Chapter 4 Fetching Water
On the way to fetch water, Alan continued to inquire about his senior, Jack.
"In that house, apart from me and Jack, you, and Delta, is there anyone else?"
"No, it's just a few of us, Madame died five years ago, and there is no one else."
"Yes.......... Allen's brain unfolded a strong analytical ability, the wild turtle seemed to have no children, and even if it did, it might have left the house temporarily.
First of all, the staff of the black company Wild Turtle seems to be the only one, Jack and Delta........... If the company were a little bigger, there would be a cute girl, and it would be nice to be able to talk to that cute girl, and it would be more motivated to talk while going to work. And then there's the mad dog, the wild tortoise, and the bad-looking aunt if only they weren't there..... But the dog ears of the wild turtle are so ugly, and if they are cat ears, they don't seem to be very cute.....? Cat ears? There won't really be a cat people! A bold idea popped into Alan's head.
"Mr. Jack, does anyone have cat ears?"
"Yes, I've heard it before."
"Great, is that in this village?"
"No, I haven't seen it here."
Allen's face was delighted, there really is a cat family, imagine that a beautiful girl with cat ears has a hairy head, a cute tail, and meows, it's really cute!!
"Alan, what's wrong with you?" Jack couldn't help but ask with concern when he saw Alan next to him drooling and smiling with a dumb face.
"Ah, oh, I'm fine, by the way, Mr. Jack, where are you going to fetch water?"
"Still ahead, by the river."
"Oh."
Walk, walk.
Walking and walking, Alan felt a little tired, couldn't help but stretch, felt as if his feet were thinner than before, touched his face, it seemed to have changed, but there was no mirror, and he couldn't see what he was looking like now.
Walk, walk.
After walking for a while, Alan couldn't help but ask Jack, "Haven't you arrived yet?" ”
"Not yet."
"Huh?" While walking and chatting, Alan felt that he was almost there, but he didn't expect to see the river now, and there was only a mountain at the end of the road. Although my body was very tired, I still endured it and continued to walk, wondering if there was a river in front of me as I walked.
Walk, walk.
Walking and walking, the sun rose.
"Mr. Jack, why haven't you arrived yet? That's too far, isn't it? ”
"It's still early."
"What? Do you have to go so far to fetch water every day? ”
"Well, yes. If you feel tired legs, you can sit in the carriage. ”
"Really?"
"Yes, but when you come back from fetching water, you'll have to walk."
Jack klattered the Bangalore rope to stop, and Alan sat on the wooden railing on one side of the carriage, and when he was seated, the carriage moved on.
Alan looked at the rickety carriage, although it was a little uncomfortable, but it was better than walking, the road should not be paved, although there were small pebbles, but the wheels would creak when pressed on it. Comparing Jack's height to the size of a carriage, he finally knew why he hadn't seen him sit in it for so long, and if he did, it was estimated that Bangalore would be choking on the carriage.
Riding in the carriage, Alan looked at the scenery behind him attentively, and his heart became very sad, is it because he remembered that song?
What is the difference between a slave and an animal?
...........................
"It's here, come down."
"Oh, here we are." Alan jumped out of the carriage and walked to Jack with two barrels, and a clear river appeared in front of him, and he saw Jack crouching down and scooping the water from the river with both hands.
Alan felt that his dry throat was in urgent need of water now, although he really wanted to drink the sterilized boiled water, but obviously this place did not have it, so he also held the water in both hands and drank it a few times.
"It's so cool!" Alan scooped it again, the cold river water was not as unpleasant as he imagined, on the contrary, it had a sweet taste, but I don't know if it will have diarrhea after a while.
"It's so heavy!" Alan filled two buckets of water in it, wanting to follow Jack's bucket in one hand, but unfortunately, he was defeated by his own strength. Glancing at Jack, who looked like a strong man, he shook his head, put down one of the buckets full of water, and struggled to the carriage with a bucket of water in both hands.
In the end, Jack lifted seven barrels, Ellen carried three, and the last barrel was snatched from Jack, otherwise he felt a little embarrassed.
"Alright, let's go."
"Uh-huh."
Alan and Jack put all the wooden barrels full of water on the wagon, and then began to push the wagon in the back before Bangalore began to slowly pull the wagon around.
Alan struggled to push the carriage while walking, but fortunately this situation did not last long, and after a while, as the two let go, Bangalore pulled the water-filled carriage forward without any pressure.
"This guy is so powerful!"
"Yes, although you will lose to cows, horses, and birds, it is very useful."
“...... Bird? ”
"Well, a big bird, a big wagon, but it can't fly."
Alan thought for a moment about the bird that Jack said, the penguin? No, no, how can there be such a big penguin, it should be a camel, right? Can pull a cart, or is it a large ostrich? I really want to ride it and get out of here.....................
By the time he returned to the Turtle's mansion, Alan was exhausted, and with his sore arm, he carried the buckets with Jack into the earthen kitchen.
"What's the fuss, I won't help you, hurry up and eat." Damei finished placing the bread and soup on the table and began to settle his breakfast first.
Alan sat next to Jack and looked at his bread, gray, it looked hard, it was not what it was made of, and there was no smell coming from it.
took a bite, hard, this is Allen's first feeling, not only the outside, but also the inside, not delicious at all, no sweetness, and even a little want to vomit, it's just pig food, no, it's not even pig food!
He touched his flat belly, endured the disgusting taste, swallowed a few mouthfuls, and his throat felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a stone, so he tore the bread little by little and soaked it in the soup, which should be better.
Jack and Tamei didn't say anything about Alan's strange behavior, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
Then he mixed the soup with bread, and drank a few sips, the taste of the soup was very light, and there were onions and greens in it that he didn't know what, and the greens were very bitter, and in this case, he felt that only onions were the best.
The next time, Alan and Jack went to work in the fields, and Damei seemed to be only responsible for washing clothes and cooking, but Alan was already satisfied, and only Jack seemed to be more cordial here, and he would be more comfortable with him.
For Alan, who had never done farm work or a hoe, the work in the fields was undoubtedly difficult.
"Try a little harder." Jack was demonstrating in the field and teaching Alan how to hoe, but Alan didn't seem to be able to learn anything, and his slender hands couldn't even hold a hoe, let alone hoe.
Alan looked at Jack's muscles with envy, if he had it, it should be easy to hoe.
After Jack had taught Alan a few times, he didn't speak, not like he was angry, just silently waving his hoe.
"Well, where's our lunch?" Alan asked Jack, who couldn't rest even when the sun went down.
"Huh?" Jack paused to look at Alan.
"I mean we don't have lunch?"
"If you are hungry, go and pick the berries and the fruits of the trees in that area and eat them. I'll leave my share to you. Jack pointed to the red fruit that could be seen in front of him, which was supposed to be a wild berry.
Alan happily dropped his hoe and ran into the distance, mainly because he really couldn't do the work in the field, so he was lucky enough to come to the forest to pick the lunch of the two.
"Uh-huh, yes." Alan picked a wild berry and tried to taste it, although it can't be compared with the famous brand strawberries in the supermarket, it is still a little sweet, and the most important thing is that it is not hard.
Alan frowned and looked at his clothes, there were no pockets, if he used his clothes to hold the wild berries and dye the clothes red, it would be troublesome if he provoked the wild turtle again, so he decided to break the vine with the wild berries and take a few more back, so there should be no problem.