[Chapter 38 David’s Notes]

David was very confident in his judgment, but he had no idea when Will Turner would come back.

After dinner, he did not stay there and wait foolishly. After packing up and starting his usual practice and study, David also fell asleep. David

felt a little tired from traveling back and forth between Winter Village and Iron Tree Castle, and thinking about how to develop his village every day, so he slept very deeply that night.

Nothing happened all night, and when he opened his eyes, it was already bright.

Lying on his bed, staring at the empty roof for a while, David got up, dressed, washed, and prepared to start this new day.

When he opened the door, the Winter Village, which was very peaceful and quiet some time ago, was now a scene of bustling activity. Those who followed David to the village yesterday were now busy with various tasks.

The men had already chosen the location of their homes and began to work together to dig shallow pits as the foundation of the houses; the women were not idle either, using treated wood to build chicken coops and cattle pens. With Mark running back and forth in the village to answer various questions and Fording carrying wood from time to time, the entire Winter Village became a lively construction site, with busy workers everywhere.

“Are you up?” Laura appeared out of nowhere. Judging from the things in her hands and the backpack behind her, she should have just come from her home: “Your breakfast is on the table! It may have cooled down, so you can heat it up yourself!”

After saying that, she returned to her wooden house, and then quickly walked out and walked out of the village.

“What are you doing?”

Hearing David’s question, Laura stopped: “I told you before, right? I have some things to do over there, and I am preparing to leave soon. This is the preparation before departure.”

After saying that, she didn’t care whether David understood or not, and hurriedly ran out of the village again, and soon turned into a shadow and disappeared.

David walked to the table, took up the cover on the table, saw his breakfast, tested it and found it was still warm, so he sat down directly, facing the busy crowd, eating breakfast while enjoying the busy scene.

“Huh? You’re up!” Mark turned around, mainly to remind these new villagers where they can’t build houses, because that area has been spotted by him and is ready to be used as farmland for further reclamation, and building wooden houses must avoid these places.

By the way, he took Squirtle to spray some water on his farmland and check the growth of crops. After confirming that there is nothing wrong, he will go to the Mars base to check the potatoes there.

“Did everyone get up so early?”

“Because there is something to do?” Mark poured himself a large glass of water, sat down next to David, and watched the busy farmers together: “This scene has an inexplicable appeal.”

“Yes!” With David’s eyes, even if he was sitting here, he could clearly see the smiles on the faces of those farmers, including Samantha, whose name he only learned after asking in person not long ago, that is, Conn’s mother. At this time, they all looked forward to the new life: “Seeing that everyone is busy, I also want to find something to do.”

“I’m afraid there is nothing for you to do for the time being.” Mark thought carefully. As the village chief, David has done what he needs to do most at the moment.

“Really?”

“Then tell me, what do you need to do now?” Mark was also very curious about what David was going to do next?

“Now that you mention it, I really can’t think of what it should be?” The village has been established; he has also obtained the official appointment document of the Kingdom of Tilan. Due to the special situation of the pioneering team establishing the village, he can barely be regarded as a small lord in a remote countryside.

With suitable high-yield crops, there is enough prey around Winter Village, and the Winter River is rich in aquatic products. In addition, eggs and meat can be continuously raised and continuously supplied. Food is quite sufficient for this village of more than a dozen people.

The accommodation is currently being solved. Although they are just wooden houses, we should first solve the problem of whether there are houses or not, and then consider whether we can live better and more comfortably.

Even the blacksmith that I always think about now has a clue – it depends on when the little blacksmith Will Turner will come again.

Everything is on the right track. At first glance, it seems that there is really nothing for David to worry about. Next, he just needs to develop the village step by step.

What should I do next? Or what can I do? David needs to think about it!

After thinking carefully for a while, looking at the empty dishes in front of him, David got up and cleaned up. When he came back, Mark had left. There was no sign of him around. Maybe he went back to Mars?

Walking along the road that was barely the main road, facing the door, David quickly visited the new Winter Village:

David, Laura, Fording and Mark’s wooden houses were located on the easternmost side of the village, facing the main road in pairs, and the square table where they ate together was located in front of David’s wooden house, which was the eastern edge of the entire village.

Walking along the road to the west, a little distance away from Mark’s wooden house was Addis’s wooden house, and another distance away was the large wooden house that served as a warehouse.

Opposite the warehouse was another temporary wooden house that had not yet been demolished, which was the house where the farmers currently lived. At the same time, the location where the farmers chose to build their new home was located on the north side of this large wooden house. As for

the farmland opened up by Mark, it was located on the west side of the large wooden house, and according to his plan, it would extend all the way to the west in the direction of the Winter River.

This is the current Winter Village. Including the houses, cattle sheds, and chicken coops that have just been built, there are not many buildings in total. Standing anywhere in the village, you can see the situation of the whole village. If

nothing unexpected happens, when the farmers build their own houses, the temporary wooden house will be demolished, and the large wooden house that serves as a kitchen, blacksmith shop, and warehouse will also be demolished sooner or later – the warehouse will be rebuilt with a better one, and the functions of the kitchen and blacksmith shop will be separated separately.

What other plans can be made?

David immediately thought that it seemed that a public toilet should be built at the outermost edge of the village to ensure the public health of the village and store fertilizer.

“Should I take a notebook to write it down?”

After a circle, David returned to his wooden house, took out a brand new notebook, and drew the general situation of Winter Village on it.

“Public toilet…” With the rough map, his thoughts became much clearer: “We have to dig a well.” There were

few people living in the village before, and it was troublesome to go to the river to fetch water, but with fewer people, the water consumption was not so fast, so it was acceptable to be farther away.

There are about 20 people living in the village now. It is a bit troublesome to run so far to the river to fetch water, so a well must be dug. Even if there is no groundwater, water must be brought from the Winter River.

“Why not build a water pipe?”

David, with a wild imagination, considered the possibility of laying a water pipe. In addition, he was also dissatisfied with the dirt roads in the village. Even if asphalt roads could not be laid, at least gravel roads should be built, right? Not only can it make the village more hygienic and reduce flying dust, but more importantly, it looks more beautiful and clean. He

thought and wrote at the same time, and found that there were many things he wanted to do. If the initial construction could be completed according to his idea, Winter Village would be a small town, and the infrastructure would be much better than other small towns in the Kingdom of Tiran.

“It seems that it will take a lot of time and effort to make all of them come true.”

David looked at the various projects he listed again, and drew a circle on the public toilet, well, and garbage dump. These are the next work goals. Among them, toilets and wells are the most priority facilities to be built. The garbage dump is relatively simple. Just dig a fixed pit for throwing things.

After closing the notebook, David thought about it, and did not get up immediately to build a toilet or dig a well. Instead, he went back to the house and took out a new notebook.

This time, he listed the names of Laura Croft, Tirion Fording, and Mark Watney.

Each person occupied a separate page, and then David thought about it and wrote down all the information he could remember on the corresponding page.

For example, on Laura Croft’s page, it was written that she had knowledge of ancient civilizations of many countries, was proficient in multiple languages, was proficient in the use of weapons such as bows and firearms, and was good at climbing, etc. On

Tirion Fording’s page, it was marked with information such as a priest of the Church of the Holy Light, the first generation of paladins, one of the strongest users of the Holy Light, and the lord of Hearthglen.

David sorted out the information in the order of coming to Winter Village in order to determine what “rewards” he could get. For example, the language and archery on Laura’s page, and the holy light on Fording’s page, etc., have all become his talents.

In the information recorded on Mark Watney’s page, he marked potatoes and put a question mark after fertile soil.

The last one listed was Squirtle.

Looking at Squirtle, who was sitting next to him, drinking water from a cup and looking at him with his cute big eyes from time to time, David didn’t know what he would get from this guy?

He had secretly experimented, and he couldn’t spray a lot of water from his mouth like Squirtle did; and he just went around the village, and there was nothing new in the village like potatoes grew after Mark appeared.

Is it because his relationship with Squirtle is not good enough, so he hasn’t received the reward yet?

After writing down the information he thought of, David hesitated and finally only wrote Will Turner’s name and drew a question mark at the end.

Whether this little blacksmith can become the blacksmith of Winter Village has not been finalized. It would be too depressing to write a lot of things now and find out that nothing can be obtained in the end.

David tore off a few pages full of words and burned them all to ashes with the holy fire. Suddenly, David thought: “If two really appear together, does it mean that there is a new person coming?”

(End of this chapter)