Reward (Repair)
Amidst the angry glares, Elena pulled the reins, straightened her back, and stood up straight. The knight guarding beside her immediately reached out to hold her arm and helped her down from the horse steadily.
Elena handed the reins to the knight, walked to the front of the herd, and scanned them inch by inch.
"Which calf was injured?" Elena asked.
The calf-herder didn't even dare to raise his head and pointed at the calf beside him: "This one."
Elena squatted down. She was wearing a cycling suit that was convenient for movement today. She looked at the calf for a while, and confirmed that it was a gentle and docile calf. She stretched out her hand.
She first examined the most obvious wound on the calf's leg, then pressed around the wound.
The calf was obedient and didn't struggle.
A bright and gentle white light lit up in Elena's palm. She wiped the white light on the injured part of the calf. The turned-out flesh quickly returned to its original position, the fascia and blood vessels were reconnected, and the calf became a healthy calf again.
Everyone was stunned.
They had never expected that Miss Elena would cast a healing spell without saying a word.
It's not for people, not for nobles, but a healing spell cast on a cow.
"Okay, it's okay." Elena gently touched the calf's head. The calf stretched out its wet tongue to lick her hand, as if to thank her.
Elena untied the grass and vines tied to the calf's legs, looked at them for a few seconds, and then looked at the cowherd: "Not bad, you also know how to use herbs."
The young calf trembled and lay on the ground, his face almost touching the ground: "I know a little."
"Okay, then tell me, if you hadn't met me, how would you have treated Xiao Mau's injury?" Elena asked with interest.
The noble-looking lady was asking him how to treat the calf's injury. The calf's head was dizzy, and he felt like he was soaked in water with nowhere to stand.
Fortunately, the young calf quickly recovered and answered with a slightly nervous stammer: "First, clean the wound with clean water, then use branches, suitable branches, to fix the bone joints, and then..."
Elena listened quietly, without interrupting him or asking him questions midway, and just listened to him finish quietly.
After the young cowherd finished speaking, she said, "Overall, there are no major mistakes. It's just that the ratio of the herbs needs some adjustment."
Elena stood up and glanced at the cattle again: “Where did you learn the skill of raising cattle?”
"My father taught me. My father was the former cowherd of Abang Village, and my father's father was also the former cowherd of Abang Village." The cowherd replied.
"It seems that your family is a full-time cattle breeder." Elena said.
"Yes." The cowherd's voice was a little louder, and it seemed that he had found some confidence.
"Okay, since your family is a full-time cattle farmer, then why are these cows all injured?" Elena's question was like a sharp knife that directly pierced the cowherd's confidence.
The young cowherd suddenly fell to the ground, his body shaking uncontrollably: "Little one, little one..."
"Are you not doing your job well and not conscientious enough?" Elena asked again.
"No, no, I tried my best," the young cowherd immediately denied, trying to defend himself. "It rained too much this year, and the roads were too slippery and muddy. There was too much water in the fields. In order to dig the diversion ditch in time, both man and oxen were used. We had to plow the fields and dig the ditch at the same time, and we overworked the oxen, so the oxen got injured."
"Is there a lot of rain this year?" Elena looked at Neil.
Neil nodded. "There's been a lot more rain this year than the previous two years."
"I see." Elena nodded. "Then you can't be blamed entirely for the cattle being injured. You did your best."
The calf herder felt relieved.
"Now, take us to Abang Village." Elena said.
"Yes, I will obey your will."
The arrival of the lord's successor caused a sensation in the entire Abang village.
The villagers hurriedly cleaned the road, picked up every branch and stone on the ground, and filled the wet mud pits with soil to ensure that the road for the lord's heir to walk on was clean and without stumbling blocks.
The village's owner and his family, the widow and children of former Cavaliers captain Mullen, were also busy cleaning the house, cooking food, and carefully cleaning the precious silver tableware that was locked in a cabinet and rarely taken out once a year.
As a distinguished guest, Elena did not sit and wait for others to serve her. Instead, she rode a horse and walked along the village road.
The village looked quite big, and there seemed to be a lot of fields, but the villagers' houses were very small, broken, and low. Most of the roofs were not even as high as her riding a horse. The villagers' clothes were also very torn and poor, and most of them were barefoot.
This village is very poor, and the income from farming can only barely support their survival.
Elena's beautiful long eyebrows frowned slightly.
After a walk around, Maren's wife and children had already cleaned the house, and Elena stepped into the house.
As soon as one foot steps in, the other foot wants to turn around.
Oh my god, what does this smell mean? It’s so weird.
Elena held her breath, turned around, and walked out: “Let’s eat outside.”
Mullen's widow looked terrified. Was it because they hadn't cleaned it well enough? Was the young lady angry?
But she didn't dare to ask, so she could only lower her head and pinch the corner of her clothes: "Yes, I will follow your will."
Maren's eldest son quickly moved the best chair in the house and placed it in the cleanest place in the yard.
Elena took a look and saw that the chair had obviously been washed, which made her feel a little better.
After Elena sat down, Neil and another knight worked together to move a large square table and placed it in front of her. Then Maren's widow came over with silver cutlery and her daughters came over with dishes.
Bacon, sausages, boiled potatoes, boiled fruit and vegetable soup.
It was a very sumptuous meal.
But Elena had no appetite. After seeing the dark and narrow house and smelling the strange and mixed smells, she didn't want to eat any food cooked in this house at all.
Elena looked at Neil and said, "The dishes were prepared with great care. I will reward them with one silver coin."
One silver coin was a knight's basic monthly salary, far exceeding the value of this meal. However, Elena felt it was appropriate because the head of this family was the former knight captain, a warrior who died protecting the lord. His family deserved higher respect. It was only one silver coin. If she wasn't short of money, she would have wanted to give more. After all, this family was in such a good financial situation...
Elena couldn't help but frown. He was a knight captain, at least a middle or high-level official in the Viscount's Mansion, but his family was even poorer than she thought.
I secretly calculated the number of people in this family. Alas, maybe this is the trouble of having too many children.
"It's your will." Neil was a little surprised by the lady's generosity, but he still took out the purse he had prepared earlier, took out a silver coin from it, and handed it to Maren's widow.
Maren's widow took the silver coin with fear and surprise. It was just one silver coin. The lady actually gave her one silver coin.
It seems that the lady is not angry.
"Thank you for your kindness." She thanked Elena joyfully.
"Have you received Maren's pension?" Elena asked casually.
"Thank you for your generosity. I have received it, a full eight silver coins." Maren's widow said with a smile.
8? Elena raised her eyebrows. She remembered that the pension for the knight captain was 10 silver coins, which was 10 times the knight's basic monthly salary, that is, 10 months' monthly salary. She insisted on giving it. According to the old housekeeper and the treasurer's suggestion, only 6 months' monthly salary would be enough, but she felt it was too little.
Because she made the decision personally, she remembered the number very clearly, which was 10 silver coins.
Why are there 2 less now?
Elena looked at Neil, and there was no expression of abnormality on Neil's face.
They all know it's 8?
So who took the other two?
Elena decided to go back and check to see who dared to embezzle her money.
Let’s keep this in mind for now. The most important thing right now is how to solve the problem of this meal on the table.
"Neil, these dishes are for you. You have worked hard today." Elena decided to shift the blame.
There was obvious surprise on Neil and the knights' faces.
"This, how can this be? These are foods specially prepared for you. We have eaten them. What will you eat, Miss?" Neil was panicked.
Elena raised her finger and pointed at the prey hanging on the warhorse: "I want to eat roasted rabbit meat."
The young lady wanted to eat roasted rabbit, so Neil immediately rolled up his sleeves to kill the rabbit, bleed it, skin it and cut its bones. Maren's widow found the iron axe, Maren's sons brought clean well water, and the other knights piled stones to make a fire in the open space.
After the rabbit was prepared, Neil skewered it on a clean iron grill and roasted it over the fire.
Elena pointed at a knight and asked him to go to her horse and take out a small bag from the hanging bag.
The knight quickly returned with the designated small bag.
Elena asked someone to bring some bowls and put the things in the bag into the bowls according to categories.
These things are seasoning powders and sauces taken from the kitchen of the Viscount's Mansion. Elena had prepared them in advance.
Neil turned the iron pot with one hand and applied seasoning with the other, grilling the rabbit meat.
As the seasoning powder and sauce were brushed onto the rabbit meat layer by layer, waves of fragrance spread out. The mountain breeze blew by, gently wrapping up the fragrance and carrying it to farther places.
Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle! The villagers who were hiding in the distance and dared not get close smelled the fragrance, and their stomachs started growling uncontrollably. They carefully stuck their heads out, their eyes fixed on the rabbit on the campfire.
So, this is the kind of food the lord eats.
It turns out that the lord not only eats meat every day, but also eats meat like this. Oh my God, I don’t know how to describe it, but it’s just very fragrant meat.
The villagers took a deep breath of the fragrance floating in the air. This must be the smell of spices that the troubadours talked about. It was really luxurious. I heard that just a small spoonful of spices was worth the price of a sheep.
You will never be able to eat such meat in your life, but just smelling it is satisfying.
Not only the villagers of Abang Village, but even knights like Neil were staring at the rabbit meat and swallowing their saliva.
I heard that the young lady had learned more recipes outside, and the chef of the Viscount's Mansion was taught many exquisite dishes by the young lady. Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I know that what those people in the kitchen said was not lying. The young lady really knows a lot about food.
The rabbit meat was roasted. Neil carefully cut the rabbit meat, placed it on a plate, and brought it to Elena.
Elena cut off a small piece with her silver knife and fork and put it in her mouth.
Well, the skin is roasted very crispy, but the meat is not hard or dry. Neil's barbecue skills are no worse than the chef of the Viscount's Mansion.
But Elena finished one rabbit leg and stopped eating.
She comes from a time and space with an extremely rich variety of food, and was born in a wealthy family. She actually has very high requirements for food. Although she is not picky about food, according to her scoring criteria, there are not many dishes that can meet the gourmet standards. Most dishes are just above passing, between good, and below gourmet. She has only encountered a few delicacies that she can't stop eating.
Now, according to her grading standards, this roasted rabbit is just passing.
Neil’s cooking skills are good, but he still used too few seasonings, so the taste is too light and not rich enough.
Elena sighed secretly and put down her knife and fork.
Seeing the lady put down her knife and fork, everyone quickly put down their food and forks and waited for the lady's instructions.
Elena took out a handkerchief and wiped the corner of her mouth: “I’m full, you can share the rest.”
Neil and the others' eyes immediately lit up.
The lady rewarded them with food.
The reward was the food that the young lady had used.
The young lady treats them as her true subordinates.
Neil and several knights felt excited and happy.
Just like in another time and space, when a monarch rewards his subjects with food, it is a gift to express closeness. In this world, when a lord rewards his subjects with food, it is also a sign of closeness and trust.
In fact, during this period, the few remaining knights in the Knights' Team were a little uneasy, because the lord they were loyal to, Viscount Elro, had passed away, and the next lord they recognized, Master Joyce, had also passed away. Now, they had no idea who the only direct heir of the Field family was, Miss Elena.
They don't understand Miss Elena's preferences.
They didn't understand Miss Elena's character.
What should they do if Miss Elena takes her anger out on the knights because of the death of her father and brother?
Even if Miss Elena didn't do anything to them and just didn't trust them, their future would be dark.
So this time when Miss Elena went out for inspection, all of them went out and tried their best to protect her along the way, for fear that she would be dissatisfied with them.
Now, the lady rewarded them with food.
The lady still trusts them.
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