In the morning, before dawn, I heard the voice of old Sheila calling Rita.

Rita was called out by old Sheila in a daze, and ran to the kitchen with Natasha in a thin nightdress to make breakfast, while old Sheila rechecked the canvas bag that Surdak was carrying, and made sure that it was full of baked wheat cakes and full of water bladders, so she sat down with confidence.

After Surdak put on the leather armor, he fed the Gubolai horse fodder in the yard, and put the saddle on the Gubolai horse's back, and gently touched the soft mane between its neck, and the Gubolai horse probably felt the itch and shook his neck vigorously.

Old Sheila sat in a chair at the door of the stone house, nagging Surdak without a word.

Her voice was slow, and her voice was very low, like a whisper: "For so many years, no one has thought of digging sulfur mines in the mountains, but it is not that these sulfur mines have not been discovered, everyone knows how dangerous the wolves in the mountains are, you must be more careful in the mountains, whether those sand wolves want to hunt or not, it depends entirely on whether they are hungry or not, and no one can escape their tracking." ”

Surdak could sense the deep concern in the words of old Sheila, who looked at the Gubolai horse that had come down from the battlefield and immediately fattened a large circle, and said to Surdak: "When you ride a horse, try to avoid those rock crevices, I have heard that someone has fallen into it and never climbed out again. ”

Old Sheila didn't sleep well that night, and her eyes were very heavy, she stared at Surdak and said, "In recent years, there have been a lot fewer wild beasts in the mountains, but this does not mean that they are all dead. ”

Before dawn, Rita cooked a pot of sweet chestnut rice porridge, Natasha also fried a pot of crispy pancakes, and little Peter was still asleep, and the family finished the breakfast by candlelight.

"I'll be more careful, I've heard that the sand wolf skin mattress is moisture-proof and cold-proof, and when I come back this time, I may be able to bring you one." Surdak put down his spoon and said to Sheila Sr.

Seeing Surdak's confident look, old Sheila asked with a puzzled expression, "Dark...... Do you have the skills to do so on the battlefield? ”

"Of course, because of his outstanding performance, Baron Sidney appointed him as the squadron leader of the 6th Squadron of the 4th Brigade, with about sixty hoplite soldiers in charge of him, and conferred the status of knight. He also has a very good skill at skinning, and is responsible for collecting the black skins on the demons on the battlefield, and we have accumulated a lot of money on the battlefield. ”

"That's the only thing old Duck left him......" said old Sheila with some emotion.

There was some movement outside the yard.

Surdak stood up and prepared to go, Rita, who was sitting next to her, looked at Natasha again and again, Natasha mustered up enough courage to take out a cloak and came to Surdak, after she straightened her body, she was actually a little taller than Rita, her face was so red and ashamed that she could hardly open her eyes, but she insisted on splitting the newly sewn cloak on Surdak and helping him tie the rope fastening.

This is Surdak's closest distance to see Natasha, her cheeks are a little thin, the bridge of her nose is straight, a pair of light blue eyes are always full of a lot of unconfidence, her eyes are not as enthusiastic as Rita, but she has a very charming pointed chin, it is a kind of elven charm, Natasha does not dare to meet Surdak's eyes at all.

Old Sheila and Rita had already left the living room, leaving a little space for the two of them to be alone, and Surdak couldn't help but grab her outstretched hands, the skin on her hands was not as delicate as she imagined, and the palms were even a little rough, and only those who worked every day could have such hands......

"Ahh

Natasha snorted softly, broke free from Surdak's grasp, and fled back to the bedroom.

Surdak closed the wooden door outside the stone house and led the Guborai horse out of the courtyard gently.

……

A group of twenty-three people left the village of Wo at dawn, except for Surdak and five young men, the rest of them were villagers with stonemasonry skills.

Everyone met at the entrance of the village, Luke and the young man brought back all the horses that were grazing in the Beigou pasture, at this time the horses had already been given water to drink, and fed the forage, the old village chief tirelessly told everyone to be more careful on the road, repeatedly checking the materials carried.

Surdak divided the four alloy bows he had prepared among the four young men.

This immediately made several young people who had been envious of Charlie for a long time let out irrepressible cheers, but fortunately, this was the entrance of the village, and it would not alarm the people of the village.

Then Surdak took out those long leather boots from his bag and distributed them to these villagers who traveled, many of them wore leather boots on their feet on the spot, and they had these benefits just after traveling, which immediately made these villagers feel high, in addition to these, Surdak also gave each person two cotton masks.

The old village chief instructed Surdak: "If you have gathered enough supplies, hurry back, and I will organize another group of young people on this side of the village, and when you come back, you will immediately go there......

With the earnest advice of the village chief of Bright, the group returned to the road.

The villagers rode horses for the first time, and naturally they had the same troubles as Charlie and Luke, and the tender meat in their thighs was easily worn by the saddle. However, this time everyone made some preparations, and on the first day of riding, they only walked a third of the way and stopped to camp and rest, and did not go until dark.

Since everyone was riding horses this time, they carried plenty of supplies, and they also set up three felt tents, and ate wheat cakes and dried vegetables at night, which Surdak felt was a little bitter and difficult to swallow, but the villagers ate with relish.

In the middle of the night, Surdak was awakened by the sound of a wolf howling in the distance, and he came out of the tent with a bone, and was relieved to see two young men still roasting by the campfire in the cold wind of the night.

The two young men on duty at night saw Surdak coming out, and hurriedly approached Surdak's side and said, "This group of sand wolves has come to this area again, what a group of ghostly guys......"

Surdak looked at the barren land shrouded in night, and it was impossible to hunt down the sand wolves at such times, so he said, "See if there is any chance to drive this pack away during the day, they are always present in this area, and they are always a threat to us." ”

The two young men didn't dare to take on the topic when they heard Surdak say this, in their opinion, the best way to encounter the sand wolf was to get out of the way quickly, how could they take the initiative to move forward......

A team of more than 20 people, the daily consumption of forage alone is not a small burden, there is almost nothing in this barren land, even if the sea buckthorn grass along the road is eaten, it will not be able to fill the stomachs of these horses, although Surdak has prepared some fine bean material, but it is not much.

After feeding the horses before dawn, the group continued on their way, and Surdak rode his horse to find a large circle along the way, but unfortunately except for some white wolf dung, even the shadow of the sand wolf was not touched.

Three days later, the group finally arrived at the foot of Pubao Mountain and settled down.

The villagers put on their masks as Surdak had requested, and they hurriedly set up their felt tents before it got dark.

This is the edge of the rocky area, and if you walk a hundred or ten meters inside, you can see stalagmites emerging from the solidified lava, and pale yellow sulfur intertwined with these stalagmites......

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