When the first rays of the morning sun shine on the earth, the peas have already gotten up early.

The first thing she had to do was to go to the small square at the corner of "Knight Street" to fetch water.

"Knight's Street" is one of the first neighborhoods built in the territory, and it is said that it is also the site of the barracks of the soldiers when the pioneer was first encamped, which was originally a continuous series of military tents and several stacks of military supplies, but after half a year, there are two neat rows of neat brick houses, and a square at the end of the street.

Most of Cecil's family soldiers lived in this area, with the new barracks on one side of the block and the lord's mansion and the offices of several major departments on the other, so the "Knight's Street" can also be considered the innermost line of defense of Cecil's territory.

Being able to live in this place seems to be the dream of many young people in the territory.

This means that they have the most respectable status, and they can also wear powerful enchanted armor, wield the legendary and powerful thermal ray guns, and have qualified their families to become "citizens".

Pea came to the territory halfway through the renovation of the brick houses on Knight Street, where she witnessed how the workers of the land dismantled the tents and plank sheds with astonishing efficiency, then built neat and sturdy brick houses, and installed magic-powered magic crystal lamps in front of each house, making it a beautiful place that was brighter and brighter than the wealthiest neighborhood in Tanzania. She lived with her adoptive father, Byron, the chief knight of the realm, in one of the first brick houses to be built in Knights Street, and now she is the daughter of the chief knight and the "dumb lady" in Knights Street.

But for Pea, these changes in her life didn't seem to affect her too much—or that no one could figure out what was going on in the mind of the mute girl. She can't speak, and this kind of "silence" is often easy to become the reason for others to speculate for no reason, so she is used to working silently, silently completing the things that others tell her, not being curious, not trying to communicate, and there will be no trouble, this is the life wisdom that Pea has accumulated in the past days, even if she moves to a strange place and lives in a big sturdy house.

It's just that as she lives here longer and longer, she realizes that this place is really different from the environment she used to know.

After closing the door, Pea walked on the road to the small square with a bucket of water, and on both sides of the road you could see neat double-storey brick houses, which combined the classical style of Ansu and the "pragmatism" style of Grand Duke Cecil could not be seen elsewhere, at least the houses in other places could not be extravagant to the point that every gate was inlaid with magic crystal lamps; On the street between the houses, there are almost no men, only women working in front of the door.

Most of the men in Knights Street are soldiers under Cecil's command, and even if they are not soldiers, they are also workers in various factories, the former staying in the barracks or various sentry posts for most of the month, and the latter going out to work during the day, so what can be seen on the streets during this time is basically women.

Mrs. Merlene, who was drying the dried fish at the door, saw the peas, the chubby lady who had survived the old Cecil Collar in the first place, her husband was a veteran, and she herself was quite prestigious on the street. Seeing the peas coming out with the bucket, the very prestigious lady immediately greeted with a loud voice: "Peas, go to fetch water?" Would you like to help? ”

What sets Cecil Collar apart from other towns is that there will be people to help him.

Pea made an "ahhh

"What a good girl," said Mrs. Merlene, who was very fond of conversation—her penchant for this was so strong that she could even talk to a mute for a long time, "the Byron knight has not returned?" Or is it out again? ”

Pea carried the bucket and thought for a long time not knowing how to answer this complicated question, so she could only shake her head apologetically.

Mrs. Merlene, however, did not care whether Pea had answered or not, but said to herself: "Well, I heard that he was exploring the ruins in the mountains, and my family had been with him before, but he didn't tell me anything when he came back, tsk, men always have secrets...... Pea, you're going to the castle to find Miss Betty later? ”

Although the Duke of Cecil did not build a castle in the traditional sense, it is clear that people still used to refer to the place where the lord lived: in their simple concept, the lord had to live in a castle.

At the mention of Betty, Pea finally laughed and nodded happily.

What sets Cecil's territory apart from other towns: even the chief maid who lives in the lord's castle is very talkative, and even takes her newcomer on a tour of the territory and gives her the sweets that the lord has given her.

Although the lord seems to have only one maid......

Then Mrs. Merlene muttered a whole lot of things, from the weather after the winter to the rumbling construction sites in the territory, and from the miraculous machines to the exceptionally good harvest this year, but fortunately she still remembered that the peas were going to fetch water, so she stopped decisively after extending the conversation to how big Viscount Rebecca's big fireball could become: "Hey, I can't stop when I start talking - let's get water!" Come back to my house for dinner! ”

So Pea stooped to Mrs. Merlene, and walked briskly towards the little square with her bucket in hand.

She was greeted frequently along the way, most often by her first name "Pea", while a few people called her "Byron's Girl" or "Miss Kirk", the latter being derived from Byron Kirk's surname. Pea responds to every greeting with great seriousness, and a slightly lilting smile gradually appears on her face.

Cecil is different from other towns: people here call her by her name, rather than just "dumb" or "trash".

At first, Pea thought it was due to her "status", because she had an adoptive father who was the chief knight, so people had to respect a little mute, but soon she found that this attitude permeated the whole realm, and between people - and it was some time before she heard a phrase from the Duke of Cecil from her adoptive father:

The vast majority of vices and bad rules stem from a lack of food, and when people have enough to eat, they begin to think about morality, which is not absolute, but in most cases.

Pea still doesn't quite understand the wisdom of the lord, but she vaguely feels that there is truth to this statement - she had also been a petty thief when she was hungry, and had been whipped by the sheriff for stealing a loaf of bread, and was publicly declared by the sheriff to have a "natural habit of stealing from blood", but now, her first reaction when she picked up something that did not belong to her was to give it to the soldiers and gentlemen on patrol.

She also believed that the soldiers would not take what they had handed over to their fathers, for her adoptive father had told her more than once how strict the lords were with the army, and she trusted her adoptive father.

Pea came to the square with a bucket of water, the small square was very quiet at the moment, you could see that there was a construction site on the opposite side of the square that was making preparations for the start of construction, there was a new residential area, the last group of homeless people who arrived in the territory after entering the foggy moon were carrying materials and distributing tools under the supervision of soldiers and overseers, they still had some blank and numb expressions on their faces, as if they did not understand the fact that they still had to work in winter, but Pea knew that these people would soon be in full swing - when they understood what the soldiers read out" Cecil's housing system", after understanding that what they were building was the house they were going to live in.

Pea came to the well in the center of the square, the well water in this well was actually directly drained from the Baishui River, although the lord said something about the concept of "water supply into the household", but no one understood what it meant, everyone in the neighborhood was taking water from this well, in Pea's opinion, this was already very convenient.

She set her bucket aside, then pulled the teeth on the well's wheel, and threw the barrel with the rope tied to it into the well—

There was a strange "clang" sound from the well, and Pea couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but then she heard the sound of a normal wooden barrel entering the water, so she was relieved.

I probably hit the wall of the well just now, right?

She grabbed the handle of the roller with both hands and pushed hard to try to roll the bucket up.

However, it did not move.

Pea tilted her head and tried to push it again, but it still didn't move.

The little girl was puzzled, this situation had never been encountered before, although she was still only a child, but because she had been working since she was a child, her strength has always been great, plus the nutrition has kept up with her in recent times, and her body has been well nourished, her strength is even greater than before, and it is not so laborious to draw a bucket of water from the well.

Pea approached the mouth of the well, and cautiously held on to the bracket next to him to look inside, but it was so dark that nothing could be seen.

At that moment, a voice came from the side: "Isn't this the girl of Byron's family...... What's wrong? ”

Pea turned his head to look at it, and saw that it was a carpenter he knew, probably passing by, and saw himself looking at the well with his head over and asked, and the carpenter was followed by his two apprentices.

"Ahh Pea made a muffled sound as she reached out and gestured at the mouth of the well, signaling that something was stuck in the bucket, and the carpenter and the two apprentices looked at each other, and soon understood what she meant.

"Watch from the sidelines, we'll help you get the bucket up."

Pea obediently stepped aside, and watched as the three big men turned the grip together, and the wheels made of sturdy iron pillars and hardwood creaked as if a large living man were falling from under the rope, but at last the rope began to rise.

"Come up, come up! Don't let up! ”

The carpenter spoke aloud, and as soon as he finished speaking, Pea suddenly heard a loud sound of water coming from the well.

Crash!

A figure with a splash of water suddenly rushed out of the well, and the upper body of a human could be vaguely seen, as well as the tail of a fish......

Pea looked at the figure with a wistful look in her eyes.

Cecil is different from other towns: fish pop out of the wells, and they are big......