Chapter 500: 499. Mountain Village at Night
Chapter 500 499. Night in the mountain village
A round of setting sun is about to fall on the ridge, and dusk is approaching.
The villagers who had been busy all day rushed back to the village one after another, and the kobold slaves on the river bend beach also returned to the work shed at the entrance of the village. The five large steamers placed in front of the work shed at the entrance of the village were steaming with steam. , Opened the top steamer, inside was a cornbread mixed with a lot of cassava, a small amount of wheat bran and miscellaneous grains, and served with a bowl of salty vegetable soup, the taste made these kobolds digging in the riverbed Almost bit my tongue.
Obviously, for a long time, the kobold slaves probably haven't eaten such delicious food.
The food on the construction site of the reservoir is obviously much better than that of the kobold slaves. Scones and multigrain porridge are served with some pickled salty dried vegetables. In the spring when there is a food shortage everywhere, most villagers outside the mountain pass Best meal ever. The bricklayers who made a fortune in Wall Village last year couldn't wait to come out of the villages when the permafrost layer melted, and forced to advance the second phase of the reservoir project by half a month.
The villagers of Wall Village gather in the village square. Every time a bonfire dinner is held, the whole village will gather here to wait for a bowl of fragrant mutton soup.
Two large iron pots were set up on the square in the center of the village. Five yellow sheep that had been peeled and washed were placed on a wooden pier and cut into pieces of meat. The cooks poured pots of mutton into the boiling iron In the pot, except for a little herbs and shallots, almost nothing is added, and the aroma of the broth can waft far.
In the past, this kind of bonfire dinner would only kill one sheep at a time. Since the village has monopolized the Beigou grassland and the sulfur mine in the pustule mountain rocky area, the village has become richer. Every dinner meeting, the old village chief Brett asked the butcher who slaughtered the sheep to kill two more. The reason why there were five this time was that one was for Suldak, and the other was specially prepared for the ogre Gullitum.
In the village, Selena is the best at cooking mutton soup. Selina is responsible for cooking the mutton soup every campfire dinner. She is wearing an apron and standing beside the big iron pot, still looking graceful, and her daughter Signa is obedient as usual. Squatting down next to the big iron pot, eagerly waiting for the fat yellow mutton in the soup pot, but Signa is no longer the skinny little girl of last year. After a winter of nourishment, her little face became flushed, Compared with other children in the village, Signa is much quieter.
She doesn't like to play with children of the same age, and often hides under Selena's skirt habitually.
Signa turned her head and glanced at Suldak by the stove not far away, blinking her big eyes.
She doesn't understand what delicious food a knight can cook...
With the help of Rita, Suerdak tied an apron and stood beside an iron pot. Villagers crowded around the iron pot. Even Rita and Natasha looked at Su curiously in the crowd. In Erdak, the village women were whispering among each other, their eyes full of doubts, and they didn't understand what kind of food this white sauce extracted from cassava could make.
The boiling water in the pot kept churning...
Suldak poured the water starch into the boiling water, and then used a large wooden spoon to stir continuously in the iron pot until the water starch in the iron pot was stirred into a viscous translucent paste. With the help of Andrew, the large iron pot was removed from the stove.
Suldak believes that the most indispensable thing for food to become gourmet food is to have a beautiful story.
He put the big iron pot into the stone trough filled with water, and said to the surrounding villagers: "When I served in the Warsaw plane, I went to a small seaside town, and the people there were not only good at cooking Seafood, and know how to extract this white starch from the roots of plants to make all kinds of delicious food. This time I came back to Wall Village, I thought maybe cassava can do the same. It seems... so far It should be considered a success, the next step is to cool down, and it will take a while to taste this delicious food."
"Should I soak it in cold water and let it cool?" Rita, who was standing in the crowd, asked Surdak.
She probably asked the question on behalf of the village women around her. Those village women would not dare to ask a knight lord casually now.
"Hmm..." Suldak nodded to Rita and replied.
When the stew in the iron pan cooled down a bit, Suerdak used the peeling team to cut the stew and cut it into small cubes of one inch square. eat. Suldak rubbed some mutton oil on the pan, and placed the stewed sons cut into squares side by side on the pan. After frying all six sides until browned, sprinkle some chopped herbs and sauce. The fragrance dissipated immediately.
Of course, what was boiled in the Suldak iron pot could not be enough for the whole village to eat, so he chose the children in the village to eat first, and he put those stews full of sauces into small wooden bowls Looking at the pair of eyes full of expectation, Suldak felt that he was touched to the softest place in his heart. Among these children, there was little Peter and Signa, looking at the corners of their mouths. With the sauce on his face and his eyes full of admiration for the food, Surdak felt his heart was completely melted.
Selena looked at Suldak's side face with a focused expression when he bent over and distributed the food to the children with a spatula, and suddenly felt that his heart was full.
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It turns out that in this way, the toxins in the cassava can be completely removed, and the starch in the cassava can also be extracted...
The topic of conversation at the dinner meeting suddenly became the topic of cassava.
Subsequently, the old village head Brett issued a seal order of "refining and extracting cassava":
‘Anyone who dares to spread this refining and extraction method outside the village of Wall will be convicted in the name of encroaching on the private property of the Suldak knights, and will be the enemy of the whole village at that time. ’ Standing on the boulder in the middle of the village, the head of Brett village warned a group of Wall villagers who were holding big wooden bowls, drinking mutton soup and eating wheat cakes, very solemnly:
"Tomorrow, the coachmen in the carriage shop will bring back more wheat bran and feed cassava to these kobold slaves. It's a waste of food..." the old village chief Brett said to Charlie beside him.
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Charlie was speechless at his father's double-faced words.
The head of Bright village made a decision that night. Starting tomorrow, the village will refine and extract a large amount of cassava starch. Regardless of whether the cassava starch will become one of the main foods in the village or be sold to the city, as long as this set of refined and extracted cassava starch If the method of starch is not disclosed, there will be huge benefits in it.
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After the dinner party, Suldak returned home early with ogres, half-elves, native warriors and succubi.
People in the village are a little afraid of the ogre Gullitum, and when they see him, they will unconsciously go far away. For the ogre Gullitum who likes to be reasonable, he doesn't know that the villagers are so xenophobic. Whether emotions will hit him, he may be a little bit lost.
Some young people in the village wanted to see Samira's face hidden under the hood, so they always approached Samira intentionally or unintentionally. Suldak was worried that Samira was getting impatient, so he shot an arrow. It didn't end well.
As for Aphrodite, Suldak knew that her mana had not been lost, so he was really worried that this descendant of the demon race would secretly charm a few villagers, and it would be very troublesome to make their families disharmony.
Compared to others, Andrew is well integrated into the villagers. Little Peter likes to chat with Andrew, and even begged Andrew to teach him fighting skills.
Little Peter's request Andrew is of course not easy to refuse.
So the native warrior Andrew stood in the yard, holding a big ax in his hand, teaching little Peter some simple fighting skills.
For this native warrior with the 'soul of a berserker', there is no doubt that offense is the best defense. This is obviously completely opposite to Suldak's theory about the shield warrior's fighting skills, but believe little Peter This grade probably doesn't understand these things, and what he needs most now is to lay a good foundation.
Old Sheila sat at the door watching Andrew teach little Peter, with earnest eyes in her eyes.
Samira took an apple and soaked it in the large wooden barrel in the bathroom with Aphrodite. The climate in Vojmara City was not so dry, and it took nearly half a month to set up a knight collar on the pustule mountain. There is no chance to take a bath at all, which is simply unbearable for Samira who loves cleanliness. The succubus Aphrodite and Samira huddled together. When she lived in the **** world, it was rare for her to take a bath for several years. Now that she has the opportunity to enjoy it, she can't wait to sleep directly in the bathtub...
Gullitum ate a whole gazelle tonight, drank a large pot of mutton soup, his belly was full, and he slept better than anyone else in the cowshed by the wall. Squeezed out of the cowshed, lying on the side chewing cud silently, silently staring at the ogre in the cowshed, with a trace of saliva hanging from the corner of his mouth.
Suldak took the opportunity to get rid of everyone and slipped out of the yard.
Tomorrow he will return to Hailansa City, and he wants to say goodbye to Selina tonight. This time when he returns to Wall Village, the two haven't had a proper conversation yet.
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Selena folded the apron, and she handed over the finishing work such as cleaning up and cleaning the iron pot to several village women, and then pulled Signa away from the village square.
Became the assistant and clerk next to the head of Bright Village, Selena's status in Wall Village has been significantly improved, and now no one in the village dares to speak coldly about her behind her back, she knows that all of this is Because there was Suldak standing behind her, and it was this person who suddenly walked in front of her on her most difficult day, stretched out a solid and powerful hand to her, and dragged her out of the nightmare and fear.
Selena lowered her head, thinking about the past while walking, and only saw Suldak sitting under the chestnut tree when she reached the gate of the courtyard.
"Why are you here!" Selina ran up to Suldak with a look of surprise.
Pushing open the courtyard door, Selena pulled Surdak into the courtyard.
The two of them didn't care about little Signa's feelings standing aside, and hugged each other tightly until Selena felt a little suffocated, and the two separated.
At this time, Suldak held Selina's fair face and said in a low voice: "I'm going back to Hailansa City tomorrow, rushing to report to the guard camp, I can't wait too long in the village, I want to see you before I leave one side."
Selena blushed, her lake-blue eyes were full of sweetness, and there was a faint smile on her lips.
While Selena was looking at Suldak affectionately, she heard a timid voice beside her whisper, "Suldak, can you lend me this picture album?"
Suldak glanced down, only to realize that what Little Signa was holding in her hand was the black mage Cyrus. A magic note left by Hickok.
He didn't even know when he put this magic note in his magic pocket.
He couldn't bear to refuse the sensible and timid Signa.
Reached out and touched Signa's head, and told her: "This is not an ordinary picture book, this is a very powerful magician's notes, the illustrations inside are some magical patterns, if you look at these patterns If you feel dizzy, you must stop, otherwise the magic backlash will cause some damage to your spiritual world. You still have a chance to awaken the magic pool when you are twelve years old. Before that, you can’t be too careful... "
"Understood." Little Signa smiled sweetly at Suldak.
Suldak and Selina couldn't wait to roll on the bed this time without just meeting.
Signa sat next to the small wooden table in the room, flipping through the magic notes.
The book turned to the last page. Celia Cooper secretly rolled her eyes at Signa, and forced a blunt smile at the girl. She really wanted to tell Suldak how the little devil in front of her treated her. , but when he thought of the oath he was forced to make, he quickly and subconsciously shut his mouth tightly.
Suldak and Selena chatted about some stories that happened in Hailansa in winter, and some experiences in Wojmara City, Selena listened with gusto.
When Marquis Luther wrote a letter of recommendation for Suldak, Selina covered her mouth in surprise and said:
"So, you may still be promoted to noble?"
Suldak held Selina's soft hand and said:
"There may be some chances, saying that it is because I can perceive the magical elements of the sacred attribute."
Selena pursed her lips and smiled, put her hand on his face and said:
"The lord recommended you as a nobleman. I am afraid that he will regard you as a confidant in the future. In order to further stabilize the relationship between you, he will inevitably give you a noble lady in the future."
Suldak was slightly taken aback:
"I already have a wife, can't I?"
Selena smiled, but didn't speak.
Suldak half-lyed on Selena's round and elastic thighs, looked up at her delicate face, and asked her, "Would you like to go with me to Hailansa City?"
Selina didn't expect that Suldak would send out such an invitation. She was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "Me? Let's forget it, maybe I will definitely go to see it when I have a chance, but not now, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble, and besides, I am really enjoying my life here, so why take the risk of going to Hailansa City?"
Seeing that Selena refused, Suldak didn't say any more.
The two chatted like this for a long time before reluctantly leaving Selena's residence.
Walking on the gravel-covered road in the village, with the cool night wind blowing on his face, Suldak actually felt a lot of emotions...
When he just woke up from the battlefield, Suldak often thought of the meaning of living in this strange world.
Later, the first time his thinking changed was when he went to the battlefield with the second team. At that time, he felt that fighting with his companions was the meaning of life.
Later, I felt that living in a small rural village and living an ordinary life might be the meaning of life. When Suldak stepped into Wall Village, he saw old Sheila, Rita, Natasha and little Peter. It has become the meaning of life to give his family a better life, and now Suldak feels that the value of his existence is to bring a prosperous life to the entire Wall Village...
Looking up at the starry night sky, his young and handsome face seemed to be smiling and waving at him in the night sky.
Then turned into countless stars and dissipated in the night sky...
(end of this chapter)