Arknights is too real, right?

Maruyama's painstaking work is indeed worthy of his great-great-grandfather's name. The entire pavilion is not only perfect in appearance, but also has a beautiful and practical internal layout.

This layout is an authentic Dongguo architectural style. The entrance is a corridor, with the living room on the left, the study on the right, and the kitchen and bedroom at the back.

Of course, the general layout is not too flashy, just a high-end version of Tianzi grid, but the overall layout is very spacious, several times larger than the house of senior Yingwu.

As for the second floor, it is all guest rooms. Dongguo people are accustomed to sleeping on the floor. If they are squeezed together, more than ten or twenty people can stay.

In addition to the main building, the surrounding facilities are not adequate.

In the courtyard planned by Bagpipe, Maruyama imitated the courtyard of senior Sakuratake and built a pergola to provide shade from the sun and summer heat, where he could chat and drink tea.

Not only that, there is also Fengbao’s exclusive kennel in the yard, which is rainproof and moisture-proof, and is very exquisite and beautiful.

Finally, Maruyama used the scraps of wood to build a cowshed on the outside as Daidai's exclusive rest room.

Looking at such a perfect new home, Xia Feng's gratitude to Maruyama was beyond words.

"Maruyama, you are such a talent, thank you so much, really."

Looking at his masterpiece, Maruyama also breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're welcome. In fact, I also want to thank you for allowing me to truly build a house according to my own ideas."

Later, Xia Feng learned that basically all the houses in Nanno Village today were built by Maruyama's grandfather and father. Maruyama's generation only repaired them.

The population of Nanno Village grew very slowly. As an adult, Maruyama learned a lot of skills from his ancestors, but he had little room to display them.

He, Nanno Maruyama, had a dream, that is, to build a house entirely based on his own creativity, without having to consider the cost or neighbors.

Now, this dream has finally come true.

Now here, Maruyama successfully completed the task assigned to him by the village chief and Minamino Omura, helping Xia Feng build a house in the cherry blossom forest, and at the same time realizing his own value.

As for the vegetable garden mentioned by Bagpipe, he no longer needs to intervene, because it is beyond the scope of the carpenter's ability and belongs to agricultural knowledge.

Before the sun set, the hostess, Bagpipe, thoroughly cleaned the courtyard and pergola, and then started preparing dinner.

As the first formal dinner in their new home, they invited all their good friends from Nanno Village over.

The new home needs popularity, and it can be considered auspicious.

Maruyama, Xiaomei, Sorata, Hanako, and Uncle Minamino, as representatives of Minamino Village, chatted happily in the pavilion while waiting for the meal.

As a neighbor who lived in the cherry blossom forest, Juyorozu Sakuratake brought over the remaining half of the jar of Enguo Shochu as a gift.

As the head of the Huoyu family, Xia Feng was naturally smiling from ear to ear at this moment. To be honest, he was really happy. This kind of happiness from the heart had not appeared for a long time.

This feeling was similar to when he took Turtle and the others to rent the barbecue restaurant in the Kilt neighborhood of Happy City for the first time, but compared with it, it was purer.

There are no gains and losses, no overt and covert struggles, only the joy of harvest and the peace of mind of taking root.

After all the dishes were served, Xia Feng stood up with the wine glass in hand.

"Thank you all friends for taking care of our family. It was so smooth when we first arrived. You are all my nobles in Xia Feng. As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. If you are polite, I will not say more. If you need my help in the future, , as long as I, Xia Feng, can do it, I will do my best, come on, cheers!"

"cheers!"

True kindness may not be so gorgeous. True kindness may also be the simplest.

Sorata gave them small seafood, Uncle Minano helped them guide the way, Maruyama helped them build a house, and Sakurabu-senpai selflessly shared the fruits of the vegetable garden.

Perhaps to outsiders, these are all trivial things, but it is these small things that allow them to survive with peace of mind.

There is nothing more important than living. This kind of friendship is very rare in today's world surrounded by interests, power, hatred, and pain.

It's hard to imagine that just two weeks ago, they were strangers to each other.

After the new home was completed, the life of survival in the wilderness was finally over.

Now when he is hungry, tired or sleepy outside, he can finally stand up and confidently say, "I'm going home."

He and Bagpipe have a family. Although there are still many things that need to be perfected, the most abundant thing for them now is time.

night.

After dinner, all the good friends said goodbye and left one by one.

Xia Feng sat in the living room, lighting an oil lamp, and took out all the remaining coins on his body.

Bagpipe sat next to him with his chin propped up.

"Xia Feng, how much money do we have left now?"

"I'll do the math."

The money they had on them when they set off from Dr. Nagato's house was 5 gold, and they spent about 20 silver along the way. When Matomaru left, they gave her another 30 silver.

Later, they spent 3 gold on cattle and nearly 1 gold on building materials. Xia Feng counted them carefully. Now they still have a total of 47 silver and 88 copper.

Bagpipe pouted and thought for a moment.

"Why are there so few left? We still have a lot to spend money on."

Xia Feng raised his head.

“The village has everything, so what else is there to spend money on?”

The piper waved.

"Look, our house is empty. We still need a lot of daily necessities, and if we want to eat what we grow, we can't do it just by having land."

"I know, I'll go to town tomorrow and buy you a watering can."

"Go to hell, you thought you were watering flowers."

The next day, Xia Feng carried all his belongings and a shopping list that Bagpipe had written out overnight, and was on the road again.

This time, he bought almost all the daily necessities he could buy in the town, including various agricultural tools. Some of the "high-end" goods from inland merchants had accumulated dust, and this time they were all "taken advantage of" by him. Bought.

With the remaining money, he rented out a candy stall and planned to take a large bag of candies back to distribute to the villagers in Nanye Village to thank them for their care.

In this way, the last shopping trip to the town ended successfully. No more money. This time I really didn’t have a penny.

His arrival and the arrival of the bagpipes quickly integrated them into life on the South Coast.

The sun and moon alternate, the tide ebbs and flows, and everything returns to simple calm.

In the next few days, Bagpipe was busy thinking about her vegetable garden, while Xia Feng began to have nothing to do.

Originally, he planned to follow Uncle Nanye to try out fishing. If possible, he also wanted to become a handsome old driver, oh no, an old captain.

However, because of the previous nightmare incident, the one-month sea seal has not ended yet. This is a ritual and no one can break it.

One morning.

The summer breeze started very early. After stretching his body in the yard, he ran to the beach and started jogging along the coastline.

After this period of free time, he would run almost every morning in order to gradually regain his strength after recovering from a serious illness.

"Feng Bao, run slower, you can't catch up, call"

"Woof!"

Feng Bao's energy seemed to be ten times that of his. Whenever he wanted to run away, Feng Bao would happily accompany him.

The morning sun has not yet appeared, the temperature is still good at this time, and the coastline as far as the eye can see is empty, because the body feels better day by day, this time, Xia Feng unknowingly ran a little far.

The surrounding scenery became unfamiliar, until Xia Feng finally stopped and stretched his arms until he was out of breath from exhaustion.

"Phew, I'm so tired. I must have run at least seven or eight kilometers in this breath."

"Woof, woof woof!"

At this moment, Feng Bao suddenly rushed to a rock and started digging at a sandbag under the rock with his claws.

"Hey, Feng Bao, what are you looking for?"

After getting closer, Feng Bao had already dug very deep.

Suddenly, Feng Bao, who was digging into the sand, suddenly stepped back, and a small head the size of a fist poked out of the sand pit.

Staring at this strange creature, Xia Feng was stunned.

He seemed to have seen this kind of thing before, oh no, to be precise, he seemed to have eaten it.

"Is this a sandworm?"

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