Chapter 234 Todd’s Morning
Xueling Town, east of the city.
Because the winter in the north is long and cold, all the houses in the town are built with black bricks and stones from the Luoxue Mountains. The all-black color in the town looks even more gloomy on days when the green leaves have fallen.
However, after the first snowfall of the year fell, the entire Xueling Town seemed to be wearing a brighter white winter clothes, which complemented the Luoxue Mountains in the distance, bringing a different atmosphere. Same beautiful scenery.
"Todd, come over and eat quickly!"
Hearing the voice of his mother shouting downstairs, Todd never dared to stay in bed again.
He knew that if he delayed for a while, his mother would angrily come over with a spatula, open the window of his room, and let the cold wind completely blow away his sleepiness.
God of wisdom, this is too cold!
After the first snow fell this year, the temperature dropped rapidly, and winter arrived in Xueling Town.
Taking a deep breath to mentally prepare himself, Todd quickly climbed out of bed and changed into cotton-padded clothes and shoes in a matter of seconds.
After all, only the living room at home had a fireplace, and it was still relatively cold in the bedroom. After Todd changed his clothes, he quickly opened the door with a "thump, thump, thump".
"Mom, look, I'm already up!"
Standing outside the door is the mother, Brenda Croft, holding a wooden spatula. There were indelible marks on her face, but the soft facial lines still retained some of her former beauty.
The cold wind in the north makes a girl’s youth always so short.
She is now a mother of two children.
Just as she was about to open the door, she saw Todd had already gotten up and got dressed, and the anger on her face was relieved a little.
Looking Todd up and down to make sure he was wearing all his winter clothes, Brenda nodded and said:
"Hurry up and wash up, then come and eat, your sister will eat it quickly It's over, little Todd."
"Okay, Mom."
Todd replied honestly, he didn't want to arouse his mother's anger anymore.
I hurried downstairs, washed my face with the warm water prepared by my mother, rinsed my mouth, and wiped it with a towel. That was done.
I heard from bards that the nobles in the royal capital wash themselves with the whitest salt every day, but I don’t know if that’s true.
After washing up, Todd jumped and sat down on the pine wood stool decorated with simple patterns, looking at the steaming breakfast in front of him.
Today’s breakfast is corn soup and oatmeal bread.
Woohoo!
Todd gave a small cheer. He liked the sweet feeling of corn chowder best.
Unfortunately, fresh corn cannot be stored for long. It is estimated that this has used up the last few fresh corns stored in the cellar at home.
Thinking about having to drink sticky potato soup for the next few months, Todd looked solemn, scooped up the light yellow corn soup with a spoon and put it into his mouth, feeling the corn kernels in his mouth. The sweet taste is released between the lips and teeth, and I feel a little better today.
Picked up a piece of toasted oatmeal bread and put it in the corn soup to soak up the sweet soup. Todd put it in his mouth and chewed it while looking at several other relatives on the table.
On the spot where sister Bev usually sat, there was only an empty soup bowl and a spoon thrown on the table. It seemed that she had finished her breakfast and disappeared to nowhere.
Next to him, his father, Virgil, had also finished his breakfast and was flipping through his account book, his brows furrowed as he wondered what he was worrying about.
My mother finally finished her morning chores, wiped her hands on her coarse cloth apron, and sat at the table and slowly took a sip of corn soup, with a relaxed smile on her face.
“Damn Matt, he actually raised the price of wheat by 30%. That’s 30% of the price.”
Virgil threw the account book on the table angrily and clapped it with his hands in dissatisfaction. I took a picture of the black dining table made of hard cold pine wood.
"The Lord of the Dawn, how dare he do this! Aren't you afraid of the lord's punishment?"
Brenda was shocked when she heard this. She must know that the Croft family can live a good life in Snow Ridge Town. They can live in a spacious house, have no shortage of oatmeal bread, and have firewood that fills half of the kitchen. Because of the two bakeries that opened in the town.
To be honest, the Croft family's financial conditions are enough to hire a full-time maid, but every time Virgil proposed it, Brenda would reject it. "Why waste this money when I can do it?"
Brenda is a typical housewife in the North, tenacious, hard-working and contented.
Duoduo~
Virgil knocked on the table with his right hand, sighed after being silent for a long time, and said helplessly:
“Forget it, I can’t blame him. I have inquired from other places, and now the food in the north is Prices are rising, and even the caravans heading to the Dillon Kingdom can’t buy much food.”
As a small town close to the Luoxue Mountains, Xueling Town is not suitable for food cultivation. Most of them are resold by caravans, so they are most affected by food price fluctuations.
The demand for white bread supplied to the mayor of Xueling Town and several upper-level figures is not too high, and he also has enough inventory.
But brown bread and oat bread, which have the largest output, have been even more affected, and the cost of maintaining operations has increased significantly.
"Have you never heard of a famine this year?"
Brenda asked worriedly.
“Who knows?”
Virgil shook his head and sighed.
The war in the east of the kingdom is too far away from them! The word war may have never occurred to them.
The price is so high just after autumn. The price may not come down until next year’s grain harvest, or it may even be higher!
“If not, the price of the bread sold will only increase.”
When Brenda heard her husband say this, she also fell silent.
Having grown up with average family conditions, she naturally knows how serious a blow this has to the lower class civilians.
But she couldn't say anything about not raising the price. She knew that her always kind-hearted husband would not raise the price if it wasn't really helpless.
This winter is even harder!
Todd on the side didn't pay attention to the gloom between his parents. He didn't understand what the adults meant at all.
"I'm done eating! I'm going out to play!"
After drinking the corn soup in front of him, Todd pushed the bowl and prepared to go out to play in the town. Play.
For him, besides having a full stomach every day and learning literacy from the teacher, it is also time for him to play.
Especially since it snowed these two days and the teacher gave them a holiday, he had more time to be happy.
The only pity is that all the friends have to help with work at home first, and he is the only one running outside at this time.
Todd thought for a while and came to the square in the center of the town. The black stone slabs covering the square became round and smooth under the wash of wind and snow and the footsteps of people coming and going. At this moment, they were covered with white snowflakes. cover.
Todd hummed and rolled up a big snowball, and then carefully decorated it with an "indescribable" human shape.
Putting his hands together, Todd stood in front of the "statue" and prayed softly:
"Great God of Wisdom, I hope you can hear my wish and make me smarter."
After a moment of pause, Todd quickly added:
"Billian Just be smart, I’m willing not to drink corn soup for the next three months!”
Feeling that he had made a great sacrifice, Todd prayed devoutly to this god. At this moment, a voice came from him! sounded behind him.
“Are you praying to the God of Wisdom?”
Todd was startled, suddenly opened his eyes and turned around to look.
A handsome young man wearing mercenary leather armor stood behind him and smiled at him.
(End of this chapter)