Chapter 347: Repayment

Little Fox finished dinner at Mrs. Milia's house, and Mrs. Milia gave him a pinch on the shoulder.

Little Hoss went back to his own house,

Before leaving, Miria asked him to change his dirty clothes.

He changed into clean clothes that Miria had handed over to him.

When he returned to his house, little Hoss lay down on his bed, and fell asleep from exhaustion from a day's work in the fields.

……

In the text, the plot is advancing rapidly.

For the next few days, little Fox helped him cook because he had Miria Astra help him cook.

I went out earlier, and I came back later from the fields,

For several nights, little Hoth was still working in the fields at night.

Originally, it was just his own field, and little Hoth was afraid that he would not be able to plant crops in time for the planting season.

Now with the fields that Miriah's family needs to cultivate, little Hoth is even more anxious.

When he finally cultivated all his original fields, there were no other people in the fields in the village who were still cultivating crops.

But there are still several plots of Miria Pacific's field that have not been cultivated.

Until this day, the plot changed a little.

Because it's too late to cultivate crops,

Even if the planting is late in the evening, all the species brought with it have been planted.

But seeing that the field was still half empty, little Hoss still dragged his tired body,

I went back to the house, took the species again, and went back to the field, planting in the dark.

In the dark night, only the moon disappears from time to time,

It's just that even when there is moonlight, little Hoss still can't see the situation clearly,

I can only squat, or lower my sour, stiff and painful waist a little more, get closer, and cultivate little by little.

And at night, even though it is cooler than the day, Xiao Hoss still sweats from time to time and drips.

My head became a little groggy and tired, but I was so numb and repeated the action of farming.

Finally, when he couldn't bear it with a bent waist, Xiao Hoss gritted his teeth with some difficulty, straightened up and rested for a short time with a little pain.

But I saw that along the ridge, there was a figure of Daomo Lake approaching in the night,

Little Hoth, who was very tired and tired, was already a little tired of the fear of disobeying the will and decree of the Lord and the church.

There was some expectation in his eyes, he thought it was Aunt Valina,

It would be better to help him cultivate some fields.

“…… Little Horse, Little Horse......"

But when the voice rang out, it wasn't Aunt Valina,

Little Hoss's eyes widened, and he looked at the figure of the model lake that was gradually approaching in the night,

It's Miria Asia.

"Miria ...... What are you doing here? ”

Little Hoss couldn't help but ask.

“…… I see that you haven't been back for a long time, and you've been working in the fields for so long, and you're hungry and thirsty.

It was already evening again, and there shouldn't be too many other people, so I brought some food. ”

Miria carried a basket of brown bread and water.

Miria was too herself, just wearing a long-sleeved gown with a cloth covering her face,

It's just a little rough, and the hands with the same calluses and small scars are exposed.

"Thank you...... Miley Asia too. ”

Little Hoss turned his head to look, but temporarily put down the farm tools in his hand,

walked to the edge of the farmland, took out the black bread from the bamboo basket and devoured it a little.

It's just that after eating a few bites like this, because I don't have the strength, I'm really tired, and I just drank a few sips of water.

He sat on the edge of the field and ate black bread in one bite.

Miria stood by, looking at little Hoth, and then at the field that had not yet been cultivated.

"Little Hoss, you're tired. Or that's it for today. I'll plant it again tomorrow. ”

"No, if you don't finish this field this year, you won't be able to plant another field tomorrow...... It's too late. There are no people in the other fields anymore, and it may be almost past the season to plant crops. ”

Little Hoth shook his head tiredly, then looked at Miria and paused.

In the night, if you are a little farther away, Miria seems to be similar to Aunt Valina.

"Millie Asia ......"

"What's wrong?"

“…… Do you know how to farm? ”

Little Hoss couldn't help but ask.

Miriah paused, looked at little Hoth, and then at the field beside her,

Finally, he looked at Little Hoth, and after a moment of silence, he nodded.

“…… I think I would, I've seen people farming...... Little Hoss, do you want me to work in the fields too? ”

"Okay, then sit here and rest for a while, and I'll continue farming."

Miria took the farm tools next to her and went down to the field.

Long pants and long clothes are not so convenient, but Milia is still holding the farm tools, planting seeds, and continuing to cultivate the place where Little Hoth was going to cultivate just now.

“…… Miria ...... too"

Little Hoss stood up from the ridge,

Just now because he was tired and really expected someone to share some of the work in the field with him,

But at this moment, seeing that Miria really picked up the farm tools and walked down the field, little Hoss became a little uneasy and worried.

This is against the will of God and the church, the law, it is ungodly to God, and after death, there may be no way to return to heaven, and it is discovered by the church, and the church will punish it.

It's like ...... His father was like that.

The scene of his father's death resurfaced in little Hoss's mind,

Fear temporarily overwhelmed exhaustion, and little Hoss trembled a little, and shouted again,

"Millie Asia ......"

"It's fine."

Miria paused, straightened up, turned her head and smiled at little Hoth,

"If I am guilty of God and the Lord, let me be guilty. It's okay...... I can't watch my little Hoth toil in the fields like this. ”

Milia said this to little Hoth, and her whole body trembled a little,

But he turned his head and continued to farm,

Little Hoth stood by the ridge and did not speak again,

I haven't sat down for a long time, and I feel a little uneasy and a little relaxed in my heart.

After standing like this for a long time,

Little Hoth also returned to farming in the fields.

At last

Together with Miria Pacific, little Hoth has finished plowing the field.

“…… Milia. ”

On the way back, little Hoth and Miria walked one after another on the ridge,

"Huh?"

“…… Aunt Valina...... Aunt Valina also secretly came out at night to cultivate her family's fields. ”

Little Hoss said this as if to comfort Miriah too.

"That's ......"

Miria smiled too much,

The burlap covering his face had already been taken down by Miri Astra because it affected the cultivation and was too hot.

Some rough and bruised faces with small patches of unhealed bruises, with a slight smile.

"Hmmm......"

Little Hoss nodded, as if he understood a little, that Aunt Valina had said strange things to him at that time,

Was she suggesting that I ask Mrs. Miria to help me with the fields? It's going to be a lot faster.

“…… How did Miria death, Aunt Valina's child, Brother Walker? ”

At the mention of Aunt Valena, little Hoth remembered that he could always meet Aunt Valina in the village cemetery.

Although Aunt Valina had previously said that Walker had died of illness, it was still a little strange.

"Aunt Valina always goes to the cemetery to see Brother Walker."

“…… It's the ...... who dies in evil."

Miriah was silent for a while, but she gave a different answer.

Little Hoss's eyes widened,

"Walker is Valina and Burton's first child. One night he suddenly fell ill, and was first sent to the doctor in the town for treatment, and then quickly sent back.

Then he called Mr. Gus, and Mr. Gus said that Walker was evil, because he was not devout enough to the Lord, and in order to prevent this evil from spreading to others, he needed to kill Walker......"

"So what?"

"Walker is dead."

Little Hoth turned his head and looked at the other side of the village, probably in the direction of Grandpa Gus's house.

……

When he first saw this, Professor Voss was so angry that he couldn't suppress it,

In the cause of Walker's death, which Miriah recounts,

There's too much dirt hidden.

Why was it sent to the doctor and then sent back, is it really that there is no cure, or is there another hidden reason?

That Gus went to see it, why did he say that Walker was evil?

Is it really evil?

Or is Gus deliberately saying this in order to show that he knows the authority of the church and God best in his village?

In addition, there is really no cure, do you still need to kill?

This passage really made Professor Worth extremely angry.

……

The story of the "Ordinary" chapter goes down further,

Progress is getting faster and faster.

In the text, time is passing quickly.

After Milia would secretly help with Little Hoth to cultivate the crops in the field at night,

The crops are planted in the fields much faster.

It just makes little Hoss, who plows in the fields every night, more nervous,

He was afraid that someone would notice that Miriah was also working in the fields, which was contrary to the laws of the church.

Every now and then, at night, little Hoth would have nightmares again.

Dreaming of his father Medioc, dreaming of Milia being found secretly cultivating in the fields at night,

Every time I wake up, I am in a cold sweat.

But still because two people farm,

It's a lot faster,

Finally, before the time to plant the crop is about to pass,

Little Hoth and Miria have finished cultivating their fields.

Someone in the village talked about the speed at which Little Hoth cultivated crops,

But it is said that poor little Hoss, after such misfortune,

Finally receiving God's favor and mercy, he and Miriah will gradually get better.

Saying that little Hoth was being favored by the gods again was what Aunt Valina began to say.

And little Hoss,

After plowing all the fields, he suddenly fell ill.

He hadn't been sick when he had been toiling in the fields every day.

But at this moment, I relaxed, but suddenly I fell ill.

One morning he woke up from his sleep, as if he had a nightmare in the night, and he couldn't remember.

When I woke up, I only felt a terrible headache, and my whole body was sore, and I had no strength.

He woke up, still because Miriah was knocking on the door outside.

He tried to get up from the bed, but found that he didn't have the strength to get up from the bed.

In the end, he fell to the ground, but Miriah felt that something was wrong and pushed the door open and came in, only to help little Hoss up from the ground,

"Little Hoth...... Little Hoth ......"

"What's wrong with you...... Why is your forehead so hot......"

“…… Little Hoth, can you still hear me? ”

In Miriah's anxious shouts, little Hoth fell asleep again.

Over the next few days,

Little Hoth spent all his time in a semi-coma, occasionally waking up briefly, and then quickly falling asleep again.

From time to time, I suddenly vomit and diarrhea,

It's just that every time I wake up, I can see Miria guarding by the bedside,

Every time Little Hoth wanted to say something to Miria Pacific, he couldn't.

Before he fell asleep again, little Hoss thought to himself,

Is he going to die, just like his father?

Then I shouldn't be able to return to the Lord's kingdom of heaven, right?

Isn't that the way I can go to the same place as my father?

It's just that...... Little Hoth survived this serious illness.

In addition to the medicine that Miria went to the town doctor to prescribe to little Hoth, and the prayers that went to church, and the blessings of the priest,

It's more about Miria taking care of little Hoth,

When little Hoth woke up from his slumber for more and more time, Miria lost weight again.

The whole person also looks extraordinarily haggard,

It scared little Hoth, and when he was better, Miria couldn't stand it anymore.

Thankfully, with little Hoth able to get out of bed again, there was no need for Miriah to be by his side anymore.

That's it

After being sick for more than a month, little Hoth got better again and gradually recovered.

Even Grandpa Gus and the other residents of the village said,

It was God's protection and care that allowed little Hoss to survive this serious illness.

But little Hoss knew that he was a sinner,

God doesn't take care of himself, it's Miriah who takes care of him too well.

And with little Hoss's physical recovery,

The crops that were previously planted in the field will also have grown a little.

The fields need to work non-stop again,

The fields need to be irrigated, and weeds need to be removed.

Even if I am not in the same hurry as when I was plowing, there are things to do in the field every day.

Fortunately, Mrs. Miria sometimes secretly helps little Hoth do the farm work in these fields at night.

Once, by chance, little Hoth and Miria met Aunt Valina in the field.

Neither side spoke, so they passed by as if they didn't see each other.

It's just that apart from Aunt Valina, little Hoth didn't see any other figures in the fields during the night.

That's it

After a year of toiling in the fields,

The skin on Little Hoth's body became rougher and darker than before,

It's a little bigger, but it's not much stronger.

finally

When the harvest season is over,

Little Hoth and Miria harvested all the crops in the fields at home.

Mr. Raleigh, who had borrowed money from Little Horse, also quickly sent someone over.

“…… Oh! My little Hoth, I heard that you have been taken care of by the gods, and this year's harvest is not bad? ”

With the help of Milliath too much, there is an extra labor force,

The cultivation of the field should be more meticulous, and other people's families will have half a bag more for a field.

Little Hoth was also happy about this.

After the people who came to collect the money exaggerated praise of little Hoss,

He followed little Hoth to the place where the grain was stored.

“…… My dear little Hoss, are you going to pay off your debts with these bags of grain? ”

"You asked Mr. Raleigh before to borrow seven silver coins, and this year's interest is a total of seven hundred copper coins, which has been written in the previous loan contract, you should be clear."

"Mr. Raleigh is a kind and forgiving man, you can just pay the interest on your loan,"

Here in the house there is a small Hoth family in the field to harvest all the grain,

The man who received the money stretched out his hand and drew a circle on the grain, and took most of it.

The rest of the grain may be just enough for little Hoth to eat until the next grain harvest.

Hearing that the grain was only enough to repay the interest, little Hoth gritted his teeth, and then raised his head to look at Miriah who was standing on the other side.

Miria smiled at little Hoth and didn't speak.

Little Hoss turned his head again,

“…… All this grain is used to pay off debts, and in addition to interest, how much principal can be repaid? ”

"Huh? Let me see...... Can you repay the principal of three hundred copper coins extraordinarily, little Hoss, are you sure you want this? ”

"Hmmm......"

"That's good. This is for you, this is a token that you have repaid the principal of three hundred, and you have collected it. ”

The man who received the money gave little Hoss three strips of cloth,

Then he commanded the people to empty all the food on the side of the little Hoth family.

This is the harvest of a year of hard work left by his father, Medioc, in the fields of his previous father.

If it weren't for the harvest in the fields of Miria Pacific's family on the side of Millia's family,

Then little Hoth will starve to death.

And even if my father left behind the harvest of these fields to pay off the debt owed to Mr. Raleigh,

In addition to the principal, it was only a debt of three hundred copper coins to be repaid.

Or because of the good harvest this year. Otherwise, it may be just enough for the interest, or the interest may not be enough.

And even if he repaid it like this every year, Little Hoth would need to repay it for at least ten or twenty years to pay off the debt of seven silver coins.

And before that, it was his father who ran into the knight and offended the gods with a fine.