She Is Not a Witch Chapter 7: The final answer
Pulman’s home is in Brownwood Village. The village is close to the forest of the Tiziran Mountains. It is very remote, and it is estimated that there is no record on the map of the kingdom.
The only specialty in the village is gooseberries originating in the forest. The bright red grape-like gooseberry is a rare berry with a sour taste. Some nobles like to eat this, so every year merchants come to the village to buy it. The village’s largest income in a year.
It happened this year when merchants came to buy.
The most important thing about fruit is freshness. Master Mok will come to Brownwood Village one or two weeks in advance at this time of the year, and sell the gooseberries produced in the village this year in several batches to nearby cities. This kind of fruit is sold. In order to show their status, the wealthy people in the city often purchase some hospitality to show their superiority and wealth.
Moreover, it is not expensive to purchase. Give these stupid villagers a basket of silver coins and they are very happy. After he was transported to the city and washed, he could sell a basket of 60 silver coins on a white plate, which was a huge profit.
The high-end shops in the noble district of the city, these dusty hillbillies will never have the opportunity to go in, and naturally they will not know what prices these fruits will sell. Master Mok has been doing this business for many years.
Midway, I happened to meet Pullman's sister Ashley.
Ashley is 14 years old. She has just returned from a bath by the river. Her youthful and beautiful face immediately attracted the attention of Mr. Mok.
Pulman's sister was taken by the merchant Mr. Mok, and he told his parents that he could take her sister to the city to be a maid for the noble man.
Being a servant for a nobleman can live a much happier life than ordinary villagers. It is stable and will not starve to death. In this dangerous world, it is a profession that many civilians yearn for.
So Pullman's parents happily agreed, so Mok also gave Pullman's parents a sum of money, and Pullman was also very happy.
After all, my sister has a good job, and he vaguely feels that if he has the money, he can discuss his marriage with Joanna.
But what he didn't expect is that since then, he has not seen his sister, who is a little skinny but obedient.
After my sister left, two months later, he went into Trin City to find out the address of the nobleman's house. He wanted to see his sister, but was stopped by guards.
He was just a commoner boy, so naturally he couldn't enter the courtyard of the nobleman, so he stood on the opposite side and asked the servants who came in and out of his sister.
But the strange thing is that no one knew his sister. In the end, he felt something wrong. One day, he sneaked in in the dark. Because he was unfamiliar with the terrain, he was quickly caught by the guards.
In the Westwind Kingdom, the lives of civilians are not worth money. Moreover, he still broke into the mansion privately and was soon tortured. Fortunately, he was indeed a teenager from a nearby village. Many people recognized him and ended the fight. After a severe warning, it was finally released.
But he still didn't give up, knelt on his bruised knee, begging the guards to see if he could see his sister.
Finally, a young guard really couldn't stand it anymore. When he left, he quietly said something in his ear, you can go to the barren mountain in the south of the city to find it.
When he staggered to the barren mountain, what appeared in front of him was a small mound of exposed bones.
This is a mass grave.
A bad expectation appeared in his mind. He rummaged around and found only a similar corpse.
But it is still recognizable from the torn clothes that this is his sister.
That’s right, the noble master wanted a maid, but it was not the kind of maid that everyone imagined, but a plaything that could be thrown away at any time.
The young man was shaking his hands, unable to accept the fact that he just sat beside the corpse all day and night, and finally cried to dig through the soil and buried the thin body in the soil.
When he said this, the boy's voice was a little choked, and regret filled his heart. It would be good if he persuaded his parents at that time, and if he hadn't indulged in fantasies about Joanna at that time.
Why, why is it so? The family just wants to make their lives better! Isn't it possible that such a small wish is not allowed?
"Do you want revenge?"
The clear voice of the silver-haired girl came from across the fire.
"I think, but I don't have the strength, and my parents don't allow me to do this."
The teenager’s parents also vaguely realized the truth of the matter afterwards, but maybe considering the huge gap in strength, the hardship of adult’s life, or perhaps they didn’t care about this daughter. They didn’t seek revenge from Mork, and were prepared to calm down and let Pullman worked at home at ease and stopped going to Trin City.
"Why? Why can they be so indifferent."
The young man grasped his knee tightly, his voice revealing puzzlement and anger.
In the eyes of children, parents are heaven, aren’t they omnipotent?
Lorraine Hill also recalled some past memories. After junior high school, the myths of her parents in her heart had been shattered, and she thought she was much smarter than them.
However, after graduating from work and being beaten up by the society, she began to understand some of the choices made by her parents. Many things were not because she didn't want to, but she couldn't.
Just as Lorrain Hill was preparing to enlighten the boy, the mechanical voice of the system appeared again.
New task: Answer the doubts of the young Pullman, and get rewards based on the degree of completion, at least 70%. (Current progress is 0%)
Reward: Every time 20% of the progress is reached, you will get a chance to draw a lottery. When the degree of completion is 100%, you will get an extraordinary creation formula.
Okay, does this system still carry real-time emergency tasks?
Lorrain Hill began to think carefully about the boy’s experience and the possible doubts in his heart.
"Perhaps, parents have their considerations too."
Lorrain Hill began to explain to Pullman the hardships of adult life. Not only did they have to support the family, but the nobles and merchants were powerful. Even if they complained, they would die without problems, and they had to consider the future survival of their only son, Pullman, and so on.
But the young man is still a little dissatisfied. He can't accept the result. The progress shows that he is stuck at 26%.
Lorraine Hill also understands that such a mild explanation is not enough to convince the other party. In other words, she might not be able to listen to it.
Then tell him the cruel truth.
"Because you have no power."
The girl moved the fire, added a few dead branches, and watched the extinguishing flame grow bigger again.
The boy stayed, then lowered his head again.
"Yes, I can't beat that nobleman."
"No, I'm not talking about this power. That nobleman doesn't have a job, and his body is probably not as strong as you. One-on-one, you should be stronger than him."
"Does that mean?"
"Have you ever thought about why some people do nothing but have more wealth than you, and they can act unscrupulously, oppress and plunder."
"I, I don't know."
A question that had never been thought of appeared in the boy's mind.
"Their fields are planted by civilians, their clothes are woven by civilians, their food is taken care of by civilians, and they let civilians act as escorts to protect them. Why can they do this?"
"Because they gave the money?" The boy hesitated for a while and replied.
"Where does their money come from?" the girl asked back.
"Their money..." The young man began to think about what he had seen and heard in his short life in his mind.
"Their money comes from collecting taxes, collecting rents, and you work for him." The girl answered for Pullman.
"Yes." But there seemed to be something wrong, and Pullman couldn't tell.
"Let’s talk about collecting tax and rent first, don’t you think it’s strange that civilians work for them, and they give civilians money."
"Why are they getting richer and richer, even without work."
"Probably because of labor and production more money, right?" The boy replied puzzledly, and then the progress began to move forward.
Lorrain Hill gave a secret applause, and then began to recall that era in my memory, countless people worked hard, even 996 did not have any entertainment overtime, why still can't afford a house.
"Yes, this transaction is not completely fair. You produced more money, and they only gave you part of it."
"This..."
"Is it really that simple? Why don't the civilians produce it by themselves?"
You don’t know the answer at all at this time, yeah, why not?
"Because they have resources that civilians do not have. This resource can be a lot of things, it can be a cow, it can be a shop, it can be a special relationship, it can be a certain right."
"You don’t have these scarce and necessary things. You have to rely on them, so they can reach this unfair deal."
"Yes." The boy's voice was a little low.
"Can they always be like this? Can poor people like me only work for them forever?"
"This is not always the case. Maintaining such behavior requires good order, provided that everyone is reasonable."
"You should have heard of robbers, the kind of unreasonable people who take everything from you and give you nothing."
"So, they will spend part of the money to hire guards. Although these guards do not engage in production and do not generate money, they can guarantee the long-term existence of benefits."
The young man seemed to understand a lot, and he didn't seem to understand anything. The world was unfolding before him in an unprecedented appearance.
watched the system progress to 68%, then stopped again.
Lorrain Hill sighed slightly, it seemed that he had to finish speaking.
"They hold 10,000 gold coins in their hands and only use 10 gold coins to hire guards. Why don't these guards steal themselves?"
Lorrain Hill’s voice gradually became more formal.
"Why don't you defeat the guards hired by 10 gold coins~IndoMTL.com~ **** these 10,000 gold coins?"
"Because there is a kingdom as the last guardian of order, and those who violate laws and systems will be suppressed, annihilated, and put to death."
"Why does the kingdom protect these people, even if they do evil, why do they tolerate each other and why the law is not on your side?"
"Because they are the masters of this country, they are nobles and wealthy merchants, not your common people."
"Of course, they have to protect the interests of their own class."
"Even if you kill this nobleman, as long as this environment exists, this kind of thing will still be repeated."
Speaking of this, Lorrain Hill paused for a while, waiting for the boy to think slowly.
Pullman was silent for a long time before slowly asking.
"I still don't understand, can this be unfair? Is it always like this?"
"The country is, to some extent, the embodiment of justice and order. If justice is lost, the foundation of the country will be shattered."
"Do you want to ask me how to change all of this, that is, to build a country where everyone is equal, a country that is fair and just, wise and firm, rich and powerful."
Lorland Hill took the science college entrance examination in his previous life, and studied engineering. For Marx and Lenin, he did not learn very well.
But fortunately, this country struggling to build in wind, rain and suffering, clearly writes the dragon slaying technique in the textbooks of every middle school student. Where did this country come from, how it was established, what mistakes we have made, and how to resolve these contradictions, we clearly told every citizen.
Perhaps it is not perfect, and there are still many problems, but it is undeniable that its greatness, our warriors, sacred beliefs, will never be obliterated.