The setting sun is almost setting on the ridge, and dusk is approaching.
After a busy day, the villagers rushed back to the village one after another. The kobold slaves on the riverbank tidal flat 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.
, opening the top steamer, it was filled with steamed buns mixed with a large amount of cassava, a small amount of wheat bran and miscellaneous grains, and paired with a bowl of salty vegetable soup. The taste made these kobolds digging in the river bed.
I almost bit my tongue.
Obviously, the kobold slaves probably haven't eaten such delicious food for a long time.
The food at the reservoir construction site is obviously much better than the food of the kobold slaves. Scones and multi-grain porridge with some pickled salted vegetables are what most villagers outside the mountain pass eat in the spring when food shortages are everywhere.
The best food you can eat. The bricklayers who made a lot of money in Wall Village last year couldn't wait to come out of the villages when the permafrost melted, and forcibly advanced the second phase of the reservoir project.
Half a month.
The villagers of Wall Village gather in the village square. Every time a bonfire dinner is held, the whole village gathers here to wait for a bowl of fragrant mutton soup.
Two large iron pots were set up in the square in the center of the village. Five skinned and washed yellow sheep were placed on the wooden pillars and chopped into pieces. The cooks poured the pots of mutton into the boiling iron pot.
With almost nothing added to the pot except a little bit of herbs and onions, the aroma of the broth can spread far and wide.
In the past, this kind of bonfire dinner would only kill one sheep at a time. Since the village monopolized the Beigou grassland and the sulfur mine in the Pudong Mountain rock area, the village has become affluent, and every dinner will meet the old village chief.
Bright then asked the butcher to kill two more sheep. The reason why there were five sheep this time was that one was to catch the wind for Surdak, and the other was specially prepared for the ogre Gulitem.
Selena is the best at cooking mutton soup in the village. Selena is responsible for cooking the mutton soup at every campfire dinner. She wears an apron and stands beside the big iron pot, still looking graceful and graceful. Her daughter Xigna is obedient as usual.
She squatted beside the big iron pot, eagerly waiting for the plump yellow mutton in the soup pot, but Xigna was no longer the skinny little girl last year. After a winter of nourishment, her little face turned red.
Compared with other children in the village, Xigna is much quieter.
She doesn't like playing with children of the same age and often hides in Selena's skirt.
Signa turned her head and glanced at Suldak who was standing by the stove not far away, and blinked with her big eyes.
She didn't understand what kind of delicious food a knight could cook...
With the help of Rita, Suldak put on an apron and stood next to an iron pot. Villagers were crowded around the iron pot. Even Rita and Natasha were among the crowd of onlookers and looked at Sudak curiously.
In Erdak, the village women were whispering to each other, their eyes full of doubts, wondering what kind of delicious food could be made from this white juice extracted from cassava.
The boiling water in the pot keeps churning...
Suldak poured the water starch into the boiling water, and then used a large wooden spoon to stir it in the iron pot until the water starch in the iron pot became a thick and translucent paste.
With Andrew's help, he removed the large iron pot from the stove.
Suldak believes that the most indispensable thing for food to become gourmet 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 was serving in the military in the Warsaw plane, I once visited a seaside town. The people there are not only good at cooking
For seafood, we also know how to extract this white starch from plant roots to make a variety of delicious foods. When I returned to Wall Village this time, I thought that maybe cassava could do the same. It seems...so far
It should be considered a success so far, the next step is to cool down, and you can taste this delicious food later."
"Do you want to put it in cold water to cool it down?" Rita, standing in the crowd, asked Suldak.
She was probably asking on behalf of the village women around her. Those village women now dare not ask questions to a knight lord casually.
"Well..." Suldak nodded to Rita and replied.
After the stew in the iron pot had cooled down a bit, Surdak used the peeling team to cut the stew into one-inch cubes. The cooked dough needed to be fried again before it would be ready.
Eat. Surdak wiped some mutton oil on the pan, and placed the square stewed dumplings side by side on the pan. After frying all six sides until brown, sprinkle some chopped herbs and sauce.
The scent dissipated immediately.
Of course, the food cooked in the iron pot of Surdak could not be enough for the whole village, so he chose the children in the village to eat first. He put the stews full of sauce into small wooden bowls.
, looking at those pairs of eyes full of expectation, Suldak felt that he was suddenly touched by the softest place in his heart. Among these children, there were little Peter and Signa. Looking at the corners of their mouths,
With the sauce on his face and his eyes full of wonder at the delicious food, Suldak felt that his heart was completely melted.
Selina looked at Suldak's profile with a focused expression as he bent over and distributed the food to the children with a spatula, and suddenly felt that her heart was filled to the brim.
…
It turns out that in this way, the toxins in cassava can be completely removed, and the starch in cassava can also be extracted...
The topic of conversation at the dinner party suddenly turned to the topic of cassava.
Subsequently, the old village chief Bright issued a sealing order on the refining and extraction methods of cassava:
"Whoever dares to leak this refining and extraction method out of Wall Village will be charged with embezzling the private property of Knight Surdak, and will be the enemy of the entire village." Bright Village Chief Station
On the big stone in the center of the village, he warned a group of Wall villagers who were holding large wooden bowls, drinking mutton soup and eating wheat cakes with great solemnity:
"Tomorrow, let the coachmen in the carriage house transport more wheat bran and feed the cassava to these kobold slaves. It is simply a waste of food..." the old village chief Bright said to Charlie beside him.
"..."
Charlie was speechless at his father's duplicitous words.
Mayor Bright decided that night that starting from tomorrow, the village will refine and extract cassava starch in large quantities. No matter whether these cassava starches become one of the main foods in the village or are sold to the city, as long as this set of refining and extraction cassava starch
If the starch method is not leaked, there will be huge profits.
…
After the dinner party, Surdak returned home early with the ogres, half-elves, indigenous warriors and succubi.
People in the village are a little afraid of the ogre Gulitem, and they will unconsciously stay away from him when they see him. For the ogre Gulitem who likes to be reasonable, he does not know that the villagers are so xenophobic.
Will his emotions hit him, and he may feel a little disappointed?
Some young people in the village wanted to see Samira's face hidden under the hood, so they always approached Samira intentionally or unintentionally. Surdak was worried that Samira would become impatient and shoot out with an arrow.
It didn't end well.
As for Aphrodite, Surdak knew that her magic power had not been lost. He was really worried that this descendant of the demon clan could not help but secretly charm a few villagers, which would cause disharmony in their families and it would be very troublesome.
Compared with others, Andrew integrated well into the villagers. Little Peter liked chatting with Andrew and begged Andrew to teach him fighting skills.
Of course it was difficult for Andrew to refuse Little Peter's request.
So the indigenous warrior Andrew stood in the yard, holding a big ax in his hand and teaching little Peter some simple fighting skills.
For this indigenous warrior with the 'Berser Soul', there is no doubt that offense is the best defense. This is obviously completely opposite to Surdak's theory about the shield warrior's fighting skills, but I believe little Peter
This grade probably won't be able to understand this either. What he needs most now is to lay a good foundation.
Old Sheila sat at the door and watched Andrew teach little Peter, with eager eyes in her eyes.
Samira took an apple and soaked in the big wooden bucket in the bathroom with Aphrodite. The climate in Wozhimara City was not that dry, and she had been out for nearly half a month. A knight's collar was erected on Pussy Hill.
Boundary monument, and no chance to take a bath at all, which is simply unbearable for Samira, who loves cleanliness. The succubus Aphrodite and Samira were crowded together. When she lived in the hell world, she often spent several years
It’s rare to take a bath, but now that I have the chance to enjoy it, I wish I could just sleep in the bathtub...
Gulitem ate a whole yellow sheep tonight, drank a large pot of sheep soup, and his belly was round. He lay in the cowshed next to the wall and slept better than anyone else. The cows in Old Sheila's house were
He squeezed outside the cowshed, lay aside and chewed cud silently, silently staring at the ogre in the cowshed, with a trace of drool hanging from the corner of his mouth.
Surdak took the opportunity to get rid of everyone and sneak out of the yard.
He will return to Helensa City tomorrow. He wants to say goodbye to Selina tonight. This time when he returns to Wall Village, the two of them haven't had a good conversation yet.
…
Selina folded her apron, handed over the finishing work such as cleaning the iron pots to several village women, and then pulled Signa out of the village square.
Becoming the assistant and secretary to the Bright Village Chief, Selena's status in Wall Village has been significantly improved. Now no one in the village dares to talk about her behind her back with cold words. She knows that all this is It was because there was Surdak standing behind her. It was this man who suddenly walked up to her during her most difficult days, stretched out his strong and strong hand to her, and pulled her out of nightmares and fears.
Selina lowered her head, thinking about the past in her mind as she walked. When she reached the entrance of the courtyard, she saw Suldak sitting under the chestnut tree.
"Why are you here!" Selena ran to Suldak with a face of surprise.
Pushing open the courtyard door, Selena pulled Suldak into the courtyard.
The two of them didn't care about the feelings of little Signa standing aside, and hugged each other tightly until Selina felt a little suffocated, and they separated.
At this time, Surdak held Selena's fair face and whispered: "I will return to Helensa City tomorrow and rush to the guard camp to report. I can't stay in the village for too long. I want to see you before I leave. one side."
Selena's face turned red, her lake-blue eyes were full of sweetness, and there was a faint smile on her lips.
Just when Selina was looking at Suldak affectionately, she heard a timid voice beside her whisper: "Suldak, can you lend me this picture album to take a look at?"
Suldak glanced down and realized that what little Signa was holding was the magic notebook left by the black magician Cyrus.\nHickok.
He didn't even know when he had put this magic notebook in his magic pocket.
He couldn't bear to refuse the sensible, well-behaved and timid Signa.
He reached out and touched Xigna's head, and told her: "This is not an ordinary picture album, this is the notes of a very powerful magician. The illustrations inside are some magic 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 cannot be too careful... …”
"I got it." Little Signa smiled sweetly at Suldak.
This time, Suldak and Selina didn't just roll onto the bed as soon as they met.
Signa was sitting at the small wooden table in the room, looking through her magic notes.
The book turned to the last page. Celia Cooper secretly rolled her eyes at Signa and gave the girl a stiff smile. She 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 closed his mouth tightly.
Suldak and Selina chatted about some stories about what happened in the winter in Helensa, as well as some experiences in Vozmara City, and Selina listened with interest.
When she heard that Marquis Luther had written a letter of recommendation for Suldak, Selina covered her mouth in surprise and said:
"So, it's possible for you to be promoted to a noble?"
Suldak held Selena's soft hand and said:
"There's probably some chance that it's because I can sense magical elements with divine attributes."
Selena pursed her lips and smiled, put her hand on his face and rubbed it:
"The Lord recommended you to become a noble. I am afraid that he will regard you as a confidant in the future. In order to further consolidate the relationship between you, he will inevitably give you a noble lady in the future."
Surdak was slightly startled:
"I already have a wife, doesn't it matter?"
Selena smiled and said nothing.
Surdak lay half on Selena's round and elastic thighs, looked up at her delicate face, and asked her: "Do you want to go to Helensa City with me?"
Selena didn't expect that Surdak would actually send such an invitation. She was slightly startled, then smiled and said: "Me? Forget it, maybe I will definitely go and see if I have the opportunity in the future, but not now.
I’m afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble. Besides, I’m really enjoying my life here, so why would I take the risk to go to Halanza City?”
Seeing Selena's refusal, Suldak said no more.
The two chatted like this for a while before reluctantly leaving Selena's residence.
Walking on the gravel road in the village, with the cool night breeze blowing on his face, Surdak actually had many feelings...
When he just woke up from the battlefield, Surdak often thought about the meaning of his life in this strange world.
Later, his first change of mind was when he followed the second team to the battlefield. At that time, he felt that fighting beside 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 and met old Sheila, Rita, Natasha and little Peter,
It has become that giving a better life to the family is the meaning of life, and now Suldak feels that the value of his existence is to bring a prosperous life to the entire Wall Village...
He raised his head and looked at the starry night sky, and his young and handsome face seemed to be smiling and waving to him in the night sky.
Then it turned into countless stars and dissipated in the night sky...