Selena's stone house is located on the slope of the ravine on the other side of the river, the stone house looks a little dilapidated, the exterior of the wall is mottled, some limestone has been broken, the wall has serious defects, although some mud is used to plug the defects, after the rainy season, the mud on the wall is washed down by the rain, leaving some stains on the limestone wall.

The red thatch on the roof, the door panels and the windows are new, the wooden doors and windows still smell of light varnish, a grass hut is built next to the stone house, through the half-hidden wooden door you can see that there is a large wooden basin inside, the yard is very flat, and a row of cauliflower is planted under the corner of the north side.

Selena led Signa into the stone house, followed by Surdak, and the room was very simple, with a bedroom and kitchen connected to each other, with only a wooden table and two chairs, and a pair of rusty flower scissors hanging from the wall.

There were some cassava on the small table next to the fireplace, and Signa put the chestnuts on the table, she sat down honestly, and found a fist-sized stone from the side of the fireplace, and her bright eyes stared at the chestnut shells full of hard thorns, and smashed them down with the stones in her hand, and the chestnut shells cracked, and the brown chestnuts came out of it like horse dung eggs.

Signa's sideways face and focused eyes were carved out of a mold with Selena, and all her attention was on peeling chestnuts.

Surdak followed Selena into the room, and sat on a wooden chair in front of the square table, this wooden chair was very smooth, and there was a sand table on the wooden table, which was full of fine river sand, and next to the sand table were two pens made of thin branches, and the sand was full of imperial characters, some of which were neatly written, and some of which were very immature, apparently this was the sand table that Selena used to teach Signa to read.

Selena sat across from Surdak, the two of them sat facing each other, Surdak carefully examined the beautiful face of the woman in front of her, her waist was straight, her long linen skirt clearly outlined the outline of her body, her figure was slightly thin, but her eyes were very clear and bright.

She is the kind of woman who is very attractive, with a well-proportioned but sensual skeleton, and her neck is a little long, which makes her figure appear very tall.

"Thank you!"

Selena opened her mouth and said a word of thanks to Surdak.

"I didn't help you much."

Surdak shrugged his shoulders, his gaze fell on Selena's chest inadvertently, looking at the white and greasy skin through the light linen, which made him stunned for a moment, and then his heart beat violently a few times, and the blood in his body suddenly rushed to his head, he immediately realized that it was a bit rude to stare at the other party like this, and quickly withdrew his gaze, and his gaze fell on the sand table on the table, and relieved the embarrassment by dry cough.

Selena stood up and went to the closet to pour Surdak a glass of water, the fingers of the hand holding the glass were extremely slender, but the palm of the hand was covered with some small tears, she put the glass on the table and pushed it in front of Surdak.

Surdak felt that he should find a topic, "Do you write imperial writing?" ”

Selena brushed the long hair from her ears behind her ears with her hands, her eyes fell on the sand table on the table, and she said a little unnaturally: "Well, I worked as a maid in Hoyle Manor for 3 years, and I studied with Miss Hoyle. ”

Surdak suddenly felt that he had heard the name of this noble lady somewhere, and then remembered that after he killed the robbers that day, the noble lady he saved seemed to be this name, and he heard her say that Hoyle's manor had also been sacked by the robbers.

So Surdak said, "Miss Hoyle, the name is somewhat familiar, I seem to have seen her, and her luck has not been very good lately. ”

Selena raised her head suddenly, and asked in a pale voice, "Miss Hoyle, what's wrong with her?" ”

Surdak didn't expect Selena to be an old acquaintance with Miss Hoyle.

I thought that if I had known that there was such a relationship, I should have brought Miss Hoyle back to Wall Village.

"A gang of robbers ransacked her estate and killed her family." Surdak said truthfully.

"......" Selena calmed down.

Her eyes were still full of worry, and then she changed the topic and said to Surdak: "Thank you for helping me out yesterday, I really don't want to leave Signa......"

"I know." Surdak smiled faintly and gently rotated the water glass in his hand. "Oh, by the way, since you are literate, it is very good, the village may need to make some accounts recently and need your help, I heard that the salary is not bad, it is estimated that you will be found in a day or two."

With that, Surdak got up from his chair and walked out of the stone house, as if he had come here to talk about it.

Selena leaned against the door, watching Surdak's departing back, a gimmicked look of worry in her green eyes.

……

In the evening, everyone gathered at the old village chief's house again.

There were a lot of people this time, the living room of the old village chief's house could not sit so many people, everyone gathered in the courtyard of the old village chief's house, everyone sat down around the wooden table, there were more than 20 people in the black press, there were not so many stools, the young people stood on the outermost periphery, and the two wives of the old village chief made some barley tea for everyone.

In addition to some stonemasons from the village, Selena was among the participants.

However, she seemed a little out of place with the group, standing alone under the eaves by the window, and she looked outstanding.

The old village chief sat in the middle, and when he saw that the people were almost here, he put the pipe in his hand aside, and then took a sip of hot tea, and then said: "I believe everyone also knows, we have found some sulfur in the mountain, and we need a group of people to mine this thing from the mountain, the scale is not too large, but these sulfur mines are associated with some stalagmites, which are not easy to mine, so I invite everyone to come, I hope you can contribute to the village!" ”

The village chief of Bright also briefly said that some of the difficult conditions in the mountains were difficult, and said that this time he would go out and bring it in the mountains for at least half a month, and he would probably be able to come back before the harvest festival.

"Uncle Bright......" a large, tanned man from the crowd squeezed up and shouted.

"Why, you don't want to?" The old village chief asked with a bluff and eyes glaring at him.

The big black man was a little cowardly, immediately scratched his head, and shouted: "I didn't say I didn't want to, I just think that this time let us stonemasons, the village at least have to provide us with food, and we can't bring our own dry food if we live in the mountains for half a month!" ”

The old village chief knocked on the pipe in his hand, and the big black man was so frightened that he took two steps back, he was famous in the village for being able to eat, but he had a large amount of food, and he was also a first-class good at hard work, the old village chief feigned anger and said: "How many meals do you want the village to provide you?" ”

The big black man made his request a little honestly: "It's best to have three meals a day......

"Ahh It seemed that someone kicked him behind him, and the big black screamed miserably, but he didn't even dare to turn his head back, and quickly changed his words and said, "...... Two meals a day! ”

The old village chief squinted his eyes, leaned in front of him, tapped his strong chest with his pipe, and asked, "Are you sure you only need two meals a day?" ”

At this time, I only heard the big black man's stomach gurgling one after another, causing everyone to laugh.

The big black man also felt a little embarrassed, he scratched his head and said with a smile: "Of course, it would be better if you could drink something thin before going to bed at night." ”

The old village chief patted the big black man on the shoulder, and said to him with a smile: "This is no problem at all, originally I wanted to fight for the salary of each of you to pay one silver hammer a day, but now it seems that it is not necessary!" ”

Hearing the old village chief say this, the surrounding stonemasons were excited.

"Bigg, you stupid pig......"

"Ahh Uncle Bright, I'll promise to get out of bed early tomorrow......"