Chapter 499: The New Childbirth Technique (1/2)

Chapter 499: The New Childbirth Technique

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In just a blink of an eye, it was September.

At 10 o'clock at night, Cui Wenchuan was on his way back from the adult night classes. He was tired and went back to his cramped house.

The engineering company he had been working for previously had shut down after the last project was completed. Most of the employees were laid off while he was reassigned to another job since he was a mid-level leader previously. He was assigned to a commodities firm where he was appointed as the production supervisor.

The salary was relatively lower than the engineering company. However, he would at the very least, still retain a stable income unlike the previous job he had, where he would be unemployed most of the time.

After working for less than a month, he realized that the factory was built by the government with the intention of reducing the unemployment rate. They did their best not to use any machines if the job was doable by hand. There were less than 50 machines in a factory that had more than 1,000 employees and even with only 50 machines, less than half of them were operational.

After working there for a short period of time, he felt an emptiness within him, feeling like his work there was meaningless and a waste of time.

He felt like there was no hope. Perhaps one day, with enough hard work and qualifications, he could become a top executive. However, being a factory manager was useless since the factory did not even use the latest technology. It was a factory that went through the same routine every single day with production going according to schedule. It was not even worth mentioning in today's society.

To the best of his knowledge, even the factory's manager living area was the same size as his.

He did try visiting some of the more advanced factories in his free time. Looking at the engineers discussing the design plans in a spacious, fully automated factory, he felt a sliver of envy growing within him.

He was a young man, passionate about his job, not wanting to spend his entire life doing such menial things and live in such cramped conditions where he was at the lowest class of society that lived on nine square meters. For the sake of his family and his future, he had to fight for it.

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”You've just come back from night school? I've made you some supper.” His wife stopped mopping the floor and asked as she saw him come home.

”It's okay, you don't have to make me supper. Why're you still awake?” Cui Wenchuan put down the bag with the textbook in it and asked. He then hugged his beautiful wife and kissed her passionately.

She was his second wife and he got to know her from a blind date organized by an organization. They were not even married for a year and were still in the honeymoon phase.

”Stop fooling around. Ning Ning is still awake!”

”Has she finished her homework?” Cui Weichuan immediately released his hand as he heard of his daughter.

”I heard that this year's textbooks are slightly tougher. I'm worried that she might have to put in more effort.” His wife nodded her head and spoke of her worries.

Cui Wenchuan could understand this better. The school was changing the textbooks used every year and they got thicker as the years passed. Initially, primary students only had to learn basic mathematics and simple words but nowadays, they even had to study the ninth grade syllabus and that was the easiest part. For secondary students, they even had to study what used to be the university-level syllabus.

Human intelligence was improving every year and the initial teaching plans could no longer satisfy the needs of the society.

Unlucky students aside, he did find it tough since he started attending night classes recently despite being a former university student. Without the aid of the miniature artificial intelligence system that he wore around his eyes that helped him in calculation and analysis, he would be unable to keep up with the rate at which knowledge was being shoved into him.

However, only high school students were allowed to buy the device. Since his daughted was only a primary student, she had to prepare herself for the future by strengthening her foundations.

”Should we register her for remedial classes?” Cui Weichuan said after some thought.

”It's a good idea! Let's see what she thinks about this.” His wife said in agreement. Although she was not her daughter by blood, she still treated her like she was her own. Fortunately, she was a good daughter and did nothing to make her stepmother feel like an outsider.

She was a pitiful child. Her mother died since she was young and she followed her father, rushing around after the onset of the apocalypse. She almost died in an earthquake and suffered a great deal. Perhaps, this was why she was wiser than others her age.

After a few moments, Cui Weichuan knocked on her daughter's bedroom door and asked, ”Have you done your homework?”

”I have a little more to go. Don't worry about me.”

”Alright, get some rest early.” Cui Weichuan said, feeling pity for her in his heart. She was so young and yet she has to bear the brunt of having such heavy loads of homework. He recalled the time when he was her age - he was still playing.