Chapter 208: Remembering the Bittersweet Rice

Early in the morning, the manor began to get busy.

Originally, it was a normal weekend, as long as I worked half a day in the morning, I could rest freely in the afternoon.

Just after about eleven o'clock, several beautiful women who were working were temporarily requisitioned to the master's room.

While Mandelkru was supervising the rest of the group, he saw Emma grabbing two hens and walking back, followed by Aari, Bull and others.

"Emma, what's going on today?" Mandelkru greeted with a smile.

Emma said, "Today the master eats fried chicken, and when the bell rings, you all go to church, and you have to make fried chicken in the church today." ”

"Good!" Mandelkru happily agreed.

The rest of the men and women who were working were also excited.

Fried chicken thighs, I love to eat them.

I love to eat, fried chicken thighs.

Whether it is a lumber yard worker, a woman and a child weeding and loosening the soil in the field, or an adult or child returning from outside, the woman who takes care of the children at home and does the housework, all can't wait to go to the Raven Feather Church to breathe in the fragrance of fried chicken legs.

There isn't room for so many people in the church, but it's much easier if everyone is standing.

When Seravan entered the church, he saw Lawrence sitting in his usual meeting and speaking, eating fried chicken thighs with everyone in the place where everyone prayed.

Beside Lawrence, Sariel and Emma were frying the chicken thighs they had just put down in two wooden sticks called chopsticks, turning in a pot of lard-scented oil.

Lawrence's table also has fried chicken thighs, fruit wine, bread and other food.

However, there are also some familiar foods on the church table.

Pea boiled thick porridge, black bread.

"Sit down, everybody, this afternoon's prayer is here, and the table is full of your favorite foods."

At Lawrence's request, everyone quickly sat apart.

The children are waiting outside the door, and there are also some women who take care of the children at home, but the actual number has not yet reached ninety.

Reglo brought down the southern slaves from the last trade, who were scrawny and emaciated, with obvious signs of being beaten and abused on their faces and bodies.

Brick led four dogs in, and when the big dogs came in, they began to bark wildly, and soon remained silent under Brick's reassurance, and sat obediently to the side looking at Lawrence, who was eating, showing a very humble face.

Lawrence threw a not-so-clean chicken leg on the floor.

"Eat."

Under the watchful eyes of Seravin and the others and many new slaves, the four dogs quickly went over to snatch them, but they were soon occupied by the strongest one, and swallowed them in three or two strokes.

Lawrence quickly looked at the crowd.

"Thank you to the god of the stars for letting me eat delicious chicken legs." Lawrence praised his god and smiled again, saying, "Raven." ”

Reglo and the others quickly put one hand on their chests, as if they were swearing an oath, "Raven! ”

Everyone was silent for three or four seconds, and Lawrence quickly said: "Today is a sweet meal of memories, we enjoy the generous treatment given by God, and many people are gradually getting used to this gift. ”

"God is forgiving and merciful, but as a servant of God and a prophet of the tribe, I have an obligation to make everyone cherish God's gifts."

"For if you do not cherish God's gift, you will never receive God's favor again when you leave the land of God's grace."

"Look down and see what you used to eat, and what are you eating here these days?"

"Yesterday you ate bread made of wheat, fatty fish, sweet apples, and fragrant broth."

"We have endless wheat and potatoes, a considerable reserve of fish and pickles, our chickens and sheep all over the mountains, and barrels of fine wine in the warehouse."

Lawrence looked at the farmer, "You used to be a farmer, and now you stand up and tell the people of Durella who are from the same area as you what happened to you in Durella. ”

The farmer stood up in some panic and said with a wince, "I have been farming all along, and I don't know anything......"

Lawrence asked, "How many meals do you eat a day?" ”

"Twice." The farmer was nervous and wanted to be less visible.

Lawrence asked, "What do you usually eat?" ”

"It's bread made of beans and rye."

Lawrence didn't question him any further, and pointed to a couple of slaves on the other side.

"Before you came to the gathering place of the believers of the God of the Stars, you lived the same life as them, and some of you didn't suffer much misfortune because you met me too early."

Lawrence looked at Seravon.

"Selavan, do you remember when you were a slave at the foot of the mountain?"

Seravin lowered his head and said humbly: "Yes master, I remember those times, and I can't forget those painful memories. ”

Lawrence looked at the crowd, "Many of us came here as slaves, and we have encountered all kinds of misfortunes and insults before that. ”

"Those are in the past, and I think it's good that some people can forget those painful things, and God will be kind enough to accept everything."

"But we must be thankful to the merciful God and to me that I have delivered you here at God's command."

"If one day anyone who does not want to protect this place also betrays us, then he will fall from the palm of God."

Lawrence dropped a cold chicken leg on the ground.

The crowd looked at the hot drumstick.

As soon as the chicken leg hit the ground, it was quickly bitten by a dog.

The other two dogs also came over like crazy, snatching the chicken legs in three or two strokes, and even wanted to fight.

Brick quickly hit it with a stick, probably because the chicken legs were finished, and the big dogs quickly became honest again, constantly looking at Lawrence and the chicken legs on the table.

Lawrence was quick to say, "Eat, eat the food on your table, and remember the days you used to have. ”

"If one day you will not take up arms to fight to protect this homeland, then you will fall from the land of God's favor and lose all glory."

The chicken thighs in the oil pan sizzled, and everyone smelled the aroma of the chicken thighs and ale fruit wine, and ate the tasteless boiled beans in their mouths, and the black bread mixed with a lot of impurities, and immediately felt that the taste was very unpleasant.

Half an hour after eating, Lawrence asked EDI and Salavin to tell what had happened to them.

Seravon, who became a slave because he refused to fight, lost everything, not only his children, but also his wife and family.

Thankfully, he met Lawrence, otherwise he would have died soon after the abuse.

Mandelkru and Reglo don't have much to say, but they also know what life was and what life is now.

Life here is much better than that of the Vakiri tribe, and Reglo, who has held power and freedom, has long made this place his home.

Mandel Crewe has never been a deserter, and he came to Lawrence for himself and his family, seeking a place where he could realize his value even after being injured.

The rest of the Bhumishu, who are now serfs here, are as well as Seravin, and they are well aware of Seravin's past, but they don't know what Friesn has done to Seravin and his wife.

After learning about it, it becomes more clear what happens to being a deserter.

The Durella slaves in the West told each other about the past, such as being beaten by the nobles, or being sacked by robbers, starving and freezing to death of children.

The slaves of the manor were actually accustomed to life here, and except for a few people, most of them were just habitual work, and no one fought for freedom.

Compared to the previous place, the manor is a place of God's favor.

The god of the stars is also more merciful than the god of the Church of Dawn.

Lawrence concludes, "Those who work hard, who are faithful to God, who give everything to me, are truly devout believers whose bodies will enjoy grace while they are alive, ascend to the heavenly temple after death, and then be given higher favors by a merciful God!" ”

"His soul will be reborn and return to earth as a baby, and he will gain a higher status and live the life he once envied!"

"If it betrays us, then its soul will be seized by God and thrown to pigs, dogs, cows and sheep, and it will become a lowly animal in the next life!"

(End of chapter)