Glory Riding and Cutting

"Hey, who is it?

After coughing a few times, an old and weak voice said.

"Old John, the Lord Knight from the city is here to bring you gifts!"

The person who spoke was the current village head of this village. He was elected by the villagers after the previous village head was dispatched for corruption. He is still very young, in his thirties, hardworking and hardworking on weekdays, and has a good relationship with the villagers. good.

Ronan did not reveal his real identity, because he was afraid of scaring them, so he only said that he was a knight sent over. He was wearing a helmet. Nan's portraits and sculptures, so I really don't know him.

"Really? Here we come! Cough cough."

After waiting for a minute, the dangling door was barely opened, revealing the face of an old woman, leaning on crutches, and tremblingly opened the door for Ronan.

Ronan could see that her lips were blue and purple from the cold, and her thin and withered body was still trembling slightly. Because of working all year round, her skin was very rough, her face was full of wrinkles, and her eyes were cloudy. It didn't look like she was only fifty How old, it seems to be seventy or eighty years old.

"Master Knight, please don't be offended by the shabby house. Cough cough."

Covering her mouth and coughing a few times, the old woman said weakly.

"I'm so sorry, I have nothing to entertain you."

The old woman stood nervously, looking at Ronan's smooth armor and the weapon around her waist, she was obviously a little scared. At the same time, a weak male voice came from the bed.

Ronan looked over, and there was a brazier in the narrow room, and an old man was lying on the kang next to the brazier, who should be Old John.

"What's up with him?"

Ronan asked, the old woman coughed and couldn't speak, and the village head had to answer instead:

"Old John fell ill. This winter is too cold. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to survive."

"No, I'm here for this!"

Ronan patted the villager on the shoulder, shook his head and said, then took out two bottles of medicine from his arms.

"This medicine can cure wind and cold, so let's make it up first!"

One was handed to the old woman, and the other Ronan went to the kang to persuade Old John to help him drink it.

"Thank you sir, I feel much better!"

After pouring down a bottle of diluted eau-de-vie, Old John's complexion improved significantly, and his speech became stronger. The same was true for the old woman. Her lips returned to their normal color, and her body no longer shivered from the cold.

"Bring over all the clothes and quilts!"

Ronan said to the soldiers behind him, and ordered them to bring all the condolences.

The thick down jacket was directly put on the old woman, which made her warmer immediately, and then the thin and worn-out quilt covered by old John was replaced with a warm and thick quilt, which was also spread on the cold kang. Put on a warm blanket.

Then there were boxes that were brought in. When I opened it, I found that there were some easy-to-preserve foods inside.

"The food should be enough for you to survive the winter. If it is not enough, tell the village chief directly and ask him to help solve it."

Ronan just opened the iron pot on the side and took a look. It contained frozen soup and only a few wild vegetables. Eating this every day would definitely not be able to withstand the ruthless winter.

Not only did Ronan bring these, the rest of the winter clothes and food were handed over to the village chief, who asked him to distribute them to other needy villagers in the village.

"These are the pensions that belonged to your sons that you were embezzled before, and now they are returned to you!"

Ronan took out a money bag and put it on the table. All three of his sons died in battle before the Rongxia Empire. The pension is actually less than the current standard of the Rongxia Empire, but Ronan still pays according to the current standard. The standard came, and it gave a little more.

"My lord, thank you very much for giving us food, clothes, and precious potions so that we can survive this winter, but my lord, you should take back the money.

The two of us have no children, and half of our bodies are buried in the soil. It is impossible to live in the village immediately in this life, and we can’t spend the money. You should take it back and use it in more important places. I can receive it from you Given these things, we are already very satisfied! "

Looking at the bulging money bag on the table, the two old men glanced at each other, and then Old John said to Ronan.

Ronan was silent for a while, which made the two old people a little nervous, and then Ronan said slowly:

"Okay, it's my lack of consideration, what you need is not this money.

Your house is too broken, and you are very old, it is very difficult to farm, so I decided.

Village head, I'll give you the money. You can find some strong people in the village and ask them to help Old John rebuild a house. Don't be fooled, you understand? "

"Yes, Lord Knight, I understand!"

The village chief carefully tied the coins that Ronan handed him.

"The money is also here with you. Expand the yard for Old John, and build two cow pens, two pig pens, and a few chicken sheds. I will let the soldiers send some livestock over later. You are hiring a capable man." The villagers, help old John to support."

Ronan took out another handful of coins and handed them to the village chief, then handed the rest to Old John and said:

"You keep the rest as spares. I will ask my subordinates to choose a dog and send it to you later, so that you two can have a companion too!"

"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"

The old couple cried bitterly with gratitude, and could only kowtow to Ronan and thank him incoherently. Ronan looked a little sad, and helped the two old people up and said:

"Okay, old man, I am also following orders, if you want to thank you, please thank Your Majesty!

Village chief, you have to implement what I said as soon as possible, and don't cut corners. I will leave a soldier to watch you.

Let's go, let the two old people have a good rest, you are taking me to the village to see! "

After finishing speaking, Ronan led the village chief out of Old John's dilapidated house and walked towards the village. On the way, seeing the village chief's hesitation, Ronan smiled secretly and said:

"Speak up if you have something to say!"

"Well, you are such an adult, you should know that our cultivated land is halfway up the mountain, and there are many forests beside it, not to mention the mountains, there are many wild beasts.

The adults called agricultural experts sent by His Majesty this year helped us build some things called greenhouses on the cultivated land, and taught us to use those greenhouses to grow vegetables in winter.

Originally, these were good things, but the bad thing is that those vegetables attracted many wild animals. Now several greenhouses have been dug out by those animals to steal vegetables and eat them.

We are really helpless, so we want to take this opportunity to ask you for help. "

The village chief said with a sad face.