The two ate while talking.
"Will, you tell that person who needs to learn to read! Can he learn by the windmill from now on?"
"No, Alice's going there is too far and too noisy. Let's go to my sister's house instead! It's close by." Will thought of a good place.
"Do I need to tell the lord? I was originally going to Windmill Village to reclaim wasteland," Alice asked with some concern.
"It's alright, Alice, I'll talk to the lord." Actually, he didn't need to tell Ed that he was in charge of Windmill Village. Besides, Alice could read, so Ed wouldn't let her go to clear the land anyway.
"Thank you so much, Will." Alice gave Will a grateful look, then began to slowly enjoy her food.
At this time, Chitie Village is located on the west side of Chenghua Avenue.
"Elmwood, is that the mountain over there where you usually mine? It doesn't look much better than the valley."
Ding Xiang and a group of miners, including Yu Mu, were on their way to the Peace Hotel.
Before Elm could speak, his coworker spoke up. "You've only just arrived. How can that awful place in the valley compare to this?"
Can't they be compared? I can't see it yet, except the road is a little better.
"Dingxiang, we're here. This is the Peace Hotel. The food here is delicious. What would you like to eat? Here, take this." Yumu handed his money pouch to Dingxiang.
"How beautiful! Elm, where did you come from?" Dingxiang wasn't paying attention to what was inside, but was fascinated by the appearance of the money bag.
"We bought this at the department store next door. We'll go there again when we have time. Let's go get something to eat first."
The Peace Hotel lobby was packed with people, but Dingxiang spotted Alice sitting inside at a glance.
"Elm, go and buy some more food. Alice is over there; I wonder if she's hungry?"
Dingxiang had almost forgotten about Alice; if she hadn't seen her now, she didn't know when she would have remembered her. Luckily, Elm was here, so she could still look after Alice. Dingxiang returned the purse to Elm and walked towards Alice's location.
"Alice, what are you doing here?" Dingxiang stepped forward and asked.
"Ah! It's Sister Dingxiang! We've been looking for you; we thought you were missing." Alice was surprised to see Dingxiang.
"No, I went to Chitie Village over there. Elm is mining there. He just went to buy food, we'll eat together later."
"Oh, Sister Dingxiang, I just ate. This is Will; he's in charge of us now." Dingxiang looked at Will and introduced him to her.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Will."
"It's alright, Ms. Dingxiang. This is what the lord ordered, and it's what I should do." Since her husband was already in the territory, Will wouldn't interfere too much with where she was.
It seems he has completed his mission of finding the person.
Elm quickly brought over a lot of bread and broth, and he also saw Will, though he hadn't seen Will much before.
So he didn't know exactly what Will did; he'd only just heard that he managed Alice and the others, somewhat like how Sugi managed them last time. It seemed he was someone like Sugi.
"Sister Dingxiang, now that you're not lost, I'm going back."
After listening to Alice's words, Dingxiang had no good solution. Sending Alice to mine with her was pointless; her small frame was no match for her. Perhaps it would be better if they went to clear the land there.
"Okay, Alice, you go ahead and take all these breads back so the old people and children can have some. I'll come see you again when I have time."
Alice didn't refuse. She knew from her conversation with Grandpa Archie that some people still didn't have enough to eat.
Now that Sister Dingxiang's husband is here, things are a bit better than when they first arrived.
"Okay, Sister Dingxiang, I will tell them."