Harvest Festival

As the first festival of the Grimm Empire, almost all the people of the Empire will celebrate on this day.

In contrast, the two major festivals of the Grimm Empire, the Magic Awakening Ritual and the Rite of Passage, are not on such a scale, the former is only valued in large cities with elementary magic academies, and the latter is not accepted by the poor, who do not have any special rites of passage, at most the boys and girls of the right age put on a new set of clothes and have a meaningless outing.

The day before the harvest festival, the scattered villagers of Wocun had returned to Wocun Village one after another.

In particular, Charlie and his group of craftsmen rushed back from Karl Manor, and the carriage was loaded with gifts purchased from the city of Highlandza, and the convoy stopped at the entrance of the village, and a group of children in the village shouted and gathered around, and the villagers in the carriage immediately took out the sweets that had been prepared long ago and distributed them to the children, and there was a burst of laughter in the crowd.

The women followed, watching their men and sons jump out of the carriage, first taking a closer look to see if anything had changed, and then happily hugging them home.

After the townhouse was built in Wall, many villagers who had been working outside for a long time did not even know where their houses were divided.

Charlie said to Surdak: The main body of Karl's villa has been built, and only the triangular wooden frame roof is needed, and the timber has been transported to Karl Manor, and now the carpenters are hurrying to make it, and it will be installed on the roof after the festival.

Not long after, Luke of the Lava River Brimstone Mine rushed back to the village of Wall with four hundred kobold miners, along with them the sulfur ore brought back in twenty four-wheeled wagons, and the four hundred kobold slaves were doing well on the other side of the mine, and each kobold's coat was very shiny.

The kobolds are well adapted to the vicinity of volcanoes, unaffected by volcanic ash and not afraid of lava rivers.

Luke had been guarding the sulfur mines for nearly two months this time, and when he came back, he had a beard and tattered leather armor, and he had not taken care of it for a long time, making him look like a middle-aged uncle.

The conditions in the sulphur mine are still too difficult, and Surdak is going to find a few trustworthy young villagers in Vol Village to train them, so that they can share the burden on Luke and Charley, who used to take turns guarding the sulphur mine, and now Charlie is sent out to build a house, and no one can change Luke back for a while.

Surdak strode up, ignoring Luke's dirty body covered in volcanic ash, and gave Luke a big hug.

Of these young people in the village, apart from Charlie and Luke, there were not many Surdak who could call out their names.

Ten four-wheeled carriages of the Hylandsa carriage arrived at the village of Wall, and the coachman opened the crates of the crates, and some fat pigs and yellow sheep scrambled to jump out of the carriages, and this time Surdak not only replenished some yellow sheep again, but also bought back two large fat pigs and ten black and white cows, which were driven down from the carts, and immediately made the village entrance into a commotion.

The 10 wagons of the Carriage Shop are dedicated to transporting sulphur ore to Constantinople, and they will bring it to the city of Highlandsa today, and then they will drive the first batch of sulphur to Constantinople after the harvest festival.

Baron Surdak is now a big patron of the carriage shop, with a fixed supply of steel delivered to the village of Wall every month, as well as other supplies.

The kobolds moved the sulphur mine to the ten four-wheeled carriages of the carriage shop, and after the director of the carriage shop signed an agreement with Surdak, the ten wagons and four-wheeled carriages slowly drove out of the village of Wall.

Next, everyone began to prepare for the celebration of the harvest festival, and Gulitham, who had specially rushed back from the Beigou grassland, felt that this kind of fat pig had to be hung in the oven, roasted to a crispy oil, crispy skin and rotten meat, and it was enjoyable to eat, but this proposal was vetoed by Surdak, making barbecue is too wasteful meat, especially this kind of fatty pork, of course, it is the most fragrant to make button meat, braised pork and crystal elbow.

He had already taught Rita and Natasha the general idea of how to cook these dishes, and in the morning he had a tasting of the dishes.

It turns out that Natasha makes braised pork very well......

In previous years, during the harvest festival, the villagers of Wall Village could only drink a bowl of mutton soup with meat and a large sheet of baked wheat cakes, and no one thought that after a year, everyone could not only eat meat casually at the harvest festival, but also drink ale wine.

The harvest festival celebration begins in the morning.

In addition to slaughtering some pigs, the hunters in the village also brought back a dozen gray rock iguanas from the depths of the barren land, and the butchers threw the bone-in meat into the boiling water to boil the broth, and the villagers did not need to eat at home in the morning, holding a bowl of fragrant chop soup, picking up a large sheet of baked wheat cakes, drinking a mouthful of broth, eating a mouthful of wheat cakes, and immediately becoming warm.

The formal feast begins in the afternoon, and every year the village chief of Bright will stand up and offer the fullest ear of wheat in the wheat field to the goddess of harvest, praying for good weather next year, and the dry season will not be as long as this year. Fold together and make a prayer.

Surdak stood beside Selena and Signa, the three of them were at the back of the crowd, Selena and Signa, who believed in the goddess of darkness, of course did not pray to the goddess of harvest, and Surdak did not pray, while the villagers were praying, Surdak whispered to Selena: "Have you developed those kobolds as believers?" ”

Selena looked at Surdak and nodded slightly.

Selena was tall and conspicuous at the back, and she asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Surdak shook his head and said, "It's nothing, just don't meet all their requirements at once, I still expect them to be able to dig stones in the quarry!" ”

"Got it!"

Selena pursed her lips and smiled, then stopped talking.

The old village chief's sacrifice on the platform in the central square ended with a cheer, and the villagers piled up the prepared delicacies on the long table......

……

A young magician riding a magic passed by the Paglos Pass, and when he passed the wooden crosses at the top of the mountain, he saw piles of bones, and some vultures had landed on the bones, looking for some dried meat to eat, and the young magician was a little sick to his stomach.

It is said that the people on the barren land outside the mountain pass are fierce, although the young magician has made sufficient psychological preparations, but he was still shocked to see the bones of a white flower on the top of the mountain, but he didn't expect the villagers here to be so strong......

As he skimmed over the mountain pass, a cluster of massive dams immediately appeared in the upper valley in front of him.

The young magician took a breath of cold air, ignoring the scout guards on the Arrow Tower in the mountain pass.

Just as he flew over the top of the Arrow Tower, a red flag had already risen on the flagpole of the Arrow Tower, and he didn't even look at it.

The news soon spread to the village of Wall, where the villagers were still participating in the harvest festival, and the only people who knew about it were a few people, including members of the security team and the village chief of Bright, and the half-elf archer Samira stood up from his position beside Surdak and quietly withdrew from the feast.

She carried a bow on her back, her body was as light as a cheetah, and in a few steps she turned over and climbed up a small townhouse, aiming far away in the direction of the Paglos Pass, and the longbow was already in her hand......

Unnoticed, the young magician rode the magic handle, galloping all the way to the village of Wall.

When passing the entrance of the village, he actually made a limit dive, and flew quickly against the dead branches on the top of the tree......