Chapter 80： Snow removal crisis

It was another peaceful night, and Rurik dreamed of studying during the day in his little head.

He was muttering some weird dreams, and involuntarily snuggled the leather blanket over his body.

A new day begins in the labor of the lower priests, who cook their breakfast today in the huge wooden house.

is not much different from the past, bread is a very precious existence, and the priests’ daily meals are mostly fish. In recent days, everyone has eaten some venison every day.

But everyone doesn’t eat a lot. The priests are used to a half-starved life. A small piece of cooked meat is what is called breakfast.

After waking up, Rurik immediately ate the meat, and he didn't have any psychological burden.

Only his servant Lumia, looking at the meat in the rough wooden bowl, was full of thoughts.

"Eat. If you don't eat, you will be hungry." Rurik mumbled the ancient Sami vocabulary that he had learned in the past few days. Without any rhetoric, he spoke the most basic vocabulary to express his meaning.

"Ok."

Lu Mia is cruel, and now everything is nonsense. Even though the venison in this bowl was once a live deer of her own, it has nothing to do with herself.

Actually, Lumia doesn’t really know what a “servant” is. As long as you work for them, it’s a servant?

After a few days of contact, she understood one thing, as long as she followed this little boy, she seemed to be treated kindly.

She took a few bites of venison sprinkled with coarse salt, and the refreshing salty taste deeply stimulated her mind.

She suddenly stumbled and asked: "Today, shall we study?"

"Yes. I still want to learn your language. You, also want to learn our language."

"Okay. I, study."

Anyone is smart. People can distinguish the core content of the Chinese language. As long as they master these core content, two people of different native languages ​​can barely communicate.

Lurik thought that today was another peaceful study day. Due to the bad wind and snow outdoors, he naturally continued to be protected by the towering priest's wooden house.

Soon after he had breakfast, a "white" strong man in white bear skin hurried to this wooden house.

The person who came is not someone else, but the leader Otto.

There are several close friends behind him.

Otto’s sudden appearance made Vilia a little dissatisfied. She suspended her translation work and also suspended her language education for Rurik and Lumia.

"My leader, you should be lighter. Don't make too much noise, let me spare this old man."

"Oh, sorry, great priest. I just came to pick up my son."

"Rylik? Is there anything wrong? I am teaching him personally."

"This..." Otto's eyes widened. He knew what his son and his servant were doing.

Otto supports his son's study, but he also thinks that it is enough to be better than others after studying due to the limitations of the times.

He stepped forward and muttered: "Great priest, I'm only here to take Ric to sweep the snow. Now that the wind and snow are almost over, we must remove the snow from all houses as much as possible, including this big wooden house."

"Ah! I almost forgot." Villa patted his forehead, "It's snow removal, Bona, help me up!"

After being supported by someone, Veria felt that snow removal was imperative.

"Just like in previous years, we cleared the snow from the roof. And the snow on the road, cleared all to one side. Bona, get my leather jacket, and then tell the others to act."

Otto nodded in satisfaction: "Liurik, let's go, and take your servant. This time, you have another task."

"Task?"

Liu Li Ke is puzzled, does it have something to do with snow removal?

Soon, he understood his so-called mission.

Lurikla pulled Rumia’s thin arms. At the moment, the two of them are wearing the traditional clothes of tribal children, which are actually linen linings. They are covered with coats of animal skins and stitched with various leathers on their feet. Boots.

But the biggest difference between Rurik and other kids is that he wears underwear.

The Ross tribe, they are the same as other tribes, and even the Frankish kingdom in the south.

All the residents have no concept of pants until now.

Only the grassland peoples invented pants because of their basic needs.

This is the age and only Frank's cavalry wears some leather and pants-like clothing.

Lurik couldn't stand the life without pants. When he was old enough, he asked his mother Niya to sew a pair of shorts from a piece of linen. The shame of this thing is more meaningful, and now it has a little more value to protect against the cold.

He was standing in the snow under his wooden house. The thickness of the snow on the roof was really amazing.

Otto came carrying two sets of oars, one was gently handed over to the leader of his son, and the other was thrown to Lumia more rudely.

He gave orders more casually; "Hey! Girl, wait a minute to follow your master to the roof and push down all the snow!"

As long as she looks at this tall guy, Lumia is scared from the bottom of her heart. And she really saw that this man was not only a murderer who hurt his relatives, but also a genuine bear skin on his body! The terrible bear head and the terrifying fangs were all drooping on this man's back.

This man actually killed a bear!

She didn't understand the man's commands. In short, this person was very scary. Lu Mia subconsciously held the wooden oars, approached her master Rurik, and gently hooked her head in fear.

"Dad, you are too fierce to her." Rurik muttered impatiently.

"Huh? Did I hate you?"

"No! Look at Lumia's face, she is scared."

"It should be. This deer-keeper girl should be afraid of me, and she will climb on the roof after a while."

Leurik nodded: "I understand, but Dad, you see that I am so weak, do you expect me to remove all the snow? Maybe you should follow us on the roof too."

"No need." Otto smiled awkwardly: "If I follow along, the roof will collapse. Child, you can be the future leader. Don't be afraid because of this difficulty. If you don't like it, too. It doesn't matter, it makes sense for your servant to climb up and complete these tasks."

"That's crazy!"

Lurik raised his head, looking at the snow that was about half a meter thick, he couldn't help pouting and shaking his head.

He rolled his servant again, expecting the girl to finish her work, I am afraid that even if she held the wooden oar to push off all the snowflakes, she would be tired and paralyzed.

was directed at the attitude of his parents towards the girl, and Lurik didn't dare to think too much.

Humanistic care? Pooh! Parents must be simple to use Lumia as a tool.

He gritted his teeth and said to his father, "What is this difficulty? But you have to prepare some food for me. Um...Mom!"

Niya replied with some complicated expressions: "What's the matter?"

"Can you make some porridge? I am preparing some dry bread cubes. When I finish my work, I will eat these."

"Okay. But Rurik, you have to be careful. Come down when you are really tired. I am different from your father. I will not force..."

"Shut up!" Otto stopped his wife with anger: "You go to prepare the porridge! You have to trust your son. He is the man who will be the future leader. If he can't clean the snow on the roof, he will face a lot in the future. The enemy, what is the ability to defeat them?!"

Leurik wanted to laugh, as if snowflakes were the enemy, snow sweeping was also a kind of war.

Think about it carefully. Similar father roles are really common. A strong father will always ask his son to challenge the impossible. Only the mother of the child will worry about it in the rear.

Then, how do I climb the roof?

The ordinary houses in Roseburg, its roofs are made up of pieces of wood, and a layer of meadows containing mud is laid on it. In order to better shelter from the rain, some people have to spread a layer of animal skins on the bottom.

There are no tiles in all buildings, and the roofs also have a certain slope.

Rurik cannot climb the roof without using a ladder. Otto did not prepare a ladder for this, because he felt it was unnecessary.

After all, his son is only seven years old. As long as he holds him, he can easily throw him on the roof.

Just like that, Rurik was thrown into the snow nest on the roof, and Lumia was the next one to be thrown up.

"You guys start!" Otto on the ground ordered.

"Okay!" After Rurik finished speaking, he had to bite the bullet and tell Lumia in ancient Sami vocabulary, "Lumia, start! End, you, me, eat. Eat bread."

Bread? In fact, Lumia was fortunate enough to eat bread for the first time in the priest's cabin after being captured.

is a small piece of dry whole-wheat bread that Rurik gave her. In fact, in his opinion, this bread is not a thing of the belly, and it can also clean the teeth very well.

It is really whole-wheat bread with a lot of bran in it! Even so, it has more energy than usual meat, but if you do physical labor, eating wheat can be said to be the first food to restore physical strength.

gazed at the snow on the entire roof, Rurik guessed that today is really the busiest day since his journey.

Let a seven-year-old boy and a ten-year-old girl do this kind of work, while the adults are watching the theater. It is called a challenge. Is there anything more annoying than this?

Fortunately, the snow is quite soft, and ice has frozen at the bottom.

With the beginning of work, Rurik personally felt the busyness of work, and after a closer look, it was not unacceptable.

The oars of the long boats of the Ross tribe are not only wider, but also have a subtle design.

includes the small oars of some small boats, they are all carved into a special shape from oak, that is, the center of the oar is deliberately carved with a groove.

This small invention will take advantage of paddling, and is more efficient than smooth paddles.

Then, using this paddle to poke off the soft snowflakes is also very efficient.

It’s just that the snow is still too thick. The two lightweight children worked hard, and a lot of snow was pushed to the ground.

Leurik took a closer look. Of course, his father was not just a spectator. He was also using a wooden paddle as a wooden shovel to push the snow he had pushed down to the side.

He looked around again, in the huge Roseburg, many dark shadows were shaking on the roof, today's snow sweeping seemed like a holiday.

Too much snow will collapse the house, and as the snow gets less and less, the possibility of collapse will also decrease.

During the short day, most of the work must be completed. Seeing that the work is over and dressing up, Ruriek panting is happy to see that Lumia is still pushing the snow.

"Hey! Lumia, rest!"

"No. End, snow, rest."

Lurik understood what she meant, and the servant did prove his obedience with actual actions. After all, she is only a ten-year-old child, and she should have no more thoughts in her mind, given some promises, she will work hard to get the job done.

At this moment, Rurik thought a lot. He sat on the roof and took a short rest, watching the figure of the girl struggling, guessing that when she grows up, she will be a good helper for him.

Even though Lumia is just a child, she can teach her a lot of things. In the future, this kind of person will be an excellent arm, even if she is a woman who will be despised.

Rested for a while, Rurik subconsciously clutched his stomach.

"Oh, I'm so hungry. I should be cooking oatmeal now, I can smell it. I'll finish the work early and I will eat early."

Compared to other children of the same age, Rurik can be called "pampering and superior". Even though he was only seven years old, Rurik's weak body still had a lot of muscle strength. He was stronger than other children. In contrast, Lumia's body was much weaker.

Lumia is really afraid of that man. She doesn't know how much protection the little boy around her will give herself. It is obvious that if she can't do the job well, she will inevitably be punished by the villain.

Punishment, it must be something terrifying!

Lumia, she has no intention of taking a break. She just wants to finish her work earlier, but she doesn't realize what kind of damage to the body is caused by excessive labor.

Except for Rurik, everyone in the tribe has no concept of pants. The means for keeping the lower body from the cold is longer leather jackets that can submerge the knees, and high boots that extend to the knees in one breath. Under normal circumstances, the combination of these two clothes is enough to keep out the cold, but Lumia's new clothes are not so fit.

She is too thin, causing some skin to be exposed to the cold all the time. She was also afraid of being punished for working hard. This work was indeed very successful. Otto, who was sweeping the snow on the ground, monitored her work from time to time. Otto said nothing, and was very satisfied with the girl Lumia's work.

She is indeed an obedient tool.

Lu Mia gradually felt the heat, but the animal skin on her body looked like a heavy burden.

Lurik continued to push the snow with his head dull, but he raised his head again and was surprised to see that Lumia was actually getting rid of the shackles of the animal skin, and the cold-proof leather jacket was tied to the waist only with twine.

This child is actually wearing a lined linen shirt and her arms are directly exposed to the cold wind from the North Pole.

Lurik was taken aback.

He ran away in a hurry, with a strong expression of consternation on his face: "Lu Mia, what are you doing! Put your clothes back on quickly."

Lumia basically understood the command from the Norse language, she reluctantly explained: "I...I, hot. I am fine now."

"Very good?!"

Liu Rick went to touch her arm, what kind of heat is this! Her arm looked like an ice cube!

He was so frightened that he was touching the girl's forehead with his hand, and her head was also chilled.

How can you feel hot when you feel cold all over?

Suddenly, an extremely bad situation emerged in his head, and Rurik waited for the girl’s big eyes and grabbed the wooden oar from her hand: "Lu Mia, it’s over. You put your clothes on and go to the ground to eat. ."

"I...I'm okay."

"enough!"

Rurik stopped talking nonsense. He threw down both sets of wooden paddles, then took Lumia's cold hands and sat on the ice on the roof, staring at the snow on the ground that had not been cleaned up immediately, and slid directly. Go down.

Then, the two fell onto the pile of snow.

"Hey! Rurik, why did you come down without finishing your work?!" Otto was dissatisfied with his son's decision. "You still can't stand the fatigue?!"

"Dad! Something happened." Rurik shouted with a terrified face: "Hurry up and give Lumia hot water. If she works a little longer, she will freeze to death."

At this point, Liu Rick is no longer talking nonsense. He smells that porridge is indeed being cooked in his house. Has a comfortable aroma of wheat.

But Lumia's situation is very bad now, and what's worse is that the girl didn't realize that she was almost dying.

Lu Mia was dragged to run, she still said that she was hot all over, but she walked like a machine lacking lubricating oil, and she looked very stiff.

She consumes too many calories, and her mind becomes numb because of this. The brain mistakenly believes that she is very hot, and in fact she almost freezes to death.

Many people who are drunk in winter, UU Reading , they lie on the side of the road and fell asleep. As the sun rises, people who wake up early are surprised to find these hangovers, what they see is just being turned off. The clothes, the body has been frozen.

Lurik was thinking of such a terrible scene, Lumia had clearly been so frozen that her head was confused, and she couldn't tell what was hot and what was cold!

Only if he has more knowledge in his mind, it would be bad if Lu Mia who listened to her own words had three long and two shortcomings!

He pulled the girl into the door of his own house, and slammed her into the sleeping nest paved with animal skins and hay. Then he reached up to the mother who was squatting and boiled the wheat in an iron pot and said: "Mom, the wheat looks almost ripe. Give it to me. bowl."

"Don't worry, I will serve you, beware it is very hot." Seeing that the child is very good, Niya's mood is really good.

She gave her son a bowl without a hassle, and the son picked up a wooden spoon with the bowl and ran to the girl.

Niya was surprised to see that his son was actually feeding the servant himself!

At this moment, Niya suddenly thought of a lot of things. She didn't understand how a servant, He De, was so noble to the extent that the future leader wanted to feed her?

Then, Otto also went back to the house curiously and saw the actions of the two children clearly.

"What are you doing, Rurik?" Otto asked strangely.

"Dad, Mom, Lumia didn’t know that she almost died of freezing. Mom, prepare some bread cubes and roast some meat. Dad, you can help me and carry her to the campfire. I don’t want her to freeze to death. I don't want her to get sick! Hurry up!"