The water from the stream that rushes through Ville de Reidy keeps the old watermill’s waterwheel, which can be found slightly further upstream, turning day and night. Creaking and grinding, the wheel gets the mechanism moving by which the harvested corn from the grain farmer’s silos throughout the region is ground into flour by the husband and wife millers, Johanna and Didier Abresch. The mill has been in the Didier family for years with the noble profession of miller being passed on from father to son.

As a teenager Didier had to help out every day, giving him little time to visit the town. But when Yvette Bayon organised a large village party at her "Hôtel de Ville", Johanna Grunde from a neighbouring village also came to dance. The young and shy Didier saw her and it was as if he was struck by lightning. He plucked up all his courage, bowed stiffly to her at the very first accordion tune and didn’t let her go for the rest of the evening. For many years now they have been watching the corals of grain dancing between the mill stones together, collecting them soon after in jute sacks as flour. Their baby, Wilbert loves crawling between the flour bales and sometimes falls asleep among the sacks.

Each Wednesday Didier loads the orders onto his cart and goes off with his horse first of all to the town to deliver flour to "La Boulangerie Stéphane" of Stéphane Felbach. He always arrives on time to enjoy a freshly baked and still warm "pain d'épices" with a large mug of coffee before continuing on to other villages. On the way he always stops to collect medicine for Johanna’s headaches from Henri Waldkirch, the local doctor. Neither he nor his wife Inge understands what causes the headaches but after some medical experimentation Inge discovered a herbal elixir that really helps. Indeed it helps so much that in the evening after a hard days work Johanna is even able to join Didier for a glass of wine, which Francois Stirner from the wine shop "In Vino Veritas" has specially chosen for her and which doesn’t give her a headache.