But who is this young man with knight status who can be sent back by Byrd tax collector himself?
Old Sheila’s face wrinkles are almost crowded together, but she still can’t figure out these things
Hearing Natasha calling her old Sheila’s loving eyes fell on the knight’s shoulder, Peter laughed and said to Natasha, "Go home first!" "
The sunset has gone down, and the blue-purple sky is getting darker and darker, and the light is getting dimmer.
The villagers surrounded Surdak and walked to his home. Surdak kept looking for an opportunity to say a few words to his wife and mother, but he couldn’t find a suitable opportunity to walk home with little Peter.
The Lord Bird tax collector didn’t follow him. The village chief has arranged dinner and accommodation. Bird tax collector has been working hard all the way, thinking of going to bed early and returning to Hailansa early this time. Even riding a horse is a kind of torture for his fatness.
Walking along the dirt road in the village, I saw the low stone house in front of me. Surdak recognized it at first sight. It was that Surdak had described home several times. Although it looked a little shabby than expected, it was exactly the same as what he said.
The chestnut tree at the door has grown very tall, and the tree is full of fruits.
The stone mill in the courtyard seems to have been buried in the soil for a long time.
I remember Suldak once said that the stone mill used to crush the ears of wheat, and he could pull the stone mill.
Surdak crossed the crowd and walked to the gate of the courtyard. He put Peter from his shoulder and touched the trunk of chestnut tree at the gate of the courtyard, found a knife and carved a few crooked letters, and then went into the courtyard to squat in front of the stone mill. He held his hands in front of the stone mill and squatted on both ends of his legs. The veins stood out on his forehead and shouted,’ Get up’. When the stone mill was buried in the ground, Surdak pulled it out of the mud.
Go to the wall and touch the wooden man who is rotting against the wall and practicing fencing with a face of nostalgia.
He turned around and smiled at these people.
The villagers at the gate tried to walk into the courtyard, but they were stopped by the old man who looked like the village head. They drove away all the villagers’ departments at the gate like cattle, leaving several family members of Surdak …
Chapter 214 Concerned
The villagers have dispersed themselves in the courtyard, and the transient silence has come.
The village chief looked excited and wanted Surdak to say something encouraging in the courtyard, but it was a bit confusing to see this scene for a while. What happened? Shouldn’t the child be happy to return safely from the army?
"Sheila children what’s going on …"
On the seniority, the old village chief is much taller than Surdak’s mother. He is used to calling this name at ordinary times.
The old woman with gray hair forced a smile at the old village head and said, "Please come and sit in the house!"
Although the stone house looks a little old, it is full of life.
The atmosphere in the room is a little dull. Old Sheila, Natasha and Rita are full of vigilance. Staring at Surdak, their eyes are not only confused but also very hostile.
Peter, a four-year-old boy, seemed very heartless and insisted on sitting in Surdak’s arms despite the opposition of his mother and aunt.
The old village head sat in the only chair in the house, smoking a cigarette, and glanced at Surdak’s last cigarette before he knocked the wooden pipe into his pocket filled with tobacco and smashed it. He probably saw that there seemed to be a gap between the people in the house.
But the old village head didn’t think about it elsewhere. After all, Surdak was 17 years old when he left home, and he was drafted into the army shortly after he got married. Now he is taller than himself. An old village head is not very impressed with Surdak, and it is normal that his figure looks somewhat similar to that of the former boy.
Surdak, after all, is a tax official, Lord Byrd, personally accompanying him back to the village.
Moreover, after leaving home for so long, Surdak didn’t recognize his sister and childhood playmates at a glance. The family members were cold-faced and unwilling to talk to Surdak. It seems that the old village head may have been complained by his family because Surdak seldom wrote home after joining the army to worry his family.
The old village head thinks there are some things to say, so it is not a problem.
Sitting in the room, he thought that maybe Sheila’s family had been afraid to speak until they were bullied by the provocative women in the village. Now, when they came back from the army, they naturally had to calculate some accounts, and they were worried that Surdak would be youthful after becoming a knight, and it would not be good if anyone died.
The old village head decided to coordinate a then asked
"What the hell happened?"
Old Sheila and Natasha looked at each other with flashing eyes and then hesitated.
Seeing how Surdak’s mother and wife reacted in this way, the old village chief became more convinced that he guessed that he must have met some grievances, so he said to old Sheila
"Now that Surdak has come back, what is there to say that your son has become a noble knight? What complaints in your heart should also be diluted by this matter."
The old village head felt that most of the women in the village had never seen the world, and maybe they didn’t even know what knight really meant, so he said to them
"When I heard the news from the tax official’s entourage today, I was also shocked by it. How much credit does it take to be chosen as a knight by the noble master? We have never been a knight in Wall Village for so many years! Bird’s tax collector told me that people in our village will no longer pay taxes, even if they pay taxes, they will be given to Ducky. Now he is so terrible that even I have to call a knight. "
Speaking of this old village head, I can’t help smiling. Taxation is the biggest expenditure in Woer Village every year. The land here is barren and produces enough food for my own family. Where is the extra tax? If you have to pay taxes to Surdak later, you may be able to bend the rules and pay less.
The old village head touched the pipe in the pipe bag and finally held back and said, "What’s your dilemma? Open the door and tell Surdak that even if the lawsuit hits Hailanza, it’s not afraid that nobody will take care of it."
After hearing the old village chief say this, Sheila and Natasha’s eyes are more worried.
"Just today, the villagers and Guta Village people fought for the pasture boundary and were injured by them for three noon. Suddenly I heard that a knight in our village, Guta Village, had taken the initiative to let people send three bags of tree rice. They gave us compensation for fighting for the pasture boundary. When did you ever pay for it? At the end of the day, there is still a knight in our village. "The old village head can’t stop laughing when talking about this face."
Every year, Woer Village and Guta Village will make a lot of money when they visit the grassland in the valley. Most of the time, the number of people is dominant, and Guta Village takes some advantage.