is it Brother Qiang?" We don't want to go to school today. Can you bring us a lesson after the morning shift from the mine? ”

Lin Qiang said with a sad face: "Isn't it? But there was no way to refuse, after getting out of the mine, he really went to the primary school where Gao Ting and Li Xueyuan pulled together, and began to prepare for at least a morning of teaching.

"Wow, don't run, you kid, give me back the apple my mother gave me." "Don't give, don't give, idiot, slightly."

After Lin Qiang entered the classroom, he found that this group of little ghosts were making trouble, and for a moment he looked like the students before his own crossing, he sighed at the impermanence of the world, and knocked the book on the podium table and said, "It's class, go back to your seat." ”

The children were startled and returned to their seats. Lin Qiang was full of nostalgia, and according to the textbook that Gao Ting and Li Xueyuan pondered, he talked about it according to the book.

During the recess, suddenly several children surrounded Lin Qiang, who was about to leave the classroom, and a little girl who took the lead wore a small pigtail and stopped Lin Qiang and said, "Are you Foreman Lin?" ”

Lin Qiang smiled and said, "Classmate, how do you know that I am Engineer Lin?" The little girl said, "My mother said that Foreman Lin is fat." The people in the mine are hard, and I have never seen such a fat person as the forest foreman. Lin Qiang's face darkened, and he smiled helplessly and said, "Then what else did your mother say?" ”

The little girl grinned, Lin Qiang found that her two front teeth were gone, and the little girl smiled and said: "My mother also said that Foreman Lin is a good person, the teachers are also good people, and you outsiders are all good people." You have changed our lives for the better. Then the children around him gossiped: "Yes, yes, our parents also said so." ”

The little girl took out a small flower with several crumpled petals from her trouser pocket, stuffed it into Lin Qiang's hand, and said with a smile: "Give it to you, fat teacher." Thank you for making our lives better. ”

Lin Qiang was a little moved, he took a deep breath, touched the heads of these children, and then strode away after handing over to Gao Ting and Li Xueyuan, who were belated.

At least now, he found his meaning in this other world.