Chapter 15 [Underground Storage Room]
After dealing with Hassan's family, he saw that the lazy villagers had learned their lesson and started to go to the fields to tidy up the farmland. He was preparing to plant the third crop. After four months, he had another considerable income, which made the money-loving master Belsinger feel that the trip was worthwhile.
Then he rode on the shoulders of the human mule Brooke and resumed the next inspection work, all the way to the entrance of Lagar Village. That is, at the exit of Lagar Valley, he saw a four-meter-high yellow rock wall, but the wall was very old and dilapidated. The city gate had disappeared. Fortunately, Lagar Valley, Lagar Village is in the mountains, and the nearest village is a village in another valley five kilometers away.
Under normal circumstances, few outsiders can come to Lagar Valley, and it is even more impossible for any theft to occur. In this closed mountain village, it doesn't matter whether there is a city gate, but Lagar Valley is the territory that the Belsinger family has operated for more than a hundred years. This 30-meter-high wall was also built by Belsinger's great-great-grandfather, and it has a history of more than 100 years.
It's a bit unfair to the ancestors to open and close so big, after all, the Chinese are still very respectful of their ancestors. So looking at the dilapidated city wall and the broken city gate, I feel very depressed, but I know my own affairs. The cash of the whole family does not exceed 5 million yuan, and those gold jewelry and pure gold statues are strategic reserves in the family. It will not be used unless it is absolutely necessary, but it is still unknown when the millions of rupees earned from selling sheep and grain every year can save enough funds to repair the castle and this dilapidated city wall.
It seems that I have to increase income and reduce expenditure. The most important thing is to find some growth points of wealth, and I can't put all the income on agriculture and animal husbandry. Even if the weather is good every year, the income of millions of rupees is a drop in the bucket. It seems that I should go to Sinjar Town to sell grain first. I should investigate the market and see if there are any good businesses to do.
After inspecting the farmland, I returned to the dilapidated castle and looked at the walls and roofs around the living room, which were black and white and dilapidated. I was speechless. Half a year ago, my father-in-law had a lot of complaints about my castle and told me that my little wife would return to the Singh family after she came of age. In order to prevent my little daughter from suffering, I asked Bel Singh to clean up my castle. At least I should decorate it. No one can stand the musty smell when I enter the castle.
However, the two-story castle has more than 60 rooms of all sizes. If you want to decorate it, you don’t have to think about it without millions of rupees. The transportation in Lagar Village is not convenient, and it is also difficult to transport various decoration materials. The cost is too high, and I really can’t afford this money now.
I can only postpone it. Fortunately, my little wife is only 13 years old now, still a little girl, and it will take at least some time before she returns to her family and the world she lives in. During this period, I should think about how to make money.
After a short break, it was lunch time at around 4pm. There were no guests today, so I just sat in the small restaurant to eat alone. Little Jamal was serving me personally. The old butler was old and had lost his temper and started fighting. He had already collapsed on the bed due to exhaustion. He couldn't recover without sleeping for a few hours, so the only one who could serve Belsinger was the alternate butler, Little Jamal.
Belsinger lost his parents when he was 10 years old, and he got used to eating alone after that. He didn't feel lonely or not. It felt good to drink and eat a rich lunch by himself. After finishing the half bottle of white wine left yesterday, this body began to feel dizzy. After all, a 14-year-old child has never drunk any white wine, and the degree of alcohol tolerance in his body is still to be developed. It would be strange if he couldn't bear it now and didn't feel dizzy.
It is this light and confused feeling that really makes people addicted, and it is also the reason why so many people drink alcohol. After eating and drinking, Belsinger came to the living room to drink a cup of black tea. Suddenly, he remembered that he killed a goat weighing dozens of kilograms yesterday. After eating for two days, there must be a lot of mutton left. After eating the strong-flavored curry mutton for two days in a row, I should change the taste, so I said to Jamal next to me with a smile.
"Jamal, there is still a lot of mutton left from the goat we killed yesterday. Although it is early October and the weather is cool, it will go bad if left for a long time."
Eating meat in India is a luxury, not to mention fresh mutton, which is a luxury among luxuries. It is not easy to eat meat because it costs money. Even a wealthy family like Singh can only eat chicken or fish once a week. As for eating mutton or pork, it is not easy. If there is no guest of high status to visit, you can't even think about killing a sheep and eating meat.
So mutton is very precious. After hearing Master Singh's question, Jamal smiled and answered. "Master, have you forgotten? There is an underground storage room in our kitchen that can keep the temperature below 5 degrees Celsius. The mutton will not go bad in three or five days, so you will have a good time eating mutton every day in the next few days."
After hearing what little Jamal said, Bel Singh searched his memory and found that there was indeed information about an underground storage room. He knew that such a place existed, but he had never been inside to see it. It was not easy to dig an underground storage room in the hot India and keep it in a refrigerated state of 5 degrees above zero.
Because the Singh family was strong and rich in the past, they chose a place to dig this storage room.
If Master Bel Singh were to invest in digging such a storage room now, he would not be able to complete it even if he went bankrupt. Moreover, this underground storage room is a very important living facility. It can store fruits or meat without spoiling and is very practical.
I should go and see how big it is. If I can find a way to make some ice cubes and store them in the underground storage room. Doesn't it have the function of freezing? Building such an underground ice cellar is also a very luxurious living facility for the whole family. At least during the rainy season, the hot weather will not be so unbearable. Of course, it would be better to have a refrigerator, but refrigerators are considered luxury items in the Lagar Valley. How can they be used without electricity?
Do it when you think of it. After eating and drinking, it is also a good choice to take a walk to digest the food. Master Belsinger burped and stood up from the worn-out sofa. Let Jamal lead the way in front, intending to see what the underground storage room is like. After coming to the kitchen, there is a food storage warehouse on the left. There are some fresh vegetables and fruits and various processed grains in it, and there is a hole covered by an iron plate on the floor of this storage room.
After opening the iron plate, a stairwell appeared in front of me, and then I walked down, straight up and down, and turned three 90-degree turns. I came to a space four or five meters underground, turned on the lighting flashlight, and then saw a very thick and unlocked iron door, and a trace of cool air came out of the iron door.