Beekeeping is something that can only be done in the spring, and the long, boring winters continue.

After another six or seven days, the snow outside the house became thicker and thicker, and the snow on the house also piled up half a meter high.

Lawrence and Sarriel had to find time to clean the roof, or the house would be crushed by the increasingly heavy snow and ice.

"Master, two of our chickens froze to death."

Sophia came over with two hard dead chickens, her legs were covered with snow slag, and her red face was full of grievances.

The livestock pen is also covered with a thick layer of snow, and it is difficult for adults to walk there, let alone the relatively short Sophia.

"It just so happens that you need to eat some meat to replenish it in winter, so let's stew chicken soup in the kitchen."

Lawrence is making the sticks taller and tying them into an extended pattern that makes it easy to clear the snow.

Sophia sulked as she walked to the kitchen.

Although eating chicken is a good thing, these chickens are prepared to lay eggs and are frozen to death before they grow up.

Lawrence's property was lost in another part.

Now Lawrence's animals are only four pigs, a sheep, and two chickens.

Raising pigs is a hassle, and although the three little pigs and one big pig are alive and well, Lawrence plans not to raise pigs next year.

The main thing is to eat a lot, and then pull a lot, and it doesn't take long for the pigsty to get dirty and smelly.

"Wait for more food in the spring and raise it for a few months, and when you raise fatty meat, you can kill the refined oil, and then eat fried chicken thighs and fried pork cutlets!"

Lawrence still wanted to have a decent dinner, even though it was a luxury in this day and age.

After spending the morning clearing snow from the barn and rooftops, and at noon stewed chicken soup, the two girls started playing chess again.

Lawrence sat near the fire and sharpened the stick with a knife to replenish the spikes he had consumed.

On the fire was a clay pot of hot water, which was steaming hot, and chicken that had been eaten at night was still stewed in it.

Sariel and Sophia sit at the table playing chess.

Da Da Da ~ Lawrence turned his head to look over and saw that Sophia was shaking her legs, obviously frozen.

It's noticeably colder today than it was yesterday.

Seeing this, Lawrence said, "Stop playing chess, go to bed." ”

Sariel: "No, I'm not sleepy. ”

Sophia followed, "I'm not sleepy either. ”

Lawrence looked at the two girls and thought about playing chess, knowing that they couldn't sleep just like himself, and he didn't want to be alone in bed.

"Then go to bed and play chess, put the chessboard at the head of the bed, and play chess sitting or lying on your stomach."

Lawrence offers a very advanced piece of advice.

Suddenly found this new idea, Saliel quickly stood up and said, "Lawrence, you are so smart! You should have let us know sooner! ”

Lawrence ignored her and continued to make wooden nails.

Salyl and Sophia quickly shifted the battlefield, went to the house with the chessboard and the chess box, put their cold feet in the warm animal skin mattress to warm them, and then sat down at the head of the bed to play the game.

Lawrence found the two of them to have a very good relationship.

Sariel seems to have a lot of friends, including Emma at the bottom of the mountain and Deren from the mountain.

But the only one who can play games with her seems to be Sophia at the moment.

Delen is the leader of the Claudian tribe, Emma is a housewife, and everyone else has their own mission and responsibility.

"If I live with Sophia in the mountains, will Sariel play with Sophia more often, or will she gradually reduce her interactions?"

Lawrence was a little curious about what the future would bring.

After thinking about it for a few seconds, he put it aside again, thinking about these things would only delay his work.

Since the last time the fox was caught, it has been nearly ten days since it has been paid, and Lawrence wants to get more food.

In winter, there should be a lot of food in the mountains, such as plants, vegetables and dried fruits hidden in the woods, under stones, or in the soil, but going out to collect at this time will consume more calories and physical strength.

The food that was harvested was basically not nutritious, and the gains outweighed the losses.

The beehives were ready, and Lawrence wondered if he might be making some fishing tools.

For example, fishing nets, fish baskets.

Eventually, she gave up, and now there was enough food to eat, and Saril repeatedly refuted the offer to go in the water to catch fish.

So let's try our luck with the old way and set up more traps, there are still a lot of rabbits and wild animals on this mountain, and Andrew can't catch them alone.

***

In the far, far sea, a ten-meter boat carrying more than 20 people was chasing a 30-meter-long double-sailed ship.

The boat was powered by nothing but a canvas, and it was mainly the barbarians who sat on it.

"Hey!"

"Hey!"

"Hey!"

The Wakiri people shook their oars vigorously, and the small boat they were riding in was the most common warship of the Wakiri!

There aren't many things that can be loaded on a warship, and it's definitely not comfortable to stay on it, but as long as you have enough power, you can drive faster than a big ship.

From the moment the two-sailed merchant ship in front of them was targeted by this group of pirates, the two sides continued to chase, and even survived a sea storm that lasted for several hours together.

"Hard! Give it your all! Don't let our treasures be blown away by the wind! ”

Redbeard glared at the haggard, frantic eyes and roared at a group of Vakiri who were rowing the boat.

They failed to go to sea this time, and when they went to the place they had been two years ago to prepare for a vote, they found that the people there had moved.

Because of the food, I had to return to the shore in the end, and I didn't start to return until I had replenished my water and venison.

When I returned, I was lucky to meet the merchant ship in front of me!

No matter who this merchant ship is doing business with, and no matter who he belongs to, Redbeard and the others will not let go of this mouthful of prey today anyway!

When both sides were downwind, the small ships could not catch up with the big ships, but the good fortune of the merchant ships did not last forever.

The chase, which lasted more than twenty hours, finally came to an end, and the small galley quickly caught up to the side of the big ship.

Redbeard had an extra set of ropes and hooks on his hands, and Andrew raised his shield.

The man's head was exposed on the deck on the side of the ship, and he quickly shrank back in horror.

The language of the two sides is not compatible, and there is no need to communicate.

This is no longer an ice zone, and they have landed in unfamiliar waters after driving for more than ten days.

Andrew holds a shield in one hand and an axe in the other.

"Won't they throw things at us?" Andrew was a little confused.

Redbeard stared at the ship calmly, "I don't know, but I know that there will be no shortage of our treasures." ”

Andrew didn't talk nonsense, and when a few more people peeked out their heads and bodies from the high hull and looked down, Andrew jerked out the axe.

"Ahh

A scream rang out from the ship, and the sailors on the big ship quickly hid.

Redbeard flicked the hook directly and accurately stuck it on the wood of the big ship in front of him.

The other end of the hook was tied to the hull of the boat at his feet, and the Vakiri man on the small galleys quickly dropped the oars in his hand and grabbed the axe and machete and other weapons beside him.

The rest of the Wakiri threw ropes again to secure the boat, and the boat clung to the hull of the larger ship like a shell parasitic on the slow mass.

The sailors of the merchant ships soon saw the horror of the sight, and the savages from the icy sea climbed into their ships and looked at them with the eyes of their prey.

A bloody battle soon began and ended very quickly.

Andrew stepped on the rocking plank, with an unhappy and annoyed expression.

Redbeard stepped out of the cabin and said to Andrew, "There are no women on the ship, and there is no little girl you are looking for. ”

Andrew pondered for a moment, then finally said, "Looks like I'm going to Boar City." ”

The city of Tranda Hoof means the city under the boar's trotters, and it is a city conquered by barbarians riding a large boar.

Redbeard comforted: "There are a lot of weapons and wine on this ship, let's go back first, the earl will definitely not let us stay too much, but if we people have nothing, the gods will also be angry, at least some will be left for us." ”

Andrew knew that Redbeard was right, and that he needed something to go to Trantahoe City to buy slaves.

"I'm going back first." Andrew looked at the sea in the distance and planned to go back to see Sariel first, and then go to Tranta Hoof City if he was fine.

Redbeard looked at Andrew, "Andrew, your destination shouldn't be in the mountains, and my destination won't be the wooden house in Wakiri. ”

Andrew really didn't want to grow old peacefully, and showed a hesitant look at this time.

For those of them who are accustomed to fighting for their lives, growing old and gradually turning from a berserker into a weak, short, useless waste is the most painful torment.