Chapter 34 The Locke Family

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A young woman with a white hairband is washing clothes by the river in the Kingdom of Faustin, in the province of Del, Kaidoqi collar, Maple Leaf Village.

Although it is late autumn, Kaidoqi belongs to the south, and the temperature is not too cold, so the woman is still washing clothes at this time, which is reasonable. Although her hands have been frozen raw white.

"Leia ~ Tia is calling you to go home for dinner~" a middle-aged woman holding a turban shouted towards the village entrance in the distance.

"Understood~ Aunt Mary~" The woman responded, and quickly put away the washed clothes, and put the unwashed ones aside, ready to come over to wash them tomorrow when she is free.

After the woman packed up, she found that Aunt Mary was still waiting for her at the entrance of the village, and quickly ran over with her things.

"Aunt Mary, let's go." The woman held a wooden tub for holding clothes in one hand and Aunt Mary's arm in the other.

"Hey, Tia really has a good daughter, I'm so envious." Aunt Mary exclaimed.

"Aunt Mary, Hank and the others are also good. This year Tian would like to thank your family for their help," the woman said.

"Those boys, apart from giving the old lady a few mouths to eat, how can they have any other skills!" Aunt Mary has always been so saucy.

"Hehe~" The woman covered her mouth and chuckled.

"To say that our village is still the most promising of your younger brother. It's only been a few years since he was a team captain, so will it be worth it in the future?" Aunt Mary exclaimed in admiration.

Xu Shi thought of his younger brother whom he hadn't seen in a few years, the woman was silent for a moment, and then smiled, "Hans is also very good, and the third-class soldier is praised by everyone in the village."

"That kid doesn't have to rely on your brother. I thought Locke was smart when I was a child." Aunt Mary was very happy to hear the woman compliment her son.

The two walked together in the village, and the villagers passing by were very enthusiastic and took care of them. Most of the villagers are elderly and parents, and most of the young and middle-aged people have joined the army and have not returned.

After walking to a yard in the west of the village, Aunt Mary chatted with the woman and left. Their house was next door, not far away.

The woman waved her hand and watched Aunt Mary enter her yard before pushing the door into the house. The door is just an ordinary firewood door, but it looks quite new, it should have just been repaired.

"Mother, I'm back." The woman shouted.

The woman is Leah, Locke's sister, and this yard is also the home where Locke once lived for 14 years.

"Oh, my daughter is back." An old man with gray hair was squatting on a wooden pier in the yard, smoking a dry cigarette and saying hello. This is old Locke, the father of Locke and Leah.

Civilians do not have surnames, only first names, such as Locke and Xia Qian. In some low-educated families, when there is only one boy, the child will inherit his father's name. For example, Locke inherits his father's name, and the villagers they know call them Old Locke and Little Locke.

Of course, Locke is now a young man, and his status is not low. Everyone will no longer call him Little Locke, but Locke.

The aristocracy is different, each aristocrat has its own surname, family, and family emblem. These three are important criteria for judging the size of the power among the nobles. Outsiders generally call nobles by their surnames. For example, Kaidoqi is a surname, and the surname represents the face of the noble. Only the head of the noble family is eligible to be called the surname.

For example, there is only one Baron Kaidoqi, and although Master Zoro is also surnamed Kaidoqi, others only call him Zoro.

"Father, how many times have I said it, don't always smoke!" Leah is a sensible and well-behaved girl, but only on the fact that her father likes to smoke cigarettes, Leah always disagrees with her father.

"Cough cough... Anyway, I haven't had a good life for a few years, and I was addicted to my mouth before I died." Old Locke coughed twice, put out the bong, and tied it to his waist. He could still hear his daughter's words.

After Leah put the clothes and the tub back into the house, she moved out a small stool, sat behind Old Locke, and knocked on Old Locke's back.

"It's still a daughter~" Old Locke stretched and praised comfortably. Old Locke believed that the two most successful things he had done in his life were adopting his sister's daughter and giving birth to a good son, Locke. Of course, the fact that Leah is not his biological daughter, only he and his wife and some old people in the village know.

Not long after, the smell of rice came, and a middle-aged woman came out of the house with a bowl. This woman with crow's feet and gray hair was Tia, Locke and Leah's mother.

The bowl is just flour cakes and a few corn cobs, but this is also rare and delicious. If it wasn't for a younger brother who has been taking care of the family for the past two years, he (she) may not even be able to eat this.

Tia put the bowl on a wooden stump, and went back to the house to bring out a large bowl of soup. The soup was water that had been boiled with corn cobs. Tia added a few wild vegetables to the water, so that the soup contained corn. Sweet, with the fresh vegetable flavor of wild vegetables. A simple dinner is the norm for the vast majority of civilians in this world.

The three of them sat around the wooden pier with small benches and started dinner. Although Kaiduoqi was affiliated to the south, the north wind blew in the late autumn, and the three of them couldn't help shivering. In the low temperature environment, several people accelerated the progress of the meal.

It's not that I don't want to eat in the house, but the log house of Locke's family is only a small 20 square meters. This small space is divided into three parts, one is the kitchen, one is the room of old Locke and Tia, and one is Leah and Locke's. In the room, except for the stove and two beds, there is not even any extra furniture. The meals of the Locke family or some handicraft work done by Tia and Leah are all sitting on the table.

Finished in the yard outside the house.

Not only the Locke family, but the vast majority of people in the small village of Maple Leaf Village. Standing in the room is too crowded, let alone sitting around to eat.

At the dining table, the three of them ate silently, and the wooden piers sitting around vacated a place, which was once Locke's place. Old Locke's character is honest, and Leah's character follows her mother Tia's. She is also a simple and hard-working woman. When the family gathers to eat together, they always think of the former Locke, so although there is some chat at the dinner table, but not much.

Old Locke grabbed a piece of corn and started nibbling on it. From time to time, he lowered his head and took a sip of the soup. Leah followed her mother Tia, just nibbling at the dough in small bites, very gently.

"The price of food in the town has risen again." Tia said while eating. The Locke family is different from the Hans family next door. He has no young and strong men. The two acres of land in the family depend on the old Locke and her mother. The food they grow is not enough to eat. If you are full, you have to buy food.

"Let's go up as soon as it goes up. No one has any surplus food these days." Old Locke said while eating, "How much is the money that Locke sent back last month?" Old Locke asked.

"Half of the money sent back last month was saved, and the other half was left with 30 copper dels," Tia said.

"Enough, it is estimated that the baron's caravan will be back in the next two days..." Old Locke said nothing, the baron's caravan is back, but there is no guarantee that their children will be able to send money back. After seeing too many young people in the village, they couldn't come back. All they came back was the death compensation and bad news from the baron caravan. They were too afraid to be notified of their child's death one day, and like most of the villagers, they had mixed feelings about the baron's caravan that they both hoped and didn't.

"Don't think about the bad news." Tia knew what her wife was thinking, and she said favorably, "I have saved a lot of the money that Locke sent back in recent years, and I became a team captain last year and sent it back. There is more money, the family is enough, is it time to find a daughter-in-law for Locke?" Tia is very concerned about Locke's marriage, Locke is now 18, and he is too early to get married and have children.

"Well, Locke has been doing well in Lord Baron's army these years. It's time to find him a good wife." Old Locke nodded in agreement. Old Locke agreed with both hands when his wife wanted to find a wife for Locke.

After the meal, Leah and Tia packed up the tableware and chopsticks, while Old Locke hunched over, checked whether the door in the yard was closed, placed the farm tools and other items in the yard, and finally carried the three items from the meal. The small bench went back to the house.

In the late autumn, it was always dark very fast, not only the Locke family, but most of them had already entered the house to sleep at this time.

After finishing the dishes, Leah said hello to her parents and went back to the house. This is a hut with a square of seven or eight square meters. There are only two thin wooden beds and a small cabinet half a meter high. This is not only Leah's wardrobe, but also a box for Leah to put some of her gadgets, such as bunches. Hair scarves, handkerchiefs woven by myself. . . . . .

Leah took off the white silk scarf tied to her hair and carefully placed it in the cabinet. In addition to the white silk scarf in the cabinet, there was also a blue one, all of which Leah bought this year, just because of the younger brother on the front line. A word from the merchant, please. Leah stroked the silk scarf, and she didn't know where her mind went. When she came back to her senses, her face flushed and she put the silk scarf back in place.

Leah was lying on her bed, looking at the empty bed next to her, her heart was empty. She thought of her brother, Locke, that naughty and sensible little boy. Or thinking of when she was a child, when she slept with Locke in her arms, Leah wrapped her arms around a mass of air, thinking of Locke.

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The exam is going to start tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Xiaodou will not be able to resume writing until around the 15th, and he has no manuscript in his hand. Recently, I have been busy with reviewing and have no time to write, so I will start this chapter today. Before the 15th, the beans may be more, but not necessarily, forgive me.

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