In the morning, Lawrence woke up from freezing.

Lifting the animal skin blanket with the smell of feet, Lawrence, dressed on the bed, sat on the bed and looked at the dark and narrow cabin, and then at the two sleeping girls beside him.

"Wake up."

Lawrence shouted and exited the partitioned room full of clutter.

Unlike most of the barbarians who lived in traditional buildings like warehouses, the layout of Doug's house was close to that of Andrew's house, with small rooms divided into large rooms.

The houses inhabited by ordinary barbarians did not have much separation between humans and animals.

As soon as I walked out of the room, I arrived at what should have been the living room, surrounded by wooden crates and barrels for storing trophies, as well as tables and fires for eating, where several women were keeping warm.

There were five women in total, roughly in their teens and thirties, they were thin and thin, and although they all had some appearance, their hair was dry and dull, and their bodies were somewhat malnourished.

The most striking thing is that the five women shared two animal skin blankets, and wore only a skirt made of coarse linen in this cold winter environment, with a length of more than ten centimeters from the neck to the knee.

After seeing Lawrence appear, the women who had been roasting in front of the fire quickly got up tremblingly.

Lawrence sat down in front of the fire, where the flames were burning unhurriedly.

Seeing that Lawrence had no other instructions, the five women slowly disappeared into the darkness and entered a narrow room nearby.

Kate's wife came out to check on the situation at this time, and when she saw Lawrence and the women who were leaving, she came over to say hello.

The position in front of the fire is usually reserved for guests and principals, and the five women were slaves taken by the Doug family from the Kur village, and their status is very low.

Al Ali is a twenty-six-year-old woman who was the wife of someone else's family until the Kur attack on the town of Phumesius, but she has been with Kate since her husband's death.

War gives birth to new distributions, some will be the lucky ones, and some will die.

Al Ali greeted and said, "Mr. Lawrence, you woke up so early, and Kate was still sleeping. ”

Lawrence smiled, "Don't wake him up, I'll go back to the mountain to check the trap later, there are still a lot of things to do on the mountain." ”

Allie looked at Mr. Lawrence, who was much smaller than herself and not as strong as Kate and her previous husband, but was said to be very powerful and could always bring back prey, and thought about what she should say.

"Kate said that Mr. Lawrence needs a dog, Hart's baby was born a few days ago, I will take you to see the puppy, if you choose it, we will feed it well during this time."

Lawrence nodded and said, "Okay, wait a minute, Sariel and Sophia will be coming over soon." ”

At this time, Sariel and Sophia got up and came out.

Sophia rubbed her eyes, still not waking up.

Sariel doesn't seem to have much energy, the environment here is much worse than at home, and it's very uncomfortable now.

"Lawrence, it's time for us to go, I want to go back soon." Saliel urged Lawrence directly, she had never liked this environment.

Lawrence stood up and said, "Let's go see the puppy first." ”

Sophia thought of something and quickly said, "And sheep!" Sheep with milk! ”

Lawrence said: "That's not in a hurry, it's not that our sheep can't get pregnant, EDI should be able to milk the cows, and let EDI do the goat's milk in the future." ”

Sophia felt that it made sense, and nodded happily with a sigh of relief: "Okay! It's fresher that way! ”

Lawrence soon went with Allie to see the puppy.

The big dog, named Hart, was lying in the corner of the house, and quickly whined ferociously when he sensed the stranger approaching.

Ai Ali threw the piece of meat she had brought over, and the big dog, who had been roaring uneasily, quickly lowered his head and bit the piece of meat, and then quickly bit the piece of meat in his mouth, as if he was worried about grabbing food.

Behind the big dog were six sleeping puppies, each of which was fat, like a freshly baked loaf of bread.

"I didn't dare get too close, Kate was feeding it before," said Allie. ”

Lawrence and Allie looked at the big gray dog lying on his dirty clothes from a distance of two meters.

The size is a little smaller than expected, and even less than the previous three sled dogs.

"Tim, aren't they here?"

"They and the dog team are in the village of Dum, and we only have Hart with a puppy and a watchdog," says Allie. ”

Lawrence looked at the six puppies, chose for a moment, and said, "I want the biggest little black dog." ”

Saliel looked at the six puppies, "I think the white one looks better." ”

The white puppy is indeed a little cuter, but it is not big.

The six dogs have actually been separated from the birth order to the milk order, and then after a few days of growth and grabbing food.

Lawrence wants a housekeeper, hunting, guarding, and cooperative helper, not a pet dog.

"Black is fine." Lawrence made the decision for Saliel.

Saliel looked at the black dog speechlessly, thinking that the black dog was not bad.

Sariel had raised two dogs before and died, so she didn't insist much on her own opinions, and obeyed Lawrence's judgment at this time.

Once the puppy and the approximate date of weaning were determined, Lawrence returned to the mountain with Sophia and Sariel.

Lawrence looked at the gloomy sky and asked Sarry, who had already left the town area, "Is it going to snow today?" ”

Saliel yawned and said casually, "Definitely, and it will continue to be for a long time, every year." ”

Saril looked at the sky and quickly regained her composure, stating, "When there is a magical light in the sky, there will be several days of darkness, and everyone will be hiding in the house at this time. ”

Lawrence heard this and had a general understanding of what the weather would be like for a while to come.

For a long time afterwards it was not suitable to go out hunting, only to enjoy good wine, bread and women at home.

That is, the time to make a child.

A few battles killed a lot of barbarians, but this did not affect the barbarians' foundations.

Every time a barbarian returns with a full load, he leaves behind a large number of offspring.

Especially now, the period of recuperation after this celebration is a time when a large number of lives are conceived.

Under the snow, many tenacious lives will be born.

After returning to Andrew's house, Lawrence loaded the grain that Emma had sent yesterday on the back of the sheep, and arranged for Seravon and EDI to send the night pot to Emma to exchange baskets and cans, and then returned to the stone house on the mountain with some supplies and food.

Many, many things can only continue in the spring.

Lawrence thinks about what he can do in winter, and soon sees Sariel, who is tired and lying in bed to catch up on sleep, and Sophia, who also wants to sleep.

"It's time to reinforce the bed at home." Lawrence grumbled.

He soon went to feed the sheep and make a fire, and took care of the two girls, one big and one young.

There is one more in the evening, and today there are already four more than 0 o'clock two watches, and five watches are all made

(End of chapter)