Pioneering

Chapter 21 Vigilance and Suspicion

The trembling Ange stomped his feet and rubbed his shoes on the floor mat in front of Laurie's house, but his shivering youthful movements seemed a bit funny, but he still imitated Zhong Ming's so-called aristocratic demeanor with relish—meeting the floor mat Just rub, rhythmically rub.

An Ge, who followed Zhong Ming into the room, took a deep breath of relief, it was so comfortable.

A warm fireplace makes the inside and outside of the house seem like a world away.The wealth of Boge Village is well-deserved, and the fireplace is always burning. If you want to know whether there are fireplaces in the houses in the surrounding villages, you have to put a big question mark.

Ange continued to imitate Zhong Ming's so-called aristocratic demeanor clumsily, imitating Zhong Ming's movements to take off his fur cap, coat and gloves, and then consciously hung the clothes on the coat rack on the wall.

Knight servants should not expect the host to take the initiative to help you with your coat and hat.

Zhong Ming and his party took their seats, enjoying the warmth of the snowy night.

Laurie handed over a pot of hot cocoa and some gingerbread at the right time. After drinking a cup of hot cocoa, Ange felt as if he had ascended to the kingdom of God.

Laurie looked at Zhong Ming and Kesha Lina who had not touched the food, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Master Ming, is it not to your taste? Please forgive me, this is already the best snack I can offer .”

Zhong Ming let go of Kesha Lina's hand, then retracted it under the table and kept kicking Ange's feet lightly, then got up and walked to Laurie.

"No, no, beautiful Ms. Laurie, we are very grateful for your hospitality, how can we blame you?" Zhong Ming gently took Laurie's right hand, leaned over and slightly touched the back of her finger with his lips , Said, "Kesarina and I are just a little tired and want to rest earlier."

"Also, if you can, just call me by my name. I don't have a title yet, and you are not my attendant." Zhong Ming added.

An Ge stared at Zhong Ming enviously, but still didn't have the courage to imitate his hand kissing ritual.

Laurie felt the instant warmth from her fingertips, a blush flashed across her haggard cheeks, and she said, "Okay, okay, Ming, it's because I didn't think carefully, everyone, please follow me."

The houses in Bog Village are generally two-story four-bedroom or three-story six-bedroom stone houses, which are built with a whole piece of brick and some kind of mixed plant adhesive.And Laurie's house has two floors and four bedrooms. Although it is not as elegant as a noble castle, it is also a residence that countless farmers can't dream of.

Even in the most affluent country on the mainland, there are few such affluent villages, right?
After all, it is almost impossible for farmers to build two-story or even three-story buildings. It is thanks to the blessings of the gods that they can live in gravel thatched longhouses.

Laurie arranged two rooms for Zhong Ming and his party, one for Zhong Ming and Kesha Lina, and one for Ange alone.

The bedroom is spacious and bright, clean and tidy, and it does not look like it has been unoccupied for a long time.

Mrs. Laurie was a good, hard-working woman.

"Ms. Laurie, my companions and I are very satisfied with the residence," Zhong Ming nodded slightly in satisfaction, pretending to take out a money bag from his arms, and said, "This is a small favor from my companions and I." , is also the reward you deserve, please don't refuse it."

After chatting at the dinner table, Zhong Ming and his party learned about the situation of Laurie’s family. The widowed Ms. Laurie Sakabo, who had not remarried for many years, raised her late husband’s daughter, Lite Sakabo, by herself. She was a kind and gentle woman. Mother.

Laurie took the purse, touched its weight, opened it and glanced at it, at least thirty or forty dinars, then quickly waved her hand and refused, "My lord, this is too much, and the few silver coins you gave are too much, so Too many gold coins, I really dare not charge you so much."

Zhong Ming raised the corners of his mouth slightly towards Laurie, and said with a smile: "Ms. Laurie, this is not only our accommodation expenses, but also our food expenses, heating expenses, hot water expenses..., not to mention who knows what the weather will be like." When does it get better? I don't think it's much at all."

"It doesn't take that much..."

Looking at Zhong Ming's seemingly magical smile, Laurie felt her heartbeat suddenly quickened, her face flushed, and she insisted on speaking.

"No, I think this is a reasonable price. After all, we have very high requirements for food, so please take care of it."

Zhong Ming jokingly said: "If you think we have paid too much, please prepare some hot water quickly, my companions and I are tired."

After some back and forth, under the persuasion of Zhong Ming's increasing rhetoric, Laurie finally accepted the bag of money, and promised again and again that she would provide the best food to the best of her ability.

Then she carried a dim lantern and walked down the stairs slowly to prepare hot water for Zhong Ming and his party.

The moment she turned around, Ms. Laurie's blushing face instantly became calm, and under the dim light of the lantern, the calm seemed a little gloomy.

Listening to Ms. Laurie's footsteps gradually receding, Zhong Ming suddenly slapped Ange on the back of the forehead and asked, "Does it hurt?"

Ange staggered from the sudden blow, stared at Zhong Ming aggrievedly and said, "It hurts!"

"It's good if it hurts. Pain can improve your memory." Zhong Ming was unmoved, and asked seriously, "Do you know why I hit you?"

"Should I bump into Ms. Alicia?"

"Slap~" Another slap hit Ange on the head.

"I'm being rude?"

"Slap~" Another slap hit Ange on the head.

"I didn't practice hard enough?"

"Slap~" Another slap hit Ange on the head.

"Master Ming, I really can't think of it." An Ge said with tears in his eyes.

"I hit you because you ate that cup of hot cocoa!" Zhong Ming said bitterly, "Is it because I lack your food? You idiot, I wish I could kiss your butt with my boots." Ass! Do you think I kicked you under the table because I was bored?"

"Master Ming?" Ange said with a look of confusion and panic, "Is there something wrong with the food? No, it doesn't make sense, right? We have no grievances with Ms. Laurie, how could it be?"

"Not necessarily." Zhong Ming said indifferently, resting his hands on the back of his head.

"Not necessarily?" Ange said in a crying voice, "Master Ming, don't be a fool, I have eaten so much gingerbread and hot cocoa, what should I do? Mom is still waiting for me to go back to see her! I can't Die!"

"Yes, not necessarily, but I'm not going to risk my life to see if the food is poisonous." Zhong Mingyu said earnestly, "And, don't you think this village is too suspicious?"

"Suspicious?" Kesha Lina asked curiously.

"Suspiciously wealthy," Zhong Ming paused, and said, "Villagers in Boge Village wear either leather or cotton clothes, and even silk scarves, silk!

And you already know from the chat just now that Laurie and her family are considered to be of the lower middle class in Borg Village. When Laurie went to get hot cocoa just now, I took a look at the utility room, and it was full of food and meat!

Every household in Boge Village is a masonry house, or multi-storey, and each house is no worse than the residences in the core area of ​​the city!

And that church is enough to be the main church in a big town. How much does each family pay to build such a church? "

Zhong Ming untied the bow decoration on his neckline and put it near his mouth, and said, "Recall what the villagers in the villages we passed along the way wore, what did they eat, and what did they live in?"

"Didn't it mean that Borg Village's brewing technology is very powerful and very profitable?" Kesha Lena asked suspiciously.

"Even if every household in Boge Village is a master brewer, and the wine they brew is exported to provinces and counties, they can't make them so rich!"

Zhong Ming then made a financial calculation with An Ge and Kesha Lina, and successfully persuaded them.

"What's even more suspicious is the attitude of these villagers towards us!" Zhong Ming patted An Ge's shoulder lightly, and said playfully, "Young man, isn't the feeling of bumping your chest very comfortable?"

Ange blushed, and didn't even care about the food, and said, "Ming, Mr. Ming..."

"Okay, you don't need to talk about it," Zhong Ming suddenly lost interest. Kesha Lina and Ange are not very good fans. Do you think it's a coincidence? Don't you think the villagers reacted too smoothly to Alicia's shout?"

"The most important thing is, have you ever seen a church with the door facing inward?

Which god's church opens inward?
Have you seen a missionary in such a big church? "

Zhong Ming threw a glass medicine bottle to An Ge, and said, "Although there is a high probability that there will be no serious poison in the food, you should drink this bottle of antidote. It can cure ordinary poisons!"

"Give me a little memory next time, don't eat what you shouldn't eat, don't drink what you shouldn't drink!" Zhong Ming snapped.

"What about the unusual poison?" Ange felt more at ease after taking the potion, and asked, "Can the unusual poison be cured?"

"Then you're unlucky!" Zhong Ming turned around and pulled Kesha Lina back to their room, and said, "I will send a pension to Aunt Monte."

"Crack~" The sound of glass shattering and "Plop~" the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground came from behind Zhong Ming and Kesalina.

(End of this chapter)