In the church

After getting more accustomed to speaking and speaking, Lawrence gradually added his true thoughts to the nonsense.

"The eternal night is the end and the beginning of the year, like the darkness we see when we first open our eyes as children."

"It's the coldest and darkest time, and it's the countdown to spring."

"Everyone should spend this time at home, and every seven days, when the church bell rings, someone will light a fire outside the manor, and people from the vicinity of the manor will come to the church to pray, and then go to the communal kitchen to eat."

"The people in the mining area organize their own celebrations, and I will prepare food and wine for you to eat that day in advance, and you can also go home early and spend the eternal night at the manor or under the mountain."

"The people of the town go to the idol to pray, and then go to the tavern to eat."

The third eternal night is coming, and there are less than four hours of daylight outside each day, and a long period of darkness will follow.

The sun does not rise, and there is only endless darkness between the whole heaven and the earth, as if you are in a nightmare that you will never wake up from.

Some people are experiencing the eternal night for the first time, and the eternal night in the southern region is only a few days, while the eternal night here can last for more than twenty days.

Lawrence quickly arranged the gathering points in each region, and each region was equipped with a number of Bumicians, who had long been accustomed to the eternal night, and could dilute the fear of the foresters when they first faced the eternal night.

The Durella also spent the eternal night once, this time for the second time.

Most of the Durella and Bumishians spent the last Eternal Night in a nightmare.

In the last eternal night, the Pumitheans died a large part, and the Durella, who were still slaves at the foot of the mountain, also died.

The good days of the Durella people in the mountains have actually begun less than a year.

This year's eternal night is destined to be a quiet and contented eternal night.

Families began to prepare food for the winter, and each soldier was given a basket of food and allowances, including weapons and kitchen utensils, after being identified as a soldier.

The rest of the people were also given some food, and the kitchen was only open when the church was open during the eternal night, and it was not allowed to go near the kitchen during normal times.

Married people have their own houses, those who are not married live in dormitories, and newcomers to the forest also have collective dormitories to live in, with braziers, stone pots, mud stoves and other equipment.

As the boys and girls in the town of Púmitheus grew up, Lawrence would inquire about their parents and relationships, teach them some precautions for marriage, and then simply recognize the couple's legal relationship in the church where both parents and nuns were present, in accordance with the law of the manor.

Having finished his mission as a prophet, Lawrence returned to his comfortable room and lay down.

Sophia and Saliel weren't there, and only Bull was in the room bringing tea.

Lawrence asked, "What about the rest?" ”

Bull explained: "Delen and Kehalan were drinking upstairs, Sophia and Saliel were cooking rabbits in the kitchen, and Ms. Loshanda was in the house all the time today, as usual. ”

Lawrence wondered, "Rabbit? Did you catch a rabbit? ”

Bull smiled and replied, "Doug often catches rabbits from outside, probably because there are fewer wolves and beasts in the mountains, and there are more rabbits." ”

Lawrence pondered the reasons and quickly came up with several reasons.

Since the last time they fought Uribe, most of them have reduced their time when they go out hunting, and spend more time working or exercising.

Especially after the opening of the mining area, the main male force was pulled to make iron, and the rest were engaged in heavy physical work such as logging.

Later, they were busy building stone statues at the bottom of the mountain, and in the autumn a large number of people were arranged to live at the bottom of the mountain, and most of the children went down to work.

In the past, it was this group of people who dealt with rats and rabbits, including the dogs that had not been dragged to the town before.

There is also the fact that after returning from the Kloda people this spring, hunting with the exception of hunting teams began to be banned.

The targets of the hunting team have always been large animals, and they don't bother to chase rabbits and other things.

After an autumn of growth, combined with the fertile land of Mount Talim, the rabbit population naturally grew.

Big boars, wolves, foxes, snow cats, these eat several rabbits every day.

Since the manor replaces the existence of these superior predators, the animals of the lower level should also be suppressed, otherwise the balance will be disrupted.

Rabbits, grouse, ......

Lawrence doesn't feel much of a threat, as more kids will be suppressing these critters starting next year.

From next year's first batch of children to be able to walk, they will quickly learn hunting and eating skills, and learn to recognize the taste of food as quickly as possible.

The barbarian children on this side of the north can beat chickens and mice to death with wooden sticks at the age of one and a half as long as they can keep up with their nutrition.

With human beings, rabbits can't reproduce, after all, it's human territory.

Sariel came out of the kitchen with a processed rabbit in her hand, "Lawrence, hang the rabbit meat outside, will it be eaten by Doug?" ”

Lawrence said lazily: "It's okay to hang higher." ”

Sariel said unhappily, "You don't know how high Doug can jump, he jumps higher than Ling!" The last time I hung on an eight-metre-high place, it jumped up after stepping on the wall twice! ”

Doug is 1.5 meters long, can easily bite down on 2.5 meters tall branches, and can fly 6 or 7 meters high with the help of objects.

If you run in a straight line and jump up to hunt, three meters above the ground is not a problem.

After all, he is already a year old, and he is no longer the puppy that he used to be able to catch with one hand.

Lawrence felt that Doug was no longer suitable for being bolted to the door, this guy was obedient to watch the door most of the time, but when there were many people or at night, it was like getting off work and going out to play by himself.

I don't know how this dog has the concept of getting off work, it's obviously a full-time watchdog, and I don't know how it has the concept of getting off work.

Despite being strong and obedient, both Lawrence and Brick decided that the three dogs on the estate were unfit to be sled dogs.

"Alas!" Lawrence sighed, didn't want to blame Doug, stood up and said, "I'll help you make a refrigerator, and in the future, vegetables and clean meat will be stored in the refrigerator, and the meat stored outside will be better if it is not exposed to direct sunlight." ”

"I see!" Sariel rejoiced, "Okay, smart Lawrence! ”

Lawrence was even more helpless, and asked Bull, "Do you have a water tank at home that you don't use?" ”

Bull quickly said, "There's a wheat jar that is running out, and I can put the wheat in the box and eat it today and tomorrow." ”

"That's it." Lawrence said to the strong Sariel, "Saril, move the water tank outside. ”

"Good!" Saliel readily agreed.

Most of the family's valuables were moved in by Sariel and the rest of the family.

Even if she is a hostess, she usually has to do manual work, especially some heavy objects of more than 100 catties.

Soon Harlan and Delen came down to watch, curious about Lawrence's novelty.

Lawrence asks Saliel and Sophia, Emma, and Bull to fill the tank with four-fifths of the water.

Then simply place a wooden basin with a small half basin of water in the middle of the tank.

Lawrence said, "That's it. ”

Salyl looked at Lawrence suspiciously, "That's it?" ”

Lawrence explains: "At night, the tank freezes, and ice forms near the edge and at the bottom, but there's a lot of water in the middle because there's not enough time. ”

"When the time comes, open the lid of the wooden basin on top and you can see the water inside."

"Turn the water tank over and the ice water tank inside will come out, and then turn it over and you'll have a refrigerator where you can put meat and vegetables."

"The water in the tub will also form ice, and it will be used as a lid when the time comes."

Lawrence looked at the women around him, "Since you're too idle, make ice cubes out of planks that can hold water, like bricks, and use ice cubes like planks to build the refrigerator you want." ”

Sariel said quickly, "It's going to slip away, and you'll need nails to get it together." ”

"With hot water......," Lawrence seemed to look at primitive people, "hot water can be used for cold water, hot water can change shape and size, cold water can be welded." ”

"It's just that I'm going to build a house next year, and there's nothing going on lately, so you can gather idlers together and build a castle or bridge made of ice cubes at will, and familiarize yourself with the principle in advance."

Sariel obviously didn't understand it, but her face was excited.

"Hmmm! Then let's play this first, and then ask you if you don't understand something! ”

Lawrence said casually, "Okay, you guys play slowly." ”

(End of chapter)