Chapter 243 George's Experience (I)

"George! Stop being in a daze at your workstation. It's almost lunchtime!"

The young man called "George" felt a heavy pat on his shoulder. He turned around and looked at his co-worker Howard, who was holding a stack of this morning's "Kingdom Morning Post" in his hand.

Howard smiled and said, "Let's see what's new today."

George nodded and followed him, and many workers stood up from their workstations with expectant smiles on their faces.

Poor workers like them naturally don't have the spare money to buy newspapers, not to mention that "Kingdom Morning Post" is the most expensive in the country. It is a reading material that only wealthy citizens can enjoy. It costs several copper coins to buy a copy, which is almost half a day's salary for George.

This is of course Howard running errands for the factory supervisor to buy newspapers.

As a reward, these workers can listen to the clerk reading the newspaper.

"Hurry up!"

"Do you want me to come down and get it myself?"

A rough and deep curse came from upstairs.

The supervisor of the workers is naturally the manager of this food factory, but the identity of this supervisor is a bit strange - he is an ogre named "Big Head", who is said to be a close subordinate of Prime Minister Trump. The whole factory is in awe of him, but the proportion of "fear" is much higher.

When he first came here, George was frightened by the ogre supervisor and almost lost control of his bladder, fearing that he would be furious and eat him.

But as time went by, he gradually got used to it, and even didn't think it was strange to have a three-meter-tall ogre in the factory, but thought it was a matter of course.

Big Head enjoys a lot of fish and meat all day long, so how could he want to eat his own skinny meat?

George often thought so.

"Sir, your newspaper today."

"Get out!"

Howard nodded and bowed, delivered the newspaper to the supervisor's office, and was kicked out.

However, there was no anger on his face. Instead, he stood there expectantly, listening attentively, and the other workers were doing the same, gathering in a group at the door.

"Don't squeeze in."

"I came here first, and he's holding it for me."

George also hurried in and took a good seat with Howard's help.

Soon, the sound of the clerk reading aloud came from the office, and people pricked up their ears.

The Kingdom Daily is rich in content, including domestic policy changes and strange stories from all over the country. What they like to hear most is the jokes in the column, which often make them laugh and say it's exciting. This is one of the few entertainments in the workers' stagnant lives, and listening to the newspaper is also the time they look forward to most in the day.

"Commander Doro is conducting a joint exercise on the outskirts of the city"

"The kingdom's economic growth has reached a record high"

"Lord Trump has issued important instructions to further combine magic and industry."

Howard complained: "Why is today's report so long? I really hope that those adults who write newspapers can write less of this kind of boring stuff."

George whispered: "It's good to listen to it, but don't disturb the supervisor."

Sure enough, before he finished speaking, the ogre's impatient roar came from the office: "Do you still want to listen? If you make any more noise, I'll let you go!"

George shrank his neck in dismay and continued to listen attentively.

"Yesterday, two citizens bravely reported the spy from the Principality of Bosk to the kingdom, and were personally commended by Lord Trump."

"As a reward for loyalty, they received fifty gold coins, a luxurious house in the center of North Wind Castle, and the opportunity to obtain the precious dragon vein gift. Fellow citizens, this newspaper hereby solemnly reminds everyone that it is everyone's responsibility to protect the kingdom!"

Howard sighed: "Tsk, look at these lucky people. I heard that people who get dragon veins can live for more than a hundred years. Compared with this, even gold coins and houses are nothing."

The workers also talked about it, and their words revealed undisguised envy.

"Yeah, it would be great if I could catch the spy too."

"If that person was me, I would not work here. I would use the gold coins to buy a shop and collect money to do business!"

"Haha, don't daydream."

George did not participate in this fantasy-filled discussion, but silently remembered the news in his heart.

Soon, the workers' favorite small column came. They quickly put the previous topic behind them and listened to the jokes with excitement.

"The boy was haunted by the devil and went to the Rackman family's church to exorcise the devil."

"The priest said: Damn devil, get out of this child's body!"

"The devil said: "You should get out!"

"Hahahaha!"

The workers burst into laughter, and the rude laughter and curses of the ogre were also heard in the office. This was a rare time for the workers to be unrestrained.

Howard was so happy that he slapped the floor.

"These adults in the church are really unruly! No wonder they were driven away! "

But George was still thinking about the story and didn't hear what the clerk said. He could only laugh with his co-workers and blend into the lively atmosphere.

The workers worked until late and could not leave until it was dark.

George said goodbye to several familiar co-workers and walked alone on the road with his tired body. There were already very few pedestrians on the street.

"Another day has ended."

George licked his lips, as if he was savoring the taste of the "paste" he had eaten in the evening.

He lived in the most rudimentary basement in the city. It was just a room of a few square meters, which could accommodate more than ten people, but he could only afford to live in such a place.

George was one of the tens of thousands of liberated serfs. He came to Beifeng Castle three years ago and is still alone now.

His mother was frozen to death in a cold winter ten years ago, and his father starved to death in a famine six years ago - he was not very sad about this, because this was a common thing in the manor. And he was just an insignificant "gray animal", living a numb life every day, worrying about his survival.

And now, he came to Beifeng Castle, saw many new things, filled his stomach, and had some new expectations.

Big Head once said a very profound saying: "When you are full, you will think about women."

George agreed with this and thought it was true.

He secretly peeked into the houses on both sides of the road. In the brightly lit windows, there were figures sitting opposite each other, and there were also petite figures of children - that was a family enjoying a wonderful candlelight dinner.

George really wanted to have a home in North Wind Castle.

But this was only in his mind.

He knew clearly that for him with a meager salary, this was simply wishful thinking.