In the territory of the Kingdom of Faustin, in the province of Del, Kaidoziling, and Maple Leaf Village, a young woman wearing a white headband was washing clothes by the river.

Although it was late autumn, Kaidoqi belonged to the south, and the temperature was not too cold, so it was reasonable that the woman was still washing clothes at this time. Although her hands have been frozen white.

"Leah~Tia called you home for dinner~" At the entrance of the village in the distance, a middle-aged woman holding a headscarf shouted here.

"Got it~Aunt Mary~" The woman responded, quickly put away the washed clothes, and put the unwashed ones aside, ready to come over to wash them tomorrow when she is free.

After the woman cleaned up, she found that Aunt Mary was still waiting for her at the entrance of the village, and ran over with her things.

"Aunt Mary, let's go. The woman carried a wooden basin for her clothes in one hand and Aunt Mary's arm in the other.

"Hey, Tia really has a good daughter, I really envy it. Aunt Mary exclaimed.

"Aunt Mary, Hank, they're not bad, and this year's Tian would like to thank your family for your help. The woman said.

"Those boys, except for giving the old lady a few mouths to eat, how can they have any other skills!" Aunt Mary has always been so spicy.

"Hehe~" The woman covered her mouth and chuckled.

"If you want to say that your brother is the most promising in our village, he has only been the squad leader for a few years, and he will have it in the future?" Aunt Mary exclaimed.

Xu was reminded of her younger brother who she hadn't seen for a few years, and the woman Chen was silent for a moment, and then smiled and said, "Hans is also very good, what about the third-class soldier, everyone in the village praises it." ”

"That kid doesn't have to rely on your brother, Locke, I thought this kid was clever when I was a child. Aunt Mary was very pleased to hear the woman praise her son.

The two walked in the village together, and the villagers passing by were very enthusiastic to take care of them. Most of the parents in the village are elderly, and most of the young and middle-aged people have joined the army and have not returned.

After walking to a courtyard in the west of the village, Aunt Mary chatted with the woman and left, not far from their house, which was next door.

The woman waved her hand, and after seeing Aunt Mary enter her yard, she also pushed the door into the house. The door is just an ordinary wood door, but it looks quite new, and it should have just been repaired.

"Mother, I'm back. The woman shouted.

The woman is Leah, Locke's sister, and this courtyard is also the home where Locke lived for 14 years.

"Oh, my daughter is back. An old man with gray hair squatted on a wooden pier in the courtyard, smoking a dry cigarette and greeting him. This is the father of Locke Sr., Locke and Leah.

Civilians don't have surnames, only first names, such as Locke and Xia Qian. In some families with a low level of education, when there is only one boy, the child will inherit his father's name, such as Locke will inherit his father's name, and the villagers who know him call the two as Old Locke and Little Locke.

Of course, Locke is now a young man, and his status is not low, and everyone will no longer call him Little Locke, but Locke.

Aristocrats, on the other hand, each had their own surname, family, and family coat of arms. These three things were important criteria for judging the power of the nobility. Outsiders generally call the surname of the noble, for example, Kaidozi is a surname, and the surname represents the face of the noble, and only the head of the family is eligible to be honored as the surname.

For example, there is only one Baron Kaidozi, although Young Master Sauron is also surnamed Kaidozi, but others only call him Sauron.

"Father, how many times have you said it, don't smoke all the time!" Leah is a sensible and well-behaved girl, but only on the fact that her father likes to smoke dry tobacco, Leah always disagrees with her father.

"Ahem...... Anyway, I didn't have a few years to live, and I was addicted to it before I died. Old Locke coughed twice, extinguished the cigarette gun, tied it to his waist, and still heard his daughter's words.

Leah put the clothes and tub back in the house, moved a small stool out, sat down behind old Locke, and knocked old Locke on the back.

"It's better to be a daughter~" Old Locke stretched his waist and admired comfortably. Old Locke thinks that the two most successful things he has done in his life are to adopt the daughter born by his sister and give birth to Locke, a good son. Of course, the fact that Leah is not his own daughter is known only to him, his wife, and some of the old people in the village.

After a while, the smell of rice came, and a middle-aged woman came out of the house with a bowl, and this woman with crow's feet at the corners of her eyes and gray hair was Tia, Locke, and Leah's mother.

The bowl was just bread and a few corn cobs, but it was also a rare delicacy, and if it weren't for the younger brother who had been taking care of the family for the past two years, they might not even be able to eat it.

Tia put the bowl on a wooden pier, and went back to the house and brought out a large bowl of soup, which was water from which corn had been boiled, and Tia added a few wild herbs to the water, so that the bowl had both the sweetness of corn and the fresh vegetable flavor of wild vegetables. A simple dinner is the norm for the vast majority of civilians in this world.

The three of them sat around the wooden mound with small benches and began their dinner. Although Kaiduoqi Ling belongs to the south, in the late autumn season, the north wind blows, and the three people who eat still can't help but tremble, and in the low temperature environment, several people speed up the progress of the meal.

It's not that I don't want to eat in the house, but the wooden house of the Locke family is only a small 20 square meters, and this small space is divided into three parts, a kitchen, a room for old Locke and Tia, and a room for Leah and Locke, in addition to the stove and two beds, there is not even any extra furniture, and the Locke family's meals or some manual work done by Tia and Leah are all done by sitting in the courtyard outside the house.

Not only the Locke family, but also the vast majority of families in the small village of Maple Leaf Village. It's too crowded to stand in the room, let alone sit around and eat.

At the dinner table, the three of them ate silently, and a place was vacated on the wooden pier around them, which was once Locke's position. Old Locke has an honest personality, Leah's character follows her mother Tia, and she is also a hard-working and simple woman, and the family eats together, always remembering the former Locke, so although there is also small talk at the dinner table, it is not much.

Old Locke grabbed a piece of corn and began to nibble on it, bowing his head from time to time to take a sip of soup, and Leah followed her mother Tia, just taking small bites of the dough cake, very gently.

"The price of food in the town has gone up again. Tia said as she ate. Locke's family is different from the Hans family next door, he has no young and strong men, and the two acres of land in the family rely on the old Locke and her mother alone, and the food they grow is not enough to eat, so they can only ensure that they do not starve to death, and if they want to be full, they have to buy food.

"If it rises, it will rise, no one has any surplus food these days. Old Locke said, "How much money did Locke send back last month?" asked Old Locke.

"Half of the money sent back last month was saved, and the other half was left with 30 copper deler. Tia said.

"That's enough, I guess the baron's caravan will be back in the next two days... Old Locke didn't speak again, the baron's caravan came back, but there was no guarantee that their children would send back the money, they saw that too many young people in the village would not come back after they went out, and all that came back was compensation for the death of the baron's caravan and bad news. They were too afraid to be notified of their child's death one day, and like most of the villagers, they had mixed feelings about the baron's caravan, both hoping for and not coming.

"Don't just think about the bad news. Tia knew what her wife was thinking, and she said to the good, "I have saved a lot of the money that Locke has sent back in the past few years, plus I became the captain of the squad last year, and the money sent back is more, and the family is enough, is it time to find a daughter-in-law for Locke." Tia is very concerned about Locke's marriage, Locke is now 18 years old, and he is old enough to get married and have children.

"Well, Locke has mixed well in the Baron's army all these years, and it's time to find him a good daughter-in-law. Old Locke nodded in agreement, and when his wife wanted to find a wife for Locke, Old Locke agreed with both hands.

After the meal, Leah and Tia cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, while Old Locke was hunched over, checked whether the door in the yard was closed, placed the farm tools and other items in the yard, and finally returned to the house with the three small benches during the meal.

In late autumn, it always gets dark very quickly, and not only Locke's family, but most of the families have already gone to sleep at this time.

After tidying up the dishes, Leah said hello to her parents and went back to the house. It was a seven- or eight-square-meter hut, with only two thin wooden beds and a half-meter-high cabinet, which was not only Leah's wardrobe, but also a box for Leah to put some of her own gadgets, such as a silk scarf to tie her hair and a handkerchief knitted by herself。。。。。。

Leah untied the white silk scarf tied to her hair and carefully placed it in the cabinet, in addition to the white silk scarf in the cabinet, there was also a cyan one, all of which Leah bought this year, just because the brother of the front line asked the merchant to bring a sentence. Leah stroked the silk scarf, her mind wandered, and when she came back to her senses, her face turned red and she put the silk scarf back in its place.

Leah lay on her bed, looking at the empty bed next to her, and her heart was empty. She thought of her brother, Locke, the mischievous and sensible little boy. Or when I remembered when I was a child, I slept with Locke in my arms, Leah wrapped her arms around her, holding a ball of air, and remembered Locke.

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The exam is going to start tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.,Xiaodou can only resume writing when he gets around the 15th.,There's no manuscript in my hand.,I've been very busy reviewing lately.,I don't have time to write.,So I'll start this chapter today.。 Before the 15th, the bean may be more, but not necessarily, forgive me.