A stream of water crossed the creek and followed the old woman through the fence at the entrance.

Dozens of wooden houses, arranged in a haphazard manner.

The streets between the houses are narrow and winding.

The walls of the wooden house are made of woven strips.

A log cabin is a shack.

Baskets are piled up all over the streets, and yellow, red and black goo can be seen everywhere on the pavement.

That's.

Yougen frowned and followed the old woman, carefully dodging the goo on the road.

The old woman walked very slowly, and as she walked, she turned to Yougen and asked, "Where did the eldest brother come from, and what happened to the family?"

Hearing this, observing the roots of the simple shacks around him, he said with some hesitation: "Well, something did happen, and there was some chaos at that time, and I didn't know very well. ”

Stopping, the woman did not have suspicion, but opened her mouth to persuade and said, "Big brother, don't worry about it here, everything is over." ”

Hearing this, Yougen smiled and did not answer.

The woman didn't care, turned around and continued to walk down the street with Yougen, and walked into the wooden house.

The two went to a simple shack, and the old woman asked Yougen to wait outside, and went into the shack herself, and came out with a low stool.

The stool is made of short sun-dried bamboo.

Handing the bamboo stool to Yougen's hand, the old woman said to Yougen, "Big brother, you sit here and wait, and I'll go find the sheriff here." ”

Nodding slightly, Yougen said sincerely: "That's annoying the old man." ”

The old woman left, and Yougen sat on a low stool.

From time to time, a few people pop out of the narrow aisles, all of whom are children and the elderly.

In addition, apart from the children, among the old people wandering around the town, there was no one who did not see a woman.

Except for the old woman who brought him in.

Yougen sat on a low stool and waited for a while, waiting for the first middle-aged man he had met in town.

The man's hair was very thick, and he had a very unrestrained beard, and the beard and hair showed strands of white.

The man was led by the old woman, walked to Yougen, looked at Yougen and said, "You are the new here?"

Standing up from the stool, Yougen looked at the man in front of him, observing the deep wrinkles at the corners of the man's eyes, observing the folds stacked on the man's forehead, and said with a smile: "Yes, you are the sheriff, right?"

"I'm the one everyone elected to manage this place, my name is Cinnaphth. ”

"Hello, my name is Yougen. ”

"This is land set aside by the county lord to house those of us who have fled to this place homeless, but these houses are now full, and there are no trees nearby to cut down, but I know of a place where there is a vacant shack, come with me. ”

"Okay. Hearing this, he lowered his head and thought for a moment, and Yougen nodded.

Thanking the old woman, Yougen followed behind the stone brain, weaving through the narrow path between the shacks.

Following the stone brain, the two walked to the edge of the wooden house area.

There is a shack there.

The hut was small, not built off the ground, except for some hay on the ground, mats woven with strips on a wooden frame, and a drainage ditch around the perimeter of the hut.

"This is it. Stonebrain turned his head and looked at Yougen and said.

The corners of Yougen's eyes twitched for a while, and then he said calmly: "Here,...... The environment is very good. ”

"Yes, this is what I built before, and I didn't have time to dismantle it. Shi Nao smiled slightly, pointed to a wooden house built off the ground next to the shack, and said: "I live there now, little brother, look at your wide back and strong muscles, you must be a good hand in the field, we are short of manpower in the field." ”

Hearing this, Yougen's face changed, and he said with some uneasiness: "Tian, what field, I didn't see Tian." ”

"Brother said and laughed, there is such a low-lying flowing water here is suitable for the farmer in the field, and all the fertile fields in the county town are in the west gate, where there is a big lake, and the acres of land are built by the lake. ”

"Simon, is it far from here?"

"It's not far, it's only a little more than a hundred miles from here. ”

Hearing this, Yougen was shocked: "More than a hundred miles, that's not just walking for half a day." ”

"Alas, little brother, don't worry, there is a shack next to Tian Mu, where can Tian be separated from people. ”

"Oh, where did this field come from, did you cultivate it yourself?"

"Hehehe. Hearing this, Cinnaphtha burst out laughing as if he had heard a very funny joke.

"Little brother is really good at joking. ”

“......”

"The land outside the county town, of course, belongs to the county lord. ”

Hearing this, Yougen had doubts in his heart, and asked, "Then we farm for the county lord, what are we?"

"Alas. Shi Nao sighed deeply, and said with an unusually haggard face: "We can be regarded as the slaves of the county lord." ”

......Hearing this, Yougen was silent for a while before he said with a calm face: "We farm for the county lord, so what do we usually eat?"

"The food was very good, and the county owner was good. The decadence on Shi Nao's face was swept away, and he turned to a happy look, and his emotions were extremely excited.

"Every day, the county sends a cart of wheat and corn husks, enough for us to make porridge and drink, and now is not the busy season for farming, we can occasionally go hunting in the wilderness, go to the lake to fish, and often eat meat. ”

"......" Yougen was silent again, and after a long while, he asked, "Then do you put salt in the porridge?"

"This ......" Shi Na spoke a little hesitantly, and said: "Of course we have to put salt in the porridge, don't eat the strength of the salt, but only when the farm is busy, the county lord will send someone to send a jar of salt, usually we eat the salt we found ourselves." ”

"Looking for salt?

"When the county lord first enclosed land for us here, I led people to follow a herd of wild boars and found a quagmire where the water smelled of salt. ”

"You diluted the muddy water?"

"What is dilution, let's take the water in a bowl and dry it in the sun, and then there will be salt. ”

"That's it, don't you use any special procedures?"

“...... Little brother, I don't understand your hometown, what is a program?"

"Oh, I mean, that's how your salt is?"

"Little brother, is that so?"

“...... Once it's sunburned, will you just use it?"

"That's right. ”

"Understood. Yougen exhaled and patted the clothes on his body, and ended up patting the black mud on his hand.

"That stone brain brother, don't look at me as beardless, in fact, I'm twenty-eight years old, you can just call me by my name. ”