Darkness is Coming

When faced with a large pile of heavy books, most of the students were like mourning, but Doudou's eyes lit up and he couldn't help himself, because this was the first time that Doudou had a book of his own, and Doudou had never seen it since he was a child. Books, there are some comic strips on the wooden shelves that are falling apart in the children's welfare home, but they are forbidden for older children.

  There are five textbooks for compulsory subjects, namely: "Ideology and Politics", "The Art of Game", "Compendium of Modern Weapons", "Detailed Explanation and Examples of Ability Use", and "The Code of the Awakened".

   In addition, there are three extra-curricular readings, namely: "The Dawn is Coming", "The Catalogue of Variants", and "The Rescue Society".

   Doudou hugged the book happily and couldn't put it down, but when she thought that she couldn't understand the content in the book, she became frowning again. After the former dean passed away due to illness, the Nandu Children's Welfare Institute where Doudou was located, in order to deduct the welfare allocated by the government and greedy for more money, lied that the hospital ran its own school and did not send the children in the welfare home to go out to school. The "teachers" invited are just some idle social workers who are not doing their jobs properly. They are all crooked melons and jujubes. They can't teach children with heart. Therefore, Doudou and other children have not been to school since they were young, but they have only learned some simple pinyin and arithmetic. , but illiterate, let alone how to read, and even reading comic strips is just to see the villain in the picture typing, not reading the text below.

"There is a black pen in the mezzanine of the folding board of each seat. Please write your name on the title page of each book. If anyone loses his textbook, he will be severely punished." Instructor Li said His voice was colder than the ice pick he shot out. He clearly looked like a teenager under eighteen, but his eyes were so sharp that people didn't dare to look at him.

Seeing that everyone else has laid down the folding board, took out the fountain pen from the interlayer and started to sign, Doudou followed the example, pulled down the folding board, put the book on the folding board, and prepared to write his name on these books to declare sovereignty. .

After   Ke opened the cover, Doudou's hand holding the pen froze.

  Bean character, how should I write it?

   After thinking about it for a long time, Doudou drew two small ovals on the blank title page, which are the shape of beans.

  Yang Dong accidentally caught a glimpse of Doudou's strange pen-holding posture and the two ovals on the page of Doudou's book, and asked in surprise, "Doudou, you... don't know how to read?"

   Doudou lowered his head in shame, the roots behind his ears were red and hot, and the burning Doudou felt uncomfortable in his heart.

  Yang Dong grabbed the book in Doudou's hand and helped Doudou write the word Doudou on the title page of each book, then raised his hand and shouted, "Counselor, I have a problem."

   "Ask." Counselor Li didn't look up.

   "Counselor Li, this is a more personal question, can you come here?" Yang Dong straightened his back, his tone neither humble nor arrogant.

Instructor Li raised his head, a knife-like gaze pierced Yang Dong's face, but Yang Dong was unmoved. Just when everyone thought Instructor Li would pin Yang Dong to the seat with an ice pick, Instructor Li actually He stood up and walked to Yang Dong.

   "Ask." Counselor Li was displeased and squeezed a word out of his teeth.

Yang Dong seemed to be a stunned young man who didn't know how to observe words, lowered his voice and asked, "Excuse me, classmate Doudou is illiterate, and classmate Doudou can't understand the textbooks of these subjects. content?"

Instructor Li waved his hands and said, "The college has already grasped this situation, so you don't need to worry about it. After that, there will be special cultural teachers who will teach Doudou. In addition to regular training and courses, Doudou will also participate in a number of one-on-one tutoring. , so Doudou has a very heavy learning task, of course, learning literacy and reading is a long-term project, Doudou may take a while, which may delay Doudou's graduation time."

   "It doesn't matter." Doudou said quickly, and then swallowed the second half of the sentence and hid it in his heart: I don't plan to graduate anyway.

"Ask the counselor, according to the college's regulations, only by completing the assessment of each subject or the tasks issued by the college can we get the credits we depend on, and the credits cannot be borrowed, and the food for which the credits are exchanged cannot be shared with others. Because Dou can't keep up with the progress in the course and cannot pass the assessment due to his illiteracy, wouldn't Dou not be able to eat? I don't think it's fair." Yang Dong continued to ask, in order to protect Dou's rights, he dared to ask Instructor Li, this surprised Zhou Tianhong next to him, and he couldn't help but look at Yang Dong higher, thinking that Yang Dong was a righteous man.

After listening to Yang Dong's words, Doudou immediately looked nervously at Instructor Li. It doesn't matter if you can't eat, but you can't eat chocolate. No credits means no chocolate, which means that life loses its sweet meaning. This is absolutely unacceptable. .

"Fairness? Where does this world come from?" Instructor Li let out a harsh sneer, with a sarcastic face, and asked, "Student Yang Dong, if I remember correctly, you are from Shangjing, right? Do you know? Our college students in Jiangbei Province crossed the single-plank bridge with thousands of troops, desperately trying to study for three years, and only having a chance to be admitted to a university with a score of more than 550 points in the test, and you students who go to Beijing are just paddling. , you can easily be admitted by 211, 982 of many schools in Beijing with a score of 500 or so?"

"Maybe you think the example I gave is biased, and there is suspicion of stealing the concept, then I will say another word. When the dome came down, and zombies and mutants were rampant across the river, I was still an ordinary student in the school. For the first time When I faced zombies, I was bare-handed. When I encountered mutants for the first time, I only needed a shovel. Do you think this is fair? In Yuanjiang, many people like me died, but I was awakened and became a superior person Awakened, do you think this is fair to them?"

"Student Yang Dong, the world is unfair, each of you should be conscious and ready to deal with the injustice that may take your life. Fairness does not exist. To borrow a phrase from President Wu, true fairness is Like a mathematical expectation, you can't find the answer in your lifetime."

   Counselor Li, who cherishes words like gold, was uncharacteristically and said a lot of words, making Yang Dong fall into silence.

After thinking for a long time, Yang Dong raised his head stubbornly and asked, "Instructor Li, I don't think you're right. You said that fairness is like mathematical expectation. I think mathematical expectation is like a dream. Although you can't pursue the final result, It may not be possible to live out the dream, but at least it guides us in the right direction and brings us closer to the answers we want."

In the penetrating silence, Instructor Li snorted coldly and said, "This is not something you should consider. But I can make an exception to answer you once. Doudou's question has been discussed by various instructors in the college. Personal problems should not bring him special treatment. The assessment of each subject will not give Doudou the green light. However, the cultural class taught by cultural teachers one-on-one for Doudou can be regarded as a special subject unique to Doudou. , as long as Doudou students study hard, they can get enough credits.”

   "Okay, leave the book on the folding board of the seat. Later, the specialist will deliver the book to your room for you. Now the senior instructor will bring you the first lesson of the new semester."

   Before leaving the hall, Counselor Li gave Yang Dong a meaningful look.