Medieval World Time, January 25, 0001.
Since the first rain fell yesterday afternoon, the light rain has been intermittent, and the sky has been gloomy, and the sun has never been exposed.
In the land belonging to the William/Moore family in the east of the village, the four men were drenched, and the sweat on their faces mixed with the rainwater, flowing into a piece of muddy land under their feet.
Holding the wooden shovel with both hands, Wu Qingchen stopped every step, and staggered to the edge of the field, completely ignoring the mixed soil, rain, leaves, and grass stems on the ground, and sat down on his buttocks.
Panting heavily, Wu Qingchen raised his arms with great effort, grabbed his robe and wiped his face indiscriminately, took off his hood, twisted his hands lightly, and squeezed out a large amount of water.
How many times has this been sitting down
Wu Qingchen couldn't remember clearly.
Wu Qingchen only knew that working on a rainy day was a lot more strenuous, and that the day's work was more and more tiring. Even William and Idra, who couldn't move their legs and wouldn't stop, had been paralyzed several times. Next to the field ridge, with his head drooping, he didn't even have the extra strength to wipe off the grass and dirt on his face.
so tired.
so hungry.
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, Wu Qingchen only felt his head was heavy, his eyes turned black, and his stomach was growling non-stop.
Early in the morning, when the sky had just revealed a faint light, Old William led Wu Qingchen and the two brothers from the Middle Ages out early, and hurried to the site, braving the intermittent light rain above their heads until now.
Do it now!
"Now" means...
Even if there is no sun in the sky, Wu Qingchen definitely doesn't have the energy to calculate the time now. However, based on how soaked their clothes are, the four of them are all exhausted like dogs. Wu Qingchen is absolutely sure that the so-called "now" It's definitely past one o'clock in the afternoon!
From 5:00 in the morning to 1:00 in the afternoon, the four people who have not had any water or rice have worked hard for eight hours in this piece of land.
so tired! so hungry!
Inevitably, Wu Qingchen began to miss the dilapidated wooden bed covered with hay, straw, fleas and bugs in his "home" in the medieval world very strongly, and even regretted why he had to leave yesterday afternoon just because he thought it was troublesome to deal with it. Lost two small fish that weighed at least two or two.
"When... when... when..."
In the distance, a faint bell sounded from the direction of the village.
Wu Qingchen immediately stood up.
Old William and his two elder brothers, who were continuing to work in the field, also stopped what they were doing in an instant.
"Father... it's the second time..." Holding the wooden shovel, Idra turned around, hesitating to speak, with a worried expression on his face.
"I know..." Pulling out the last few clumps of weeds at hand, Old William put his hands on his knees, straightened up with difficulty, looked at the sky sadly, and then looked at the last small piece of land that hadn't been cleared in time, " Alas, it's raining... the grass will grow longer in a few days... "
"Yeah..." Idra also nodded helplessly, frowning tightly, "Let's see tomorrow morning. If there is no rain, we will go earlier."
"That's the only way to go, the second time the bell rang..." Old William put away the tools around him, then stopped suddenly, and listened carefully, with some hope on his face, and after a while, his face sank again, Resignedly sighed again: "... the second bell rang..."
Medieval world time, January 25th, 0001, the first day for the master to start his summer service.
The first bell rang to remind the villagers to stop their work.
The second bell rang, reminding the villagers in service to eat and build up their strength.
The third time the bell rang, the local leaders got the tools, and the steward counted the number of people serving.
At the fourth bell, the service villagers began to work.
At the end of the fourth bell, the villagers who did not start working must either pay a large fine, or give up one or two pieces of land gifted by the master. Get ready to escape into the forest and start living with thorns, beasts, hunger, and disease.
The second round of bells has passed, and on the way home, although they were all very tired, the four of them quickened their pace and remained silent all the way. Only when they reached the intersection of the village and passed a stone holy talisman by the side of the field, did Old William Then he slowed down a little, stroked his shoulders with both hands, and said something silently.
Walking behind, Wu Qingchen could see that when all this was done, Old William was several times more pious than usual, no matter his demeanor or actions.
Back home, mothers Jacqueline and Nina had already lit a fire, boiled a large pot of hot water, and prepared three bowls of steaming food.
These three bowls of food are still peas, green soup and mush, but the portions are much larger.
After filling the small wooden bowls in front of the four men, half of the three large bowls remained.
For this day's food, old William and Idra added a piece of cheese and a hard-boiled egg in addition to twice the usual amount of peas, soup and mush.
Grace and Wu Qingchen's normal food is also double the usual amount, and there is also an extra piece of cheese. As for the eggs, this is a precious property used by the family to exchange for necessary oil and black salt. Even on such an important day, Only the most important adult man in the family can eat one occasionally to replenish his severely depleted physical strength.
Jacqueline and Nina, who finally prepared this food by themselves, had more food than usual, but they ate it last, and only a small piece of cheese was added.
Compared with the usual days, the food on this day is undoubtedly much richer. However, when eating this meal, both old William and Idra were very worried, and even little Nina, who was always hungry on weekdays, was not very happy. Emotions.
Working for eight hours in a row was extremely tiring, and there was no energy or time for poaching this day. Wu Qingchen was already hungry, and the poisons in front of him, which seemed to be made by wizards, seemed to have a little more fragrance. Next, Wu Qingchen ate the peas, green soup and cheese, even half a bowl of mush.
Still leaving the rest of the mess to Nina, Wu Qingchen rubbed her belly, took advantage of the last bit of free time, supported her head with both hands, closed her eyes directly, and seized the time to rest for a while.
"Okay..." After drinking the last sip of soup in the bowl, he also fell on the chair and closed his eyes for half a minute. Old William opened his eyes, looked around, stood up and said, "It's almost there, let's hurry up."
Several people stood up at the same time.
This time, there was one more person in the family's labor team. It was no longer Idra who walked behind Old William, but her mother Jacqueline. Adult women also had a summer job. Only Nina stayed behind to prepare for the evening. Food, and by the way, take care of the two younger siblings on the bed who can't walk or talk and roll around all day long.
On the first day of the summer service, the plowing site was in the north of the village. Ten minutes later, the family of five walked to the field.
The master's common land will definitely not be criss-crossed and complex like ordinary people's land, but a vast and flat piece of flat land that can't be seen at a glance.
In addition, this piece of land was not dry yellow or gray like ordinary people's land. Although it was raining, Wu Qingchen could still see patches of dark mud that meant fertility from the muddy land.
When Wu Qingchen's family arrived, both sides of the field and path were already full of villagers who had come to serve. Sitting in the dirt ridge or beside the path, the villagers were full of exhausted worries, and the endless topics were endless. It is inseparable from the work in the land that cannot be finished in time and the little wishes that cannot be realized for one reason or another.
"When... when... when..."
Just as Wu Qingchen's family sat down, the third bell of the village's summer service rang.
Accompanied by the sound of the bell, in the middle of the path not far away, Ifrit/Fel, the steward of Akeli Village, stood up, and beside him were two burly villagers pushing a small cart.
Hearing the bell, the police officers of the village hurried to the side of the cart, took out tools from the steward, and started distributing them to families of five or six.
The speed of distributing tools was very fast. Not long after, the policeman walked up to Wu Qingchen's family and put down a small wooden basket, which contained three iron picks and an iron hoe.
Three picks, one hoe...
Huh
Wu Qingchen was a little strange.
At the same time, Old William quickly called out the officer's name: "Espier, wait a minute..."
The policeman turned around, and Old William pointed to the tools in the wooden basket: "Espier, take a look, why are there only four things?"
The police officer looked at the small wooden basket, nodded, then looked at the five members of Old William's family, and nodded, his brows immediately frowned, and he said to himself in a strange tone: "Hey, this how is this possible?"
After speaking, the police officer looked to the side.
Richard and Freeman, who had already noticed this situation, nodded quickly: "Espier, I saw that there are indeed only four." "That's right, Espier, you made a mistake."
After counting the number of tools and the number of heads again, the policeman's expression became tense.
The summer service is related to my own interests. The agricultural tools that the master distributes to the villagers who serve are all excellent, and the key parts are all made of iron. In the medieval world, this is a very precious tool. Every piece of farm equipment is recorded on hand by the steward, and will be taken back after the summer service is over.
Now, one piece of this precious ironware was inexplicably missing, and the police officer didn't dare to dispose of it without authorization, so he immediately went to the steward and said a few words quickly.
The villagers who noticed this sudden situation could see that when they heard the police officer's reply, the face of Ifrit/Fair Steward immediately became serious.
Walking quickly to the side of Old William's family, the steward counted the heads of the old William's family first, and then counted the tools in the small wooden basket, his expression became very serious and ugly, but the steward used the same He quickly opened the parchment in his hand, and after looking at it for a few times, the steward's expression calmed down and changed into a dazed expression.
"Old William, I've been too busy these past few years, so I haven't been to your house. Your youngest son was named Little Ross a few years ago, right?"
"Yes." Old William nodded quickly, not knowing why.
"That's right." Steward Ifrit closed the parchment, "The tool is right, it's your youngest son..."
Old William stood up immediately, his face full of panic: "What's wrong with Ross?"
"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry. Sit down, it's okay." Ifrit smiled, waved his hands lightly, turned his head and smiled at Wu Qingchen, who was also nervous, "Little Ross, what's the matter?" You won't be here for the next summer service. Don't you know?"
Don't come here? What's wrong
"I... I don't know?" Wu Qingchen stood up blankly.
"Oh?" Ifrit also seemed a little surprised, looked at the parchment again, looked up and said again: "That's right, little Ross, the summer service here has nothing to do with you. It’s time to start summer service, and it’s been four days now.”
"I've... started summer service?"
"Yeah." Everett nodded: "Two days ago, Pastor Andre told me personally, I said that the name Rose is very familiar, so it is the youngest son of old William... Okay, you go church..."
While talking, Ifrit turned to William, "... Well, there are a lot of things today, and the things are right, please put them away..."
It turns out that working for Praia and teaching little Andre how to count still have this effect? Or, did it finally work
Steward Ifrit had already walked away, and Wu Qingchen was still in a daze. When Steward Ifrit walked away, when he came back to his senses, Old William was looking at Wu Qingchen with surprise and joy on his face.
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