Mountain and Forest Kingdom

After Andrew left, food became Lawrence's biggest concern, even taking precedence over his own stone hut.

Lawrence found Sariel, squatted in front of the two of them and said, "Saryl, how much food do we have now?"

Salil was sitting on the grass on the hillside basking in the sun.

Today's weather was exceptionally warm. She held Sophia on her leg with one hand, and was picking out Sophia's ears with a sharp wooden stick in the other.

Salil said calmly: "Why do you ask this? There should be many more."

Lawrence said: "I will calculate the amount of food left, and then calculate the approximate distribution quantity based on the average food consumption over the past few days."

Lawrence solemnly said: "A safe and reasonable distribution value."

Reasonable distribution can solve the food problem more safely, but these things are a bit baffling to a village girl who has not received formal education.

"There are still many, enough to eat." Salil gave an answer that was in line with her cultural level.

Even if Andrew is here, he can't give a specific figure for this kind of thing.

Because no one thinks about this, everyone saves on eating, and would rather eat sparingly than finish it.

Most of the time, there is not enough food to eat, so frugality is the nature of ancient farmers, regardless of East or West.

Lawrence was very worried because Andrew and Salil used to live together as two people and were used to spending a lot on food and drink.

The frugality she displayed was not frugal at all in the eyes of Lawrence, a city dweller who had lived through hard times for several years.

ignorance!

Lawrence felt more and more that if he didn't make careful calculations, he might have something to do with the food problem.

When the mountain is really closed by heavy snow, how can I, three people and three dogs have the chance to go out to look for food?

Lawrence quickly stood up, "Saryl, I want to determine the weight of the grain!"

Salil was cleaning Sophia's ears and said without raising her head: "Whatever you want."

Lawrence quickly walked into the house.

Sophia lay on Salil's lap and said curiously: "Salil, why don't we go take a look?"

Salil didn’t want to go, “It doesn’t matter, Lawrence is not a troublemaking child, he must have his own wisdom.”

Although she doesn't understand some of Lawrence's thoughts and actions, after getting along with him for a month, Sariel believes that Lawrence is not a bad person, let alone a fool.

Especially when eating, Lawrence never wastes food and eats cleanly every time.

Lawrence entered the house and looked around the barrels where the grain was stored.

"I don't know how many kilograms it weighs. It seems like what Sophia said, it should be enough to eat."

Lawrence looked at the wooden barrel in front of him, which was 1.5 meters tall and with a radius of more than 30 centimeters, and began to weigh the grain in the barrel.

There are only two bags of flour at home. In addition to the flour obtained from Emma's house, Andrew and Salil usually use stone rods similar to rolling pins to grind wheat to make flour, which is as simple as grinding peanuts.

The height of the grain in the bucket has dropped a lot, and it can still be dug out a lot by just putting your hand in the bucket, so Salil and Sophia can't feel the speed of food consumption.

Lawrence is different. He has always measured the food consumption rate based on at least 120 days, which is much more sensitive than Salil.

Lawrence also added the vegetables in the cellar and pickled pickles and dried meat, and soon after repeated calculations, he came to the final conclusion.

"Saryl, we have enough food for four people until next summer, but with the addition of the sled dogs, we will use up the current food supply before spring comes."

Saryl was a little curious about how Lawrence calculated it.

"That's it, but don't worry. Father will bring food when he comes back. You can rest assured that your stomach will be full. Don't worry about that."

The education that Salil received from Andrew since she was a child is to have a full stomach and live a good life.

Only by eating a full stomach will you be less likely to get sick and can you survive the winter.

Lawrence knew from Salil's attitude that the girl was well protected by Andrew and had never been hungry at all.

"Yeah." Lawrence finally gave up the persuasion and changed his words: "I'm going to check the traps tomorrow. I happen to have nothing to do now. I'll teach you new words."

Sophia and Salil quickly moved in chairs and stools and began to receive education from their tutor.

Get up at six in the morning to walk the dog and go for a run.

After coming back, have a meal and rest, groom the sled dogs and take care of the kennel.

Classes started at eight o'clock to impart cultural knowledge to the two girls.

At nine o'clock, I go out to herd sheep, pigs, and chickens for exercise.

During this period, you can take care of the livestock on the hillside, or take a rest to prepare lunch, put on a blanket and take a nap until two or three in the afternoon, and then drive the livestock in to prepare dinner.

I went to bed at around six o'clock in the evening and got ready for bed.

There wasn't much to do in the winter. Apart from collecting as much fodder as possible for livestock and firewood for heating, there was basically nothing else.

The time for studying every day is very free. Both girls are also past the age of five or six, and their ability to accept the knowledge that a five- or six-year-old child needs to learn is much higher than that of a five- or six-year-old child.

The lease period of the three sled dogs was limited, but Lawrence did not settle for the status quo, but planned how to fill the food gap of more than 400 kilograms.

Not alone now, one or two squirrels won't help at all.

"Maybe go fishing?"

Lawrence remembered that there were several rivers nearby. This place belonged to the deep mountains and wild forests, and there should be a lot of fish in them.

Lawrence asked Saryl before planning.

"Saryl, are there many fish in the nearby river?"

Salil shook her head, "No."

Lawrence sighed, "That's a shame."

Salil looked at Lawrence unhappily, "Listen, this is not a pity at all, this is a good thing!"

Salil educated: "Rivers with few fish will not attract bears and beasts. If there are big fish everywhere in the river, then bears will definitely visit it!"

This sounded very reasonable, and Lawrence felt very helpless. He didn't know where to look for food for a while.

At this moment, a woman's voice came from outside the door.

"Saryl! Mr. Lawrence! Come out! These dogs are going to bite me!!"

Salil recognized Emma's voice and quickly walked out and opened the door.

Approaching outside the door was Emma riding Dom Sheep, and at this time three big dogs were barking at Dom Sheep and Emma with ferocious faces.

Dom was so scared that he wanted to run away, but Emma kept pulling the reins to keep Dom from running away.

Lawrence quickly shouted: "Tim! Tira! Tir! Come back!"

After the three sled dogs heard Lawrence's cry, they quickly gave up on the big sheep and the woman on the big sheep, and returned to Lawrence's side, sticking out their tongues to please him.

Emma breathed a sigh of relief, quickly got off the sheep's back and shouted: "Mr. Lawrence, my child's body is feeling hot, can you go and see him?"

Lawrence had a strange look on his face. His body felt hot and he must be sick. What should he do to me if he is sick?

After Sariel heard this, she quickly ran to the sheepfold, "Lawrence, you are riding Nora over there!"

Nora is the name of another Dom sheep. Andrew has two Dom sheep in his family. Nora belongs to Sariel's mount.

Lawrence quickly defended: "I don't understand this! Why are you looking for me?"

Emma looked at Lawrence anxiously and begged: "Mr. Lawrence! Sariel told me last time that you healed yourself after your body got hot!"

Lawrence was stunned. He had indeed caught a cold after the last heavy rain. Could it be that Salil and Andrew had exaggerated their actions when they went down the mountain to buy things last time?

Lawrence remembered that every time Salil chatted with Emma, ​​she would always brag to Emma about how awesome she was.

Whether it’s catching mice or fighting off predators earlier, it’s like this every time, as if there’s nothing else to talk about except these, as if you’ll die if you don’t say something!

Barbarians love to brag, both men and women.

Lawrence had no choice but to take over the reins under Emma's plea and the sincere gaze of Sariel who brought the sheep over.

"Okay, I'll go take a look, but I don't guarantee I can save him."