Chapter Twenty-Three: Grilled Fish

I haven't seen Alexei since that day

Christodor did come to visit me occasionally, but each time he watched me get longer and longer, he had to take Renault out on horseback every day, and he had to ride three hours a day, and Renault had to learn archery and charge with his rifle between his arms, which required a lot of training time and ten years to train a knight, and it was probably because of this that the lords were especially angry that the farmer shot the knight with a crossbow

One afternoon I told Christopher that I wanted to go on a ride with him, and Christopher didn't say yes or no, but told me to go to the stable and bring out the most obedient horse

I did as he was told

"Climb up," he continued, ordered

I was stunned, "The horse is so high, how can I go up?" And it's bare-backed, not even a saddle"

"Will you drive a horse forward?" He avoided my doubts and continued to ask me, and I shook my head, "What about stopping the horse?" Do you know how to tell if a horse is thirsty or hungry? Do you know what color the teeth are when it gets sick? Do you know what's going on with its red eyes? ”

"I," I couldn't speak, "I just want to go out on horseback with you, I don't want to sprinkle hay all day long, I don't know its eyes, its teeth, or whatever, what's the use of knowing these inconsequential things?" ”

"Haha, son," Christopher shook his head, "you have to learn a lot, these are not inconsequential things, when I was in the swamp, one day my horse ate a red mushroom with my companion's horse, and that afternoon I saw that the horse's eyes were red, and I thought there was a problem, but my companion felt that it was okay, and I was not at ease, so I fed my horse Epsom beans, and cleaned its belly, and my horse was fine for two days, but my companion's horse"

"Dead?" I guess

"Well, even the crow doesn't eat its flesh when it's dead, and those damn birds fly over and smell it and fly away, and don't eat a bite," he spread his hands, "I don't know these things, how can you be a qualified knight?" You can ride a horse, but you have to get to know them first, I remember you've only been here for a few days, why do these horses seem to get along with you pretty well? ”

"Oh," I don't think it's necessary to hide it from Christopher, "the old man in the stable, let the horses smell my hands every time I feed them, and they don't give them food if they don't smell anything, and they bite me by the collar at first, and then they get better."

Christopher whistled, "Interesting, interesting" he nodded, "Keep doing this, it's a good start, do you know Kirov?" ”

I thought about it for a while, and then I thought of the shì slave with a red face, and I nodded: "I remember the last time he scared me and said that there were dead people in the river, waiting to pull the living people into the water."

"He's not lying," Christopher put on the chain mail and tied them with ropes around the edges, "you should go to the North Sea swamp for a while, and the swamp has the most dead people in the swamp except for the fish, and the living people go in, and you don't need the dead to pull them into the water, and they themselves will soon become dead people, right, this Kirov, I've tried his skills, he can't use a long sword, he's an idiot on a riding spear, a short spear is okay, he can pierce a straw pile the size of a house, but his horsemanship is not bad, I saw him twist down on his horse, and grab his hat on the ground, and he was nimble like a monkey on horseback."

"I helped him brush the horse"

"Well, in the future, you have to help him brush him every day, he is the son of Count Kalinin, it is estimated that he will not go to the east of the mountain, during this time you learn to ride a horse with him, I told him, you help him feed the horse, brush the horse, he teaches you to ride a horse"

"Can you learn it in a month?"

"I rode a horse when I was six years old, and I'm still learning, you idiot will start learning to ride a horse tomorrow," he said and walked away, throwing me an apple in the back, which squeezed out a few bruises on it, and the color darkened, but it would be nice to have apples to eat

Want to learn to ride a horse from Kirov? What is so difficult about riding a horse, I have not ridden it myself, and I have seen that they ride horses very easily, just climb on the back of the horse and pull the reins

I wiped the apple with my sleeve and was ready to eat it

Suddenly, I suddenly felt someone behind me, and I turned over to see Herman standing there

Damn trouble came again, after letting them go that day, they didn't thank me for any of them, they just ran away on their own, but Christopher confiscated their belts, and the three of them ran away with kù sticks, and Tom, who was carrying the wheat bundles back at that time, was really happy to see the three stupid people running away, and he said, "It's like a man who plays with girls is being chased all over the street by his wife."

This guy must have come to trouble me

The first two days of fighting in a row make me remember, I don't dare to take it lightly, I am afraid that if I am not careful, they will be pushed down the stairs, or thrown into the water tank to do it again, it may really be over, I don't know if it is right to let them go that day, Christopher's expression is always weird smile, but he said that Alexei was also very interested after knowing about it, and said that he wanted to see what I did next

"What for?" I asked him, "Are you going to fight again?" ”

I took the apple into my arms, I felt annoyed, I felt that if there was a fight, this apple would break again, just like the last jī egg I warned him, "Hey, Christopher didn't go far, I just need to scream and he will come back and even if it's just me, I'm not afraid of you"

Herman smiled heartily, a dry smile, "No, no, no, I didn't come to fight with you, I just wanted to come, I wanted to tell you, I thanked you very much last time"

Yes?

"What?" I didn't dare to let my guard down, "Thank you? ”

"Yes," he nodded

"What about the two of them? Haven't you always been together? "I'm worried it's a scam or something, "Isn't it possible that the two of them are in ambush and that you're going to lure me in?" ”

He blushed, even though his skin was a little tanned, but he could still see his current face, "Herman won't have this kind of ungrateful behavior, I told them, I want them to come and thank you together, and become friends in the future, Hyde agreed, but Jack said that that time was to scare us at all, he said that the soldier was your own father, so help you to scare us, there is no need to read your good Hyde, so he didn't come, but Herman felt that it was wrong, Herman felt that he wanted to come and thank you"

"Is that so?" I still stared at him, remembering his embarrassed appearance that day and it seemed that every time Jack gave them a bad idea, Herman followed along, but he didn't have any opinions, and he didn't have so many bad intentions, "You thank me?" ”

"Yes, yes," Herman nodded

Then he unbuttoned his clothes, and I thought he was hiding some rocks, slingshots, or something, so I took two steps back to know what he was going to do

He waved his hand, "It's nothing else, I went into the river in the morning, the river is full of fish, I caught one"

From under his dirty clothes, he pulled out a fish that did not slip "I was afraid that Jack would see it, so he hid in the grass, the two of them went out to play, I brought you the fish, I hope you can take it"

"By the river? Which riverside? ”

"It's Pinker's drowning riverside Pink Duck's fishing skills are better than mine, he will set up a water fence, and then move stones to seal the waterway above, when the water rises and dries, the fence is full of fish, but Herman can't, Herman will only use a basket to fish"

"This fish is so stupid," I said of the fish in his hand

Herman smiled, "It's cunning, I fished early in the morning."

I finally made sure that he wasn't here to find trouble, so I said to him, "Thank you, but don't go to the river in the future, it's too dangerous, didn't you say that Pinker is the best at fishing?" Didn't he die in the water?"

"Well, it's no wonder that the old man said, 'The soldier dies under the sword, and the fisherman dies in the water', it's really good, the fish is for you"

"No," I waved my hand, "you take it to the cook and let her cook a soup for you, you say give her half of the meat, and she promises to you."

Herman shook his head seriously, "No, this is a fish thanks to a friend, not a fish that Herman eats, you have to take it."

I had to take his fish, and he ran a straw rope through the fish's mouth, and through the cheek to see that I had taken the gift, Herman smiled happily and said, "We'll be friends from now on"

'That's not all,' I thought to myself, I thought I should give him something, and my hand touched the apple

I grabbed the apple and stretched out my hand, "Come, give it to you" I suddenly felt a little hungry for the apple, and I was a little reluctant to give a whole apple, "Give you half an apple, and we'll share it"

He said, "Really? "Then he added a little bit of a mouth;" yes, we'll find a place to burn the fish and eat it later."

"Can you cook fish?"

"It's about the same as roast meat anyway? I've seen people selling barbecue on the docks, and I know how to grill them," I remembered the smelly docks of Fandra, "it should be about the same"

"That's great," Herman said delightfully, "I like fish, and I like apples."

Seeing the way he looked, I almost said that I gave him all the apples, Herman heartily broke the apples, flipped them in his hands, and gave me the big half

The two of us bit on the apple as we walked towards the back of the house, where there was a large open space with lots of bushes and rotten firewood to make a fire

"My name is Herman Tim, my father is also called Herman Tim You can call me Herman, if my father is alive, you can call him Big Herman, but he was killed by a wild boar, and in the future I will have a son, you can call me Big Herman"

"Then your son will be called Herman Tim in the future?"

"Yes, I don't know why, anyway, the lord only let the men in our family be called Herman Tim, so when the king comes to collect taxes, the whole family only needs to pay one, so we all call us Herman Tim, is it the same in your hometown?"

"I don't know," I took the last bite of the apple pulp, "my name is Victor?" What are you doing with apple cores pinned into your belt? ”

"Go back and drink the juice, my dad said, 'There's still half an apple in the apple core', and the water that comes out has the taste of apples."

I frowned, and then gave him my pit as well, "You take it, I don't need it"

He held it in both hands, "Thank you, Victor, can I teach you Victor?" ”

"Yes"

"What's your father's name?"

"Uh, I don't know"

"Jack says Christopher is your dad"

"Bah, you listen to him talk nonsense, you know? The old man in the stables is Jack's dad."

"Huh? Really? Herman's eyes widened

"Fake, haha"

"I mean"

We went all the way to the backyard, he dug a hole in the ground, dug a ventilation ditch on the south-facing side, I brought a bundle of firewood, and Heman took out the thinnest and finest dry bark on the ground, and put a few sticks of dry grass together, and put them together, and the old man in the stables gave me two stones for making fire, but I played for a long time, and the sparks came out a lot, but none of the grass was lit by me, Herman took the flint, and knocked it twice, and the sparks flew out, splashed in a ball of hay, Herman heartily held the hay, and blew softly

A blackened plume of smoke rushed up with a flickering flame

Half an hour later, on the beep beep fire, the grilled fish came out of the aroma, Herman stared at the fish without giving eyes, when the flame became weak, he patted his ass and stood up to collect firewood around, someone was ringing the bell in the distance, and there was some noisy sound, but no one cared about the affairs here, we can rest assured that the fire was lit, and the grilled fish I plan to collect a little fish and send it to Amy, if I am lucky, it will be good to meet Kaja again

Tom was not in the castle all day, and I heard that he lived very comfortably, and every night he ran to talk to the girls: the cook, the weaver, the tailor, the lavender, the maid, every Tom visited him cordially, and complimented him to the fullest, and he was very good at telling jokes from afar, especially the jokes in the Oak Village series always made the women laugh, and the married would hug his face and kiss him, and the unmarried would blush, but still stay there and listen to his stories

Every night, Tom would receive all kinds of gifts, such as handkerchiefs, toast, lavender, etc., and when he went to the field the next day, Tom would give these things to the surrounding farmers to help him harvest the grain

In a trance, the fish breathed a scorched breath, and the edges lit up with sparks, Herman and I hurriedly reached out to shoot it, although it was hot and inhaled, but still couldn't care

Finally, when we put the fish in our mouths, I felt that it was so delicious, as if we had never eaten such delicious meat, and I thought it was actually good as Herman's proposal to be a friend

When the clock struck at dusk, we were still sitting by the fire, and I forgot all about the fish for Amy, and just chatted with Herman until the sun went down