Mountain and Forest Kingdom

It snowed heavily during the night and continued to snow until the next morning.

The temperature has dropped to below zero. When the cold wind blows, just standing outside for a while will make your head covered with frost.

After Lawrence stood at the door and watched for a few seconds, he quickly lowered the thick curtain and hid in the warm warm room.

In the house, Salil was knitting socks with the maids. A table was moved next to the stove in front of the maid's room, and they were doing handwork around the table.

Lawrence went upstairs and had nothing else to do today.

When it snows, it is a day off. Except for workers in a few places such as the blacksmith shop, most of the others stay at home and sleep, or find something to do casually.

Sariel raised her head and asked curiously: "Lawrence, why don't you catch crows and go to town today?"

Lawrence stood on the second floor and looked at the people downstairs. Salil, who was sitting around the stove with the others, gave people a very harmonious feeling.

This harmony refers to the fact that Salil blends into the atmosphere, like a member of the scene, like a hard-working housewife knitting clothes for the family.

"No, it's too cold."

"oh."

Saryl continued to lower her head to knit socks. Lawrence and Derren's socks were easy to wear out, so they needed to prepare a few more.

Although the maids had already prepared spare clothes, shoes and socks, Salil still liked to use her hands when she was bored.

Lawrence continued to go back to the house to repair his three-masted sailboat model, mainly thinking about the control method of the sail, understanding and setting up how to lay cables as complex as wires.

Lathander rested quietly in the house, entering a semi-sleep state similar to hibernation.

Khalan was reading a book, and next to him sat Catherine who was also reading.

Delenn is working out, using the same sandbags and rocks that Lawrence usually works out to build strength.

Sophia is sleeping in.

The maid's house downstairs is the dormitory of the dark elves. Brielle goes down the mountain to take care of the church and foreign students, while Navia takes care of the children here.

More than an hour later, Lawrence quickly came down from the second floor and shouted to Salil:

"Dora, come here and help me."

"Yes, Master." Dora, the maid of Water City, quickly stood up and followed Lawrence to the bathroom.

Dora, the most aquatic, was able to advise on many things and was Lawrence's guide on the sea.

Saryl watched Lawrence leave and then continued to do things.

Navia was sitting on the sofa teaching three children.

One is Tim, the other is Gurney Wensi, or Gurney for short, and there is Eve, who is also six years old.

Both girls are not locals, one is the daughter of Fleiss, and the other is a slave purchased from Pig Trotter City.

Fleiss's daughter Gurney was average-looking and was chosen based on Fleiss's connections.

Eve was selected because of her cute and beautiful appearance.

Although they are all very young, the three girls all know that Lawrence is very powerful and know the importance of doing things for Lawrence because of the attitudes of the people around them.

"This is the fireplace, this is the stocking, this is the skirt, this is the tongs."

Navia taught the three children about various things in the house. The children could not do much and were only responsible for passing the tools around.

Soon it was lunch time. Lawrence and others finished their meal first, and then the maids.

In the afternoon, I continued to be busy with some less important things, and soon it was dinner time.

It was just four o'clock, and it was completely dark outside. Fires were lit in each house, and meals began in the public kitchen. The people from the lumberyard and patrols had already gone into the big house to drink and chat.

The Lawrence family went downstairs to eat and then went to take a shower after dinner.

The maids ate in the kitchen and went in to take a shower afterward.

After taking a bath, Emma and Bull took the children back to the cave to live.

Now the cave is illuminated by lighting beads, and the thermal insulation effect inside is very good.

The three children followed Navia back, and the maids slept on the big bed where Lawrence slept before. The heating effect here is better and it is very comfortable.

If you can't sleep, you can cover yourself with a quilt and whisper together, or you can sing and listen to stories.

In Lawrence's wooden house, the dark elves were playing cards downstairs, and several witches were playing cards upstairs.

While Lawrence was thinking about things, he felt that such a life was too boring.

"A theater could be built there in Oak City to perform various operas and dances."

"You can also listen to songs. The nuns will definitely be willing to sing on stage."

Lawrence wrote down various things he wanted to do on paper.

There are no computers, no mobile phones, no online games and various music software, no entertainment videos and various news programs.

But if it's just a waste of time, there are alternatives available in this day and age.

For example, in music, you can directly listen to beautiful artists playing music for yourself alone.

You don’t need too many songs. Rather than the number of songs, the most important thing is the atmosphere.

You can make a few musical instruments to give people something to do after work and leisure.

"The easiest instrument to make..."

Lawrence first thought of the various musical instruments of this ancient time.

Bells, drums, various stringed instruments, flutes.

There should be a lot of musical instruments in this era, but the ones here in the North focus on attack specialties, and only a handful of them have artistic talent.

A good musician can relieve loneliness. If a priest, a doctor, and a musician were combined, he would be the ship's doctor.

During a long journey, having a ship's doctor who can play nice music can greatly soothe everyone's restless hearts.

Lawrence found it very interesting and began to look for materials to make musical instruments.

First, I found some cups, filled them with different water, and started looking at them in a disorderly manner.

Various tinkling sounds soon attracted the attention of the witch outside.

Sofia walked in and saw Lawrence tapping the cup with chopsticks, and asked curiously: "Master, what are you doing?"

Lawrence replied: "I'm trying to figure out the sounds made by various cups to see if I can play a nice song."

Sofia was very interested in this, pulled over a bench, sat opposite Lawrence and listened curiously.

After some haphazard knocking, Lawrence soon discovered that he had no talent for this kind of thing.

"Sofia, come on, I'll make a flute."

"Okay!" Sophia happened to be bored, and soon sat down at Lawrence's seat and happily knocked on the water glass.

The night gradually deepened, and everyone who was drinking and playing cards gradually became sleepy and soon went back to their houses to sleep.

The last person to sleep added some burnt-resistant wood to the fireplace and stove, then covered the lighting beads with a piece of cloth, got into a warm bed and closed his eyes to fall asleep.

Lawrence slept with Kehalan today. At first he fell asleep with his arms around Kehalan. When he fell asleep, he let go of Kehalan and turned around to sleep alone.

By the next day, Lawrence found himself wedged in the middle again, lying on his side between Delenn and Khalan.

A new day came again. I got off the warm bed, walked to the bed and took a look outside.

The snow outside was a bit dazzling, but fortunately people from the manor came out of the house one after another and began to clear the snow.

Lawrence began to dress and prepare for the day's work.

"The water in the river is almost frozen. After two days, the sled team will set off and use the sled dogs to move quickly on the ice to investigate whether the river can reach the Western Kingdom."

"This time, in addition to the five soldiers and Brick, we will bring a Durila man, a Water City man from the Hokuriku Kingdom, and a Kojako man."

"Let Beow take a team of sled dogs to Pig Trotter City."

"I'll arrange for Andrew to go to the Valkyries and ask who wants to go out and make a fortune next year. I want to count the number of people! This time I want elites!"

In the past four years, the sled dog team has also expanded to forty, enough to be divided into five teams.

Winter is the home field of sled dogs. These sled dogs can use their strong physical strength and speed to reduce the original journey of more than ten days to three or four days.

"By the way, I almost forgot. There are no arrangements for the people who come to work here this year. If they want to leave, just send them away. You can also ask Beow to exchange their wages for food and send them back! Send them to the corresponding place. Family there.”