Chapter 3 Good Stuff
The three of them chatted for a while, and the young man pointed to himself and said to Wang Yong, "Kevin Renard", and then pointed to the girl and said, "Amy Renard", and then pointed to Wang Yong and asked Wang Yong's name.
Wang Yong thought to himself: "Since you have come to this world, let's give yourself a name with the same style as them, and it will save you the trouble of explaining it later." ”
So Wang Yong pointed to himself and said in Chinese: "Ivan Yong Wang." Kevin looked at Wang Yong incredulously with surprise on his face.
And Wang Yong didn't notice this, but kept speculating about the relationship between the two.
Next, the three of them gestured for a while and started a very alternative chat. During this period, Kevin took the time to wash his face, and Wang Yong knew that he and Amy were brother and sister after seeing Kevin's appearance clearly, because they looked too similar.
The same blonde hair and blue eyes, small nose and small mouth, Kevin's eyebrows are very thick, he looks fresh and handsome, although his skin is not very white, but it shows a healthy wheat color, and it is estimated that he often works outside and tans.
Kevin's figure is tall and straight, with a broad back and broad shoulders, but there is no sense of toughness, coupled with his smooth skin and perfect appearance, Wang Yong feels that it would be unreasonable for a man to look like this, not to be a little white face!
Wang Yong secretly decided: "If you have the opportunity, you must punch this person in the face twice, I can't see anyone who is more handsome and handsome than me." Wang Yong thought viciously.
After Kevin washed up, he dragged Wang Yong to the west room, which contained two beds made of wooden planks and stones, which were simple but looked sturdy. The two beds are placed in the east-west direction, one meter five wide, two meters long, respectively against the north and south walls, and there is only a one-meter-wide aisle left between the two beds, which shows how small this room is.
Kevin gestured for a while, saying that he lived in the north bed and let Wang Yong sleep in the south, Wang Yong looked at the broken bed and thought: "As long as there is a place to sleep, it is much better than sleeping in a bed with this Kevin." ”
Wang Yong looked at the animal skin on his bed, which Amy had just taken, Wang Yong touched it, and it felt very good.
Looking at Kevin's bed, there are also animal skins, but they are a little old, and there is only a small amount of animal hair left on the skin, revealing a large piece of leather, and the leather is still very rough, and it must be very uncomfortable to sleep. Wang Yong felt that this brother and sister were full of good things for themselves, and they used good things for themselves, but they still used old ones.
Wang Yong smiled, went out to find some water in the yard and washed it briefly, then returned to the room, and carefully took off the tattered clothes on his body and put them away, for fear that his only clothes would be ruined if he had too much strength.
took off his clothes, Wang Yong was lying on the bed wearing a pair of boxer panties, which made Kevin next to him open his mouth wide and surprised. Yong glanced at Kevin in surprise, only to see that Kevin had changed into a clean linen cropped pants.
Wang Yong scratched his head in embarrassment, indicating that he had no other clothes, so he pulled off the fur quilt and covered his body, smiled at Kevin, who was still full of surprise, and then closed his eyes.
After a tiring day, Wang Yong fell asleep after a while, and when Kevin saw this, he shrugged helplessly and fell asleep. When Wang Yong came to this world, his hometown had just begun autumn and the weather was still very warm, so Wang Yong was only wearing a pair of jeans, a white shirt, a pair of travel shoes, a pair of underwear and a pair of socks.
But I don't know how to get it, when Wang Yong arrived in this world, his clothes were as scorched as if they had been struck by lightning, and he ran in the forest for another day wearing such clothes, and the clothes on his body were basically scrapped.
"I'll have to get some clothes to wear tomorrow, or I'll have to go out naked and be a bird walker. Wang Yonglin thought before going to bed.
When Wang Yong woke up, the sky had just brightened, and the sun had not yet come out, so he turned his head to see that Kevin was no longer in bed, he should have gotten up early. Wang Yong stretched his waist and sat up, reaching for his clothes, only to find that the place where he had put his clothes yesterday was empty.
Now Wang Yong was dumbfounded, if only Kevin was alone, everyone was a man, and he was not embarrassed to go out to find clothes like this. But there is still Amy, a little girl, here, and if she goes out like this, her face will be lost.
Wang Yong thought about it again and again, and began to shout in a thief's whisper: "Kevin, Kevin." Although Wang Yong's pronunciation is still very non-standard, you can still hear a rough idea.
After a while, Kevin smiled and took a set of clothes in, put them on the bed for Wang Yong to wear, and then turned around and went out. Wang Yong looked at the neat stack of clothes, and he was not polite, he picked up the clothes and put them on his body.
Wang Yong looked at it himself and felt that it fit quite well, although there were a few patches on his clothes, they were cleanly washed. Wang Yong felt that the dress belonged to Kevin, because the two of them were about the same size.
When Wang Yong walked out of the room, he saw Amy washing clothes in the yard, and there were a lot of dirty clothes piled up next to her, which were rich in color and had no patches. Looking at Amy and the clothes he was wearing, Wang Yong guessed: "Amy should be helping others wash clothes to make money, or she wouldn't be wearing clothes with patches." ”
Amy saw Wang Yong come out, smiled at him, said something, and then continued to bow her head and wash clothes.
Wang Yong turned around and saw that Kevin was carrying a bucket and walking out, probably to fetch water, so Wang Yong also ran over and carried a bucket and followed, Kevin didn't say anything when he saw it, and the two walked out of the courtyard together with a smile.
The village is square, Kevin's house is in the southwest corner of the village, the only castle is in the center of the village, and the water source for the whole village is at the south gate of the castle.
Wang Yong and Kevin walked through the winding path of the village, and walked for about ten minutes to get water.
Wang Yong saw that the water source here was actually a well, a very old well, the well was not very large, with a rocker on the well, a rope wrapped around it, and a small wooden barrel tied to it. The person who came to carry the water first put the bucket still in the well, and when the barrel was full of water, he used his rocker arm to shake the bucket up, poured the water from the bucket into the bucket he had brought, and then threw the bucket into the well until the bucket he brought was full.
There were already six people in line to carry water, each with two buckets, and when they saw Kevin coming, they started chatting with him.
Wang Yong found that Kevin's goods were also a chatter, dancing and talking to those people, looking at Kevin's smug look, Wang Yong knew that this product was bragging, because Wang Yong used to brag and talk about it.
Wang Yong couldn't understand what Kevin was talking about, so he carefully observed their movements and some simple pronunciations, hoping to learn some simple language in their conversations.
Ten minutes later, the people in front of them all left with full buckets, and when it was Kevin's turn to carry them, Wang Yong also wanted to try the feeling of carrying water, so he took the initiative to run over and put the buckets still into the well.
When the barrel sank, Wang Yong began to shake the rocker at the wellhead. I saw that others were very relaxed just now, but when Wang Yong tried it himself, because he didn't know how to use that kind of skill, he used his strength to get the wooden barrel up, and he almost fell into the well himself, and everyone in line was happy.
By the time Wang Yong and Kevin returned home with buckets, almost forty minutes had passed.
The two poured water into the large wooden bucket used to store water in the yard, Wang Yong calculated, the two of them had to work for two hours to fill all the buckets, if Kevin did it himself, it would take four hours, if he had to fetch water every day, then what time did Kevin get up to carry water every day?
After Wang Yong came to such an incredible conclusion, he couldn't help but have a little admiration for Kevin.
The two of them worked hard for a long time, and after finally filling the bucket, Kevin gestured and asked Wang Yong if he was at home or was he carrying stones? Of course, Wang Yong chose to work, and he couldn't ask the brother and sister to support themselves in vain.
When the two of them came to the construction site where they worked yesterday, it was about nine o'clock, and there were already many people working here.
Wang Yong and Kevin found a middle-aged woman who kept accounts, and after Kevin said hello, he and Wang Yong continued yesterday's work. The two of them only carried three stones under the scorching sun, and it was noon, and neither of them had breakfast, and they were still doing manual work, so they were so hungry that they concentrated on their backs, so Kevin took Wang Yong to settle the morning's account.
Just like yesterday, three loaves of bread were changed, and the two of them only ate one each, and the one saved was of course for Amy. Kevin told Wang Yong to rest and ran home to bring bread to Amy, Wang Yong could see that Kevin loved his sister Amy very much, and even if Kevin himself starved, he didn't want Amy to suffer.
Wang Yong sat on the big stone and thought: "My own life through is very sad, fortunately I met Kevin, otherwise I would have to ask for food, and I don't know if there is an organization like a beggar gang in this world, whether it will descend the dragon or something, if you learn it yourself, it would be good to be a helper." ”
Wang Yong shook his head, put aside these things that he didn't have, and habitually took cigarettes in his pockets, but where were there any cigarettes, sighed and muttered: "Now it would be cool if there was a cigarette to smoke." ”
After a while, Kevin returned, Wang Yong stood up lazily, and the two continued to carry stones as coolies.
In this way, they ran three more times, and there were no stones suitable for them in the closer places, either the stones were too big for the two of them to move, or the stones were too small for people to collect, so the two had to go farther to find stones of the right size.
When the two came to the foot of the mountain, they really found that there were a lot of stones suitable for them to carry, Wang Yong bent down and was about to move a stone that looked square, but found that there were many fist-sized and whitish small stones next to this stone.
Wang Yong felt that these small stones were a little familiar, so he took a piece and examined it carefully, and rubbed it vigorously with his hands. After thinking for a while, Wang Yong finally recognized that these white stones should be natural limestone, and the quality was still very high.
Seeing that Wang Yong was very interested in this kind of stone, Kevin pointed around with his finger, indicating that there were many such stones in the vicinity, and it was useless.
Wang Yong nodded, thinking in his heart: "If this thing is made into quicklime, if you fight with someone in the future, you will use lime to throw him in the face." If the world is built with stones like in the village, and the stones and bricks are made of adhesives like rice paste, then you will make a fortune by making cement yourself. ”
Wang Yong smirked while thinking, Kevin shouted a few words before Wang Yong came back to his senses, hurriedly went over and Kevin picked up a fairly small stone and walked back, no matter how tempting his idea was, it was also a matter of the future, and now he had to earn dinner first.
It's not that Wang Yong doesn't want to get cement out and sell it for money now, it's just that he hasn't found clay yet, and he doesn't know if the calcination process in this world is enough.
So now he can only wait, until he learns the language here, can communicate with people, and learn more about the world.
Wang Yong put aside all kinds of ideas in his mind and concentrated on his work, and carried the stones three more times, it was already a little dark, and after the two received six loaves of bread, they walked back exhausted.
Because there was a lot of bread today, they each ate one and a half breads, leaving one and a half breads for Amy to eat at noon tomorrow, which also saved Kevin from running back and forth.
In this way, fetching water in the morning, carrying stones during the day, ten days passed uneventfully, Wang Yong and the three of them worked together, and tried to save as much as possible, and finally saved fifteen black loaves of bread. Although Wang Yong and Kevin can't eat enough every day, they can barely maintain their strength.
The house of the family that built the house has been built, and there is no need for stones, and Kevin and Wang Yong are also unemployed.
But Kevin and Wang Yong were not idle, but wandered around the village every day, and when they met useful people to work, they went to odd jobs, sometimes to earn bread or other food, and sometimes to give some copper coins directly to rich people.
Here, two copper coins can buy a black loaf, which Wang Yong only learned when he saw Kevin buying bread.
A few days ago, Amy was paid for doing laundry, and now they don't have to worry about filling their stomachs.
Later, Wang Yong learned that Amy had fallen ill a few days before Wang Yong came, and Kevin took all the money in the family to ask the pastor to help Amy treat her illness, so the family was poor at that time and didn't even have anything to eat.