Chapter 135. The feast

When they saw the house they are about to live, they were quite stunned. The house was as simple as the rest of houses, but with a difference of the size.

It had a bas.e.m.e.nt and top floor with a balcony. When they entered they saw a big living room, kitchen and table for dinner in the bas.e.m.e.nt and on the upper floor they saw three sleeping rooms and a smaller room that could be used as storage.

Lady Williams looked through all the rooms and saw that they already had all they needed prepared, so she looked at the villagers happily. " Thank you so much for this. I am happy we have already everything we need inside and I don't have to order and wait for it. From today on we are all one and let's live happily from now on, together. What do you all say?"

Everyone excitedly cheered and quickly helped them bring in all their luggage. The old woman offered to help them pack the stuff, but she denied. " Thank you for the offer, but I need to pack it myself to know where I put what. I hope you can understand me. " She explained with a smile and everyone nodded.

" We are a bit tired now so we will unpack and rest a bit, but let's have a village party tonight, what do you think?"

The old woman shook her head. " You need to rest more. Settle in and in one or two days later is still not a too late party. And we can make then some local dishes as well. What do you think?"

Lady Williams nodded her head and watched them slowly leaving their house with a smile on her face. She turned to her husband and gave him a peck on his lips and hug to her son and then turned around while pulling up her sleeves to start unpacking. The duo of father and son looked at each other and chuckled while rushing to help her out under her orders.

Indeed, it took them two days to rest a bit and handle their personal things, before they could even think of celebrating. At the evening on the third day, the village prepared tables filled with local food, while Lady Williams cooked some specialties that were easily made with local food and few cakes.

The villagers helped them carry the food to the tables and curious children looked at the food but were well behaved and waited until they were given their part. Lady Williams actually cooked large amounts so everyone could get some food. And she enjoyed new foods and tastes of their own local produce.

While she chatted with the villagers she found out that one rare plant that they used as seasoning grew in one of the caves at the nearby hills. She turned to her husband and he excitedly asked about the caves and seasoning. Even if he was just researcher and adventurist he knew that some seasonings as well fruits sales could support them well if they could sell them inclusively. He was a fool for research but he knew as well his to use his knowledge and earn money.

Of course, the king was aware of his business ability and asked him multiple times to work for him as treasurer. But then he would be cramped up in the palace for rest of his life, and he was not willing. So he would give to the King the suggestions and just kept living his usual life. He felt happy about them having such a small place for themselves that none else wanted. He knew how bothersome the nobles were so he never wanted to get involved in any political or financial business.

But now his family and his people could get some regular earnings, without any problems, he felt he could help these people at least that much. If he sold those seasonings for big money, they could make emergency food storage. Just in case there is a natural catastrophe or some other cause.

"We could..." he raised his hands and stood up while villagers hot silent and listened to his idea with interest. They understood his simple words and were happy for getting such good Lord as their own. To think of them so much, they felt amazed and grateful. So they choose to show him the surroundings and told him about all the fruits and vegetables, seasonings and flowers they used in their daily lives.

He was amazed by the amount of the produce that could be seen only here and nowhere else in this country. He explained to them about the possibilities and they choose to sell just some of it and only to the palace as they didn't plan to draw too much attention from unrelated people. If they started mass produce, they would get greedy eyes on them and the trouble would follow.

Their excuse could be that the produce is so small because of the bad environment so none would extend their attention towards them. And they were right.

After few days the villagers showed them their food fields and they took them to the caves. Some seasonings grew in hills, some near water and the ones they needed grew in deep caves. They entered the caves and what they found was something that changed their lives forever...