Mountain and Forest Kingdom

The first day after the arrival of the seventh eternal night also marks the arrival of a new year.

On January 1, the seventh year of the new calendar, the world was in darkness.

In the morning everyone gathered together to pray, then distributed various foods and new clothes, and in the afternoon everyone had their own time.

On the afternoon of January 1, there is no master, no slaves, and everyone can arrange their time freely without having to work for anyone.

Clara lifted up the maid uniform with both hands, wrapped the candies, eggs, beef jerky and oranges in her arms, and then jumped forward happily.

Next to Clara was Heidi, who had not yet learned the language, but roughly knew who to follow, how to eat, where to sleep and to use the bathroom.

Heidi put her hands in the pockets of the scarf in front of her. Inside were the food and candies she had just received.

Although she couldn't understand what the woman said, she could tell from Clara's happy look that this was for her.

Clara quickly stomped on the floor and returned to her room. After placing the reward she received on the bed, she squatted down happily and started to open the drawers and cabinets under the bed.

At this time, Lolita, who was sitting on the bed playing with a ball of wool, saw the food on the bed and quickly reached out and touched a piece of orange candy.

Clara didn't notice that her two-year-old sister was stealing the fruits of her labor. After opening the cabinet, she happily organized the various small toys and snacks inside.

"Put the food in your drawer. Don't worry, I won't take your things." Clara quickly greeted Heidi and specially opened the empty drawer next to her for her.

Heidi roughly understood what Clara was talking about. Although she had been here for less than half a month, she had very strong learning and understanding abilities.

Heidi knelt down and took out the candies and fruits from her belly pocket, as well as a piece of cooked beef the size of her fist.

Clara took out the beef and put it aside, "This is for eating. No one will cook dinner today. We will eat eggs and beef. Someone will cook tomorrow."

Clara picked up her piece of beef, took a bite, chewed it, and continued to pack her things.

Heidi understood this time and took her own piece of beef and took a small bite.

Heidi was still looking at Clara after biting it, and she felt relieved after finding that Clara didn't stop her or say she shouldn't.

Compared with the previous treatment as a prisoner of war, this place was like a wizard's paradise.

Heidi had never thought that there was such a beautiful place in the world. Not only did she have playmates, but she also had various big sisters who talked well, and a kind master who, although he didn't talk to her very much, was very kind and loved by everyone. .

"Lolita! You are not allowed to take my candy!" Clara discovered her little sister's theft and quickly scolded the thief with a straight face.

Three-year-old Lolita looked at her six-year-old sister with cute eyes, "Sister~ I just ate one..."

The little girl’s voice of grievance quickly made the older sister Clara soften her heart.

"It's not like I won't give it to you." Clara quickly gave half of the reward on the bed to her sister.

Lolita happily put away her hands and narrowed her eyes with laughter.

Clara quickly sat on the bed and patted the seat beside the bed towards Heidi who was standing aside, "Let's sit down and eat. We have nothing to do today, so we can lie on the bed and play!"

Heidi quickly sat next to her and ate snacks with two girls younger than herself.

A few minutes later, a girl who was less than ten years old walked in from the door, but she looked as old as Heidi.

Tim ran in with a jar of honey. After putting the honey down, he stood up and rummaged through his clothes and took out a deck of playing cards.

"And this!" Tim proudly took out the snacks from his apron pocket.

Sister Clara and Heidi both looked at it curiously and found something that looked like seeds.

"What is this? I've never seen it before." Clara had never seen this kind of food.

Tim lay proudly on the bed, his feet bent and kicking happily at the end of the bed.

"This is the fried pumpkin seeds that the master just made yesterday!"

Tim smiled and said, "You have never worked in a pumpkin field, so of course you don't know these are pumpkin seeds. I used to work in the manor a lot when I was a kid!"

When Clara saw her little sister reaching out to take it again, she quickly grabbed her hand and scolded her unhappily: "Why do you eat everything you see!"

Tim smiled happily, "Clara, you were like this when you first came here. My mother said that if you were stung by a bee when you ate the flowers outside, the master would feed you sweets so you wouldn't cry."

Of course Clara remembers this. Although many memories from last year have long been blurred, the memory of getting to know Lawrence is very deep.

"How do you eat this?" Clara was also curious about this.

Tim quickly showed the three girls how to eat pumpkin seeds by cracking them open with their teeth.

There are very few of these pumpkin seeds, and they are only tasted as a boring pastime. The skin of the melon seeds still has a slightly sweet smell.

The four girls quickly finished the melon seeds and shared their delicious food with each other.

There are also two little maids who are also sharing food in their rooms. The maids drink wine and eat meat, try on clothes, and tell some dirty jokes.

Although it is dark outside and will be in darkness for more than twenty days, the people in the house have long been accustomed to this kind of thing and have begun to enjoy this long vacation.

The four girls slept together when they were tired from eating and playing. The bed here was very big, a kind of bunk bed that could sleep more than ten people.

I didn’t know when I woke up after sleeping. It was still dark outside the window, and the candlelight in the room had been extinguished. The light from the corridor outside came through the door without a door, so that Heidi, who had just woken up, could see clearly. The layout of the house.

Clara and Tim also woke up soon. The three girls moved the bed-wetting Lolita to one side, changed the pants of Lolita who was sleeping like a piglet, and then moved to another place to continue sleeping.

The sheets on the bedwetting side were rolled up and will be washed tomorrow.

Heidi also learned to take care of the little ones, as well as make the bed and clean the house.

Although she was working as a little slave girl here, Heidi didn't feel humiliated. Instead, she felt very happy and liked the life here.

The next day, Lady Emerald took several girls to study and taught them writing and arithmetic.

In addition to the four girls, there are also girls recruited from various places. These girls live in the ring building and will have to come to the designated classroom in the ring building for a day of classes every day.

***

In the seventh year of the New Calendar, January 3rd.

Lawrence was studying the formula of cement near the stove in the living room. While mixing clay and lime, he saw four girls returning from school.

"Master." The four girls all greeted happily. They rarely had the opportunity to talk directly to Lawrence.

"Well." Lawrence didn't want the four girls to get close, and quickly looked at Heidi with confusion, "Heidi, can you understand what the teacher said now?"

Heidi put her hands on her lower abdomen cautiously, "Yes, kind master, I just learned to speak a little."

Lawrence had to admire the learning ability of these wizards. If he didn't learn Durila and Southern languages, besides not having the time, the main reason would be that he wouldn't be able to learn them.

In addition, there are too many languages ​​​​to learn, so we simply don’t learn them and let people learn their own languages.

If all witches were as smart as Heidi, then the Saintess Academy might develop very quickly.

Especially a little witch like Heidi, who has her own witchcraft ability, can do a lot of things.

"Okay, you continue to learn the language and writing here." Lawrence said casually: "I have nothing you can do to help here, go down and do your thing."

The four girls said in unison: "Yes, Master~"

After bowing respectfully, the four little girls went upstairs to do their homework together and complete the homework tasks assigned by the teacher.

Lawrence looked at the four little girls of different sizes and lamented that these girls grew up so fast, just like Sophia before, who suddenly became a big girl.

Lawrence continued to study the proportions of cement to find the most suitable material, the most perfect proportions.

Jade came back from outside and saw Lawrence busy at the door, so she said respectfully: "Master, do you need me to help you?"

"No need." Lawrence refused: "I am trying one by one to find the most suitable cement."

Jade knew what Lawrence was studying these days. In fact, some cement was used to build houses and build roads before, but the cement cracked easily, and Lawrence was not satisfied with these things.

"Master, is this cement useful?" In order to talk to Lawrence for a while, Jade began to understand the uses of cement.

At this time, Delen came from the house and was very dissatisfied with Lawrence playing with the dust. "What can this cement be used for? Making bricks or building roads?"

Lawrence looked amused when he saw the stone expert coming.

"Deren, after the cement is spread, there will be many places for you to play, such as cement paving, cement shipbuilding, cement houses, cement tidal embankments. In short, there are many uses. If you cooperate with your abilities, you can develop the entire Star Kingdom. One level faster!”

Delen looked at Lawrence in confusion, "Can cement build a ship? Will it not sink?"

"No." Lawrence was very confident, "There is absolutely no problem with a mud boat! Ships can be built with steel, but cement is nothing!"

Delen looked at Lawrence in surprise, still a little unbelieving, "Really?"

Lawrence affirmed: "Absolutely! From now on, you just need to make a mold and pour cement into it. In this way, you can build more than a dozen boats a day, which is much faster than wooden boats! You don't have to worry about insect and moisture protection!"

"Just watch it, Delen, I will build you a holy ship! A cement ship that will be more effective than others after you ride it!"

The cement ship is not the best, but if there is a local wizard like Delen, it can definitely get top-notch reinforcements!

Saint Theresa's exclusive ship: Cement! ! (End of chapter)