After the "Lucky Sailor" left, that night, Ron held the first lord meeting in the captain's cabin of the pirate ship.
The purpose was to assign tasks, clarify each person's responsibilities, and the specific affairs each person was responsible for before the winter arrived.
There were only six people attending the meeting, Ron, Christie, Lir, Naril, Thorin, and Boleyn.
Naril, Thorin, and Boleyn were the three territory residents arranged by the family for him.
Among them, Boleyn was the oldest, already 53 years old. Ron was very worried about whether he could still do the work.
Therefore, when arranging the work, he deliberately assigned him some easy tasks.
Ron himself was, of course, responsible for all affairs, while Christie had to take on the responsibility of the housekeeper, and Lir had to be in charge of the diet.
As for the three wilderness experts, they had to be responsible for the collection of supplies.
Of course, there was one "person" that hadn't been mentioned yet, that was Golden Head, and Ron also assigned responsibilities to it.
Its responsibility was the simplest yet the most difficult, to constantly monitor the movements around the territory and report any danger.
And for the specific affairs next, Ron also made arrangements.
Because the winter here was too cold and was coming soon, therefore, in the early stage, the main work was centered around cold protection and warmth retention.
Ron asked Christie, Lir, and Boleyn to work together to arrange the warmth retention work for the living quarters of several people.
This included laying carpets, setting up stoves, chimneys, wind prevention, fire prevention, and other tasks. This work was very important and related to whether they could pass this winter comfortably.
The most important thing among them was to build a stove. Because there was no floor heating here.
To be precise, there was no such thing as floor heating in this world. Therefore, the stove was the only tool for everyone to keep warm.
Whether a warm and comfortable room could be created relied entirely on it.
And because the rooms here were all wooden, while creating a warm and comfortable environment, the work of fire prevention and heat insulation also had to be done well. Otherwise, if a fire broke out, they could only return to the embrace of nature.
Therefore, Ron instructed in great detail.
After assigning the work to Christie and others, Ron also assigned the specific tasks of Naril and Thorin.
That was to collect firewood. The firewood here wasn't ordinary firewood.
It had to be those dead branches because dead branches didn't have much moisture and wouldn't produce a lot of thick smoke when burning.
This seemed like a simple task, but in fact, it wasn't easy to do.
First of all, the amount of firewood needed to store for the winter was extremely astonishing, and the firewood had to be split and sorted for convenient storage and burning. This was another huge project.
Therefore, when Naril and Thorin knew their tasks, they both had bitter expressions.
In fact, all the people attending the meeting had bitter expressions, including Christie.
Especially Lir. Since the ship landed, because the castle manor she had envisioned wasn't seen, only a vast expanse of virgin forest was in sight. At that time, the suitcase in her hand "slapped" and dropped to the ground in surprise, and her face was filled with despair.
Before she could recover from this shock, she was given a long-term job as a cook without pay. Couldn't she have a bitter expression?
Ron could understand the bitter expressions of the others because they all had a lot of things to do. But Ron couldn't understand why Christie also had a bitter expression. She was the mistress here.
After the meeting ended and returned to the room, Ron asked Christie about this matter, and his tone and expression were very serious.
"Christie, I'm very sad about your performance tonight. Although you didn't speak, your expression affected everyone's morale. If you really weren't willing to help, you shouldn't have agreed to come with me in the first place.
If you think life here is too hard, then in the spring, you can go back with the ship! We don't need to see each other again in the future!"
After hearing this, Christie lowered her head like a child who made a mistake, without saying a word, and her whole body trembled.
Finally, she pursed her lips,强忍 tears, walked towards her handbag, and took out several crumpled papers from it and handed them to Ron.
Ron took the papers doubtfully and took a quick glance. Immediately, his scalp tingled.
The papers recorded the allocation of various supplies, including storage, location, specific activation time, and so on.
They were all discussed and agreed upon with Christie before. Unexpectedly, she even made a record.
In addition, there were also the various tasks Ron mentioned during the meeting. However, the specific allocation was somewhat different from what Ron said.
And the plan above was even more detailed than what Ron said.
It was detailed to the extent that it even wrote about dismantling the canvas on the pirate ship and covering it on the deck to prevent snow for the goods.
There were also some contents written not long ago, such as using the pulley on the ship to make a water fetching tool so that there was no need to go down the ship to fetch water.
Even simple sketches were drawn to lead the water to the side of the ship, set up a large bucket for water storage, and then use a small bucket attached to a rope to draw water.
Seeing all this, Ron immediately understood why Christie had a bad expression.
She wasn't being spoiled and unwilling to help but was planning the internal affairs as the mistress and making specific processes.
Looking at the crumpled appearance of this paper and the traces of corrections and alterations on it, one could tell that she had thought a lot carefully and wanted to manage this territory well for Ron.
Ron understood that Christie was blaming him for taking her job, which was an extreme distrust of her.
"Just now in front of outsiders, although Christie had a bad expression, she never interrupted my speech and gave me enough face. But I still said something that hurt her."
Thinking of this, Ron immediately blamed himself.
He held Christie in his arms and said with an embarrassed expression:
"I'm sorry! Dear, I didn't know you made so many preparations. I sincerely apologize to you!"
At this time, Christie couldn't control her expression anymore, and tears kept flowing from her eyes.
Christie shook her head while crying: "It's not your fault. Just now, I didn't control my expression well and embarrassed you in front of everyone! Ron, do you know how happy I was when you told me on the ship that day to shoulder the mission of the mistress?"
"This is the first time I felt that I was needed, that I was useful, that I wasn't just a vase, and that I could also stand up and contribute to this family. I'm sorry that I made the plan but didn't inform you because I wanted to give you a surprise!"
"You don't need to apologize!" Ron wiped Christie's tears for her:
"It's me who should apologize! And you really gave me a surprise. You are more excellent than I imagined. You are an elegant, beautiful, and kind wife, a qualified and responsible mistress. I'm proud of you!"
Christie, with tears in her eyes, asked with a smile: "Really?"
"Of course!"
"Alright!" Christie wiped away her tears herself and said with a determined look:
"From now on, you are not allowed to interfere in any internal affairs.
"If you have any needs or any places you want to improve, just tell me, but you are never allowed to interfere again. You should use your energy where it should be used! Just like today, you exhausted all your strength to dig a small ditch."
"I'm not blaming you, but you have to understand that only you can protect everyone here. If you focus your attention on these small matters, how can we trust you? Even if you go fishing leisurely by the seaside every day, I will feel at ease. Because I know you are a responsible person. If you dare to go fishing, it proves that there is no danger in the territory!"
"Ron! My love, my dear husband, am I right?"
Ron swallowed and nodded hard:
"Are all the women of the Moore family like this? The way you speak is a bit like your sister Feli, with an undertone of no refusal in the praise!"
"Just say whether it's right or not?" Christie insisted.
"I understand!" Ron nodded seriously: "I won't interfere in any affairs that you are responsible for anymore, and I will also shoulder the responsibilities that I should. However, there is one thing that I might have to explain to you first. These two days, I might have to repair the staircase. Otherwise, if they do it, it will take too much time. This matter is relatively important and is the necessary infrastructure for us to board and disembark the ship every day and must be completed as soon as possible!"
"It's a deal! My dear husband!"
Just when the two were kissing each other because of the sincere conversation just now, Golden Head on the deck suddenly let out a shrill whistle. Ron immediately looked up vigilantly.
"What happened?" Christie asked worriedly while holding Ron.
Ron didn't reply. He kept frowning. After a while, he showed a smile and said:
"Nothing! A guest from the deep mountains took a look at us and left! Don't worry about it. Let's rest early. There are many things to do tomorrow!"