Lawrence has always felt that Andrew was not your average hunter.

For Andrew to know some friends who "sailed", Lawrence naturally accepted it.

Lawrence lay down and said, "Okay, as long as you don't force me out on an adventure, I think your decision is very wise." ”

After Andrew made his words clear, he felt much more relaxed, especially when he saw Lawrence's "kind" appearance, he felt a lot more relieved.

The two soon quieted down, and Andrew got up three or four times in the middle of the night, and he didn't sleep well that night.

After daybreak, Andrew did not mention the trip, he prepared breakfast as usual, and cooked hot soup for everyone to ward off the cold.

At the dinner table, Sophia couldn't wait to say, "Master, let's go to the mountains to build a house today?" ”

Lawrence had already looked at the snow outside, and last night's blizzard had stopped in the first half of the night, and now the general thickness of the snow was the depth of the shoe.

Because of the sun's rays, the snow began to melt in many places.

"Well, let's go and determine the approximate area first, and it just so happens that there are a lot of rocks there."

Andrew said suddenly: "The Dom sheep don't want to be slaughtered in the winter, and it takes a lot of effort to take them out, so I went to town and borrowed Doug's sled dog for a few days." ”

Sariel frowned, "Can't drink!" It's dangerous to drink alcohol when it's snowing and you're on the road! ”

Andrew smiled, "Then Saliel will go down with me, I can't do it alone, and I may have to bring some farm tools and food for the winter." ”

Farm tools are for Lawrence, of course, and food is prepared, the more the merrier.

Saliel looked at Sophia, "Sophia come with us." ”

Sophia shook her head, "I want to go to the mountains with my master today." ”

Saliel looked at Lawrence, hoping that Lawrence would persuade Sophia to go down the mountain with her.

Lawrence didn't say that, though, and was patiently and quietly eating a potato stew with lettuce.

Lettuce is also a suitable local vegetable, which is hardy, but the yield is not high.

In the north, neither farmland nor livestock can produce much, and the most stable source of income is looting and farming.

The income from farming is not high, but it is stable.

Robbery seems to be a high risk, but if you are surrounded by a group of weak neighbors, or if your own force value can be stable and overwhelm the surroundings, then robbery is definitely a more stable future career than farming.

Judging by the number of pirates and the number of troops in the north, most of them chose to rob.

The entire kingdom of Lofen was a barbarian kingdom, and both the people and the nobility considered it as necessary to invade others as hunting.

Without Lawrence's consent, Sariel and her father could only go down the mountain to buy two domes, and Andrew always had the most direct way to make the domes obedient and obediently get out of the sheepfold.

There is no property at home, and the rest of the pigs, sheep and chickens will not escape in winter, and the pigs and chickens huddle together to report to the group for warmth, except for eating, they will not run casually, and there is no need to keep people at home.

Lawrence and Sophia set off quickly.

Sophia wears a woolen hat from Saliel on her head, revealing only a small ruddy face in the winter environment.

"Master, Saril said it's easier to get lost in the mountains in winter."

Lawrence looked at the undulating white snowfield in front of him, which was originally a undulating mountain road, and as he walked, he would find himself stuck in a valley and unable to find his way back.

Now the situation is even more troublesome, and the white snow has camouflaged many places.

Danger comes from the feet, but more from both vision and perception.

The eyes will be damaged by the bright light reflected by the snow, and the head will be dizzy.

Perception can also become disorganized due to the visual field, and it is impossible to determine the specific location.

"Sariel is right, but we're going up the hill, and there are a few woods on the way as a reference, so if you look at my back if you feel uncomfortable elsewhere, it's better."

Lawrence squinted and continued on his way, the crutches in his hands and the shoes under his feet quickly creaking on the snow.

"Good!" Sophia stood behind Lawrence, stepping on Lawrence's footprints.

Lawrence has walked many mountain trails in recent years, and is already familiar with the environment.

After falling a few times, Lawrence and Sophia spent three hours on the mountain.

The snow here on the mountain is not deep, and the main snow is on the slope of the mountain, but there is a lot less snow in the other side of the mountain, and even the snow here has begun to melt under the sun, turning into water droplets and spreading down the mountain.

Lawrence roughly calculated the time, "We will go down after we have roughly determined a range, and it will get dark early after the snow, so we can't take any chances." ”

"Good!" Sophia just had to say yes, she didn't need to think about why.

Lawrence began to look at the location of the hill to determine a general range.

It was worth spending a few days looking for foundations, and it was not right to randomly find a flat place to use as a stronghold.

Although the site is a little farther away, it is windproof, snowproof, and rainproof, so it can be disposed of naturally faster by rain and blizzards, and there are no steep mountains around, so it will not be flooded by rocks and avalanches.

The proximity to the water source does not require you to worry about flooding, and the view is wide enough to detect many problems in advance.

The only downside is that the land doesn't look very fertile and is a bit more difficult to cultivate.

Lawrence was thinking about the size and location of the stone house, and how to build a round stone house on the sloping hillside, when Sophia touched Lawrence's arm.

"The host ......"

Lawrence looked down at Sophia, Sophia's face turned red, and she said excitedly in a small voice: "Master, there's a crow there!" We catch it! ”

Lawrence turned to look and saw that there was a crow standing in the same place where he had seen the crow, and it looked like it was the same crow from yesterday.

The crow tilted his head to look at Lawrence, then quickly looked away, and then at Lawrence.

After staring at each other for a few seconds, the crow nimbly jumped off the stone covered in bird footprints and landed on the edge of the stone that had been pulled out of a snow pit.

"Ga ——!"

Lawrence knew there was a dead squirrel crushed there.

"This crow looks smart." Lawrence found that the crow had a high IQ, and most importantly was not very afraid of people.

It's not bad to have a crow pet in a lonely mountain forest, and Lawrence knows a thing or two about loneliness.

After deciding to get a pet, Lawrence walked over.

He had barely taken two steps when the crow flew up quickly.

The crow flew far, far away, and in a few clicks it entered the pine forest and disappeared from Lawrence's field of vision.

Lawrence reluctantly walked to the trap, pried open the frozen 30-pound rock, and kicked out the half of the squirrel that had completely turned into a flat cake inside.

After doing all this, Lawrence continued to head back to the hillside and plan to build a house.

"Sophia, leave that raven alone, let's clean up this place."

"Good!"

The work of the first day is to clean up the site, mark some stones that are deep in the soil, gather the scattered stones outside as later materials, and also survey whether the soil under your feet is hard and can be dug up.

While Lawrence and Sophia were at work, the crow soon flew back quietly, and flew off into the distance with half of the squirrel in its mouth.