"Then Mr. Al, we'll go first."

Several editors of the publishing house were talking, and then left after work.

Waiting for the publishing house to be quiet again,

Al looked out the office window again at the already dark evening sky,

and his wife and assistant Penny looked at each other,

Then both of them couldn't help but laugh at it.

Immersed in the story of the 'ordinary' chapter, neither of them felt the passage of time much,

Just in the office, looking at the content of the 'ordinary' chapter on the computer screen for half an afternoon,

If it weren't for the fact that the editor of the publishing house had arrived at the end of work, no one reminded them, and the two of them would probably have seen the evening in the office.

"Do you want to keep watching here?"

"And keep watching?"

Al asked, and Petunia asked,

Then both of them answered, and turned their gazes one after another, and then turned to the computer screen.

But then, Penny paused again and said,

"Let's order a pizza first."

"Hmm...... Of course. ”

Al came back to his senses and felt a little hungry.

“…… Also, send the manuscript of the 'Ordinary Chapters' to Professor Voss, and I hope that he will be able to translate it as soon as possible, and that the printing house will be able to print it in other languages except the English version as soon as possible. ”

Penny spoke again,

Al nodded, then said with a smile,

"Then you call the pizza delivery and ask for a pizza for the two of us. I contacted Professor Voss and sent him this manuscript. ”

"Okay."

One of the two picked up his phone to make a call, and the other switched to the computer screen to contact Professor Voss.

Wait for things to be done on both sides.

Penny moved the stool she was sitting on again, and sat closer to the computer.

Al also turned off the chat screen displayed on the computer screen, and switched back to the content of the 'ordinary' chapter.

Both eyes were on the computer screen,

Didn't speak again, and soon immersed himself again.

……

"...... 'ordinary' chapter, complete 'ordinary' chapter, oh! It's just wonderful! ”

“…… My Mr. Voss, dear Voss, I can see you're excited, but aren't you skipping dinner? ”

Where Professor Voss lives.

When he received the message from Editor-in-Chief Al, Professor Voss was having dinner with his wife.

After receiving the manuscript of the 'ordinary' chapter from Editor-in-Chief Eyre,

Professor Voss became excited, his eyes lit up a little, he didn't eat dinner, and put down the half-eaten chicken leg directly and went into the study.

The wife looked at Professor Voss and asked helplessly.

"Don't eat it, you can help me put it away, I have a manuscript to read, and I have to read it now."

"Are you in such a hurry?"

"Sometimes food for thought is more tempting than food for filling, especially when I'm not so hungry right now."

Professor Voss spoke, and got up and went to the study.

After entering the study, he closed the door with his hand.

He signed a confidentiality agreement, and more importantly, he also liked this work very much.

I can feel the excellence of this work, so even his wife, he didn't let her see the content of the manuscript.

The wife looked at Voss and shook her head,

Saved some dinner and put it in the fridge,

Then he looked at the closed study door, and knew that Voss might be working,

The wife didn't bother again.

In the study,

Professor Voss turned on the computer,

Download and open the manuscript of the 'ordinary' chapter sent by Editor-in-Chief Eyre.

"Whew...... Whew......"

took several breaths in a row, calming down the mood that he was about to see the 'ordinary' chapter in its entirety,

Professor Voss set his sights on the content of the 'ordinary' chapter,

Like the editor-in-chief of Al before, Professor Voss looked at the complete manuscript and chose to start all over again.

Roughly all the way to the places I've seen before,

Slow down the reading again, read carefully,

Soon, immerse yourself in the story again.

Time, at such a time, passed silently,

Soon from late evening to late at night.

……

The story of the ordinary chapter of "The Ordinary and the Great",

It's still going on.

Little Hoth listened to the reminders of the villagers and said,

After a day of working in the fields, I returned home early.

I'm going to take a gift to Grandpa Gus.

It's just that there are not many things in the house of Little Hoth,

When little Hoth returned home, he went back and forth in the house a few times.

In the end, he just took a small sack and filled a few bowls of soybeans at home as a thank you gift and reward for Grandpa Gus.

Carrying a small sack of soybeans, little Hoss went out of the house again.

The neighbor's Miria was still standing in the yard next door, as if waiting for Mr. More to return.

“…… Milia, are you waiting for Mr. Moore to come back? Maybe you can go to your field and have a look? ”

"Nope."

Miria shook her head too.

"Why?"

"When a man is working and is working outside, a woman can't be disturbed."

Milia said it again.

Little Hoss looked at Miri Asia again.

“…… Perhaps, then, Milia, you can go with Mr. Moore to work in the fields? Then he came back with Mr. Moore. ”

Horston Jr. paused and asked.

In this way, more fields can be cultivated in a day.

Little Hoss, who had been working in the fields for a day, couldn't help but think like this.

"Nope."

Miria shook her head at little Hoth,

"The will of the church, the will of God and of the Lord, that is the word written in the church scriptures."

"Men work in the fields, while women prepare food at home. Men hunt in the forest, while women wait at home for the man to return, handling the prey......"

Miria spoke at length too,

“…… Therefore, the church says that women are not allowed to go out to work, they cannot leave the house at will, and even if they need to leave the house for necessary things, they need to cover all their bodies and faces, otherwise, it is an offense to the Lord and an impiety to the Lord...... Every now and then, the people of the church would go to different places to check and punish if they saw someone who had offended the Lord. ”

"Like my father's punishment?"

Little Hoss asked.

Miriah was too silent and nodded,

"Almost."

Little Hoth looked at Miria and didn't speak.

Little Hoss wasn't very old, he knew this, but he didn't know very well.

His mother died at an early age, and all he knew was that when he followed his father in the fields, he did not see many other village aunts.

"Hmmm......"

Little Hoss lowered his head, his gaze touching his trouser leg, but did not speak.

“…… Little Hoss, what are you doing out here? ”

However, Miria was too silent for a while, looked at the small sack of soybeans that Little Hoth was carrying, and asked aloud.

“…… I had placed a headstone in front of my father's grave, Medioc. Grandpa Gus said to his uncle in the village that I had misunderstood the words of the church priest. ”

"They took my father's tombstone and burned it...... To make up for the mistake that stopped me, I went to send a reward to Grandpa Gus. ”

Little Hoth looked up and said loudly to Miria Att.

“…… Then you go, it'll be late in a while. ”

Miria was not surprised by this, nodded and said in agreement.

“…… Millie Asia Pacific ...... Is it true that Mediaoc cannot return to the Lord's kingdom of heaven, right now? ”

Little Hoth hesitated, then looked up and asked Miria about it.

Miriah paused, then shook her head,

"I don't know any of that, but your grandfather Gus is the best person in the village who understands the will of God and the church."

"I see...... Thank you Miria Asia too, then I'll go. ”

Little Hoth lowered his head again, then carried the small sack and walked in the direction of the outside of the village.

Grandpa Gus lived in the first household in the village.

Milia was still standing in the courtyard, and she turned her head to look at little Hoth, who was walking away,

Wait for little Hoth to go away, then turn around, still waiting in the yard.

……

"Grandpa Gus, are you there?"

Grandpa Gus's house is similar to the buildings of other people in the village.

It's just that there are no farm tools in front of the house, and the yard is swept exceptionally clean, without too much soil.

When little Hoth arrived, he happened to see an aunt and said thank you and left.

Little Hoss moved out of the way, and then entered the room with the door open.

"Little Hoth? What's the matter? ”

Grandpa Gus was sitting on a stool in the house,

When he turned his head and saw little Hoss, a smile appeared on his face,

As kind as little Fox remembered.

It's like ...... The priest in the church is the same.

Even in the house, there are indeed a few candles,

It's just not as many as in the church, two or three candles, just burning, flickering with flames.

Grandpa Gus didn't wear the same supple robe as the church priest.

But it also looked softer and cleaner than the burlap clothes of Little Hoth and the rest of the village.

“…… I would like to thank Grandpa Gus for stopping me and not making me wrong, and for understanding the wrong priest. ”

As he spoke, Little Hoss lowered his head and handed over the small sack of soybeans in his hand.

"So?"

"It's okay, little Hoth, you remember, don't put a tombstone on your father Medioc in the future, the Lord won't blame you poor child."

Grandpa Gus was still smiling and said to little Hoth.

Little Hoth nodded, and the small sack of soybeans in his hand was still handed forward.

“…… I'll take a look...... It's soybeans, thank you, little Hoss, just put it there. ”

"Hmm...... Grandpa Naggs, I'll go first. ”

Grandpa Gus always had a kind smile on his face,

Little Hoss put down the bag of soybeans and left.

Out of the house, little Hoth didn't dare to look back,

He was afraid that Grandpa Gus would see something, and he was afraid that the small tombstone he buried later would also be discovered.

So little Hoss hurried all the way back home,

It wasn't until he got home that little Fox relaxed a little.

When he entered the house, little Hoss turned his head and looked at the yard of his neighbor's house.

The neighbor, Mrs. Miria, was no longer standing in the yard, and probably had waited for Mr. More to come back and enter the house.

Or maybe it's time to go inside and make dinner?

Little Hoth returned to the house,

When I start making dinner and boiling soybean soup,

Little Hoth first filled some soybeans, and then thought that he had given a lot of soybeans to Grandpa Gus today.

He poured half of the soybeans back into the bag.

Let's cook half of yesterday's today...... This saves you a bit.

……

In the book, the story continues to progress.

In the next few days, little Hoth's life passed relatively peacefully,

Every day he got up early to go to the fields and came home at night when it was dark, he knew that there was a time limit for the cultivation of crops.

After time, the harvest may be less when the crops are made.

But he didn't know exactly when it was too late, just watched the fields of other families around the field still plant crops one after another.

He became more and more anxious.

Halfway through, he was still dizzy in the head, his eyes were black, and he fainted in the field once.

Then no one noticed him, and he came to his senses and moved himself to rest where the sun could not shine.

When he went out in the morning, he would sometimes go to see the grave of his father, Mediaoc,

Occasionally, he would speak to the grave, but more often than not, as his father had been most of the time.

But these days, it may be that he is going out earlier and earlier, but he has not met Aunt Valina a few times.

Or maybe Aunt Valina couldn't have been to see her dead child every day, just as little Hoth hadn't gone to his father's grave every morning.

That's it

Little Hoth toiled hard in the field repeating the day-to-day labor.

Although he cultivated more slowly than others, he got up early and greedy at night, and gradually cultivated crops one by one.

And then......

There are some new changes in the plot.

this day.

Little Hoss ploughed in a field at home with farm tools,

Probably because he was too tired yesterday, and today he got up late, so little Hoss was ready to continue working in the fields for a while more in the evening.

At night, it's much cooler than during the day.

It's just that at night, little Hoth has a hard time seeing clearly.

Holding farm tools, you can only grow crops in the ground with a rough outline.

Planting all the way to the edge of this field, when he straightened up to rest, little Hoth realized,

In another field next door, there seems to be a person plowing it.

If it weren't for him standing at the edge of the field, if it weren't for the fact that the person was not far from the edge of the field, he really couldn't see anyone in the field at night.

"Is it Uncle Burton?"

Little Hoth shouted.

He remembered that the field next to it belonged to Uncle Burton's house, Aunt Valenna's house, and Burton was Valenna's husband.

It's just that the voice passed, but the figure cultivating in the field over there paused for a moment,

But there was no response.

"Uncle Burton?"

Little Hoss felt a little strange, wasn't it Uncle Burton?

Otherwise, is there still someone who is so kind as to help Uncle Burton farm for free?

Little Hoss couldn't help but walk over to Burton's field.

But when he saw that the figure shouted again, he immediately picked up farm tools and things,

He stopped farming anymore and hurried away from the farmland.

"Uncle Burton......

When the figure didn't move, little Hoss couldn't see clearly,

When he moved, although he couldn't see the face clearly, the walking posture of the figure of Mohu made Xiao Hoth feel familiar.

And the way he walked was not like a man, but like a woman.

“…… Aunt Valina? ”

Little Hoth shouted hesitantly.

Immediately after, the figure paused.

Then he hurried towards Little Hoth.

Waiting for the figure to gradually approach, Xiao Hoth can finally see clearly.

And that figure is indeed Aunt Valina.

“…… Shhhhh ”

Aunt Valina walked up to her and said nervously.

"Aunt Valina, how are you ......?"

Little Hoth turned his head and looked again at the field that Aunt Valina had cultivated earlier.

"Didn't you say that a woman can't work in a field?"

Little Hoss asked.

Aunt Valina's face became more nervous and a little frightened, and she looked to the side before she spoke again,

"It's okay at night...... A woman can't farm, she can't show her face...... No one can see it at night...... Just like just now, didn't you see it, little Hoss? ”

Little Hoss listened, a little confused.

"Is that so?"

"Hmm...... That's right. Little Hoss, are you hungry? I've got some brown bread here, so take it and eat it." ”

Aunt Valina answered, and stuffed a few pieces of black bread from the basket she was carrying into Little Hoss's hands.

"But little Hoth, don't tell anyone about it."

"I know, Aunt Valina...... Don't use this ......."

Little Hoth looked at the black bread in his hand and wanted to return it to Aunt Valina.

"You take it, take it......"

"Okay, I'm ...... go"

"Aunt Valina, aren't you going to continue farming?"

Little Hoth asked again as he looked at Aunt Valina and asked aloud.

Aunt Valina hesitated, then looked at little Hoth,

“…… Don't tell anyone, little Hoth...... When I'm done farming, if you're not done, I'll come over and help you farm for a while. ”

Aunt Valina hesitated, but returned to the field.

After walking away, Xiao Hoth could only see the figure of Daomo Lake here.