The hired Harvey family, since coming to the valley bought by Liu Ci, life can be said to have changed a lot.

I heard that the outlanders who came to Amster had a twist and turn in their stories that could be rewritten into novels. The Harvey family has a story.

Harvey is a fugitive slave.

He is not just an ordinary fugitive slave, but a fugitive slave with skills.

Harvey and his wife, both from a great nobleman of the Xiyi Empire, knew how to burn pottery, and as a skilled slave, he was treated under that nobleman no different from other farming slaves. On one occasion he burned a fine piece of pottery and was rewarded by the nobles...... A woman, both Harvey's now wife.

Harvey, who has a wife, simply had the happiest time of his life after the birth of his son. The son of the slave, little Harvey, of course, was also a slave, and the baby was branded on his neck before he was a year old, representing the slave's belonging. Little Harvey was not in good health, and the "burn" on his neck infected and suppurated, almost killing him.

In the days of his son's hardship, Harvey hugged his son after working all day and did not let go, the little life moaned in his arms, the slave could eat enough is the master's generosity, and the little Harvey is not qualified to use medicine, only to survive hard. And the son of the great nobleman of the same age sneezed, and the whole manor jumped up, and immediately invited the priest to treat him.

Harvey sat in front of a low mud hut with his son in his arms, watching the ornate carriage carrying the priest pass by in front of him, and for the first time wondered: why was he born a slave?

He was a slave, and his son, of course, was also a slave.

In the years when Harvey Jr. was growing up, Harvey's similar doubts became stronger and stronger.

He was honest, and was often deprived of food by the stewards of the pottery yard, and Harvey did not dare to speak.

He was honest, his wife was molested and abused, and Harvey could only cry silently.

He was honest, and when his son accidentally pushed the little son of a noble old man and was about to be executed, this slave who had been honest for half his life made the most daring decision in his life's tears in his wife's tears: escape!

Probably the nobleman didn't expect Harvey to have the courage to run away, and he didn't take close care of their family. That night, Harvey chiseled the chains that held his son and escaped with his wife from the aristocratic manor with the silent help of other slaves.

A family of three ran aimlessly, hugged each other, and hid in the stinky ditch to avoid the private soldiers of the aristocratic family.

They wandered in the land of Hiyi.

When the three empires were at war, the management of the city of Xiyi was chaotic, and Harvey successfully escaped from Xiyi. They ate grass roots and tree bark, were hungry more than full along the way, climbed mountains and waded through rivers, and finally came to the legendary Emster.

It's a paradise for the homeless.

Murderers and traitors alike can find a habitat here, and as long as they keep a low profile and don't cause trouble, the little fugitive won't make a splash in Emst.

But in the city of Amster, those who disagree draw their swords and kill.

The alleys and back streets, the low earthen walls, the places where the strong sun could not shine, were still full of darkness. There is no slavery here, but the exploitation is heavier, and the romantic and free Emster, Harvey's hard-earned coins in a day's work cannot even meet the food needs of a family of three. But it doesn't matter if you're hungry, they don't get enough to eat every day when they are slaves.

His Spurs language is also becoming more proficient, and what worries Xavi is the winter at Emster City.

Unlike the warm Xiyi Empire. The winter in the city of Amster, cold and cruel, with the help and help of the Holy See, is not a small number of displaced people who freeze to death every year.

Winter is coming, Harvey and his wife cheer each other up, but as the temperature gradually drops, under the strong temperature difference between night and day, little Harvey still often wakes up in the arms of the two in the middle of the night.

Harvey is a slave, as the old Chinese saying goes, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read ten thousand books, and he can climb mountains and wade from Xiyi to Emster City, and the illiterate Harvey is a slave with some knowledge. Cornered and became a fugitive slave, that was the first time this honest old man rebelled against fate.

To survive, you can't compromise on suffering, and Harvey has a rare optimism in the midst of suffering.

On that ordinary afternoon, a young lady dressed as a maid, better dressed than any other maid he had ever seen, came to the bazaar to recruit workers.

Most of the homeless people were lazy in the sun and were unmoved, and some even swept the girl's breasts with lewd eyes.

Wait for the girl to raise her voice and say, "Isn't anyone willing to sign a contract?" You can bring your family members, including food and accommodation! ”

Food, shelter and food?!

The maiden did not pay for her salary, and the location was in the wilderness far from the city of Amster, and many homeless people did not want to go.

But Harvey was willing.

The honest man struggled to squeeze forward, "I can do anything, as long as I can bring my wife and children!" ”

The girl looked up and down, looking at his face, but his skeleton was not small, and she nodded reluctantly.

Harvey signed a contract, took his wife and son, got on an ox cart, staggered, and under the leadership of Nana, came to the valley that Liu Ci bought.

For the first meal, before the salary was raised, the host let them eat steamed buns with big white noodles, stewed meat with potatoes, and onion soup.

It's a meal that Harvey can't even think of.

I was anxious and full of my wife, I don't know what this Miss Ci wants them to do, eat so well, these rich people will never suffer...... Who knows, just digging the earth, burning bricks?

After two days of work, Harvey was relieved. He has nothing, as long as he can eat enough, and his body is full of strength.

Time passed, the food did not change from white flour to black bread, three meals a day were served on time, and meat was always seen. Miss Tzu also let them, the hired workers who dragged their families, live in tents.

The cold wind of the night was blocked, and it was only after a few days that he heard that each hired worker could get five silver coins a month in addition to food and shelter. Five silver coins were not much, but when Harvey was a slave in the Xiyi Empire, he never had a single copper coin in his pocket.

Miss Tzu also gave cotton clothes to children who did not work, and for two days Harvey wondered if he had arrived in the light world of what the Holy See said.

When he couldn't stand the torment of conscience, he ran to tell Miss Ci the reason for the failure of burning bricks, and inexplicably, the salary he could receive every month changed from 5 silver coins to 15 silver coins.

Later, Miss Ci asked the female dependents and the eldest children over the age of twelve to help, each of whom received 3 silver coins per month, and the income of Harvey's family added up to 18 silver coins per month. Nana, Miss Tzu's personal maid, gathers children who are too young to work and teaches them simple arithmetic and writing.

Little Harvey came back from studying for a few days, and counted to Harvey with his fingers: 18 silver coins a month, 12 months a year, and the whole family has 216 silver coins...... For Harvey, this is a huge fortune that makes him panic.

Harvey was terrified, and he finished building a small red brick building. It stands to reason that the manor doesn't need bricks for the time being, and his salary, which is three times higher than the others, has not been reduced, and Harvey can't wait for countless jobs for him to do every day to dispel his worries.

After the red brick building was built, Miss Ci was in charge, and each household was allocated a suite.

Harvey and his wife have a room, and Harvey Jr. has a family. Covered with a soft quilt and looking at the snow-white walls, Harvey thought that one day Miss Ci didn't want them, even if she didn't send money to drive him away, he must stay.

Didn't you see the envy in the eyes of the day laborers who came to dig the ditch and look at them, the hired workers who had signed the contract?

The frightened Harvey steward, in December, finally came in handy again.

What kind of greenhouse does Miss Ci want to build, she needs to burn bricks to make the wall foundation.

Harvey guarded the brick kiln all day, his eyes were red rabbits, and the other hired workers worked hard, and it took only five days to build the fifteen "greenhouses", which Miss Ci laughed and called "Emster Speed".

Harvey didn't understand the words, and if he could help, he would gladly ask Miss Tzu to do more work.

However, when his wife was helping in the canteen, she heard from the cook that Mr. James, the chief butler, was very sad when he held Miss Tzu's account book all day long. The gossip I heard from time to time was that Miss Ci had spent too much money, and Mr. James, the housekeeper, said that she could not make ends meet, that the manor had not yet been built, and that the gold coins were still far away.

Harvey wondered if he was going to take the initiative to go to Miss Tzu and ask for a lower salary.

He didn't have time to go to Liu Ci, and Liu Ci's new request reached Harvey's ears through the chief butler James.

"Mademoiselle instructed you to burn some pottery. These are the sizes, don't get it wrong. ”

The butler handed Harvey a stack of papers, and Harvey looked around, the words knew him, and he didn't know each other.

Cheekily invited the literate Nana, the girl smiled and said to him: "Harvey, Miss said that you are also a steward now, and there will be more and more things in the manor in the future, which are more complicated than now, and you have to learn to read and write when you have time!" ”

Harvey's eyes widened, "Are you kidding, people like us, some eat, some live, and have money to take, it's already a day that I couldn't imagine before...... The god of light is above, and you have to learn to read and write, which is only learned by aristocratic lords. ”

Nana laughed: "Whoever is kidding you, your little Harvey can now write his name!" I don't know, can you understand the picture drawn by Miss? I can't come and ask me every time, I'm going to discuss with the young lady, and gather a group of you every evening to have a literacy class, and learn one word a day, which is more than 300 words in a year. ”

After Nana finished speaking, she ran away like a gust of wind.

Harvey struggled to recall the "data" she had just talked about.

Miss Tzu asked him to burn pottery of different sizes and thicknesses. There are pots, plates, and low vessels require openings, so won't such pottery leak?

Harvey pondered the drawings while organizing the people to start firing the kiln.

When the kiln is cooked, the first batch of pottery should also take shape. In the snowy valley, Harvey strode on the snow, holding a stack of papers in his hand, the cold wind blowing across his cheeks, this swarthy and strong man, he felt that life had never been so happy as it was now.