With red eyes, little Gerrit walked out of the bedroom and ran into the kitchen to get water.

Bedroom house,

Miria lay on her side weakly, struggling to watch little Gerrit leave, and then to Hoth.

"Miria, let's go to the doctor, we still have some money at home."

Hoss was silent for a moment, and said to Miria.

Miria shook her head weakly, her chapped lips slightly open,

"Just let me lie down at home."

"You live with little Glitter and you always need some money."

There is no money left in the house, and if there is, there is no need to sell Miley Asia's field to pay for the next year's education.

"We still have five fields."

Hoss was silent for a moment, then looked up at Miria again.

"We only have those five fields. Mortgaged again, sold, what to eat at home? ”

"Without these fields, I can still have more time to find work in the town. Little Gerrit, little Gerrit can earn money and live on his own when he grows up, and he knows more than me. ”

"Let's go to the doctor first. It probably won't cost that much money. ”

Under Hoss's persuasion, Milia seemed to be a little shaken,

I don't know if it's because of Hoss's words, or because of the pain in his body.

There was some brilliance in the cloudy eyes, but the last glimmer of brilliance was gone,

Miria shook her head,

She didn't want to see the doctor now, and she was even more afraid that the doctor would say that he needed two silver coins, or three silver coins.

It would have made her and Hoss more miserable.

"Just let me rest at home."

Miria turned her head back, moved her body to the bed with some difficulty, and lay back,

Hoth was silent, paused, and only got up to help Miria.

“…… It's just a pity that the weeds in the field at home haven't been cleared yet. ”

"I'll go."

Little Gerrit came out of the kitchen with water.

Just to hear this conversation between Grandma Milia and her father Hoss,

He was a little puzzled, he didn't know why Grandma Milia was saying this at this time,

But more anxiously, he hurriedly carried the water and walked into the house.

"Grandma Miria."

Little Gerritt brought the water to the bedside with an anxious face,

"Little Glitter ......"

Grandma Milia had to prop herself up on the side of the bed, and then got up with some difficulty,

It was Hoss who held her up, and then took the bowl of water from Little Gret's hand, and handed it to Grandma Miria's mouth,

"Milia, Grandma Miria...... Shall we go to the doctor? ”

Little Gerrit's face was still a little eagerly looking at Grandma Milia who was drinking water,

"Ahem......"

Grandma Miria, who drank the water, coughed twice,

Turning his head, he looked at little Gerrit, whose pale and haggard face still had the usual smile,

This woman who has lived a not-so-lucky life always puts a smile on her face,

Especially when it comes to Hoss, and little Gerrit.

"Little Gerrit, let Grandma Milia rest well, and rest well at home. Grandma Milia was tired and didn't want to go anywhere else. ”

"But ......"

Grandma Milia touched little Gerrit's hair and smiled gently,

“…… Little Glitter, go to school, Grandma Milia is waiting for you to come back at home, and tell Grandma when you've figured out the questions. ”

"Grandma wants to know the answers to those questions, too."

When she had finished speaking, Grandma Milia lay back on the bed, closed her eyes and rested.

Little Gerrit was taken out of the house by his father, Hoss,

Little Glitter turned around step by step, and left the house with a piece of black bread.

His father, Hoss, who would go with him most of the time to town, didn't go with him today.

……

The plot continues to develop.

Little Gerrit went to town alone, and listened to Grandma Milia and her father Hoss,

Went to school as usual.

At the end of a class at school, little Gerrit went to find the person who had been charged for the next year's study.

Little Gerrit consulted with the man, or pleaded, pleaded.

Can you return to him the five silver coins that Mr. Raleigh paid directly to the school,

Not even five silver coins, four silver coins, three silver coins are fine.

But the man looked at him with a very strange look,

Then his request was denied.

Just tell him,

If he doesn't want to come to school again next year, he can not come.

But the next year's study fee of five silver coins will not be refunded to him.

Little Gretel, who was denied the request, didn't cry or pester.

Just walked away silently.

On the same day, little Gerrit left school earlier than usual.

After leaving school, his father, Hoss, did not come today.

And after little Gerrit left school, he didn't go back directly.

Instead, he went straight to the doctor's place in town.

Arrived at the doctor's office.

Little Gerrit happened to see a scene,

It was a patient who had been carried by a shelf and asked this doctor for treatment.

But in the end, amid the cries of the patient's relatives, the sick man died.

During the whole process, I didn't even enter the door of the consultation room.

They were stopped outside by the doorkeeper at the door of the clinic, and finally thought they were noisy and let them go farther away.

From the words of the people next to him, little Gerrit probably knew that because the patient had not raised enough money, he had to be carried out of the consultation room.

Most of the onlookers were chanting some prayers, and some of them felt pity for this patient.

Other than that, there is nothing else.

Little Glitter, who bumped into this scene, hesitated back and forth at the door of the examination room.

Finally the gatekeeper stopped him,

Ask him what he wants to do, and let him leave if it's okay.

Little Gerrit finally chose to enter the consultation room.

In the various rooms of the consultation room, there are many patients.

In addition to the people who treated the sick, there were also many people who gathered around the window and gathered in the room to see a doctor to treat the sick.

There are also people next to him who specialize in collecting 'ticket money' for seeing a doctor for treatment, which is about two copper coins.

When little Gerritt came into the room, the doctor was bleeding a patient.

Holding a sharp knife, he stabbed a small hole in the patient's arm.

When the knife was removed, the blood flowed down the arm little by little.

The patient, who was leaning back in his chair, leaned back, his eyes wide open, and breathed in one gulp.

The onlookers at the bottom saw the blood flowing out, as if they were stimulated.

He shouted excitedly, his face flushed, and he shouted loudly.

Scared little Glitter.

In the end, the bloodletting treatment was over,

The doctor grabbed a handful of herbs from the side and pasted them on the wound on the patient's arm where it was bleeding.

The treatment is over.

"Dr. Munch has an amputation today, which will be performed later, and if you want to watch it, please pay for it now."

The person who collected the 'ticket' next to him shouted loudly again.

When they heard about the amputation and watched the doctors treat them, they seemed to be excited.

His face was flushed, and he scrambled to pay for the viewing.

"Anything else to see? Dr. Munch's surgery was a must in the nearby town, and the beauty of the operation was once praised by the royal doctors of the kingdom! ”

The person who collected the money shouted loudly.

The people next to him began to chase away those who did not give money and did not come to see the doctor.

Little Glitter took advantage of this time to walk over to Dr. Munch, who had just finished treating a patient and was wiping his hands with a cloth.

"Coming to see a doctor? Wait there, there are still a few patients in front of you who need to be treated. ”

When he walked up to Dr. Munch, little Gerrit couldn't help but pause,

And the Monk doctor looked up and saw little Gerrit, and said casually.

“…… No, it's not...... Do you still need someone here, an apprentice or something? I want to work with you? ”

"Apprentice, work? Sorry, I don't recruit people here, let alone children. ”

Dr. Munch turned, looked at little Glitter, and shook his head.

Little Gerrit was a little anxious, and hurriedly said,

"I know the words, I am a student in a town school......"

"Recognize words?"

"Okay...... I still don't have a pharmacist here who can dispense medicine to patients according to my prescriptions. You can start with an apprenticeship. ”

"Hmm...... Two hundred copper coins a month. ”

"You're small, after all. That's already a good price. ”

"But I can only come in the afternoon."

"Okay, okay, I'm going to school, right...... Okay, but after you turn positive, you only have two hundred copper coins. ”

And so little Gerritt became an apprentice in this doctor's office.

Simply because he knows words.

And for little Glitter, this may be the only way for this doctor to treat his grandmother, Miria.

Next

Little Gerrit stayed in this office until the evening.

I watched the doctor treat the patient several times.

And that amputation for the patient,

Little Gerrit, who had already started working, was handing things around,

The patient was securely tied to the seat with a cow belt, and only lifted the foot to be amputated and rested it on the stool,

In addition, a piece of wood was stuffed in the patient's mouth, and several people in the consultation room held the patient down.

Finally, the doctor picked up a sharp axe, and a red-hot soldering iron.

As soon as the sharp axe fell, the doctor quickly plugged the red-hot iron into the patient's blood-gushing wound.

In the smell of burnt meat, the doctor who was splashed with blood all over his body, on his apron, on his pants, and on his head, smiled at the audience watching the operation.

The success of the operation was declared.

The patient, on the other hand, had already fainted profusely with sweat.

“…… Alright, little Gerritt, here's your paycheck this afternoon, and you're good to go. ”

Little Gerrit wiped the blood that had been splattered on his face and took the money,

Looking at the doctor again,

"Doctor...... My grandma Miria is sick, can you please come to the house and help her......"

Little Gerrit hesitated, but still said this.

"Okay, there's the cost of the clinic, and the house call fee is higher."

Little Glitter turned his head to look over, and the brilliance in his eyes gradually dimmed.

……

Although little Gerrit couldn't find a doctor to help,

But the next few days, still after the afternoon, he came to Dr. Munch.

He didn't ask the doctor to treat his grandmother Miria.

Just knocked on the side, asking him how to treat his grandmother's disease.

And Grandma Miria's illness is gradually getting worse.

On little Gerrit's first day home,

Grandma Miria's face turned from pale and haggard to a sickly flush,

Even if I keep drinking water, my lips are chapped.

His forehead was hot, and he seemed to be in terrible pain.

In the next few days, Grandma Miria's consciousness had begun to blur.

Only occasionally saw little Gerritt and sobered up briefly,

Still as usual, laughing and shouting, little Gerrit.

Little Glitter also tried to find a way, from the doctor's office, from the doctor to know some medicine that might treat Grandma Miria,

Then buy some herbs and go back to Grandma Milia to eat.

It's just that Grandma Milia has not gotten better even after taking medicine.

And Dr. Munch's answer to Little Gerritt's question was always vague.

Just tell little Gerrit that Miria needs to be sent to him for bloodletting.

But little Gerritt has gradually discovered these days that Dr. Munch's phlebotomy may not cure the patient.

And Dr. Munch always said that those who were not cured and died were not devout enough to God and the Lord.

That's why phlebotomy didn't work as well as it should.

This sounds like what Grandpa Moss said to Grandpa Burton, Grandma Valina and Uncle Walker's situation.

And as time passes,

Even if little Gerrit is extremely anxious,

But Grandma Miria's body is still gradually deteriorating little by little,

Sometimes little Gerrit sat on the edge of Grandma Milia's bed, and accompanied Grandma Miria,

You can hear Grandma Miria, who is confused, saying something slurred,

At other times, Grandma Milia would suddenly let out a scream, as if she had been beaten.

Waiting for little Glitter to get up anxiously and call out to Grandma Miria,

Grandma Milia barely came to her senses, opened her cloudy eyes, and looked at little Gerrit,

In the end, he just smiled at little Gerrit and said,

"Grandma is fine, Grandma Milia is fine......"

It's just that as Grandma Milia has less and less time to be awake,

Finally, even little Glitter couldn't wake up Grandma Miria.

Grandma Miria could no longer touch little Gerritt's hair and told little Gerrit that she was okay.

Finally, Grandma Milia never woke up again.

……

It was the tenth day of evening after Grandma Milia's illness.

Little Gerrit used the copper coins he earned in the doctor's office to buy some herbs and came back.

But when he stepped through the door,

But I found that today is exceptionally quiet.

Every day before, when he entered the house, he could hear Grandma Milia's painful tossing and turning,

It was as if in a blurred consciousness, the pain of memory and the pain of illness were mixed together.

When Grandma Milia is confused, she feels like someone is beating her.

Each time, little Glitter would rush over to comfort Grandma Miria.

It's just that today, little Gerrit didn't hear it.

"Grandma Miria?"

"Grandma Miria, are you feeling better?"

Is Grandma Miria's illness cured?

Little Glitter thought so, but another thought in his heart couldn't stop popping up,

And make him afraid.

Frightened, little Glitter hurried into Grandma Miria's bedroom.

But I only saw the figure of my father Hoss.

His father, Hoss, sat on the edge of the bed, silent, not knowing what to think.

And Grandma Milia was supposed to lie on the bed, but she couldn't see Grandma Miria.

"Father, Hoth...... Miria, what about Grandma Miria? Is she out? ”

Little Gerrit turned his head even more in fear, trying to find the familiar figure,

It's just that there is no room in the house, there is no other place, and Grandma Milia can't find it.

Father Hoss raised his head, and there was silence on his swarthy face,

Looking at little Gerrit, he paused for a long time,

In the end, he just said to little Gerritt,

“…… Milia is buried in the village cemetery, not far from your grandfather's grave. I carved a tombstone for her. ”

"Miria said that when you come back, you can visit her, and she waits for you, and after answering those questions, she will go and tell her."

"You lied to me!"

Little Gerritt still clenched the herbs tightly in his hand and yelled at his father, Hoss.

It's just that the eyes can't help but turn red.

"Grandma Miria...... Grandma Milia ...... Where are you! ”

"Grandma Milia......

Little Glitter shouted Grandma Miria's name loudly in the house,

The voice shouted a little hoarsely, and gradually brought a crying tone.

It's just that no one will answer him anymore.

There's no Grandma Milia saying she's all right, little Glitter.

Grandma Milia ...... He's dead.

Little Glitter held the medicine in his arms, squatted down, and cried profusely.

Father Hoss stood beside him, looking down at little Gerrit and was silent,

It wasn't until Little Gerrit finished crying that he touched Little Gerrit's hair and said,

"Let's go, go see your Grandma Miria."