September 1st, 348, 8:00 AM.
Today marked the first day of classes for the kindergarten in G City's underground city.
Tang Li arrived at Simulation Pod No. 2 on the second level.
"Chaoyang, Chenxi," she called out.
Seeing the two exquisitely carved children, Tang Li called out their names.
The two children were in the cafeteria, waiting for breakfast to be served.
Upon seeing Tang Li, they immediately ran over.
"Mom!"
Watching her two little darlings call her sweetly, Tang Li's heart melted.
Since these two little ones were born, Tang Li no longer felt alone.
The closed door of her heart, after her parents' passing, had been gradually opening over these three years, all thanks to these two little ones.
Tang Li reached out, one hand holding each child, easily lifting her two little darlings and leaving the kindergarten cafeteria.
"Come, Mom will take you to eat something delicious!"
The two little ones were also very excited upon hearing this.
Every time Tang Li visited, she would bring them different delicious foods.
Although the food they ate in the cafeteria wasn't bad – all ingredients were either replicated from Tang Li's space, produced by the cultivation or planting pods, or prepared by skilled chefs in the underground city – it paled in comparison to the variety of specialty snacks Tang Li collected from her space.
What Tang Li brought today was a type of small wonton she had collected from A City earlier.
Over the past three years, the two children had learned to eat by themselves in kindergarten.
The underground city had specially hired experienced childcare providers as life teachers to take care of the children in the kindergarten.
However, as the number of children increased, these staff members were becoming insufficient.
Over the past 46 months, approximately 300 children had been brought in each month.
Currently, there were nearly 14,000 children in the kindergarten.
The life teachers in the kindergarten could only prioritize the younger children. The older ones had to learn to eat, use the toilet, and dress themselves, with the life teachers only providing guidance.
The life teachers were responsible only for the children's daily care, not for their education.
It was not until today that the kindergarten's junior classes began, admitting children born before September 345, including the first batch of 137 children born in January 344, and over 3,000 children born between November 344 and August 345, into the junior classes for preschool education.
Next September, when these children move up to the middle classes, the 3,600 children born between September 345 and August 346 will be admitted into the junior classes.
"Captain, you're here so early?"
At this moment, Lin Xi also arrived with Lin Lin.
Because she frequently visited her two children, Tang Li had requested a small room next to the kindergarten cafeteria to serve as a private meeting place for her and her children.
Lin Xi, Tang Guo, Peng Yixuan, and Xue Keyue also often brought their children here.
Lin Xi had since had 7 more children, for a total of 8. Tang Guo, Peng Yixuan, and Xue Keyue also had quite a few children.
However, only Lin Lin and Tang Li's two children were in the same cohort. The children of others were all born after September 345.
Tang Li and Lin Xi's children grew up together and were very familiar with each other.
"Xixi!"
Lin Lin, upon seeing Chenxi, affectionately hugged her.
Lin Xi, however, complained, "Captain, every time Lin Lin calls Xi Xi, I feel like she's calling me. You really picked a name for Xi Xi."
Tang Li smiled upon hearing this. "Since Song Pinxuan named Yangyang 'Chaoyang,' I didn't think too much and directly named Xi Xi 'Chenxi'."
According to the method of using both the surname and the clan name, and then taking a given name and a courtesy name, each of these children should have had two names.
However, many parents, while allowing their children to inherit the mother's surname and the father's clan name, gave the child the same given name and courtesy name.
This made them easier to remember, eliminating the need for the child to have two names.
Tang Li's two children were like this.
Her eldest son, born in November 344, was given the courtesy name "Chaoyang" by Song Pinxuan. Tang Li did not give him another given name, so his given name was also "Chaoyang."
Therefore, Tang Li's eldest son's surname was Tang, clan name Song, and given name Chaoyang.
On his ID card, the clan name "Song" was written first, followed by his given name "Chaoyang."
Tang Li's youngest daughter, also born in November 344, was named "Chenxi" by Tang Li, following Song Chaoyang's name. Song Pinxuan also did not give her a courtesy name.
Thus, Tang Li's youngest daughter's surname was Tang, clan name Song, and given name Chenxi.
On her ID card, her given name "Tang Chenxi" was written first.
Tang Li brought delicious food for Song Chaoyang and Tang Chenxi, and naturally, she didn't forget the children of others.
After Lin Lin arrived, Tang Li took out another portion of small wontons for Lin Lin to eat.
Tang Li then began discussing another matter with Lin Lin.