This is a day in mid-May.

As soon as it was dawn, Pierre took a hoe and got off the ground.

He had been home for a while, and he didn't let his mother and sister do all the farm work in the fields.

Wolf Town is remote and closed, and the war between big men is like a piece of words sent back from a distant country.

The Second Republic, the Military Government, the Battle of Kings and Castles... People here can only hear fragmented news, and it is difficult to tell whether it is true or false.

For farmers who have boring life, a little bit of new things can make them gather together for a long time, let alone big things like war.

But Pierre doesn't care about the lives of the big guys, he just wants to farm and eat.

"This year's cigarettes will not be planted." Pierre thought while weeding: "Fortunately, my father left some winter wheat fields. He planted some things next to him, so this year he should be able to deal with them. I will go to cut some grass in the afternoon, so Scarlett won't have to go to herd cattle and horses."

Compared to riding a horse and dancing a knife, weeding is unfamiliar to Pierre.

The old calluses holding the hilt of the knife cannot protect his hand, but fortunately the new calluses will slowly grow.

Pierre carefully and patiently removed the weeds.

When he first did farm work, he often hoeed the seedlings together.

The former Young Master Mitchell may not care about it, but now Mr Mitchell is extremely distressed.

Because these seedlings were sowed, watered, and filled with sheep manure, each of which had Ellen Mitchell's sweat and wounds on his hands.

The Mitchell Manor was out of employment, and the men either ran away or were arrested.

Pierre's family was small, and only his mother, sister, and a few maids who were too old and young, and an old nanny even needed someone to take care of.

Ellen tied up her hair and rolled up her sleeves. In addition to housework, she also carried the work in the field.

Nobility does not depend on how refined you live when you are rich, but on how tough your backbone is when you are hard.

The farmers in nearby villages also extended a helping hand, sometimes bringing a bundle of hay, sometimes bringing a bucket of wheat, and some people came over quietly to plow several acres of land.

Gillard and Allen helped them without asking for anything, and they did not forget it. It was just that the past Mitchell Manor was missing nothing, so they kept it silently in their hearts.

Ellen opened a vegetable garden, raised chickens, sheep and cattle; she hid all Gerald's baby stallion, and was not discovered by the grain collection team.

With his hard work and the help of his neighbors, Ellen managed the Mitchell Manor very well.

The real estate tax on war levodan was paid in Scarlett's dowry a few days ago.

While working, Pierre thought: "There is now a vegetable garden at home, a cow with calves, four goats and six hens."

The winter wheat planted last fall will be harvested as early as the end of this month, so you will not have to worry about food at the moment.

After harvesting winter wheat, you can put the cows and horses into the wheat fields to fat, and then rush to plant barley.

There are four horses at home. One war horse I brought back, three father's female stallions, and one of them is already pregnant with a foal.

By next year, we will have five horses!"

Although Mitchell Manor was severely damaged, it did not fall down and was still a wealthy family.

Once the scenery is better, the manor will regain its vitality.

"I want to buy a hand-crank grinder! Grind flour. I have to change two more pigs! I will feed the pig grass every day, and I will have meat to eat in winter."

Pierre wiped his forehead and thought enthusiastically: "Two horses are enough to drag the heavy plow. When the land at home is finished, I will go and help the villagers. Those villagers who have helped my mother will repay you. I will save Scarlett's dowry again. I will live and never let my mother and Scarlett go hungry. When my father comes back, he will definitely be surprised."

Farm work is hard, but Pierre is young and strong, and he is not afraid of anything.

The only thing that gave Pierre a headache was his dad's four hounds.

He has no time to hunt and no extra food to feed his dog.

The "head wolf" is gone, and the hunting dogs have to catch voles and rabbits themselves, and they struggle to survive and almost become wild dogs.

"It would be great if Brother Montane was here too." As a deserter, Pierre no longer used the title of army.

Thinking of the last moment of Blood Wolf's life, when he did not fight side by side with Blood Wolf, Pierre's chest was like a big rock pressing on his chest.

"Brother Montane! I will live well!" Pierre shouted at the wilderness, and his nose was sour, "You will praise me too?"

The sound of horse hooves came from the field.

Someone heard his shout and ran towards him.

"Pierre!" The visitor was angry and screamed.

Visitors came to Mitchell Manor, which was a rare thing.

Pierre walked out of the ridge and saw the two riding the bareback Ryrik Angru in front and Samujin in the back.

The two ran to Pierre before slamming the horse.

Angelo rolled over and got off the horse, hurriedly grabbed Pierre's arm: "It's not good!"

"Don't worry." Pierre handed the kettle to Angelou: "Speak slowly."

Angelu gudong drank a big mouthful and shouted: "There are officers coming from the town and they are still bringing soldiers. Samujin saw that officer entered Da Benting's house!"

...

Da Benting is the eldest son of Mr. Benting.

Last year, when delivering goods to Revodan, Benting and his son left the convoy and wanted to return to Wolf Town first.

As a result, he was intercepted by a group of bandits "Masshao Ivan" halfway. Old Benting died, and his eldest son was tortured to half-dead.

As soon as Lao Benting died, his three sons separated the family and his land became smaller and more scattered.

Due to the issue of family property distribution, the three brothers of the Benting family also filed a lawsuit for a while, which made it very unpleasant.

Now, the people of Langzhen call them Da Benting, Er Benting and Xiao Benting.

After Gillard Mitchell was drafted, Big Bentin became the acting mayor.

He, the acting mayor, came very disgraceful.

The news of the tyrants from above spread, and the hired workers planned to hide. They had no permanent property and had their feet on their bodies, so they could go anywhere.

Da Benting gathered all the employees at home and said he wanted to have a banquet.

It is rare to be generous to the stingy boss. The hired workers are without doubt, and they eat and drink happily.

When everyone was almost drunk, Da Benting pushed open the door - the people from the Zhengding Team were waiting outside.

After this incident, Da Benting became the acting mayor of Wolf Town.

He was doing something bad, as if he wanted to take revenge on all the people of Langshen.

When villagers in each village grow vegetables in wastelands in corners, he also has to pay the land payment and pay taxes.

He refused to recognize the public injury pension system established by the officials in Montagne.

The life of the public injured family members became very difficult. Their families lost their labor force and had to pay the taxes and land for the past years.

A widow of a refugee in a wolf disaster was forced to go to the fore and almost committed suicide with her daughter who was learning to speak.

It was Ellen who took the mother and daughter to Mitchell Manor and paid for them to make up for the taxes, which did not lead to a tragedy.

But the more respected the Mitchells are, the more difficult it is for Big Bentin to make them difficult.

When the real estate tax on war was imposed, Big Bentin deliberately priced the land at Mitchell Manor very high.

In desperation, Ellen and Pierre used Scarlett's dowry money.

Scarlett was very sensible and not at all reluctant, which made Pierre even more distressed.

Every night, Pierre climbed onto the bed with his tired body and looked at the saber hanging on the wall, more than once Pierre considered whether to "talk" to Big Benting.

But he held back, he still had his mother, sister, and Mitchell Manor, so he couldn't be impulsive.

Nowadays, people from Langzhen mentioned Da Benting and gritted their teeth.

Big Benting also knew this, and he was also afraid of being shot.

I don't know what he used to do, but Revodan sent eight soldiers for him to drive.

With a team of vicious soldiers relying on them, Da Benting acted more and more scrupulously.

Those eight soldiers were usually sneaking and teasing women, and they were full of hooliganism, which made the town uneasy.

Now, Pierre didn't go to talk to Big Benting, so Big Benting came to him first.

...

"What do they want to do?" Pierre's eyebrows froze: "Do you know?"

Samujin took the lead: "It seems like he is going to catch the strong men again! Those who came with Zheng Ding Ling and Jiaozi might also be here to catch us."

"Hook! Go and notify everyone." Pierre made a quick decision. This is definitely not a matter of one household.

Angelu focused heavily, jumped on his horse and headed towards Dusa Village.

The deserters reunited at Mitchell's mansion. Not only Dusak, but also from the other four villages.

The old believers, the Protestants, and all those who can come are here.

When everyone escaped, each of them led a horse away, so they acted very quickly.
To be continued...