The chapel bell rang, and Severin got up from the plank bed. He put on his underwear and sat on the edge of the bed in a daze for a while, then put on his coat and yawned and walked out of the house.

At dawn, he had to rush to the village office. There, Frank, the steward under the head of George, was in charge of assigning the day's work, and if he was late, the good work would be taken away. Severin had just turned fifteen, had not yet learned much trade, and was not capable of much work. In that case, I can only help my family today, and I can't earn a single copper sol.

After washing his face with cold water, his mind suddenly cleared up, and Severin wiped the water from his face indiscriminately, and walked across the courtyard to the kitchen.

The yard was full of seasonal fruits and vegetables, and Saverin came to the wooden frame, tilted his head and chose a heavy round melon, and after thinking about it, he picked a larger round melon.

"Saverin, is that you?"

"Aunt Marcy, it's me. Saverin shouted into the kitchen as she put two melons into the basket.

A tall woman with a headscarf stood at the kitchen door and beckoned, "Breakfast is ready, come and eat." When Robert comes back and sees you going to work, he scolds you again. ”

"Aunt Marcy, you're the best. Saverin stroked her messy hair and grinned into the kitchen.

Located in the north corner of the courtyard, the kitchen is made of green bricks and has two wooden tables in the middle, which can seat 16 people. The tall woman skillfully picked up a handful of charcoal with iron tongs, threw it into the stove, pulled it twice, made the flame burn more vigorously, and nagged with a distressed face: "It's a waste to eat hot rice on a hot day." This charcoal was bought with money...... Brown bread is as filling as raw lettuce. ”

"Only decent people are qualified to burn charcoal for cooking, and it will make people laugh if we don't open a gang. Saverin said nonchalantly: "Charcoal is not expensive, one copper sol charcoal is enough for three days." ”

"We didn't even know what breakfast was...... Oh, praise be to the Lord of the Supreme Radiance for giving us breakfast, houses, uh, and charcoal. Aunt Marcy placed a small basin full of food on a wooden table, clasped her hands, and prayed sincerely.

"Praise the Great Lord and give me food...... I pray for your mercy to make me successful in making paper today. Saverin prayed quietly.

"I want you to succeed too, little one. Marcy scooped up a spoonful of hot porridge and poured it into the bowl in front of Saverin.

"I stopped receiving lizard eggs last month! Aunt Marcy, I'm an adult. Saverin snorted and took a hard bite of the black bread.

Breakfast consists of green wheat porridge boiled with prickly kidney beans, goat's milk with black bread, and two slices of oily marinated pork. The brown bread in George Village is made with rye and sweet potato flour and jaggery, which is sweet and delicious. Severin ate with relish, and came from the door to see the cheerful barking of the housedog.

"Boy, when you're an adult, you're supposed to do things for your family. A middle-aged man pushed open the wooden door and stepped on the dew and walked in.

When the man returned from the night, Marcy picked up the towel and wiped his face diligently, "Robert, you're back early." ”

"It's too late to come back, and this kid is going to work again. Robert scooped up a bowl of bean porridge by himself, glared at his youngest son and said, "Your Aunt Katie has a big belly, your younger brothers and sisters are still young, and the family has 80 acres of land, 3 points of vegetable land, six pigs, and dozens of geese. Your eldest brother and second brother have serious things to do, and we still lack your salary?

Severin swallowed the black bread in his mouth and said quickly, "Unless you give me two copper soles!"

"Do your big dreams!" Robert said angrily: "Is paper so easy to make? Renting Sid's paper-making workshop for half a day will give them 8 copper soles, and you have already spent 4 silver soles in the house, and you haven't made any fart! Do you want Lao Tzu to put money in again? I might as well hire two helpers if I have this money!"

"Unless you give me two copper sols!" Severin stubbornly insisted.

Robert was furious, and rolled up his sleeves to teach the boy a lesson, but a large hand pressed on his shoulder, making him unable to move.

Marcy pressed her husband like a chicken, "Sabes is a mercenary, Carl is a cook, we should give Severin a chance too, what if it happens? Rogge's old scoundrel improved the spinning machine, and the generous and benevolent owner Randall rewarded him with 300 gold soles and 30 acres of land, that's a fief! A fief is not a lease, understand? Rogge is now a vassal, and you now have to salute your former hired man and call him sir." ”

Robert struggled to no avail, and said viciously: "Stinky girl, I am the head of the family, I have the final say!"

"I'm in charge. The stout woman shook the wooden spoon under Robert's nose.

"Well, you're in charge. When Robert saw his wife's thick arms, he immediately relented and muttered, "I can't do it....... If it does, will the Sid family rent out the paper workshop?"

"Let the little one try it, that's it!" Marcy's words were as much as her weight.

"Aunt Marcy, no, Mom, I love you so much. Severin shouted happily.

Robert sneered, "Marcy, I'm just afraid you're working too hard. ”

Marcy let go of her hand and smiled slightly: "Is it harder than when you were an outcast?"

Robert and Marcy are halfway homeless couples. Randall led the implementation of the policy of building houses and households, and Robert could not scrape together 30 gold soles after digging out his family, and just when he was at a loss, the former leader of the outcasts, Marcy, approached Robert. Marcy offered to make up 30 gold soles to help Robert build a house as long as he and she swore to be legally married at the church.

As a result, the Robert family became the subjects of Randall, the eldest son Sebins became a mercenary soldier of Randall Lord, Marcy became the mistress of Robert's family, and Kate, Robert's original woman, remained at home as a personal maid.

Robert's life changed drastically, not only did he have a brick house with a yard, but he also got 80 acres of rented land, and the church took 10% of the tax on the harvested crops, and Robert took 30% of the rest of the crops and all the hay.

In the first year, the Robert family harvested more than 4,300 pounds of wheat, more than 8,000 pounds of hay, and 5,300 pounds of sweet potatoes. Randall's hay was cheap, and a hundred pounds could only be sold for one copper sol, or 15 pounds of charcoal. Marcy sold the hay and half of the new wheat, and the other half was deposited in the bakery of the village chief George to exchange for old grain.

Most territories have a policy of exchanging old grain for new grain, and Randall's Territory is no exception. One pound of new wheat in George Village can be exchanged for two pounds of three-year-old wheat or 1.5 pounds of green barley, which is cashed out by the village chief's bakery, but not more than 20 pounds per day. The Robert family had enough wheat to eat for more than half a year, but the right to build a house was more than that.

Robert raised six pigs, and in two months he was able to keep the two smallest, but even then they added up to more than 700 pounds. In addition, Robert has a three-point vegetable plot, and the vegetables grown are not eaten at all. The surplus vegetables are used by Marcy to raise the red-headed geese.

Although the Red-headed Goose does not grow as fast as a ground lizard, its feathers are used to craft feathered arrows and crossbow arrows. Lord Viscount Randall encouraged his people to raise red-headed geese, so they did not need to be handed over for worship, and if a certain number of goose eggs were handed in, they could be used for half a month's labor. The only disadvantage of raising geese is that they consume too much feed. However, this was not much of a problem for the Robert family.

George Village has 400 square kilometers of commons, and these lands and properties belong to Lord Randall, and Robert has the right to collect the commons to subsidize his family, as long as the village chief George, and raise pigs and geese. In fact, the traditional people lived off the fruits of the commons.

In addition to farming, the Robert family regularly collects commons resources, and the work tasks issued by George Village are also open to them on a priority basis. But Robert really didn't have the energy to accept the offer. His eldest son, Sebins, served in the mercenary corps, his second son, Mark, helped cook in the cafeteria, and he himself underwent a week of militia training every month.

Robert couldn't figure out if he was a vassal or a vassal, but he was sure that he was a man of Lord Randall, and he was proud of it. He deeply understands that the whole family has no worries about food and clothing, has a stable life, and has a surplus every year, but if he still wants to live a better life, there must be more people. At present, Katie is pregnant, the other children are still minors, and the heavy work outside the home depends on him and Marcy. Now, all he wants is Sabes to help the family.

Marcy had a different idea.

The homeless people have no fixed place to live, and if there is work there, they move there. It is foolish for a homeless to go on a lonely road, no less dangerous than being exiled into the wilderness. Outcasts need to guard against their own kind (outcasts, bandits), wild beasts, and unprovoked killings and extortions by superior people. Moreover, job opportunities need to be grabbed, and whoever has the biggest fist will have something to eat, so the displaced people must huddle together to keep warm, ranging from dozens to hundreds, to unite around the leaders of the displaced people and make a living everywhere.

Marcy was such a leader of the outcasts, and although she was a woman, she was so tall and powerful that two or three strong men could not restrain her. As the leader of the homeless people, she dares to fight, a mace has resulted in more than a dozen lives, as a woman, she also has a delicate side, fairly, knows how to win people's hearts, she only sleeps with the most handsome and weakest men in the gang, so she will not rob women with strong men.

Marcy is known for her prestige in the gang, and even though she was defeated by the other outcasts and had to leave Wildwillow City, a group of people followed her to Rand Territory.

Unlike other territories, Randall's territory could not accommodate the prestigious leaders of the outcasts, and those who were unwilling to be lonely were ruthlessly suppressed. At this time, Marcy's delicate side came into play, she no longer had contact with her subordinates, took a man and a pair of children, moved to Ferro Village, and became a woman in peace.

Randall led the construction of houses and the recruitment of stewards and mercenaries. Marcy thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and she urged the man to enlist in the army, but the wretch didn't dare. Marcy kicked him down with ease, and then she took her children to George's Village to find his former subordinate, Robert.

Robert is at the bottom of the gang of outcasts, but he is very tolerant of women and children, and he treats them as if they were his own, as long as they are willing to follow him.

No matter how big or small, every mouth has to eat, and not many homeless people are willing to use their hard-earned money to raise other people's children, and they laugh at Robert as a stupid donkey, and he has no brains when he sees a woman. Marcy, on the other hand, thinks Robert is affectionate and righteous. Aside from the one in Katie's belly, none of Robert's five children were his own flesh and blood.

Can love and righteousness be eaten as food?

The woman who dragged the oil bottle was disliked by the homeless man, and the man who dragged the oil bottle was even more disliked by the homeless woman. Robert dragged five children and was so poor that Marcy, the leader of the exiles, would never look down on him. But in Randall, Robert is the one Marcy can trust for life, as he has five children.

Marcy found that Viscount Randall treated homeless families with special favors, and the boundaries between homeless, vassal and vassal in Randall's domain were very blurred, but the treatment of families and singles was very different, and families with children and families without children were also different. In families with children, parents will have more job opportunities, Father Miller's church will only help children, and the church in each village will even help parents take care of children between the ages of 3 and 5, so that they can have time to work to earn money and improve their lives.

Marcy suddenly realized that the Randall family values children, although they know why, but Robert has five children, and he must be right!

She used all her money to help Robert build a house, Sebins became a mercenary soldier, and the status of the Robert family in George Village skyrocketed. Later, Sebinsto got a job as a cook for Marcy's own son Carl, and Robert was also very her, and Marcy's married life was harmonious. In Robert's words: Actually, I wanted to sleep with you for a long time.

If Marcy was a man, she would have been a mercenary herself, but unfortunately she wasn't, and the mercenaries led by Randall didn't recruit women. Therefore, Marcy is determined to be a good wife and mother, and she has always done her best, either she doesn't do it, or she has to do it to the best of her ability, and the same is true for running a family.

The wife respects her husband, and Marcy does it, while the mother of the extended family must not only be kind to her children, but also fair. Although Robert's child is not her biological flesh and blood, Marcy has the capacity. She had been the leader of the exiles.

Now that Severns and Carl have their own careers, at least give Severin a chance to pursue his dreams. The Robert family has this condition. They are now Lord Randall's people.

"Boy, how many times are you going to try?

"Five, no, ten, try again. Severin wiped the corners of his mouth, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "I know two uncles, Wright and Tunan, they know a lot of things, they have helped me make paper in the past two days, although it has not been successful, but Wright thinks that if you add two kinds of weeds, you may be able to succeed!"

"Why should two bachelors help you if they want to do this?" Robert sneered disdainfully.

Marcy frowned and asked, "Is Tunan a dark-skinned bald head?"

"Yes, yes, yes...... He even has bald eyebrows. Severin nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Tu Nan is very edible, I picked two round melons and prepared them for him." ”

"Your brother is home today, and you invite Wright and Tunan over for lunch, and I'll prepare steamed goose and pig's trotters. Marcy turned her head, glared at her husband with a pair of bull's eyes, and ordered, "You go to the node reservoir to buy two green salmon first, and then come back to catch up on sleep." Greenfish should be at least 2 feet long. ”

"That's going to cost a lot of money...... Robert muttered under his breath.

Marcy ignored him and said to Severin, "When you're done eating, go to work, don't give anyone a place." ”

"Thank you, Mom. Saverin scrambled his back and walked out the door.

Robert finally couldn't help but ask, "Why did you invite two bachelors to your house? ”

"It's your turn this week to keep a vigil outside the village, and when you come back to sleep, where do you know what's going on in the village?" Marcy squinted at her husband and said, "I heard that Wright and Tunan were introduced by Father David, and the village chief George was very kind to them and personally arranged for them to live. It seems that they must be relatives of Father David. ”

"That's the time to stammer. Robert perked up, got up and said, "In the morning, when there are few people, I'll go pick up some good fish and come back." ”