This year's winter storage has been fully prepared, and every household's granary is full. Without the worries of previous years, the smile on the old village chief's face is obviously much brighter.
The old village chief's wife made a pot of lemon tea for everyone, and a light fragrance floated in the living room.
Suldak, holding a tea cup, sat in the living room and told the old village chief about the magician of Dalle who wanted to buy a sulfur mine.
The old village chief sat down and knocked his pipe on the corner of the table. After cleaning up the ashes, he filled it with shredded tobacco. He didn't rush to light it. He put it in his mouth and tasted it, and listened silently to Suldak's words.
, suddenly became energetic and said excitedly: "This is a great thing!"
After saying that, he smiled sheepishly and told Suldak about the villagers' doubts: "The sulfur is stored in the warehouse. Everyone doesn't know what the use of these yellow stones is. They spent so much effort on Pussy Mountain."
Digging it back under your feet, if you say it’s not hard work, it’s all false. They say they can be exchanged for silver coins, but they don’t see the value they create. Recently, these people have been idle, and there are always people discussing these things, but I can’t give any reasonable explanation.
rhetoric."
He paused for a moment, then lit the tobacco in the pipe with a match, took a deep breath, and then said: "It would be the best if we could sell them."
Charlie asked with a worried look: "It's just that there is so much snow outside now, and the roads in the mountains are almost blocked. How should we transport these sulfur ores out?"
The old village chief thought for a moment and said, "It's definitely not feasible to use a carriage now."
"In addition to discussing this matter with you this time, when I come back this time, I just want to bring a batch of sulfur mines out..." Suldak reached out and patted the magic pocket on his waist, and said to the old village chief and Charlie:
"The first batch of sulfur ore will be put in the magic waist bag and I will take it out."
Suldak glanced at Charlie and said: "The subsequent sulfur ore transaction will have to wait until the mountain road is clear, and you will drive it into the city of Halanza."
Hearing what Suldak said, Charlie said excitedly: "Okay, I will use manpower to dig through the snow on this mountain road."
Then he looked at the magic waist bag on Surdak's waist with great envy and said: "The magic waist bag is really a good thing. I heard that this thing is a must-have for adventurers. The patterns on it are so exquisite..."
Charlie was looking carefully at the exquisite magic patterns on the waist bag when he saw Suldak constantly throwing things out of the magic waist bag. Pieces of hard frozen fish were piled up in the living room, with a fishy smell of the sea.
, widened his eyes and asked Suldak: "What is this?"
Seeing more and more frozen fish thrown out by Suldak, even the old village chief's wife and Charlie's wife, who were busy in the kitchen, ran out and looked at the living room filled with frozen fish in surprise.
and ham.
Surdak felt that his body was covered with the smell of fish, and said to the old village chief: "The matter of the sulfur mine has been settled. It is rare to return to Wall Village. In winter, the village is short of supplies. These are all the things I gathered in the village.
I bought them from the market, these are frozen hard, these are sea fish, these are hams...Uncle Bright, please help me share them with everyone."
Charlie said excitedly: "Wow, we can fry fish for dinner tonight."
Charlie’s wife stood aside and looked at the frozen fish on the ground that were longer than arms, and said in surprise: "There are actually such big fish..."
Seeing that the living room was filled with various ingredients, and women were doing the things like sorting the ingredients and cleaning the living room, the old village chief waved to Suldak and said, "Come on, follow me to see the water storage above.
The pond, the water in the pond is already full now..."
Suldak and the old village chief walked upstream along a winding snow road in the village.
A group of women were carrying water by the stream, and Rita was among them.
When the village women saw Surdak coming back, they all greeted him warmly. A group of women were chattering, and the sound of chatting could be heard far away.
In front of you is a three-meter-high arc-shaped embankment. The embankment is made of volcanic ash cement and is nearly 400 meters long. It just connects the mountain walls on both sides of the ravine to form the first dam. The top of this dam
Nearly one meter wide, the top of the embankment can be passed freely, but the steps leading to the embankment on both sides are surrounded by simple wooden fences. This is to prevent the naughty children in the village from sneaking up the embankment and accidentally falling into the reservoir.
The worst part is that there are two sluices on both sides of the embankment. The reservoir is already full of water, and the stream water flows out slowly under the sluices, forming a narrow ice waterfall.
Charlie opened the fence door, and the old village chief and Suldak walked onto the embankment. Standing on the embankment, they could see that the first-level reservoir covering an area of about six acres was already full of water.
It had frozen and was covered with a thick layer of snow. There were still a few lines of footprints on the ice. When the old village chief saw these footprints, he shouted to Charlie angrily: "Go and find out which one it is."
If you go to the ice without fear of death, can you become a warrior by walking on it?"
Charlie was scolded in front of the old village chief so much that he could hardly stand up straight. He nodded quickly and said that he would investigate the matter immediately and promised to severely punish the perpetrators.
“Next time, I will exempt his family from the benefits from the village next time!” the old village chief said fiercely.
Charlie protested with a grimace in a low voice: "Otherwise, we should still use corporal punishment, and we should not exempt welfare benefits. It is not easy for everyone to share the food!"
In order to reduce the difficulty of the project, Suldak did not let the dam be built too high, and refined the project into five stages, forming a progressive stepped reservoir. At present, the first-level reservoir is considered to be initially completed, and the second-level reservoir is considered to be initially completed.
The outline of the pond has also been drawn up. Before the ground froze, the old village chief and his people had leveled out the bottom of the secondary reservoir. They already had the rough outline of the dam, and dug the deep trenches needed for the foundation along the outline.
Come.
There were piles of volcanic ash next to it. The volcanic ash was covered with heavy snow, like a huge tomb.
The Surdak design expectation is that after the construction of the second-level reservoir is completed, it will ensure normal irrigation water in the village during the dry season. After the construction of the fifth-level reservoir is completed, it will rely on the reservoir to continuously store water after entering the rainy season.
The abundant rainwater will reduce the erosion of the tidal flats in the downstream river bends, forming a large area of wetland. If the tidal flats covered with reeds and red thatch can be utilized, at least it can be turned into hundreds of acres of wheat fields.
However, it is not enough to just build a reservoir upstream of Wall Village. Drainage ditches must be dug around the river bends and tidal flats, and large ponds for drainage must be dug in low-lying areas. This is a huge project, and only
Construction will not resume until next spring.
With a satisfied look on his face, the old village chief looked at the reservoir at his feet, pointed to the gates on the left and right sides, and said: "After the thaw next spring, two large waterwheels will be erected here. By then, two large waterwheels will be built.
After a water mill for grinding lime powder and a secondary reservoir are built, part of the manpower can be used to clean up the tidal flats. I have already thought about where to dig drainage ditches..."
After seeing the reservoir, the old village chief took Suldak to see the busy carpentry workshop in the village. At the old village chief's invitation, Suldak had lunch at the old village chief's house.
Later, he, Charlie, and Luke went to the village warehouse to fill up the sulfur ore. However, even if they filled up Surdak's magic belt bag, the sulfur ore in the overcrowded warehouse was not lacking at all.
Suldak returned home in the afternoon and played wildly in the yard with little Peter for a long time. He also made a small round oak shield for little Peter, corrected little Peter's correct defensive posture in the yard, and looked at little Peter.
Sweating profusely, she stood in the yard brandishing her sword. Old Sheila was sitting on a chair at the door of the room, basking in the sun. There was a faint smile on her face, but her thoughts flew to nowhere.
While little Peter was practicing basic swordsmanship, Suldak walked to Old Sheila and sat next to him to bask in the sun.
…
Suldak did not have dinner at home. He walked out of the house at dusk.
Before walking out of the door, he heard Rita pouting and complaining softly while sitting next to Natasha. Suldak could only pretend not to hear.
Walking outside Selena's yard, it was getting dark. The glass windows of many houses in the village gradually turned on with weak lights. This kind of light would not last long. People in the village generally go to bed very early. This way
The purpose is just to save lamp oil. Most of these glass windows were newly replaced in the autumn of a few years. Selina's house also has a small glass window.
When night comes, the house is lit up.
A small figure approached the glass window, and her head was printed on the glass window. Suldak knew that it must be Xigna. She stretched out her little hand and drew simple lines on the frost-covered glass window.
, a big smiling face appeared on the window covered with ice.
Suldak stepped inside and knocked gently on the door.
The sound of Xigna running was heard in the house, and then the door was pushed open from the inside, revealing Xigna's figure. She raised her head and looked at Suldak with a smile, and said to him: "We are still here."
I was betting on whether you would come, Suldak, I won!"
Seeing Selina wearing an apron, standing in the room, her mouth slightly pursed, her eyes somewhat resentful, Suldak could only smile guiltily.
Surdak walked into the house. There was a fire in the fireplace, but the room was not very warm. There was an iron pot hanging on the stove, with pumpkin porridge cooking in it. Surdak closed the door and first touched Xigna's head.
, and then stretched out his arms towards Selena.
The woman still took the initiative to throw herself into Suldak's arms, and the two hugged each other at the door for a long time without breaking apart or saying anything.
The room is still as simple as ever. There is an extra shelf next to the fireplace. In addition to an extra frying pan, there are also some foods such as wheat flour and chestnuts on the shelf. The room is very small. Opposite the fireplace is Selina's wooden bed. Hope
Gena's bed was laid on the wooden planks of the second floor.
Surdak hung the blanket that could automatically dissipate heat on the frosty north wall. Although it could not block too much cold wind, the temperature in the room suddenly rose. Watching Surdak
The room was busy, and Selina was just helping quietly. However, Xigna seemed very excited and kept asking Suldak questions. It seemed that the city of Helensa had a deep attraction for her.
The streets, restaurants, markets, shops, colleges in the city... Whenever Xigna had any clues, she would keep asking.
Signa also wanted Surdak to describe the city walls of Hiranza City. Surdak was also thirsty after being asked, and said to Signa: "What is there to describe? I'll wait for next spring."
At that time, I took you to visit the city for two days and let you understand the city with your own eyes. Now you only use your ears. Some of my words are very one-sided. The city of Helensa in your mind is incomplete, and
Filled with my subjective consciousness." :(/
Higna didn't even think about whether there would be danger, and said hurriedly: "Suldak, then you have to keep your word!"
“Of course.” Suldak patted his chest to express that it was not difficult.
"You won't take me to the city and sell me, will you?" Xigna looked at Suldak with her big eyes, and asked with some suspicion.
"of course not!"
Facing the clever and eccentric Xigna, Suldak was a little bit dumbfounded.
“Okay, get ready to eat!”
Selena's voice came over, and this was the end of the discussion between the two.
Dinner was a very simple pumpkin porridge. It was probably because of Suldak's arrival that Selena cut two more slices of raw ham on everyone's plates. Apparently, Selina was also given the gift of Surdak.
The old village chief did a fair job in terms of the food he brought back.
However, Surdak was not that kind of person. He stood next to the shelf and rummaged through the magic waist bag for a long time. From the magic waist bag filled with sulfur ore, he took out a few remaining pieces as thick as legs of corbels.
Frozen fish and meat come.
After dinner, Suldak told Selina what happened in the city. She did not hide the destruction of the Black Magic Monastery, but since there were four black magicians absconding, you need to be careful in the days to come.
Be careful, at least Selina can't leave Wall Village.
She heard that Surdak was injured, and because of the black magic curse, the leg injury had never fully healed. Selena insisted on taking a look at Surdak's leg injury, but Surdak couldn't resist her.
Then she untied the greaves and rolled up the linen trousers inside, revealing her bandaged right leg. She untied the hemostatic bandage and finally saw the wound that had never healed.
Even Xigna, who was sitting next to her, looked over curiously. When Selina's fingers passed over the wound on Surdak's leg, the wound suppressed by the recovery power of the Divine Blessing Body suddenly began to squirm violently, as if
There was an invisible force that wanted to escape from the wound quickly, but it was restrained by something. It was pulling here and there and almost completely tearing the muscles of Surdak's calf.
Suldak almost cried out due to the sudden pain on his back.
"Does it hurt?" Selina's amber eyes narrowed and she said to Suldak: "There is some dark breath hidden in this magic. Maybe I can help, maybe it will make your leg injury worse."
It’s even worse, I don’t have much confidence anyway!”