To my frozen hometown

Chapter 108 The Children of the Stars

"Yuan, you came so early today."

On the path among the tribal stone houses, a resident warmly greeted Liu Yuan as he saw Liu Yuan passing by with a basket of stones on his back.

"Ah." Liu Yuan nodded in response, and then continued to walk outside the tribe with the basket of stones as tall as a person on his back.

After a trial day, De Sade finally decided to hire Yanagihara to participate in the work of preparing for the winter.

There is no way, after all, it is not possible to find such a vigorous and active labor force anywhere.

Oh, please don't get me wrong, the meaning here is only to be strong and diligent, and there are no other metaphors.

In short, in the recent period, Liuyuan and Al will temporarily stay in this tribe to help them complete all the affairs before winter, including hunting wild animals, preparing food, building defensive walls and so on.

"Bang bang." Following Liu Yuan's footsteps, the heavy stones behind her collided with each other, making a muffled sound.

The residents looked at this woman who was obviously not strong, walking on the road with a basket of stones about the same height as her back, and wiped their foreheads in shame.

"Yuan's strength is really great."

"Yeah, I heard that she killed a snow wolf when she was hunting yesterday."

"Hiss, so powerful?"

"It should be true. My cousin Scott also participated in the hunt yesterday. He told me that Yuan's marksmanship is very accurate and he didn't miss a shot all day."

"What do you mean you didn't miss?"

"It means killing more than a dozen beasts."

"My mother, this is more powerful than a hunting team."

"Indeed, hey, do you think she is a member of the Central Mercenary Corps? Except for them, I have never seen anyone who does things so well."

"It's possible, and judging by her appearance, she is also a core member."

"Hey! What are you two talking about there? Winter is coming soon. If you don't want to freeze to death, work quickly!"

"I know, I know!"

"Tsk, it's really annoying."

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On the outskirts of the tribe, Liu Yuan was working with the team led by De Sade to build a stone wall to resist wild beasts.

The way to build a stone wall is very simple, that is, to stack relatively matching stones together, then fill the gaps with snow, and finally pour hot water from a thermos on it.

The weather on the ice sheet is now cold enough to quickly freeze ordinary liquids exposed to the outside.

However, De Sade is still very fortunate about this. In his words, the weather this year is much warmer than previous winters.

However, Liu Yuan didn't feel much about the temperature, after all, she couldn't feel the temperature change.

So she just went on with what she was doing and seemed absorbed.

To be honest, this kind of work of stacking objects of different sizes can sometimes give people an inexplicable pleasure.

It's like a game called Tetris that she played when she was a child. Whenever the cubes fit perfectly, it can make people feel a sense of comfort.

(So, you simply like to stack blocks, right?)

Don't worry about Liu Yuan's childish behavior.

On the other side, De Sade was struggling to put a stone on the wall. He didn't have the strength of Liuyuan, and he could treat work as a game.

Suddenly, perhaps noticing something, he looked at the three figures who were sneaking in from outside the stone wall.

"Jasmine! Joel! York! You three stop!" De Sade yelled sternly.

The three figures who were planning to sneak into the tribe immediately stopped in place.

Liu Yuan glanced sideways and saw their appearance clearly. These should be three young children, all around seventeen or eighteen years old.

"How many times have I told you that this is an extraordinary time, don't run around for me. Is it so difficult for you to stay in the tribe and help the adults do something?"

While chattering, De Sade frowned and walked towards the three small-looking boys and girls.

"Dad, we are doing something right now. How many times do I have to say it before you understand that we are doing something meaningful to all mankind."

Listening to her father's nagging, Jasmine turned her head back in dissatisfaction.

Then, before De Sade could react, she turned around and yelled at the other two teenagers named Joel and York.

"run!"

After the words fell, the three little guys who had a tacit understanding ran away in three different directions at the same time, so that De Sade could only shout angrily behind them.

"You guys! Stop it for me! Damn it, can't you save me some time!?"

But this obviously didn't make any sense, and the three children ran into the tribe in no time.

Knowing that he could no longer catch up with these three little things, De Sade sighed helplessly, walked back to the stone wall, and buried himself in his work.

"Are they all your children?"

Liu Yuan stood aside and asked curiously.

"No, only the youngest girl is my child. The other two boys are orphans in the tribe. Their parents died in one winter."

As De Sade said, there was a hint of nostalgia and sentimentality in his eyes that was not obvious.

Liu Yuan tactfully did not mention these past events, but continued as if chatting.

"Looks like three naughty little guys."

"Yeah, it would be great if they were half as well-behaved as your sister." De Sade shook his head with a smile, moved the stone and looked in the direction where the three children were leaving, and raised his brow helplessly .

Yeah, I think it would be nice for Al to be half as lively as them.

Liu Yuan shrugged his shoulders plainly, placed a stone on the stone wall again, wiped off two handfuls of snow, and poured some hot water on it.

"By the way, what are they talking about that is meaningful to all mankind?"

Perhaps because of boredom, Liu Yuan asked casually.

"Who knows, you can believe what the child says? It's just that Jasmine keeps talking about it every day, saying that Joel and York are going to live on the stars."

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(End of this chapter)