After breakfast, Lawrence took the initiative to find Sariel in the kitchen.

Andrew is usually responsible for manual labor, such as carrying water, chopping wood, carrying boxes, plowing the land, etc.

Andrew usually tastes better when he cooks, and Saliel is not as good as Andrew in terms of bread baking or soup cooking.

There is no clear division of labor between father and daughter.

Whoever does it, the other person will be idle, or do something else, because the relationship between the personalities will not be superfluous and polite.

Because of the existence of family affection, this kind of stable relationship is naturally more solid than other relationships.

Lawrence praised this evolved human relationship, but his own words also found other bonds.

After all, the blood relationship of family affection cannot be chosen by oneself, and envy cannot be envied.

As soon as he entered the house, Sophia happily came and stood beside him, and threw her head up and shouted, "Master! ”

After the initial caution and run-in phase, Sophia has adapted to her special relationship with Lawrence, and has become very proactive because of gratitude and the past.

Lawrence was also very good to Sophia, doing all the heavy labor by himself, eating and drinking would be shared with Sophia, and giving Sophia the freedom that she did not have when she was in the slave house.

She can run around and do things at will, but she has long since lost the idea of running away, and she has lost the idea of returning home because she is used to staying with Lawrence.

"Just in time, I'll teach you a few simple numbers."

Lawrence took a branch from the fire and extinguished it, then wrote a number on the board he had prepared with the place of the black head.

"It's one, a stone, a sheep, a spoon, a man."

Sophia happily grabbed Lawrence's arm, "This I will!" The master had a slave girl, three pigs, two sheep, four chickens! ”

Hui Shu was already a literati of this period, probably a small peasant stage.

Illiteracy does not mean that there is no concept, and the average farmer can remember how many animals and things he has, but it is also a general idea.

They can clearly observe the change in the number of sheep, but when asked how much, they can't say.

In terms of the sense of catty and quantity, it is actually more sensitive than cultural people.

However, because of the relationship of ignorance, it is easy to be bluffed by cultural people.

Being educated means having an identity, and having an identity means having strength and fists.

Lawrence quickly said, "Well, both of you have some basics, so it's quicker to learn, I'll teach you numbers up to a hundred first, and then I'll teach you arithmetic." ”

Sariel looked at Lawrence embarrassedly, "Lawrence, I want to learn words." ”

Lawrence nodded and said, "Okay, let me tell you first, how to write your name, and how many words do you have now?" ”

Saliel couldn't speak, and quickly lowered her head and wrote a few words on the turned wooden board with another branch.

Lawrence looked at Sophia's writing, which were not letters and did not look like the country's script.

The kingdom of Luofen is almost all barbarians, and even the royal family does not have a few literate people, and most of the fonts are similar to those of the southern kingdom, so it can be said that when they invaded the southern kingdom, they also put other people's words on their heads.

But the barbarians are not one, the barbarians in each region have different development speeds, the writing is not the same, and the right of interpretation is local.

Lawrence was blinded by the mountain barbarian's writing, and asked in confusion, "What is this word?" It's not the same word as I know it. ”

Salil said stiffly, "This is [water]. ”

"Rain."

"Great."

"Small."

"Sunny."

Sophia looked at these words, and quickly gestured with her fingers: "I can also write, my name, Sophia." ”

Lawrence looked at Sophia's finger marks, and she wrote the letters of the Southern Kingdom.

In order to explain that he did not understand the Soshanlin script, Lawrence said: "Different regions have different scripts, and each country and tribe is different, and I know not only the official script of the Kingdom of Loven, but also the script of the Southern Kingdom, and a script that only ethnic minorities can have. ”

Lawrence used Chinese characters to write the four characters of Yahei Song style, dragon flying and phoenix dancing, one dragon and two phoenixes!

"Look, this kind of writing is more beautiful, but the writing is more complicated, and it is rarely used, so I won't teach you."

Lawrence not only disguised that he could only be rudimentary, but also used Chinese characters to prove that he was a learned person.

Sariel nodded, she was not confident in her handwriting, and thought that her own writing was so bad that Lawrence could not recognize it.

Sophia looked at Lawrence's text seriously, and after thinking about it, she looked at Lawrence happily.

"Master, only a few people understand this kind of writing, so after I learn it, only we know when I write letters to you?"

Lawrence said, "Yes, but we don't have to communicate by letter, we're always together. ”

Sophia leaned happily against Lawrence, "Yes! ”

It is much more troublesome to learn Chinese characters, and this kind of high-threshold art can indeed be used as a confidential communication, but there is no need to use it now.

Lawrence took a moment to write a few words for Saliel to recognize, and then went to work, showering and rubbing his back with Andrew.

In fact, it's normal to take a bath with a man, and there's nothing to get used to, just be generous.

However, if you take a bath every day, it will be a little awkward to take a bath with a man.

Whether it's East or West, everyone wants privacy if they can.

Take a shower and change clothes, wash old clothes carefully to make sure that there are no deadly parasites on your body and clothes, and that there are no fleas in your hair.

If you haven't washed your hair for a long time, you can feel hard crystalline particles or congealed dandruff when you touch your fingers into your hair.

But if you wash your hair often, the cost of fuel and labor is too high, and it can't always be a hassle for Sariel.

"Maybe we can dig a well? Or to quote mountain spring water? ”

Lawrence sighed.

I want to do everything, but I want to do everything.

Build houses, raise livestock, reclaim land, fry chickens, bathe and dig wells......

There is nothing particularly urgent, but there are things to do everywhere, and the kind that can't be done in ten days and half a month.

Another day of muddy life has passed.

When Lawrence wakes up in the morning, the first thing that comes to mind is what he forgot yesterday.

"Yesterday I forgot to check the traps, so I went to the river with Andrew to fetch water and carry water, and after taking a shower, I washed my clothes and checked my hair, and then I ate and slept in the dark......"

"Alas! Without lights, all the time at night is wasted. ”

Andrew has an oil lamp at home, but he is reluctant to light it, so he has to use it at night for emergencies.

Lawrence knew that he had to buy time, and he had to go to the mountains for a while today, otherwise he would not be able to live in a new house this year if he continued to delay like this.

If necessary, maybe prepare something for yourself to spend the night in the mountains and make the most of your time.

"The hosts! Master! A happy girlish voice came from outside, and Sophia must have met with something good.

Lawrence stood up and walked out, and was bumped by Sophia as soon as he reached the door.

Lawrence grabbed Sophia, who was about to fall, with both hands, smiled and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Sophia's body was supported by Lawrence, and her face was flushed and excited.

"Master, the peas in the field have sprouted!"