After dinner, Ethan and Tom returned to the academy, only to be told that their dormitory had collapsed.
"When did it collapse?" Ethan asked.
The student said, "It collapsed not long after you left. Many people saw you go to the dormitory and were worried that you would be buried inside."
They were going to go, but …
Ethan's expression froze.
Tom ran over to see the collapsed dormitory, only to see broken walls everywhere. The floor was cracked by the beams. Thinking of what would happen if this thing fell on someone's head, he was so scared that he patted his chest, "Fortunately, my sister came to eat with us! Otherwise, we would both be buried alive! "
Including the time at the clinic, this was the second time. Every time, it was because of her that they were able to avoid an unexpected disaster.
Ethan looked in the direction that Scarlett left, revealing a thoughtful expression.
Heaven Academy's dormitory had always been tight. This time, they had recruited a total of 101 students, which was the largest recruitment effort. Therefore, the academy had no extra dormitory, so they could only let the two of them continue to stay off-campus.
Because the dormitory fees were included in the tuition fees, they generally wouldn't be refunded if they didn't stay. However, considering that this wasn't a problem for the students, the academy took the initiative to cover Ethan and Tom 's daily transportation expenses.
Tom didn't care. He didn't like the bell family, but he didn't seem to love the academy that much either. It was the same everywhere.
"Brother-in-law, are you happy?" Tom asked Ethan in a low voice on the way back to the classroom.
"Why would I be happy?" Ethan asked back.
"Because you can go back and sleep with my sister!" Tom didn't know what to say. He was thirteen years old this year. It wasn't true that he didn't understand, but it wasn't true that he understood very well either. In his opinion, a man was supposed to sleep with his wife in his arms. As for what he was supposed to do after sleeping, he had no idea.
So he was not the least bit ashamed when he said this.
Ethan choked. "Don't talk nonsense."
"Oh." He wasn't spouting nonsense. Brother-in-law could go back and sleep with his sister!
The two of them entered the classroom. Mathematics was in the afternoon. Mathematics was not included in the Imperial Examination, and only eight parts were taken. Thus, the Imperial Court did not place much importance on mathematics. The reason why this subject was established was entirely the Principal's idea. The Principal hoped to cultivate talents for the Sun Kingdom.
Ethan had just sat down when Teacher ren called him out. "The dean is looking for you."
Ethan went to the dean's Cristal Hall.
Just as he walked to the door, he bumped into Thomas, who had just come out of the Cristal Hall.
There was still a smug look on Thomas's face that had yet to fade. As soon as he saw Ethan, he frowned. "What are you doing here?"
Ethan ignored him. Leaning on his walking stick, he walked past Thomas.
Thomas frowned when he ignored by Ethan.
Ethan was also looking for the dean?
On the first day Thomas entered the school, Teacher told him that the dean admired him very much. Then, he secretly hinted that the dean had plans to choose a direct disciple from this batch of students and told him to work hard.
Of course, he had to work hard.
He was so talented. If he had a literary master like the dean to guide him, he would not have to worry about not being able to pass the imperial examinations.
He had not slept at all last night. He had written an article and had brought it to Teacher in the morning. At noon, Teacher had brought it to the dean again. The dean had called him in and asked him a few questions about the article. He had answered them all very well.
He could see that the dean was very satisfied.
He thought that the matter of the disciple should be in the bag. But he did not know why Ethan was also here.
Was it because of the dormitory?
He had heard that his and tom's dormitory had collapsed at noon. If he could encounter such an unlucky thing, it was obvious that he was not fated.
Thinking of this, Tom sneered and arrogantly returned to the classroom.
In the Cristal Hall, the dean pointed to the eight-legged essay on the desk and asked Ethan, "Did you write this article yourself?"
"Yes." Ethan said.
The dean's sharp eyes fell on Ethan. The young man looked to be no more than seventeen years old. His face was still young, but there was a calmness and calmness between his eyebrows that did not belong to people of his age.
He was lame, but he seemed to be more noble than any healthy student.
"Why did you not answer the first two questions?" The dean asked.
Outsiders only knew that this student was at the bottom, but they did not know that he had handed in two of the three exams.
He should not have been accepted, but the article was too amazing.
Originally, the student named Thomas's article was not bad, but it was good for a new student. Compared to Ethan's, it was immediately overshadowed.
Ethan did not answer the dean's question.
What a stubborn child. The dean sighed in his heart. He waved his hand and said, "Alright, you can go to class."
Ethan bowed like a student and turned to leave.
Behind the curtain, an old man in plain clothes walked out.
"Teacher." The dean immediately stood up and bowed respectfully.
The old man in plain clothes picked up Ethan's article. After he finished reading it, he shook his head, "This student of yours has a strong evil aura."
After Scarlett and Ethan said their goodbyes, they went to the nearby market.
The market in the eastern part of the town was similar to the market in the western part of the town, but it was a bit more expensive. But the market was already closed, so if she wanted to buy things, she could only go to a store or the market.
Scarlett bought five catties of white flour from the shop, cut two catties of high-quality pork belly, and weighed two catties of salt. She spent more than a hundred copper coins in total.
When she passed by a cloth store, she remembered that when she was collecting clothes for Ethan a few days ago, his inner and inner clothes were torn.
She went in and bought a new set of clothes. She also asked the shopkeeper for some small steps. If there was something that could be repaired, she would repair it.
Although she had never repaired clothes before, she had sewn up hearts before. If she treated the cloth as a piece of human skin, it should be easy to sew!
After Scarlett put all the things she bought into her basket, she prepared to return to the village. When she walked out of the store, she noticed that there were a lot of soldiers on the street.
The people on the side were whispering to each other.
"What's going on?"
"I heard that a patient from Leprosy Mountain ran away. The government is searching the streets!"
"Ah, a leprosy patient. That's bad."
"Isn't that right? Don't go out for the next few days. Don't be careless and run into one! Once this disease spreads, there's no cure for it! "
In ancient times, leprosy was an incurable disease. After being infected, they would only be sent to Leprosy Mountain to wait for death.
Scarlett suddenly remembered something.
After the soldiers finished searching one street, they went to the next.
Scarlett returned to the village.
Scarlett didn't care about what happened on the street. After returning to the house, she went to make noodles.
When she was kneading the dough, there was a loud bang outside the door. It seemed that something had hit her door.
Scarlett wiped her hands with a dry cloth and walked over to take a look. She saw an middle age lady collapsed in front of her house.