Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Beekeeping is something that can only be done in the spring, while the long and boring winter continues.

After another six or seven days, the snow outside the house became thicker and thicker, and the snow on the house also piled up to half a meter high.

Lawrence and Saryl had to take the time to clear the roof, otherwise the house would be crushed by the increasingly heavy snow and ice.

"Master, two of our chickens froze to death."

Sophia came over carrying two hard dead chickens. Her legs were covered with snow residue, and her red face was full of grievances.

There was also thick snow accumulated in the livestock pen, and it was difficult for adults to walk there, let alone the shorter Sophia.

"It happens that I need some meat to replenish my body in winter. Let's stew chicken soup in the kitchen."

Lawrence is adding height to the sticks and tying them into an elongated pattern for easier snow clearing.

Sofia walked to the kitchen glumly.

Although eating chicken is a good thing, these chickens are prepared for laying eggs and are frozen to death before they grow up.

Lawrence lost another portion of his fortune.

Now Lawrence's animals only include four pigs, one sheep, and two chickens.

Raising pigs is a very troublesome thing. Although the three little pigs and the big pig are alive and well, Lawrence plans not to raise pigs next year.

The main reason is that they eat too much and then poop too much. The pig pen will become dirty and smelly in a short time.

"Wait for a few more months when there is more food in the spring. After the fat meat has grown, you can kill it for refining, and then eat fried chicken legs and fried pork chops!"

Lawrence still wanted to have a decent dinner, even though it was a very luxurious thing in this era.

After spending the whole morning clearing the snow from the livestock shed and roof, they made chicken soup for lunch, and then the two girls started playing chess again.

Lawrence sat near the fire, whittling sticks with a knife to replenish the pegs he had consumed.

There is a clay pot for heating hot water on the fire, which is emitting steam at this time, and the chicken for dinner is stewed in it.

Saryl and Sophia were sitting at the table playing chess.

Da da da~

Lawrence turned around and saw that Sophia was shaking her legs, her feet were obviously cold.

The room is obviously much colder today than yesterday.

When Lawrence saw this, he said: "Stop playing chess and go to bed."

Salil: "No, I'm not sleepy."

Sophia followed up and said, "I'm not sleepy either."

Lawrence looked at the two girls who were still thinking about playing chess, knowing that they, like him, couldn't sleep and didn't want to lie alone in bed.

"Then go play chess on the bed. Put the chessboard on the bedside and play chess while sitting or lying down."

Lawrence offers a very progressive suggestion.

Salil suddenly discovered this new idea and quickly stood up and said: "Lawrence, you are so smart! You should have told us earlier!"

Lawrence ignored her and continued making dowels.

Salil and Sophia quickly moved the battlefield, took the chessboard and chess box to the house, put their cold feet on the warm animal skin mattress to warm them, and then sat on the bedside to play games.

Lawrence found that the relationship between the two of them was very good.

Sariel seems to have many friends, including Emma at the bottom of the mountain and Delen in the mountain.

However, it seems that Sofia is the only one who can play games with her at the moment.

Delen is the leader of the Clodagh tribe, Emma is the housewife, and everyone else has their own missions and responsibilities.

"If Sophia and I live in the mountains, will Salil often visit Sophia to play with her, or will her interactions gradually decrease?"

Lawrence was a little curious about what would happen in the future.

I thought about it for a few seconds and then put it aside. Thinking about these things would only delay work.

Since the last time he caught the fox, there has been no money for nearly ten days. Lawrence wants to get more food.

There should actually be a lot of food in the mountains in winter, such as plants, vegetables and dried fruits hidden in the woods, under rocks, or in the soil. However, going out to collect at this time will consume more calories and physical strength.

The food collected and harvested is basically nutritious, and the gain outweighs the loss.

The beehive was ready, and Lawrence was thinking about making some fishing tools.

Such as fishing nets and fish baskets.

In the end, I gave up. There was enough food for now, and Salil repeatedly objected to the suggestion of catching fish in the water.

So let's use the old method and try our luck by setting up more traps. There are still a lot of rabbits and wild animals on this mountain, and Andrew can't catch them by himself.

***

Far, far away on the sea, a ten-meter boat carrying more than twenty people was chasing a thirty-meter double-sailed ship.

In addition to a piece of canvas, the main power of the boat was the savage sitting on the boat.

"Hey!"

"Hey!"

"Hey!"

The Vakiri shook the oars vigorously. The small boat they were riding in was the most commonly used warship by the Vakiri!

A warship can't carry much, and it's definitely not comfortable to stay on it, but as long as it has enough power, it can drive faster than a large ship.

Ever since the two-sailed merchant ship in front was targeted by this group of pirates, the two sides have been chasing each other, and even survived a storm at sea that lasted for several hours together.

"Try hard! Use all your strength! Don't let our treasure be blown away by the wind!"

Redbeard stared with haggard and crazy eyes, roaring at a group of Valkyries on the boat who were rowing hard.

This time they went out to sea for robbery but failed. When they went to the place they had visited two years ago to prepare for a robbery, they found that the people there had moved.

Because of the food, I had to return to the shore in the end, and then started to return after replenishing water and venison.

When I returned, I was lucky enough to encounter the merchant ship in front of me!

No matter who this merchant ship is doing business with or who it belongs to, Red Beard and others will not let go of this prey today!

When the wind was favorable for both sides, the small boat could not catch up with the larger ship, but the merchant ship's good luck did not last forever.

The chase that lasted for more than twenty hours finally came to an end. The small galley quickly caught up with the side of the big ship.

Redbeard had an extra set of ropes and hooks on his hands, and Andrew raised his shield.

The man's head was exposed on the deck on the side of the ship, and he quickly shrank back in horror.

There is a language barrier between the two parties, and there is no need to communicate.

This is no longer an icy sea area. They sailed for more than ten days and landed in unfamiliar waters.

Andrew held the shield in one hand and held the ax in the other.

"Won't they throw things at us?" Andrew was a little confused.

Redbeard stared at the big ship calmly, "I don't know, but I know there will be no missing of our treasures on it."

Andrew didn't talk nonsense. When several more people exposed their heads and bodies on the high hull and looked down, Andrew suddenly threw the axe.

"ah!"

A scream sounded from the ship, and the sailors on the big ship quickly hid.

Red Beard swung the lock hook directly and accurately stuck it on the wood of the ship in front.

The other end of the hook was tied to the hull at his feet. The Valkyrie on the small galley quickly dropped the oar in his hand and picked up the axe, machete and other weapons beside him.

The remaining Valkyries once again threw ropes to secure the boat. At this time, the small boat was close to the hull of the big ship, like a shell parasitic on the slow giant.

The sailors of the merchant ship soon saw a horrifying scene. The savages from the ice sea climbed onto their ship from the sea and looked at them like prey.

A bloody battle began quickly and ended quickly.

Andrew stepped on the swaying planks of the boat, showing an unhappy and depressed expression.

Redbeard walked out of the cabin and said to Andrew: "There are no women on the ship, let alone the little girl you are looking for."

After Andrew thought for a while, he finally said: "It seems that I am going to visit Wild Boar City."

Telantho City means the city under the hooves of wild boars. It was a city conquered by barbarians riding big wild boars.

Redbeard comforted: "There are a lot of weapons and wine on this ship. Let's go back first. The count will definitely not let us leave too much, but if we people have nothing, God will be angry, and at least he will give us something." Leave some.”

Andrew knew that Redbeard was right, he also needed something to go to Tellanda Hoof City to buy slaves.

"I want to go back first." Andrew looked at the sea in the distance, planning to go back to see Salil first, and then go to Telanthoof City if nothing happened.

Red Beard looked at Andrew, "Andrew, your destination should not be in the mountains, and my destination will not be the wooden house in Valkyrie."

Andrew really didn't want to grow old peacefully, and he showed a hesitant look at this time.

For those of them who are used to fighting for their lives, growing old and gradually turning from a berserker into a weak, short and useless waste is the most painful torture.