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April 3, 0001, Medieval World.
In the narrow valley, a team of more than ten people is slowly moving forward.
A few dozen steps in front of the procession, somewhere near a mountain spring that was sheltered by the steep slope and trees above, a man in leather armor wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned over and dismounted, and another man standing respectfully next to him hurriedly sent the mountain spring that had been in full bloom early.
The refreshing mountain spring quickly drove away the fatigue and heat, and the man in leather armor breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and casually handed the wooden bowl to the man who was still standing respectfully waiting next to him, and the man in leather armor looked ahead and asked, "Ante, how far is it next?" β
Ante hurriedly wrenched his fingers and counted all the fingers of the whole palm, and he replied: "Take another slap and turn, and then ......" As he spoke, Ante clamped the wooden bowl between his arms and slapped it twice with his free palm: "...... After two more turns, you'll reach the village of Ekri, Lord Harvey. β
"Ha, I have a good memory, what is the messenger ......" Master Harvey smiled and patted Ante on the shoulder: "Go drink water, and tell the people behind to hurry up after drinking." β
Hearing the command, Ante hurriedly squatted beside the mountain spring, drank a few sips of water quickly, Ante stood up, opened his palms and fingers, and waved vigorously at the dusty and tired team behind him, shouting loudly: "Everyone work hard, go through one more slap and turn, and go through two more turns, and you will arrive at the village of Acri!" β
The old man's gaze, coupled with the encouragement of the messenger, immediately increased the speed of the procession.
It's just that after only a few dozen seconds, at the back of the entire team, a small figure suddenly stumbled, and another equally small figure next to him reached out to help, but was also pulled down, and the two fell at the same time.
Noticing the movement at the rear, the team returned a few people and helped the two who had fallen to their feet, and those in front also turned back and looked behind.
The speed at which the team was moving had dropped again.
"Tsk......" Looking at this scene, next to the mountain spring, Master Harvey smacked his lips, not annoyed, but sighed: "Ante, do you think the matter of buckwheat doubling seeds in Akri Village will be true?" β
"I don't know, sir." Ante shook his head cautiously, "I'm just a stupid messenger. β
"And do you want it to be true?"
"This ......" Ante secretly raised his eyes, and Master Harvey was looking into the distance, where two small figures were supporting each other, struggling but determined to follow the team.
Master Harvey sighed again and replied to himself, "I hope it's true." β
I hope it's true, Ante replied in his heart: otherwise little Greene and little Ossis would really have no way to live.
As a well-informed messenger, Ante is quite sure that his master, Harvey/Oggie/Arkford Knight, is a rare kind-hearted master in this world.
At the hottest time of last year, when it rained several times in a row, the water that passed by the village turned into a heavy water, and at that time, the parents of little Greene and little Ossis were also dazed, and actually ran to the water's edge in the middle of the night to pick peas for a small pea field less than ten paces away.
In the end, they saved trouble, went to see the master early, and left all the suffering of this world to the two children.
Lord Harvey was kind, and exempted him from the death tax, the favor tax, and the bull fodder, and left a full interval between three sermons for little Greene and little Ossis, so that they could continue to work on their original portions, and as long as they could do the same work, even if they did it sloppily, and made everyone sigh, they would not take it back for the time being, and let the two little ones continue to plow.
It's a pity that the juggernaut probably wants to reunite this family, and the luck of little Gelin and little Ossis is terrible, the buckwheat field grows insects, the pea field collapses, and even the fallow pasture land is burned clean by the heavenly fire.
In this way, in winter, Lord Harvey graciously gave two jars of peas, and allowed them to dig a squirrel's nest in the mountains, so that little Greene and little Ossis could survive.
This year, when the warming began again, the two little ones continued to work harder in their fields.
However, last year's bad luck throughout the year, there was no accumulation at home, and this year it was even more difficult, and in the summer, even the farm tools could not be repaired.
How to fix it?
ββThe farm tool is also difficult, every time I help the two little guys repair the farm tools in vain, the next day I will ensure that my face is full of traces of being scratched by my mother-in-law.
- The mother-in-law of the farm tool handle is also difficult, each time the two little ones go to a trip, the next morning, the brightest star is still overhead, the family has to hurry out of the house, catch up with the work of the farm tool handle on the first day.
In this world, it is difficult for anyone.
It's even harder.
Ante has seen times when it was harder.
That was when Ante had just gotten married.
At the end of the harvest in the autumn of that year, thanks to the kindness of the lord, Antle was allowed to choose a tree at the edge of the forest as the main body of the house.
When Ante was picking trees, his wife came with him to enjoy the happiness and gleaned in the surrounding fields. - At this time, only such a dangerous place can still pick up some ears of wheat.
Ante was choosing a tree and was about to cut it down when he suddenly heard his wife's anxious cry.
When he turned around, he saw a gray wolf, throwing the widow's son to the ground.
The place where the gray wolf pounced on the little one was only ten steps away from the lame widow and only a few dozen steps away from Ante.
However, these ten steps, these dozens of steps, are just that difficult.
When the lame widow, Ante, and Ante's wife rushed over and drove the wolf away, the little one's face had already been gnawed out of several large gries that could not stop the bleeding.
"Mom, it hurts." After saying these words vaguely, the little one died.
Within a few days, the lame widow was found dead at the foot of a cliff to the east, and was broken into several pieces.
Although his parents had gone to see the Lord early and the land had suffered, little Greene and little Ossis had survived a year no matter what they said.
There is even a chance to try to find another village to take it in.
Ante also saw a time when he couldn't survive for three months, and there was no place to take him in.
When Ante was about the same age as Little Greene and Little Osses, there was not a drop of rain in the village for three months.
During those three months, villagers shed tears every day while taking their children into the forest.
And then a man comes back.
Ante's uncle, the messenger at the time, was at the behest of the lord and the lord, and was redoubling his diligence in delivering letters between Fort Akford and other villages, and in the mountains and forests on the edge of the villages, Ante's uncle saw one lost child after another, and piles of small bones.
During that time, Ante's uncle always avoided those lost children.
When he really can't avoid it, even at the risk of being punished by the old men or even running out of food, he will hide and stay until the children who will never go home walk away on their own, or become a pile of bones.
After that time, when the rain fell again, Ante's uncle gave the position of messenger to Ante's father, and never set foot out of the village of Harvey Knights again.
He also never married in his life, leaving behind children.
I hope it's true that buckwheat doubles and bears seeds.
Looking at the last two small figures of the team, supported together, Ante read silently.
Let's hope it's true.
Let little Greene and little Ossis have a place to take them in.
So that the little one does not have to run to the wolf's mouth in the autumn to pick up ears of wheat.
Let the mountains not have children who get lost and never return home.