forest kingdom

"Oh, oh, oh, oh~"

"Wang Woo!"

The mountain wind blew in my face, and Yu Bao rode his big dog down the hillside.

The road that Lawrence walked, Yubao must also walk.

The troubles that Lawrence had had, Yu Bao also gradually had.

The manor is too far away from the town of Pumixiu, and it is too far away from Dumu Port on the seaside. It is impossible for Yubao and Big Dog to do it in one day.

The big dog took the fish treasure to the mountain col between the manor and the blacksmith area and stopped. There was a large pond here.

Under the rays of the sun and wind, the water surface sparkled, and the nearby birch trees swayed their trunks and branches.

There were a few children playing games in the shade of the trees, and a few dogs lying down by the pond.

When the children saw Yu Bao coming, they quickly ran away from the shade of the tree and dispersed.

Several dogs also ran away.

Yubao has never beaten these children. The reason why these children run away is not because of Yubao's problem. It is the property of the prophet. Except for the staff, adults and children should not come here.

Yubao is the new administrator here. He can pursue some things or not.

There are some things that Yubao doesn't know. He just manages a few more fish ponds for more pocket money.

Jumping off the big dog, Yubao's body is not heavy. The big dog he is riding on is a snow dog with good endurance and likes to move very much. He likes to run for a while every day before eating.

After Yubao went down to work, the big dog didn't bother to lie down and take a breather, and went directly to mark the territory where the other dogs were sleeping.

I've been here!
Yubao found the tools he needed at the edge of the pond, quickly went into the water to check the fish in the pond, and caught a basket of unhealthy big and small fish.

It was already an hour after finishing these tasks. It took Yubao more than an hour to check a large fish pond.

Ordinary people cannot clearly see the good fish and bad fish in the fish school. Only Yubao can find those problematic and bad fish in the water and prevent these fish from taking up space in the fish pond.

There are also fish ponds and fisheries managed by Yubao. The probability of fish problems is much smaller than in other places.

After finishing a fish pond and landing, adults have already come to collect the fish.

The children who had just escaped summoned the nuns from the mining area. The nuns from the mining area would use a simple pressure scale made from a basin to measure the weight of the fish, and then take it to the convent and canteen.

"Thank you for your hard work, Yu Bao. There are thirty fish in total this time."

The nun took out three copper coins and put them in the frog wallet Lana made for Yubao.

"Wow~" Yubao thanked him happily. He could still earn a few more copper coins today.

After waving goodbye to the nuns in the mining area, Yu Bao rode the big dog and ran towards another fish pond.

With the increasing population and the increase in meat-eating groups, after satisfying the intake of grains and vegetables, the supply of fish has also increased.

With the exception of monasteries and church armies, all other places had to buy extra food at their own expense.

Including craftsmen in Ironforge, workers in the mining areas, and people from all walks of life in Pumexiu Town.

Most areas only provide basic bread, potatoes, vegetables and hot water. If you want to eat well, there is no problem. If you want to eat well, you have to spend your own money.

Private fishing and hunting are illegal. Lawrence does not like others to be the masters of his family. Most of the Ice Land is Lawrence's property. Even if he is willing to share some of Lawrence's prey, it will not work, because it is all Lawrence's. !
Yubao helps Lawrence manage the fish pond here, which is something Lawrence is willing to accept.

The rest, whether hunting or felling, violated Lawrence's rights as lord.

The main reason why Yubao can be taken care of by Lawrence is that he has grown up in Lawrence's vision since he was a child.

Whether it's humans or animals, this category has always been great.

Lawrence treats children like Snow Dog, Beow, Lana, Tim, Clara and Lolita, as well as many children who grew up around Lawrence, with kindness and tolerance.

The hard-working Yubao managed five fish ponds in one day. After breakfast, he went out to work and returned to the monastery on his big dog when the sun was about to set.

Work and life are not tiring. Each fish pond only needs to be inspected once every two or three months. There is no penalty even if the fish pond is broken. Lawrence actually doesn't care about this loss at all.

Lana patrolled outside the monastery to check whether the walls outside the monastery were clean and intact. This small thing that anyone could do was suitable for Lana to do.

"Yu Bao, you are back. The people in the manor collected delicious strawberries today. I left a big bowl for you and we can eat them together later."

"Wow!"

Yubao happily got off the big dog, walked a few steps to Lana, and was quickly hugged by Lana.

Its body is very light, not heavy, and is of average weight for girls and women who are used to carrying children.

When Yubao is held, his legs will be close together, like a fish, but his hands will actively hold Lana's arms, making it easier for Lana to use strength.

The first person who knew how to put a harness on the cattle to make it easier for them to work harder was not Lawrence but Yu Bao.

Lawrence was inspired to take out the cow neck collar after discovering that Yu Bao was tying ropes to cows and calves.

Yubao is very smart and always inspires Lawrence a lot.

After Yubao came back, Lana stopped taking her work seriously. After a brief inspection and found that there was no problem, Lana and Yubao went back to the house to eat strawberries.

Spring is the season when strawberries mature. There have been various berries in the land of ice since ancient times, but the delicious strawberries were brought by the elves and only matured this year.

It has been four or five years since the elves joined the Ice Land. In fact, they have only joined for a short time, but they have brought about huge changes in various aspects.

In addition to food, there is also a growing giant tree trunk outside the manor, a giant tree climbing up from the town of Pumixiu below the mountain!

This strange thing did not cause any fluctuations in the ice land. Maybe everyone knew that this was a path to failure, so they didn't pay much attention except for occasional chats.

The Tree of Giants is a tree trunk road that directly connects the mountain and the bottom of the mountain. However, it is not accessible to traffic. Humans can easily fall off when walking on it. In addition, cattle, sheep, birds, lizards and beasts do not dare to walk on it, so gradually no one can walk on it. Love walking this troubled path.

On the contrary, the herringbone road simply built by Lawrence can already push carts up to transport things.

"Yu Bao, the steam train in Ironforge will be open to traffic tomorrow, and the prophet will come to bless us. Then we can have extra meals!"

Lana ate the sweet strawberries and thought about the greasy fat.

Although strawberries are delicious, Lana prefers meat, especially the braised pork and rice that she had just eaten not long ago.

But pork is not often eaten in such large pieces, usually chicken and fish are the main ones.

I used to be lucky enough to have fried chicken once a week, but now I can have it twice a day!
"Wow!" Yubao raised his head and showed a happy expression. He also likes to eat pork.

After eating the strawberry, Yubao took off the straw hat on his head, then reached out and took off the frog wallet on his head and handed it to Lana.

"Good job! Yubao!" Lana took the wallet, took out the copper coins in the wallet and put it on the table, shouting excitedly: "I made fifteen copper coins today!!"

Yu Bao quickly stood up, proudly putting his hands on his hips.

Lana quickly lay down on the edge of the bed with her head down, reached out and found a jar from under the bed.

Lana and Yubao poured out the copper coins from the jar and checked them again.

The original more than forty copper coins plus today's dozen or so copper coins make it difficult to calculate the number.

For both Yubao and Lana, this is a troublesome job. After counting three times, Lana got three different results, so she looked at Yu Bao lying on the side.

There is nothing Yubao can do about this kind of thing. It relies on intuition, not mathematics, to manage fish schools.

At this time, the shepherdess came in, saw Lana and Yubao lying on the bed, and greeted them with a smile.

"It's not time to go to bed yet. Dinner has been prepared. We can eat after we go to pray. You have earned a lot of copper coins today."

Lana saw the shepherdess coming in and quickly asked for help: "Mother Torrevi, I'm not good at arithmetic. Please help me and Yubao count. How many copper coins are these in total?"

Torrevi said embarrassedly: "I'm not good at math either. I can't read or do arithmetic."

"You don't know how to do it either?" Lana asked curiously: "Aren't all nuns supposed to know how to do it?"

The shepherdess was very embarrassed and said, "I only know how to work. These things are done by smart people, but I don't know how."

She has been doing unskilled jobs for most of her life, from herding sheep and milking to washing, cooking and taking care of children. She also works in the fields to collect crops and process vegetables, but she has never done arithmetic and some management matters, so Never did it.

No one else would ask her to do such a thing.

Lawrence didn't, Seravan didn't, and even many people in the convent now wouldn't handle this old nun.

Not being able to do arithmetic does not prevent her from continuing to live.

Originally this was nothing, and the shepherdess would soon forget about it. She still had a lot of work she could do.

But Lana didn't have any skills. After knowing that Torrevi's mother couldn't read or do math, Lana gained confidence! !

"Let's learn literacy and arithmetic together! I don't know it either, but it's hard to learn it alone, so two people can learn it together, and Yu Bao can also learn it together!"

Lana began to drag the shepherdess down. She was unwilling to face the problem of poor arithmetic and poor literacy alone.

Most of the Shepherdess's life has passed. When she came to the monastery, she knew that her old age and final life would end here, and she was very satisfied with everything here.

There are lively children, familiar houses and food, and many companions who work and chat together.

The Shepherdess has always had two attitudes towards learning.

One is curiosity and hope, wanting to know these things.

Another kind is the lack of self-confidence that has been cultivated for a long time, which makes the shepherdess subconsciously stay away from this kind of intellectual work.

"I don't need it, I can't learn." The shepherdess subconsciously rejected the invitation.

If it were an ordinary person, even a shepherdess's child wouldn't say much.

Lana still had no skills and said enthusiastically: "It doesn't matter. The prophet also said that it doesn't matter if you are stupid, as long as you know how to learn. I have learned it many times but I still haven't learned it."

"The nuns at the manor taught me arithmetic when I was a child, but I didn't learn it."

"Later, the nuns in Pumixiu Town taught me writing and arithmetic, but I didn't learn them either."

"Later, Lord Bull taught me this, but I still didn't learn it."

"I also went to Oak City's Holy Lady students with Yu Bao to attend, but I have no memory of what was said in the classroom."

Lana showed off her glorious experience, completely unaware of how humiliating it was.

She also didn't realize how many opportunities Lawrence had created for her and how many resources were wasted on this fool.

Under the power of Lana's example, the Shepherdess' thirst for knowledge and divine feeling finally had a chance to try.

"There are nuns in the manor who teach writing and arithmetic. If Lana, you want to learn it, I will tell her for you. Just listen to what I say. I will definitely not be able to learn it either."

The shepherdess already wanted to learn, but she still couldn't let go because of her past knowledge.

Lana suddenly felt that she might not be able to learn it, so she said in advance: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you can't learn it, as long as you don't waste time studying while working."

The experience of being sent to Kuhl Village for rehabilitation last year gave Lana a little respect, and she knew the consequences of deliberately being lazy.

The shepherdess no longer had any worries now, and nodded happily, "Yes, we can just take some time to study after dinner in the evening."

"I have heard children say that in the army and schools, everyone takes time out to learn literacy and arithmetic after training. If you want to be a captain or a knight, you must be able to read and write, and be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide."

After finishing speaking, the shepherdess walked to the cabinet in the room and took out a wallet from a cabinet where clothes were kept.

"This is the money the children gave me. When I came here, my husband and children gave me money to buy some food and drink in the monastery, but there was no place to spend money after I came in."

"My master will give me extra food and clothes every month, and he will come to visit us often. There is no use keeping the money here. We will give it to Yi'an and ask her to spare an hour in the evening to give us a lecture. I hope she can willing."

Lana looked at the pile of copper coins in the bag and couldn't even count how many coins they were!

"And there are silver coins! It's the first time I've seen silver coins!!"

Lana reached out and picked up a silver coin with Lawrence's image on it, and shouted in shock and excitement.

The currency of the Ice Land is basically copper coins, and the purchasing power of copper coins is very strong.

In recent years, food has been plentiful, prices have dropped, but money has not been issued indiscriminately. In addition, many people hold copper coins without spending them. As a result, there have always been very few copper coins on the market.

Most families are large families with more than ten members, and they buy a lot of everything, so the purchasing power of copper coins is very strong.

One copper coin is equivalent to the purchasing power of forty or fifty yuan, and it can buy many more things than in previous years.

Silver coins are a scarce currency and are a reward given by Lawrence to meritorious people. Very few people can get silver coins.

Seravan is one of the few. His relationship with the Shepherdess is actually not deep, but the Shepherdess is going to become Lawrence's nun, and Seravan must provide a dowry.

This is not mandatory. The nobles of the Ice Land actually hope that someone in their family will go to a monastery and become a nun.

In the past, only outside nobles had such thoughts, but now the core members of the Ice Land also have the same thoughts and understanding.

So whether it was for his own face or to prove something, Seravan gave him a large sum of money.

The Shepherdess is very rich, but she has no extra expenses. She is very satisfied with the food and living standards in the monastery, and she also maintains frugality and restraint, unlike a child who always thinks about extra expenses.

It is easy to be satisfied with material life, but it is not easy to be satisfied with spiritual life.

The Shepherdess is willing to pay for knowledge and is willing to consume it with Lana.

She didn't dare to study by herself. After all, she was an old woman who was about to die. She was too embarrassed to study with those young girls.

The two took Yubao to pray and eat. After eating, they found Sister Yi'an who was about to take a bath.

Ian is from Durila, the sister of a former Durila slave girl. Through connections, she entered the monastery to grow and study. She has spent her time here from her teens to her twenties now.

After hearing the two people's requests, Ian quickly looked at the Shepherdess seriously.

"This is what I should do. I cannot charge money. Let every sister gain knowledge and wisdom. This is what the prophet told us."

Ian's knowledge was mainly acquired here at the manor, not only from the teachings of the previous generation of nuns, but also from Lawrence's education.

Knowledge has a price to many people outside, but Lawrence has always pursued a priceless system for his own people. He has never kept anything private and will not charge money to share knowledge with children.

Lawrence would be very happy to accept and take care of children who were willing to learn. Ian grew up in this environment and knew very well that collecting money to spread knowledge to those who wanted to learn would incur the wrath of the prophet. (End of chapter)