"Ike, are you going to go fishing on the lake with Vero tonight?" Claude asked Erikson when he arrived at school the next day.
It was already the end of October, but the merchant fleet led by Captain Otruny still had not returned to White Deer Town. Erikson became a little anxious. He said that he often had insomnia and couldn't sleep, so he often made appointments with Verricro to drive there.
I took a small fishing boat to the lake for night fishing and exhausted myself before I could sleep for a few hours.
"Well, now I can only fall asleep lying on the fishing boat. If I were on the bed at home, I would definitely have nightmares about shipwrecks..." Erikson replied listlessly.
"It's okay. I think your father will be back in a few days, and then you won't have any nightmares anymore." Claude could only comfort him like this.
"Now that Boa is busy with his family's business, and you have to take care of the forest farm, the days for the four of us to get together are becoming less and less. In about twenty days, we will graduate, and by then everyone will
We went our separate ways, and I don’t know if we can get together again in the future... Time flies so fast, we have grown up in the blink of an eye..."
Erikson muttered sadly.
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. Everyone will grow up, but I believe we will still have time to get together in the future. Well, I'll see if I have time tonight, and if I can spare it, I'll accompany you.
Go fishing on the lake at night. If I haven't arrived at your dock by eight o'clock, you don't have to wait for me," Claude said.
Erikson nodded: "Okay then, we'll wait for you until eight o'clock. If you don't come after eight o'clock, it means you won't come, right?"
"Well, the forest farm has been a little unstable at night these past two days. Sioli said that his small chicken farm in the forest was missing several chickens, and I don't know what took them away. I checked the fence of the chicken farm during the day.
They are all good. It seems that the situation happened at night. So I decided to set some traps around the chicken farm in the evening. If it is still early, I will go to you. If it is too late, I will not go." Claude
explained.
Erikson didn't answer, just stretched out his thumb and then lay down on the desk. Now, like Claude before, he was catching up on sleep in the morning class.
Viriklo on the other side had already slept soundly. He was different from Erikson. Erikson went to the lake to fish at night because he couldn't sleep, but he became energetic as soon as he fished. According to Erikson
He said that Viricero was in the best spirits when he was fishing at night on the lake. He could bear not sleeping all night, but he just started dozing off as soon as he returned to school in the morning.
"Hey, Claude, what happened to your forest farm?" Bockaar asked curiously.
Claude shrugged: "It's nothing. Several chickens raised in Xioli have disappeared in the past two days. I suspect that foxes, wolverines or night owls are eyeing this small chicken farm in the forest. So.
I'm going to set some traps in the past two days. If the traps don't work, I'll lie in wait for two nights to figure out what's going on."
"It's a pity that I don't have much time now, otherwise I would go to your place to help..." Bockaar said reluctantly: "My father gave me a lot of work, and I was so busy when I went back after school every day.
I never thought that one day I would look forward to going to school, because only in school do I have leisure time. I really want to play with you..."
"Haha..." Claude smiled bitterly: "We will graduate soon. After the New Year, we will be considered eighteen years old and have become adults. We will no longer be carefree students. In the future, everyone will have their own things to be busy with. You are now
It's just a step ahead. Your father has given you so many things to do, and he just hopes that you will become talented and be able to take charge of your own affairs as soon as possible."
Bok'ar stopped talking. Everyone understood the truth, but when it was his turn, he couldn't bear the restraint. In the past, Bok'ar hoped to graduate early and become a successful businessman. But what he didn't expect was that,
Being a businessman requires you to learn and understand so much knowledge, as well as the worldly ways his father taught him, which have never been mentioned in books.
After school, Claude returned to the forest farm. After a round of inspection, he came to the chicken farm set by the Xioli couple in the forest. The Xioli couple were digging a small ditch outside the chicken farm with a shovel and a hoe. They probably
I think this can ensure the safety of the chicken farm.
"Here, right here..." Sioli led Claude to the fence of the chicken farm, pointed to the ground and said: "Director Claude, you see that guy entered the chicken farm from here and bit the chicken to death.
Then he took it away from here. If I hadn’t noticed that there were chicken feathers on the fence, I wouldn’t have known that this fence had become that guy’s secret door..."
When Sioli opened the fence, he saw that one of the wooden boards of the fence was raised high. Claude took a closer look and found that the fixed iron nails under the wooden board had rusted away. From the outside, it looked intact, but when he pushed it,
The bottom of this wooden board sways in and out, thus becoming a secret door into the chicken farm.
"I'm going to dig a small ditch outside and check and repair the fence of the entire chicken farm, so that it can be safer," Sioli said.
Claude shook his head: "It's useless. I suspect that the one who came in to steal the chicken is a fox. This thing is smarter and can swim. You can't stop it by digging a small ditch. It's just a waste of effort. The best way is
I want to raise two hunting dogs so that you can rest assured that you are not on guard at the chicken farm at night."
"Let's talk about that, we can't find a suitable dog for a while. Better breeds of hounds are very expensive, and we can't afford them." Sioli shook his head and said.
In fact, the Sioli couple are completely unqualified as forest guards at the forest farm. They spend more time doing private work. Even visiting the forest farm is mainly to pick some mountain products. They can usually help.
His only job was to take care of the two horses in the stable. After Claude became the director of the forestry, he took over almost all matters related to the forestry.
During this period, the small chicken farm in the forest did suffer a lot of losses. Several chickens were secretly taken away by chicken thieves. The Sioli couple were very sad and moved to the chicken farm at night.
.It’s just that the guy who stole the chicken was very cunning and was never discovered. It wasn’t until today that Sioli found out how he got into the chicken farm.
"Stop digging ditches. Let's dig a few big holes as traps. Maybe the chicken thief will fall in." Claude didn't really want to care about the Xioli couple's chicken farm. It was nothing like a forest farm.
Any relationship is a private matter between the couple. If he interferes too much, it will easily lead to misunderstandings, so he can only give some well-intentioned suggestions.
Sioli nodded, indicating that he understood. So Claude told him a few more little things he discovered while patrolling the forest farm. For example, there are many small mountain mushrooms growing on the north hillside that can be picked, and on the south side, there are
There are some piles of fallen wood on the creek, which should be cleaned up, otherwise it will easily block the water flow, etc.
After talking about this, Claude returned to the pharmacy laboratory and continued his study of pharmacy knowledge. In the evening, he made some food by himself. At eight o'clock, Claude began to prepare. Of course, he was not going
It was just an excuse to go to Erikson and Viricolo to go fishing at night on the lake. The place he wanted to go to was Julian's grocery store and the transaction was completed smoothly.
He checked his equipment and put on a purse containing twenty-one Sullivan gold coins and two gold crowns. Just as he was about to walk out the door, Claude remembered his experience fighting the Black Snake Squinting Kamadi last night.
I feel that I should also learn from these ruffians and carry a sharp weapon with me just in case, so that I won't feel defenseless.
After thinking about it, Claude realized that he usually didn't buy a good short sword or dagger at home. This was really not as good as Vericro. That guy likes to buy these short weapons when he has money, especially the ones with more beautiful shapes.
The weirder and weirder he likes it. By the way, didn't he buy a black iron dagger last time? Although he thought it was a magic item, he never found out what the magical effect of the enchantment on the black iron dagger was. Forget it.
Just take this black iron dagger and set off.
Claude found the black iron dagger and inserted it into his boot to fix it. He took two steps and jumped a few times and felt that it was not in the way, so he decided that this was enough.
After going out to the stable, he pulled out the big black horse Jamie and hitched it to the carriage. He gently waved his riding whip and drove him out of the forest farm, walking along the mountain road towards the lakeside pier.
Claude's purpose was to park the carriage on the private dock of Erikson's house, so he told Erikson in the morning that he would go fishing with them at night. However, Claude did not drive the carriage until eight-thirty.
After leaving the forest farm, I wanted to make sure that I would be late. Erikson and Viricolo had already set off, instead of just waiting for their arrival at the dock.
It takes more than forty minutes to get from the forest farm to the pier.
Sure enough, when they arrived at Erikson's private dock, Uncle Peg, who was guarding the gate, regretfully told Claude that Erikson and Viricolo had waited at the dock around eight-thirty to make sure that Claude was not there.
When the meeting came, I set sail in the small fishing boat. It has been about forty minutes now.
"I'm sorry, Uncle Peg." Claude sighed and said, "The forest farm was busy with some things. I didn't come out until nearly eight o'clock. If it hadn't been for a wheel of the carriage running off on the mountain road, it would have taken a long time.
If I just found it and loaded it up, I should be able to catch up with Ike and Vero. But it's okay. I'll park the carriage here first, and then search along the lakeshore. Ike told me that they will be here tonight
When fishing for long-tailed eels from the shore, if I see their small fishing boat, I will ask them to pick me up. If they can’t find me, I will come back..."
Uncle Peg looked at the two wheels of the carriage, and there was indeed one wheel covered with yellow mud and grass blades. It seemed that the latch in the middle of the wheel axle had been loosened and lost due to the shock, causing the wheel to fall off. This kind of problem is quite serious.
Usually, you just need to find the wheel, reinstall it and replace the latch. Generally, carriages have their own latch and maintenance tools.
"Okay, then go ahead. The carriage will be parked here and I will take care of it. But when will you be back?" Uncle Peg asked.
"It will take about an hour. If I find them and get on the boat, I will ask Ike to take me back." Claude said.
"So do you need a lantern?"
"No, thank you Uncle Peg. The moonlight is very bright at night, and I can see the road clearly. If I brought a lantern, I wouldn't be able to see far. And I have a fire stick in my backpack, so lighting and signaling are no problem.
"Claude said as he jumped off the pier and walked towards the slums on the gravel beside the lake.
After cleaning up the gangsters from the Black Snake Club last night, Claude went to the grove and saw that no one was around, then took off his burqa, pulled off the mask on his face, and walked back along the path by the lake.
Go. When he saw the sparkling Beringa Lake under the moonlight, he suddenly thought that he could come here from the gravel on the lakeside, put on a burqa and a scarf in the grove, and then walk from that lakeside
The small alley in the residential area leads to Julian's grocery store.
The later it gets at night, the less people will be seen on this road. It’s almost November and the weather is already getting a little cold. No one will be chilling in the wind and cold by the lake at night. And another advantage is that walking from the lake,
Then even if someone passes by this path on the lake embankment, they will not be able to see themselves below, and they will be able to go back without anyone noticing, and no one will be able to discover them.
Claude had his mind set on Erikson. Going down to the lake from his private pier was the best option. First, it was close to the grove there, and second, the carriage could park at the pier. The only thing missing was a
A good excuse, so Claude came up with the reason of being late for night fishing.
About twenty minutes later, Claude, still dressed as a masked man, appeared in Julian's shop.