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    The three of them walked quickly towards the village. Along the way, Feng Bujue was asking Hank about the situation in Shenyou Village, while Kuangzong Jianying listened silently.

    Hank is not a tour guide, so he cannot introduce the customs and customs of the village in an organized manner, but Feng Bujue is very skillful in asking questions, and he skillfully guides Hank to tell some useful information in more detail.

    The residential area of ??Shenyou Village is roughly divided into four areas. The outermost area near the exit is the first area, which is a slum area.  Hank's home is here, and his only family member is his mother, who is over 50 years old. She works in the laundry room, working ten hours a day, with only one day off a week, and her pay is pitiful.

    Hank earned a little more from his work in the scavenger team, but every time he went out, he might never come back. His father and several brothers were all scavengers, and they all ended up dead.

    The job of the scavenger team is to search for useful materials in the dangerous environment of the old earth.  Exploring ancient ruins is not a common task. What they do most on a daily basis is to collect and transport back the natural resources that grow outside Shenyou Village, mainly ores, plants, and water sources that are polluted within the treatable range.  .

    With inventions like the [anti-gravity catapult], this work does not require a lot of manpower. The scavengers pack the things, "lift" them up, and walk back to the cargo compartment of the shark cabin to put them down.

    It may not seem like hard work, but in fact the risk factor is very high.  In today's old earth, even in the deserts with constant black storms, there are still a few ferocious animals. In the jungles, swamps, and coastal areas, mutated creatures are rampant. For humans, the environment and creatures are fatal threats.

    Most of the people who live in peripheral areas are families like Hank. The villagers here only receive education for three years. In the first two years, they learn basic mathematics and literacy, and in the third year they learn some work-related knowledge.  From the age of ten, they must learn to survive by their own labor.  He has been doing single and heavy manual labor or some dangerous work all his life.  But as long as they obey the rules and complete their work properly, there will be no problem in having enough to eat.

    After passing through the first area, the second area is the largest farming area with a medium population.

    The style of roads and houses here has changed compared to the outer areas.  The main crop in the field looks like corn.  But the leaves are not green, but corrugated golden yellow; there are also some tubers growing in the soil. The exposed leaves are brown, and the aroma can be smelled from a distance.  Feng Bujue asked Hank what these were.  The other party's answer was "rice and sweet fruits", which are the staple food on the villagers' table.  These two crops should have been created and named by the previous villagers of Shenyou Village. Anyway, there were no similar things on earth before.

    People living in the farming area live a slightly better life than the first area, their living environment is more comfortable, and the colors of their clothing are also different.  Each family has a field they are responsible for cultivating.  Their crop yields are strictly monitored and all must be handed over to the village. Not even a grain of rice can be kept in their own homes.  Household income is based on the amount of grain turned in.

    Relatively speaking, their lives do not involve too many risks, and the ratio of labor to rest is not inhumane. Moreover, residents in farming areas have the opportunity to receive further education. If they have more than two children at home, they can choose among them.  A child who is relatively talented in learning continues to study and receive "higher education."  If they succeed in their studies, they will have the opportunity to enter the third area.

    The third area belongs to technical personnel, and the number of these people is very small. The population of this area is basically maintained at around 300.  Some of the top people among them are the promoters of "open" technology in Shenyou Village.  Those who are relatively poor can also serve as engineers or managers, and those who are elderly or unable to work can be responsible for teaching students.

    The residents in this area are mainly mental workers, with considerable income and stable life.  The space that one person lives in is equivalent to the area of ??a family in the outer area, and the color of their clothes is white.  Social status is also higher

    As for the fourth area, it is where the "priests", or nobles, live.  Their residence can be described as luxurious to the surrounding villagers, but in Shenyou Village, even the sacrificial family must be uniform in dress, and this is not negotiable.  The only people in the village who can dress as they please are those named Kouben. Everyone knows their appearance and their portraits can be seen everywhere. Children have to learn the heroic deeds of the Kouben family members from an early age and learn a few songs to praise their virtues.  Songs to praise them.

    The priests basically don¡¯t have to do anything, and their lives are already very comfortable.  Their tables are often filled with ingredients that scavengers have sacrificed their lives for, which ordinary villagers will never be able to enjoy in their lifetimes; the tap water they use is directly drinkable, while the surrounding villagersAll the water is "filtered" from polluted water brought back from outside the village.

    The duty of the priests is to safeguard the "Son of God" and the rule of the Kouben family.  Their children, regardless of whether they are talented or not, can and are obliged to receive the most complete education and learn as much knowledge as possible. The smarter ones among them can share some secrets that only the Kouben family knows.

    The heads and management of all departments in Shenyou Village are all held by priests or their family members, and this has been the case for generations.  In some departments, even if a guy knows nothing about professional knowledge, he can still sit in the top position. Anyway, just find someone from the third area to be his deputy.  Moreover, the deputy who serves as the deputy has to ask the layman chief for instructions before doing anything. If he makes his own decisions, the crime will be very serious.

    Through these four areas, you will reach the deepest part of the village, the temple.

    There are patrols on the streets in the first three areas. Although there are fewer residents in the third area, the patrols are stronger.  In the fourth area, ordinary villagers are not allowed to enter. Except for those wearing sacrificial clothes and holding passes, the procedures for others to enter are very troublesome.

    The fourth area and outside the temple are no longer in charge of patrols. There are special guards there, all of whom have been strictly screened and screened.  Guys like Hank who were born in the outer areas will definitely not be selected. At least people from the second and third areas must be qualified to join the ranks of the guardsthe sacred mission of guarding the priests and the Son of God.  How can one be too cautious?

    "The third area is ahead." When he came to the junction of the second area and the third area, Hank said: "Just go here. There are many patrolmen in the third area. If you are asked  "

    "Keep walking." Feng Bujue said firmly. Along the way, they were questioned by several groups of patrolmen, and Feng Bujue also used the same reason to fool them, but Hank always looked worried.

    "Hey! Hank, is that you?" Suddenly, a woman's voice came and called Hank.

    (wangwang.)w
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