A very characterful garrison commander came to the town. He actually didn't even give the mayor Marco face, and made him furious in the town square.
What happened in the square in the morning quickly reached the ears of the residents of the town.
The town is not big, and news spreads quickly.
The garrison officer and the town mayor Marco are at odds with each other and have no direct interest in most town residents.
Most of the residents in the town didn't care, and they hoped to have more exciting scenes in the morning so that they could become a topic of conversation after dinner.
Surdak walked back to the garrison camp and saw Samira leading a group of recruits at the bow and arrow training ground under the north city wall, teaching these recruits some skills in using alloy bows. This time, she taught them five
Samira is wearing a set of tight-fitting salamander leather armor and is very patient in imparting her experience on short-range shooting skills within ten yards.
A group of recruits gathered around her, observing her sideways drawing of the bow. Each time the arrow accurately hit the target, the recruits cheered.
But when Samira required every recruit to master this basic archery skill within a week, otherwise they would be subject to some corporal punishment, the recruits started to wail one after another.
Surdak did not bother Samira's archery teaching and walked straight back to the small building.
At this time, Andrew and Gulitem had gathered a group of veterans from the cavalry battalion. They all rode away from the military camp and went straight to the north wall of the town. They were supposed to conduct border patrols. The first few patrols not only required
With enough veterans from the cavalry battalion, Surdak also asked the ogre Gulitem to set off with the army to avoid encountering emergencies outside the city.
Of course, this is also in line with the thoughts of the ogre Gulitem.
He came to Dodan Town with the cavalry battalion. In addition to the marching rations, he only had canned luncheon meat and wild vegetable soup. The last bit of oil and water in his stomach was consumed by this light meal every day. He is now the most
What they need is to eat meat, but currently there is a temporary shortage of meat and eggs in the military camp, so if the ogres want to improve their food, they can only look to the small beasts in the woods outside the city.
Andrew ran to invite him to leave the city with him. Gulitem didn't want to wait for a moment. He joined Andrew and brought a team of veterans drawn from various squadrons. They marched out of the north city wall and headed along the Duodan Canyon.
Go north.
Suldak walked back to the small building. Selena was having lunch with Xigna and Nika in the restaurant. There was a plate of baked wheat cakes and stewed vegetables on the table. The two girls were holding wheat cakes in their hands.
, head down to eat.
Nika saw Suldak walk into the restaurant, frowned at the table, and stood up from the table with some restraint.
Selina looked at Suldak in surprise, put down the wheat cake in her hand, and asked:
"Why are you back?"
Surdak pushed the nervous Nika down on his seat, pulled out the main chair and sat down.
Signa stood up knowingly and poured Suldak a glass of water.
"The things over there are over, of course we have to come back for lunch." Suldak picked up a piece of crispy toasted wheat cake from the basket, broke off a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, while saying.
Selina quickly picked up an empty plate, scooped out some stewed vegetables from the clay pot in the middle of the table, placed it in front of Suldak, and then asked: "That Mayor Marco didn't even treat you to a meal.
work meal?"
Surdak looked at the light dishes on the table and said, "I guess he is not in the mood to eat now. Why do you just eat these for lunch?"
Selena quickly stood up, rolled up her sleeves and said to Suldak: "I thought you wouldn't come back to eat. Omelette or fried steak, whatever you want to eat, the stove here is very convenient for doing anything."
Suldak shook his head and said: "That's it. Xigna and Nika are both growing up, so they need to pay attention to balanced nutrition. They must have meat and eggs in every meal. I see there is a store specializing in cheese in the town.
, I will buy some and come back if I have time in the afternoon."
"I've never seen you have such high demands in Wall Village." Selina sat down and muttered in a low voice.
Surdak said with some helplessness: "After all, Wall Village's conditions are limited. Since there is no shortage of these materials in Duodan Town, we don't need to save on food."
"I know." Selina looked at Suldak with a gentle face and promised.
Surdak broke the wheat cake into pieces and soaked it in the vegetable stew soup. While eating, he said: "Let's eat some for lunch. We will meet with the tailor shop owner later."
After Selena heard what Suldak said, she no longer insisted on going to the kitchen to fry meat.
Surdak raised his head and said to Nika at the end of the dining table:
"Nika, when the house in the town is rented, you can live with Selena and Xigna in the town. Are you literate?"
Nika quickly put down the wheat cake in her hand and shook her head.
Surdak motioned for Nika to continue eating, and then said: "Selena, you can teach Nika the Green Imperial language first."
After a while, Surdak asked: "Nika, how old are you this year?"
"10 years old." Nika said while trying to swallow the food in her mouth.
Suldak lowered his head and thought about it, nodded and said:
"Oh, there are still two years of preparation time before you can participate in the magic awakening ceremony. I plan for you to learn Chinese characters first, and later I will find a magic teacher for you and Xigna to let you receive some magic enlightenment.
I think you have some talent in magic."
Nika didn't expect that she would be taken to Duodan Town and that in addition to working as a handyman, she would also have to learn Mandarin.
"I will study hard, Lord Baron." Nika said.
Surdak said to her again:
"Now your task is to calm down and learn some useful knowledge so that you can help me in the future. After a while, I will ask someone to pick up your mother from Jilan Town. You have to work harder to be with you.
Mom, live a good life."
Nika raised her head, looked at Suldak in surprise, and agreed:
"I will try my best, Lord Baron."
She always thought that she was brought here to be a maid serving as a handyman.
Now it seems that the life is a little different from what she wants. The main task is to study. If she is asked to do some chores, she is quite sure to do it well, but if she is asked to study... the aboriginal children in Jilan Town have never
Chance had entered the academy, and she couldn't even write her own name.
Nika lowered her head and looked at the plate in front of her, worry written all over her face.
After lunch, Suldak took Selena, Signa, and Nika into the town.
…
Surdak and his party stood at the door of the tailor shop, looking at the small tailor shop with its windows wiped clean. The hangers inside were filled with various styles of ready-made clothes. It was surprising that Dodan Town could have such an exquisite tailor.
store, I was a little surprised for a while.
He opened the door and walked into the store. The clerk standing at the door immediately greeted them and asked them what they needed, whether they wanted tailor-made clothes or ready-made clothes.
Selena and Xigna rarely visit this kind of tailor shop, and their eyes were immediately attracted by the exquisite clothes in the store. Selena reached out and touched the beautifully patterned fabrics on the counter, but said nothing.
"Neither you nor Xigna have any good-looking dresses. I usually don't have much time. I'll take this opportunity to pick out a few more if you like." Suldak said to Selena.
Selena didn't say anything. She stood in front of the rows of clothes racks and carefully looked at the styles of clothes in the store.
This tailor shop is not that big, so I quickly looked through all the dresses, selected a few styles on the racks, and asked Surdak which one was the most beautiful.
“I don’t like to do multiple-choice questions, so of course I’ll buy them all!”
Surdak said to Selena.
He turned around and asked the clerk in the store: "If the size doesn't fit, can you change it here?"
"Of course, if you have any additional needs for these styles of dresses, you can add them at will..." the clerk in the store said quickly.
The town of Dodan is not big, and there are rarely customers like Suldak who would buy several sets of clothes in one purchase. Even though he is a strange face, the shop assistant is extremely enthusiastic.
Such a large order naturally requires the shop owner to come forward and establish a relationship with the customer.
Another clerk guarding the shop immediately called Epperson, the owner of the tailor shop, over.
Epson, the owner of the tailor shop, saw Suldak and his party and recognized him at a glance as the tenant he had made an appointment with last night. He quickly walked up to Suldak and said enthusiastically: "I'll be waiting for you in the shop."
For a long time, I thought you were late, but it turned out you were here picking out clothes."
"Do you open this shop?" Suldak asked the tailor shop owner.
The owner of the tailor shop pretended to be a successful person and said proudly: "Yes, I have been running it for many years. When I was young, I heard that it was easier to make a living on this plane, and that immigrants to this plane can be exempted from military service.
, I came to the Bailin plane with a pair of scissors and a measuring tape, and stayed here for more than ten years. I started a family here and saved a shop."
Suldak handed the selected clothes to the store clerk, and the clerk behind the counter began to quickly wrap the long skirts one by one.
The owner of the tailor shop said to Selena: "Madam, if you think there is anything inappropriate about these skirts, you can always go to the shop to change the size. In addition, we also have some gifts..."
Then he whispered a few words to the young female clerk, and the female clerk took Selena, Signa, and Nika into the back room of the store.
After waiting for a while, Selena, Xigna and Nika came out. Nika was holding a cloth bag in her hand. Seeing a blush on Selena's face, Suldak guessed that these gifts were,
It was probably some close-fitting clothes, but I didn't expect that this tailor shop owner was quite good at business.
Surdak paid the money readily and after a comparison, he found that the prices here were more expensive than those in Halanza City, probably due to the cost of fabrics. After all, this place is located in the most remote place in the Bailin plane.
"If you come again in the future, if you don't need any gifts, I can give you a discount..." the tailor shop owner said to Selina.
Although the house has not been rented out yet, after receiving such a business, the owner of the tailor shop was in a very good mood and did not forget to win over Selena before leaving the house.
…
The tailor shop owner's house is a bit far away from the shop on the street, but according to his introduction, this small single-family building was built on the edge of a wealthy area. The people living here are immigrants from the Green Empire.
, the owner of the tailor shop also considered that this small single-family building is a bit far away from the tailor shop.
After I had some savings, I bought a small courtyard behind the tailor shop and just renovated a small building.
Now that their whole family lives there, the small building here has become idle.
The tailor shop introduced me as I walked and came to the small single-family building.
Surdak discovered that, just as the tailor shop owner said, the living area here was obviously cleaner and tidier than other places in the town. The small buildings were neatly arranged together, and they all had a small yard in front.
The yard is not that big.
A group of people walked into the small independent building. It looked a bit old from the outside, but the decoration inside was very warm, including the living room, kitchen, bathroom and clean attic upstairs. Selena liked this house very much, but she was only dissatisfied with it.
The backyard was full of debris, and she wanted to build a swing under the grape trellis. Besides, it was a bit far from the garrison camp.
Suldak asked the tailor shop owner about the rent.
The owner of the tailor shop said that for thirty-five silver coins per month, if he could live there for three months, he could pay one gold coin, but he could not damage the furniture in the building.
The neighbor heard someone talking in the yard, walked out of the house curiously, climbed up the ladder, and peered into the yard through the thick bushes. When he saw the tailor shop owner, he greeted him warmly: "
Epperson, you haven't been back for a while, and I thought you were going to sell the house here."
"Well, I haven't met a suitable buyer yet. These are my tenants. They are businessmen from Bena City and want to do some business in Dodan Town. Maybe you can deal with them in the future."
Epperson, the owner of the tailor shop, introduced it to his neighbors.
The neighbor looked at Surdak curiously, and Surdak raised his head.
When he saw Surdak's face clearly, he was almost frightened and fell off the ladder into his yard. He finally managed to stabilize his body and greeted Surdak with an embarrassed look.
He couldn't understand why the new commander of the garrison wanted to hide his identity in front of Epperson, the owner of the tailor shop. Maybe he didn't want to make the matter of living here public.
Suldak knew from the expression on the neighbor's face that he recognized him. Seeing that he didn't tell the tailor shop owner, he probably had some concerns.
"This is it..."
With that said, Suldak took out four gold coins from his money bag and handed them to Epson, the owner of the tailor shop, and said: "Let's live here for a while and take a look, but you have to clear the backyard before tonight.
Pile up the debris and get rid of it. I don’t want to see that garbage when we move here tomorrow.”
Epperson, the owner of the tailor shop, clenched the heavy gold coins in his hand, smiled broadly, and said repeatedly: "I'll find someone to move it away right away!"
"You can take advantage of the afternoon to tidy up the things in the house. Except for the basic bed and wardrobe curtains, don't leave anything behind. In addition, we will move in tomorrow." Suldak finished.
, then took Selena and others out of the yard.
The neighbor next door craned his neck to see Suldak and his party walking away. He asked the tailor shop owner with an exaggerated expression on his face: "Epson, do you think you don't even know who he is?"