David is confident in his judgment, but he doesn't know exactly when Will Turner will return.

After dinner, he didn't stay there and wait, and after packing up and starting his usual practice and study, David also fell asleep.

Traveling back and forth between Winter Village and Irontree Castle continuously, coupled with thinking about how to develop his village every day, Davy also felt a little tired, so he slept very deeply this night.

There was no word all night, and when I opened my eyes, it was already bright.

Lying on his bed, staring at the rooftop where there was nothing, Davy got up to get dressed and get ready to start the new day.

Pushing open the door, the winter village, which was very peaceful and calm some time ago, is now a hot scene. The people who had followed David to the village yesterday were busy with all sorts of work.

The men had chosen the location of their house and began to work together to dig a shallow pit for the foundation of the house; The women did not sit idle, but used the treated wood to build chicken coops and cattle pens, plus Mark, who shuttled back and forth in the village to answer various questions, and Ferdin, who came back with wood from time to time, the whole winter village became a lively construction site, full of busy workers.

"Up?" Laura didn't know where it came from, looking at the things she was carrying in her hand and the backpack behind her, she should have just come from her own house: "Your breakfast is on the table!" It's probably already cold, so warm it up yourself! ”

After saying that, he went back to his cabin, and then quickly walked out and walked out of the village.

"What are you doing here?"

Hearing David's inquiry, Laura stopped: "I told you before, right?" I have some things to do over there, and I'm getting ready to go recently, and this is to make the pre-departure preparations. ”

After saying that, regardless of whether David understood it or not, he hurriedly ran out of the village again, and after a while, he turned into a phantom and disappeared.

David walked to the table, picked up the cover that was fastened on the table, saw his breakfast, tested that it was still warm, and sat down directly, facing the busy crowd, eating breakfast while enjoying the busy scene.

"Huh? You're up! Mark walked around and reminded the new villagers of the areas where they could not build houses, because the area had already been identified by him and was going to be used as further cultivated farmland, and it was definitely necessary to avoid these places when building wooden houses.

By the way, take Jenny Turtle to spray some water on his farmland, check the growth of the crops, and after making sure that nothing bad happens, he will go to the Martian base to check the situation of the potatoes over there.

"Is everyone up so early?"

"Because there's something to do, right?" Mark poured himself a large glass of water, sat down next to David, and looked at the busy farmers together: "This scene is inexplicably infectious. ”

"yes!" With David's eyes, even sitting here, you can clearly see the smiles on the faces of those farmers, including Samantha, who only learned her name after asking in person not long ago, that is, Conn's mother, who was full of anticipation for her new life at this time: "Seeing that everyone is busy, I also want to find something to do." ”

"I'm afraid there's nothing you need to do for the time being." Mark thought about it carefully, and David, as the village chief, had done all the things he needed to do most at the moment.

"Really?"

"What do you need to do now?" Mark was also curious, what was David going to do next?

"I really can't think of anything when you say that?" Villages have been established; He also received an official appointment document from the Kingdom of Tiran, and due to the special situation of the pioneer team to establish the village, he was barely a small lord in the remote countryside.

With suitable high-yielding crops, enough prey around the village, abundant aquatic products in the river, and eggs and meat that can be continuously farmed and supplied, food is quite sufficient for this village of more than a dozen people.

The housing is currently being solved, although it is only a house made of wood, but after solving the problem first, we will consider whether it can be better and more comfortable.

Even the blacksmith he always had a clue now - it depends on when the little blacksmith Will Turner will come back.

Everything is on the right track, and at a glance, it seems that there is really nothing for David to worry about, and then he just needs to let the village develop step by step?

What's next? Or what can be done? David needs to think about it!

After pondering for a while, looking at the empty dishes in front of him, David got up and cleaned up, and when he came back, Mark had already left, and he was nowhere to be seen, maybe he was back to Mars, right?

Walking along the road that barely counts as the main thoroughfare, the door to the house, David quickly walked around the brand new Winter Village:

David, Laura, Fordin, and Mark's hut was located on the easternmost side of the village, facing the main avenue, and the square table where they ate together was in front of David's hut, which was on the eastern edge of the village.

Walking west along the road, a little distance from the Mark hut is the Ardis hut, and a little further away is the large hut that served as a warehouse.

On the opposite side of the warehouse is another temporary wooden house that has not yet had time to be demolished, which is the house where the farmers currently live. At the same time, the farmers chose the location to build their new home, located on the north side of the large wooden house.

As for the farmland that Mark has carved out, it is located on the west side of the big wooden house, and according to his plan, it will continue in the direction of the Winter River to the west.

This is today's Winter Village, counting the houses, cattle pens, and chicken coops that have just begun to be built, there are not many buildings in total, and you can see the whole village from anywhere in the village.

If nothing else, the makeshift log cabin will be demolished when the farmers have built their houses, and sooner or later the big log cabin, which served as a kitchen, a blacksmith shop, and a storehouse—the warehouse will be rebuilt for the better, and the kitchen and blacksmith will be separated.

What else can be planned?

It immediately occurred to David that it seemed that a public toilet should be built on the outskirts of the village to ensure that the village could store fertilizer in addition to public health.

"Shouldn't I take a notebook and write it down?"

After a turn, David returned to his cabin, took out a brand new notebook, and drew a general picture of Winter Village on it.

With a sketch of the "public toilet ......", his thinking became much clearer: "We have to dig a well." ”

In the past, there were few people living in the village, and although it was troublesome to go to the river to fetch water and come back, it was not so fast to consume fewer people, and it was acceptable from a distance.

Now that the village is inhabited by about 20 people, it would be a bit of a hassle to travel that far to fetch water from the river, so a well must be dug – and even if there is no groundwater, we will have to find a way to bring water from the Rindon River.

"Why don't you fix a water pipe?"

A thoughtful David considers the possibility of laying water pipes, and he is also dissatisfied with the fact that the village is full of dirt roads, and even if he can't pave asphalt roads, at least he has to get a gravel road, right? Not only does it make the village more hygienic and less dusty, but it also looks better and cleaner.

As he thought about it, he found that he wanted to do a lot of things, and if he could complete the initial construction according to his vision, Winter Village would be a small town at all, and the infrastructure would be complete to the other towns in the Kingdom of Tiran.

"It seems to take a lot of time and effort to make it all happen."

After looking at the various items he listed, David drew a circle on the public toilets, wells, and garbage dumps, which were the next work goals, among which toilets and wells were the most priority facilities to be built, and the garbage dump was relatively simple, just dig a pit for fixed throwaways.

Closing the notebook, David thought about it, and instead of immediately getting up to build a toilet or dig a well, he went back to the house and took out a new notebook.

This time, he listed the names of Laura Crawford, Tirio Fordin, and Mark Watney.

Each person occupies a separate page, and then David ponders as he writes all the information he can think of on the corresponding page.

For example, Laura Crawford's page is written with knowledge of ancient civilizations in many countries, proficient in multiple languages, proficient in the use of weapons such as bows and arrows, and good at climbing.

Tirio Fordin's page is marked with information about the priest of the Church of Light, the first paladin, one of the strongest users of the Light, the Lord of the Valley of the Hearth, and more.

In the order in which he came to Winter Village, David compiled this information to make sure that he could get some 'rewards', such as Laura's page of language, archery, and the holy light of Fordin's page, etc., had become his own talents.

And in the information on Mark Watney's page, he marked the potatoes and put a question mark behind the fertile soil.

Last on the list is Jenny Turtle.

Looking at Jenny Turtle, who was sitting next to him, drinking water from a water glass, and looking at himself with cute eyes from time to time, David didn't know what he would get from this guy?

He had secretly experimented that he couldn't squirt a lot of water out of his mouth like Jenny Turtle; And just after turning the village around, nothing new has appeared in the village like the potatoes that have grown since Mark appeared.

Is it because his relationship with Jenny Turtle is not good enough, so he hasn't received a reward yet?

After writing down the message he had in mind, David hesitated and ended up writing only Will Turner's name and drawing a question mark at the end.

Whether this little blacksmith can become the blacksmith of Winter Village has not yet been finalized, and now he has bothered to write a lot of them, and finally finds that he can't get them all, which is too depressing.

Tearing out the pages full of words and burning them all to ashes with the sacred fire, David suddenly remembered: "If it really happened to be two or two together, does it mean that there is a new person coming?" ”