At the dinner party on the night of the Harvest Festival, the old village chief drank too much and was carried home by his youngest son Charlie.
The bonfire was almost burnt out, and only when the night wind blew, some faint light would shine through the ashes.
Selina and several village women cleaned the pots and stoves next to the central square of the village, pulled out the big iron pots from the stoves, and moved them into the village warehouse. There were still a few drunken villagers in the square.
, sitting next to the campfire, picking out pieces of burnt blackened cassava from the ashes that were about to go out. There was still the last remaining ale in the wine glasses beside them. It seemed that they wanted to drink up the ale before going home.
The drunken villagers chatted incessantly:
"I said the taste of this ale is really good. I have tasted it in Helensa City before, but this one tastes better. I think it is the most delicious when paired with meat-filled wheat cakes. City
Those people here just like to eat chickpeas and peanuts..."
"...This is all thanks to Knight Surdak." An elderly village man said casually.
"This year has been a good year, and I have harvested a lot in the mountains in the past few days. In the past, even if I saw wild radishes, sour pears, jujubes, and hawthorns in the mountains, I would not dare to pick them for fear that I would not be able to get them from the mountains.
Memorize it, and if you have the strength, who wouldn’t pick tree rice and mushrooms?”
"Now that we have four-wheeled carriages, we have to load mountain goods into the carriages with great effort. Four carriages have to run back and forth to the mountain pass several times every day. Four-wheeled carriages are precious things. If they are loaded too hard, they will break.
But it’s troublesome, everyone in the village knows how to repair..."
The nights in Woer Village are exceptionally quiet. Many villagers are even reluctant to light oil lamps in order to save money. If there is no such dinner party at night, everyone usually goes to bed early. Soon after all the villagers are gone, there is only one person left in the village square.
Next is a mess.
In the past, Selena would hurriedly clean up and go home early. She would rather leave the cleaning work until tomorrow than stay too late in the square, because there are always some idle people who can't sleep in the middle of the night.
Wandering in the village square, he would occasionally glance at her secretly, making her feel uncomfortable all over. Some brave ones would follow her all the way to the door of her house.
After the Harvest Festival dinner this year, Selina deliberately delayed it until the end. She wiped the wooden square table clean with a rag, and occasionally glanced at Surdak who was drinking with a group of young people. Signa was already leaning on the stove.
While sleeping, she had eaten a little too much tonight. Selina was worried that she would accumulate food, so she gave her a glass of hawthorn water, but now she was in no hurry to return to the deserted stone house.
When little Peter began to feel sleepy, old Sheila carried little Peter, Rita, and Natasha home together.
Suldak has been discussing the construction of a cistern with young people such as Charlie and Luke. After the Harvest Festival, bricklayers from each village will arrive in Wall Village one after another to build a cistern.
Construction is about to start soon, and tomorrow we will organize manpower to pull volcanic ash from the edge of Pudu Mountain and grind the loose limestone. All of this requires organizing some manpower and material resources.
The old village chief was drunk, and Charlie carried the old village chief home. Only Luke, Val and a few others were left here. Surdak found that Selina was still there, so he waved to her.
Lina tucked the blanket around Xigna, straightened her somewhat scattered hair, took off the long skirt tied to her body, and walked over quickly.
Selena wore a thick woolen skirt and a woolen sweater. She walked briskly and tried to avoid swinging her waist, because she felt that only women with a loose personality would twist their hips vigorously when walking. She did not want to be sued.
Erdak wanted to be that kind of woman.
Surdak was only wearing a linen shirt, tight-fitting breeches and riding boots. He rolled up his sleeves to reveal his thick arms, which were covered with hideous scars. He took the initiative to stand up and go around behind her to pull her arms.
Open a chair with a backrest and ask her to sit down.
"You happen to be here too. We were just discussing the construction of a reservoir in the village. The specific construction plan has been finalized, but now we need people who specialize in statistics and salary distribution. I think you are qualified for this..."
Selena raised her head, raised her fair chin, and looked at Suldak with admiration. At this moment, she felt that the way he discussed things was so charming. She didn't even hear what Surdak was talking about.
What he said was to tell her to do something tomorrow. She was willing to do anything for him.
Several young people felt that it was not suitable to continue talking about the reservoir in this atmosphere, so they all found excuses to leave and hastily ended the discussion.
The soft moonlight shines on the mountains, on the fields of Vol Village, on the reed-covered tidal flats below Vol Village, along the path in the village, Surdak fell asleep on his back
Xigna walked in front, and Selina followed Suldak. The moonlight left a dark shadow on the ground. She stretched out her foot and stepped on Surdak's shadow.
The shadow kept moving forward, and she chased after it happily...
In the past, Selena always felt that the road from the village square to her home was too long, and it would take a long time to walk back home, but now she found that the road was too short. When Suldak stopped,
, she almost knocked him onto his back.
Suldak handed the sleeping Signa to Selena, then held Selena's smooth face with his hands and kissed her sexy lips.
Selina hoped that Surdak could stay, even if he was very domineering or impatient to pull her into the stone house, but Surdak said to her softly: "Good night!"
"Good night!" Selena's voice was thin and weak.
Suldak stood at the entrance of the courtyard, watching Selina enter the stone house, and then turned and left along the village road.
Selena carried Signa back to the stone house and put her back on the wooden bed on the upper floor. Signa licked her soft lips and turned over on the bed. Selena casually covered her with a quilt.
The moonlight outside the window was like snow, and Selina was sitting on the wooden bed filled with despair. At this time, she suddenly heard a knock on the door of the courtyard. Her heart suddenly moved, and she ran out of the stone house quickly. She happened to see Su
Erdak leaned outside the courtyard wall and said to her with a faint smile: "Kind lady, would you like to take in someone..."
Before Suldak could finish speaking, Selena rushed out of the door quickly, put her hands around Suldak's neck, and hung herself on his body.
Selina closed her eyes and smelled the faint smell of soap on his lips...
"Hey... Do we have to stay at the door like this all the time?" Suldak's voice rang in her ears.