In the evening, the sun sets

"It's time to eat!"

Lawrence's voice came from the door of the house.

When Sophia heard this, she began to drive the sheep home, and the sheep walked down the hillside in an orderly manner.

When Sophia drives the sheep into the sheepfold, she sees Lawrence feeding the chickens.

Sophia leaned over happily and pulled a handful of grasshoppers from her apron pocket with her little hand.

"I picked up these bugs and fed them to the chickens!"

Lawrence saw the insect in Sophia's hand, and said unhappily: "Don't do this kind of thing in the future, touching the insect with your hand will get dirty, you go wash your hands first." ”

"Oh." Sophia, who wanted to be praised, was reprimanded and said in frustration: "Yes, master." ”

Lawrence didn't comfort Sophia, and said directly: "Drop these bugs, the chickens will eat them themselves." ”

"Okay." Sophia quickly dropped the bug in her hand.

Nearby hens and chicks all gathered and quickly tilted their heads to look at the bugs on the ground, and then pecked at them.

These stupid guys may have poor eyes, and their pointed mouths often peck at the side of bugs.

However, when several chickens grabbed food together, the accuracy of the head was improved a lot, and soon the grasshoppers crawling on the ground were caught by the hens and swallowed into the throat.

Sophia became happy again, and continued to dig out the bugs from her bib.

Lawrence looked at the bugs in Sophia's pocket and knew that the little girl hadn't done anything today and had enough free time to catch bugs and play.

Lawrence continued to feed pigs, dogs, and sheep.

The three dogs couldn't wait to eat, and Lawrence brought a bucket of dog food out of the kitchen and poured it into three wooden basins.

All three dogs have their own food bowls, and the dog food is a gruel mixed with oats, peas, and wheat bran.

Sariel was reluctant to give flour to the three big dogs.

Lawrence also has no say in this, the three dogs were borrowed by Andrew, and Andrew has no dog food to express his opinion, and Lawrence is not easy to say.

Today's dog food is a little more hearty, and after Lawrence brought back the rabbit, Saliel added rabbit blood and intestines to the dog food.

There are even a few bones.

"Woo~"

The sled dogs wag their tails, and with just their noses they determine how luxurious today's dinner will be.

That's the smell of meat!

Lawrence distributes food according to size, starting with Tim.

Tim wagged his tail and ran from side to side with his head and forelegs bent to watch for the hot rice poured into his own bowl from the bucket.

The other two sled dogs, Tila and Tyr, were licking their tongues and crouching behind their respective rice bowls, their necks craned.

The three dogs were named after Doug's friends, and the tavernkeeper had a dead friend named Mlar, so he named the three dog brothers Tim, Tira, and Tyr.

Tim is the eldest of the three brothers, and the other two dogs recognize him as the eldest.

However, Tim is not the boss of the bobsled team, and Lawrence can't guess how the three dogs will perform on the sled team.

The three sled dogs have established a clear sense of their position, not only for themselves and their brothers, but also for farm animals and humans.

Lawrence continued to feed the pigs and sheep, and the three piglets were very well fed, and they were very active in eating and sleeping every day, and the little trouble was preparing food for them and cleaning the manure and cleaning the pigsty.

Fortunately, the three little pigs are not knee-high now, and eating and drinking Lazar are easy to handle.

Lawrence went into the sheepfold again to clean up, using a pitchfork to remove the dirty wet grass and a broom to sweep out the droppings.

At present, the scale is very small, so as long as you clean up every day, it is actually not a lot of work every day.

Lawrence fed the domme sheep well-prepared forage.

The hens brought back have not yet settled down, and today there is still no intention of laying eggs.

Fortunately, the rest of the hens laid an egg, and Lawrence opened the egg and dropped it into the hay, which was better than the three dogs, and in addition to the eggs, there was also fine feed such as fish bone meal, wheat flour, pea cake, and salt.

After doing this, it was already dark, and Lawrence closed the fence at Sophia's urging, washed his hands, and ate with the two of them.

Today's dinner had more roasted rabbit in addition to toast and baked potatoes.

The kitchen has a special bread oven, similar to the one that specializes in roast duck.

Andrew had enough time to make soups and dishes when he was there, while Sarile was used to making simple foods because she had so much to do.

The side dishes are pickled vegetables, and salted fish that has been stored for a long time.

Lawrence was eating his food as usual, and while he was eating, he suddenly heard Sophia's shout.

"It's delicious!"

Lawrence looked stunned, he looked at Sophia, and saw that Sophia had a happy and contented look on her face.

Lawrence looked down at the rabbit meat that Sophia had eaten, which he had already eaten, but it was a meaty roast without any ingredients.

The taste is not bad, and if asked by Salil if it is delicious or not, Lawrence will also say that it is delicious.

But deep down, Lawrence ......

Sariel looked happy and gentle, "Thanks to the fresh rabbit meat that Lawrence brought back, otherwise we would have to eat ham that has been stored for a long time if we want to eat meat." ”

The hams of this era were all made of meat, and there could not have been hams made of flour.

As a substitute for fresh ingredients, whether it's ham or pickles, it doesn't qualify as delicious.

Perhaps in the mouths of those who have not eaten meat for a long time, it is a supreme delicacy, but most people who have no worries about food and clothing cannot taste this delicacy.

Lawrence doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, nor does he eat all the delicious food in the world.

It's just that his heart is still as persistent as ever, and the meat and pickles in his mouth become more and more uncomfortable the more he eats.

The meat buns are better than this.

I want to eat something good......

Lawrence wanted to eat fried chicken and wanted to drink broth with MSG added to it.

What he pursues is not only delicious, but also the difference between himself and the world, and his persistence that he has never given up.

But reality does not allow this.

Lawrence ate quietly.

Sophia noticed Lawrence, "Master, what are you thinking?" ”

Lawrence said: "I'm thinking about what I'm going to do tomorrow, and tomorrow I'm going to collect stones and build the walls of the stone house as soon as possible." ”

When Sariel heard this, she said curiously, "It's going to rain tomorrow, don't you know?" ”

"I don't know." Lawrence really didn't know this, but he trusted the judgment of the mountain people in this kind of thing, and said directly: "Then I'll make some tools at home, I found that the hooves of the Dom sheep have grown longer when I was feeding the sheep just now, and I will help it fix it tomorrow." ”

Sariel looked at Lawrence with bright eyes, "Lawrence, will you fix sheep's hooves?" ”

"Yes." Lawrence didn't think it was a big deal and continued: "It's getting colder lately, and I'm going to have some charcoal ready to light easily. ”

Saliel nodded, and the knowledge of charcoal was naturally accepted.

From the beginning of learning to burn fire, humans have mastered the method of making charcoal.

The next morning, Lawrence woke up early to find that it was not raining outside.

The weather is still sunny today, and it looks like it's going to be a good day.

Lawrence took the three sled dogs to check the traps, and unsurprisingly there was no catch.

It takes a lot of time to set a trap, and if you want to cast a wide net to catch fish, you need to spend enough time weaving it.

Traps are set up around and you have to go a lot, and if you can catch a rabbit in an afternoon, you can do it, but you often can't catch it.

Especially recently, time and physical energy have been spent on building a house, coupled with the fact that the weather has become colder, and the animals are reluctant to come out, basically no prey has thrown themselves into the net.

No matter how many prey you have caught in the past, as long as you can't catch prey in the next few days, then relying only on hunting to feed your family is a garbage occupation with a high risk factor.

Therefore, most of the mountain and forest hunters are alone, and they are not as good as the plain farmers who drag their families with their mouths.

In the warm morning sun, Lawrence pulls out his dagger and sharpens his knife while Sophia and Sariel check that the sheep needs to be trimmed.

A sheep's hoof is equal to a sheep's fingernails, and it grows like a cow's hoove.

If it is a sheep that goes out to run every day, the hooves will grow slowly due to wear and tear, and generally do not need to be trimmed.

Dom sheep rarely run, and with their larger size and a lot of food, a slightly longer hooves can be very in the way.

If the nails are worn abnormally, cracked or bumped into the bare feet, it will directly affect the normal stride.

Hooves are easy to get sick, and goats and sheep are also trimmed after a winter.

When Sariel came out with the Dom sheep, she saw the dagger in Lawrence's hand and asked, "Do you need scissors?" ”

Lawrence looked up, "If anything, that's for the best." ”

"Wait." Sariel quickly entered the house and pulled out a pair of iron scissors.

Lawrence didn't want to break Sariel's scissors, so he prepared an extra basin of hot water and used warm water to scrub the dog's hooves repeatedly to remove dirt and dirt from them, and also to soften the cuticles on the hooves.

Lawrence felt like he was almost there, and said to Sariel, "Let Nala lie down, I'm going to start." ”

"Good!" Sariel quickly calmed the Dom sheep to lie down, and while feeding the Dom sheep grass to distract it, she looked at Lawrence who was crouching behind the sheep's hooves.

Lawrence used scissors to cut off the sharp spots on the outside of the hooves, and then used a dagger to cut the thickness of the nails in the gaps between the hooves, as if he were doing carpentry, polishing the trotters in his hands into smooth wood, removing the excess.

These days, I often make suitable tenons on tree branches, which comes in handy at this time.

Despite being the first attempt, this manicure work was successfully completed with a hoof.

Basically, it's similar to cutting nails, except for the extra circle outside, it should be noted that many parts of the hoof surface are seriously worn, so you need to cut off the broken part, otherwise it will continue to spread.

The other three hooves were much easier, and the Dom sheep seemed to know that he was trimming his hooves, so he honestly lay on the ground and waited.

It's dirty, tiring, and it takes strength.

As long as you don't touch it with the tip of a knife, or if you accidentally plunge into a leg of lamb or a leg of lamb, there is generally no danger to life.