NOVEL NEXT Chapter 160: The Big School Cleaning Day
She'd better ask Laura to help take care of those silkworms for a while longer. She really couldn't appreciate them and feared she might end up smashing them with a board.
Luo Wei shuddered, rubbing away the goosebumps on her arms.
Despite being fuzzy creatures, why were metamorphic insects so creepy in their larval stage? They were nothing like her adorable Nicole.
While Laura could help with the silkworms, the mulberry saplings had grown quite tall and needed to be transplanted soon.
Luo Wei planned to have Bella purchase some land outside the city to build a mulberry garden, as winter and spring were the best seasons for transplanting mulberry saplings.
Once the trees matured, the leaves would feed the silkworms, the mulberries would be sent to Escore Dessert Shop for making berry drinks, and the pruned branches could be used to weave baskets.
A triple-win situation - Luo Wei felt she wasn't far from becoming the wealthiest person in the Western Continent.
She would need to hire some plantation workers and try to win them over to her side.
First, she needed to find a manager. After going through the names of everyone at Star Luo Residence in her mind without finding anyone suitable, another name came to her - Nick.
Nick was a free farmer in the suburbs of Siria with a few acres of land. He would be perfect for helping manage the mulberry garden.
Once Bella secured the land, she would send someone to contact Nick, keeping her first believer under close watch.
On the afternoon of the first day of school, it was time for the magic apprentices' big cleaning.
Siria Magic Academy didn't allow students to bring servants, forcing noble students who had never done housework to roll up their sleeves while looking around with bitter expressions.
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The dormitory castle, church classrooms, and garden paths were all covered in dust and fallen leaves that needed to be cleaned by the students.
The intermediate and advanced students, having experienced several school cleanings before, skillfully took their magic wands and headed to their assigned areas.
The junior students still stood bewildered in the leaf-covered square. The academy hadn't given them any cleaning cloths or brooms - how were they supposed to clean?
Yet they had to do it, as it would count toward their annual points.
Especially for students like Luo Wei, who was barely passing.
"How are we supposed to clean? With our bare hands?"
"Should we go buy some brooms?"
"But the academy gates are closed, how can we get out?"
"Strange, why did they close the gates..."
The junior magic apprentices were assigned to clean spacious areas like the academy square, church plaza, and garden lawns.
These places were not only vast but also covered in fallen leaves, with bird droppings under the trees and muddy footprints and horse manure all over the stone pavement, making it difficult to know where to start.
"What's going on? Horses aren't supposed to enter through the plaza gate, why is there so much horse manure here?"
"If I find out who did this, I'll make them pay dearly!"
"We should complain to the headmaster, make whoever did it clean it up and deduct all their moral conduct points."
"You're right, that's exactly what we should do!"
The junior magic apprentices were indignant, discussing how to catch the culprits who had damaged the academy's cleanliness.
"Clop, clop, clop..."
The sound of hooves approached, and a plump noble lady rode her horse into the academy square.
"Whoa-" She pulled the reins tight, stopping in front of the group of students.
"Who wants to complain about me?" the lady asked coldly, looking down at the students below. "Whoever wants to complain, step forward."
The plaza fell silent instantly as students stared in disbelief at the middle-aged woman on horseback - how could it be Professor Moses!
A academy professor openly violating school rules by riding in the academy plaza - wasn't the headmaster going to do anything about this?
Everyone was complaining in their hearts, but no one dared to step forward.
Professor Moses was notorious for her strictness, treating students like autumn winds sweeping away fallen leaves - showing no mercy.
Among the seven courses, hers had the most overtime classes, and students were always on edge during her lessons, afraid of being called on to recite spells.
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