When I woke up in a daze, I realized that I was still lying on the desk.
When I was still in college, in order to earn living expenses and tuition fees, I went back to the construction site to work part-time at night. Then, after I finished my part-time job, it was usually around 10 o'clock in the evening. When I returned to the rented apartment, I would review the course content during the day on the desk before 12 o'clock, and complete some tasks and homework assigned by the teacher.
Because the part-time job at night is too energy-intensive, I often fall asleep on the desk while reviewing or completing homework. It wasn't until the next day when I was woken up by the alarm clock that I realized that I was lying on the desk and fell asleep again.
It may be for this reason that my desire to go to sleep is more likely to come from my desk than to get out of bed.
I straightened up and squinted at the sunlight pouring in from the window. Then I found two loaves of white bread and a plate of jam, and some bacon, on the adjacent refreshment table.
At this point, my stomach rumbles just in time to remind me that I didn't eat dinner last night.
"Who will leave it for me?"
This was my first reaction when I saw these foods. Because when I was in college, in order to be able to balance my studies and part-time jobs, I seldom had social relations with others, so it was almost impossible for anyone to consider me and prepare some food or things for me.
So, when I saw these foods, something touched my heart.
"Could it be Alicia?"
When I thought of Alicia's beautiful face that always maintained a nonchalant expression, I began to question the correctness of my guess.
I shook my head, pushing the thought out of my head. Then I walked to the refreshment table, and I broke the already cold white bread in half, sandwiched the bacon dipped in jam between the two pieces of white bread, and stuffed this different world hamburger into my mouth, chewing hard.
Maybe my eating looks a little strange or rough to others? However, this is the habit of my itinerary when I was in college.
Because time is very precious to me, I need to save time for other things as much as possible, and then save the time saved for study and part-time jobs.
Then, I picked up the water glass on the table, took a big sip of water, and slapped my chest hard, so that the food blocked in the esophagus could enter my stomach as soon as possible.
After swallowing all the food, I exhale forcefully as a closing ceremony after eating breakfast.
"In fact, I would prefer to be able to heat these foods before eating. However, my body is very adapted to cold food."
Maybe something to do with medieval eating habits? I thought subconsciously.
"Master Aaron, it's time for breakfast."
At this time, Alicia's voice sounded outside the door.
"coming."
I walked quickly to the door and opened it.
"Master, did you wake up so early?"
With that said, Alicia glanced at Aaron's room, and after realizing that the food on the table was almost gone, Alicia looked at the corner of Aaron's mouth again.
Alicia smiled slightly when she spotted jam sticking to the corner of Aaron's mouth.
"Is there anything to be happy about?"
"No, master. It's not a good habit to drink so early."
At Alicia's words, I lost interest in asking her if she brought dinner to my room.
"I'm here to work and make money, do you understand? Don't be biased, have more trust, okay?"
"Then where are you going now?"
"Take me to the administrator of the manor."
With that said, I put a complete drawing on the table
Alicia, who was instructed, asked me why I did this, but immediately carried out my instruction. I have to admit that Alicia is undoubtedly very qualified as a knight.
In my opinion, it is precisely because she has the character and virtues of a knight that she becomes the protagonist of the hero knight in the novel.
Soon, we came to the location of the chief executive, and he seemed to be still awake at this time.
I didn't understand his mood, but expressed my intention of coming:
"The yellow soil next to the river on the west side of the territory, I hope you can send someone to help me fill the soil with about two wine barrels, and then send it to the open space behind the tavern."
"What? Why are you doing this?"
"Because I'm going to use the soil as a material for the foundation of the house. How long will it take to finish?"
"It will take about 2 to 3 hours?"
The chief executive, who had never heard of such a request, subconsciously thought about the time required for this workload.
"Okay, sorry to trouble you."
"Oh, yes, master."
The chief executive, whose head hadn't completely withdrawn from sleep, subconsciously agreed to Aaron's request because Aaron's instructions were decisive and clear.
After Aaron and Alicia turned and left. The CE realized the strangeness:
"Why is Master Aaron's request not to get wine from the wine cellar, nor to let the young maid go to his room at night, but to ask him to shovel the earth?"
Thinking of this, the chief executive looked at the place where Aaron left with strange eyes.
"Do you need to explain this strange situation to Baron Albert?"
The chief executive who thought for a while shook his head and gave up the idea. Because Master Aaron's request is not too much, and because of the debt situation, there are indeed many servants in the manor who are in a state of idleness.
If he told the Baron, and Master Aaron would find himself in trouble because of this, then his life would not be easy in the future.
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A few hours later, the chief executive completed the task Aaron ordered, so the open space behind the tavern was except for the wood and shovel placed yesterday. It is two large wine barrels filled with loess.
After seeing that the building materials were basically ready, I took off the jacket that affected my movement, and only wore a white shirt. Then I took up the leather gloves and picked up the shovel from the ground.
Then, I took out the drawings in my pants pocket. Then look at the drawing, then at the open space in front of you, and repeat this several times. The purpose of doing this is to confirm the area and proportion of the house drawn on the drawing and the open space.
"Master, what are you going to do next?"
Alicia next to me saw my movements, and her tone was full of curiosity.
Regarding Alicia's inquiry, I suddenly thought, if I tell my plan, maybe Alicia can change her impression of me?
"It's like this," I pointed the shovel in my hand to the center of the open space, "the first step is to make a shallow foundation type foundation. To make the foundation, you need to use the yellow soil in those wine barrels, because the insulation of the soil The effect is better, so it is very suitable as the foundation of the floor heating house."
Then, I pointed the shovel at the piled wood on the other side. Alicia followed my shovel and looked at the wood.
"The second step is to build the frame of the house. We need to use these woods to form the shape of the house. Then, we need to make some wooden boards, and then stick the wooden boards to the frame of the house with something sticky."
"In the third step, we need to find something with water insulation and good thermal conductivity, and make it into the shape of a pipe. Lay it under the floor of the house. Then connect the boiler for boiling water to these pipes. The hot water flows smoothly. With the pipes, the heat will be conducted to the floor, so that the room will become warmer!"
Having said that, I began to look forward to my final work, as well as the expression of surprise and joy of the tavern owner.
Alicia was silent for a moment after hearing my plan, and then said softly:
"Where did the young master learn this?"
"College of course...I taught myself from books. I like to read while I drink."
Realizing that I was giving away the truth, I hastened to find an excuse.
"But, the young master has never touched the books in the study..."
I grabbed the shovel and ran to the middle of the clearing and started shoveling. Seeing that I didn't intend to answer, Alicia didn't ask. Instead, I looked at my working figure and fell into deep thought.
I used a shovel to shovel out the soil in the open space, and then filled the dug space with the loess from the big wine barrel little by little.
When I was working part-time, I started pouring the soil in one at a time, and then flattened the mounds. However, experienced colleagues told me that doing so will only make the surface of the foundation look strong, but the inside of the foundation is still loose.
If a building is built on such a foundation, it is likely to have serious problems with the building leaning or collapsing after a few years.
Therefore, building the foundation requires a lot of patience. Repeatedly shovel out the soil, and then pour in the loess as the filling material little by little, and then pour it in after it is compacted. Work like this repeatedly.