Gathering in groups, some of them were bargaining for items. Most of them were exchanging food. The girls used various wild vegetables that they had picked to exchange for the preys and meat that the boys had brought. There were also some boys and girls who formed small teams, trying to get to know each other or introducing their own team members to each other. At the same time, in Zhang Tie's eyes, there were dozens of horny guys who were proudly showing off their muscular arms and patting their chests. In order to bulge out their poor biceps, some of the guys who didn't have much muscle strength had blushed, causing the surrounding girls to cover their mouths and snicker.
This was also one of the most attractive aspects of this trial. As long as the man and woman were willing, everyone could form a trial team and complete the trial together. Other than the woman who had to return to the castle before 8 pm, no one would interfere with the man and woman's freedom to form a team. Of course, if something else happened between the two of them, no one would care either way. After several years of compulsory education where boys and girls were separated from each other in the same school, in this survival training, the school finally let them go and let them play by themselves. Except for not using force or going against the female's will, there was no bottom line for the relationship between the two parties. After all, the relationship between men and women was a small matter, but it was the foundation of the existence of the human race. It was not something that anyone could interfere with.
In the process of getting to know each other, the female held the initiative. The horny guys could only try their best to attract the attention of the female.
Those who were more reserved would try to get close to the female by exchanging goods and food. Those who were more shameless would directly rush over to a group of girls and ask, "Beauties, do you want to form a team? We are very powerful. As long as you are with us, you will definitely have meat to eat every day!" — Most of the guys who did this would be rolled their eyes. On the other hand, some lucky and powerful guys who knew how to figure out a woman's mind directly brought their prey to the square, where they shouted to invite some girls to have dinner with them. The guys who used the last method had a high success rate.
Soon after arriving at the square, Long Liexue saw a group of horny guys from No. 2 Male Middle School carrying a dead wild boar onto the square in high spirits. They were inviting the girls to eat roasted wild boar meat at the foot of the valley in the evening. After a short while, two teams of girls had joined them. Afterwards, the horny guys from No. 2 Male Middle School became spirited and walked away with the two teams of girls. Seeing this, Zhang Tie finally understood why Fatty Barley insisted on bringing a pot. Needless to say, he was going to use it to tease the girls later. When it came to cooking, there was a big difference between having a pot and not having one. They had to stay here for two months. Even if they were powerful and could hunt every day, few girls would be able to stand eating roasted meat continuously for two months …
Zhang Tie felt like he could see Fatty's sinister smile!
Besides getting to know each other, the other purpose of this square was to show off one's specialties and abilities. Among the items being traded, Zhang Tie was surprised to find that on the third day of the survival training, someone had already made some practical items, such as bamboo mats, medicine cages, pillows, wooden stools, soup bowls, wooden basins, and wooden barrels. Practice was truly the best standard to test talents. Looking at those handicrafts, Zhang Tie thought of that talented Chinese senior brother called Li Shizhen, the pride of the Seventh National Male Middle School. It was said that Li Shizhen was an ordinary student at school, but after showing his talent in the survival training, he continuously made several kinds of powerful medicaments and sold them, which caused a great sensation among the students. Therefore, for many schools, this survival training was the most important time to decide who would be recommended by the school.
If you had already become a powerful fighter, then bring back the corpses of those wild beasts …
If you had the talent of a pharmacist, then make those miraculous pills and medicaments …
If you had a pair of skillful hands and special skills, then show off what you could make …
Of course, if you were a good-for-nothing who didn't even have the confidence to hunt for food in the wild, then you could go mining or do manual labor. As long as you had strength and could bear hardships, you wouldn't starve to death in this survival training. The social structure and division of labor of human beings always required some guys who could bear hardships to do the work that others didn't want to do. Not everyone could live in glory and flowers.
At the gate of the outer castle, there was a small circle of people reading the task notice. Some of them shook their heads and left after reading the task, while others looked happy and eager to try it …
Without much effort, Zhang Tie squeezed his way to the task notice board and raised his head to look at it, which had obviously just been posted.
The first task: Wild Wolf Castle was about to open a kiln to burn charcoal, which required a large amount of wood in a short period of time. Those who had the strength but didn't have any prey in a short period of time could take an axe and chop firewood for food. Those who were confident in their charcoal burning skills could apply to join the team that burned charcoal. Everybody had learned how to burn charcoal at school, so it wasn't complicated at all. Therefore, it provided a way to survive for many people. However, these two tasks didn't carry any honor; they could only help you survive or tide over difficulties for a few days.
After the charcoal was burned, it would naturally be used to make iron. Along with the charcoal kiln, the Iron Smelting Workshop in Wild Wolf Castle would also be opened. Besides charcoal, the Iron Smelting Workshop also needed iron ores and a lot of guys who were confident in their iron smelting and blacksmithing skills. Although iron smelting and blacksmithing were both technical jobs, they were much more advanced than charcoal burning and mining. Those who really had craftsmanship and skills in this aspect could just show off to their heart's content.
The third task was that the lime kiln needed a large number of people. In the later stage, due to the need for tanning a large number of animal hides, lime was also an indispensable material.
There were still a few more tasks, but Zhang Tie didn't have the mood to read them anymore...
After reading the task notice, Zhang Tie didn't stop and directly entered Wild Wolf Castle. After entering through the gate, he turned right for more than 30 meters and arrived at a small square between the inner castle and the outer castle. Zhang Tie then saw a small house with the sign of the General Logistics Administration. In front of the house, there was a table with two girls sitting behind it, chattering. When Zhang Tie approached them, the two girls raised their heads and glanced at him. The 15-year-old Zhang Tie wasn't ugly, nor was he handsome. He was neither short nor tall; he was just pleasing to the eye. After glancing at him, the two girls didn't show any interest in him. One of them asked Zhang Tie in a business-like tone, "How can I help you?"
"I'm here for a pickaxe and a mining basket!" Zhang Tie calmly replied.
"You want to go mining?" Hearing Zhang Tie's words, the two girls were startled. They glanced at Zhang Tie once again. Their weird expressions had already explained everything.
"Hmm, I haven't tried it before, but I feel that mining should be very interesting. Therefore, I want to take advantage of this survival training to experience how it feels like to mine..." Zhang Tie said with a smile, not seeming embarrassed at all. Seeing Zhang Tie's bright smile, the two girls' weird expressions became much better. After exchanging glances with each other, they seemed to be saying, "These boys really like to do strange things."
"That's good. Student, please give me your student number plate for me to register..."
Zhang Tie took off the metal student number plate from his neck and handed it over to them. Student number plates were given to each student when they entered the school. They were equivalent to the ID cards of students in Blackhot City. They were rarely used, but for this survival training, the school required everyone to bring their student number plates with them. Therefore, Zhang Tie decided to wear this student number plate. Among the horny students, there was a saying that carrying a student number plate was convenient for the school to identify the unlucky guys who died beyond recognition.
After registering the number on the student number plate, the girl returned it to Zhang Tie. "I have to remind you that the pickaxe and the mining basket that you get from here cannot be damaged. If they are damaged, you will have to compensate them according to the price. After receiving them, you have to hand in at least 100 kg of iron ores every day. The more iron ores you hand in, the more food you will get. If you don't hand in the minimum amount of iron ores for three consecutive days, it means that you've lost the qualification to be a miner, and you have to hand in the pickaxe and the mining basket!"
"Okay, is there anything else I should pay attention to?"
"Do you know the locations of the abandoned iron ores in the Wild Wolf Valley?"
"Yes, the nearest one is less than 200 m below the castle!"
"Then there's no problem. Also, if you don't know how to distinguish iron ores, you can go to the Iron Smelting Workshop over there to learn about it. There are many iron ore samples over there!" The girl who spoke pointed in the direction of the small square in the outer castle.
"Okay!
The requirement for him to hand in at least 100 kg of iron ores every day was very low. Hearing this, Zhang Tie became completely reassured. This way, he would have a lot of time to do other things. It seemed that it was really difficult to recruit miners. This amount of iron ores was definitely prepared for those who were too hungry to eat.
After instructing Zhang Tie, one of the girls turned around and walked into the warehouse. In less than half a minute, she came back with a steel pickaxe and a mining basket. It seemed that the two items had been cleaned in the past two days. Although they had not been used for a year, they were not dirty at all. Zhang Tie threw the pickaxe into the mining basket and carried the basket, which was even taller than a child, on his back. After thanking the two girls, he waved his hands and left the Wild Wolf Castle with his long spear.
His equipment really attracted the attention of all the people he met on the way.
The moment he reached the gate of the castle, Zhang Tie heard a weird voice beside him. "Aiya, who's this fresh miner? Isn't he the brave guy from our school?"
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