When the first ray of sunshine in the morning shines on the earth, Peas has already gotten up early.
The first thing she had to do was to fetch water from the small square at the intersection of "Knight Street".
"Knight Street" is one of the earliest blocks built in the territory. It is said to be the site of the barracks of the soldiers when they first set up camp in this pioneering territory. It was originally a continuous and neat military tent and several piles of military supplies. However, after half a year, there were two neat rows of brick buildings and a square at the end of the street.
Most Cecil soldiers with families live in this area. One side of the block is the new military barracks area, and the other side is the lord's mansion and the offices of several major departments. Therefore, "Knight Street" can also be regarded as the innermost line of defense in Cecil Territory.
Being able to live in this place seems to be the dream of many young people in the territory.
This means that they have the most respectable status, and can also wear powerful enchanted armor, use the legendary and powerful thermal ray gun, and are already qualified to allow their families to enter the "citizen ” ranks.
Wandou came to the property halfway through the brick-and-mortar renovation project on Knight Street. She witnessed with her own eyes how workers on the property were dismantling tents and wooden sheds with astonishing efficiency. , and then built neat and solid brick houses, and installed magic-driven magic crystal lamps in front of each house, turning this place into a brighter and brighter neighborhood than the richest neighborhood in Tanzania Town. Beautiful place. She followed her adoptive father, Byron, the chief knight of the territory, and moved into one of the first brick houses built on Knight Street. Now she is the daughter of the chief knight and the "mute lady" in Knight Street. .
But for Wandou, these changes in life did not seem to affect her too much - or others could not figure out what the mute woman was thinking. She was unable to speak, and this "silence" often easily became a reason for others to speculate, so she was used to working silently and completing tasks assigned to her by others. She would not be curious or try to communicate. There will be trouble. This is the life wisdom that Wandou has accumulated in the past days, even if he moves to a strange place and lives in a large and sturdy house.
But as she lived here longer and longer, she also realized that this place was indeed very different from the environment she once knew.
After closing the door, Wandou carried a bucket and walked on the road to the small square. Neat double-storey brick houses can be seen on both sides of the road, which combines Ansu classical style and Grand Duke Cecil. "Pragmatic" style houses cannot be seen elsewhere. At least the houses in other places cannot be so luxurious that every doorway is inlaid with magic crystal lamps; but on the streets between the houses, There are basically no men to be seen, only women working in front of the door and doing household chores.
Most of the men on Knight Street are soldiers led by Cecil., even if they are not soldiers, they are workers in various factories. The former spend most of the month on duty in military camps or various sentries, while the latter have to go out to work during the day, so they can be seen on the streets during this time. Basically they are all women.
Mrs. Mylin, who was drying dried fish at the door, saw Peas. This fat lady was one of the few people who survived from the old Cecil Territory. Her husband was a veteran. And she herself is quite prestigious in this street. Seeing Peas coming out with a bucket, this prestigious lady immediately said hello in a loud voice: "Peas, are you going to fetch water? Do you want to help?"
Cecil led and others The difference in towns is that there will be people to help you.
Wandou made a sound of "ahhhh" and shook his head at Mrs. Mylin, indicating that he could do it.
"What a good girl." Mrs. Mylene is a person who likes to chat with people - her hobby in this area is so strong that she can even chat with a mute for a long time, "Bye. Knight Lun hasn't come back yet? Or has he gone out again?"
Wandou was carrying the bucket and thought for a long time not knowing how to answer this complicated question, so he could only shake his head apologetically.
However, Mrs. Mailin didn't care whether Wandou answered or not. She just said it herself: "Hey, I heard that he was exploring ruins in the mountains. My family went there with him before, but nothing happened when he came back. Don't tell me, tsk tsk, men always have secrets... Pea, are you going to the castle to find Miss Betty later?"
Although Duke Cecil did not build a traditional " "Castle", but obviously everyone is still accustomed to using "castle" to refer to the place where the lord lives: in their simple concept, the place where the lord lives must be a castle.
When Betty was mentioned, Wandou finally laughed and nodded happily.
The Cecil Territory is different from other towns: even the chief maid who lives in the lord's castle is very talkative, and even takes her as a newcomer to visit the territory and rewards the lord. Give her candy to yourself.
Although the lord seems to have only one maid...
Later, Mrs. Mylene talked about a lot of things, from the weather after winter to the rumbling noise in the territory. at the construction site, chatting about those magical machines and the exceptionally good harvest this year, but luckily she still remembered that the peas had to be fetched water, so after extending the topic to how big Viscount Rebecca’s fireball could get, she decided decisively He stopped and said, "Hey, I couldn't stop once I started saying it - go get some water quickly! Come to my house for dinner when you come back!"
So Wandou bowed to Mrs. Mylene, Then he walked quickly towards the small square with the bucket in hand.
People greeted her frequently along the way. The most popular name was "Pea", while a few people called her "The Byron Girl" or "Miss Kirk". The surname is derived from Byron Kirk. Peas will respond to every greeting very seriously, and a little bitA brisk smile gradually appeared on her face.
The difference between Cecil Territory and other towns: people here would call her by her name instead of directly calling her "mute" or "waste".
At first, Wandou thought this was because of her "status", because she had an adoptive father who was the chief knight, so people would have to respect a little mute, but she soon discovered that this attitude This is true throughout the territory, between people - and some time later, she heard a word from Duke Cecil from her adoptive father:
Most bad habits and bad rules all stem from the lack of food. When people can eat enough, they will start to consider morality. Although this is not absolute, this is the case in most cases.
Wandou still doesn’t quite understand the lord’s wisdom, but she vaguely feels that this sentence makes sense - she also committed petty theft when she was hungry, and was once accused of stealing a piece of bread. She was whipped by the sheriff and announced in public that she had a "natural habit of stealing that comes from blood." But now, when she picks up something that does not belong to her, her first reaction is to hand it over to the patrolling soldiers and gentlemen.
She also believed that the soldiers would not keep the things she handed over to the public - because her adoptive father had told her more than once how strict the lord was in managing the army, and she trusted her adoptive father very much.
Wandou came to the square with a bucket. The small square was very quiet at the moment. You could see a construction site opposite the square where preparations were being made for the start of construction. It was a new residential area. After entering Wuyue The last group of homeless people to arrive in the territory are carrying materials and distributing tools under the supervision of soldiers and supervisors. They still have some blank and numb expressions on their faces. They don't seem to understand that they still have to work in winter, but Pea knew that these people would soon become enthusiastic - after they understood the "Cecil Housing System" read by the soldiers and understood that the houses they were building were the houses they would live in.
Wandou came to the water well in the center of the square. The water in this well was actually diverted directly from the Baishui River. Although the lord had said something about the concept of "water supply entering households", everyone I didn’t understand what that meant. Everyone in the neighborhood fetched water from this well. From Wandou’s perspective, this was already very convenient.
She put her bucket aside, then unlatched the teeth on the well's pulley, and threw the bucket tied with a rope into the well——
Into the well There was a strange "clang" sound, and Wandou couldn't help being stunned for a moment, but then she heard the normal sound of a wooden barrel being filled with water, so she felt relieved.
Maybe you hit the well wall just now?
She grabbed the handle of the pulley with both hands and pushed hard to try to roll up the bucket.
However, it didn’t move at all.
Wandou tilted his head and tried to push again, but it still didn’t move at all.
The little girl became confused. She had never encountered this situation before, even though she was just aShe is a child, but because she has been working since she was a child, she has always been very strong. In addition, her nutrition has kept up recently and her body has been well maintained. Her strength is even stronger than before. It is not enough to draw a bucket of water from the well. As for how laborious it is.
Wandou approached the wellhead and carefully held the bracket of the windlass next to him to look inside, but it was so dark inside that he couldn't see anything at all.
At this moment, a voice came from the side: "Isn't this the girl from the Byron family...what's wrong?"
Wandou turned his head and glanced, and saw that it was A carpenter he knew, probably passing by, saw him looking at the well, so he came over to ask. The carpenter was accompanied by two of his apprentices.
"Ah--ah!" Wandou made a vague sound and stretched out his hand to gesture at the mouth of the well, indicating that something was stuck in the bucket inside. The carpenter and the two apprentices looked at each other. Look, I quickly understood what she meant.
"Watch from the side and we will help you get the bucket."
Wandou stepped aside obediently and watched the three grown men vigorously turn the handle. The windlass made of strong iron posts and hardwood actually made a creaking sound, as if a big living person was falling under the rope, but no matter what, the rope finally began to rise.
"Come up, come up! Don't relax!"
The carpenter said loudly, and the moment his voice fell, Wandou suddenly heard the sound coming from the well. There was a loud sound of water.
Wow!
A figure wrapped in water splashes suddenly rushed out of the well. The upper body of a human can be vaguely seen, as well as the tail of a fish...
Wandou looked at it with stunned eyes. Looking at this figure.
The difference between Cecil Territory and other towns: fish will pop out of the wells here, and they are big fish...