Surdak and the five young men returned to the village of Vol on the tenth day of their trip, and since no one knew the date of their return, the entrance to the village was deserted under the dead trees, except for two boys who were playing with mud under the planks with their buttocks, and watched the group lead their horses with ignorant expressions, and at first the two children thought they were a caravan that had gone and returned, and shouted excitedly, because each caravan would give them a small piece of toffee.

At the entrance of the village, the wooden planks of the village of Wall were blurred in white chalk and there were a few round mud sticks to them, apparently the work of the two boys.

When the boy saw clearly that a group of people were leading the horses coming, it was Surdak and Charli, and he didn't bother to greet them, so he turned around and ran wildly into the village, as if shouting 'the wolf is coming', shouting: "The Surdak knight is back, Charlie is back, Luke is back......"

It is a kind of feeling of seeing an oasis from the deserted next door, it is the lonely traveler who returns to the noisy village, feels the attention of others, is cared for, is expected to be admired, and then his heart is filled with something inexplicable, Surdak feels that this may be a kind of spiritual sustenance, a certain perception of life, maybe this can be regarded as a kind of life.

Each of them carried two large bags of sulphur on their horses, and nothing else, and they slept in the open air all the way through the Paglos Mountains, and when they returned to the village, they felt a great pleasure to drink the clear spring water by the stream.

At the edge of the village, by a river with fifteen chestnut trees, where the creek bends gently and forms a natural pool, it is almost a summer resort for children, and in September, there are not many children who can swim in the water, and now it is a bathhouse for six young people, and Surdak soaks in the cool water, and the banks are full of children, and the group is very curious about their adventure, and shouts for Charlie to tell them about it.

Charlie leaned against a large rock by the stream, the afternoon sun shining through the chestnut trees on his bronzed skin, leaving patches of warm light.

Just as Charlie was patiently telling the children about how to survive in the wild, a young woman came over with a large wooden basin, thinking that she was going to the stream to wash clothes, but she didn't expect to squat down beside Charlie silently, the young woman tied her skirt above her knees, knelt behind Charley, picked up the loofah from the wooden plate, and wiped Charley's back without a sound.

Fortunately, Surdak wore a pair of boxer shorts at this time, so he didn't look so embarrassed.

However, Luke and Val didn't care, they soaked in the stream and discussed with some envy whether to marry before their military service, and the younger Val decided to marry after completing his military service, so that it might be fairer to his future wife.

Surdak didn't know that Charlie actually had a wife, and Charli had also completed his military service.

It's just that his unit is stationed in the Swarovski plane, which is under the jurisdiction of Grand Duke Newman, and there has been no plane war in that plane so far, so Charley and Luke worked as handymen in that plane for four years, and returned to Wall Village after completing their military service.

In fact, Luke also has a beautiful fiancée, his fiancée is not from Wall Village, and Luke plans to hold the wedding after the harvest festival, because after the harvest festival can make the wedding a little more decent.

Val and the other two young men have not yet served in the military, and presumably after the harvest festival, Charley will go to the city of Highlandza to see if it is possible to get a few Swarovski planes to serve in the military, after all, there is no dimensional war there.

It was Luke's sister who came to wipe Luke's back, Val and the sister of two other young men also arrived, and the six young men bathed in the stream, which was more like a ritual in the village, and only the warriors of the village could enjoy this treatment, and it was also a kind of affirmation that a few of them could bring back the brimstone mines.

The old village chief was very dissatisfied with Natasha's lack of appearance at this time, he sat on a stool under the chestnut tree and chatted with several old people in the village, the hound called Kara was lying quietly at the feet of the old village chief, and the old village chief said to Luke: "Look at it, where is Pei Laze's girl comparable to our Vol Village, you are actually picky, you actually found Pei Laze's, you will go to divorce tomorrow, and you don't covet that little dowry......"

"If I don't retreat, I'm going to marry Pei Laze's girl." Luke ignored the old village chief so angrily that his beard curled up, and he jumped into the stream like a silver carp.

Surdak leaned against the shore a little embarrassed, touched his nose, and explained to the old village chief: "And I asked Natasha not to come...... Actually, Pei Laze's girl is also very good! ”

The old village chief snorted, ignored Surdak's words, and shoved his walnut pipe into his mouth and took two puffs.

Charlie didn't dare to interject at all, and whispered to his young wife, "When I left, I asked you to water the wall every morning and evening, did you do it?" ”

"I water the wall every day, but the wall is still so low that it hasn't changed much!" Charley's young wife whispered.

Charlie patted the back of his wife's hand and whispered: "Actually, I haven't figured it out, why do you have to water the wall every day, you just do it, this time I brought back a lot of sulfur ore, maybe I won't need that wall in the future!" ”

Charlie's wife was very honest, and when she heard Charlie say this, she quickly nodded her head and said that she understood.

Years of plane wars have greatly reduced the population of the Grimm Empire, and many young and middle-aged men have died on the battlefield, which has also exacerbated the rate of population imbalance, and now the ratio of the Grimm Empire's male to female population is about 3:7, and some areas may not reach this level, the number of men has decreased, and the living standards of the people have declined.

In order to stimulate the population growth of the empire, His Majesty Charles of the Green Empire issued a decree that adult women must marry before the age of 25, and widows and widows also need to choose another mate within three years, otherwise the district administration will force a match.

Of course, the district administration does not choose the best, and in the kind of family where the government makes a forced distribution, the man is likely to be an alcoholic, a vagabond, or a disabled veteran returning from the battlefield...... However, in many regions this decree was not valid for the nobility.

This also indirectly led to the low social status of women in the Grimm Empire, after all, men have more opportunities to make choices.

Therefore, there is a good reason for the old village chief to express his dissatisfaction with Natasha, not to mention that Surdak is now a reserve knight, and it stands to reason that he is already qualified to marry a noble lady.

Surdak felt that soaking in the pool was very boring and making people look like monkeys, so he wanted to get out early, go home and sleep well, and then talk to the old village chief about the sulfur mines, but the old village chief was a little impatient, after all, it was related to the livelihood of the whole village......

At this moment, the children gathered around the stream 'hula' and dispersed, giving way to one side of the road through a huge gap, and the others looked over there, and saw Selena holding a wooden basin, gracefully walking to Surdak's side, she lifted the linen dress, squatted behind Surdak, and the little girl hiding under the skirt quickly pulled the long skirt down.

Surdak was a little overwhelmed, and turned his head to see Selena's deep and bright eyes, her pupils were like green lines like glass filaments, which made her eyes extremely magnificent, but looking at him with a faint smile made Surdak feel a decisive taste.

He felt that if he avoided it at this time, the message from those beautiful eyes would probably make Selena do something decisive......