Chapter 38 David's Notes
David is very confident in his own judgment, but when Will Turner will come back, he is not clear.
After dinner, he didn't just stay there and wait stupidly. After packing up and starting his usual practice and study, David also fell asleep.
Continuously going back and forth between Cold Winter Village and Iron Tree Fort, and thinking about how to develop his own village every day, David also felt a little tired, so he slept very deeply this night.
I had nothing to say all night, and when I opened my eyes, the sky was already bright.
Lying on his own bed, staring at the empty roof for a while, David got up, dressed and washed, ready to start this brand new day.
Pushing open the door, Lindong Village, which was peaceful and peaceful some time ago, is now full of excitement. Those people who came to the village with David yesterday are busy with various jobs at this time.
The men have already chosen the location of their home and started to work together to dig a shallow pit as the foundation of the house; Mark, who shuttled back and forth to answer various questions, and Fording, who came back carrying wood from time to time, made the entire Cold Winter Village a lively construction site, full of busy workers everywhere.
"Are you up?" Laura appeared out of nowhere. Looking at the things she was carrying and the backpack behind her, she should have just come from her own home: "Your breakfast is on the table! It may have been cold , warm yourself up!"
After finishing speaking, he returned to his wooden house, and then quickly walked out, walking towards the outside of the village.
"What are you messing around with?"
After hearing David's question, Laura stopped in her tracks: "I told you before, right? I have some things to do over there, and I'm getting ready for departure recently. This is the preparation work before departure."
After speaking, it didn't matter whether David understood or not, he hurriedly ran out of the village again, and disappeared after a while.
David walked to the table, picked up the cover that was on the table, saw his breakfast, tried it, it was still warm, and sat down directly, facing the direction of the busy people, while eating breakfast Enjoying a busy scene.
"Huh? You're up!" Mark turned around, mainly to remind the new villagers where they couldn't build houses, because that area had been spotted by him and was going to be used as farmland for further reclamation to build wooden houses Definitely avoid these places.
By the way, he took the Jenny to spray some water on his farmland and checked the growth of the crops. After making sure there was nothing wrong, he would go to the Mars base to check the condition of the potatoes there.
"Did everyone get up so early?"
"Because there is something to do, right?" Mark poured himself a large glass of water, sat down next to David, and looked at the busy farmers together: "This scene has an inexplicable appeal."
"Yes!" With David's eyes, even sitting here, you can clearly see the smiles on the faces of the farmers, including Samantha, who only knew her name after asking in person not long ago. It was Kang En's mother, who was full of expectation for the new life at this time: "Seeing that everyone is busy, I also want to find something to do."
"I'm afraid there is nothing you need to do for the time being." Mark thought about it carefully. As the village head, David had already done all the things he needed to do most at the moment.
"Yeah?"
"Then tell me, what do you need to do now?" Mark is also curious, what is David going to do next?
"When you say that, I really can't think of what to do?" The village has already been established; he has also received the official appointment document from the Kingdom of Tilan. Due to the special circumstances of the development team establishing the village, he can barely be regarded as a small lord in a remote country. .
With suitable high-yield crops, enough prey around the village of Rinwong, abundant aquatic products in the Rinwong River, and sustainable breeding and supply of eggs and meat, the food for this village of more than a dozen people is sufficient. It's quite sufficient.
The accommodation is currently being resolved. Although they are all just wooden houses, after solving the problem of whether there is any, then consider whether it can be better and more comfortable to live in.
Even the blacksmith I always miss, now I have a clue—it depends on when the little blacksmith Will Turner will come again.
Everything is on the right track. At a glance, it seems that there is really nothing for David to worry about. The next step is to let the village develop step by step?
What to do next? Or what can be done? David needs to think hard!
After pondering for a while, looking at the empty dishes in front of him, David got up and cleaned them up. When he came back, Mark had already left, and he was nowhere to be seen. Maybe he was back to Mars?
Walking along the road that is barely the main avenue—the door facing the house, David quickly visited the brand-new Cold Winter Village:
The wooden houses of David, Laura, Fording, and Mark are located on the easternmost side of the village, facing the main avenue, and the square table where they eat together is located in front of David's wooden house, which is the east of the entire village. side edge.
Opposite the warehouse is another temporary wooden house that has not yet been demolished, which is the house where the farmers currently live. At the same time, the farmers chose to build their new home, which is located on the north side of the big wooden house.
As for the farmland that Mark opened up, it is located on the west side of the big wooden house, and according to his plan, it will extend to the west in the direction of the Winter River.
This is the current Lindong Village. Counting the houses, cattle pens, and chicken coops that have just started to be built, there are not many buildings in total. Standing anywhere in the village, you can see the situation of the whole village.
If there is no accident, when the farmers have built their own houses, the temporary wooden house will be demolished, and the big wooden house used as the kitchen, blacksmith shop and warehouse will be demolished sooner or later—the warehouse will be rebuilt. Well, the functions of the kitchen and blacksmith will also be separated separately.
What else can be planned?
David immediately thought that it seemed that a public toilet should be built on the outskirts of the village to ensure public sanitation inside the village and to stockpile fertilizers.
"Should I take a notebook and write it down?"
Turning around, David returned to his wooden house, took out a brand new notebook, and drew the general situation of Lindong Village on it.
"Public toilet..." With the sketch map, his thinking became much clearer: "A well needs to be dug."
In the past, there were few people living in the village. Although it was troublesome to go to the river to fetch water and come back, but the consumption is not so fast with fewer people, and it is acceptable to go far.
There are about 20 people living in the village now, and it is a bit troublesome to travel so far to fetch water from the river, so a well must be dug—even if groundwater cannot be found, we must find a way to divert water from the Winter River come over.
"Simply trim the water pipes?"
With a big brain, David considered the possibility of laying water pipes. In addition, he was also dissatisfied with the dirt roads in the village. Even if asphalt roads cannot be laid, at least gravel roads must be built, right? Not only can it make the village more hygienic and reduce flying dust, but more importantly, it looks more beautiful and clean.
As he was thinking and writing, he found that there were many things he wanted to do. If he could complete the initial construction according to his vision, Rinwinter Village would be a smaller town, and the infrastructure would be as good as other small towns in Tilan Kingdom. town.
“It seems to take a lot of time and effort to make it all come true.”
After looking at the various projects he listed, David drew a circle on the public toilets, wells and garbage dumps. These are the next work goals, among which toilets and wells are the top priorities. Facilities and garbage dumps are relatively simple, just dig a fixed pit for throwing things.
Close the notebook. After thinking about it, David didn't immediately get up to build a toilet or dig a well. Instead, he went back to the house and took out a new notebook.
This time, he listed the names of Laura Crawford, Tirion Fordring, and Mark Watney.
Each person occupies a separate page, and then David writes all kinds of information that can be remembered on the corresponding page while thinking.
For example, on the page of Laura Crawford, it is written about the knowledge of ancient civilizations in many countries, proficiency in multiple languages, proficiency in the use of weapons such as bows and arrows, and being good at climbing and so on.
Tirion Fordring's page is marked with the priest of the Church of the Holy Light, the first generation of paladins, one of the strongest users of the Holy Light, the lord of Hearthglen, and so on.
According to the order in which he came to Cold Winter Village, David sorted out the information to determine what "rewards" he could get, such as the language on Laura's page, archery, and the holy light on Fording's page, etc. Has become its own talent.
In the information recorded on Mark Watney’s page, he marked potatoes and put a question mark behind the fertile soil.
Last listed is Squirrel.
Looking at the Squirrel who was sitting next to him, drinking from a water glass, and looking at him with cute big eyes from time to time, David didn't know what he would get from this guy?
He has secretly experimented that he can't spit out a large amount of water from his mouth like the Squirrel Turtle; and he has just turned around the village, and there is nothing new in the village like potatoes growing after Mark appeared. .
Could it be that the relationship between myself and the Squirtle is not good enough, so I haven't received the reward yet?
After writing the information he thought of, David hesitated and finally wrote Will Turner's name, and drew a question mark at the end.
Whether this little blacksmith can become the blacksmith of Rinwinter Village has not yet been finalized. Now I have to write a lot of effort, but finally find that I can’t get all of them. That’s too depressing.
He tore off a few pages full of words and burned them all to ashes with the sacred fire. David suddenly remembered: "If there are really two or two appearing together, does it mean that there is a newcomer coming?" ?”
(end of this chapter)