116. A renovated village
Luo Er looked at the somewhat unfamiliar village in front of him, and was stunned for a while, and even forgot to put the little donkey down.
The dirt road, which was originally stepped on by foot, has been paved with gravel, and an additional bluestone step has been built next to it.
The houses in the village have also changed from gray wooden houses to small brick buildings, with uniform white walls and red roofs, brand new and beautiful, like small villas.
Originally, the open space in the middle of the village, which was barely a square, was also given a small pool, with a few small saplings planted on the side, and the surrounding road was paved with colorful pebbles, which looked quite beautiful.
As for the village chief's own house, it has built an extra layer on the original foundation, with a small garden and a stone corridor in the back, with a chaise longue in the middle.
In general, the village has become beautiful, and it has not destroyed the unique charm of the quiet and peaceful small mountain village, but also has a rustic elegance, which really has a bit of paradise beauty.
I haven't come back for more than 2 months, and I haven't finished a quarter, and the village has become like this?
Rohr was shocked.
At this moment, a neighbor who was busy in the field noticed him and hurriedly beckoned:
"Village Chief! You're back! ”
"Huh? This donkey...... How is it riding you? Could it be that the village chief has any special hobbies? ”
Rohr pursed his mouth, put the little donkey down, patted it on the head, and said:
"Hungry, huh? Come, I'll treat you to a buffet. ”
So he drove the little donkey into the neighbor's field, and generously instructed:
"Don't be polite to me, let go of the food."
The neighbor couldn't help but regret his talking......
Looking at the new look of the village, the anxiety in Rohr's heart seemed to be diluted a little, slowed down, and slowly walked in.
Suddenly, more villagers found out about his return, and hurriedly shouted:
"The village chief is back! The village chief is finally back! ”
"Village Chief! How about a look at our new village? Pretty, right? ”
"Village Chief, everyone is doing well if you are not here!"
There were also a few consciously sensible neighbors who took out all kinds of fruits and vegetables from home and greeted them.
But Rohr declined their kindness, casually said hello, and then said that he would go to find the strange villagers first.
After the renovation of the whole village, the area was much larger than the original, and the old wooden houses were basically relocated, but the general direction remained the same, and Rohr soon found a new home for the strange villager under the guidance of a friendly neighbor.
It was still in the most remote corner of the village, but it was two circles larger, and there were two more buildings on the left and right that looked like blacksmiths and stonemasons.
This......
Luo Er temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart, and planned to solve the more important problems first.
So he knocked politely on the door and broke into the house of the strange villager.
The creature was standing in front of a rather professional-looking workbench with a dropper in hand, dripping an unknown purple liquid onto a piece of metal.
He didn't even look back at Rohr's sudden intrusion, still focusing on his own business, and didn't even shake his hands, letting the purple liquid slowly spread along the fine lines on the metal sheet.
The entire metal was soon dyed a sinister purple, and the material looked a little like translucent frosted glass.
But the strange villager shook his head slightly, and then swept the discolored and deformed metal piece into the trash can next to him, and then turned around and looked at Luoer, still with that demonic smirk on his face.
"Hmm...... I'm back, and there's been a lot going on outside, but I don't think you'd be interested in hearing it......"
When Rohr was about to pick out the key points directly, the other party actually said magically:
"Let's talk about ......"
His voice is very low and magnetic, and he has a special smoke voice, which is very suitable for going to the theater to be a narrator, just without showing that smirk.
Luo Er was also taken aback, and hurriedly said:
"You're not dumb?"
"Talking about the ...... point"
Aside...... Oh no, the strange villager urged.
"Okay......"
Rohr shrugged.
"Probably ...... I went outside to see my daughter and beat a few monsters and persuaded a few people. ”
"The point is, I have a problem with my left hand, it used to magically have the function of a space storage bag, but then I don't know what happened, and I swallowed all the metal products inside!"
"Also, my sword is broken, and I need to ...... a new one"
The strange villager didn't say anything more, but walked straight over, unloaded the prosthetic limb very skillfully, and then looked at the mark on the back of his hand like a fish bone.
He looked at the mark very carefully, and carefully reached out and touched it, and after a moment of deliberation, he spoke:
"Open."
Rohr nodded, stretched out his right hand and touched the mark on the back of his hand.
The storage space opened, and the tent, blanket, carrots, and other things inside fell out.
The strange villager took out the old prosthetic leg that Rohr had used before from a box in the corner, helped him attach it, and then returned to the workbench to study the changes in the prosthetic limb and treat Rohr as air.
Luo Er shook his head helplessly, bent down to pick up the things that fell on the ground, and deliberately wrapped the pair of black stockings in the blanket for fear of being discovered, and then left here and returned to his home.
At this moment, the fat man came back with a carriage, and when he saw Rohr, he came over and gave him a warm hug, and said with a happy face:
"You're back! How's it going out there? ”
"It's good, it's a wonderful world out there."
Rohr smiled and asked:
"But what's really going on in the village? How did it become like this? ”
The fat man asked rhetorically in a little surprise:
"Huh? Isn't that what you meant? ”
Rohr: "? ”
Fat man: "Didn't you take two telegrams to the village?" ”
"Yes, my first letter meant to ask how the village was doing; The meaning of the second letter is to ask the tax collector if he is looking for trouble. ”
Rohr explained his intention to send the telegram in the first place, and then said:
"The telegram is calculated by the word, and I wonder if we have been together for so many years, and we all know each other, even if it is a simple text, it can convey the meaning, right?"
"Are you supposed to ...... Wrong, right? ”
"Ahem, ahem!"
The fat man hurriedly coughed a few times, turned his head slightly, tried to relieve the embarrassment on his face, and then said:
"Well, of course we don't have any mistakes, of course we understand what you're trying to say......"
"Then why did the village suddenly become like this? Where did you get the money to buy these materials? ”
"It can't be that your wine is selling well, right?"
Rohr followed up and asked, and took out a bottle of fruit wine from the fat man's carriage drag, unscrewed the cap, and poured a few sips.
Fat Man is the only one in the village who can make wine, and the craftsmanship is okay, the fruit wine is sweet and sour, the taste is fresh and refreshing, and the alcohol content is very low.
Rohr likes this.
Klee also likes it, she was hungry for this when she was a child, and if she can practice her sword hard, Rohr can reward her with a small half bottle to quench her cravings.
After that, the two also tried to pull the wine to the town below the mountain to sell, but the sales were very average, and half of the cart was often left back, which was basically cheaper for the villagers.
Everyone is used to this.
"This has to start with a story called the 'Lukana' Foundation, have you heard of them outside?"
The fat man himself opened a bottle of fruit wine and asked as he drank it.
Rohr nodded.
He had seen this foundation in the newspapers, it was one of the old charitable foundations of the empire, it had a history of more than 100 years, and it was united in its commitment to various charitable relief activities.
However, the poorest and most backward provinces of the empire often did not receive their help, but in the rich places such as the imperial capital and Newlin, from time to time poor families would receive relief and appear in the newspapers.
But in the fat man's description, this not-so-good-looking foundation seems to have suddenly discovered the poor and backward province of Kodo, and specially allocated tens of millions of East, of which the small mountain village received 150,000.
"Then we used the money to buy some materials, and we built our own blacksmith shop or something, and we all worked together to make the village what it is today!"
The fat man went on to explain.
"Is that so? That's good, but if I had been here, I'd have used the money to pave the way out first. ”
Rohr didn't doubt it, but felt that the money was a bit wasteful to repair the village.
If it is used to build roads, the development of the village will definitely become better in the future.
Alas...... These villagers, after all, don't have a long-term vision, and without their own leaders, they only care about these small profits in front of them, and they still can't be too relieved!
But then again, this can be regarded as a dereliction of duty as the village chief, and he hasn't come back for so long......
Luo Er felt a little self-reproach in his heart, and chatted casually with the fat man about what he saw outside, and then went back to his house to take a bath first.
As soon as he closed the door, a lot of voices suddenly came from the fat man's head:
"How? He didn't doubt it, did he? The circle has passed, right? ”
The fat man didn't speak, and directly used a very magical means to convey the thoughts in his head:
"No, he's always trusted me."
"Whew...... It's so dangerous, I almost thought I was going to be exposed......"
"Is it arranged on the Foundation's side? There won't be any loopholes, right? ”
"No problem, I handled it very well and flawlessly......"
The fat man replied confidently.
"But it's still not appropriate, as long as it's a human being, it will leave flaws, or I'll fix these flaws?"
"Absolutely not!"
The fat man 'said' very forcefully.
"These people are old to me, and they can't hurt people's lives for this little thing......"
"And if you hadn't messed around, we wouldn't have ended up like this!"