Chapter 493 Small Village
"Yes~" Qin Wei's answer was bitter, of course he could hear the meaning of the gray girl, but he could really only answer so perfunctorily.
On the other side, Maina had already trotted all the way down the hill with interest.
Of course, the female elf also knew that Qin Wei had already made up her mind, and swept past him briskly.
"It's time for us to catch up with McNa!"
She smiled and said, the silver bell-like voice so pleasant, but only she knew that it was just a façade.
Hairi Village, located at the foot of the cliff on the easternmost side of the Tiechao Mountains, on the tidal flats of the sea, is a small village composed of many uneven stilted buildings and fishing boats.
According to McNa's recollections, the fishermen here fled from Carolingian County of Osh.
Osh is the northwesternmost county of the Carolingian kingdom and the only coastal county, but its coastal zone is the longest and most extensive of all the flat terrain on the home continent.
As a result, half of the inhabitants there are fishermen, which account for eighty percent of their race in the pan-world, while the remaining two percent have fled to other parts of the mother continent due to the invasion of dark forces.
This fisherman of Hairi Village is a small part of that small group, and they have traveled long distances to find a stable life, and they have done it.
They even surpassed the dwarves who were digging in the Iron Nest Mountains, arriving and settling here first, so that the people of Copperhill, who had slowly searched for the veins to find here, had to admit their right to live here.
In fact, the dwarves are more interested in the mines in the Ironnest Mountains, and although most of them are as impressed by the magnificence of the sea as Mana, they are not very interested in living and mining by the sea.
As for the Carolingian kingdom, Mina must have known that very few people in the interior knew of the existence of such a village, let alone governed it.
Therefore, Hairi Village is basically a place independent of any force, in the words of Qin Wei, "This is a paradise!"
However, the people in this paradise live quite hard, a place where they cannot grow and can only rely on fish to feed themselves, and the stability of food is much worse.
It's also much worse when it comes to access to multiple nutrients.
Most of the fishermen that the three of them saw here were physically weak, and they were drenched in water all year round.
As for their dark and dark skin, Qin Wei didn't know if it was their congenital or because of their exposure to the sun under unobstructed operations at sea.
Or both, but there's no doubt that the gray skin of a gray woman is no different from that of a Caucasian here.
And this brought up another problem, a group of fishermen who had never seen such a beautiful lady before, and who were still elves, surrounded the group as if they had seen a goddess.
These people don't have the reserved character of the dwarves, and the eyes they look at the gray girl are naked and hot.
There is a mixture of longing and respect, but there is also a lot of desire.
This naturally made both the elves and Qin Wei feel unhappy, but the most unhappy person was indeed Maina.
He roared loudly, "You ungrateful fellows! I didn't see you around like this when I came to exchange you for the supplies you desperately need!"
"It's good now! there's an elf, and all of you in the village are running here!"
On the one hand, this statement was made by Manna to save face for the dwarves, but more often to help the Grey Maiden out of the siege.
And sure enough, the eyes of the fishermen moved slightly from the gray girl's body to the head of this dwarf man, and even the village chief of Hairi Village was shocked.
It was a swarthy hunchbacked old man in shabby shorts with his upper body almost naked.
But in fact, except that the people here are not as powerful as his camels, their clothes and appearance are similar to that of this village chief.
He walked up to the three of them from the crowd on crutches, and said apologetically, "It's Lord Maina! I'm sorry I didn't notice you were here!"
Qin Wei was only seen because of his height advantage, and Maina was simply buried and ignored by the crowd!
This answer, of course, made Minah even more upset, and he roared, "Then let your people disperse! Don't delay our business, and bring us to your house!"
The gray girl took the opportunity to buckle her hood and avoid behind Qin Wei, so as not to make those eyes too direct.
The village chief immediately reprimanded the villagers to let them go to work, but these dark fishermen kept their eyes on the gray girl even when they dispersed, and some of them still planned to follow from a distance.
The old village chief had no choice but to lead the three of them to the village first.
However, Qin Wei could also see that Mai Na still had some prestige among these people, and without waiting for him to ask, the dwarf himself said it.
He blew his beard and said proudly, "Good luck for you, boy! I'm here with you!"
Qin Wei smiled and didn't speak, waiting for him to continue boasting.
"The prince asked me to be in charge of trading with the fishermen here, and it can be regarded as helping them, although I only come once every few years, but every time I bring herbs can help them a lot!
Qin Wei couldn't help but complain, "That posture just now doesn't look like seeing a savior at all~"
This made Maina blush immediately, and he waved his fist and said loudly, "It's not because there's an elf, uh~ There's a gray lady with you!
It's strange not to be attracted here! Maina was so angry that she made an excuse for herself, "It's also because I didn't bring many herbs this time! I didn't even have time to bring the goods when I came out in a hurry~Alas~ Otherwise, let you see how popular I am here!"
Regardless of whether Manna was boasting or not, Qin Lao also knew something else from what he said.
It is that the medical resources of Hairi Village are quite scarce.
They have peace at the cost of being away from some of the necessary resources.
The villagers here often do not get timely treatment when they are seriously ill, and they need to go to the mountains to pick herbs, and they don't know how much time they have to delay.
The average life expectancy of fishermen here is only 40 years, and countless young children have died.
This is still the case with traders like Manna who brought herbs from the Copper Mountain, and this has changed.
However, this also gave Qin Wei a revelation that he could ask the Gray Maiden to help heal these villagers with magic, so as to get their help.