"Mrs. Abby, Little Lily and I are going to the town to watch a comedy show, will you go with us?" Erin moved the large pieces of clam meat in the basket outside the castle to dry.
Dousen I ate a large piece of clam meat yesterday. Not only was I fine, but I was still alive and well.
So clam meat is edible.
"Oh, my God! Why are you so generous and let you have a holiday?" Mrs. Abby was busy sorting out the various seasonings on the stove. "If you like your job as a maid, you should stay in the kitchen obediently. There are a lot of things to do every day."
"Mr. Carter said that the master has told us that we only need a fried steak for lunch, and our servants can eat beans and bread. It doesn't require much work." Little Lily is also carrying clam meat.
A clam weighs more than 500 kilograms. After removing the 300 kilograms of shell, there is still more than 200 kilograms of meat.
"Mr. Carter, like the master, always indulges you young servants who don't work to their heart's content. This is not the kindness of a qualified housekeeper. When I was young, I was busy in the kitchen all day long and never idle for a moment. That is the working attitude that a kitchen maid should have."
"Ahem."
Carter coughed from the door. He didn't know when he had already come over. "Although I can understand Mrs. Abby your serious attitude towards work, but don't always tense up and go to town with the young people. It's rare for a caravan to come."
"Sorry, Mr. Carter, I didn't mean to offend you." Mrs. Abby felt a little embarrassed. He was caught saying bad things behind his back just now.
"It doesn't matter. In fact, you said that I am kind, and I take it as a compliment. Go and watch the burlesque in the town with Erin and Little Lily. Thinking of those clowns will make me laugh."
"That's not possible. I have to make lunch for you."
"Then come back before eleven o'clock. It's nine o'clock now, and you can still go shopping for two hours."
"I..."
Before Mrs. Abby could refuse, Carter interrupted her, "Just treat it as a task I gave you and have fun for two hours."
"Haha, well done, Mr. Carter." Erin happily pulled Abi's arm, "Let's go, Mrs. Abby, I can't wait to see the clown."
Little Lily took Abi's other arm. "Yes, yes, let's go!"
Mrs. Abby had no choice but to push and walk out. "I don't want to go shopping, but I'd better keep an eye on you two to prevent you from going crazy and not knowing how to get back to work... Also, wait a minute, I have to change my clothes. I can't go out dressed like this. It will lose the dignity of the castle."
Carter looked at the one and two kids having fun, with a smile on his lips.
Compared with working at the count's castle, the work in this small town's castle was a little busier, but the life was more lively. The young people's vitality made him feel an inexplicable power in his body, as if he was younger than last year.
Hear footsteps.
He turned around and saw that it was Mrs. Morson: "Maisie and the others have gone shopping in town?"
"Yes, there are Tom and Thomas who went together. Mr. Carter, won't you go with us?"
"Mrs. Abby, Erin, and Little Lily are changing clothes. They are going to the town to watch a comedy show later. I think you should go with them. As for the castle, I stayed to serve the master. You know, even Thomas has left. If the master wants to drink water, he must have a male servant to serve him."
"Then I'll stay too. If you need anything, you can call me."
"Are you sure you don't want to join in the fun?"
"You are too old to hide from the excitement, so why would you want to join in?"
"Don't say that, Mrs. Morson, I feel that the longer I live, the younger I am." Carter puffed up his chest to make himself look more energetic.
"Yes, young Carter."
"Have Annie, Tomato already sold more than half of them?" John·Pole walked to his stall.
The stall is in the southwest of the town. A large flat area has been cleared here. The caravans coming to the town are all arranged here to buy, sell and trade.
There are several wooden toilets outside.
The patrol team and the clerk in the town shouted over and over again, "The lord stipulates that no one is allowed to defecate in the open. Violators will be fined and whipped! If you want to go to the toilet, follow the arrows and go to the toilet outside. The sign with a circle at the bottom and an arrow pointing up (♂) is for the men's toilet, and the sign with a circle at the top and a cross (♀) is for the women's toilet. Don't make a mistake!"
John has long been accustomed to this command.
He has not pooped on the street for a long time. He has prepared a dung bucket at home and stores the feces and urine. After retting, he will directly use it to compost the Tomato fields - this is the farming magic taught by the lord. Farmers who use this magic to fertilize their fields can harvest two to three percent more than before!
In the past, officials from small towns organized the collection of feces.
Now it is no longer possible to collect taxes, and every household keeps the excrement to cultivate their own farmland. After the harvest, the kind and generous noble lord only collects taxes according to the proportion, unlike the previous tax knights who wanted to take away all the harvest from the serfs.
Since the arrival of the lord, John feels that not only himself, but also the surrounding neighbors have undergone earth-shaking improvements.
Of course, he is the luckiest one.
Because the lord gave birth to Tomato Bug from the Tomato he took care of, he will be rewarded with a Narda!
"John, aren't you going to work in the house-building team today?" Annie asked her husband curiously. There is not much farm work now, and her husband is working in the house-building team, earning a salary of one Copper Coin a day.
"The house-building team is on holiday. No one wants to work today. They all came here... the business district." John pointed not far away, "Look, that's Wenge. He is also shopping with his son."
"Okay, then go and see the burlesque show. I sold out Tomato. I want to go and see the burlesque show too. I haven't seen it for a long time."
John did not leave, but said, "By the way, Annie, when I came over there just now, I saw someone selling kittens, and I wanted to buy one. You know, now that there is food in the house, there are more rats. These dirty thieves, they always steal our food!"
"Really? Is there anyone selling kittens? Then wait for me here first. I have sold out Tomato. Let's go buy kittens together. We must choose a kitten that is best at catching mice."
After hesitating for a moment, John added, "Actually, I also want to buy a pony. I want Little Jack to learn to ride a horse from a young age, so that he can participate in the Lord's Retainer Knight earlier."
"Oh my gosh, John, do you have any idea how much a foal costs!"
"Fifty silver coins, but Annie, that's a foal!" John explained hopefully. "If we miss this opportunity, we don't know when we will have a horse. I hope to breed Tomato for the Lord for a lifetime, but Little Jack doesn't like it. He wants to be Retainer Knight."
"But John, you need to understand that we can afford fifty silver coins, but the foal needs to eat a lot every day. A horse has to eat at least several people's food. Can we afford it?"
"I can!"
John said with firm eyes, "The Tomato field at home is the best and can always bring us a stable income. I can also work part-time. I asked the steward of the building team, he is Lord Isaiah's assistant. He told me that there will be more and more jobs in the town in the future, and the lord is ambitious to give the town a new look. As long as I can continue to work, we can afford to raise the foal!"
"Are you serious, John?"
"Of course, trust me, Annie."
Annie looked at her husband's firm eyes and finally couldn't bear to refuse. "Okay, but you have to promise me that we won't be dragged down by the foal, right?"
"I promise!"