Medieval World Time, 0001-01-25.

Since the first bit of rain fell yesterday afternoon, the light rain has been intermittent, and the sky has been overcast, and the sun has never been exposed.

On the east side of the village, in the land belonging to the William/Moore family, four men were drenched, their faces drenched in sweat and rain flowing into the muddy and wet ground beneath their feet.

Holding the wooden shovel with both hands, Wu Qingchen stopped step by step, staggered to the ridge at the edge of the field, completely ignoring the mud, rain, leaves, and grass stalks on the ground, and sat down directly.

Panting heavily, Wu Qingchen laboriously raised his arm, grabbed his robe and wiped his face indiscriminately, took off his hood, twisted his hands slightly, and squeezed out a large handful of water.

How many times have you sat down?

Wu Qingchen can't remember clearly.

Wu Qingchen only knew that it was really hard to work on a rainy day, and the work on this day was more and more tiring, and even William and Idra, who usually couldn't open their legs and wouldn't stop, had already collapsed next to the ridge several times, drooping their heads, and even the grass and dirt on their faces had no extra strength to wipe away.

Tired.

I'm so hungry.

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, Wu Qingchen only felt that his head was heavy, his eyes were black for a while, and his stomach was rumbling.

Early in the morning, as soon as the sky showed a faint light, Old William led Wu Qingchen and the two brothers of the medieval world out early, and hurried to the place, braving the intermittent light rain above his head until now.

Dry until now!

"Now" means......

Even if there is no sun in the sky, Wu Qingchen will definitely not have the energy to calculate time now, but with the degree of soaking wet clothes, the four of them are all tired like dogs, and Wu Qingchen is absolutely sure that the so-called "now" has definitely exceeded one o'clock in the afternoon!

From 5 a.m. to 1 p.m., the four people, who had not eaten the rice, had been working in this field for eight hours.

Tired! I'm so hungry!

Inevitably, Wu Qingchen began to miss the "home" of the medieval world very strongly, the tattered wooden bed covered with hay, straw and fleas and bugs, and even more regretted with great chagrin why he had lost two small fish at least two or two weights yesterday afternoon just because he was troublesome to deal with.

"When...... While...... When ......"

In the distance, a faint bell rang from the direction of the village.

Wu Qingchen immediately stood up.

Old William and his two brothers, who were continuing to work in the fields, also stopped what they were doing in an instant.

"Father...... The second time the bell ......" Holding the wooden shovel, Idra turned her head and stopped talking, her expression a little worried.

"I know......" pulled out the last few weeds at hand, old William put his hands on his knees, struggled to straighten up, looked at the sky sadly, and then looked at the last small piece of land in front of him that had not yet had time to be cleared, "Alas, it is raining...... In a few days the grass will be longer......"

"yes......" Idra nodded helplessly, frowning tightly, "Let's see tomorrow morning, if it doesn't rain, we'll be a little earlier." ”

"That's the only way, the second bell rings......" Old William put away the tools around him, suddenly stopped his movements, listened attentively, with some hope on his face, and after a while, he sank his face again, and sighed helplessly: "...... The second bell rang ......"

Medieval World Time, 0001-01-25, the first day of the summer service for the Lord.

The first bell rings to remind the villagers to stop their work.

The second bell rang to remind the villagers who served to eat and nourish their strength.

The third bell rang, went to the head of the land to get the tools, and the head of the village counted the number of people who served.

The fourth bell rang, and the villagers began to work.

When the fourth bell was over, the villagers who had not begun to work either paid a large fine or gave up a share or two of the land that the lord had bountied, and if they could not hand over both, they could only wish the gentleman that he was ready to flee into the forest and begin to live with thorns, wild beasts, hunger, and sickness.

The second round of bells had passed, and on the way home, although they were all very tired, the four of them still quickened their pace, and were silent all the way, only when they came to the intersection of the village, and passed by a stone holy talisman on the edge of the field, old William slowed down slightly, stroked his shoulders with both hands, and silently recited something.

Walking behind, Wu Qingchen could see that when he completed all this, no matter his demeanor or actions, Old William was several times more pious than usual.

When they returned home, their mothers, Jacqueline and Nina, had already lit a fire, boiled a large pot of hot water, and prepared three bowls of steaming food.

The three bowls of food are still peas, green soup and mush, but the portions are much larger.

After filling the small wooden bowls in front of the four men, half of the three large bowls were left.

For this day's food, old William and Idra had twice as many peas, soup and mush, an extra piece of cheese and a hard-boiled egg.

Grace and Wu Qingchen's ordinary food was also twice the usual amount, and there was also an extra piece of cheese, as for the eggs, which were the precious assets that the family used in exchange for the necessary oil and black salt, even on such an important day, only the most important adult man of the family could eat one once in a while to replenish the severely depleted physical strength.

Jacquelyn and Nina, who finally cooked the food themselves, ate a little more than usual, but they were the last to eat, and only a small piece of cheese was added.

Compared with normal days, the food on this day was undoubtedly much richer, but when eating this meal, both old William and Idra were very worried, and even little Nina, who was always unable to eat on weekdays, did not have any happy mood.

Eight hours of continuous labor was extremely tiring, and there was no strength and time for poaching this day, Wu Qingchen was already hungry, and a few poisons in front of him that seemed to be made by a wizard seemed to have a little more aroma, and after a wolfing meal, Wu Qingchen ate peas, green soup and cheese, and even the paste barely ate half a bowl.

Still leaving the rest of the paste to Nina, Wu Qingchen touched his stomach, took advantage of the last bit of free time, supported his head with both hands, closed his eyes directly, and seized the time to rest for a while.

"Okay......" After drinking the last mouthful of soup in the bowl, he also fell on the chair and closed his eyes for half a minute, old William opened his eyes, looked around, got up and stood up: "It's almost, let's hurry." ”

Several people stood up at the same time.

This time, there was one more person in the family team, and it was no longer Idra who walked in the old William, but his mother Jacqueline, and the adult women also had a summer service, only Nina stayed behind to prepare the food for the evening, and by the way took care of the two younger siblings who could not walk and talk and rolled around all day in bed.

On the first day, the site of the summer ploughing was in the north of the village, and after ten minutes, the family of five walked to the field.

The lord's commons land will certainly not be like ordinary people's land with staggered ridges and complex shapes, but a whole vast and flat land, which is almost impossible to see at a glance.

In addition, this land is not as dry yellow or gray as ordinary people's land, although it is raining, Wu Qingchen can still see patches of dark mud that means fertile in the muddy earth.

When Wu Qingchen and his family arrived, both sides of the field road were already full of villagers who had come to serve, sitting on the ridge or beside the path, the villagers were full of tired worries that could not be concealed, and the endless topics were inseparable from the work that could not be done in the land and the small wishes that could not be fulfilled for one reason or another.

"When...... While...... When ......"

Wu Qingchen's family had just sat down when the third bell rang for the village's summer service.

With the sound of the bell, in the middle of the trail not far away, O'Connor, the head of the village of Akrya, stood up, next to two stout villagers pushing carts.

Hearing the bell, the village police officer hurriedly walked to the cart, took out the tools from the head of the village, and began to distribute them to families of five or six people.

The speed of distributing tools was very fast, and it didn't take long for the police officer to walk up to Wu Qingchen's family and put down a small wooden basket, which contained three iron picks and one iron hoe.

Three pickaxes, one hoe......

Hey?

Wu Qingchen was a little strange.

At the same time, old William immediately quickly called out the name of the police officer: "Espil, wait a minute......"

The police officer turned around, and old William pointed to the tools in the wooden basket: "Espil, look at it, why are there only four things?" ”

The police officer looked at the small wooden basket, pointed his finger, and then looked at the old William's family of five, and his finger also nodded, his brows immediately wrinkled, and his tone of self-talk was also a little strange: "Eh, how is this possible?" ”

After speaking, the officer's eyes looked to the side.

Richard and Freeman, who had already noticed this situation on both sides, hurriedly nodded their heads again and again: "Espier, I see, there are indeed only four things. "That's right, Espil, you're mistaken."

After counting the number of tools and the number of heads, the officer's expression became nervous.

The summer service is related to their own interests, the farm tools distributed by the lord to the villagers are very good, the key parts are made of iron, in the medieval world, this is a very precious tool, at the same time, because of this preciousness, every farm tool distributed by the police service, the head of the village has a record, and the summer service will be reclaimed after the end of the summer service.

Now, this valuable iron tool was inexplicably missing, and the police officer did not dare to dispose of it without authorization, so he immediately walked to the side of Zhuang Tou and said a few words quickly.

The villagers who noticed this sudden situation could see that O'Connor's face immediately became serious when they heard the police officer's reply.

Walking quickly to the side of the old William's family, Zhuang Tou first counted the heads of the old William's family, and then counted the tools in the small wooden basket, his expression became very serious and ugly, but when Zhuang Tou opened the parchment roll in his hand at the same fast speed, and after a few glances, Zhuang Tou's expression calmed down and changed to a sudden look.

"Old William, I've been too busy in the past few years and haven't been to your house. Your youngest son was named Ross a few years ago, isn't he? ”

"yes." Old William nodded hurriedly, not knowing why.

"That's right." O'Connor closed the parchment roll, "The tool is right, it's your youngest son......"

Old William immediately stood up, his face full of panic: "What's wrong with Los?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry. Sit down, it's fine. O'Connor smiled, waved his hand slightly, turned his head and smiled slightly at Wu Qingchen, who was also nervous, "Little Ros, you won't be here this time for the summer service." Don't you know? ”

Not here? What's wrong?

"I ...... I don't know? Wu Qingchen stood up blankly.

"Oh?" O'Connor also seemed a little surprised, looked at the parchment scroll again, looked up and said, "That's right, little Ros, the summer service here is none of your business, you can start the summer service from the summer secret day, and it has been four days now." ”

"I've ...... Started summer service? “

"yes." O'Connor nodded: "Two days ago, Little Andre told me personally, and I said that the name Los is very familiar, and it turned out to be the youngest son of old William...... Okay, go to church......"

As he spoke, O'Connor turned to William, "...... Okay, there's a lot going on today, it's right, you guys can put it away......"

It turns out that working for Praia and teaching little Andre to count still has this effect? Or is it finally working?

O'Connor's head had already walked away, Wu Qingchen was still in a trance, and when he came back to his senses, Old William was looking at Wu Qingchen, and his face couldn't hide his surprise and joy.