Chapter 4: Kindergarten Half-Day Trial Class - Part 1
After touring the Kindergarten, everyone returned to the cultural studies classroom on the first floor of the First Teaching Building.
"Today is our Kindergarten's half-day trial. First, I'd like all the children and parents to introduce yourselves, starting with the child and parent in the first row."
There were seven families, consisting of seven adult Beastmen and eight cubs. Two of the cubs were twins.
"My name is Zhu Xia, a Bear Clan Beastmen."
"I am..."
With Zhu Xia's lead, the other young Beastmen also bravely introduced themselves.
All eight cubs were Beastmen.
They were Leo of the Fox Clan, Jia Xio of the Wolf Clan, Bernie and Bo'er of the Gray Rabbit Clan, Hei Mo of the Snake Clan, Zhu Xia of the Bear Clan, Doris of the Bird Clan, and Phil of the Cat Clan.
It truly was the interstellar era with a 100:1 ratio of Beastmen to Beastmen; among the eight cubs, there wasn't a single Beastmen.
"The Kindergarten's timetable has been sent to each parent. You can take a look. It's currently 8:30 AM, which is our breakfast time. Please move to the cafeteria, children and parents."
Led by Jiang Yuxi, everyone arrived at the cafeteria. The housekeeping, security, gardener, and child-care Robot One One were already waiting at the serving window.
She took the lead, picked up a tray from a nearby table, and placed it at the serving window. The multi-talented Robot One One quickly served her today's three dishes and one soup.
When serving food, the Robot One One's hand was unlike the serving aunties on Blue Star; it didn't shake, and the portions were generous.
The ingredients for today's meal were purchased online by her.
Food ingredients in the interstellar era were surprisingly cheap.
Staples like rice were only 5 star coins per jin, and vegetables averaged 3 star coins per jin.
Meat was even cheaper, with the most affordable meat averaging 300 jin for 100 star coins.
It's worth noting that even the cheapest F-grade nutrient solution in Interstellar cost 10 star coins per unit.
However, perhaps because Aisite Star was too remote, not only was there no free shipping, but the shipping fee was also incredibly expensive. She could only buy a month's worth of ingredients and seasonings at once.
The ingredients cost less than 100,000 star coins, but the postage was 300,000 star coins.
In the end, after much persuasion and bargaining, the shop owner agreed to help her purchase the necessary medicinal herbs, seeds, daily necessities, and Kindergarten supplies, and ship them all together.
Of course, the postage was not waived; it remained 300,000 star coins, plus a 10,000 star coin purchasing fee.
In the past few days of online shopping, apart from some other products with free shipping, she had spent a total of 1,000,000 star coins on postage alone, rounded up!
Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth, determined to become self-sufficient and never pay another star coin for shipping!
Fortunately, Interstellar technology was advanced now, and even the cheapest space button could keep food fresh for a month.
"This is rice, sweet and sour pork, salt and pepper spare ribs, supreme soup vegetables, and Beast bone soup. Parents and children can choose dishes according to their taste. After eating, if you are not full, you can ask Yi Yi Teacher to add more rice and dishes for you."
Yi Yi was the name of the Robot One One, given by the original owner. She was too lazy to think of a new name and just used it.
The bone soup was made from Ooh-Ooh Beasts, an upgraded version of Blue Star's free-range chickens, weighing nearly a hundred jin each.
The spare ribs and sweet and sour pork were made from Xi Beast meat, similar to pigs on Blue Star, but wild.
Interstellar ingredients were very cheap and could be processed and cut into pieces for free, but they also contained a lot of impurities.
Just removing the impurities from these ingredients consumed a lot of her spiritual power.
Fortunately, after the impurities were removed, the ingredients tasted excellent, far surpassing top-grade ingredients on Blue Star, somewhat like the spiritual food in the Cultivation World.
Yesterday, when finalizing the menu, she couldn't resist and ate too much.
This was also the first time she had eaten to excess since coming to the interstellar era.
Naturally, food that could conquer her gourmet palate could also conquer the Beastmen of the interstellar era.
Just look at the Beastmen and cubs present, eating ravenously, and you'll know.
Although the Beastmen races in the interstellar era were diverse, their original genes were human, so they were generally omnivores, with no food taboos. Beastmen like the Rabbit Clan and Bird Clan could naturally eat meat.
After breakfast, it was time for class.
Today's first trial class was Interstellar Common Language, which, in her understanding, was a Chinese language class.
The Kindergarten's language curriculum mainly focused on learning the correct pronunciation and specific meanings of commonly used characters in Interstellar Common Language. Interstellar Common Language was once the language of the Xia Kingdom, which presented no difficulty for her.
In this class, she planned to teach the cubs to recognize their own names.
On the self-made blackboard, she wrote down the cubs' names with chalk.
In the Interstellar Beast World, language translation machines had long existed.
A language translation machine costing over a million star coins was not something every Beastmen could afford.
Over ninety percent of Beastmen in remote star systems, throughout their hundreds of years of life, never had the opportunity or ability to leave their birth planet.
However, she hoped that her students would one day be able to leave Aisite Star and experience the broader Interstellar world.
Therefore, learning Interstellar Common Language was essential.
Interstellar Common Language, besides being the official language of the entire Interstellar, was also the universal curriculum for C-grade and above Kindergartens.
Amidst the cubs' innocent and clear understanding and the Beastmen's suppressed excitement, an hour later, the bell rang, and the first class ended.
"Class dismissed! Next is a 30-minute break. When the bell rings again in 30 minutes, it will be the second class. Our second class is an indoor combat class. The teacher will take everyone to the training room upstairs later. Now, children, you are free to move around!" After saying this, she walked out of the classroom to a small room nearby to rest, leaving the space to the Beastmen and cubs.
As soon as she left, the quiet classroom immediately became noisy as if an unknown switch had been flipped.
"Mommy, I love Kindergarten! The food here is so delicious, a million times better than at home." This was Zhu Xia of the Bear Clan.
"Mommy, I really like Director Jiang." This was Doris's shy, childish voice. Director Jiang was the gentlest Beastmen he had ever met.
"I want to attend class here." This was Hei Mo of the Snake Clan's tender but firm voice.
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In the office, Jiang Yuxi, relying on her ninth-layer Qi Refinement cultivation, listened to the chirping voices of the cubs from the adjacent classroom, picked up the tea on the table, and slowly drank it, a smile blooming in her heart.
It seemed that half of the student recruitment was secured.
Hehe, this is the downside of being a cultivator; she could hear every tiny sound within the range of her spiritual sense.
Oh, this tea is really good, full of spiritual energy, enough for her to drink until she reaches the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment. Its effect is comparable to a mid-grade spirit stone in the Cultivation World.
She'll switch to a more expensive tea after forming her Core.
Jiang Yuxi leisurely savored the tea, allowing the spiritual energy within the tea to circulate through her meridians.
"Ring, ring, ring!" The class bell rang.
She closed the lid of her teacup, picked up the cup, and walked towards the classroom.
The training room on the second floor housed a B-grade cub training facility worth one billion, which was currently the most valuable asset of the entire Kindergarten, without exception.
"This is our Kindergarten's indoor training course. There will be an indoor training class every two days. Students can now go to their seats, put on their helmets, and begin class."
The B-grade cub training ground was equipped with 100 helmets. It had already downloaded and stored a large number of courses, which would intelligently create appropriate learning programs based on the cubs' physical conditions.
In Jiang Yuxi's opinion, it was an online, single-player, full-holographic combat simulation class that could be connected to the network.
This simulation training ground helped her a great deal.
As someone who had been human in both lives and relied on external objects to improve her cultivation, she was a true weakling in combat and couldn't possibly teach a group of Beastmen cubs how to hunt and fight.
Aisite Star was not in a free shipping zone after all.