Grasping the door knocker, Pender Parsont slowly closed the classroom door, just like he had done every day after school for the past five years.
But the difference was that in the past, the creaking sound of the ancient door shaft made him look forward to activities and dinner after school, but today, there was only reluctance in Pan De's eyes.
Because he graduated.
At Count Laxana's insistence, all school-age students in Forsbarrow must receive six years of compulsory education at the age of ten. Although Pande was a transfer student from Mithril City, he was already nearly ten years old when he entered school.
He is two years old, but he still lives in this castle that once belonged to a certain noble lord and was later transformed into a school for five full years.
Before enrolling in school, Pan De had relied on his relatively strong body to work as a coolie at the docks of Mithril City, and he could be considered a person who had lived through society. Therefore, compared to his classmates who were eager to graduate, Pan De was actually
A little more melancholy.
It's time to leave.
"Hurry up, my squad leader!" Just when Pan De was still missing him, behind him, the classmates could not wait, "Don't worry about the door. No matter how loud it rings, it is because our dear junior students are trying to stop it.
Something to consider!”
Hearing this, Pan De could only shake his head helplessly, then pulled the door knocker hard, closed the door completely, turned around and ran towards the school gate with his classmates.
Today is the graduation banquet organized by the students themselves. Considering that the students are about to go off to various walks of life, this party may very well be the last time they all get together.
The banquet was held at a high-end hotel owned by Forsbarrow in the center of Forsbarrow. This hotel was specially cleared by Forsbarrow to receive Ionian elders and monks.
The building of this hotel was once part of a noble manor. Today, almost all of the former noble manors in Forsbarrow have been cleared out and transformed into various livelihood facilities. Some of them are used as facilities like this manor.
High-end reception venues, and some have become large markets or concert halls.
Most of the renovated facilities are free or low-cost to enter, but because this high-end hotel has relatively high standards and undertakes the tasks of accommodation and reception for large foreign businessmen, the price of renting the venue is a bit expensive.
Fortunately, students can get discounts, and the prices in the off-season are not high. The time to rent the venue is still in the evening. In the end, everyone pooled together the money and successfully set the address of the graduation banquet here.
When Pande arrived with his classmates, the banquet venue had already been decorated. There were no flowers in Forsbarrow, where winter was about to begin, and the students could not afford the expensive Ionian incense, but in the afternoon
While Pan De was cleaning up the classroom, students were already riding in public carts and running to the artificial lake to pick a lot of pine needles and pine cones from the Dragon's Back Larch tree.
Put these materials rich in aromatic oils into the fireplace and ignite them. Although the smell is not as elegant as incense and not as rich as flowers, it is more or less an atmosphere.
The dishes at the graduation banquet were not rich, just the lowest banquet set-that is, bread, barbecue, fried fish and sauce, and very few vegetables.
But for these students, this is already quite a delicious meal. Although most of the people in Forsbarrow have been able to eat enough, they are only full. Under the organization of Lux, the Northern Territory
Most of the trade and Ionian trade was invested in reproduction and industrial expansion, and the Forsbarrow people actually did not have much money in their hands.
Although there is a market in Forsbarrow and there is no rationing system, many things cannot be bought here (such as expensive jewelry), and even if some things are available in the market, most of them are not available in Forsbarrow.
No one can afford it (such as Ionia's high-end incense, which costs about the same as gold of equal weight).
Moreover, just as Fosbairo's fragrant red sorrel and hazelnut mushrooms can be sold at a high price in Wazuan, when spices from other places are shipped to Fosbairo, the price will be ridiculously expensive, so these dishes on the table are
For students, it can be said to be a rare delicacy.
Maybe it was because the herbs tasted really good, or maybe because everyone was hungry after working all afternoon for the dinner. After the banquet started, everyone lowered their heads and began to eat with open stomachs - all ten
The seven or eight-year-old boy was at his peak when he was eating. With the concerted efforts of everyone, the dishes on the long banquet table were cleared one after another like wind and clouds.
After a quarter of an hour, the girls' eating speed began to slow down, and the sounds of chatting gradually appeared around the long table.
They covered their mouths, lowered their heads, and whispered quietly. From time to time, they looked up at a young man who was competing with the barbecue or fried fish on the plate, and occasionally there was a glint of expectation in their eyes.
Forsbarrow's school does not prohibit love, but considering that academic performance will directly affect whether a student can become a clerk or a North Walker, the attitudes of parents and teachers towards love often appear to be somewhat double-standard and subtle.
However, now that we are all graduates and considered adults, we are looking for an outlet for our own youthful and repressed emotions.
It's a pity that most of the young men present have not realized this yet. Compared with the desire in the stomach, the throbbing of hormones is nothing more than that - some things can only be considered by them after they have eaten and drank enough.
Finally, even a big eater like Pan De slowed down his eating speed. Around the long table, many people began to move around frequently. Although many people did not clearly realize the meaning of parting, they
I still instinctively hope to seize this opportunity and have a chat with my classmates, even if it is an awkward chat.
Even Pan De was infected by the warm atmosphere. He sandwiched a large piece of fried cod between two pieces of bread and chatted about his future plans with a few close classmates.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Then, the topic of chatting came to Pan De.
"Speaking of which, Pan De, why didn't you join the Northern Walkers?" Someone asked curiously, "You are so strong, you must be a good player if you join the army - are you too timid to take the reserve assessment?"
After hearing this question, Pan De's hand movements paused.
"I participated, but failed." Pan De put down the sandwich in his hand helplessly, and couldn't help but snorted, "They said I'm... color weak? Damn it, I can distinguish colors clearly!"
"Really?" The other party seemed to have discovered something extraordinary, "Tell me, what color is my robe today?"
"Blue, blue!" Pande picked up the sweet sauce from the table and squeezed it on his bread. "I can tell the difference clearly, but when I look at red, it's a little... not so clear!"
"And you were kicked out of the reserves?"
"Then what does it matter?" Pan De couldn't help but raise his voice, "I've passed the clerk test! Dude, I'm not just a strong body, when it comes to grades, I'm better than a scumbag like you!"
"Besides being a clerk, there is nothing to look at." Hearing that Pan De passed the clerk examination, the other party's tone finally became a little sour, "At least I can go home and take over the old man's shift. There is no need to work in fur processing."
score."
"Pan De, have you passed the clerk's assessment?" Just as Pan De curled his lips and stuffed the bread into his mouth, a girl next to him came over in surprise, "In this case, maybe we will be colleagues in the future.
!”
"You also chose a position in Xinfu City?" Pan De chewed hurriedly and swallowed all the food in his mouth, "That's great!"
"...You chose the position in Xinfu City?" Now it was Pan De's classmate's turn to be surprised, "There is nothing over there, why did you go there?"
"Because during the interview, the interviewer said there was a shortage of manpower there." Pan De shrugged, "I am alone, so it doesn't matter where I go, and Xinfu City also provides single dormitories, so I chose that place."
"this……"
The girl looked at Pan De who looked indifferent and felt helpless - it was too late to give up at this time. It was foreseeable that Pan De would be working in Xinfu City for at least the next few years. If she wanted to see him again, I'm afraid
It’s going to be a bumpy ride on a public bus for several hours...
Her expectations turned into melancholy, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.
Then, when she finally worked up the energy, she asked Pande if he wanted to come to Forsbarrow's theater to watch a show during the holiday. What she got was, "There is also a theater in Xinfu City. I heard that there are new plays. Forsbane
I've long been tired of watching Luo's old dramas" was such a heartless response.
Fortunately, she was already familiar with Pan De's temperament. After hearing this answer, she took the opportunity to ask for a visit to Xinfu City when she had time, and finally got Pan De's response. He patted his chest and said that he would definitely study it in advance.
Everything, absolutely no problem.
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Young people are always full of expectations for the future, especially those who have just graduated from school - they grew up in an era of rapid change in Forsbarrow, and everything they saw was new.
As the third class of students to graduate from Fosbairo after the start of compulsory education, these teenagers' future is destined to be bright. Fosbairo's amazing talent gap means that even if they only go to the fur processing factory, they will start from the leader of the processing group.
rise.
Even though they have only studied for five or six years, they are still high-level talents in Forsbarrow. They can read and write, have mathematical foundations, organizational skills, and common sense of history and geography. More importantly, they
There is no rejection of magic at all. Even being a magician is a profession that most students envy, but only a very small number of people can join it.
Therefore, when these students graduate, in their hearts, the future is bright and promising.
Cha is a young classmate.
After this separation, they will embark on a completely different path, living a completely different life from their ancestors and from each other in Fosbello, Xinfucheng and Xinfukang.
As for this, they themselves do not have a very clear understanding - even for the concept of "parting", their understanding is vague and emotional. It is obviously a farewell banquet, but there is no trace of meaning in the words.
Sadness, as if in the future, as long as we want, we can always gather together, and then share everything about ourselves just like today.
As the night got darker, I didn't know who started it, but the students began to sing the song "The Light of Germany" that they had learned in school.
?The plateau is green and the dragon’s spine is vast?
?The ancestors went north to expand their territory and open up new territories?
?Build stones to build cities and dig wells to build villages?
?The road is full of blue threads, but there is a good state?
?Drive away the darkness and seal the devil?
?Open rivers and canals, break land and open up wasteland?
?Blue ocher coloring, red blood cast steel?
?Create something from scratch and become Debang?
?Thousands of miles of fertile soil, powerful passes and high walls?
?Smile in the face of sunshine and rain, and look down upon wind and frost?
?Limit magic on the inside and control the wolves on the outside?
?Unmoving like a mountain, this is Germany?
?The light of the north has a good way to control the law?
?To divert waves across the border, to open ports and build ports?
?The Agricultural Bank of China leads to the countryside, and the road leads to its merchants?
?To seek happiness for the people and rejuvenate Germany?
?The plateau is green and the dragon’s spine is vast?
?The ancestors are responsible for the sufferings of our ancestors?
?The afterglow is about to fade, and the road ahead is unclear?
?Today’s boy, the light of the north?
The singing is not neat, but there is an indescribable surging power in this not so neat singing - just like what is sung in the lyrics.
The afterglow is about to fade, and the road ahead is unclear.