The bathroom was filled with hot air. Natasha walked into the bathroom with a blushing face, holding a pile of folded linen clothes, and placed the pile of clothes on the shelf next to the barrel.
Surdak was soaking in the steaming large wooden barrel, with his broad and scarred back exposed, and his thick arms resting on the edge of the barrel. This large barrel looked very old, and the wooden boards were already worn out.
It has become somewhat black from use, and the outer copper clamp is covered with green patina, and water will seep out along the gaps in the wooden boards.
When he noticed Natasha walking in, Surdak shrank into the barrel in embarrassment, with only the part above his neck above the water.
Seeing the embarrassed look on Suldak's face, Natasha, who was still a little nervous at first, burst into laughter with a rare burst of laughter. Natasha reached out and brushed the long hair around her ears, and bit her with her white teeth.
With rosy lips, she said in a thin voice: "You need me [email protected]#..."
She lowered her head, and Suldak couldn't see the expression on her face. At this time, he could only see that the roots of her ears were red. She was standing at the door of the bathroom wearing a long blue linen skirt, with a slender and tall figure.
Far less shapely and plump than Rita, she doesn't look like a woman who has given birth to a child.
"Want to add some hot water for me?...Okay!" Suldak stretched out his hand to wipe the water on his face and said to Natasha.
"oh……"
Natasha felt that she would faint from suffocation if she continued to stand there, so she agreed and retreated in panic.
She slipped into the kitchen next to the bathroom, squatted next to the large wooden basin, and began to scrub the set of Warcraft leather armor stained with wolf blood.
Rita squatted beside the stove, pursed her lips and gave Natasha a thumbs-up of praise.
The water in the pot has not yet boiled, Rita said loudly to Surdak through the wooden wall: "Sheila wants you to take the meat of the Sand Wolf King to Helensa City and sell some, there is too much meat.
, this is not winter, there is no way to store so much bacon in the chimney, it will block our chimney."
Surdak's voice sounded, and then he heard Surdak's voice coming from next door: "I know, but you must leave as much as possible, remember to give little Peter something to eat every day, this sand wolf king
It is considered a second-level monster. Eating this kind of animal meat regularly can improve your physical condition. Forget about Sheila, her body may not be able to tolerate this kind of meat, but eating it once in a while should be fine."
Hearing Suldak say that sand wolf meat can improve Little Peter's physical condition, Natasha quickly poked Rita with her finger, and Rita made a circle with her thumb and index finger, making an OK gesture.
Rita blinked her big blue eyes and asked expectantly: "Then...when are you going to leave? I mean to Helensa..."
"If allowed, then tomorrow!...What's wrong?" Surdak asked.
"Can you take Natasha and I with you? We also want to go to the city and have a look." Rita glanced at Natasha, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and said with a smile.
"Of course..." Suldak agreed without thinking.
While Suldak was taking a bath, he chatted wordlessly with Rita who was sitting next door boiling water. Old Sheila took little Peter to the barnyard, where the dinner had almost begun.
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The next morning, Charlie and Val took twenty young people from the village, carrying a large amount of wheat cakes, beans, pickled salted wolf meat, some onions, carrots and other supplies to the sulfur mine in Pudu Mountain.
This is the second group of villagers from Wall Village going to the sulfur mine. They will stay in the sulfur mining area for about half a month and return to Wall Village before the harvest festival.
As soon as it dawned, these young people rode their horses and quietly left Wall Village. There are currently less than seventy households living in the village. Now more than half of the families’ men have gone to the sulfur mines, leaving only
Some elderly women and children got off.
Surdak did not return to Pussy Hill with Charlie and the others, but rushed to the city of Halanza.
He asked Rita and Natasha to ride a horse together, and he also rode another ancient Bolan horse. The three of them left the village of Wall while the dew in the grassland had not completely fallen.
, rushed along the mountain road to Helensa City. The mountain wind was already very cold in late September. Only when the sun continued to rise, the temperature here would continue to warm up. Rita and Natasha were wearing cloaks and sitting on the horse.
I didn't dare to move my back.
Fortunately, the ancient Bolai horse they were riding was Surdak's mount. Rita and Natasha would not only cut grass and feed it, but also shave it of horse sweat. This war horse was also very capable.
He is very sensible, and the two ladies looked very honest after riding on it.
Old Sheila originally disagreed with Rita and Natasha going to Hellanza City, but this time Suldak also stood up and begged Old Sheila, which made Old Sheila reluctantly agree.
Rita rarely left Wall Village. The farthest place she had been to was Beigou Pasture, five kilometers away. She was full of curiosity about the world outside the village. As soon as she walked out of the village, she kept asking Suldak.
Surdak explained patiently, as if he had lived in this land for decades, while Rita, a native, was an outsider.
The sun jumped out from below the horizon, as red as an omelette. There was barren land everywhere, and the ground was covered with gravel.
A gust of wind blew by, raising a cloud of yellow sand.
The most common plants on this land are sea buckthorn grass and thirsty grass that grow close to the ground. For most of the year, their branches and leaves are withered and yellow. Only in the months of the rainy season will they absorb enough water.
of rain, taking the opportunity to thrive.
The woman's face was covered with a gauze scarf, and she slowly disappeared on the mountain road while riding a horse.
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When passing the mountain pass, Rita pointed to the wooden crosses on the top of the mountain and asked Suldak what they were.
Surdak could only answer vaguely: Those are some crosses. After some sinful people die, in order to atone for their sins, they will hang themselves on crosses and let vultures peck at their flesh...
Rita looked at it from a distance for a few times and felt a little sick, thinking: Do these evil-doing people worry that they will not be able to enter heaven before they die?
Natasha turned her face to the other side, unable to bear to watch this scene.
After crossing the mountain pass, looking around, there are some mottled green marks on the slopes between the mountains. Sparse trees grow in many sunken ravines and on the northern slopes of the mountains. There are also some small bushes on the mountains. There are more in the mountains.
There are many light greens, and the vegetation here is obviously much better than outside the mountain pass.
"It would be great if we in Wall Village could move here. At least there would be some pasture for grazing here." Rita sighed.
Surdak pointed to a large piece of land in front of him and said to Rita and Natasha: "From this mountain pass to the south, you have to go over two mountains. The land that you can see is the Marais in the city of Helensa.
The territory of Count Augustus, if you are willing to become a subject of Count Augustus, you can theoretically live here."
Because he would also have a knightly fiefdom, Surdak bought a map of the territory of Helensa City. He had already done enough research on the territory around Wall Village, but as people say, this
North of Dao Pass is the desolate land of Paglos Mountain. No nobles are willing to choose their territory here. They would rather live in Bena City and then choose their territory in the small planes in the hands of the Duke.
In this desolate land outside the mountain pass, there are only a dozen naturally formed villages. The tax officials of Helensa City are not willing to come here to collect taxes because it is simply too poor. The villagers here are even still