[Comprehensive British and American] The owner is not good

the next morning…

Mycroft and Sherlock got up early and stood outside the old house to discuss timber matters. It was rare for Dana not to stay in bed, staying beside the two brothers and interjecting from time to time.

"Mike, where are your people?" Dana looked around and found that no workers came.

Although the old house only needs to be repaired, it is still a big project. Usually, the three brothers are only responsible for the most core areas, and teach the workers to handle the rest.

Mike took out the watch from his pocket and glanced at it, then put it back into his pocket and said, "At present, it should still be on the way."

It is currently around 5 o'clock in the morning. Except for the old butler and servants who are constantly busy in the whole mansion, everyone else is still asleep. Fortunately, Tom Riddle hugged Severus yesterday, and Dana There is time for these things.

"Okay, the roof on the south side will be handed over to them, Abel, come here." After thinking for a while, Dana decided to let the workers repair the usual place, and he looked at Abel's housekeeper not far away. He beckoned.

"Master Dale!" Abel rushed over and shouted respectfully to Dana.

"Housekeeper Abel, a group of workers who will repair the house will come over later. The three of us have work to do. Please arrange for them to repair the roof of the old house." Dana waved his hand, signaling that he doesn't have to be so restrained, by the way Tell the other party about your decision.

"Very honored!"

Sure enough, Butler Abel agreed with a smile on his face.

As soon as the matter was decided, the three brothers walked towards the forest, stopping and stopping along the way, especially Sherlock frowned, looking like he was in some trouble.

"What did you find?" Dana was the first to notice something was wrong with Sherlock.

Sherlock bent down and picked the tender grass in front of him, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and then put the grass in front of him for a closer look.

"There are more grasses."

It was a very inconspicuous plant amidst the golden yellow in late autumn. The short stems were a little bare, and the bottom of the fallen leaves on the ground was still slightly green, and the rest were already golden.

Grasses are the main food source for elk, in addition to leaves and various aquatic plants.But since they walked all the way, the leaves were not too damaged, most of them fell to the ground due to the season, and the aquatic plants were much longer and more vigorous than usual.

Everything goes to one place.

"The elk has become less?" Dana also understood the importance of the matter now, and frowned, "Although there is no one guarding the back mountain, it is very difficult to climb because of the cliff. A warning sign was put up to indicate that this is private property, and no one should come poaching."

Poaching is now the most common phenomenon.

The elk that once caused the number of various wild animals in the UK has been greatly reduced, just like the forest of Sherlock Holmes' old house is just lucky to survive.

"I'll send someone to look out for it," Mycroft said softly.

They stock some creatures in the forest every year, trying to maintain the ecological balance of the environment. It can be said that they can recognize the animals whether they are herbivorous or carnivorous.Now that this incident has happened, I will definitely pay more attention.

The other two nodded, and then continued to walk forward. The path was not too long, and they soon reached the end.

It is a clear blue lake, reflecting the white clouds and blue sky, the sparkling water surface is like stars, the lake water is crystal clear, and you can see swimming fish and various aquatic plants at the bottom of the lake.

The pebble-paved path leads to a small wooden house. The tall trees beside the wooden house are still lush green, or they are conspicuous red, and the least is the most common golden yellow in this season.

Mycroft led the way, Sherlock followed, and finally Dana. The three of them walked along the path towards the wooden house without any haste.

The door of the wooden house was tightly closed, and a delicate and excessive iron lock was hung on it.There were some cleaning utensils at the door, and on the left side of the room was a pile of timber half a person's height. Mycroft took out a key from his pocket, inserted it into the lock, and opened the door.

The two brothers behind were whispering and discussing some issues with each other.

"Mike came to see you yesterday?" Dana asked.

"Yeah!" Sherlock replied very coldly.

"It seems that you have failed. Tell me, how did your brother dispel your idea?"

Given that Watson hadn't followed suit, Dana could reasonably have judged that Sherlock's suggestion had been dismissed by Mycroft.

This news is really rare.

Mycroft would never refuse any request from his younger brother. No matter how rude the request was, Mycroft would do things for Sherlock that were often unbelievable to outsiders.

But the fact is that Dr. Watson did not follow.

Dana felt that he could hardly suppress his curiosity. He met Mike once before falling asleep yesterday, after Sherlock walked out of his room with a dark face. with him.

"I refused. The decision I made last night seemed a bit hasty. I think everything will be cleared up after me." Speaking of what happened last night, Sherlock's mood gradually became a little bit bad.

Yesterday, when he went to Mycroft's room, he was actually not in a good mood. Although he didn't feel much better when he came out, he was inexplicably more relaxed. It seemed that he didn't understand a lot of things in the past, and was clicked by this man. same.

"Charles, do you know the meaning of asking the doctor to repair it?" Under the light, the man took off his suit slowly and gracefully, then raised his eyes to look at his brother at the door, and there was a dim light in his black eyes.

Mycroft looked extremely serious, even though he was sitting at the desk in a white shirt, he still seemed to be in the office of the White House.

That sentence and the scene kept echoing in Sherlock's mind, making him seem to understand something, but also seemed to understand nothing.

"Well, this is your freedom!"

Dana also seemed to see that Sherlock didn't want to get entangled in this matter, so he spread his hands rationally, and decided to obey the other party for the time being.

There are many facilities in the wooden house, including tableware and kitchen utensils for eating and drinking, toilets, and double beds in the bedroom. Everything is like a miniature apartment.But because no one has lived there for a long time, it is full of dust.

There is an oil painting on the wall of the bedroom with a landscape picture, which is the scene in front of the wooden house, lake, white clouds, blue sky, and trees of various colors.The only difference is that there are more animals.

In the painting, the elk is drinking water by the lake, and the wild wolves are nesting not far away. Instead of hunting, they lie there lazily and lick each other's fur. The picture can be said to be very warm.

"The windows need to be repaired, and there seems to be some problems with the roof." After visiting the wooden house, Mycroft was the first to express his opinion.

The window of the wooden house may have been caused by a storm, and a big hole was broken in the middle. The wooden window eaves were broken in half, and sharp pieces of wood fell to the ground.The phenomenon of rain leakage on the roof is not as obvious as that of the windows. You can only look up from the inside and see that the color of the top wood is darker than that of the wood next to it, which means it is soaked by water.

"I can solve the window eaves, and there are spare glass in the house, but what about the roof?" Dana pointed out the problems they are currently facing.

The wooden roof is a cone, a bit like an inverted funnel. The hard wood is basically difficult to dismantle. Once there is a water leak, the project will become very large.

Mycroft said very calmly, "Dismantled."

Dana: "..." Did he hear something wrong just now?

If there were only the three of them with so much wood, unless they were busy all day and night, it would be impossible to finish it even at Christmas.

Mycroft looked back at the roof, and said very calmly: "As you can see, we have to finish repairing this wooden house within a limited time. The roof project is very troublesome, but in order to prevent the next The fact that a year's worth of rain would damage the house was the only way to do it."

They couldn't get the workers to come and help him, and the roof had to be fixed, so why not start and finish sooner.

The wood is next door to the house, and some simple cutting tools are also available. Mere measurements and how to perfectly restore the original roof are very simple for the two high-intelligence Sherlock Holmes.

"Okay, so we have to speed up." Dana shrugged, accepting what Holmes said, "but are you going to hand over the wooden eaves to me?"

One of the broken parts has been confirmed to be repaired, and there is no difference between asking or not asking about the other, but Dana still asked politely.

Mycroft and Sherlock nodded, and looked at the man with long black hair at the same time. The man who repaired the windows of the wooden house in the past was contracted by the latter.

……

A brief silence.

Dana felt his heart was tired, and he said weakly: "Okay, I get it."

In fact, he didn't intend to hand it over to others at the beginning. Needless to say, Sherlock has never been interested in these things. Mycroft..., uh, let him do it. Dana can't imagine when the other party is doing carpentry. look.