Chapter 496 495. Moonlight
A group of villagers stared at the thousands of kobold slaves by the reed pond, their eyes filled with amazement.
Several dogs in the village barked wildly at the kobold slaves, but after barking for a while, the barking gradually weakened.
The kobold slaves dried their fluff on the bonfire and ate a meal of raw cassava before Andrew drove them into the dry reed pond. They pulled out the reeds with their hands and carried them out in bundles Well, these thousands of kobold slaves probably suffered a lot under the whip of the slave trader. The Nanai indigenous warriors stood on the bank with a whip and let these kobold slaves work obediently.
The reeds were piled up, and these villagers also began to be brave enough to sit on the open space by the reed pond. They first stripped the leaves of these dry reeds, and then pressed them with stone rollers to flatten the reeds. The villagers weaving reed mats began to demonstrate to everyone.
According to the requirements of the old village chief, these mats don’t need to be more exquisite, it doesn’t matter if they are rough, but they must be strong.
Like a magic trick, the reed mats under the villagers gradually grew longer, and more and more villagers joined the ranks of weaving the mats.
In Woer Village, basically every villager knows how to weave reed mats. It’s just that some people are skilled and some people are a little rough. Of course, it doesn’t matter even if it’s a little bit worse, because these mats were prepared by the old village head for these kobold slaves. Woven matting surrounds the frame, and soon a row of makeshift sheds is erected.
In the early spring, the night wind in the barren land was very cold. The old village chief thought that even if these kobolds were slaves, they should live in houses that could shelter them from the wind and rain, especially when he saw that among the kobold slaves were old and Young, although he didn't say anything, he disagreed with Suldak's practice of buying slaves.
After the low work shed was built, the old village chief put these kobold slaves in. He originally wanted to build a fence around the shed, but the wood in the carpenter workshop in the village was very limited, and if he wanted to make a fence, he had to go to Oak Ridge Just pick up some branches in the woods.
Hailansa has a large area of oak trees. These oak forests belong to the territory of some nobles in the city of Hailansa. The ownership of the output belongs to these nobles, but as long as the acorns produced are not stolen, they are not casually hunted in the oak forest , just simply picking up some dead branches, mushrooms and chestnuts, the noble lord will not care about these poor villagers.
A group of women in the village are squatting at the entrance of the village, dealing with the piles of cassava. Old Sheila is sitting under the dead tree at the entrance of the village with little Peter and other children, quietly watching the women clean the cassava. This kind of cassava is very convenient Storage, in a cool place, will not rot for weeks.
The women in the village are no strangers to cassava. In times of famine, the villagers will inevitably eat some.
Suldak called the Nanai native Andrew, the ogre Gullitum, the half-elf archer, and the succubus Aphrodite, and introduced them to the old village chief and the young people in the village.
Andrew was wearing a full metal armor with two large axes on his back. He was full of murderous looks. He looked like a ferocious warrior who had come down from the battlefield. When the young people in the village faced Andrew, they even breathed consciously. Lightened up a bit.
Half-elf archer Samira was wearing salamander leather armor. This set of tight leather armor set off Samira's slender figure extremely gracefully.
Although the half-elf archer didn't lift the hood on his head, a group of young people in the village still stared straight at him. , shot and killed more than fifty hellhounds with the forest bow in his hand, and the young people in the village looked at Samira with shrinking eyes.
The succubus Aphrodite did not take off the black veil on her face. Even if she did not use the 'charm', that beautiful face was fatally attractive to the villagers. In addition, Suldak introduced the succubus Aphrodite When it came to the origin, it was a little vague. It just said that it was a homeless alien who was rescued on the battlefield. The villagers thought that the succubus Aphrodite was also an aborigine on the Maca plane just like Andrew. Moreover, the custom of this indigenous group is to wear a veil, and no one thought that she would be a succubus.
Everyone is afraid to get close to the ogre Gullitem. The ogre Gullitem sits on the **** beside the reed pond and looks like a mountain of meat. In order to eliminate the fear in the hearts of the villagers, Gullite Temu took the initiative to try to smile at the villagers, and immediately frightened a group of older children who were standing not far away to watch the fun and ran away. open.
No way, the title of ogre brings great fear to the villagers.
Rita brought a large wooden barrel of multigrain porridge in front of the ogre. She wore an apron and held a spoon in the other hand. Standing in front of the ogre, she waved her red little Facing the ogre, he said, "Your name is Gullitum?"
The name of the ogre was mentioned by Suldak.
The ogre nodded honestly, his eyes fell on the wooden barrel, and his saliva was about to flow from the corners of his mouth.
"These are for you. I didn't expect you to be so strong. I only have so much chestnut rice porridge." Rita lifted the wooden barrel vigorously and handed it to the ogre.
"Thank you!" the ogre Gullitum said in a low voice.
After speaking, he took the wooden barrel with one hand, held the bottom of the wooden barrel, opened his big mouth, poured a bucket of chestnut rice porridge into his mouth, and drank it without even chewing carefully. The chestnut rice porridge entered the ogre's stomach in an instant, and the ogre licked its lips eagerly, feeling the sweetness conveyed into its mind from the taste buds on the tip of its tongue. The bucket was returned to Rita.
Rita looked at Suldak who had completed the task, and then she held the hem of the sarong with one hand and walked back to the village entrance with an empty wooden barrel, squeezed beside Natasha, and dealt with the village wives together. Cassava at the entrance of the village.
Selena pulled little Signa out of the village, but she didn't go to Suldak's side. Selena is the assistant of the old village chief and is currently in charge of managing the accounts of the village. She sewed a linen cloth for herself Her messenger bag contained a parchment account book, which she carried with her wherever she went, and now she was counting the cassava at the entrance of the village.
Signa was still hiding inside Selena's long skirt, only occasionally poking her head out cautiously.
Suldak couldn't get away, so he waved to the two of them. In the bleak cold wind, Selena's face bloomed with a smile as bright as a tulip.
Seeing Suldak, Signa dared to get out from Selena's skirt.
She first looked at Andrew and Samira, then at the ogre lying on the **** of withered grass with its head resting on its arms, and finally landed on the succubus Aphrodite, with some guard in her eyes, the succubus Aphrodite Rudy also noticed the little girl, but before she could take a second look, Suldak picked up little Signa.
Signa pushed Suldak's hand away very dissatisfied, then gave Suldak a sweet smile, and said solemnly: "Fortunately, Selena is always reluctant to give me meat , You have to help me tell her about this, she listens to you. The other big fish tastes great, you can bring us more next time."
"Okay, let me talk to Selena when I get some time!" Suldak put Signa down and asked Samira beside him: "Our little Signa wants to eat fish, Samy Lah, do you still have smoked fish..."
As a half-elf, Samira prefers the habits of elves in terms of diet, and likes to eat fish and fruits. Now Samira's wallet is gradually bulging, and she always carries some apples and smoked fish with her.
But the half-elf archer showed his disdain unabashedly for Suldak taking her rations to coax the little girl.
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At night, the kobolds finally lived in a shed surrounded by reed mats.
This kind of work shed leaks everywhere, but it is much better than sleeping on the wasteland by the reed pond outside. The work shed is very simple, and the door is only blocked by a reed mat, and there is no intention of locking it at all. The person in charge of night watch is There are two young people in the village, but they are only guarding the yellow sheep pen at the entrance of the village from a distance. Judging from what they mean, they seem to be worried that these kobold slaves will steal the yellow sheep in the village at night.
The kobold slaves’ dinner was cassava porridge cooked by the women in the village. The cassava was soaked in water for an afternoon and then boiled to make the paralysis less toxic.
Suldak's house is not too big, he gave up his house to Samira and the succubus Aphrodite, Andrew could only pitch a tent in the yard, the ogre wanted to live with Suldak The cow at home squeezed in the cowshed, and was directly driven to the yard by Suldak. As a non-staff member of the guard battalion, the ogre now also has a set of large marching tents, which are set up in the yard. It takes up almost half of the yard.
Rita and little Peter slept in old Sheila's room.
This is the first time Suldak has entered Natasha and Rita's room. There are two wooden beds on the left and right sides of the room, covered with cotton sheets, which look soft and clean, except for the two beds. Besides, there was only a wooden table and a cabinet in the room, and the furnishings in the room were very simple. He sat on the chair beside the table, and the room was filled with a faint fragrance.
The door was pushed open, and Natasha walked in with a steaming wooden basin filled with hot water. She placed the wooden basin in front of Suldak's feet, and first carefully wiped it with a hot towel. Suldak wiped his face and hands, and then squatted down to untie the rope buckle on the leather boots for Suldak, took off the boots, and let him dip his feet into the warm water basin.
A candle was lit on the wooden table. Under the dim light, Natasha lowered her head and carefully washed Surdak's feet. She was only wearing a thin pajamas, with a large area of fair skin exposed at the neckline, and her hair was still a little wet Yes, it looks like he just took a shower, and his body exudes a faint scent of soap locust.
Looking at her fair and clean face, Suldak bent down and grabbed Natasha's hand. Natasha's face turned red all of a sudden, and neither of them spoke.
Suldak hugged her sideways and put her on the bed, stared at her wet lips, and kissed her gently...
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The succubus Aphrodite turned over a little annoyed, only to find that Samira on the opposite side was not asleep either.
In the dark room, the half-elf archer's eyes were slightly red, staring silently at Aphrodite. Aphrodite smiled faintly at the half-elf with sharp eyes like arrows. Unmoved, Samira changed to a more comfortable position, but the wooden bed was too hard, so she pulled the blanket covering her body with her hands.
"...For so long, people can't sleep because of the noise!" Aphrodite complained in a low voice.
Even when Samira was sleeping, she looked like a civet cat crouching in the dark. She curled her body and slowly closed her light red eyes.
But the succubus Aphrodite did not, and she asked Samira in a low voice: "Hey, Samira, are you a little disappointed?"
Moonlight shone into the room through the window, Samira opened his eyes again, and asked suspiciously:
"What?"
The succubus Aphrodite hugged the blanket and sat up from the bed. Her long black hair hung down like a waterfall, and her body hidden under the pajamas was undulating. With a narrow smile on her slightly gray face, she pointed at the moon outside the window. On the slightly desolate ridge under the sky, he said to Samira:
"Here, in this desolate land, the captain's house is so dilapidated. You don't need to look at it to know that the captain should have little money."
She turned her head to stare at Samira's light red eyes, her **** lips raised slightly, and said to Samira again:
"I heard that you followed him because he gave a large sum of money to the orphanage in Wojmara City? Now, do you regret your original decision..."
Samira turned over and faced the ceiling, her eyes fell on the dark roof, and she said in a nonchalant tone: "Five years of salary is over, what is there to be disappointed about? Now I am just fulfilling my promise." , Andrew is probably in the same situation as me, besides, do you think the life of the captain will always be so embarrassing?"
"Hehe, of course not!" The succubus felt that Samira's eyes became sharper and fell on her body, making her feel as if the skin on her face had been cut by a knife.
"Then what else is there to say?" Samira closed her eyes again, and the magic pattern clothing on the bandaged arm hidden in the blanket gradually returned to calm, and said to Aphrodite, "In addition, you will It's best not to confuse people in front of me, lest one day when you are in a bad mood, you can't help but shoot you with an arrow..."
"You can tell me that, it means you won't do that." After Aphrodite finished speaking, she still couldn't help but glance at the forest bow leaning against the wall.
The room was quiet again, and the moonlight was like water.
(end of this chapter)