Chapter 40 The Talkative Barbarian 2
Ta-da-da~
Emma rushed down the high slope on the Dom Sheep, and quickly controlled the Dom Sheep to slow down and stand still on the gentle hillside.
Emma controlled Dome to turn around, waiting for Mr. Lawrence behind her.
It took Lawrence a few seconds to ride the Dome sheep to this hillside. The road from the mountain to the town of Pumixiu at the foot of the mountain was not a straight line. It required several winding mountain roads.
There will also be some rocky hillsides emerging from the ground, as well as some small puddles and ravines on the road.
Lawrence looked at the not-so-steep hillside. It looked much gentler than the park slide, but Lawrence still needed to be careful.
He kicked the Dom Sheep with both feet, and the Dom Sheep underneath him very obediently leaned down and rushed down.
For Dom sheep, which can walk on steep mountain walls, there is no need to stop and stare at such a slope.
When Emma saw Lawrence coming down, she said: "We're almost there. Mr. Lawrence, do you rarely ride it?"
Lawrence explained: "Yes, usually you don't ride it very much."
Dom Sheep is a precious thing of Andrew's family. , Lawrence usually walks on mountain roads, so he didn’t use it for safety and other reasons.
Emma soon had Dom running again.
Behind Lawrence was riding Sariel’s Dom sheep, Nora. Nora and Emma’s Dom sheep knew each other well and often ran together.
So without any need for Lawrence to control her, Nora took Lawrence and followed her.
Nora took Lawrence and ran to where Emma was almost there. Emma said: "I don't usually work hard on these children. When I was young, I would often ride them. Later, when I grow up, I will understand their hard work. "
The endurance of Domu sheep is not very good. They will gradually become exhausted after carrying humans on their backs for an hour, and sometimes they will just lie down on their backs.
An animal that can carry a person on its back for more than five hours is a very, very powerful mount in this world.
Not only can Dom sheep not be able to run continuously for more than an hour, but they will fall down even if they carry a hundred kilograms on their backs for an hour. Their endurance is far inferior to that of donkeys.
However, this is not an absolute thing. Sometimes, if the situation is urgent, the Dom sheep will be forced to run. The cost is that the Dom sheep's knee joints will be damaged or it will be exhausted.
In order to deal with emergencies, except for running on Domu sheep for a few minutes or walking for more than ten minutes to exercise, they will basically not be tired.
Emma was experiencing an emergency at this time. Lawrence observed the Dom sheep under Emma and found that the Dom sheep was beginning to be out of breath.
Lawrence would not ask her and Dom Sheep to stop and rest. He asked: "Emma, when did your child get hot?"
Emma looked at Lawrence anxiously and said quickly: "Mr. Lawrence! Please You must help poor Um!"
Lawrence said patiently: "I'm actually not good at this. Don't be anxious, and don't answer my questions other than what I asked. Tell me when did your child start to have a fever?" Emma was very anxious
. , the hands holding the reins were sweating from nervousness, "When I found him, his body was hot, as hot as the water in a bowl!" Lawrence continued to ask, but after asking again and again, he couldn't get any effective answer
. reply.
Soon the two saw the village.
The town of Pumixiu is composed of more than thirty wooden houses. Some of the houses were slightly scattered by those who came first. Those who joined later built the houses into neatly arranged streets.
Here you can see a large wooden house like a pub, and a prototype of an apartment building like a two-story building.
The architecture of this era has not yet developed large-scale buildings. Buildings such as churches and white stone castles are still in prototype form. Because of the lack of population, there are not so many people to build wonders.
Most of the buildings in the barbarian kingdom are relatively simple, as long as one stands out and can be lived in.
Most people don't have their own room, and the whole family is crowded together, which also brings many troublesome problems.
For example, if young men and women sleep together, without moral restraint and understanding of rules, it is easy for the family to get confused among the seniority groups.
This kind of thing is very normal in this era, the barbarian kingdom has it, and the royal family in the south is not bad either.
Compared with the southern countries, the biting cold wind here in the north will kill those weak humans and eliminate the weak ones.
Most people here in the north are short-lived ghosts. They generally live less than fifty years old. They either die in the cold winter or in duels and fights. Very few of them survive until the onset of genetic diseases.
However, the chances of something happening to children are not small.
Lawrence rarely talked to Saryl about things other than eating and working. He mainly learned about the town from Andrew.
Not sure whether Emma's child had a genetic disease or another condition, Lawrence was really reluctant to come and help.
Emma quickly brought Lawrence to the door of the house. The two Dom sheep were panting and resting with their heads lowered.
Especially Emma's Dom sheep, who couldn't wait to walk towards the sheepfold after Emma came down.
Lawrence felt that it took at least more than an hour to go back and forth. It was already very good that Dom Sheep could persevere.
"Mr. Lawrence is here!" Emma shouted excitedly towards the room.
Lawrence followed him into the house. As soon as he entered through the animal skin curtain that Emma opened, he saw black insects crawling quickly on the ground.
This cockroach-like insect is very common in the Luofen Kingdom. Like rats, it is a common noise maker. It will crawl on people's bodies at night and collide with things in the nooks and crannies to make noise, making people uneasy.
Lawrence had stayed here for one night before, but because he didn't like the environment here, he didn't pay much attention to the things around him. This time Lawrence quickly met Emma's family.
Emma's father, mother, husband, sister and several children.
Lawrence did not ask Emma about her husband's name and place of origin, but first came to the corner of the house under the awe of the family.
This is the place where we usually eat, and it is also the place closest to the fire. There is a layer of wooden boards on the ground, and a sheepskin blanket is spread on it.
The floor had become dark, stained with a lot of human skin flakes and dirt, and the whole room was filled with the disgusting smell of feet, armpits, and scalp.
Lawrence wanted his own house so much because he couldn't stand this kind of place.
Now was not the time to criticize other people's home environment. Lawrence knelt down and gently put his hand on Um's dirty forehead.
The temperature in his hand was higher than normal. Lawrence looked at the little boy with his eyes open and an uneasy expression. He looked to be four or five years old, slightly obese, and did not have the peculiar appearance of a deformed child.
People here in the north advocate brute force, including the aristocratic manor where he was born. They bully the weak and fear the strong, and children who look deformed, walk and speak differently than ordinary people can easily be tortured to death.
Lawrence thought about countermeasures. He felt that there should be no big problem with this child, which was a blessing in misfortune.
The Emma family looked at Lawrence nervously, and Emma asked carefully: "Mr. Lawrence, can Wumu survive?" Lawrence
looked at Emma, "Has anything similar happened in this place before?"
Ai Ma's father quickly said: "Many people have experienced this, some died, and some survived because of God's blessing."
Lawrence suddenly understood that what they invited was not a doctor, but a witch doctor.
But this is even more troublesome!
If he said that the child would live but he died, he would be considered by the people in the town as pretending to be a witch doctor.
If I say that this child is hopeless... I really can't do this kind of thing.
"Don't worry, it can survive." Lawrence finally said something uncertain. He was actually not sure whether the child was seriously ill or not.
It's all Sariel's fault, and it's also my own fault for showing off her knowledge too much, causing others to notice her.
When I was in the manor, I knew not to show off my talents too much, but after I came out, I neglected them.
Lawrence couldn't just leave like that, and he didn't hide back in the mountains before he was done deceiving people.
"I need to know what happened to this child to make him sick. Is it raining?"
Emma was very happy, "No, it hasn't rained in the past few days, but it snowed in front!"
Lawrence looked at Emma again Ma and the two or three-year-old child next to Emma said, "Come here, let me see if you are sick."
Lawrence stretched out his hand and said to everyone: "Squat down in front of me, and I will touch you. Let’s check your foreheads to see if you are sick.”
Emma’s family looked at Lawrence with even more awe, and everyone soon looked at each other with some fear. In the end, Emma was the first to kneel down in front of Lawrence and accept the witch doctor’s examination.
Lawrence stretched out his hand to touch Emma's forehead, which felt slightly warm, probably due to rushing in the cold wind.
"Emma, you need to rest." Lawrence thought of a way.
In terms of treating diseases, although they don’t know the specific local methods, most people know the two causes and solutions.
First, the disease enters through the mouth.
Second, drink more hot water.
His mind was quickly opened up, and Lawrence thought of two magical abilities of ancient Western players.
By bleeding
and eating oranges
, these two magical abilities of the ancient West, coupled with the two Eastern treatment theories, can basically solve most of the ills of this era.
Especially eating oranges, this technology is almost invincible in this barbaric ocean age, and it is an advanced experience that requires countless lives to be summarized.
Lawrence spent a little time instructing the family to cook and boil water, and at the same time, after the "examination", he asked the few people whose body temperatures were a little messed up to lie down and rest.
Emma's family has enough labor force, and there is no physical work here in winter, so there is enough time to rest and relax.
Using a bedding to protect the body below the head from sweating, and using a wet towel to cool down the forehead, Umu had regained her energy by the evening.
Lawrence quickly said goodbye to Emma's family and returned home with gifts from Emma's family.
Emma's family has no specific concept of money. They give as much as they think is appropriate, and generally don't exceed their capabilities.
An egg-laying hen, and a jar of butter made from fermented fresh milk.
When eating bread, use a wooden chip to cut out a small piece of butter from the jar and spread it on it, then bite into the sweet, hot, fragrant and soft white bread. This is the aristocratic enjoyment.
(End of chapter)