forest kingdom

Chapter 24 The 14-year-old boy and the Fried Chicken Festival

"Of course there is no problem!"

Lawrence barely had time to think and agreed to Andrew's request without hesitation.

He looked at Andrew enthusiastically and a somewhat embarrassed Sariel.

"We can start with words and arithmetic. Does Salil have experience in this area?"

Salil raised her head and looked at Lawrence in embarrassment, and said softly: "I only know a few dozen words, and I can count to fifty."

Lawrence smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, this is enough. When I first met Salil, I thought she was an educated lady, but I believe my vision is not wrong. Salil can Learn these slowly.”

Salil thanked me happily, "I will study hard, please educate me strictly!"

Andrew felt much more relaxed.

Lawrence took the initiative to comfort him: "The nobles who rule in Telangtao City are all barbarians. Not only the Kingdom of Luofen, but also many kingdoms in the south are ruled by barbarians. In such an environment, nobles and merchants who understand knowledge Fewer and fewer."

After agreeing, Lawrence began to show his importance and raise the price for his knowledge.

He talked at the dinner table.

"The people who serve as kings and nobles now are all barbarians. They don't bother to learn knowledge at all. They just drink wine, gnaw pig's trotters, enjoy bread and wine, and collect iron tools to prepare for war every day."

"But I believe that knowledge will definitely become more and more important. Andrew and Salil, you have helped me a lot. Of course I am willing to share knowledge with you."

Sophia's homeland was invaded by barbarians, and even she and Helen, the earl's daughter, were captured by the barbarians and sold as slaves.

The barbarians would not regard these people as noble captives, but as trophies that could be exchanged for money, and their collection value was not even as good as a wild boar tusk.

Most barbarians have no idea of ​​feeding their captives. The captives are like cattle and sheep. They must be taken care of quickly when they are caught. If they are raised for a day longer, they will easily get sick, die and run away, or eat too much food.

Except for skilled craftsmen, barbarians do not attach much importance to knowledge.

A nobleman who can do math and writing is not as valuable as a craftsman who can bake bread, blacksmith, or cook barbecue.

The area that Andrew and Lawrence were in was a savage area.

But none of them looked like savages.

Lawrence doesn't quite understand why Saliel wants to learn knowledge. This is definitely not Andrew's idea.

He must have been heard when he and Sophia were talking in the room just now. The two of them did not lower their voices. Salil may have been sitting in the room at that time.

The soundproofing effect of the wooden house was very poor. Lawrence especially wanted a house where he didn't need to care about others, where he could make loud noises and do what he wanted to do.

It gets dark after dinner, and Lawrence's scheduled study time is in the evening every day, or if you have time in the afternoon, you can study together.

In the early morning, everyone started to be busy for dinner.

Saryl and Sophia go to visit the cattle.

Lawrence had just gotten up to make tools when Sophia walked in.

Her expression looked a little gloomy.

"Master, one of our chickens died."

Lawrence now has three piglets, two sheep, and five chickens.

If one dies, there are only four chickens left.

After winter, two or three of the four chickens may survive, or none may remain. "This kind of thing is normal. You have to get used to it." Lawrence comforted: "Don't eat the dead chickens. Find a place to bury them. I hope the remaining chicks can grow up."

Sofia raised her head and looked at Lawrence. Now Lawrence not only had a wise image in Sariel's eyes, but also in Sofia's eyes.

"Is this okay?" Sophia was a little unsure.

Lawrence still had things to do, so he said casually: "That's all."

After saying that, he went out to do today's work. Today he had to fetch water to bathe the two girls, and he also had to take time to make some traps.

The current food reserves are not large. Although the relationship with Andrew's family has deepened, they still need to have their own food reserves.

And the piglets, lambs and chickens I bought also need food to feed, so I can't just take advantage of them.

Lawrence thought: Maybe he could set up a ranch in the mountains.

Keep it for a few more days!Wait for these pigs and sheep to adapt to the climate in the mountains before moving them. Otherwise, if they are taken to the mountains to be free-range, there will be a lot of problems.

There are a lot of traps to prepare, as well as ropes for building houses.

In the later stage, soil, hay, wood, planks, wooden nails and other materials and tools must be prepared.

There were a lot of things to do, but not long after eating, I was busy going to the river to fetch water. After the two girls took a bath at noon, it was almost afternoon.

Andrew is responsible for cooking. The rule in the mountains is that men and women do not take baths on the same day. Firewood for boiling water is also used for cooking, so there is no waste.

Lawrence spent the afternoon on the mountain setting up some simple traps, such as tilt traps built with rocks and sticks.

This kind of trap is simple to make, but it can easily be triggered by the slightest disturbance. The chance of success can only be obtained through quantity.

Bait was a must and Lawrence placed boiled peas.

Fried ones would be better, but that would be too wasteful.

Fried food is a very expensive luxury item in this era. Although every household can actually do it, people don't waste fat on such things.

It's like making fragrant fried chicken legs from one of the chickens raised at home in the 80s and [-]s, and you will definitely get a severe beating from your hypertensive parents at night.

A peaceful day passed. At night, Lawrence ate the boiled eggs given by Salil, but what appeared in his eyes and mind were all kinds of delicacies that he had almost forgotten.

Food is mainly scarce and expensive. Most people in this era do not have the courage and ideas to discover "good food". Only Lawrence thinks about when he can eat fried chicken legs and sauced pig's trotters every day.

Using a pan of oil to make fried chicken legs makes your mouth water just thinking about it.

Lawrence was eating eggs, but he was thinking about drumsticks and chicken.

Alas, how long can we endure this kind of poverty?

Although Lawrence wanted to eat fried chicken legs very much, he didn't have the courage to tell Salil. He also knew that this kind of thing was outrageous and couldn't say it at all.

I used to be able to fall asleep quickly every day when I lay in bed, but today after eating eggs and thinking about fried chicken, my mind was so awake that I couldn't fall asleep at all.

Lawrence, who was tossing and turning, thought of his dead chicken. The chicken problem was not difficult, but the main problem was that a pot of oil was too difficult.

Lawrence quickly took out the dagger, walked to the chair by the window and sat down, found a piece of wood on the wooden box in front of him, and began to record today's day.

[Today is the day Lawrence is 14 years and 249 days old]

[Lawrence has decided to set today as Fried Chicken Day next year, and he must eat fried chicken legs on that day! 】

(End of this chapter)