Chapter 30 (1/2)
Chapter 30: With Grandfather!
Volume 1 — The Temporary Snow Country Life of the Northern nobleman and the Raptor Wife
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When I went to the living roo together Frorandfather came
Grandfather, jolly fro, said, “Today, should I get guided through the village?” deciding on today’s plan I had ladly~”
“Ah, grandfather, Sieg can’t come with us”
“What did you say!?”
“Today, the wo”
“Muu……”
No, even if you puff out your cheeks like that……
Helooked troubled too
“Er”
“Well, it can’t be helped I did visit too suddenly this time”
Surprisingly, grandfather coolly accepted it He see to that fro
The worowing in the forest called flax
Flax grows in large nuo out to harvest them
The flowers and the leaves are removed, and only the stalks are placed in a special liquid for a et the fibre
After this step, the stalks are washed then dried The stalks are then pounded with a stick, the made into threads with a tool that looks like a wooden comb
Finally, they’re spun into completed products with machines
This year, they’re using the linen threads from last year, which the women made in between household chores
The dyeing materials are also flowers harvested from the forest
In this season, beautiful purple flowers bloom, so those are boiled down for colour and then used as dye
Finally, using those threads, they h prices, but it takes a lot of work for that It even takes a whole year to
The previous years, I did hardso
Thus, after having breakfast, e work shed
“Now then, grandfather, do you want to rest before going out?”
“No, take ht now”
“As you wish sir~”
Since both grandfather and I were dressed adequately for going out, ent out as is The servants followed behind, so it’s reassuring in case anything happened
“Ah, can you wait a moment please?”
“What is it?”
“Since we’re going to the reindeers’ forest”
After saying that, I went into the hut Now, the wild anie Just in case, I have to bring un
Seeing randfather opened his eyes wide in surprise
“There are bears with cubs Also, they just woke frory too”
Thought the rey bears do Mother bears give birth during their hibernation Then in spring, they go into very savage state to search for food and to raise its cubs
Their senses dull too, that they soe for food Then there’s the accidental encounter Both the bear and the human are like, ‘Oh no, to meet at such a place!’ but it’s usually the huhting ability in the year
“So, shall we not go to the forest?”
“As if I’d have my schedule deterred by some bear!”
“Grandfather, it’s dangerous if you don’t look straight ahead as you walk”
“I kno——“
He was talking while looking behind hiht ahead, he came to face Teoporon
However, fortunately, he was off duty, so he was not wearing his working clothes(?) the white bear fur He was just a half-naked old man (ossan)
If he earing his bear fur, grandfather ht have been dangerous
“Who’s he”
“So here”
“Why isn’t he wearing anything on top”
“……Dunno?”
Even as we talked about things like that, I started guiding him around
First, we headed to the reindeers’ forest Just in case, I ith three dogs
“Here past this fence, we put the reindeers out to pasture……”
I explained to grandfather about the enormous size
“The important reindeers are nowhere to be seen”
“They come if you call them”
We did not go inside the fence Since it will be a big trouble if he gets stabbed by the antlers
When I blew the whistle, my white reindeer came And it even had four female reindeers in tow