Chapter 34: Locke

In the territory of the Kingdom of Forstan, Del Province, Kadoch Qiling, Maple Leaf Village, a young woman with a white hairband is washing and washing clothes by the river.
Although it was late autumn, Kaiduoqi belonged to the south, and the temperature was not too cold, so the woman was still washing clothes at this time, and it was reasonable. Although her hands have been frozen to white.
"Lia ~ Tia called you home to eat ~" In the far village entrance, a middle-aged woman with a hijab shouted towards here.
"I see~ Aunt Mary~" The woman responded, quickly put away the washed clothes, and put aside the unwashed clothes, preparing to come over and wash them tomorrow.
After the woman packed up, she discovered that Aunt Mary was still waiting for her at the entrance of the village.
"Aunt Mary, let's go." The woman carried a tub of clothes in one hand and took Aunt Mary's arm in one hand.
"Hey, Tia really has a good daughter, I really envy." Aunt Mary exclaimed.
"Aunt Mary, Hank and they are not bad. This year, Tian would also like to thank your family for their help." The woman said.
"These little boys, besides giving the old lady a few more mouths to eat, what other skills are there!" Aunt Mary has always been so spicy.
"Hehe~" The woman covered her mouth and chuckled.
"To say that our village is still your brother's most productive, only a few years have been the captain of the squad, after that it will have it?" Aunt Mary praised.
Xu was thinking of his younger brother who hadn’t seen him for a few years. The woman Chen Mo smiled for a moment, and then smiled, "Hans is also very good. The third-class soldiers, everyone in the village also praised it."
"That kid doesn't have to rely on your younger brother. Locke thinks this kid is smart." Aunt Mary listened to the woman praised her son and was very happy.
The two walked together in the village, and the villagers passing by were very enthusiastic in taking care of them. Most of the parents and elderly in the village, most of the young and middle-aged men have not joined the army.
After walking to a yard west of the village, Aunt Mary chatted with the woman a few words, and left. Their house was next door, not far away.
The woman waved her hand, and after seeing Aunt Mary into her yard, she also pushed the door into the house. The door is just an ordinary Caimen, but it looks quite new, it should be just recently repaired.
"Mother, I am back." the woman shouted.
The woman is Leah, Locke’s sister, and this courtyard is where Locke lived for 14 years.
"Oh, my daughter is back." An old man with gray hair squatted on a wooden pier in the yard, smoking a dry cigarette and saying hello. This is the father of old Rock, Rock and Leah.
Civilians do not have surnames, only names, such as Locke and Xia Qian. In some low-education families, when there is only one boy, the child will inherit his father's name. For example, Locke inherits his father's name. The villagers he knows call them both, Old Locke and Little Locke.
Of course, Locke is already a young man now, and his status is not low. Everyone will not call him Little Locke, but call him Locke.
Nobles are different. Each noble has its own surname, family, and emblem. These three are important criteria for judging the power of the nobility. Outsiders generally call the surname of the nobility. For example, Kaiduoqi is a surname, and the surname represents the face of the nobility. Among the nobility, only the head of the nobility is eligible to be honored as the surname.
For example, there is only one Baron Kedoch. Although Master Sauron also surnamed Kedok, others only call him Sauron.
"Father, how many times have you said, don't always smoke!" Leah is a sensible, well-behaved girl, but only in the matter of his father likes to smoke dry tobacco, Leah always disagrees with his father.
"Cough... Anyway, I haven't lived for a few years, and I have been addicted before death." Old Locke coughed twice, extinguished his rifle, and tied it to his back. He still heard what his daughter said.
Leah put her clothes and tub back in the house, moved out a small stool, sat behind Old Locke, and knocked Old Locke back.
"It's still a good daughter~" Lao Luo stretched out, lamenting comfortably. Old Locke believes that the two most successful things he has done in his life are the adoption of his sister’s daughter and the birth of Locke’s good son. Of course 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. A middle-aged woman came out of the house holding a bowl. The eyes were covered with crow's feet and the woman with gray hair was the mother of Tia, Locke and Leah.
The bowl is just bread and a few corn cobs, but this is also very delicious. If there is a younger brother who has been taking care of the family for the past two years, he or she may not be able to eat it.
Tia put the bowl on a wooden pier and returned to the house to bring out a large bowl of soup. The soup was water from the corn cob. Tia added a few more wild vegetables to the water to make the bowl of corn Sweet, fresh vegetable flavor of wild vegetables. A simple dinner is the norm of most civilians in this world.
The three sat around the wooden pier with a small bench and started dinner. Although Kaiduoqi led to the south, in the late autumn, when the north wind blew, the three of them could not help but shuddered. 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 Locke’s wooden house is only a small 20 square meters. This small space is also divided into three parts, a kitchen, an old Rock and Tiya room, and a Leah and Locke’s. In the room, apart from the stove and two beds, there is no extra furniture. The meals of the Rock family or some manual work done by Tia and Leah are all done in the yard outside.
Not only the Locke family, but in the small village of Maple Leaf Village, most people are like this. Standing in the room is too crowded, let alone sitting around and eating.
On the dining table, the three of them ate their meals silently, and the wooden pier around them vacated a position, which was once the position of Locke. Old Rock is honest in character, and Leah's character follows her mother Tia, and is also a simple woman with no complaints. The family gathers together to eat and always remembers the former Locke, so although there are small chats on the dinner table, there are not many.
Old Locke grabbed a corn and began to nibble. From time to time, he bowed his head to drink a soup. Leah followed her mother, Tia, just biting the noodle cake, very softly.
"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 does not have a young man. The two acres of the family rely on the old Locke and her mother. The food grown by them is not enough to eat. They can only guarantee that they will not be hungry. You have to buy food to get full.
"Just go up, no one has any surplus food." Old Locke said while eating, "How much money did Locke send back last month?" Old Locke asked.
"Half of the money sent back last month was saved, and the other half left 30 Cudler." Tia said.
"Enough is enough, I guess the baron's caravan came back in the past two days..." Old Locke didn't speak again, the baron's caravan came back, but it was not guaranteed that their children could send money back. They After seeing too many young people in the village, they couldn't come back, and only the death compensation and bad news of the Baron Caravan came back. They were too scared to receive the notification of the death of their children one day. Like most villagers, they had mixed emotions about the baron caravan who wanted to come and did not come.
"Don't think about the bad news." Tia knew what her wife thought, and she said to the benefit. "I have saved a lot of money that Locke sent back in recent years, plus I was a captain last year. The money is more, 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 has reached the age of getting married and having children.
"Well, Locke has been good in Lord Baron's army these years, and it's time to find a good wife for him." Old Locke nodded and said, for his wife to find a wife for Locke, old Locke agreed with both hands.
After the meal, Leah and Tia packed up their chopsticks, and Old Locke came on his back, checked whether the door in the yard was closed, placed the farm tools and other items in the yard, and finally carried the three The bench returned to the house.
In the late autumn season, it is always dark and fast, not only the Locke family, most people have already entered the house to sleep at this time.
After tidying up the chopsticks, Leah asked her parents well and went back to the house. This is a seven- to eight-square-meter square cabin. Some are only two thin wooden beds and a small cabinet half a meter high. This is not only Leah’s wardrobe, but also Leah’s box for some gadgets, such as bunches. Silk scarf, hand-woven handkerchief...
Leah untied the white scarf tied around her hair and placed it carefully in the cabinet. In addition to this white scarf, there was a cyan color in the cabinet. They were bought by Leah this year, only because of the younger brother at the front. Please quote from the businessman. Leah stroked the scarf, not knowing where she was going. When she recovered, she blushed and put the scarf back in place.
Leah was lying on her bed, looking at the empty bed next to it, her heart was empty. She remembered her brother, Locke, the naughty and sensible boy. Or think of the situation when she was sleeping with Locke in her childhood, Leah's arms were wrapped around, and there was a ball of air, thinking of Locke-
Tomorrow will start the exam again, and Xiaodou can only resume writing when he gets about 15th, and he has not saved the manuscript. Recently, he is very busy reviewing and has no time to write, so I will start this chapter today. Before the 15th, Xiaodou may be more, but not necessarily, forgive me.