"What?" Beside the dining table, Jacqueline, who suddenly got up, knocked over the jug, half of his body was drenched, this grey-haired peasant woman who was just over forty years old was undecided, and just stared at the person beside the table. Wu Qingchen, who narrated his experience: "You mean, the agricultural officer master has exempted the family from this year's summer service?"
"Yes, this is what Master Barres said personally. The family does not need to participate in this year's summer service, and..."
"William!"
Before Wu Qingchen finished speaking, the mother on the opposite side had already yelled. Jacqueline grabbed her husband's arm with all his strength, his eyes widened, his eyebrows parted, and every wrinkle on his forehead exuded an extremely unbelievable, but at the same time extremely The contradictory brilliance of joy: "William, did you hear that? The master said that the family's summer service will be exempted this year, and there will be no summer service this year!"
"Hiss... yes, yes..."
Obviously, Jacqueline used great force, and the old William immediately grinned and replied in a hurry: "I heard it, I heard it... hiss..."
"That is to say, we don't have to go to the commons this year? Can we do our own work? Is this true? This summer service, we can do our own work?"
"Hiss... Really, really! Work as you want, work as you like... Also, let go of me, my hand is going to break! Ss..."
While yelling and shaking his arms, Old William's distorted face could still be seen smiling, and his skinny face was rosy.
"Okay, okay... Mom, sit down first, sit down first... your clothes are all wet, please twist them quickly..." Idra, who was sitting on the other side, finally got up and came to help, half pulling and half pulling, finally making Jacques Lin returned to his seat.
"Father, we don't have to work in the public land, so we don't have to pull the plow cart in the allotment, and we don't have to get up at night to cook peas..." Little Nina also walked over, under the dark circles of her eyes, there was hope and hope. look forward to.
"No, no, no need!... Haha, silly daughter..." Old William laughed: "The benefits of being exempted from summer service are not these. The extra time of summer service, a full ten days, we There are so many things you can do... Don't you always want to eat cabbage and lettuce? In a few days, we can tidy up the vegetable garden outside the house, add a fence to it, loosen the soil, and go to the river to pick soil. Accumulate some fertilizer, then go to Uncle Richard’s house to borrow some seeds, after a month or two, you can harvest at the latest in autumn... "
"Don't you always say that hens and goats are always running around the house, making a mess, and stealing food? Instead of working on the master's common, we can beg the steward to let us go to the forest to get some Wood, and then build a big, beautiful barn next to the wooden house, after you pick eggs, milk the cows, you have to visit the next door... and... "
"Also..." Idra, who was supporting her mother, was equally radiant, and interjected: "With all this time, we can harvest the pasture that we didn't have time to harvest a while ago, and let it dry in the sun while the weather is still suitable, for you Friends from all over the world, prepare more winter food... "
"You can still clean up the house..." Grace pointed to the slowly dripping roof above the bed where she usually slept: "Block all these damn places!"
"Can weed peas and green grass..."
"Finally have time to trim and trim the field ridges on the land by the river..."
"Perhaps we can open up a small piece of wasteland..."
"Maybe..."
Beside the dining table, you talked to me, and the family was noisy, making various arrangements for the ten days of free time that fell from the sky, and the wooden house was full of enthusiasm and longing for the future.
Suddenly there is half a month more time, a full ten days of free time, for the peasant family who has been tired for years and has almost no rest throughout the year, it is a great happiness that is not even imagined.
The pressure of life that has been accumulated for many years, which is so heavy that I can't breathe, suddenly has the hope of lifting it.
Leveling the vegetable garden, harvesting pasture, weeding the wheat fields, resting the fields, clearing up wasteland, building barns...
The family members made more and more arrangements, the atmosphere at the dinner table became more and more lively, and everyone's expressions became more and more excited. Only Old William slowly frowned.
"However, if there are so many things to do..." Suddenly, Old William tapped on the table lightly: "Maybe not enough time?"
The few people who were talking fell silent, and old William's slightly worried voice sounded from the wooden house: "... After all, the cow in the family has just had an accident, and even though little Ross is treating the wound, it is still unable to work for several days... I'm afraid there will be a little delay here , it will take a few more days... In this case, I still have to think about the family affairs, and pick the most important ones to do first... "
A sigh of regret resounded from the wooden house.
"Oh..." "Yeah, what a pity..." "Harvesting first..." "Damn cowherd!"
"It's ok… "
Wu Qingchen finally waited for a chance to interject: "The steward said that there are three farm cattle belonging to the baron in the village that can still go to the field, and they only suffered a little injury. The farm officer asked me to heal the three cattle first. At the same time, these three cattle can also be lent to us to plow the fields for three days... "
"What did you say?" "Lend it to us?" "What else?" "Three oxen!"
The water jug that had just been raised by the dining table suffered another disaster, and two seats beside it fell to the ground. Grace, who fell off the seat, opened his mouth wide and sat on the ground blankly. Old William, Jacqueline, and Idra slammed Standing up, the six eyes shot out an unbelievable light.
"Yes, these three oxen can be lent to us to plow the fields..."
"My God! Such an important matter, you actually said it now..."
He completely forgot that he was eager to arrange the time for the summer service just now, and he didn't give Wu Qingchen a chance to speak at all. The old William who got the confirmation was not only not happy, but was anxious, and quickly grabbed Idra and Grace a few seconds later: "I Della, go out now, go east, find Wolfe, Avelia, Tony, and old Holt, and see if their plow carts have been borrowed..."
"Grace, you go to the south and find Richard, Freeman, and Ildros, Kerry, and Giron. They have all finished plowing. Go see if you can borrow a plow... Alas, it's so late... It's too late, it must be too late... Alas... Alas... "
"No...you don't need to go..." Wu Qingchen hurriedly grabbed the two elder brothers who were walking fast: "Wait...wait a minute, listen to me!"
"Master Barris also said that he can also lend us three plow trucks, other necessary tools, and three days' worth of fodder for the cattle, and... In short, we will have everything, so don't worry. !"
This time, for this series of words, Wu Qingchen spoke quickly, and said it in one breath, without leaving any gaps at all.
"This... this... this is really... I... I..."
Hearing this series of surprises, Old William was stunned for a while, speechless for a long time.
"...I'm so confused..."
After a long time, Old William finally shook his head and smiled: "...Master Steward, what kind of person is Master Farm Officer, how could such a mistake be made..."
While speaking, Old William gently stroked Wu Qingchen's shoulder: "Loss, I can see that the master has great hopes, you must take good care of the cattle in the village... um... early tomorrow morning, you will Go to treat the wounds of the farm cattle in the village. When the time comes, you will... you will... "
Speaking of this, Old William suddenly got stuck, "you" for a long time, but he couldn't say the content after "just".
Frowning, pondering for a while, suddenly, Old William burst out laughing.
At this time, the middle-aged farmer who habitually wanted to give his youngest some instructions, but couldn't come up with specific content, suddenly realized how superfluous his thoughts were.
What is the order
When the cowherd steals the livestock, the family cow is injured, the family is suddenly in danger, and the whole family is at a loss; Heavy rain, pulling plow carts, don't care about the days to come...
He told Little Ross to find the pastor? Instructed little Ross to find herbs? Ordered Little Rose to treat the cow and solve the problem directly from the source
When the agricultural officer came to look for Ross, and asked Little Ross to try to treat other injured cattle in the village...
He ordered little Ross to exempt his family from summer service? Ordered Little Los to borrow cattle? Borrow a plow cart? Even get three days' worth of forage at the same time
What is the order
Did you tell little Ross how to treat the wounded cattle
It was at this time that Old William finally understood what Pastor Praia said before he left.
Looking at his youngest son who raised his head slightly and was waiting for him to continue speaking, Old William looked complicated.
"... It's nothing, you can go and treat it at ease."
After a long time, Old William finally shook his head slowly, and gently stroked the top of Wu Qingchen's head. Old William smiled slightly: "Loss, my son, I am indeed very lucky."
"Okay, that's it for now, Idra, Grace, since you don't need to borrow a plow... Come, come, sit down..."
Greeting his sons to sit down, Old William pointed to the pocket on the dinner table: "...Let's see what the farm officer gave our little Ross..."
This was the pocket that the agricultural officer threw to Wu Qingchen. After the gentlemen left, Old William began to question Wu Qingchen about his experiences at night. He didn't have time to open it and kept throwing it on the dining table.
"Well... let me take a look..."
Wu Qingchen was also a little curious, and deftly unwrapped the thin thread at the mouth of the bag.
Fifty-two remember this taste (Part 2)
"What is this?" The thin thread was completely unraveled, Wu Qingchen opened the bag, lowered the mouth of the bag, and put it on the dining table. The family members who came over immediately saw a dozen long strips, light yellow, palm-sized , a cut piece that bulges slightly on both sides.
"What is this?" Grace frowned and looked at Idra next to him.
"I don't know, I haven't seen it before..." Idra shook her head with a sympathetic expression and sniffled her nose at the same time, "It seems to have some smell..."
"Is that so..." Grace also sniffed, looked around, and quickly looked back at the dining table: "...Yes, it has a bit of a smell..."
This smell is very light, with a slight fragrance, which smells quite comfortable.
Wu Qingchen lightly pressed the top cut piece, its surface was very soft, and a shallow indentation appeared when he put his finger on it.
"Huh..." Maybe it was interesting, and little Nina also laughed, imitating Wu Qingchen's appearance, and stretched out her right hand to the open pocket.
"Don't touch!"
Old William's voice came from beside him.
The first time he saw what was in his pocket, Old William's eyes widened. It took him a long time to finally come to his senses. Old William quickly grabbed Little Nina's outstretched arm and pulled it back forcefully: "Don't touch it, don't touch it. , you can't touch like this!"
"Father, do you know this thing?"
"I know... how can I not know... How long has it been since I saw this last time..."
Staring at the cut pieces in the pocket, Old William carefully stretched out his right hand, and put it half an arm away from the pocket, his low voice trembled slightly, with an uncontrollable emotion: "Master! ...I never thought I could see this in my life... Children, remember what is in front of you, this is bread, the food of the lords... "
"Bread?" Little Nina showed a suspicious expression: "Father, we have seen bread! Shouldn't bread be black and hard? When we went to the church for summer prayer last month, the pastor gave us a piece of bread." …”
"Such a big piece..." Little Nina couldn't help licking her lips as she gestured to the size of a fist, "They taste so good..."
"That's right, the pastor's reward from Summer's Prayer is indeed bread, but they are just black bread... And this..." Old William pointed to his pocket: "This is the real bread, the food of the lord, the most wonderful food in the world... "
The most wonderful food in the whole world…
"They smell so good..." Little Nina moved closer, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.
The most wonderful food in the whole world…
Idra and Grace also stood a little closer, their eyes fixed on the cut pieces in their pockets.
The most wonderful food in the whole world…
Wu Qingchen lowered his head and rolled his eyes involuntarily.
"Okay, okay, don't get so tight..." Old William turned his head and looked at Wu Qingchen: "Loss, how much do you want to eat?"
What does eat much mean
Wu Qingchen frowned.
"Would you like to eat now? You've been tired all night."
There was no time for poaching in the past two days, and he ran around for most of the night. Hearing the old William's reminder, Wu Qingchen touched his stomach and felt a little hungry, so he took a piece of bread from his pocket.
"Okay..." Seeing that Wu Qingchen didn't intend to take any more, Old William turned his head and glanced around, his eyes passing over his children: "Children, don't tell anyone about the bread, don't mess with it." trouble."
Old William's instructions were not exaggerated. In the medieval world, the black bread that was stained with mildew and must be picked and picked at the bottom of the mouth was a treasure. The value of white bread was naturally even more astonishing. A piece of white bread appeared in the den of thieves. A bloody conflict may ensue.
"Okay..." Picking up the thin thread that Wu Qingchen dropped casually before, Old William handed the bread bag to Jacqueline, "Put it away carefully, there are a lot of mice in the house..."
"Hey, what is this?"
After a while, Jacqueline, who was packing the bread bags, suddenly showed a strange look. They looked at Jacqueline, and soon found that there were two small shiny discs the size of knuckles spread out on the palm of her right hand.
"This... looks like an unused piece of iron..." Idra picked up a piece, "...no, it doesn't look like..."
"It's not the iron piece..." Old William touched another piece: "The iron piece is not so soft, nor is it so bright..."
"Perhaps the iron used by the gentlemen is different!"
"What's the difference between the master's iron? Haven't you never seen the farm tools in the common?"
"That's the iron for everyone. I don't need the iron that the master himself uses..."
"That's right... I heard that the master has a special spoon for eating at home... Is this also tableware? Tableware for eating bread?"
"It's so round, how do you eat it?"
There was a sound of discussion in the wooden house, and the direction became more and more outrageous.
"This is a silver coin!"
When hearing "Could this be food too?" and seeing Grace stuff them into his mouth and bite them, Wu Qingchen finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Sile (silver coin)?" Old William learned the syllables from Wu Qingchen, "What is a silver coin? By the way, can this thing really be eaten?"
Wu Qingchen has entered a state of petrification.
"cannot…"
Wu Qingchen shook his head feebly.
Recovered from William and Grace two rough polished silver coins with flattened corners, apparently handmade.
There are two lines of small characters crookedly marked on the surface of the silver coin. The top line starts with the Barony of Ackford, the next two words are Chachacha, and the bottom line is all Chachacha...
Chachacha means that Wu Qingchen doesn't know him yet.
However, even with so many chachas, Wu Qingchen could at least see that it was obviously the currency minted by the Baronie, which was probably used for transactions between territories.
In the medieval world, "I have never seen money" is not a joke, but a real fact. Most of the villagers have never seen such an official currency in their lives. And most of the time it is directly calculated in kind.
"Okay, okay, stop guessing." Wu Qingchen stuffed the silver coin back into his pocket, "It should belong to the agricultural officer, it probably was put in the bag and he forgot to take it away, I will return it to the master tomorrow."
"Also... what is this for?" Wu Qingchen looked strangely at Jacqueline, who was carefully tying up his pockets under the guidance of Old William, looking around, as if looking for a suitable storage place: " Don't you eat?"
"Let's eat?" Old William showed an even more strange expression: "Didn't you hear the order of the farm officer? This is your bread. I will give you food for the past few days. How can we eat it?"
While speaking, Old William pointed to his family members. Jacqueline, Idra, and Grace all had expressions of course. Only little Nina secretly swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva.
"Of course you can eat it!" Wu Qingchen quickly waved his hand: "It's okay, everyone eats, let's eat together."
"No! How can this be possible!" Without waiting for others to respond, Old William shook his head quickly: "Loss, you have to treat the farm cattle in the village starting tomorrow. You must eat them well and there must be no mistakes... these breads To put it away, I can only let you eat it alone!"
"No, no, I can't finish it all by myself."
"Why can't you eat it all?" Old William said disapprovingly, "Half a piece of bread is a meal, so much bread, no matter how you save it, it will only be enough for you to eat for a long time..."
Very long time…
Wu Qingchen's eyes quickly swept around the wooden house, the black roof, the dirty ground, the moldy pillars...
Such an environment coupled with the summer temperature...
Father, please forgive me!
The concept of bacteria and viruses did not exist in the medieval world, and villagers who could eat moldy black bread would probably not agree with the meaning of "deterioration"...
"Father, I really can't eat it all by myself... Besides, it only takes a few days to heal the farm cattle. It doesn't need so much. Let everyone eat a little..."
"Just a few days... eat a little bit of everything..."
I don't know what these words touched old William's thoughts. Suddenly, the gray-haired farmer raised his head slightly, his eyes were lost, and his right hand holding the pocket trembled slightly. It took a long time to come back to his senses: " Ross, do you really want to feed everyone?"
I beg you to eat!
"Yes, father."
"Okay, Ross..." Old William finally regained his composure, and after a deep sigh, Old William opened his pocket again: "... This is your bread, you can really decide."
While speaking, Old William carefully took out a piece of bread, slowly tore it into four pieces, and distributed them to Jacqueline, himself and his three children.
"Father, you can eat too." Wu Qingchen tore off half of the bread in his hand and handed it to Old William.
"No, I'm not hungry." Old William waved his hand again and again to refuse. Wu Qingchen handed over the bread several times before Old William finally took the bread, leaving a small piece, and firmly, vigorously, and firmly Put it back in Wu Qingchen's hands.
There was silence in the cabin for a while, holding a small piece of bread, Old William and the others carefully tore it into tiny pieces, put them in their mouths, and barely chewed.
Seeing the situation in front of him, Wu Qingchen sighed deeply.
Wu Qingchen understood that due to time constraints and exhausting farm work, when eating, no matter Old William, Idra, Grace, or Jacqueline, and Little Nina, they all looked like they were raging and gobbling, but at this time they With such small movements and such slow speeds, they just want to prolong the time of tasting white bread and try their best to remember this rare taste.
Seeing relatives in the medieval world trying to remember the taste of white bread, Wu Qingchen suddenly sighed deeply.
Remember this taste.
Wu Qingchen told herself.
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