Snow falls slowly from the sky. December has entered. There are no more Albaherons in the sky. I have already crossed.
From then on, Allen continued to hunt Albaheron, killing 16 Albaheron. All Albaheron was dismantled and taxed the other day with potatoes.
Tax collection is done by villagers, but not by the village head. As I told the village chief, I handed only magic stones and feathers and feathers. The rumors seemed to have arrived and she was asked if she really caught this.
Currently, about 150 kilograms of meat is being processed into dried meat in the garden. The meat hunted to the beginning is dried up in good condition.
"Is Allen ready?"
"Yes, Gerda"
Today, I go shopping in the village residential area. What I buy is firewood and salt.
There is a lot of firewood in the cold winter. Until now, I had been getting boa meat several times since October, selling some of it and buying firewood, so the firewood was always there. However, Rodin has been severely injured and has not been able to buy firewood for the past two months. The Allen family is likely to run out of firewood.
Salt is likely to run out in the same situation. Firewood isn't sold because lumberjacks cut around the village, but salt is said to be brought in by peddlers. Salt prices can soar because the peddler does not come several times a year. It needs some storage.
Today we are going to teach Gerda how to buy. I don't have anything like a wagon, so I carry my luggage with my backpack. Now I carry about 10 Albaheron one kilogram chunks of meat. Sell this and buy firewood and salt.
It is Teresia waving to Allen who goes out with Gerda. Rodin is next to it.
A month and a half after a serious injury, Rodin has improved a lot. You can now stand and walk, but you have to walk for about two hours to go shopping. Especially on the way back, I have my luggage. Allen goes because he hasn't recovered so far. Rodin no longer says that Allen is going to go shopping, and he lets Gerda go with him.
As for Allen's confession, Gerda's ears are in the ears, but his way of contact has not changed much. He seemed to be somehow not just a person, and seemed to have been accepted in Gerda as usual.
"Is the commoner going to bore hunting since then?"
I've been taking care of the field work, etc., so I can give a more polite tone to my parents.
"Oh? What is it?"
"I'm worried about what happened since then."
It's an hour to the center, so we'll talk. Gerda has a rough and straightforward personality and can teach me anything.
"Yes, ordinary people haven't come from that. The village mayor can't say anything. Well this year we're going to be serfs alone."
"That's right."
"Oh"
(Hmmm, I feel sorry that I don't participate in bore hunting anymore)
"Isn't there a commoner? What is the difference between a serf and a commoner? How can a serf become a commoner?"
This is actually what I wanted to hear.
"Ah, what? Suddenly, hear from Rodin."
"Well, isn't it awkward to ask such a parent?"
It's like asking your parents to teach you how to become a commoner because you want to quit. You will ask the serf's parents. Parents may be shocked. I wanted to know my family had to escape from the serf, but no one could hear.
Gerda will tell you while walking.
The difference between serfs and ordinary people is that taxes are different. Serfs pay 60% tax on both monster harvest and crop harvest. However, ordinary people do not pay 60% tax. Instead, a head tax is charged. The amount is three adult gold coins and one child gold coin. It is said that ordinary people must pay this every year.
(I see, my parents and me and the mash have to pay a head tax, or do they have to pay eight gold coins each year? Because the child will be born next year, then the head tax again Increases)
"That's right. Is there a way to become a commoner?"
"Sure, we need to pay 10 gold coins. There seems to be a story that the lord sometimes treats him as a reward, but I don't know if it's true."
(Well, if that's the case, if you have 10 gold coins regardless of adults or children, the Rodin family would have 50 gold coins)
"Thank you. You shouldn't say that Allen has heard this."
"Don't say that."
Her head is swung around by Gerda.
In the meantime, you will reach a corner of the city where several shops line up. It is a commercial district in the village.
"First, salt. I think you know, but firewood is last. It's heavy."
"Yes"
Enter the store with a Western-style door. Salt and spices are located behind the counter. It is expensive or not available at the storefront.
"Please exchange meat and salt."
Communicate requirements without any negotiations. The owner of a store that responds bluntly to show what meat and how much.
Gerda is not only a guide for Allen, but he is also shopping together today. Put the meat on the counter, saying it's great boa meat. Then the owner uses something like a scale to measure the weight.
"Twelve cups."
"That's fine"
Look at the situation while thinking that the conversation will not be clear. When a small wooden box is given to the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper takes a spoonful of wooden spoons 12 times and puts them in a wooden box scooping from a salty pot. Watch it with Gerda.
"Look, check it."
Gerda shakes the salt in the wooden box lightly to check the contents. Then lick a little salt with your little finger.
"Certainly"
Close the lid of the wooden box, tie it with a string, and put it in your pocket.
Since Gerda is over, Allen exchanges for meat as well.
"It's Albaheron meat."
Put 5 pieces of Albaheron meat on the counter. He was a meat owner that he did not usually hear, so he reacted a little, but he began to silently start measuring. I'm waiting while wondering if I'll refuse.
"10 cups"
"Eh? Is it cheaper than the bore?"
"Ah?
It seems to be together. Because the amount of meat was less than Gerda. So please give me a wooden box. Check the salt in the same way as Gerda. It is tied up with a string, and it will not fit in your pocket, so tie it to your waist.
Next, head to the greengrocer. Here we mainly buy fruits. Wheat, beans, potatoes, etc. are basically bartered between serfs. But no serf grows fruit. Apparently, a merchant brings it from some town or village for sale.
Gerda replaces one piece of dried meat with four guinea pigs. Allen is also replaced with a piece of albaheron meat and four guinea pigs. The owner of this shop was very amiable. We think that it is naughty whether salt correspondence is Shioya.
(Hmm? Is boa meat of rank C and albaheron meat of rank D the same value?)
I thought that the higher the rank, the higher the meat would be, so I brought a lot of Albaheron meat that might be cheaper. It seems to be the same value.
I have never seen pigs and chickens in this village. I think that livestock is not sure. There are only horses in the wagon. When thinking about whether meat alone is valuable, we arrive at the last firewood store.
For the time being, don't forget to write down the location of the store, the attitude of the clerk, 10 cups of salt and 4 moromi berries in the magic book. The next time I go alone. The cold season will last three months. I have to buy firewood for three months, but today I can't bring home for days.
The fire store looks like a person standing in front of the warehouse. You can see the inside from the entrance of the warehouse, but there is a large amount of firewood piled up.
After Gerda exchanges for the boa meat first, he gives him a piece of meat and gets four bundles of firewood. Each bundle weighs about 15 kilograms and is one day's worth of firewood. If you burn all day, you will not have it for one day. You need to save as much as possible during the day.
He wraps four 1 meter long bundles of firewood around his backpack. The owner of the firewood store is also worried, but he is really worried. I can hear the voice saying "Hey!" There are 60 kilograms for four.
After squeezing without worrying, I carry my back and return to the house where Gerda and his family are. Thus, Allen knew how to buy in the village.