Chapter 143 In the autumn
and summer nights, the mountain breeze is cool.
Three nuns sat in the wooden shed where Lawrence worked as a carpenter during the day, complaining about each other.
"You are such a bad person, just like your mother. Since she became the abbess, our monastery has been in constant trouble. It was she who caused the monastery to owe a debt of fifty kelp." Young Navia folded her hands on her
chest , sitting close to the wooden bench and shivering, and his mouth seemed to be trembling as he talked about his dissatisfaction.
Colin was also shivering from the cold, and there was no hot weather at all in the mountains in the north.
Although it is not too cold here, much better than the eight nights blown by the sea breeze, it can still make them huddle up and feel miserable.
"Damn it! What qualifications do you have to teach me a lesson?"
Colin said angrily: "If I hadn't escaped with you, you would have been burned together with the monastery!"
Brielle said: "But we were the only ones caught. , Navia is right, she is very bad."
Colin retorted: "Dean, she is a bad businessman, but she is a good dean!"
Navia was not afraid of Colin, and put herself The misfortune was blamed on the dean.
"Ever since she took charge of our money, the monastery has declined, and we don't have enough to eat. She hasn't given us new clothes for two consecutive years." "Even the farmland
and forests of the monastery have been sold by her to pay off debts. She didn't tell us anything."
"She also pawned a set of the best spoons we have here. It's no wonder, after all, she never did her part, and she never negotiated anything with us... She didn't repair the house, Let us sing hymns while being drenched in raindrops."
Colin retorted: "The potato harvest outside is not good, it has nothing to do with her!" "
What is pawned is her dowry, it is her thing, it has nothing to do with you. It's related!"
"The leak in the monastery has been repaired. The water fell on the ground, not on your heads!!" "
You people just like to make trouble and never put any effort into studying!"
Bu Lai Er felt offended, "My literature is much better than yours! How dare you lecture me on this kind of thing?"
Navia also continued to say that Colin was wrong. At this moment, a nearby wooden house The window was opened forcefully.
Lawrence was there, visibly disturbed.
"Shut up! Go to sleep! If you keep nagging outside, I'll put rocks in your mouths!"
The three nuns soon became obedient and endured the cold wind and hunger in the wooden shed.
The cold summer nights passed quickly, and when the still-chilly morning arrived, the women in the nearby simple wooden houses also began to come out to work.
The shepherdess wanted to check the condition of the chickens. She wore a thick cloak made of animal skins and wool, which covered her neck, shoulders and back. It was simple and convenient to put on, just pull it off from the neck.
The shepherdess saw the three nuns, but soon passed them, carrying a bucket to fetch water and boil it.
Not long after, Etty also came out to work. She went to look around the field of vegetables to be picked today, and then went to the area where the peas were piled up to sort out the last few peas.
After more than an hour, I was so busy that I packed up the last pot of peas as soon as the sun came up.
These are fresh peas, and many of them have been dried and preserved to make dried beans.
The shepherdess took the fresh peas to cook, and the remaining pea roots were used by the shepherdess to feed the sheep and chickens.
The boiled water was quickly poured into the bucket, and a small amount of cheap barley was poured in.
There is not much food for the chicks, and most of the food except water has to be obtained by the chicks outside.
The public kitchen quickly started cooking, simple wild vegetable cakes and endless berries picked this season, as well as a small piece of meat for each person.
The shepherdess seemed to have discovered something after coming out of the sheepfold, and quickly walked into the wooden house.
Lawrence was drinking tea in the living room. He got up very early every day.
The shepherdess approached the sofa and said, "Master, our sheep is pregnant."
Lawrence smiled, "Then there will be goat milk to drink soon. This is good news."
Killing sheep to extract eggs Not all was done, Lawrence also kept breeding sheep, but the next generation would need to find sheep from outside.
The shepherdess said again: "You can buy a dairy goat directly from the mountain, so that you can drink goat milk tomorrow."
Lawrence nodded, "It's a good suggestion. I will go to the mountain today to have a look. You can feed the Dom sheep more." Order something to eat."
"Yes." The shepherdess quickly went down to work.
Lawrence drank the berries in the cup and drank the tea, then walked out of the cabin and came to the three nuns.
"Get up and work, go help Idi cook, the woman who is busy at the stove over there. After dinner, you will work with Idi and be responsible for collecting the pumpkins."
Navia asked proactively: "Master, we When can I work for you in the cabin?"
Lawrence originally thought that today would be enough, but he changed his mind when he saw how much they wanted it.
"After you have done all the work here, if you still want to be my maid, then I will allow you to become a temporary maid." "Farming, gathering, hunting, mining, logging, building houses, taking care of livestock
, Cooking has to be done anyway."
"Go to work now!"
Lawrence arranged a lot of things for the three female believers in the Lord of the Morning.
If Western culture wants to invade and influence this manor, it must first accept the rules here.
Whether it's the morning prayers or the rules for eating, we must follow Lawrence's rules. The aristocratic rules that the three nuns are familiar with are the embodiment of Western culture and the influence of religion.
Barbarians without a complete system are easily influenced and their consciousness is affected by spiritual invasion.
Lawrence was not as physically strong as Andrew, but he had a strong spiritual power and would not be affected by the strong communication power of the church.
The Lawrence now is not the lonely Lawrence he was before.
Now Lawrence just wants to live a good life for his family and will not place his future hopes on the church and faith.
After eating, I started busy with various things.
Sophia practiced throwing with two active puppies. Salil taught Sophia how to throw things, and the two puppies were responsible for picking them up happily.
The manor is large enough for two puppies to run around, so the two puppies still have no idea of taking care of the sheep and chickens. At most, they bark twice symbolically when seeing outsiders, and then run away wagging their tails.
There are always strangers joining the manor, which results in the two puppies not forming a sense of themselves and outsiders.
Lawrence went down the mountain and informed Reglo to come with the Ug slaves to help. Kenny also wanted to go up the mountain but was refused. There was still someone to look after the house.
Soon Lawrence took the wooden sign made by Sophia and others yesterday and went down the mountain to Pumexiu Town.
Outside the town, there were many people working in the fields, as well as supervisors riding on the backs of deer.
Kate saw Lawrence coming, rode a deer and said: "Mr. Lawrence, thank you for your blessing. I am much better now."
Kate, who had been suffering from scurvy at sea for more than a month, spent a few days after returning home. Self-cultivation, now I look as energetic as before I set out.
People are in high spirits when happy events happen, and Kate, who has gained a lot, is now very confident.
Lawrence said: "That's good. I made two more sets of wooden cards. Do you need them here?"
Kate happily said: "Okay, what do you want?"
Lawrence already had a psychological price.
"I want a milking goat."
Kate does have a milking goat at home, but she still needs it to feed the puppies.
"Two is not enough, five."
"No, three at most."
"Four!"
"Three." Lawrence insisted, "Only three."
Kate said with satisfaction: "Then three, one is not enough If you use it, it will soon break."
The barbarians have strong hands and are easy to get angry, and can complete the breaking of wooden playing cards.
Lawrence exchanged the two sets of cards he had for a milking sheep, and the set of cards he owed would be delivered in a few days.
Soon Lawrence led the sheep to Mandekru's house and found that the Mandekru family was packing up.
Mandekru looked outside and found that no one else was following him, then whispered: "I will go there at night when no one notices."
Lawrence smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, you can go up with me first with some things, just He said he was going up to help me build a house, so he could move everything up in a few days."
Mandekru showed a happy smile, "Okay! That's it!"
Lawrence asked, "It doesn't matter if you don't want the fields here. "?"
Mandekru said casually: "No, they are all very poor fields. I think the fields on the mountains are much better than here." "
Of course my fields are better than the ones here." Lawrence was undecided for the time being. The ratio of rent collection will be discussed later.
With the help of Lawrence, Mandekru took two children and one sheep up the mountain, came back to stay and sleep at night, and continued to take the children and sheep up the next day.
In the past few days, the Pumixiu people were also busy moving, moving some people and livestock to Dumu Village to avoid being taxed by the baron.
The next day, when Lawrence was about to go down to deliver the wooden signs and help Manderkru transfer the family property, Salil reminded:
"Lawrence, it will rain tonight, and autumn is coming."
Lawrence looked outside in confusion and found that It's definitely been a lot cooler these days.
Spring, summer, and autumn here in the north are very short, and the days squeezed out are filled up in winter.
Most of the year is in winter.
"Well, I understand." Lawrence felt the pressure. "We need to build houses as soon as possible and stock up on food."
Salil said, "We have enough food to eat and we don't need to worry about so many things."
Lawrence shook his head. "No, the Pumixiu people will definitely go to the Salt Lake to get salt before winter, and Avali will also come to gather people before the count gathers people to rob. Then he will definitely take the opportunity to collect taxes, but I don't know how much he will bring this time. Come here."
Salil thought for a second, "Do you want to fight?"
"It depends on the situation." Lawrence said, "Just have your weapons ready."
"Okay!" Salil agreed simply, and the Northern Territory Most people are not afraid of fighting.
(End of chapter)