Chapter 165 Warm Winter
The days are getting shorter and shorter. In this environment where the sky is dark most of the time, young members are born one after another in the manor.
Edie, the shepherdess, and Regloro, who continued to play cards with the two men in the house after giving birth to the child, left the child with Edie to raise.
Lawrence sat in the living room, while Saryl and Sophia looked at the children in the Shepherdess and Edie's room.
After the seamstress got married and was kicked out to live with her husband, Lawrence let Edie and the Shepherdess live in the cabin a few days before they gave birth.
The physical fitness of these women is very good. According to the description of the people here, they go to work in the fields in the morning and feel that they can give birth to the baby when they return home without delaying cooking and eating.
But what was at stake was lifespan. Lawrence knew very well that Pumixiu people generally did not live past forty.
Listening to the crying and amusing sounds coming from the house not far away, Lawrence was thinking about his own things.
At this time, Kharan came down from upstairs, stroking his messy hair and said, "It's this time again, where's Salil? Let's play cards together."
Kharan sat directly opposite Lawrence, completely without any restraint.
In fact, there was at the beginning. When he first joined, Khalan was worried about being rejected and disliked.
Her ability is indeed strong, but if it were Pumi Xiu and the others, she would probably not accept it.
Moreover, the treatment in the manor is indeed good. In many places, it is comparable to that of the nobles outside. However, the clothes and metals used are much different, but Kharan does not care about this.
Kehalan, who had been alone for many years, did not want to rot and die of old age alone, nor did he want to be too old to move and be eaten by wild beasts one day.
More than ten years have passed, decades have passed, and then it is time to die. In short, I just don’t want to live a life where it seems like I can see the end.
Because he asked for help from others, Kehalan was mentally prepared to be humble and humble from the beginning.
However, Lawrence did not treat her as a slave, but as a trusted subordinate.
"Sariel and Sophia are taking care of the children." Lawrence stood up and said, "Go to the house, I have something to tell you." "
Okay, I'll take a drink of water." Khalan picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip. Drink all the water in the cup directly.
Back in Lawrence's bedroom, Lawrence closed the door after Kohalan entered.
"I have slept with Salil many times, but she has never been pregnant. Is it because of the witch's physical condition?"
Lawrence finally asked the question that he had always wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.
If it's not Sariel's problem, it's his own problem. Lawrence doesn't want to admit that he is a man with physical problems.
"That's right." Kharan walked to Lawrence's bed and lay down naturally, turned over and smelled the bed with his nose.
Lawrence stood aside and watched, finally breathing a sigh of relief.
If it's the witch's physical problem, it can be easily solved, but if it's my problem, it's troublesome.
"Sure enough, as I expected." Lawrence nodded solemnly, then looked at Kehalan lying on his bed in shorts, "What are you doing?" Kehalan sat on the bed and said, "I
smell Take a sniff, Salil hasn't arrived yet."
"What do you mean?" Lawrence felt that the poisonous witch's nose was very sharp, and it was not surprising that it was a detection technique.
Kehalan explained: "Witches will actively look for men when their bodies are able to conceive children. At this time, it only takes one time, usually at the age of twenty or thirty. Our witches' life span is fifty or sixty years longer than that of ordinary humans. "
Lawrence asked: "What characteristics will be present at this time?"
Kehalan thought for a while, "It's nothing, I don't remember clearly. It's just that compared with usual, the demand will be obviously stronger, and I have no intention to make herbal medicine. Or reading a book."
"I feel that Salil's performance is quite strong now..." Lawrence said carefully, "It was Salil who took the initiative, and I didn't take the initiative."
Kharan smiled, "It's nothing, she Although she is a half-blood witch, she must abide by this rule."
"Don't worry, your and her children will still be pure blood, and the descendants of wizards and witches will also be pure blood."
Kharan believed Lawrence's rhetoric, He believes that Lawrence is a wizard who is good at hiding, and his own theories and knowledge do not apply to Lawrence.
Lawrence lowered his head slightly with a solemn expression, "That puts my mind at ease."
Dong-dong-dong~ The sound of people going up the stairs came from outside.
Soon the door was pushed open. After entering the room, Salil saw Kharan sitting on the bed, and then looked at Lawrence standing aside. "Want to play cards together?" Salil asked happily.
Lawrence said: "Okay."
Sophia quickly ran to the warehouse, "I'm going to move the table."
Lawrence said: "I'm going to get some fried fish nuggets. Does Kehalan want a drink?"
"Drink!" Kehalan responded quickly.
There is not much distance between Lawrence and Kehalan. As the owner of this manor, there is no need to maintain any gentlemanly etiquette.
The three witches, or rather the four wizards, of the manor.
They are closer to each other than other people, and they are naturally the same kind of people.
It is a cold and dark world outside, and the world will not light up for a long, long time.
The four of them sat outside the swaying fireplace, eating salty fish nuggets and drinking hot tea with fresh milk. If they felt cold, they would put on their sheepskin coats. If they felt hot, they would open the window to get some air.
Downstairs, the maids began to prepare dinner.
The excess goat milk will be given to the shepherdess, because she has to raise two children, so she has to eat and drink more than Etty.
The three maids can also eat three meals together, and there are not many things to do every day. Naturally, they also learned to drink and play cards.
The place outside the house is not so quiet either.
The slaves' daily task was to take turns cleaning the livestock pens or cooking, and then there was nothing else.
The five Domestic sheep were imprisoned in a stone house, separated from the Domestic sheep, goats, sheep and chickens by wooden boards, and then fed with some feed regularly.
Because of the eternal night, the slaves spent most of their time in the room.
In addition to the two meals a day, the men could always catch some squirrels and hares in the forest and make extra meals for themselves.
If you catch a fox, you will have to hand it over to Lawrence. Although there will be no reward, if you hide the prey privately, you will be severely beaten.
The coachman, the farmer, and the Seravan would cook a pot of broth together in the house, and then chat about various things in broken Common Tongue.
The communication between the three people was very smooth, with a somewhat inexplicable tacit understanding and smoothness.
The women also made their own deck of cards. Although they did not have the ability of men to go to the forest to find food, the bustling manor would always attract rats and crows that could not survive.
The women did not dare to catch crows for fear of being punished for making the wrong crow or little crow, so they only caught mice to improve their food.
Mandekru lives a very traditional daily life as a barbarian, eating, sleeping, beating his children and wife when he gets bored, and then sleeping all day long.
Mandekru's wife and children often go to the woman's wooden house to chat. There is more space here. Apart from adding firewood, eating, bragging and chatting every day, they basically sleep.
There is enough fuel, and a lot of winter clothes and quilts are stored, so you can sleep warmly.
It often snows outside, but the ruling class and the middle and lower classes of the manor all think that this winter is very warm, and they feel that there are not a few cold days this winter.
The warm winter passed quickly, and Salil discovered good news while cleaning Dom sheep.
"Lawrence! Nora is pregnant!"
Nora is the name of the Dom sheep raised by Salil, and its status is extraordinary.
Salil already knew about her affairs from Lawrence and Khalan, so she was not as anxious about the child as before, but she was still very happy about the birth of life.
This winter, the manor's population is +3.
In spring and summer, Dom sheep and goats will give birth to lambs. Piglets that have been raised for a year and a half will also start to give birth to piglets. Hens that are five or six months old will lay eggs and hatch them. Even two dogs It’s time to have puppies next year.
The manor will definitely need to be expanded next year, and at the same time, there must be a variety of food, otherwise it will not be able to support more people and livestock.
(End of chapter)