Chapter 110 Unexpected Events
The roosters crow one after another, waking up the small villages in the mountains.
The gentle smoke comes out of the chimney, rises straight up, and circles over the village. From time to time, early birds fly through it.
When the smoke dissipated, the village had fully woken up and the villagers began their day's work.
Metzger picked the two pigs with the thickest waists in the pig pen and caught up with the carriage with the cage, and then went home for breakfast.
The oatmeal porridge with offal and blood sausage has been cooked in the pot, and some steamed buns made yesterday have been steamed.
Metzger thought for a while, walked to the box containing clothes, took out a new blacksmith uniform he bought at the end of last year and put it on.
His wife Leya asked strangely: "Why do you wear new clothes today?"
Metzger said proudly: "I am also your teacher now, so naturally I have to wear new clothes. "Be more decent."
Leya's watery emerald green eyes almost rolled her eyes, and she said angrily: "I have heard before that knights start to develop their courage by killing pigs since they were young. After a few times, you get used to it and stop doing it. How proud are you?”
"Huh huh huh..." Metzger laughed mysteriously, "The master also asked me a question."
"What question?" Leya asked curiously.
Metzger replied proudly: "The master asked me if I would like to be a 'one-minute man'."
Leya served him a bowl of oatmeal porridge and chestnut flour. They put the dough heads on the table together and asked him after sitting down: "What is a Minuteman?"
Metzger took a few mouthfuls of oatmeal and then said: "It's a kind of militia, sir. He said that we should buy new weapons and train every Sunday afternoon. We should still work. If there are bandits or something around the village, we will go home immediately, pick up the weapons, and become warriors in one minute. No longer afraid of robbers.”
Leya immediately asked nervously: "Are you going to go to the battlefield too?"
Metzger is the mainstay of the family. If he goes to the battlefield and has an accident or something, she will have to remarry. .
“No need.” Metzger shook his head and said while eating the steamed buns. “One-minute people don’t go out like militiamen. They only care about the affairs of their own village. At most, they can support the village next door when they ask for help. If they want to go out privately, Walking across the village with a weapon is rebellion!"
Leya thought for a moment and said, "That sounds good, how much does the weapon cost?"
"I don't understand yet." Ge shook his head and said, "The master said he would sell it cheaply, and he also said there would be benefits, such as tax cuts and free tuition for studying."
As soon as Rhea heard about the tax cut, she immediately asked: "Do you agree?"
Metzger drank the last bit of oatmeal before replying: "I said I didn't want to agree, Because what will happen to my family if I die or become disabled?"
Leya nodded and said, "That's right."
While they were talking, Metzger asked his wife. : "We have to check out today, what do you want to sell?"
Leya thought for a while and said, "Bring back some hangers and clips for drying clothes. I see other people are using them. They are very useful. .”
"Okay." Metzger stood up, "I'm leaving first. Remember to feed the slimes today, and I'll pick them up the day after tomorrow."
Leya said, "I know, I know." I also finished my breakfast and started my day's work.
Metzger drove away in the carriage. Not far from the village, he saw the Baron, the Sword Master and a beautiful black-haired lady fishing together by the river.
He heard that now the master likes that beautiful lady very much. Maybe the black-haired lady will be the master's wife when she grows up.
He felt that if the master is so smart, his future wife should also be so beautiful.
Leya also started her day's work, first washing and cleaning the dishes, and then going to the well to fetch new water.
Then she went to the pigsty and poured the chopped grass into the trough, then fetched water from the trough, then used a shovel to shovel the pig manure in the pigsty into the bucket, and then lifted it to the nearby Next to a large pond, use a manure scoop to spread all the pig manure into it.
The slimes raised in the pool swarmed up after smelling the smell and began to eat. Leia took a look and saw that these slimes were as big as footballs. Tomorrow they would be empty and if there was still something left when someone came to collect them the day after tomorrow, the price would be less.
Before raising the next batch of slimes, the soil from the pond was shoveled into the vegetable field, and the vegetables grown were larger than usual.
After finishing her work, she saw that there was still enough grass for two days, so she carried a basket to the side door of the military camp, took some dirty clothes and washed them at the river. It was a decent income.
Metzger drove a carriage to Weisenburg Castle very quickly. It was still early and there were many carriages carrying food lined up outside the city gate.
He quickly entered the city, thinking about whether to buy a dumbbell along the way, and followed the methods in the newspaper to keep fit.
Metzger did not finish what he had said to Frederick with his wife just now. In fact, he had a plan, not to be a man for a minute, but to enlist in the army in the fall.
I have made some calculations. Although I can no longer raise and kill pigs after joining the army, my salary will be enough to support my family.
The key is that after retiring in five years, you can have a place to study at the Weissenburg University Affiliated School. You won't be able to use this place, but you can leave it to your children. This opportunity will not come to you if you kill pigs for a hundred years.
Because there is a military camp not far from the village, Metzger knows more about the army than others.
In the future, you don’t have to fight like a pig with a white knife in and a red knife out. You can easily kill people with the weapon invented by the master from a hundred meters away, as long as you don’t encounter an enemy like the sword master. It's definitely no problem coming down.
He looked at his arms. Because he had meat all the year round, he was stronger than ordinary people. He was not afraid of anyone when fighting in the village. He might be able to make a contribution as a knight or something.
But this is a big deal and must be discussed clearly with your family.
Metzger thought to himself that he would discuss it with his father-in-law and mother-in-law later. They owned a tavern in the city and had better information than he did. They might have good suggestions.
The carriage turned into the back alley of a shop facing the street. There are many pubs and restaurants on this street, as well as a newly opened teahouse. Today, the two pigs were ordered by my father-in-law’s pub and the restaurant next door. I will pay them back later. I have to help them kill them in the alley.
We are getting ready to sow wheat in the fall. Now there are people in the city who buy pig blood for fertilizer. The price is more cost-effective than making blood sausages, and selling it directly here is more cost-effective than selling it to people who collect pig blood in the village.
As soon as the carriage turned into the alley, Metzger heard the familiar cursing voice of his father-in-law.
He listened and curled his lips. Now someone actually threw money on the ground.
"[Weisenling's expletive]! What kind of [Weisenling's commonly used insulting adjectives] killed a pig in the middle of the night and made blood all over the floor. It attracted so many flies. If they flew into the kitchen and were seen by the hygienist, what kind of little thing would it be?" Do I have to pay a fine?”
Metzger frowned. It’s summer now. Putting pig blood on the ground will attract a swarm of flies, and after a while it will be covered with white flowers. Little maggots.
Come on, I think I have to sweep the floor before killing the pig today.
The carriage soon arrived at the father-in-law's side. When he saw his son-in-law, he immediately said: "Look whose family killed the pig, let's beat him together!"
Metz Ge frowned when he saw the blood on the ground. He had been killing pigs for so many years, and he had often seen the blood directly on the ground or accidentally kicked over the blood basin, but the blood on the ground was different. It looked like something was dragging it. Same as above.
He jumped off the carriage, dipped a little blood on his finger and smelled it in front of his nose. His whole body stiffened instantly, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"This...this...this..." Metzger trembled and said, "This is...human blood!"
His father-in-law was also stunned for a moment, and his voice immediately He started to tremble: "You... you're not... mistaken, are you?"
Metzger swallowed, calmed himself down, and said with certainty: "Sheep's blood smells bad, pig's blood smells bad, chicken's Bloody, human blood has a salty smell, it’s unmistakable.”
“Nowadays, pigs and sheep eat grass, and there will be a little grass smell in the blood, but this blood does not have it.”
His father-in-law panicked for a moment and said hurriedly: "You...you watch...from here, I'll go find the sheriff!"
(End of Chapter)