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Serf: A Very Complicated Lifestyle
A serf has a very complicated lifestyle. If a serf does not have a good year with the crops, they will haft to starve. The lord will be very mad too. Also the lord, or your lord, hast to decide if you get married or not, and the lord does not always say yes. Also you have to take care of you crops, and and the lords at the same time, and if you wanted to use one of the lord's things, you have to give him some of your crops he gave you for working for him. You are not educated either. If you wanted to travel to a nearby town, or village., you need to get permission from the lord. So thats a life of a serf.
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