Chapter 5 A Town Like a Festival

The terrible cold wind rolled up large expanses of snow, streaked through the dim space, and turned into a white world between heaven and earth. When I looked up, I couldn't see the sun, only fist-sized snowflakes carried by the wind flying in the sky, and the cold wind and blizzard covered the sun and the sky.

The buildings in the frozen town are typical of southern Neville, with triangular roofs that are the most stable structure to withstand the stress of snow and strong winds. On the surface, the house appears to be made of a layer of wood, but inside it is very complex. Each of the houses here is a five-story structure, three of which are made of thick planks, and between each planks are a layer of specially crafted leaves of the Damlair conifers. This needle-shaped leaf will condense into a soft paste after special processing, and after applying them between two layers of wood to shape, it not only has a good effect of insulating temperature, but also has very good fire resistance, living in such a five-story structure room, not only warm, but also safe, which is also the biggest dependence of the residents of the snow field to live here.

The white snow was piled up on the roof of each wooden house, and the translucent ice picks hung down along the eaves, and under the fumigation of the hot air from the windows, the cold water droplets slowly dripped from the ice cubes, and before they landed, they froze into small and round ice droplets, shining under the eaves.

In the small town, it was another morning, and the silence of the morning was broken by the mixture of long deer chirping and the barking of dogs. Soon, the townspeople, who were awakened by the barking of dogs and the chirping of deer, lit the lights in the rooms, and gradually heard all kinds of sounds in the rooms, the cries of children, the shouting of mothers, the shouts of men at work, the collision of tables and chairs and furniture, and even the occasional friction sound when the door was opened and closed.

In the frozen town, people have long been accustomed to such early mornings, which are peaceful and calming. But today, the town has broken such a tradition, the atmosphere in the town is no longer calm, but like a festival, every household is filled with a joyful atmosphere, sensitive children seem to sense the happiness in the hearts of adults, the children who have been holding back for more than ten days or even more than 20 days are like birds out of the cage, braving the wind and snow to run out of the door, playing in the ice and snow, not caring at all that their little faces are frozen red, nor caring about the two ice cubes under the nose, for a while, the town echoed everywhere with the laughter of children。 In the past, if the children did this, they would inevitably be beaten up, but today's adults are obviously in a very good mood, and after the children are caught by their parents, they will only slap them on the buttocks a few times, and then they will be stuffed with a piece of hot freshly baked bread, some of which are smeared with a thick layer of jam, and it is not clear whether this is a punishment or a reward.

After a while, the town became even more noisy, and many families went out as a family, dressed in the most beautiful clothes, with thick coats on the outside, and walked out of the warm home despite the wind and snow, and walked towards the town assembly hall, and whenever they met other people on the road, the two small groups would merge into one, and the two families would come together and walk together with smiles on their faces.

Some families are harder, and they are the protagonists today. Although the town is small, the families had to drive their sled deer or sled dogs, carry sick family members to the sleds, and then drive their livestock to the assembly hall. However, the sad faces of these bedridden patients are also full of joy at this time, as if they see the dawn of hope, once these families carrying patients meet other people on the road, there will always be enthusiastic neighbors rushing to help, helping to control the sleigh or take care of the patient, simple actions can feel the strong human affection of the town.

Soon, there were more and more people in the vicinity of the auditorium, and if you counted carefully, you could see that almost all the residents of the town had gathered here, and the warm atmosphere seemed to make the bliazard dread, and there were significantly fewer snowflakes falling in the sky. In front of the door of the auditorium, the bearded mayor was not so happy, and looked at the more and more townspeople gathered in front of the door with a wry smile, he just notified the families with serious illnesses at home, but he didn't expect that the news spread by word of mouth, and in just one night, it spread throughout the town, and the boring life of the harsh winter made a little thing a reason for the townspeople to celebrate, and everyone's attitude was like a festival, which made the mayor cry and laugh.

The mayor sighed, and hurriedly ran into a small door behind the auditorium, which was a small lounge in the auditorium, and the four girls were holding up in the lounge, but no one spoke, they should be in a daze, they should be fiddling with machinery, as for the main character today, the silver-haired priest girl, at this time, she had taken off her thick coat in the warm room, put on a white priest's robe, and leaned back in her chair and flipped through the thick novel with a purple cover with a bored face.

"Miss Pastor. The mayor rubbed his hands awkwardly, stammered and said embarrassedly, "It seems that something is wrong." ”

"Little problem?" Lina, who lowered her head, rolled her eyelids, squinted at the mayor from under her eyelids, and snorted coldly, "Is everyone here?"

"Heh, heh, heh. The mayor laughed dryly, scratched his head, and said, "How do you know?" ”

"You can guess it. Lina snapped and closed the novel in her hand, and there was no joy or anger on her face: "What's more, when the four of us came over, we had already seen a large group of people rushing here. ”

"I'm sorry, Miss Pastor. The mayor said helplessly: "I originally only notified less than twenty, but I didn't expect it...... Why don't I just go and blow them away, leaving only the families in need of treatment?"

"It's all here, what's the point of driving it away. Lina snorted, stood up with the book in her arms, smoothed the wrinkles on the priest's robe, and finally straightened her hair, and said to the mayor: "Yesterday I estimated that there would be the current situation, let them all come in, and when the time comes, I will have to stand outside for a long time, and if I get a few more frostbitten people, I will have to exert more effort." ”

"Okay, okay. The mayor was now accustomed to the awkward attitude of the young lady, and ran out of the door connecting the common room and the auditorium with a happy face, opened the door of the hall, and let the townspeople in, and shouted and reprimanded: "Slow down, slow down, what's the hurry, little Stone, what are you squeezing, hold your father, the ground is so slippery, what if you fall on him? Walker, what about your woman, didn't you see it just now? Oh, beat your son in the back, you should beat him, if you don't beat him again, you won't do anything." Old Dack, your daughter didn't come today, haha, young girl, inevitably. Okay, okay, you guys, be quiet for me, this time the priest is a very powerful adventurer, people are kind enough to help us goddess believers heal, if you are so noisy, if you make people angry, then people will not care about you, I will see what you will do. Now shut up for me, and let the patient come to the front first, Liz, Karen, and the long table you two have ready to use as beds, and chairs, you two little bastards. ”

Soon, seven or eight people who were most seriously ill had been helped to lie down on the long table, most of these people were old people, only one was still middle-aged, when everyone was busy, the four girls had quietly appeared in the auditorium, and at the moment when they appeared, especially Lina, the auditorium became quiet, and many young men in the town secretly glanced at the silver-haired girl with red faces, but they were immediately educated by the young wives around them with skilled pinching and twisting skills.

Lina held the book, she wanted to get the greatest support, so that the timid she directly ignored everyone's eyes, slowly walked along the table, her eyes roughly swept around each patient, pointed to one of the old people and said, "This one, take it home directly." ”

The family members accompanying the old man immediately panicked, especially the old man's son, a man in his forties, tears flowed out in front of hundreds of people, rushed to the table where the old man was lying, and said eagerly: "Lord Pastor, please show your father and him again, please think of a way again, I, I, I ......"

"If you want to take it home, you can take it back as soon as possible. Lina snorted coldly and glared at the old man's son: "Go back and let the old man quit drinking, you can walk around in three days, and you can go out in ten days." ”

"Huh?" the old man's son opened his mouth wide and looked at Lina at a loss: "So you didn't say that father he ......"

"Hmph, I don't care about my body at all, I sleep in the snow when I'm drunk, and it's no wonder if something happens. Lina said angrily: "I don't care who you believe, but at least you are all people who share the blessings of the goddess of the earth, and you don't pay attention to your life and health at all, I don't like such people the most." You, that is to say, you, you remember, you can't let him drink a glass of wine in the future, so that he can live at least another twenty years. ”

"You can't do that, Lord Reverend. The old man lying on the table groaned and said, "In the future, I will drink a little less, okay? ”

"Yes. Lina said with a smile: "Drink as much as you want, as long as you are not afraid of rolling in bed in pain every day for the rest of the year, I have no opinion." ”

After sneering, Lina no longer paid attention to the old man who was crying and muttering something, walked to the first table, suddenly frowned, leaned over and pressed on the old man's waist, and her voice became very gentle: "Does it hurt?

"Yes. Lina's completely different attitude towards the two made the patient a little overwhelmed, so she could only nod her head blankly and said, "It's more than ten years ago." ”

"It's okay, don't worry. Lina held the old man's hand and comforted softly, "It will be cured soon, don't worry." (To be continued.) )