Lord Harland.

There was a heavy snowfall in October.

In order to prevent people from freezing to death, Richard had a dozen indentured slaves crowded into a room.

There was a huge influx of people into the territory in August and housing became very scarce.

In order to accommodate these newcomers, Li Cha could only let them huddle together for the winter, saving various resources such as housing and fuel.

During the period after winter, the territory was relatively calm.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's just before Christmas again.

According to the tradition of the Harland family, Christmas Eve is a day for family members to get together.

On this day, William and Bernie took leave early and returned home to reunite with their relatives.

Richard and Sophia also returned to Black River Castle to meet their relatives.

Sophia is more than seven months pregnant and will give birth in late March next year. With the birth of this child, the Haaland family will also welcome a very important new member.

After the banquet started, Richard took the initiative to talk to uncles Bernie and Powell to ask their opinions on the marriage of Adrian and Twain.

Adrian was one year younger than Richard, and it was the age when nobles got married.His marriage should not be delayed any further.

Neither of the two uncles wanted their son to marry an officer in the territory, but both hoped to marry a nobleman to improve the bloodline of the next generation of the Harland family.

William had three wives, only Li Cha's mother was of noble blood, and the children she gave birth to were more talented.

Richard and Wendy are very talented, and Hayden has surpassed Ron.

Bernie and Powell both saw this.

Even after Li Cha persuaded them a few times, they failed to change their opinions.

The situation of the territory is not suitable for outside nobles to know, so the marriage can only be resolved within the relatives themselves.

Through Li Cha's introduction, Adrian got engaged to the daughter of his brother Rogge, and their wedding date was also set in January.

When it comes to marriages between relatives, the Grant Kingdom does not pay attention to seniority.

In order to keep their blood pure, some nobles even let nephews and aunts, uncles and nieces marry and have children, and it is even common for brothers and sisters to marry.

Adrian's engagement went very smoothly, but Tang En's marriage suffered a setback.

Tang En fell in love with Audrey, the daughter of his uncle Soros.

After exchanging the bloodline enlightenment potion from Li Cha, Audrey successfully awakened the knight's bloodline, and is now an apprentice knight.

Her blood concentration is better than that of her elder brother Morgan.

Audrey's talent is outstanding, so her vision is naturally high, and of course she doesn't like Tang En.

Except for Sophia and Soros, none of the relatives of the Harland family have noble ancestry.

Tang En was twenty years old after Christmas, and his marriage was not suitable to be delayed for too long.

Richard's uncle, Soros, was willing to come forward and introduce Baron Duck's prostitute to Tang En. If this marriage succeeds, Tang En will obviously be the one to win.

At this family dinner, William introduced the new favorite court lady Kelly to Richard and others.

William and Kelly have been dating for almost a year and a half.

Mrs. Kelly did not attend last year's Christmas dinner.

This spring, Mrs. Kelly became pregnant with her baby, two months before Sophia.

Because of having a child, Mrs. Kelly's status has improved a lot.

This Christmas, William officially introduced this new member to everyone.

Through observation, Richard discovered that Ron should be somewhat dissatisfied with William marrying the court lady.

Although he didn't show it obviously, Li Cha vaguely felt a trace of hostility.

This year Ron's position in the Wild Lion Legion has been improved a bit, he has been promoted to the rank of captain, promoted to the main squadron, and he has also advanced to the second level.

Ron's hostility towards the mistress of the family actually lasted for many years.

Just after time travel, Li Cha noticed that he was dissatisfied with his mother.

It was later discovered that he was dissatisfied with Mrs. Ola.

Now that William has a younger court lady, he's still resentful of Mrs. Kelly.

Richard didn't even know why he was dissatisfied with his father William?

Isn't it clear to him that, except for Richard's mother, William has overwhelming rights over his other partners.

The relationship is not equal.

The young Mrs. Kelly was favored by William, so did she still have the right to refuse?

"Perhaps this is the inferiority of human beings who dare not resist power."

Li Cha took a sip of the red wine alone, laughing at himself.

This year's family dinner was more extravagant than in previous years, and Mrs. Ola formulated formal dresses for the family members.

Men's attire is based on black and is made of expensive bearskin, worth more than five gold coins each.

Women's dresses are made of silk, tulle, pearls, and gold threads. The dresses are cut very simply, without any extra decorations to cover up the beautiful curves. Not only do they deliberately set off the well-developed breasts, but the high-slit skirts are even more One thigh is completely exposed, which looks very sexy.

The production cost of such a female dress is even higher, reaching sixteen gold coins per piece.

A lot of precious food was used at the banquet, including bear paws, abalone, sea cucumbers, and venison. Mrs. Ola also purchased expensive monster meat. Coupled with all kinds of expensive red wine, the food on this table costs at least dozens of gold coins.

A magic lamp is lit in the huge living room. This kind of magic lamp needs to consume magic crystals and magic cores as energy.Not only is it expensive, but the cost of using it is also very high, and only the great nobles can afford it.

Even the tableware used by everyone is made of gold and silver, and I don't know how much it cost.

A few dozen gold coins are enough for an ordinary family to live for more than ten years.

Looking at the luxurious food at the banquet, Li Cha suddenly had a feeling that the rich man's wine and meat stink, and his bones were frozen to death.

Before attending the banquet, he also inspected the winter work of the indentured servants in the territory.

Because the intensity of labor in winter was very low, Richard only gave the indentured slaves a ration of one pound per day.

One kilogram of rations is not enough for an adult. They can only eat one dry meal and one thin meal every day, living in a state of hunger.

Although it won't freeze and starve to death, there is no quality of life to speak of.

Looking at this luxurious banquet, Li Cha inevitably had some opinions in his heart, thinking that it was too extravagant.

"I'm not in charge now, and I'm not spending my money, so please bear with it. When I'm in charge, this trend should be completely reversed."

Richard knew in his heart that hedonism and comparison were prevalent among the nobles.

Mrs. Ola often attends noble banquets, so she will inevitably be affected.

Moreover, women's vanity is generally stronger than that of men.

"Ms. Ola's background is very low. In order to gain the approval of others, she has to show her wealth and noble taste. Father William and third uncle Bernie both have this tendency. Seeing how they enjoy it, it doesn't feel like a waste at all. , but it makes sense.”

Li Cha shook his head, dispelling the distracting thoughts in his heart.Talked with other members of the family, settled some matters, and took Sophia back to his room.