Nell experienced a day of extreme confusion. She ran to the City Hall just to ask for a job, yet somehow after the commotion at the end, she was stuffed into the city's literacy class.
At noon, she was fed meat porridge and bread, slept after eating, then returned to class after waking up to continue learning until evening.
No one forced her to work, no one hit or scolded her. The teachers only taught her the alphabet, taught her to write her name on the sandboard.
After school, Nell carried a fearful and anxious mood back home. Her father glared at her, his eyes looking as if he wanted to eat her alive. Strangely, however, he did not rush forward to beat her like every day, nor did he call people to sell her off.
