Chapter 5: The Place of Home
Soon after the departure with the army of goodwill, Oak City and the rest of the world began to prepare for the arrival of the first day.
The first day that ends the long eternal night is the first day.
While Lawrence was busy with various things, the four children also gathered in the big room to clean up together.
Isabel has to prepare fever reducers and healing medicines in the pharmacy during the day, because the number of newborns in the territory has increased by several thousand recently, and the children of this year, last year, and the year before will have colds and fevers, so the demand for medicines is very large.
Isabel and Yulia often work overtime outside, and Finn is also responsible for delivering food and food while helping out, as well as reporting to the host, so she often has time to take care of the four children.
Emma is also very busy, often running around several places, and conveying various orders from Lawrence, so Tim eats, sleeps, goes to school, and works with the more promisingly Heidi all day long.
The four little girls didn't understand the hard work of adults, and of course several adults didn't feel that they were hard, so it was wronged to let them be idle.
Heidi cleaned up the crow's droppings and brought them out, and the crow droppings were also the owner's property, which was to be kept regularly near the crow's nest in a nearby church and later sold to outside merchants.
The red-eyed crow stood on a horizontal wooden pole and looked at the three girls below, quickly closing his eyes and continuing to sleep.
Now the crow is Heidi's pet, and she can usually help Heidi with a homework book or a twig, and will also train her how to fly around the house without touching anything.
Clara and Lolita were also familiar with the red-eyed crow, and neither of them thought it was strange, and there were people in the Elven Forest who would do this.
Clara crouched on the ground, getting her shoes and socks ready for tomorrow, as well as the uniform and headband for mom, mom's mom, mom's mom's mom.
Lolita was helping to make the bed, and as she was making it, she suddenly saw a melon seed!
It's a fried pumpkin seed that was accidentally forgotten more than 20 days ago!
Lolita happily pinched the pumpkin seeds and stuffed them into her mouth happily.
Although it is not sugar, the melon seeds are also very good, and they are all sweet.
Lolita didn't find the second melon seed, not even the skin of the melon seed.
Tim was sweeping the floor in earnest, and at the same time felt strange.
"Why haven't you opened the windows a few times, and there is no sun, why is it only four or five days, and the ground is so dirty?"
Clara said as she straightened her clothes, "Because all the hair that doesn't grow long has fallen to the ground." ”
Tim didn't understand very well, but he thought that what Clara said made sense, and he could see a lot of hair in the shower, and he could often see broken hair at home.
Tim and Heidi are both dark-haired, and Clara and Lolita are both blonde and blue-eyed.
Although they both have black hair, there are differences in hair quality, Tim's hair is slightly rougher, and Heidi's hair is a little curly, which looks a little fluffier and looks more beautiful.
After a little silence in the room, Clara asked seriously, "The master has gone to invite the old witch, will we also be witches in the future?" ”
Tim continued to sweep the floor, "My mom said I'd be a kitchen maid in the future, not a witch. ”
Clara knew that Tim's parents were ordinary people, and she also knew that her maternal lineage was the same, and that none of the three generations had wizarding talents.
"If only I could be a witch, I want to be a witch who brews herbs, just like Lord Loshanda."
Clara felt that the witch was very staked and had a high status.
When Lolita, a three-year-old girl on the bed, heard this, she also said seriously: "I want to be a candy witch, and I can conjure a lot of orange candy." ”
Tim quickly added to it: "We don't have witches here, now we are all saints, we are students of the Holy Maiden Academy. ”
Clara also remembered what the school teacher had said, and said to Lolita: "Lolita, you have to remember, there are no witches here, we are all students of the Holy Maiden Academy. ”
Lolita quickly argued: "You said it first, I want to be a candy saint, no candy witch." ”
Before the three girls quarrel, Heidi comes in with Saliel and Bull.
Boole pulled a four-wheeled wooden cart with a stone-made toilet on it, and Saril carried a basket of dirt and a basket of putty knives for plastering cement.
"Lord Sariel!" Tim was quick to say hello.
Clara and Lolita, who got out of bed, greeted her.
Saliel looked at the room, then at the location of the toilet, "I'll help you install the toilet, you can work with me if you have nothing to do today, and I'll teach you how to install this." ”
"Yes, Lord Sariel." The four girls quickly agreed.
Usually Sariel often finds four little girls to play with, and the relationship between the two parties is very good, and it is convenient to cooperate.
It is very convenient to retrofit a squatting toilet by installing a toilet on it.
There is a valve inside the toilet, which is unobstructed after stepping on it, and at this time the dirt and water can be washed down directly, and when you don't step on it, it will be stuck, and at this time you can put water in it to block the smell of the sewer.
The toilet also has a lid that you can put down and press when not in use.
It took more than two hours for several people to install the toilets here, and then they took the remaining cement to the next room to continue the installation, striving to renovate most of the squatting toilets.
After finishing the work, Saliel took everyone to wash their hands and hair, and gave each child a candy.
"Thank you, Lord Sariel!" All four girls happily thanked each other, and they all enjoyed playing with Saliel.
Sariel was also very happy, "Lawrence said that the current house is too small, and we are going to prepare a new house this year, and we will be able to live in the new house in two or three years!" ”
Tim looked at Sariel in surprise, "This house is already very big, the house can't be lived, how big is the bigger house?" ”
Tim had lived in a slave hut, a cave, and a manor, and by far the largest house she had ever seen.
Sariel looked very happy, and gestured with one hand to a horizontal line, "It must be a bigger room!" When the time comes, the atrium will be turned into a house, so that the place will be bigger! ”
"And the circular building behind the house, which will also be linked together to form a castle ten times larger than it is now!"
It was difficult for the four girls to imagine what they looked like, but their eyes were all shining with the same joy, as if they were going to live in the big castle themselves.
But it's true that they will live in it, except for Heidi, the other three are all related households, and Heidi also has the ability to raise crow envoys and summon water, and belongs to the most capable genius of the four.
The new year was fast approaching, and the people were led by the prophet to welcome the sunrise on the first day.
Although there is still a period of cold weather that lasts for two months, most people are ready for spring.
Preparations for spring ploughing began in various regions, and some people also started business exploration, hunting wild animals in the surrounding area.
Lawrence ordered the removal of all nearby wildlife, whether bears or snakes, rats or foxes, and killed them if they could!
Pigg is not a wild animal, and Lawrence treats Pigg as the guardian beast of the orchard, and places Doug there to retire.
However, Doug still misses the food at the manor, and often comes back to eat something delicious.
After the loss of the Lawrence family, the quality of Doug's food decreased a lot, and gradually he did not run back to the manor, and began to work as a watchdog in the orchard with peace of mind.
Lawrence quickly finds Long-legged Hall and Blizzle.
When the black dog saw Lawrence coming, the black dog Brushing ran out of the manor happily and cheerfully greeted Lawrence.
Lawrence rode on the black unicorn and watched the giant wolf, the other party's size was a little terrifying, more intimidating than most wild boars.
The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and now the dog's head here in the town of Pumixiu and the manor is pitch black and shiny, like an adult buffalo, and also like a black dog of a giant wolf.
If there were no Black Unicorns, Lawrence's exclusive snow mount would be the Black Dog Sled.
Hall and the rest of the group also noticed Lawrence's arrival, and Hall quickly ran over to salute.
Lawrence said directly: "Hall, you take the wind downstream and meet the messenger team. ”
Tempest quickly sat down quietly, and knew something was going on when he heard his name.
When Hall heard this, he had a question, and asked cautiously, "They have been on the road for six or seven days, and we may not be able to catch up." ”
"No, it won't." Lawrence said directly: "The glaciers downstream are still very frozen, and more than 100 of them can't walk fast with artillery and baggage, and they should have just entered the swamp area now." ”
"You and the wind can bring food and go down, the temperature below is much higher than here, and you don't need extra supplies to protect against the cold."
Hale has excellent wilderness survival skills, as well as druid-like animal communication skills, and can communicate with dogs and wolves to a general extent.
Even in the icy and snowy north, Hall can walk farther and safer than others with only one dog, and now if he brings enough food to the south, there is basically no problem.
Moreover, Galley is wilder than his old companion, the long-haired dog, and has a stronger sense of nature, which is more suitable for the environment of forests and wastelands.
"Yes, master, I can go now!"
Lawrence quickly dropped a bag of things.
Hale lifted his hand to catch the bag containing the soft stuff.
"There's sugar and lighting beads in it, and fever reducers and vodka, and you can take some jerky and you're good to go," Lawrence said. ”
Although the bag is small, it is full of hardcore stuff.
Long-legged Hale thanked Lawrence for his gift, quickly returned to the house to prepare the jerky and flint, and after preparing a little, he quickly set off with his weapons.
Lawrence looked at the manor, the children and the women, the smelting of Ironforge, and the rest of the dogs in the kennel, as well as Hale's long-haired dog.
Taren the long-haired dog has been following Hall for many years, and after Hale settled here at the manor, the old dog with a good temper was sent by Hale to um to be used as a guard dog.
After all, he is old, his teeth are not very good, and his temper is docile and he doesn't want to move.
It is easier to live into old age as a watchdog than to stay in a place like the mountains, or to continue to do the sledding and hunting jobs that young dogs do.
The food in the church is not bad, it is safe enough, and there are not many things to do every day, even if it is lazily lying in the yard and basking in the sun, no one cares, and there will be no young and vigorous dog to challenge it.
Emma chooses a good job for her son Um, and Hall also chooses a good place for her good partner, an old man who is closer to his son and wife.
Even Lawrence himself has assigned watchdog work to several familiar dogs.
Although the Land of Stars is a vibrant and up-and-coming country with plenty of kids and countless things to do.
But it is also a very good place to retire, whether it is the people and dogs here, or the nobles and wizards from the outside world have affirmed the environment here.
What was once recognized as a bitter cold land, the land of barbarians, has now become a place recognized by nobles and wizards alike! (End of chapter)