Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 316 Lodging and Running Away

Lieutenant Colonel Manridge arranged a boarding house for Claude at the eastern end of the village, a little far from the military academy, which took about 15 minutes to walk. But Lieutenant Colonel Manridge said the military academy could equip Claude with a golden horse as a stepping stone. As for the three golden horses that the Claude three had originally ridden, they had been acquired by the military academy at a uniform market price, which also saved Claude from having to take care of his riding.

The Ranger Corps being formed is a mobile armed force, a rapid reaction force, so every officer and soldier needs to be able to ride together. It was only when trained students arrived at the military academy that the academy found that at least half of them did not ride horses. Therefore, the riding course was temporarily added to the curriculum, and before a batch of horses had been allocated above, it was imperative to urgently gather a batch of health horses for students to practice riding.

So the three rides that the Claudes brought in became the target of Lieutenant Colonel Manridge's acquisition, and at the same time gave him an idea. Students who report to the military school are either riding in a carriage or horseback. All they need to do is acquire the rides from the students. There is no need to go to Wang Du to negotiate with the horse traders who took advantage of the opportunity to increase the price. Lieutenant Colonel Manridge perfectly accomplished the mount acquisition task, even saving a lot more money than anticipated.

“This is where the officer is staying.” Colonel Manrich, who brought Claude here, said how many lieutenants Ronco, the newly appointed deputy. He pointed to the house, the largest that Claude had ever seen in the village, with a two-story building of stone wood in L-shape, long rows of four rooms, and two suites on the short side. There is also a large courtyard in front of the building with wells and livestock sheds in the courtyard.

“Is this the home of the face of the village of Calebon?” Claude asked.

“I suppose so, but the village chief wasn't him and chose this place just because they had the best accommodations and extra rooms.” Lieutenant Longko answered with some embarrassment: "I just came by once to check if the room met our requirements and didn't know much about the family. However, the head of the household here is the village chief's father, who is said to have a strange temper. But the village chief says his mother owns the house, and for the rent, the village chief's mother is very welcome to stay with you, sir. ”

“The mayor's father was the head of the household, so the mayor didn't live here?” This relationship seems somewhat complicated.

“The village chief is a disabled veteran with national status. But his father was only a civilian, so he had to split up and live on the other side of the village. He now lives with his father with two younger brothers and a younger sister. The village chief's younger brother now serves in the SS, while his third brother is exempted from military service because of his two older brothers, and is now a partner in a trading house in Wangdu.” Lieutenant Longko did some research.

When they got off the horse, the gate of the courtyard was hidden, and how many lieutenants of Longko reached out and pushed away: "Is anybody there? ”

Soon four people appeared in the courtyard, three women and one man, a tall old man in his sixties, with a face on his board, the color of the gods did not seem very good, and there was a little dust on his semi-white beard. Claude could see clearly that the old man was drilled out of a livestock shed.

Another fat lady in her fifties had an apron on her and she was supposed to be burning something in the kitchen, smelling like smoke and oil. However, she was very enthusiastic and came up with a smile to greet her: "Sir, here you are. This is the officer who is staying here. He looks so young...”

Lieutenant Longko nodded and introduced Claude, pointing first to the old man: “This is Mr. Zasilak, the head of the family. This is Mrs. Zacilac, Ms. Natalie. ”

“Hello, Mr. Zahirak, Mrs. Natalie. Nice to meet you. I'm sorry for the inconvenience of living here in the future.” Claude saluted the old couple, casually being polite. I didn't expect him to hear the old man muttering: “Come and live here knowing it's causing us trouble...”

What does this old man mean? He doesn't seem to welcome himself to stay here. Instead, his wife whitewashed his eyes and smiled with enthusiasm: "You're welcome, sir. It's an honor to have you stay at our house. Don't call me" lady ", countryman, I don't know anything. If you don't mind, call me" auntie, "if you need any help. By the way, let me introduce you. This is my second daughter-in-law, Doris, and this is my little daughter, Halbena..."

Claude, this is where we're looking at these two young women standing next to us, two of whom just came down from the second floor. The older should be the second daughter-in-law, who is estimated to be 245 years old. She looks pretty good and can score six or seven points. It just seemed a little feisty, looking at Claude's eyes with a little tease, and deliberately adding a tongue to his mouth.

Reminds me of Lieutenant Longko's claim that the family's second son served in the Guardianship Corps, it is clear that his wife is a little lonely at home. Perhaps it was because of this daughter-in-law that the head of the family, Old Zahirak, did not welcome Claude.

The younger one is the youngest daughter in the family, about twenty years old, with a clear eyebrow, a figure somewhat like that of her mother, quite full, with a delicate look on her face, with her eyes open to measure Claude.

Claude once again saluted: "Hello, two beautiful ladies. ”

The woman named Doris giggled, “I'm not a lady, you have to call me Lady. ”

Claude looked awkwardly at how many lieutenants Lonco was around, and he didn't know what the family's last name was and what it was called was a big question.

Aunt Natalie helped Claude solve the problem: "Doris, don't be so hard on her young lady, what a lady you are, just call her by name. We in the countryside are called to someone else. Let you be a lady. Look at yourself. Do you look a little like a lady..."

How many Lieutenant Longko coughed twice, interrupting Aunt Natalie's nagging: “Hey, is that Captain Claude's room ready? ”

“We cleaned it up a long time ago, and all the furniture was washed clean, even the doors and windows, until the officer moved in.” Aunt Natalie leads the way with enthusiasm: "You guys come with me. ”

This is the ground floor, the short L-shaped part, which is two suites with separate bathrooms and bathrooms. This makes Claude happy that even if bathing water needs to be called from a well in the yard and then burned down in a tank outside the house, it's troublesome, it's better than showering anywhere else.

“This is where my oldest son lived when he got married, except that they moved out after the family was separated.” Aunt Natalie said, "When my second son and Doris got married, they chose two upstairs, and the one on this floor was always empty, and it would be perfect to rent the officer's place now. ”

Though on the ground floor, there is no feeling of humidity, it is likely that the foundation is moisture-proof when building the house. And there are layers of wooden floors, all made of wooden boards that are not more than 60 centimeters long, but they look warm. In addition, the walls of the house are built of stone and are sturdy and sound insulated.

The only drawback is that the ceiling is not decorated much and is directly lined with rows of large wooden beams with floors on the second floor. Claude couldn't figure out why it wasn't separated, so that dust would fall through the cracks on the floor when someone was walking on the second floor.

But Claude heard from Aunt Natalie that her family now lived on the second floor and understood that nobody cared about this shortcoming without living downstairs, so there was no need to spend money on another ceiling in the downstairs room.

“Well, I'm happy with this room. I'll bring your luggage tonight, and I'll be bothering you from now on.” Claude thanked Aunt Natalie. Lieutenant Longko said that this old man is the head of the household, but his wife is the boss. Once Aunt Natalie has been taken care of, everything will be fine...

“Fine, then the officer will be at our house for dinner at night, right?” Aunt Natalie was kind enough to invite her.

“We don't need this. Our military academy requires a meal in the cafeteria. Also, Aunt Natalie will call me Claude later, don't call me sir, it sounds very productive...” Claude also said politely.

Lieutenant Longko walked up and started discussing with Aunt Natalie Claude's riding here for the night, that is, taking up a seat in a livestock wooden shed, adding a few extra pieces of fodder at night and ending up spending an extra silver taller a month.

At last, it's all settled and the two of them leave. Claude has been staying here since tonight. Now Claude has to go back and pack his bags. Tomorrow the military academy starts, and the playground tent has to be demolished at night and received back into the warehouse.

“The old man didn't seem to welcome me to the lodging.” Claude said.

How many lieutenants of Longko nodded: “Never mind the old man, the old man is a bit old-fashioned and worried that the officer who goes to the lodging will seduce his little daughter and her second son's wife. Didn't you notice that his second son's daughter-in-law looked nasty? It should be very seductive and you'll have a chance later. And his wife wants her little daughter to marry an officer, so that their family can depend..."

Claude laughed, “That's too bad, I just got married less than six months ago, and I'm not interested in my little girl. And my wife is almost three months pregnant, I'm worried about her body..."

“Congratulations.” Lieutenant Longko said with envy, "You've already been a captain at such a young age and won the Knight's Medal. And a wife, soon to be a father. You're a winner in life compared to me! ”

Back at the military academy, Claude was hugged before he could pack his bags.

“Why are you here now?” Claude was embraced by three people: Bellin, Muriel and Diaved. Claude asked angrily: “What's the matter? I thought you were hiding from me, and you didn't even come to my wedding...”

“What, boss, are you married too?” Muried asked surprisingly.

“Hmm? I'm married too... What do you mean, you haven't received my marriage notice? I wrote a letter to you in early August last year asking you to come to my wedding, but none of you came here. I thought you didn't recognize me as the boss...”

“No, boss!” Diavid screamed: “We didn't get your letter because we weren't home so we didn't know you were getting married...”

“You're not even home?” Claude was strange. Didn't both of them say they were going home this time to make a good appearance? Three months of family visit leave are not home, what's the matter with the moth: “What's going on? ”

“Boss, don't blame them, I dragged them both, they didn't come home because of me...” Berklin admitted beside it was all his fault.

“What good have you done?” Claude was curious.

“Boss, Baker's married too.” Muried said: “He and his wife eloped. We didn't come home to help him escape the pursuit of the women...”

The news is more surprising than Berklin's marriage. Claude came and said, “Tell me, what's going on, is it done now? ”

“Boss, do you remember Abyev?” Diavid asked.

“Of course I do.” Claude nodded, this is their best friend and one of Claude's little brothers, the youngest but most joking. Four noble sons joined the army, while Abyev fell into the position of attacking the battle at Wilfgang. A gun came through his left eye and penetrated the back of his head. Fortunately, he died suddenly, without any pain.

“Uncle is a twin, he's a brother, and he has a twin sister.” Muried explained.

Abyev and his twin sisters were illegitimate children, and his father, while acknowledging blood ties, did not give recognition to their family, which is why there is no family word in his name.

This time, Berklin stepped home to visit his family and found that Abyev's sister was being forced by her family to marry a deceased wife, an elderly nobleman in her fifties. Thus, Berlin, courageous enough to escape his marriage with Abyev's sister, remained in a situation where women and noble elders were being hunted down.

With Abyev's sister, Berkelin, who had no choice, ran to the barracks for help and ran into Muriel and Diaved, which was great, and security was finally guaranteed. Muried and Diaved helped to hide Berkelin and Abyev's sister while intimidating and convincing the woman and the noble old man.

The woman spoke well and a broken aristocratic family had not much to lose. Although Abyev had died, his good friends were now full lieutenants in the kingdom, and it would be cost-effective to obtain their friendship and future care with a common woman whom the family did not value much, not to mention a lieutenant in the kingdom. So the conditions they put forward were simple: first, Berlin married Abyev's sister, and second, they took care of the noble old man themselves, and the woman was not responsible.

The problem was that the noble old man was very sexy, and he persuaded Muriel and Diaved, no matter how bittersweet they were, to insist on only two points, the first was that the woman accepted his gift and had to hand it over. As for whether feelings fit him or not, he wants not the love of the Abyev sisters, but her body. The second point is not to bluff about identity. His own nephew is also a colonel of the Logistics and Equipment Department of the Army. What are you young lieutenants doing here?

“And then what?” Claude cares about the ending.

“I can't...” Muriel shrugged: “Words don't convince me, I have to use my fists. The two of us stared at the old man for three days and finally waited for the old man to go out to the pub to find the waitress. When he was out of the house, he was punctured with a stuffy stick, then put a sack on his head, beat him up in the alley behind the tavern, and spent all the money on the old man. Do it like Wang Du's muddled scumbags who rob money, make sure no one else finds out...

Then we took Berklin and Abyev's sister to three counties in the south, searched for the Temple of the Month to marry them, and we made money to buy a house next to Lieutenant Colonel Ledfank's apartment and let them put their homes there. With Lieutenant Colonel Ledfank's wife, even if Berkelin came to the military academy to train, Abyev's sister would be safe and nothing would happen... ”