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Lilia knew that this old woman was her "new mother", and she also understood that as a Varyag woman, she belonged to her husband, and she had the obligation to help her husband manage his property.
Her eyes began to stare at the seemingly heavy box, thinking that there must be more treasures inside.
The bronze key of the "new mother" opens the bronze lock in turn.
"Open it!" Clavarson ordered proudly.
The lids of the two boxes were opened one after another, and they contained a lot of silver coins!
"Ah! So much money?!" Kawei suddenly stood up and came over.
Suddenly, there was a snap in the house.
The eyes of the three people suddenly looked at Lilia. Now, the girl lowered her head in horror, witnessing her hand falling to the ground and the glass breaking into three pieces.
Lilia was so shocked when she saw the huge wealth of her husband's family that she threw away her hands. Now, looking at the remains of the cup, her mind went blank.
"Oops! What can I do?" Lilia knew she had done something wrong. It was a tragedy that the day she first arrived at her husband's house had such a start.
Even in the dim light, Klavasen could clearly see Lilia's little face turning pale due to fear and guilt.
Kawei was also shocked. He quickly tried to smooth things over for his wife: "Dad, she didn't break the cup on purpose. It must be because of...because of these..."
"Did our family's vast wealth scare her? Well, I guess you were too. Breaking a cup? It doesn't matter. Rurik taught me how to make it, and I'll just make a few more. Son, comfort your wife and tell her not to feel guilty."
Kawei really thought that his father would be furious, but he never expected that his father would say such incredible things.
He tried his best to comfort his guilty wife. Although he couldn't understand the language, Kawei tried his best to comfort her with a gentle tone and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with his hands.
Klavasen shook himself and stood up, ordered his wife to prepare some food, and then check the so-called trophies that his son had brought in.
Klavasen no longer has the same expectations he had three months ago as to how much tribute his son will get from his long journey.
It is because of this period of time that his family has become very wealthy due to Rurik's kindness.
The beach looked very busy, but Klavason wasn't worried about people taking away his son's share.
"Dad, do you still want to forge?" Kawei asked, comforting his wife.
"No." Klavason looked at Lilia who was raising her head realistically and said, "It seems you can't appease her very well. I'm going to make some new cups now, and I'm going to prepare some materials. You two are in the house. Wait. Kawei, I’m going to blow your mind.”
For the time being, Kawei couldn't care less about what his father was doing.
He took the shard of glass on the ground and looked at it carefully, even touching its sharp edges with his fingers.
Lilia wiped away her tears cautiously and squinted her eyes to observe the behavior of the people in the room.
They didn't mean to accuse her, but she still felt uncomfortable.
Kawei's mother found many pieces of cloth with beautiful patterns in the huge linen bag her son carried back. No doubt these were the dowry brought back by her daughter-in-law. Compared with the cloth made by the Russians, the Novgorod people's textile technology is better, and their printing and dyeing technology is obviously more sophisticated.
Including the clothes Lilia is wearing now.
She wore a Novgorod-style linen robe with a warm linen lining.
After all, Lilia is different from ordinary girls in the manor. She is the eldest daughter of the manor and enjoys the best material resources in the entire manor.
The main color of this robe is blue-grey, which is the result of moss printing and dyeing. The robe also has many stripes of different colors. The stripes are made up of individually printed and dyed hemp threads. When these dyed hemp threads are added during weaving, the clothes will naturally become gorgeous.
Her beautiful robe was burned black by the hot iron sword, and after some rubbing, it became a terrible hollow.
Through this hole, you can just see the skin of her calves.
"Kawei, change her into these clothes." Kawei's mother held out a folded leather coat. It was just a ball of fluffy white treasure, just like a big pile of washed wool.
"Ah!" Kawei was shocked: "Mom, have you prepared a ferret fur coat for her?"
"It's a ferret. This is my gift to Lilia. Ah, her name is Lilia, I sewed this dress myself."
"Ah? Mom, you are so willing." Kawei said in surprise.
"Why don't you give it up? The gift to your wife is just like a gift to my daughter. God has not given me a daughter. It seems that this girl can have this important identity."
The old woman simply opened the entire leather jacket with her hands. I have to say that it was really wide.
Lilia raised her head suddenly, and stared at the coat as pure as white snow displayed by the "new mother" with wide eyes. Its preciousness really speaks for itself.
"Lilia, stand up." After saying that, Kawei directly picked up his wife and took the mink coat from his mother.
Each processed high-quality ferret skin may be sold for a high price of six silver coins, but the usable area of each ferret skin is not much.
How many ferrets did the mother consume for one coat? How much did the coat cost in the end? Kawei feels that the most expensive clothes that can be bought in the entire Siiya Tribe Alliance are fur coats made entirely of ferret skin. Can one be sold for 200 silver coins? Probably.
The money box at home is full of silver coins, not uncommon glasses, and this ferret coat that must be valuable.
Why doesn’t Kawei feel that what he sees and hears when he returns home is a dream?
He put the ferret coat on Lilia himself.
As for Lilia, she kept looking up at her husband, letting him dress her, and she felt like she was being taken care of by her brother. She thought a lot about how she was taken care of by her eldest brother Medved when she was a child. Now, it is her husband, a man who is taller, stronger and younger than his eldest brother.
Lilia was indeed a bit shorter than other girls of the same age in the Ross tribe, so much so that her ferret coat looked noticeably roomier.
A furry belt sewn with multiple ferret tails was tightened, and Lilia's entire body became a pure white furry ball.
Only her brownish-blonde braids were hanging down, adding a touch of unique color to the pure white coat.
Lilia had never worn such comfortable clothes, and she couldn't imagine that her husband's family, which had a lot of money and a collection of treasures, would still insist on living in such a simple wooden house?
Kawei’s mother cut some pickled whale meat and put it on a ceramic plate and handed it to Lilia.
The girl's small hands stretched out shyly from the sleeves of the coat. These hands really didn't look like those of a worker. Looking at her delicate appearance, Kawei's mother concluded that her daughter-in-law's identity in her hometown was Definitely not low.
A noble person always pays great attention to his own cleanliness. He knows how to clean his body and clothes, and he won't do menial tasks.
So, is a blacksmith’s job considered menial?
In a sense yes. If everyone thinks that when you are a warrior, you pray to Odin for blessings. After you die in battle, your soul enters Valhalla and becomes a heroic spirit.
It is generally believed that if you become a blacksmith, you will forever lose the possibility of becoming a heroic spirit. Even if the warriors all know that they need a blacksmith, few are willing to become one.
Lilia cautiously picked up the dark meat. She thought it was meat, but it seemed to be coated with a layer of carbon-like color, which made her think of Alexander.
"Eat, child, and have a taste of my handiwork."
Although she didn't understand, Lilia guessed that the "new mother" wanted to taste it. She composed herself and boldly opened her mouth. At this moment, Lilia's neat and white teeth were displayed to their fullest.
For girls in most tribes, their teeth are not very straight and all of them are yellow. Not only do they not clean their mouths frequently, they even rarely take a bath. As girls, they always keep a dirty little face. Only at important moments in life such as engagement or marriage, they will participate in a holy manner.
Lilia's teeth were white and even, and her palms were callous-free. Kawei's mother felt that this was the first time she had seen such a clean girl in her life.
Then, here comes the problem.
Can this obviously pampered girl be a good wife and mother? As a Russian wife and mother, you need to know how to work as a tailor, how to cook, how to chop wood, and so on.
No matter how noble she is, she still has to be exposed to the things that ordinary girls have to do when she gets married.
Lilia gnawed on the dried meat, and the salty taste deeply stimulated her mind, giving her a completely extraordinary experience.
Salt is very precious. Even the manor family of White Tree Manor try to save as much as possible when it comes to eating salt. Throughout the Novgorod region, the diet of residents is passive and light.
So much so that when the fishermen catch a batch of fish, they are perfectly willing to eat grilled fish without adding salt, or even fish boiled in plain water. The fish has no taste and only has a mixture of aroma and fishy smell. The fishermen eat it without any mistakes.
Lilia was so moved that she almost cried. Only at this moment did she think of Peravina, a member of her own race, who highly praised the Varyag people's food.
A life of eating meat every day sounds strange, but isn't it even weirder in this good life where you can eat salt as much as you want?
On the boat, Lilia inevitably suffered from seasickness. She vomited three times during the trip. In addition to embarrassing herself, her overall spirit was not very good.
This time on the ground, her spirit recovered a lot, but her stomach was still semi-hungry.
She was sitting on the leather cushion in the bird-sitting position again. The salty taste could unscrupulously stimulate her taste buds. She kept reaching for the pieces of meat and stuffing them into her mouth.
Kawei's mother couldn't help laughing at her daughter-in-law's appearance.
"My son, didn't you give her anything to eat along the way? She is so hungry."
Kawei shrugged: "Maybe she doesn't have many opportunities to eat meat! In Novgorod, the locals eat wheat and only occasionally eat fish. Even a leader's daughter like Lilia is like this."
"They seldom eat meat but eat bread every day? Oh, we are completely the other way around."
The son mentioned wheat, and the old woman hurriedly grabbed three handfuls from the bag of loot and threw them into a pottery urn. She said while fiddling with it: "Don't worry, I'll make you some more wheat porridge. I hope Lilia will like it."
The wheat kernels are tumbling up and down in the boiling water, but it still needs some time to be fully cooked.
Suddenly, the leather curtain of the residence was opened, and Klavasen stepped in happily, greeting his son and daughter-in-law.
"Come out, Kawe! Now, I'll show you how to make a glass."
Lilia grunted and took off her ferret coat herself. She thought her "new father" was going to demonstrate how to make a weapon, but to her surprise, he actually had to cauterize a large amount of sticky substance.
Not only Lilia, Kawei looked at it with novelty. These two people have no idea how to make glass or even the raw materials required.
Klavasen obtained knowledge from Rurik, and the two parties also signed a contract to maintain the monopoly of technology. In Kawei's view, his father used the crucible for smelting bronze water at home to "cook" a pot of sticky and glowing water. of unknown objects.
What happened next shocked the two of them even more!
A strange thing appeared in the blacksmith shop. It looked like a tool.
Today, Kawei also saw the glass suppression technique for the first time. After all, Kawei is a craftsman. With his professional ethics, he quickly understood many essentials of glassware making based on his father's processing behavior.
But to Lilia, everything seemed like a miracle!
It was obviously a lump of substance that was as viscous as dehydrated honey, and the whole thing was hot and shiny. It was poured into an urn. The "new father" moved a wooden pole vigorously, and a strange thing poked into the urn. In the process, the cup quickly became liquid.
The cup gradually cools enough to be lifted out with leather gloves on.
Therefore, what Klavason took out from the urn was an almost completely transparent object.
After some processing, the cup ears are formed, and the shape of the cup becomes more imaginative. Due to the strong plasticity of glass, Klavasen used the prepared materials to make five cups one after another. On the wall of each cup, he used the tip of a knife to carve some words of praise spelled out in rune script.
In the process, Klavason confessed to telling his son all the ingredients for making the cup.
He particularly emphasized: "If you want the best glass, try to find pure crystal. We add some essence of lime, plant ash, and black lead to get this transparent cup that is easy to shape."
It sounds really simple! After hearing this, Kawei was already gearing up to try it himself.
Eventually, he pressed the only cup and felt its plasticity for himself.
Lilia was a close audience during all the processing. Is it a miracle? She simply felt that it must be some kind of miracle. How could a mortal make such a wonderful creation? But the husband and the new father are obviously mortals, which shows that they must have obtained wisdom from some great being.
The five cups were off the production line, and Lilia felt much better when she saw them.
Since his "new father" is not very tired of making a new "crystal cup", maybe this thing itself is not priceless to the Russian people?
She was wrong! Big mistake.
Klavason, who returned to the house, was eager to hear about his son's experience in the East, while Kawei was eager to understand what kind of favor his family had received from Rurik to become so rich.
Judging from the weight of the two wooden boxes alone, Kawei estimated that his silver coins already exceeded one hundred pounds!
What a huge fortune.
Klavasen is not a leader. Based on his profession, he is more concerned about how Novgorod people live. Klavasen was surprised to learn that the local people's lives were seriously lacking in metal tools.
Is what my son said biased? Perhaps, only when my daughter-in-law fully learns Norse, can I ask her questions clearly.
As for when he was asked about the origin of the money, Klavason was as excited as a child. He kept mumbling "Rurik's favor", which made Lilia keep looking up.
Klavasen kept chanting Rurik's name, and it was already quite late. The family never thought that Rurik would come to visit with his servants!
There was even a figure familiar to Lilia among the visitors. Apparently, for a short time, Lilia felt that Kamni had adapted to her new life as Rurik's servant. I want to chat with more like-minded people about "The Rise of Rurik", " ", chat about life, and find close friends~
