The next morning.
As I walk out of my hut. I see the villagers out of their huts and walking on the streets or mending the farms.
"So, it's because of the bandits. Those scums..."
As I move towards the street the first person to come to my view is... that hot lady
"He... Hello miss Betty." I greeted her.
"Oh Rohan, she looks at me and smiles. Have you eaten yet."
"Ummm... glurrr"
I look at her with embarrassment. Unable to speak anything.
"You look hungry come and eat in my hut"
…
As I follow her in the hut. I only have one thought in my mind "This family is so nice"
She gives me a loaf of bread and some water. "Eat it or you will have no energy to work in the farms."
"The farms?" I look at her curiously, do I have a farm? And where is it. I don't have any memory of this body, what do I do.
"Yes, what you don't want to work on the farms today? Young man you should not be lazy"
"No no I uh… yes I will go to the farms"
'The people seem to love this kid very much will they attack me if they know that I am not the owner of this body' I keep my thoughts to myself as I eat the loaf of bread quickly and get out of the hut.
I walk down the streets to the farms. One of the villagers looks at me "Oh young Rohan go on and mend your farm early or you will have to work in the scorching sun."
"Yes yes… I smile at the person as I move ahead"
"Young Rohan where are you going?" Asks the man again?
"Uhh I am going to my farm…"
"But isn't that your farm" he says as he points to the plot of land that is next to his land on the other side of where I was walking.
…
"Uh yes, yes I forgot"
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I go to the piece of land and see that it has some water in it with some sprouts coming out of the mud
'So, what do I do now' I ask myself as I look at the man working in his field.
He was putting out some sprouts out of the mud and throwing them to the side of the field.
'So, I have to throw these sprouts huh I guess this is what I will be doing in this life'
As for my golden finger. It's not that I do not want it. But I tried it last night but it does not seem that I have any golden finger in this life as well.
"I guess I am just that unlucky"
By the time the sun was up on their heads, Balti has thrown away all the weeds from his farm.
"Now its time to get some rest"
He looks at the farm that has a young man working hard and sighs. 'As hardworking as ever, this poor child.'
"Oye Balti lets go get some food" comes the voice of another man from behind him. "Oh yes, Agnes, are you sure you will be able to get more copper coins by the next week"
Agnes is the muscular man. He is a woodcutter. He goes to the forest and cuts wood to sell it to the villagers. This is a fairly lucrative job as the villagers' fear going to the forest because it is full of beasts.
"Humph…" Agnes does not answer Balti's question instead just keeps moving towards the village.
"Oh, wait we should also get Rohan with us"
Agnes paused as he sees a young man working hard in the fields
Agnes and Balti move to the plot of land on which Rohan was working when the find a stack at the side of the plot.
'Wait is that…'
"Rohan what are you doing?" Shouts Balti.
Surprised by the sudden call Rohan looks back to see Balti and Agnes looking at him with stupid looks.
What's wrong with them?
"Hello uncles is there something wrong?" Rohan asks
"Yes, why are you throwing all the plants out of the fields? Asks Balti, completely baffled."
"Ummm… is that not what we were supposed to do?"
"What?"
"I saw uncle doing the same in his field so I also did it."
"You saw me! But I was throwing the weeds why would I throw the wheat when I planted them with so much efforts?"
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This time it was Rohan's turn to be baffled.
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He did not know what to say as two people look at him curiously waiting for some kind of answer. He did not ask anyone before as people would think it is weird that he suddenly forgot about farming so he just did what Balti was doing without taking a careful look.
"Oye you three what are you doing let us go have lunch"
The other villagers come to them and they also see the stack of wheat thrown out.
"What why is there a stack of wheat here?"
"Rohan threw them out of his field"
"What? Why?"
…
Now all the people are looking at Rohan, waiting for an answer but he does not know what to say.
'What the fuck am I supposed to say now.'
"Umm I … uh …"
He closed his eyes and just shouted the first thing that came to his mind. "I didn't know what I was supposed to do, I don't know farming"
'This time I am dead for sure. How could a villager not know how to farm? They will certainly think something is wrong with me?'
"Oh…, so … that's how it is. That … That makes sense. Okay everyone let's go and eat lunch already, I am very hungry, one of the villagers spoke."
"Uh … hmm … yeah that … that makes sense, let's go and eat."
"What?"
!!!
"Whaaaat!"
They believe me!