Life as a Peasant
-Right now I'm busy doing the dishes, it's not much work. We're only a family of four, and we only have four plates. The kids are outside, Sam is milking the cow, and Lilly is feeding the chickens. It's hard being so poor, some days we don't even have any food. My husbands is busy fixing a bridge near by, he doesn't get paid a lot for it. Just 2 chickens, some seeds to feed them, some bread, and if he does a good job and works a whole week, he might get us a sheep. Everyone looks so mean and no one ever smiles here, only the rich people. They don't like us that much. We can't do anything without their permission, for example, celebrate Christmas, get married, or celebrate any holiday. My husband and I had to give the church and the person who owns our land almost all we had JUST to get married. We can't run away and have a better life, they'll find us and punish us. We can't even travel further than the end of this town. I wish I was born a Queen, I wouldn't have to worry about money again. It stresses me out so much.-
-Right now I'm busy doing the dishes, it's not much work. We're only a family of four, and we only have four plates. The kids are outside, Sam is milking the cow, and Lilly is feeding the chickens. It's hard being so poor, some days we don't even have any food. My husbands is busy fixing a bridge near by, he doesn't get paid a lot for it. Just 2 chickens, some seeds to feed them, some bread, and if he does a good job and works a whole week, he might get us a sheep. Everyone looks so mean and no one ever smiles here, only the rich people. They don't like us that much. We can't do anything without their permission, for example, celebrate Christmas, get married, or celebrate any holiday. My husband and I had to give the church and the person who owns our land almost all we had JUST to get married. We can't run away and have a better life, they'll find us and punish us. We can't even travel further than the end of this town. I wish I was born a Queen, I wouldn't have to worry about money again. It stresses me out so much.-