Middle World, 0001-02-03, six days after the village cattle were injured.

The sun was rising very high, and in the north of the village, with his back to the hillside, and at the door of the wooden house facing the stream, Wu Qingchen waved his arms vigorously, and under his sweaty forehead, his immature face was full of helplessness.

“…… No, no, no...... Aunt Monia, the scythe will not work...... You can't give me the sickle, and you still have a few patches of grass in your house that haven't been cut......"

“…… No...... No...... Neither will this one...... It's the same with shovels...... Without a shovel, you can't plough at all......"

“…… Oh my...... Auntie, don't move the pot! I already have two pots in my house! ”

“…… Other...... Auntie, put down the plow...... No, don't stuff it, I can't hold it! …… Also, this is the plough cart of Uncle Auggie's house......"

"What is this? Pea? So many peas...... No...... Don't stuff it inside your clothes...... Auntie, don't be like this...... The clothes are going to be torn! ”

"Alright, alright, Aunt Monia, don't look around...... You listen to me, you listen to me! ”

“…… Aunt Monia, I know what you're thinking, but I really can't take these things...... Yes, you can't take anything......"

"Auntie, in the village, your farming cattle are almost the most seriously injured, although there is no danger now, but it will take several days to fully recover, for such a long time, the farming cattle have not been able to go to the ground, and your family has already left too much work......"

"Auntie, your family is going to have a hard time this year...... At this time, I definitely can't take your tools...... You can't take enough food for yourselves...... This heart, let's stay first...... In a few years, when the time comes, you come to me again, when the time comes, I will definitely collect as much as I want, but now I must not do it, I must not do it! ”

In the face of Wu Qingchen's relief and refusal, the peasant woman opposite finally slowly put down the pocket in her hand, and her eyes flashed with tears: "But...... Lowes...... You've helped so much, you can't take anything away anyway......

"Alas...... In fact, I also know that these days, you have never received anything from anyone in the village, and you will definitely not accept mine...... I can only blame it, yesterday and the day before yesterday, I searched the whole village for two whole days, but I couldn't find the red wild fruit you like to eat......"

Red wild fruit......

The muscles on Wu Qingchen's face twitched involuntarily, his expression froze for a moment, and he sighed leisurely for a long time.

"Well, it's good if I didn't find it...... Later...... Let's ...... later."

"But...... But ......" probably misunderstood Wu Qingchen's regret, and after a long time, the peasant woman lowered her head slightly, and her voice became smaller and smaller: "If you really don't take anything...... Aruba comes home, I'm going to get beaten......"

"This ......"

Wu Qingchen opened his eyes and looked around, and after a while, he flashed sideways past the peasant woman, walked into the small vegetable furrow in front of the wooden house, chose and chosen, and finally picked two small lettuce.

Holding a lettuce in one hand, Wu Qingchen smiled and turned his head: "Okay now, auntie, when Uncle Aruba comes home, you can tell him that when Los leaves, both hands will be full." ”

After speaking, Wu Qingchen turned around, and the small figure gradually walked away.

Bathed in Monia's grateful gaze, the sun spilled on his body, and Wu Qingchen's heart was hot......

Dysphoria.

I!

Strangle!

Piece!

Go!

Lao Tzu's red wild fruits......

Monia's "red wild fruit" is a brightly colored, narrow, slightly curved shrub fruit, like the case of most wild fruits, this kind of wild fruit that has not been cultivated, has not been selected, has not been improved, has not been cared for, pure wild, pure natural wild fruit, put it in the mouth......

Naturally, it is sour and bitter, and it can't be eaten at all......

For thousands of years, this fruit has been growing freely in the medieval world, basically without living things, at least no mammals have the idea of beating it, until Wu Qingchen arrived, after the training of the teaching group, I learned that this fruit can be processed into appropriate condiments after a certain simple treatment, adding a little flavor to the grilled fish and barbecue.

---- this is also the most important condiment for Wu Qingchen to poach and steal food.

Unfortunately, for a long time to come, this condiment is expected to become history again.

The culprit is naturally Wu Qingchen.

In the past few days, whenever the villagers have cured the cattle, the villagers will always bring out their best food, seeds, tools, and even small livestock to express their gratitude.

Wu Qingchen did not accept these things, starting from his heart, these ploughing cattle were injured, Wu Qingchen himself took a lot of credit, and it was too late to feel guilty, and he was really embarrassed to accept the villagers' items; At the same time, even without the repeated explanations of the staff committee, there is no need to hesitate at all how to choose these poor living items, backward and simple production tools, and the more lasting and deep gratitude of the villagers.

At the beginning, it was very difficult for Wu Qingchen to get out of the villagers' homes after curing the ploughing cattle and not harvesting anything, but this situation lasted for three or five families, and after the village spread, the villagers began to get used to it, and Wu Qingchen refused a lot easier.

The accident occurred on the third day, also in the west of the village, after curing the cattle for the Osis family, and rejecting the pots and pans offered by the Ossisi family as usual, Wu left the wooden house in the early morning.

Not a few steps out of the wooden door, Wu Qingchen found a few red wild fruits on the side of the road, and picked them easily, and Ossius, who sent them out, felt a little strange, and asked about its use, Wu Qingchen casually replied that it could be eaten.

Because of this question and answer, the red wild fruits in the medieval world of the village of Akri were buried in the dung pit of the wild graves of the eighteenth generation of the ancestors, and they were completely poured with blood mold.

In the afternoon of the same day, when Wu arrived at another wooden house in the early morning and was about to carry out another treatment, he walked into the wooden door, and before he had time to look at the injured ploughing cow, his two eyes, all his eyes, were immediately filled with a whole piece of red: a bright red fruit mountain was piled up high on the low table in the middle of the wooden house.

After that, this was the case for all four families that arrived in succession that afternoon.

After that, the seven families who arrived the next day were the same.

And then there is no after.

On the side of the road, on the hillside, in the forest, in the following days, Wu Qingchen could no longer see any trace of red from the shrubs that grew red wild fruits.

At least the villagers are enthusiastic about collecting, a whole few large baskets of red fruits, there were no refrigerators in the medieval world, it was summer, several secret kitchens were close to the water source, humid and hot, the fruits were piled up, and they would spoil in a few days, and the processing method trained by the teaching group had to use fresh red fruits......

All in all, in the following days, Wu Qingchen, who was self-inflicted, could only continue to eat grilled fish and barbecue that basically had no taste.

59 Visitors (Medium)

Leaving Monia's house, it was almost noon, walking on the village road, Wu Qingchen picked some herbs along the Tu.

After six days of treatment, most of the injured cattle in the village have recovered and are almost ready to start farming again, except for a few of Monia's cattle, which were originally seriously injured, and still need to rest for a while.

By this time, Wu Qingchen actually didn't use much medicine, and there were still a lot of herbs left that he had collected with Baser a few days ago, most of which could be used, only some that were not suitable for preservation needed to be replenished.

At this time, the wooden basket that Wu Qingchen lifted in his left hand was only covered with a shallow layer, which were all these delicate herbaceous plants that were not suitable for preservation.

Due to the use of the young leaves of these flowers and plants, these plants naturally cannot be bumped and squeezed, so there are many fewer herbs in the wooden basket than usual, but Wu Qingchen takes care of them even harder than usual.

Along the way, Wu Qingchen walked cautiously, his pace was very steady, his left hand was slightly tilted, and the wooden basket he held steadily barely swayed......

---- these are the same as usual----

It's just that the wooden bowls, rags, grass balls, and the two lettuce plants picked by Monia's family have to be handed over to the right hand at this time.

Bypassing the stream from the north of the village, passing through the stream and crossing the woods, returning to the trail through the village, and then all the way back to the east of the village, Wu Qingchen's left hand was tired and changed to his right hand, and his right hand was tired and continued to change back to his left hand, and his two arms and ten fingers were almost cramping.

Finally turned the last corner, his own wooden house appeared in front of him, and seeing the little Nina who was rushing up, Wu Qingchen finally breathed a sigh of relief, quickly chose a clean grass, and gently put down the wooden basket, as for the wooden bowl, rags, grass balls, and lettuce, which was the largest and most troublesome to lift, it had already been thrown to the side.

Noticing Wu Qingchen's movements, Little Nina's footsteps were a little faster, and her concerned voice came from afar: "Brother, what's wrong with you?" Are you alright? ”

"It's okay, there are more things, it's inconvenient to take, and my hands are a little sore...... Slow down, don't fall......"

"Yes! Ok ......"

Answering like this, little Nina still ran fast, and as soon as she slipped away, she rushed to Wu Qingchen's side, stopped, and Xiao Nina first looked at Wu Qingchen carefully up and down for a while, and found that there was really nothing wrong, so she smiled and looked at the things put down on both sides of the grass.

"Wow......" Seeing the lettuce, little Nina quickly shouted: "Brother, you also said that we must not accept things from neighbors, and you actually smuggled back two lettuce shoots......"

"Shhhhh Wu Qingchen hurriedly stretched out his hand and quickly blocked Little Nina's mouth.

Thinking of this, Wu Qingchen had a headache.

Xiao Nina was right, Wu Qingchen did tell his family not to accept all kinds of thank-you gifts from the villagers, which was almost no different from accepting it, or even worse.

Seeing the situation of the villagers chasing and intercepting Wu Qingchen, although they did not understand Wu Qingchen's true purpose, Wu Qingchen's parents and brothers were very clear that accepting the gifts of the villagers, in addition to causing trouble to Wu Qingchen, also meant that they had to agree to the demands of this part of the villagers, and it also meant that they had to reap the complaints of the other part of the villagers.

With this understanding, William, Idla, Grace, Jacqueline, and Little Nina never received anything from the villagers.

In other words, whether it is William, Idla, Grace, Jacqueline, or Little Nina, all they can do is refuse what the villagers have sent.

What this means is that the things that are delivered to the door are easy to block, but they can't be delivered to the door, or in other words, they are not "things" at all......

For example, the day after Wu Qingchen began to help the villagers treat their cattle, the elder William led his two sons to the land, and after only half a morning's work, he met five families who "happened to pass by with the whole family", "happened to have nothing to do", and "happened to bring some tools suitable for ploughing" and "happened to help by the way".

For example, on the third day when Wu Qingchen began to help the villagers treat their cattle, Jacquelin grabbed a hook sickle in his left hand, held a wooden stick in his right hand, and hung a string of straw ropes on his shoulders, climbed up the gentle slope behind the house, ready to clean up the pasture grass that was turned over in the afternoon, crossed the ridge, and just shook his spirits.

For another example, on the fourth day when Wu Qingchen began to help the villagers treat their cattle, the firewood at home was almost exhausted, and little Nina went out early and walked to the woodland that the steward had allocated to his family to pick firewood.

For example......

And so on and so forth......

Some of them come from the sincere gratitude of the villagers, and some of them come from the simple speculation of the villagers, and the common feature is that they are almost completely unable to refuse.

Dealing with these, Wu Qingchen was already having a headache, and when he heard little Nina shouting, Wu Qingchen hurriedly blocked it while looking around quickly, and found that no one noticed, so he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Shhhhh Although there was no one around, Wu Qingchen still lowered his voice: "Put it away quickly, don't let people see it, otherwise it will be troublesome again!" ”

"Got it...... little Nina stuck out her tongue, nodded her little head quickly, quickly hid the lettuce in the bottom of her robe, picked up Wu Qingchen's tools for cattle treatment, and walked to the front lightly.

"Alright! It doesn't have to be like this! Walk honestly. ”

Seeing his sister's deliberately pretending sneaky appearance, Wu Qingchen couldn't help laughing and gently patted little Nina's head.

Shu Shu's fingers, which were no longer sore, carefully lifted the wooden basket, and walked to the side of Little Nina, Wu Qingchen could clearly see that these days, Little Nina has been a lot more lively, her face is ruddy, and her complexion is much better.

This is normal, the farmer lent three precious ploughing oxen, the important business of the family for the whole summer has been completed, and he has also found time to do a lot of work that has been left behind, the father and brother have nothing to do, and the mood is naturally happy, and of course little Nina is much more comfortable; What's more, these days, with the enthusiastic help of the villagers, old William and his two brothers can always finish the work early and go home, and the heavy work at home does not require little Nina's hard work.

However, these are not the main reasons.

59 The Visitor (II)

At this time, following Xiao Nina, Wu Qingchen had already walked into the wooden house.

After two days of light rain and a longer cloudy day, stepping into the wooden door, the damp breath came to his face, Wu Qingchen immediately paused, his nose twitched slightly, looked around, quickly frowned, and walked quickly to the inside of the wooden house.

"Nina, why didn't you open it again? Shut up all day, don't you think...... I don't think it...... Don't you feel depressed?

As he spoke, Wu Qingchen had already walked to the depths of the wooden house, stood next to the "wall" composed of a whole row of planks and logs, and lifted a small plank from the rough wooden wall with his right hand, and at the same time hung the strip of cloth wrapped around the plank to the log above the plank.

Open the window.

This is a fairly common action, and it must be extremely familiar to any ordinary person in the earth world, even the little ones in kindergarten must have done it countless times.

However, in the medieval world, this action was not unusual at all.

After all, this is a world where there is no such thing as a "window" at all, at least the houses that Wu Qingchen has seen so far do not exist.

"Alas! Brother, I forgot again....... no wonder I always feel that there is something I haven't done......" Little Nina quickly stuck out her tongue, and quickly put down Wu Qingchen's treatment tools quickly but carefully, "But, brother, what do you mean to be depressed?" ”

"Sullenness is just ...... It is...... It is...... Tightness is a very uncomfortable ...... in the chest."

The barren language choked his throat, and Wu Qingchen swallowed for a long time, and he did not think of how to use language that does not exist in words such as "breathing", "trachea", "air", etc., to describe the correct and scientific "stuffiness".

Even, even the word "stuffy" was coined by Wu Qingchen's temporary use of "empty" and "sick" a few days ago. ---- this is already the closest word that Wu Qingchen thought of with all his brain.

"Oh, it's hard to feel tightness in your chest......"

Putting down the last tool, little Nina suddenly touched her chest and took a few deep breaths, showing a little thinking, and soon exclaimed in surprise: "Ah, brother, it's really!" When I came back to the house from the outside, I was really ...... Some...... Sullen, it's much better now! But...... Brother, why is this happening? Why is it ...... Stuffy ...... This? ”

"This ...... This one...... Because...... Because ......" throat was choked again, Wu Qingchen began to support again: "The feeling is stuffy because the chest is too far away from the outside, and it is blocked by the wall......"

Obviously, this explanation is not necessarily too abstract, and little Nina is naturally more puzzled: "Too far from the outside?" Why is it too far away from the outside to get bored? ”

Why is it too far away from the outside to get bored?

Why is it that the 'empty' one is depressed when he doesn't enter the cabin?

What is 'empty'?

Why do we need 'emptiness'?

Everyone needs an 'empty' one, what if it's not enough?

Why can trees and grasses produce 'empty'?

What do you mean by 'back and forth'?

Wu Qingchen simply saw the overwhelming problems coming to him, and finally understood that when the top experts of the earth trained themselves, they were often speechless, shaking their heads and smiling bitterly was also part of the training.

"Alright, alright!"

After coming back to his senses, Wu Qingchen was speechless, shook his head and smiled bitterly, and raised his hand to point to the other wooden wall: "This aspect can be ignored for the time being, let's focus on the current urgent issues first." ”

"Yike...... Okay, okay......" Little Nina sprang to the other side of the hut, "Really, I forgot to open the hole in the wall again!" ”

Wall Hole ...... From this word, you can see how much little Nina is not good at the business of "opening windows".

The process that followed proved this once again.

Standing next to the wooden wall, the obviously undersized little Nina stood on tiptoe, grabbed the strip of cloth with both hands, pulled up the plank, and hung it on the log with great difficulty, doomed to fail twice in vain, little Nina stopped, frowned slightly, and after a short while, she suddenly became like a person, holding up the plank with one hand and grasping the strip of cloth with the other, so that the two approached the log at the same time, and after several arms and postures, after half a minute passed, the wooden house finally opened another ventilation passage.

"It's finally done...... Brother, how's it going? Wall...... That's how the hole in the wall opens, right? Turning around, little Nina looked inquiring.

Wall Hole ......

Wu Qingchen shook his head and smiled bitterly, and nodded: "That's right." ”

"Huh......" stood at the window...... No, standing next to the hole in the wall, little Nina gently closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and spit it out deeply, and when she opened her eyes again, little Nina's face was a little more comfortable: "It's so good...... Much less stuffy......"

The windows on both sides have been opened, and through the convection of the windows, a breeze gently blows across Wu Qingchen's cheeks, and through Little Nina's smile, a warm current gently wades over Wu Qingchen's chest, "That's fine, remember to open it every day in the future...... Open the hole in the wall and don't forget it again. ”

When he ordered this, Wu Qingchen's expression was very serious, and his tone was solemn enough.

This is necessary.

The two windows opened out of the wall composed of rows of logs and planks, made of dead wood that could be easily picked up in the forest, the section was curved and the edges were full of burrs, and they were fixed with a rag that was about a few years older than Wu Qingchen.

However, for the more humble wooden house of Wu Qingchen's family in the medieval world, even such a simple structure and simple material windows made the air of the wooden house immediately improved, and at the same time, coupled with the simple treatment of the roof, the wooden house finally stopped leaking, and now the wooden house, although it is not fresh and natural, there is no longer mildew and smell.

In order to improve the health of the family members in the medieval world, Wu Qingchen had completed many plans since the first day he entered the medieval world, and now, the effects they produced were finally becoming apparent.

Improve the environment due to the extermination of rats and cockroaches, improve sleep due to the covert relaying of the family's beds, improve the air due to the opening of windows and repair the roof, and improve nutrition due to the medicine that can be added to the family's food openly......

And so on and so forth......

In the past few days, three ploughing oxen have been borrowed, and the summer service has been spared, and the four of them have no idea of resting at all, and use the precious time of these few days, the four of them go out early and return late, or race against time to make up for the work they have left behind, or they have planned for months, or even years ago, but have not had the time and energy to realize the idea.

Obviously, in the past few days, the labor intensity of the four people has been even more tiring than before. However, in the past few days, whether it is little Nina, Jacqueline, Idla, or Grace, their faces have become much more ruddy, and their work has not been light at all, but their spirits are far fuller and more vigorous than before.

Now, Wu Qingchen, a visitor, has finally handed over the first rent for the landlord who accepted the visitor.