Lord of Hyranza

He carefully rolled up the parchment, no one noticed the parchment portrait in his hand, everyone's eyes were focused on the bag of silver coins, so he quietly put the portrait into his magic pocket.

Suldak has been thinking about how the gangsters found Selina, and they have never seen Selina, so could it be that they can find her accurately only by using language descriptions?It wasn't until now that he found the answer: it turned out to be this highly realistic sketch portrait, and Selena in this portrait was still in her girlhood, and he didn't know where the robbers got it.

Regarding the seized spoils, the young man ran over to seek Suldak's opinion. He was not interested in these leather boots and water bladders. After all, this was a collective action. Although he contributed the most, he could not monopolize anything, so He only said: follow everyone's ideas, he has no opinion at all.

These young people could see that Suldak didn't care much about the bag of silver coins, but they didn't expect the knights of Suldak to be so talkative. This time, a total of 44 silver coins were seized, and there were 35 young people present, so everyone discussed After a while, each person got a silver coin, and the rest was still put into the money bag, and handed over to the village together with other spoils of war.

Suldak was also allocated a silver coin. Seeing that he simply put the silver coin into his backpack without saying anything, these young people were completely relieved, thinking: This Suldak knight does not seem to be Disagreeable……

A total of twelve young people in the first group suffered some injuries, but these injuries were not fatal, and it would not be a serious problem if they were simply bandaged.

The four robbers were buried on the spot, and the villager in Digo Village who was killed by the robber was carried back to the village by young people from the same village.

More than 30 young people walked back to Digo Village from the Grand Canyon. It was already completely dark. The village chiefs of each village did not leave Digo Village. I snatched a villager from Digo Village, saw that the young people who had been sent out hadn’t come back so late, and was thinking about organizing a manpower to respond, when this group of young people appeared at the entrance of the village at the same time.

Although some people were injured in the team, no one died because of this, and the village chiefs of the villages were slightly relieved.

Prior to this, although the old Bright of Wall Village raised the potential threat of these robbers to the village chiefs, few village chiefs paid attention to this matter, otherwise they would not have sent some young people to make up for it. Now that these young people killed four robbers in one go, and injured more than a dozen young people, the village chiefs felt that these robbers who had quietly infiltrated into the mountain area had to be on guard.

The village chiefs finally began to pay attention to this matter, and agreed with Village Chief Brett to completely wipe out these bandit groups within the mountain range...

In fact, as long as everyone has such a sense of prevention, then these broken-up robbers will not do much in the mountains. The villagers who can survive in this barren land are far more able to survive than they seem. They are more tenacious. They are the mountain people in this Paglos mountain. No one is more familiar with this mountain than them. For them, these robbers are a group of outsiders.

No one noticed these robbers before, because everyone didn't realize what threat these robbers posed to everyone. The village chiefs always thought that the impoverished mountain village would never be the target of these robbers, but they didn't expect these robbers to be plundered. Secretly arresting people, in this way, the robbers have touched the bottom line of each village.

As a result, a patrol escort team organized by each village was established that night.

In fact, the main thing is that each village is only responsible for patrolling the area around its own village. If the bandit group encountered is weak, it will be dealt with directly.

After reaching such a consensus among the villages, Village Chief Bright and Surdak returned to Wall Village overnight.

People who went into the mountains to collect mountain products have returned long ago. The eaves of each stone house are covered with various mountain mushrooms. In the dustpan in the yard, there are some unshelled chestnuts and other types of mountain vegetables. Winter storage is carried out in this way in the village, but this year, compared with previous years, it seems particularly stress-free...

At least the villagers in Wall Village will not worry about food in winter.

Chapter 290

cool night breeze

Suldak gently pushed open the yard door under the bright moonlight, and led the horse into the yard. The cow tied to the stone mill was grazed, he led the horse to a post, and untied it again. Saddle, scoop out half a bucket of water from the water tank and pour it into the sink. The horse trough next to it is full of chopped hay. This ancient Bolei horse seems to have adapted to this kind of life.

It flicked its tail quietly, lowered its head to drink water unhurriedly, ate the fodder in the trough, and ignored Suldak.

Suldak untied the strap of the leather breastplate, and sat on the wooden bench at the door of the stone house, ready to lean against the wall of the stone house to rest for a while. After a day of tossing, he wanted to take a bath, but he was too lazy to take a step. , He leaned the Roman sword hanging on his waist against the wall, and there was still a faint smell of blood on it.

He reached out to touch the ladle by the side of the water tank, and poured a ladle of clear water on the Roman sword. The clear water flowed down the scabbard to the ground, and it turned dark red. Worried that the edge of the Roman sword would rust because of this, he took out the scabbard. After carefully wiping the Roman sword again with an oilcloth, Suldak relaxed his body and sat quietly against the wall of the stone house.

After taking off the leather armor on his body, he felt that his body became much more relaxed. There were some blood stains on the leather armor, which needed to be scrubbed well.

Only then did Suldak discover that there were a lot of pine mushrooms on the dustpan in the yard, as well as a lot of chestnuts and some sour pears. It seemed that these should be the harvests of Natasha and Rita in the mountains today.

He walked to the side of the sour pear. He knew that this kind of sorbet tasted sour and astringent, and the pulp tasted like chewing wood dregs. It couldn't be swallowed at all. It had to be marinated in a jar for a month to turn sour. The pear becomes a kind of pickled vegetable that can be served with rice, and it can be eaten in jars until next summer.

The door of the main house was pushed open, and Natasha's voice came from behind: "I came back so late... have you had dinner? I ate toasted oatmeal tonight, and there is another one in the fireplace..."

She has long blond hair and looks like she just got up from the bed. She is wearing only a thin linen pajamas, with a sleepy look. Standing by the door with her feet, the contours of her body were fully exposed under the thin pajamas, perhaps because it was night, she was not as shy as she was during the day, at least she could puff out her full chest.

"I've eaten." Suldak was a little dazed at this moment.

Natasha raised her hands, put her loose long hair behind her head, and walked out of the stone house, stepping on the stone slab with her feet, which were dazzlingly white under the refraction of the moonlight.

"Do you want to take a bath? I'll boil some hot water." Her voice was a little hoarse, which didn't quite match her delicate face.

Suldak leaned against the door and said to Natasha, "You can just take a shower. In the army, you also take a shower with cold water, and you have long been used to it."

Natasha didn't stop because of Suldak's refusal. She walked into the kitchen, and soon there was the sound of smashing firestones. Then she went to the water tank to fetch water, and Suldak hurried forward to help After approaching, Suldak was slightly taken aback. He saw the turbulent waves under Natasha's pajamas very clearly. Natasha felt Suldak's gaze, turned around and walked in front with her head down.

Straw was burning in the fireplace in the kitchen, and the flames were burning very high. The firelight reflected Natasha's smooth face, her lake-blue eyes were exceptionally bright, her eyebrows were delicate, her water chestnut-shaped lips were slightly pursed, curled up Sitting on a wooden bench, she covered her feet with a linen nightgown. She took out a piece of browned wheat cake from the fireplace with an iron hook, and sliced ​​a thin slice of cheese and a slice of onion, sandwiched between them. Inside the wheat cake, handed it to Suldak.

Suldak took the wheat cake, her face was slightly flushed, looking at the delicate lips, he couldn't resist grabbing Natasha's hand, holding her in his arms, holding half of the cake in his hand. A wheatbread with cheese in it fell to the ground with a 'snap'...

……

Suldak pushed away the white lotus-like arm that was pressing on his chest, and the next second his consciousness returned to his brain, and he sat up suddenly from the wooden bed.

Wrapped in a blanket, Natasha was sleeping soundly by her side. Feeling movement around her, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her beautiful big eyes opened little by little. Then she realized something, and turned her head just in time to meet Su Erdak looked at each other, and then his cheeks turned pink with a 'shua'.

It was still dark at this time, and just as Suldak was about to say something, Natasha gently pressed his lips with a finger. She nimbly sat up from the bed and straightened her messy long hair , her eyes were full of color, her teeth slightly bit her lower lip, only wrapped in the military blanket of Suldak, slipped out of Suldak's stone house lightly, and quickly returned to her room.

Suldak still clearly remembers that the first time she saw Natasha in this home, she had a disheveled face caused by malnutrition, and she always lowered her head, looking like she wanted to bury her face in her chest. With a shy look and numb eyes, no one can see any hope for the future in her eyes.

But now she seems to have changed a lot, at least her attitude towards life has become more positive and optimistic, at least she has more smiles on her face, and the way she looks up and smiles is really beautiful.

Suldak lay back on the bed again. At this time, his mind became empty, completely blank, and then some photos flashed through his mind, and many images of the second team appeared in front of him. Those members seemed to be looking at him. Smiling, he saw Suldak in a trance, and he seemed to be waving to him from a distant cloud...

When Suldak woke up again, the bright sunlight had come in from the door. Little Peter put his hands on his face, stared at him with big eyes without blinking, saw him wake up, and said to him with a smile: : "Dad is a big slob..."

Suldak reached out and pinched little Peter's cheek, sat up from the bed, put his hands under his armpits, and lifted him above his head.

Facing the rising sun in the morning, Suldak held up the laughing little Peter and walked to the yard outside the house. Rita was chopping hay in the yard, Natasha was making breakfast in the kitchen, and old Sheila was squatting under the cow milking milk under the belly...

There was a faint green mist in the mountains, and there were some brisk footsteps in the village.

"Suldak...Suldak, the four carriages you ordered have arrived!" Charlie had just finished shouting when he appeared at the gate of the courtyard.

"The carriage I ordered? When did I order the carriage? I'm going to Hailansa City to order some ordinary axles, but this is just an idea..." Suldak was a little confused for a while, and said in confusion .

Just when Suldak was puzzled, a businessman came out from behind Charlie. He was covered in wet dew. He obviously rushed to Wall Village day and night. He saluted Suldak , and said: "Knight of Suldak, Baron Karl asked me to send it to you. He said that you just need these now... and Baron Karl has already paid for the purchase of the four carriages for you..."

Chapter 291 Dumplings

Although Natasha also wanted to come out to watch the fun, but she didn't know how to face Suldak, and hid in the kitchen and refused to come out.

"Natasha, let's go first!" Rita stood in the yard and said loudly, regardless of Natasha's feelings.

Natasha was wearing an apron, and she really wanted to follow her to have a look, but she hesitated and gave up.

Seeing Suldak, Rita, and Xiaobi walk out of the yard together with the businessman, Natasha touched her hot face secretly, and she felt a little worried about gains and losses in her uneasy heart. Although she and Sulda The relationship with Suldak has broken through the last layer, but Natasha cares more about what Suldak thinks of her.

Hearing that the yard had become quiet, Natasha hurried out of the kitchen and saw Suldak and Rita walking away with little Peter talking and laughing. Half a bucket of milk walked in front of Natasha, and Natasha suddenly had the urge to hug old Sheila in pain.

"Only after experiencing suffering can we know the beauty of life, and cherishing the present life is the greatest comfort to the dead..."

While old Sheila was nagging in a low voice, she gently comforted Natasha's shoulder, and she could feel Natasha's whole body trembling slightly.

Old Sheila knew best in her heart that what should have been a fragmented family was still maintained because of the man who walked off the battlefield and showed the best side of it to others. Accepting it slowly, everyone seems to be tightly bound together by some kind of emotion, life is gradually getting better, and the smiles on everyone's faces are constantly increasing. What's not to like?

……

Four ordinary four-wheeled wagons were parked at the entrance of the village. The axles were made of black iron, and the four wheels were made of solid oak boards. Swimming tall wooden boards surrounded the carriage, and it seemed that one cart could hold a lot of supplies. The horses pulling the cart had been unloaded, and the four drivers who transported the cart reinstalled the saddles on the horses.

He only waited for the businessman to hand over the four carriages, and then set off to return to Hailansa City. If things went well, he could rush back to Hailansa City before closing the city gate in the afternoon.

Hearing that the four-wheeled carriages were parked at the entrance of the village, Rita rushed there with little Peter and Suldak, wanting to see the four carriages.

Charlie looked at the four-wheeled carriage with bright eyes. This kind of four-wheeled carriage carrying goods is considered a rare thing in the barren land. Usually, such a carriage can only be seen in some caravans. The friend in Kecheng was so rich, when he heard that Suerdak wanted to buy a carriage, he sent four of them at random.

After the businessman introduced the specific parameters of the four-wheeled carriage to Surdak at the entrance of the village, he also talked about the precautions and daily maintenance, and then left Wall Village with four coachmen.

Hearing that there was a gang of bandits wandering around the barren land of Mount Pagros, the businessman felt that it would be safest to leave here as soon as possible, but what the businessman didn't expect was that the delivery of four carriages was just the beginning. Immediately afterwards, Suldak ordered [-] sets of axles for ordinary carriages from the businessman.

With these four carriages, Suldak's trip to Hailansa City was not so urgent.

He thought that these four carriages could be used to transport sulfur ore, and he could also bring back volcanic ash from the pustule mountain. Of course, in addition to volcanic ash, cement needs to be mixed with a certain proportion of quicklime powder. These limestones are everywhere in the mountain. , but how to calcine these sparse limestones and grind them into powder has always troubled Suldak. Wall Village lacks corresponding coke and kilns, and natural quicklime is not rare in Pagros Mountain...

Seeing the mill above the Grand Canyon in Digo Village, Suerdak had some new ideas. He thought that a larger mill could be built on the rocky cliff of the Grand Canyon, which could be used to grind quicklime.As for the lack of conditions for calcination of quicklime at this stage, this is not a big problem. In the area near Pustule Mountain, some limestone is covered by thick volcanic ash, and many of them are some quicklime.

Thinking of this, Suerdak felt that he had to discuss it with the old village chief.

……

However, the first batch of people to enjoy the four-wheeled carriage was not Surdak, but the villagers in the village who went into the mountains to collect mountain goods.

Charlie, Luke, Val and several other young people each drove a four-wheeled truck, and pulled up all the villagers who were going to go into the mountains to collect chestnuts. Some village women sitting in the carriage chattered endlessly.

At times like this in the past, neither Rita nor Natasha could talk, but now many topics revolve around Rita and Natasha.

The villagers sat in these carriages and staggered all the way through the mountain pass.

There were a few more wooden crosses on the top of the mountain on the right side of the mountain pass. There were none when I passed here last night, and from a distance, the robbers hanging from the four brand new wooden crosses still hadn’t turned into bones. There are scavenging birds that are constantly wandering, ready to fall when no one is around.

Suldak knew that the four robber corpses and the wooden cross should have been erected by the villagers of Digo Village on the mountain. They hung the robber on the wooden cross at the mountain pass. It is said that this was a kind of salvation for the robber's soul...

On the eve of the Harvest Festival, the villages are basically busy with winter storage. In addition to harvesting wheat and cassava, going to the mountains to pick chestnuts and mountain products is also a supplement for the winter.

……

The annual Harvest Festival is coming as scheduled, which is almost the most important festival of the Grimm Empire.

This year's Wall Village is much more affluent than in previous years, so in the days before the Harvest Festival, there are always caravans coming. The old village head ordered some winter supplies that Wall Village did not have, such as some ham and dried meat. , air-dried chicken, in addition to some miscellaneous grains and beans, these grains can be used to cook porridge, in the winter when the door is closed by heavy snow, the family sits around the fireplace by the fire, cooking in a hanging iron pot Serving a pot of broth or a pot of soft and rotten multigrain porridge is a rare delicacy.

The old village head distributed the supplementary winter supplies in the village before the harvest festival. The villagers no longer had the grudges of lack of food in previous years, and their smiles increased.

Every year during the Harvest Festival, Wall Village will hold a grand dinner party. Each household will prepare some different delicacies and move them to the central square of the village. Everyone will light a bunch of bonfires in the square, eat and drink together, and gather around Dancing around the campfire.

However, this year's Harvest Festival added something that was not there before. Suldak bought ale from two large oak barrels from the caravan.

The traditional delicacies in Wall Village are roasted wheat cakes with meat, stewed meat and lamb soup.

In addition, there are occasional barbecues, but the barbecue will lose a lot of fat during cooking, and the villagers of Wall would rather throw these animal fats into the soup pot and drink a bowl of fat broth than eat. A dry roast is more appetizing.

With the help of Rita and Natasha, Suldak prepared some steamed dumplings, which is not a word in Wall Village, and Suldak didn’t know if the pronunciation was right or not. In short, it meant that—steamed dumplings .

The stuffing is made of beef shank and onion, and the thin skin is rolled out of wheat flour. Fortunately, Rita is more dexterous and quickly mastered the skill of rolling the skin. She rolled the dough into a large sheet, and then Cut into small square pieces with a dagger, although it looks a bit nondescript, but this is the first dumpling that Suldak ate when he came to this world...

Chapter 292 The Night of the Harvest Festival

At the dinner party on the night of the Harvest Festival, the old village head drank too much and was carried home by his youngest son Charlie.

The bonfire is almost burnt out, and only when the night wind blows, some faint lights will glow from the ashes.

Selena and several village women cleaned the pots and stoves next to the central square of the village, pulled out the big iron pots from the stoves, and moved them into the village warehouses. There were still a few drunken villagers in the square , sitting next to the bonfire, picking out a piece of scorched cassava from the dying ashes, and the last bit of ale in the glass next to them, it seems that they want to drink up the ale before going home.

The drunken villagers chatted without saying a word:

"I said that the taste of this ale is really not bad. I tasted it in Hailansa City before, but this kind of taste is better. I think this thing is the most delicious when paired with meatloaf. Those people here just like to eat chickpeas and peanuts..."

"...It's all thanks to the Knights of Suldak." An elderly villager said casually.

"This year's year is good. In the past few days, I have harvested a lot from the mountains. Even if I saw wild radishes, sour pears, wild dates, and hawthorns in the mountains, I didn't dare to pick them. I'm afraid I can't get them from the mountains. Recite it, if you have the strength, who doesn't pick up tree rice and mushrooms!"

"I'll look at it after I have a four-wheeled carriage. I can load the mountain goods on the carriage vigorously. The four carriages have to go back and forth to the mountain pass a few times a day. The four-wheeled carriage is precious. If it is too heavy, it will be broken. But it's troublesome, and everyone in the village can repair..."

The night in Woer Village is very quiet. Many villagers are reluctant to light oil lamps in order to save money. If there is no such gathering at night, everyone usually goes to bed early. Soon after the villagers are gone, only The next mess.

At times like this in the past, Selena would rush to pack up and go home early. She would rather leave the cleaning until tomorrow than stay too late in the square, because there are always some idlers who can't sleep in the middle of the night and will Wandering in the village square, occasionally sneaking glances at her, made her feel uncomfortable all over, and some daring ones would follow her all the way to her door.

After the harvest festival dinner this year, Selena deliberately dragged it to the end. She wiped the wooden square table clean with a rag, and glanced at Suldak who was drinking with a group of young people from time to time. Signa was already leaning on the stove She was fast asleep, she had eaten too much tonight, Selena was worried that she would accumulate food, and gave her a glass of hawthorn water, but now she was not in a hurry to go back to that deserted stone house.

When little Peter started to feel sleepy, old Sheila went home with little Peter, Rita and Natasha on her back.

On the other hand, Suldak has been discussing with Charlie, Luke and other young people about the construction of the cistern. After the Harvest Festival, bricklayers from various villages will rush to Wall Village one after another. The construction will start soon, and tomorrow we will organize manpower to pull volcanic ash from the edge of the pustule mountain and grind the loose limestone. All of these require some manpower and material resources.

The old village chief was drunk, and Charlie carried the old village chief back home. There were only Luke and Val and a few people left. Suldak found that Selina was still there, so he waved to her. Linna tucked the blanket wrapped around Signa's body, tidied up her messy hair, untied the long skirt tied to her body, and walked over quickly.

Selena was wearing a thick woolen dress and a woolen sweater. She walked briskly and avoided swinging her waist as much as possible, because she felt that only dissolute women would twist their hips vigorously when walking. She didn't want to be caught by Su Erdak wanted to be that kind of woman.

Suldak was only wearing a linen shirt, tight-fitting breeches and riding boots, with the sleeves rolled up to reveal his thick arms, which were covered with hideous scars. He stood up and walked behind her, pulling her Open the back chair and ask her to sit down.

"It just so happens that you are here too. We were just discussing the matter of building a reservoir in the village. The specific construction plan has been finalized, but at present we need special statistics and payroll personnel. I think you are competent for this..."

Selena raised her head, raised her white chin, and looked at Suldak with adoring eyes. At this moment, she felt that the way he discussed things was so charming, she didn't even hear what Suldak was talking about. Saying something, anyway, is telling her to do something tomorrow, and she is willing to do anything for him.

Several young people felt that it was not suitable to continue talking about the reservoir in such an atmosphere, so they found excuses to slip away and ended the discussion hastily.

The soft moonlight shines among the mountains, in the fields of Wall Village, and in the tidal flats covered with reeds below Wall Village. Along the path in the village, Suerdak fell asleep with his back on his back. Signa walked in front, and Selena followed behind Suldak. The moonlight left a dark shadow on the ground, and she stretched out her foot to step on Suldak's shadow.

The shadow kept moving forward, and she happily chased after it...

In the past, Selena always felt that the road from the village square to her home was too long, and she would have to walk for a long time to get home, but now she found that the road was too short. When Suldak stopped , she nearly knocked him on the back.

Suldak handed the sleeping Signa to Selena, then held Selena's smooth face with his hands, and kissed her sexy lips.

Selena hoped that Suldak would stay, even if she was very domineering or could not wait to pull her into the stone house, but Seldak said softly to her: "Good night!"

"Good night!" Selena's voice was thin and soft.

Suldak stood at the gate of the courtyard, watched Selina enter the stone house, and then turned and left along the village road.

Selena carried Signa back to the stone house, and put her back on the upper wooden bed. Signa licked her soft lips, turned over on the bed, and Selena helped her cover a quilt.

The moonlight outside the window was like snow, and Selena was sitting on the wooden bed full of disappointment. At this time, she suddenly heard a knock on the door of the courtyard. Suddenly, her heart moved, and she ran out of the stone house, just in time to see Su Erdak leaned against the courtyard wall, and said to her with a faint smile: "Well-meaning lady, would you like to take one..."