When the three Henry finally returned after a few hours of delay, Caleva and the young missionary named Age, who had been cared for by Mira and hit his head on the boat, were clearing the snow from the front door and the roof of the longhouse.

In autumn and winter, almost the entire Northland population of the world is routine, and their snow shovels are brought with them, and brooms are made themselves from twigs with sticks and twine. The same is true of the brushes used to clear snow from the roofs, and the inefficiency of the rudimentary tools makes people tired from work, and with other things to do, snow removal that should have been done early in the morning is still being carried out intermittently.

The three people who had worked hard to solve the food problem and returned to the longhouse suddenly felt that their efforts were not worth it when they saw this scene.

This is not to blame the two young people who are still busy with their work for their inefficiency, but the whole team of more than a dozen people, but only the two of them are working.

This has happened many times in the course of three days, especially among the young scholars, who make up the vast majority of them, who always stay in their rooms with books or notes, pretending to be busy, and turning a blind eye to all kinds of things that require labor. Even if they talk to them, these people will use "I have more important things" as an excuse, and their faces are full of reluctance, and they are often very uncooperative in doing things.

"Oh, let the peasants take care of everything. In this way, the noble knights, with their hands free, were able to do more 'important' things, such as prayers or jousts. The words that were popular in their distant homeland of Rigal, even across the ocean, were faithfully followed by these members of high society.

It's not that they can't work, but they resist it. On the one hand, it is easy to feel tired because of lack of exercise, and on the other hand, there is also a strange self-esteem.

"I'm too important to do these little things that anyone can do. Although they are not stupid enough to say it directly, in the past three days of living together, these pampered young ladies have also shown this attitude.

Especially Lisa, a scholar who is quite familiar with Luo'an's teenage roommate, is the only woman in the scholar group. Mira's impression of her, which had been fairly good, had become worse and worse in the days since arriving at the cottage.

It is said that the long voyage is not easy, and from Mira's own point of view, those who can withstand such trials should also have a solid heart, but the white-haired girl forgets that although the Oriental Moon has been through strong winds and waves, except for her, Galeva and Henry, the other passengers have not really intervened in the ship's affairs.

Although the voyage itself is still very thrilling, firstly, there is plenty of supplies, and second-hand is not scarce, they just need to stay in the cabin, remember to eat, drink and sleep every day, and be careful not to run outside.

The destination of these scholars and missionaries was originally the bustling capital of the central Lunar Country, where they had established a stronghold in the Empire to connect with local operatives. The sudden change of itinerary like this to enter the wilderness was not at all in their original arrangement.

As a result, not only was food and supplies scarce, but they themselves had to join the labor, and many young scholars expressed dissatisfaction.

This is especially true for Lisa, who lost her temper the morning after spending the night in the longhouse, perhaps because she had a grudge against Lulu, an aborigine, for not putting cheese in the pot of soup that night, and she clearly had a tendency to target the Yi girl.

Because Lulu was the first to add firewood to the floor heating system, she was naturally in charge of it, but the aboriginal girls who were thrifty by nature and used to waking up early to work stopped adding firewood when the sun was about to rise at about four or five in the morning, while the scholars usually had to sleep until eight or nine o'clock, and they were very tired from the difficult trek in the snow the night before, and they felt uncomfortable sleeping on the cold floor after the floor heating system failed.

And that's why Lisa had a quarrel with her, or rather a one-sided one-on-one one-on-one one: she loudly blamed Lulu for not doing her job in the language of the Moon Country, and even though she couldn't fully understand her words, our Loan girl frowned at that aggressive look and stood in front of Lulu.

Just this action, Mira didn't even say anything, Lisa, who felt that she hadn't slept well and suffered a lot of grievances, immediately transferred her dissatisfaction to her, and began to shout why everyone was protecting Lulu, and she didn't do anything wrong, why everyone was targeting her.

Taking this quarrel as a starting point, the scholars who accounted for the vast majority of the group did nothing to contribute to the team for three days except their own affairs.

They were rightfully on Lisa's side, and they all thought they were very aggrieved, because of the conflicts and quarrels caused by all kinds of trivial matters, which often occurred - either they refused to move in the daytime and stayed in the longhouse and had to use precious fuel to maintain floor heating, or they used the collective dry food that was originally strictly distributed, opened a small stove, and unilaterally consumed the fuel, food, and water themselves.

Anyway, whenever Henry and others, who were in charge of labor, went out, these people always created new problems. Their supplies will be consumed faster than expected, and to a large extent, they will also be extravagant and wasteful. And after several times asking them to help with the useless labor, the people in charge of the work and these scholars can be regarded as completely in an embarrassing cold war.

In this situation where everyone needs to work together, they are lazy over there for various reasons, and this kind of traveling companion has never been encountered by Mira before. Even Miss Margaret, who was theoretically more advanced than these people, was only clumsy and did not know how to do these things, and that lovely noble lady had the ability to act as our Luoan maiden, and she was always curious about everything, even if she was clumsy, she would change through learning later.

Margaret has never done anything other than the somewhat willful task at the beginning.

"A full bottle doesn't shake, half a bottle dangles. ”

What people think of as a gentleman in their hearts is often not much to do with the top aristocracy. A top aristocrat like Margaret is always well-educated, and it is difficult to have such a situation where he thinks he is noble and lazy. On the contrary, it is these people who belong to the middle and upper reaches who like to put up shelves the most.

Human psychology is always similar, the more something is lacking, the more it is necessary to emphasize it. These people in the middle and upper classes are more than superior to the lower, and they do not have a well-known family name, so they often have an ambition to make a name for themselves. The result of this psychology is that these young people usually have the mentality that "I exist to achieve my dreams, and nothing is worth doing except my dreams", as well as an excess of self-awareness.

What was described in the articles of the older generation criticizing these young people as the "Beat Generation" while on the East Coast, Mira did not think that she had witnessed it herself, after leaving Rigal far away for another continent.

She felt very tired, and the three days were more exhausting than the previous more than a month of sailing.

Henry, Lulu, Mira, and Kaleva do almost everything, from cooking on the fire to repairing and cleaning up. Missionaries who were more or less close to the common people and helped with chores in the church occasionally helped, especially Aggie, who was cared for by the Roan Maiden on the ship, but the scholars who made up the vast majority were almost all in peace enjoying the care of others.

And even in their opinion, Henry did not do enough of them.

"What's going on, I'm dazzled?" said Caleva, looking at the huge brown bear pulled on top of the larger sleigh they had made from two sleds, in a daze.

"It's not dazzling, it's a long story. Mira replied to him, and Henry, on the other side, began to move the slain giant brown bear to the longhouse with the help of Kaleva and Age.

The large brown bear was pulled in, causing a commotion among the young scholars who were lying around the fire with blankets wrapped in blankets and reading.

"Can't you just get it outside, I'm going to sleep here tonight. The complaining voice was deliberately shouted at a loud voice in the crowd of scholars, so that people did not know who spoke. The others were also whispering something like "savage mercenary", which made the young and vigorous Galeva next to him face darker and darker.

"Grab some twigs and wood and measure them. The sage said this, and then took the axe and began to divide the bear he had slain.

"Woo evil. One of the young scholars who had been hiding in the longhouse, not knowing if it was another stove, saw this, and ran to the wooden window and vomited into the snow outside, and after unloading some of the bear's entrails, which were still warm, and letting Lulu get to the cauldron, the sage and Kaleva took the rest outside with the branches.

It took a lot of time to peel and extract the flesh, and by the time it was finally done, the huge bald fur of the old bear, which had been bent out of a makeshift twig frame, to prevent it from drying out and shrinking and hardening.

Bear skins are an excellent source of warmth, and in the middle of winter, even though they have plenty of warm clothing, it is better to collect them as much as possible.

Even if you don't need it, you can sell it for local money when you meet someone else.

In addition, the firewood that had been transported later was also re-moved to the longhouse, where it was chopped into small pieces by Henry and Kalewa. The fish they caught were peeled and cleaned, and Lulu hung them on the beams directly above the fire, so that the smoke of the cooking and heating flames would make the salmon into dried fish that could be used on the rest of the journey.

When everything was done, another afternoon passed. The young scholars were bustling with discussion about all sorts of things, but from time to time they would add some complaints, and their mentor, as the leader of the team, did not stop him, which was a strange thing, but it was not surprising to Henry.

This man was making some calculations, and he thought he was hiding it well, but in fact, this kind of old-fashioned method was so familiar to the sage that he could guess it with a glance at the other party.

But he didn't say anything.

At first, everyone was a little happy because it was the first time in the days since they arrived at the longhouse that they had fresh meat. But when the hot chunks of bear meat scooped out of the soup bowl finally ate their mouths, most of them frowned.

"It turns out that bear meat tastes like this. Mira's expression was subtle, and it was hard to find an analogy between the foods that people eat – not bad, but not so delicious that it would make you feast.

"No way, it's an old bear again, and I'm so hungry that I don't have any fat. The sage shrugged his shoulders and spoke.

It's not uncommon for people in the north to eat bears, which can provide a lot of fat and calories due to the harsh environment, and are even a delicacy in some areas.

But the old bear was clearly not like this, because it had little oil and water because of the sleepless winter, and the strong muscles were tough and hard, and it was very troublesome to chew.

The most important thing is that they don't carry a lot of seasonings, and there is no need to deal with dry food and salted meat because it has already tasted, so the coarse salt is a little insufficient when cooking bear meat.

The correct way to do this would have been to throw some of the bacon and simmer it in a pot to dilute the salt and make the soup more colorful.

But these things have been eaten up by the scholars—and even with this stubble, there are still people who are very clearly dissatisfied with it.

That person was Lisa.

She dropped the wooden bowl in her hand and walked to the place where the firewood was with a dark face.

"What are you going to do. Some of the scholars asked in Lamani, and most of the people in the longhouse turned their heads back.

"Take a bath, I haven't been able to take a bath for so long, and finally I am on land, and there is no shortage of firewood and water. She said that there was a bathhouse near the Yiren settlement, but they needed firewood and fresh water, and they didn't do it because they didn't have enough supplies lately.

"There's not enough stuff, don't do it. Mira opened her mouth as she spoke, saying that there was not much fresh water in the vat outside, and that it would take some distance to carry water.

"You're against me, aren't you? Didn't you bring a lot of firewood here today? Lisa, who felt that she was wronged, said in a very impulsive tone, and Mira frowned again: "There may be snow to block the road in the future, these should be kept for warmth, and there is not enough fresh water." ”

"If you don't have enough fresh water, you can't just burn snow. ”

"That's a waste of fuel. ”

"Bang!" the young scholar threw the firewood in her hand on the ground with an angry face: "Come on, the food is so bad, I can't sleep well, and now I don't even let people take a bath." ”

She opened her mouth to say this, and the other young scholars began to shout loudly at Lisa's behavior.

Mira and Kaleva both frowned, and Aegie tried to come up to stop them, but another older missionary, who was quietly eating nearby, reached out and pulled him and shook his head.

Lulu, who couldn't understand all this, buried her head in eating it.

The Sage, on the other hand, set his sights on a scholarly mentor named Loran, the supreme leader who could theoretically control the young scholars.

Luo Lan, a tall and thin middle-aged scholar, put on a helpless look, and tried to speak when the atmosphere was not right a few times before, but it seemed that he was a little lacking in command.

It looks like a tutor who is emaciated by his own students, but what Henry knows is that these are acting skills.

He was tempting, using his young and vigorous students who couldn't afford to be wronged to create contradictions, wanting to see what the bottom line of these mercenaries was.

If the two of them were from the empire and had an instinctive submission to these high society, he would have made further advances, made various demands, and built a relationship between superiors and subordinates.

It's not about personality or anything like that, it's about being a foreign country, and in times of turmoil, he must make sure that Henry and Mira, who are in their hands, don't betray them.

This is the classic mode of thinking of the superiors, trying to find out how far the other party can compromise, playing with people's hearts, hitting the opponent's weaknesses, etc., to make the other party submit, so as to successfully make Henry and Mira become their loyal subordinates.

But in the course of three days, it was already clear that Henry and Mira were not willing to back down, especially our Loan girl, who, despite being more familiar with Lisa, was clearly protecting the innocent Lulu rather than the acquaintance.

As a result, Loren changed his policy - if the hard one doesn't work, he will come to the soft one.

Lisa is a rare female scholar, and because of her rarity, it is clear that she is also a well-cherished presence among the scholars of the Empire. In this way, she has developed this willful personality, and it seems that she has power, and even her mentor can't convince her that she is the one in charge, but all this is actually in her mentor's calculations.

Lorraine is letting things unfold.

He uses the wayward Lisa as a tool of temptation, and he shows the image of a peacemaker many times, and even shows a kind of helplessness for this disciple.

When Henry and Mira were already tired and angry because of Lisa's repeated vexatious troubles, he put on such a gesture, which was tantamount to betraying Lisa, shaping his disciple into a "common enemy", using this empathy to narrow the distance between the two sides and open their hearts.

And after this step, most of them began to talk about all kinds of missions and all kinds of great things that they carried, and brainwashed and manipulated.

The typical superior's psychological tricks are very efficient, and the success rate is not low.

The only downside this time is.

Henry saw through everything.