Selina's stone house is located on the slope of a ravine on the other side of the river. The stone house looks a little dilapidated, with mottled walls on the outside. After some limestone was broken, serious defects appeared on the wall. Although some soil was used to plug the defects.
After the rainy season, the soil on the walls was washed away by the rain, leaving some stains on the limestone walls.
The red thatch on the roof, door panels and windows are newly replaced, and the wooden door and windows still exude a faint smell of varnish. A straw shed has been built next to the stone house. Through the half-open wooden door, you can see a large wooden basin inside, and the yard.
The house is very flat, with a row of cauliflower planted under the corner on the north side.
Selena took Xigna into the stone house, and Suldak also walked in. The furnishings in the house were very simple. The bedroom and kitchen were connected. There was only a wooden table and two chairs in the house, and hangings on the walls.
A pair of rusty flower scissors.
There were some cassava on the small table next to the fireplace. Xigna put the chestnuts she had picked on the table. She sat down obediently and found a fist-sized stone from beside the fireplace. She stared at those with bright eyes.
The chestnut shell covered with hard thorns was smashed hard with the stone in hand. The chestnut shell cracked, and the brown chestnuts were exposed from the inside like horse manure eggs.
Signa's side face and focused eyes seemed to be carved out of the same mold as Selina, and all her attention was focused on peeling chestnuts.
Suldak followed Selena into the house and sat on a wooden chair in front of the square table. The wooden chair was very smooth. There was a sandbox on the wooden table, which was filled with fine river sand. Next to the sandbox, there were
There were two pens cut from twigs, and the sand was covered with imperial characters. Some of the characters were neatly written, while others looked very childish. Obviously, this was the sandbox that Selina used to teach Xigna how to read.
Selina sat across from Suldak. The two sat face to face. Suldak carefully examined the beautiful face of the woman in front of her. Her waist was straight and her long linen skirt clearly outlined her figure.
In terms of body outline, her figure is slightly thin, but her eyes are very clear and bright.
She is a very attractive woman, with a well-proportioned frame and a voluptuous body. Her neck is somewhat long, which makes her figure appear very tall.
"Thanks!"
Selena said a word of thanks to Suldak as soon as she opened her mouth.
"I haven't done anything to help you."
Suldak shrugged his shoulders. His eyes fell on Selena's chest inadvertently, looking at the white and greasy skin inside through the thin linen. This made him stunned for a moment, and then his heart beat violently several times.
, the blood in his body suddenly surged to his head, and he immediately realized that it was rude to stare at the other person like this, so he quickly retracted his gaze, focusing on the sand table on the table, and coughed to relieve the embarrassment.
Selina stood up and went to the closet to pour a glass of water for Suldak. The fingers of the hand holding the water glass looked extremely slender, but the palm of her hand was covered with some small cracks. She put the water glass on the table and pushed it to
In front of Surdak.
Surdak thought he should find a topic, "Can you write imperial script?"
Selena pushed her long hair behind her ears with her hands, her eyes fell on the sand table on the table, and she said somewhat unnaturally: "Well, I worked as a maid at Hoyle Manor for three years, following Miss Hoyle
Learn around you.”
Suldak suddenly thought that he had heard the name of this noble lady from somewhere, and then he remembered that the noble lady he saved after killing the robber that day seemed to have this name, and he heard from her that the Hoyle Manor had also been attacked.
Robbery's looting.
So Suldak said: "Miss Hoyle, this name is a bit familiar. I seem to have seen her before. She has not been very lucky recently."
Selina raised her head suddenly, looked a little pale and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with Miss Hoyle?"
Suldak did not expect that Selina and Miss Hoyle were old acquaintances.
I thought that if I had known about this relationship, I would have brought Miss Hoyle back to Wall Village.
"A group of robbers ransacked her manor and killed her family." Suldak said matter-of-factly.
"..." Selena calmed down.
Her eyes were still full of worries. At this time, she changed the topic and said to Suldak: "Thank you for helping me out yesterday. I really don't want to leave Xigna..."
"I know." Suldak smiled faintly and gently twirled the water glass in his hand. "Oh, by the way, since you are literate, that's great. There may be some accounts to be done in the village recently and you need your help.
, I heard that the salary is pretty good, and I think I’ll be looking for you within a day or two.”
After saying that, Suldak stood up from the chair and walked out of the stone house, as if he came here specifically to talk about this matter.
Selena leaned against the door and looked at Suldak's leaving figure, with a hint of worry in her green eyes.
…
In the evening, everyone gathered again at the old village chief's house.
There were quite a few people here this time. The living room of the old village chief's house couldn't accommodate so many people, so everyone gathered in the yard of the old village chief's house. Everyone sat down around the wooden table. There were more than twenty people in the dark place.
There were so many stools, and the young people stood at the outermost edge. The two wives of the old village chief made some wheat tea for everyone.
In addition to some stonemasons in the village, Selena was also among the participants.
However, she seemed a little out of place with this group of people. Standing alone under the eaves by the window, she looked outstanding.
The old village chief was sitting in the middle. When he saw that people were almost here, he put the pipe aside, took a sip of hot tea, and said: "I believe everyone knows something. We found something in the mountain."
Some sulfur requires a group of people to mine it from the mountain. The scale is not too big, but these sulfur mines are associated with some stalagmites and are not easy to mine. That’s why I invite everyone to come. I hope you can help the village.
Make some effort!"
Bright Village Chief also briefly talked about the difficult environment in the mountains, and said that he would have to stay in the mountains for at least half a month this time, and he would not be able to get back until the Harvest Festival. He had something to do at home, so he needed to get away as soon as possible.
Put it forward, so on and so forth.
"Uncle Brett..." A big man with tanned skin in the crowd squeezed up and shouted loudly.
"Why, you don't want to?" the old village chief asked with a bluster on his face and his eyes glaring at him.
The big black man was a little timid, and immediately scratched his head and shouted: "I didn't say I wasn't willing, I just think that if we, the stonemasons, are allowed to live in the mountains for half a month, the village will at least provide for us.
You can’t let us prepare our own dry food!”
The old village chief knocked the pipe in his hand, and the big black man took two steps back in fright. He was famous in the village for being a good eater, but he also had a big appetite and was a first-rate expert at hard work. The old village chief feigned anger.
"How many meals do you want the village to provide you?"
The big black man put forward his request somewhat honestly: "It is best to have three meals a day..."
"Ah!" It seemed like someone kicked him behind him, and the big black man screamed, but he didn't even dare to look back, so he quickly changed his words and said: "...Two meals a day!"
The old village chief squinted his eyes, leaned in front of him, tapped his strong chest with his pipe, and asked: "Are you sure you only need two meals a day?"
At this time, I heard the big black man's belly making gurgling noises one after another, which made everyone burst into laughter.
The big black man also felt a little embarrassed. He scratched his head and said with a smile: "Of course it would be better if I could drink something thin before going to bed at night."
The old village chief patted the big black man on the shoulder and said to him with a smile: "That's no problem at all. Originally, I wanted to give each of you a salary of one silver coin a day, but now it seems that it's quite possible.
No need!"
After hearing what the old village chief said, the surrounding masons became excited.
"Bigger, you stupid pig..."
"Ah! Uncle Bright, I promise to get up from bed early tomorrow..."