Little Peter had eaten some jerky and scones during the day, which were a little salty, and drank a lot of water after eating, which made him feel a little bloated at night, and he made a lot of noise for a while before he fell asleep in old Sheila's arms.

As the family sat quietly around the table, Surdak felt a little apprehensive that he might have to be judged by the whole family.

There were still a few apples and plums on the plate on the table, and a candle was set on the table, and occasionally the wax oil would break through the pool and slide down like tears.

Old Sheila saw that the candlelight was too bright, she was a little distressed and burned a candle so much, and quickly put her finger into the candle flame, and pinched off the wick in the flame, and the light in the room became dim, and she was a little dissatisfied with Rita not lighting the oil lamp, but taking out a candle, and felt that it was a waste.

Before that, there was very little oil lamp in the house, but at the moment the atmosphere was a little dreary, and the old Sheila did not reprimand Rita.

Under the candlelight, the wrinkles on old Sheila's face were a little obvious, but her face was much better than before, at least with a layer of oil.

“…… You have carried the friendship of Dark, and you have come to our house thousands of miles to help us through the difficulties in front of us, and our hearts are full of gratitude. Old Sheila babbled on and on, then she glanced at Surdak again, and continued:

"So...... Who do you want to marry, that's your right, we naturally have no right to interfere, but you take a fancy to Selena, I, an old woman, have to say a few more words to you, I hope you have to think carefully about this matter, Selena has been married to our village, and some strange things have been happening around her, she is called an ominous person in the village, this is not everyone's slander, but in the past few years, many people who are close to her have died for no reason, and she may bring you endless disasters. ”

Old Sheila's words were very pertinent, and Surdak could only rub his nose and explain to old Sheila: "I think maybe some things are coincidences, of course...... I'm not denying anything, I saw Xigena at the entrance of the village a few days ago, and I just think that she is still too young, and if the two clerks take Selena away, maybe Xigena will become an orphan in the village. ”

Surdak glanced at the sleeping little Peter, and said, "She's not like the other children, she's too dependent on Dalina, and if you really want to keep her in Wall, she may have a hard life, or she won't survive, I just want to help, I think if Duck was here, he would do the same, that's how he pulled me out of the pile of corpses and gave me a new lease of life." ”

Rita held an apple in her hand and said next to her, "I heard Sandy say that Selena knows witchcraft, and once, she saw Selena quietly praying to the moon in her room......"

Sheila Sr. glared at Rita.

“……”

Surdak didn't know what to say for a moment.

Old Sheila gently stroked little Peter's forehead, her eyes showed a loving light, she said with emotion: "Recently I often dream of Duck, he is standing in the clouds with a smile and a smirk on his face, talking to me with a smirk on his face, he asked me if Peter, Natasha and Rita are doing lately, in fact, I have been thinking about some things these days, since Duck has completely left us and gone to another country, we can't let him worry, we should live better." ”

Old Sheila's eyes looked through the window into the darkness of the night.

With a glint of hope in her eyes, she said, "To see little Peter grow up healthy and healthy is my greatest wish." ”

Then, she paused again before saying: "Of course Rita can save a dowry and find someone to rely on to live happily in the future, Natasha should not live so hard like me in the future, it is not easy to pull a child, not to mention that you are still so young......"

Rita's face immediately turned red, and she was a little embarrassed, holding the apple in the palm of her hand.

Natasha, on the other hand, bowed her head like a quail.

At this time, Rita couldn't help but ask, "When Dad died, were you also coerced by the census clerks at the city hall?" ”

Old Sheila pursed her lips slightly and said, "Old Sur died in the same year that Duck attended the coming-of-age ceremony, who wants an old woman who is about to lie in a coffin?" After speaking, he struck Rita the head with a ruler in his hand.

Old Sheila looked at Surdak, put little Peter's hand in his rough palm, and said to Surdak:

"Since little Peter is your son in name, and he likes this child very much, and is willing to raise him, and Natasha is also your nominal wife, and she is destined to live with us, and she really needs to have someone to rely on, will you marry her?"

"I ......" Surdak didn't know how to answer, and paused before saying, "I will take good care of her for the rest of my life." ”

Old Sheila had a kind of wisdom in her eyes, she looked at Surdak, and said with a serious expression: "It's not the kind of casual stuttering, it's enough to have a shelter from the wind and rain, and clothes to cover the body and keep out the cold, in fact, everyone will yearn for a happier life......"

Surdak didn't expect that old Sheila would say this, and he hadn't thought about it seriously for the time being.

He hesitated, and was worried that being silent for too long would also be a harm to Natasha, so he could only bite the bullet and say with some weakness: "It's not fair to Natasha, I hope she can have a choice?" ”

"So what is fair? What other options does she have? Old Sheila asked aggressively, and then she asked Natasha on the other side: "Natasha, what do you think?" ”

Natasha didn't expect old Sheila to discuss these tonight, and said blankly: "I haven't thought about these ......"

Old Sheila glanced at Natasha with some hatred, and said seriously: "Sometimes there are some things that originally belonged to you, and you have to fight for them yourself, and some things won't give you much time to make decisions, you just happen to be lucky......"

Natasha blushed and glanced up at Surdak, not knowing what to say for a moment.

……

There was sulfur ore next to it, and the smell of this thing was a little pungent, and the old village chief measured it with his hands for a while, and finally gave up measuring how big it was.

At the beginning, Charlie took out a fist-sized piece of sulfur ore, and the leader of the caravan took out 3 silver coins to buy it, so now the sulfur ore lying in the canvas pocket was at least a hundred times that of that ore, and the old village chief knew that these must be worth a lot of money.

The five young men who had gone to collect the sulphur ore sat on a bench in the living room of the old village chief's house, and Surdak and the old village chief sat on separate chairs opposite them.

The old village chief's wife came out to make some lemon tea for everyone, and a plate of boiled chestnuts.

"Are we going to sell these to the caravans?" Charlie said with some excitement.

Surdak frowned slightly, he glanced at the old village chief, and said: "Establish good trade relations with the caravan, I think it is very necessary, but we can't take out so many sulfur mines at once, I guess they will calculate the approximate range of sulfur mines according to the time of our trip, there is still a terra nullius, I am worried that if someone else discovers that open-pit mining area, maybe more people will compete with us for resources there." ”

"So we'd better give some of the sulphur ore so that the merchants feel that we can find it, and it's not worth their effort to find it......"