forest kingdom

Chapter 4 Sariel 2
Salil was a little anxious. It was already dark, but her father hadn't come back yet.

"Father, what's wrong with him? He used to come back early every time when the sun was still shining. Why hasn't he come back so late today..."

Sariel has said the same words to herself dozens of times in the past two hours, and every time she said it, she felt more uneasy.

Dinner had been prepared for a long time, and Salil was not in the mood to eat at all. She stood anxiously at the door and looked outside.

The livestock shed, sheep house, stove house, utility room, main house, side house, this simple courtyard and her father are all of Salil.

Her mother left after giving birth to her, and once her father was gone, Salil didn't know how she would survive.

After waiting impatiently for who knows how long, a bright light appeared in front of me.

Before Salil could speak, there was a shout from the other side.

"Salil, I'm back!"

Salil almost cried. She quickly lifted up the long skirt that was in the way with both hands and rushed over.

"Father!"

She happily threw herself on a figure and hugged him tightly.

But she soon discovered something was wrong. Her father was not so thin or short.

Salil quickly pushed the other person away and asked nervously in the darkness: "Who are you?"

At this time, the clouds in the sky moved away, and under the moonlight, Salil quickly saw the situation in front of her clearly.

In front of him was a smiling young man, and his father was pressing the branches with both hands, limping carefully as he walked here.

Salil didn't care about the strange boy anymore and quickly went over to help her father.

Andrew was completely relieved when he saw his daughter. "He entered the room and said, I want to wash my feet first. Salil, you cook for the two guests. Thanks to them for saving me this time! Otherwise, I will be eaten by cannibals." Got it!"

After hearing what her father said, Salil quickly said to the other side: "Thank you! I have already prepared dinner, please let me thank you!"

"Okay." Lawrence looked very relaxed.

The girl in front of her looks much older than Sophia. In terms of age and development, she looks like she is seventeen or eighteen years old.

The actual age is 15 years old, almost the same as myself.

When we hugged each other just now, we could clearly feel the warmth and maternal nature of the other person. Moreover, she is cute and beautiful. She is doing all the housework at home, growing vegetables, raising chickens, sheep, making clothes and cooking. She is definitely a good wife. Candidate.

However, Lawrence has no thoughts of getting married for the time being, and he doesn’t want to drag others down.

Buying a female slave is just for peace of mind. Sophia has no future, so buying her as a companion is more worry-free.

Soon the two entered Andrew's home. The light here was very weak, just a worn-out oil lamp that could only illuminate near the table.

Normal people are already asleep at this time, so there is no need to light up.

The room was darker than outside, and the visibility was lower, but Lawrence and Sophia, who were already hungry, quickly focused on food.

The baked vegetable pie is still warm, the hot soup is mixed with potatoes and potato flour, and the meat strips that I haven't eaten in more than a year! ! !

After making sure her father was okay, Salil came back to check on her. Seeing Lawrence and Sophia devouring food, she knew that they had not eaten enough for many times.

Salil quickly went to the kitchen to work, pulled out the eggs from the ashes, washed them and placed them on the dining table for the two of them.

"These are freshly baked eggs, please try them."

Lawrence had not eaten eggs for a long time. After hearing this, his eyes widened and he looked at Salil, who could only see a rough outline.

At this time, Salil's beauty was completely incomparable to the white eggs in the bowl.

"Are you really giving it to us? Aren't you going to keep this?" Lawrence asked nervously.

Sariel smiled and said, "We can easily eat enough here. We don't have to pay taxes like in the city. We have to pay more than half of the harvest in the fields." The tax rate in most areas of the Luofen Kingdom is [-]% , some places seem to be [-]% to [-]%, but including the messy fees, it is close to [-]%.

Fortunately, the only people who need to pay taxes are those near the royal capital. In other places, there are either barbarians or savages, all of whom are a group of disobedient people.

Taxation was an important factor in suppressing population in ancient times. Once taxes were frivolous, the population could easily increase.

The baron's family also has to pay taxes and support the baron's family, so naturally some people don't eat well.

Although there are many fatal dangers for the mountain barbarians, they do not need to pay taxes, and there are no nearby nobles claiming to rule this place.

"Thank you!" Lawrence thanked him and quickly started eating.

I haven't tasted the taste of eggs for a long time. It seems that I haven't had a good meal since I came to this world.

Salil went to work again, delivering food to her father who was resting in the house, and helping Lawrence and Sophia tidy up the sleeping room.

Because it was getting very late, everyone didn't say much and fell asleep quickly.

"Oh~ Gou Gou~" The rooster's crow in the morning woke Lawrence up.

Lawrence had not had such a solid sleep for a long time. After getting up with soreness and weakness all over his body, he found Sophia changing clothes in front of him.

Sophia's body bones were still so thin, and she was far behind the beautiful Helen with whom she had a relationship.

But the potential is endless. He is already a beautiful child now, it just takes time to grow.

Sofia felt the gaze behind her, turned around and saw Lawrence waking up, and said happily: "Master, Salil gave me her clothes, but they are still a little too big for me."

Lawrence smiled and said, "It won't get any bigger after wearing it for a while. I feel like you've grown a little taller than before in the past half month."

"Really?" Sophia looked happy and said happily: "I wanted to take a shower and change clothes yesterday, but Salil said there are rules in the mountains. You can't take a shower or change clothes on the same day after you have just experienced something fatal. "

Lawrence smiled, quickly stood up and said, "We can't keep interrupting. Let's go to our house today to have a look, and then buy some things depending on the situation."

"Okay!" Sophia agreed quickly.

Creak~ The door was pushed open, and it was Salil who came in with clothes.

Sariel saw Sophia, who was not yet dressed, and then looked at Lawrence, who was wearing trousers and a linen gown.

"Lawrence, these are my father's clothes. I changed them so you should be able to wear them."

Yesterday, I had a general feeling of Lawrence's body shape. This morning, Salil altered the old clothes and gave them to Lawrence.

Lawrence took the clothes and said, "Okay, thank you!"

Salil looked at Lawrence, and soon lowered her head and said with some trepidation: "You saved my father, I am very grateful to you, but please don't take it to heart what my father said about asking me to marry you. Because of some things, I don’t plan to get married.”

Lawrence asked curiously: "Why?"

Salil lowered her head and said nothing.

Lawrence quickly said: "Okay, I won't ask anymore, I know this matter, let's just be neighbors first."

"Neighbor?" Salil looked at Lawrence suspiciously.

Lawrence quickly told him that he had met Martin outside, and also said that he would live in Martin's cabin.

Salil showed a look of sudden realization, "I remembered that there was indeed such a person when I was a child. Then he disappeared. It turned out that he went outside."

"But..." Salil said in embarrassment: "I have never been to that place on the mountain, but there has been heavy snow in the mountains in the past few years, and there have been several mountain wraths. A lot of rocks have rolled down on the mountain, and I don't know where it is. Are you still there?"

Landslides, swamps, snowstorms... Lawrence suddenly found that he was in a bad place.

(End of this chapter)