72 Long-lost smile
The sun is still a long way from the edge of the mountain, and it is still early when the sky becomes dark.
Moving furniture, moving tools, moving farm tools, moving wheat straw, moving hay, moving peas, moving soybeans, cleaning rooms, and breaking holes in the wall...
With dozens of uninvited "enthusiastic" villagers, Wu Qingchen's house was cleaned up and the cleaning was completed much earlier than Old William's initial prediction.
However, by this time, Old William had no idea of taking advantage of his spare time to quickly put together the cabbage and pea fields next to the big house.
Where can I still care about those now?
There was too much hay delivered to the door. Although the enthusiastic "villages" helped them all and moved them into a completely new large livestock shed - no wonder the original cowherd's house had to build such a large livestock shed - but just now, the hay bales piled up in a mess might collapse at any time in a mess.
However, looking at the huge livestock shed and the huge haystack that occupied nearly half of the livestock shed, then looking back at the remaining half of the space, the existing ox, a cow, three goats, five chickens, and two goats at home was empty no matter how you looked at it, and there was no worry that the hay would hit the animal if it fell.
When should we eat so much hay with just a few livestock? - Old William never thought that he would be worried about such a problem.
It seems that although this trouble will definitely take a lot of time, it is not the most important thing at present.
The most important thing at the moment is the large number of peas and soybeans I received. These things are not as well-behaved as wheat grains. They have always come with troublesome things: the weather is hot and the weather is hot and the weather is easy to sprout, and the weather is neither cold nor hot, so it starts to grow bugs...
We have to take advantage of the time that we have time to divide them into nests, put well-preserved soybeans and peas into different clay pots and seal them. At the same time, we will pick up the broken soybeans and peas that have been podned out and eaten quickly.
This is a very meticulous job, and it is absolutely impossible to give it to serfs - the serfs will only make more defective products - Old William can foresee again. Apart from the rest of today, most of the effort saved by borrowing oxen recently will probably be spent on it.
It also brings another problem that Old William never thought of: how can we finish so many broken soybeans and pod-off peas?
Too many hay that livestock cannot eat, too many beans that must be eaten quickly, these are really two happy troubles.
Oh! Beans! There are many sprinkled beans outside the house!
When Old William hurriedly carried a basket and ran out to pick up beans, the last bit of work of sweeping the new house was over, and the last few villagers who were "enthusiastic" to help had also left. Wu Qingchen had counted the serfs and was about to send them back to the manager.
Leading the serfs onto the path. When passing a small bend, Wu Qingchen accidentally turned his head and suddenly found that Little Nina was squatting on the edge of the ground in front of the new house, helping her father pick up beans while looking at him hopefully.
Alas, I was busy with so many things today that I almost forgot one!
Wu Qingchen gently patted the back of his head, turned around and shouted loudly to his father: "Father... please tell my mother that everyone is too tired recently, so add a little flour for dinner."
Little Nina smiled all over her eyebrows.
"Ah..." Old William stood up with a handful of peas in his hand, "It's been eating for several days... I didn't do much work today, so I don't need it?"
"It's okay, it's okay..." Wu Qingchen quickly showed his father the expression "This is definitely my wish" and "Please accept it": "If I hadn't had to clean the house, I could have done more work today... Everyone eat more tonight and make up for the delayed work tomorrow!"
From the perspective of the earth, on the premise that Wu Qingchen himself was full, it is the basic strategy that the staff team suggested to adhere to for a long time to improve the physical quality and social status of the closest family and the defender of natural common interests.
From Wu Qingchen's perspective, he lived together for more than a month. Although the families in the Middle Ages were unable to provide themselves with a real meal, both fathers and brothers always tried their best to take care of themselves when they worked. When they did all kinds of behaviors that seemed to be inexplicable in their eyes, they always gave them the greatest tolerance.
Wu Qingchen believes that even if it is the Middle Ages, even if it is transferred to Earth, such a family will definitely be qualified!
When dealing with such a family, if you can steal the men's birds, beasts, fish and insects to supplement your nutrition, the extra flour you get is still hidden and save it...
That,
return,
Call,
people,
Is it?
"That's it, Father! It doesn't matter if you put more..." As he said this, Wu Qingchen turned around and led the serfs down the ramp.
"But..." Old William opened his mouth again, and there were many "buts" in his heart, but he could not say any of them.
What should I say after "but"?
Could it be that this is the flour given to Loss by the Baron, which is the precious property of Loss himself? - But Loss never cared about his own property. The white bread given by the farming official last time was distributed to the whole family as soon as he took it home. The man just rewarded this big house last time, and Loss's first words were asked if he could let his family come and live together.
Is it too waste to eat the food of the best, and you should find an opportunity to give it to the steward or the priest to make the cowherd more stable? - But the steward and the priest already like Ross enough, and even such a big house are rewarded directly. Do you still care about such a little flour?
Is it said that flour can be stored for a long time and should be kept until it is really difficult before eating? - Have you become a cowherd, and will there be any difficulties in the future?
Is it true that the family is worried that some of the beans that are difficult to preserve should not be wasted more? - This is indeed a good idea.
However, even the 14-year-old Loss knows how to take care of his family everywhere. Has he been living for so many years, he forgets that his brothers and old neighbors are still having a hard time?
Wu Qingchen/Loss had already led the serfs to a long distance. Old William could not say what he said later. He silently picked up half a basket of peas and soybeans, and Old William slowly crossed into his new residence.
The orange sunlight poured into several holes just dug out, and at the same time, it brought in a fragrant smell of soil.
The completely cleaned wooden house is no longer dark, and there is no longer the stench that is emitted at all times.
Near the wall, next to a specially dug "big wall hole" is the location of Moore's new kitchen.
Next to the "kitchen", the rising smoke floated out of the house along the "wall hole". His wife, who was serving the fire pit, no longer coughed and rubbed her eyes hard, and her face was no longer covered with the black spots of the past.
"Um..." Walking to his wife, William handed the basket in his hand, "Make these tonight."
"Um……"
"Put some flour."
"Hmm?" The wife was a little surprised and looked at the basket she had just taken again, "There are so many beans, are there still flour?"
"Well, let it go... Loss must be let go, you know that kid..." Old William paused and comforted, "Don't worry, you've seen the afternoon fun, we will definitely not worry about food in the future..."
"All right."
The wife nodded, clapped her hands and walked to the bed, lay down and pushed away several stools and wooden barrels that were blocking the outside, and then dragged out a large basket from the depths.
Carefully unpacking the flour bag in the big basket, the wife carefully scooped half a bowl of flour.
"Is this OK?"
“A little more.”
The wife nodded again and carefully scooped another thin layer.
After adding this little bit, she stopped asking William, so she re-tied the flour bag, then pushed the big basket, wooden bench, and round table under the bed to restore everything to its original state.
The wife's movements were still neat and smooth, as if she had just gotten married.
However, with the sunlight coming through the "wall hole", Old William could see clearly that his wife's eyes were sunken, her lips were dry, and her forehead was engraved with deep wrinkles. The only thing that was really exactly the same as before was her relaxed and joyful smile hanging from the corner of her mouth at the moment.
How many years have it been?
How many years has my wife not smiled so happily? How many years have I not looked at her so calmly without worrying about anything?
When "Old William" was still "William", such smiles often appeared.
When "William" became "father", there was much less smile like this.
When a person named "father" changes from one to several, such smiles are already difficult to appear.
When "Old William" became a "bastard who can't take care of his own cows and has to come for trouble", the face that had been tortured by life was covered with tears.
What a terrible night it was!
Hurting cows, mooing, crying, pain, fear, wandering...
What a terrible day!
Strong wind, heavy rain, heavy plow, struggle, blood marks, blade...
The destruction of a family is almost at hand.
At that time, who would have thought that William/More's family would have a child loved by the pastor, who could learn the skills of healing oxen, gain the appreciation of the Baron, become a cowherd, and get such a spacious and sturdy house!
Of course, Old William understood his wife's ease and joy: not to mention the food brought by Los, the exempted summer labor, and the borrowed ox...
This big house alone has eliminated the major events that have been heavy on my wife's heart over the past few years: Idra, Jacqueline, and Grace have grown up one after another and are about to get married. The original wooden house was narrow and cramped, and it is impossible to live in more people. The busy farm work has also made the men at home unable to spare time to build a new wooden house.
Now, after moving into this big house, you can hold a wedding here. No matter which villager is a craftsman, even a craftsman, you can't complain about anything anymore. - The Cowherd's House is originally the top craftsman in the village.
Of course, this big house must belong only to Los.
William and his wife know their sons well. When they can live here, Loss' brothers will only be grateful and will never be able to develop additional greed. What's more, with enough time and burdens to build a few more wooden houses, what's the difficulty?
Looking at the long-lost smile on my wife's face, I imagined the happy future of my sons...
Thinking about the ups and downs of the past dozens of days and nights, Old William's eyes felt a little sore:
"Cassie... Thank you for your hard work over the years."
Chapter completed!