Lord Helanza

The dwellings of the villagers in Wall Village are not dense. Nearly 50 households are distributed in the mountain cols along the trend of the stream. The stream stretches for nearly three kilometers in the valley. Except for some barren fields, there are some simple stone houses. Surdak's home is located at the lower reaches of the creek, not far from the tidal flats at the river bend.

The residence of the village chief Bright is located at the uppermost part of this creek, which belongs to the highest point of this ravine.

Although Wall Village is a rather barren small mountain village, where there are only more than 50 civilian households, this small mountain village still has a very strict hierarchy. In Wall Village, its status is more important. The taller people live in the upper reaches of rivers and streams, and the closer they live to the upper reaches, the more convenient it is to use water.

Especially in the dry season, the spring water flowing out of the spring is even less than one-tenth of the time when the rainfall is abundant.

At this time, it will be more convenient for residents living in the upper reaches of the news to use water, and the fields on both sides of the river will also be fully irrigated.

Walking up the small intestine road in the village. Surdak rode along this road in the morning. He also saw the stone house of the village chief Bright. This is a The roof of the spire house is covered with thick red thatch. Although it does not seem to be a 2-Layer building, the red thatch roof has a small glass window, which should be a small attic.

The house is high enough to lift the frame. The whole house is made of limestone stone bars. The wooden window frames look very strong. There is a simple fence outside the house, and there is also a fence inside. With a few hens, it seems to be one of the best houses in the village.

The name of Mayor Bright was still told to herself by Sheila in the morning.

Old Sheila also told Surdak that the village chief prefers the youngster to call him Bright Uncle. Almost all youngsters in the village call this way.

Surdak is standing next to the fence outside the village chief’s house. The fence is covered with plum peas. These plum peas have some purple flowers, and the dense green leaves are full of pods. Open the wooden fence gate of the fence, walk along the path, and see the Mayor Bright sitting in front of the stone house, he is cutting a wooden stick with a sickle in his hand, and two youngsters are sitting next to him. He also took the knife and the wooden stick, and when he approached, he realized that the wooden stick was actually the carcass of a hardwood longbow.

The difference between this kind of hardwood bow and the military standard alloy bow is that there is no stronger metal bow. The pulling force of the hardwood bow is determined entirely by the toughness of the hardwood itself. This kind of hardwood bow belongs to Ordinary hunting bows have an average range and cannot be used on the battlefield.

It seems that these two youngsters are learning the craft of making hardwood bows from Chief Bright.

Mr. Bright’s hair is gray and his face is full of wrinkles. He always likes to squint at people. This is probably the habit of being a hunter when he was young.

Hearing the sound of footsteps coming from the door, an azure hound sprang out from the wood shed, and moved towards Surdak silently and bit his calf.

The village chief Bright called out: "Carla, come back!"

The hunting dog heard the call from the owner and stopped quickly, then turned around shaking its head and wagging its Tail ran down to the leg of the Chief Bright.

Only then did the old village chief see Surdak, and greeted him hurriedly: "It's little Duck, come and sit down, are you accustomed to living in the village?"

"It's okay!" Surdak came over, found a wooden pier and sat down.

The two youngsters saw Surdak and quickly stood up and greeted Surdak. Village Chief Bright introduced to Surdak that one of the two youngsters was his youngest son, Charlie, and the other was his. Nephew Luke.

A young middle-aged woman in commoner walked out of the house, broke a cup of tea for Surdak, and then smiled at him before leaving the house.

The mayor of Bright said: "Yesterday the Beigou pasture was thanks to your presence. Otherwise, I really don’t know how to end the matter. If this pasture is gone, the village of Wall will Life can be difficult! If these yellow sheep are nowhere to be stocked, I really don’t know what else the village can exchange with foreign caravans for some daily necessities such as salt, silk thread, and iron pots."

" I am glad to be able to help everyone!" Surdak said politely.

Seeing that Surdak didn't take credit for it, the head of Bright was a little relieved.

He is afraid that Surdak will come up to mention topics such as the ownership of Beigou Pasture. It is said that the recapture of Beigou Pasture is all the credit of Surdak, but even so, he cannot easily let it out. After all, this pasture is related. All livelihood issues in the village.

The bow tire in the hands of the village chief Bright has been cut almost, the entire handle and the bow back are roughly cut out, and only the balance of the bow back is finely trimmed. Surdak gave the village chief a cloth Wright said: "Bright Uncle, are you making a hardwood bow?"

Village Bright handed the hardwood bow to Surdak, then dusted off the sawdust and replied, "Well, Immediately entering September, the weather gradually cools down, and the lizards in the mountains have to crawl out of the crevices of the mountain walls. This time of the year is the best time for hunting. I hope that this year’s luck will be better and I can catch more limestone hyenas. Lizard."

Surdak asked curiously: "Will the hunted limestone iguana be sold in Helanza?"

Mr Bright paused for a while. Said: "Uh, usually there will be caravans to buy them, and then they will transport them to Helanza city. Helanza city is too far for us."

"This kind of limestone iguana is used Come to eat?" Surdak asked.

Charlie sitting aside said to Surdak: “Of course, the meat of the iguana is very tender and delicious, and it feels a bit like tender chicken, but this item can almost be exchanged for two Silver Coins. No one would be willing to eat them."

The wooden bows in the hands of the two of them were very ordinary. Village Chief Bright took them in his hands and checked them, pointed out the shortcomings and gave suggestions for modification. Village Chief Wright has a lot of experience in making hardwood bows, and it seems that this is a hunting activity for the whole village.

Surdak also participated in some hunting activities during the second squad. In addition to hunting devil, he also hunted Tim fish, swamp giant crocodile and devil antelope.

"Bright Uncle, can I participate when hunting the lime iguana?" Surdak felt that he should participate in such an activity.

The mayor of Bright replied: "Of course, I will notify everyone in advance when it comes to hunting!"

After that, Surdak explained his intention: "Bright uncle, I want to buy some planks from the village to repair the house..."

Mr. Bright pondered, took a pipe from his pocket, and took two sips, wrinkles on his face. Just like a knife and an axe, bronze's face was covered with traces left by the years. After a while, he said, "There are in the warehouse of the wooden plank village. I heard that the village will be your Fiefdom from now on. These wooden planks will naturally It belongs to your private property, and naturally you don’t need to pay to buy it."

Surdak heard that Village Chief Bright wanted to give the wood to himself, so he hesitated and said:

"Bright uncle, I'm still a reserve Knight, and I haven't obtained Fiefdom yet. Besides, even if Helanza City Lord turns this land into my Knight collar, the materials in the village belong to the villagers here. Follow me It’s okay, I’d better pay some money."

Mr. Bright’s eyes flicked, and he used the walnut pipe in his hand to knock twice on the wooden table, the tone was a little bit picky. Gao, just listen to him loudly said:

"These woods are worth a lot of money!"

Then realized that his tone was a bit wrong, he immediately suppressed the tone and faced Surdak Sincerely said: "The land in Wall Village is barren, and you can't produce much food in a year. In the future, this will become your Fiefdom. As long as you can reduce or exempt some taxes when the year is bad, it will be the greatest boon to us. "

Of course, Surdak also knows that the villagers in the village have a very difficult life. But at this time, he can’t make any promises. He can only continue to say: "I also want to ask someone to help repair. Next to the house in the house, Bright Uncle, are there carpenters and masons in the village?"

"Everyone in the village knows some masonry and carpentry skills, and you have to pay attention to hire people in the village You don't need to pay wages to help repair the house. You give them money and you are equivalent to despise them..." Village Chief Bright said to Surdak.

Surdak looked at Charlie and Luke in a bottle, and the two youngsters were nodded by them. It seemed that what the village chief said was true.

Mr. Bright went on to say: "But...according to the tradition of the village, the owner of the renovating house needs to prepare some stews and wheat cakes. Please have a good meal by the craftsmen who repair the house. It’s hard work. I just have a salty pork leg here..."