"Knock knock...... Knock knock ......"

"Hoo ......"

The sudden knock on the door startled Ye Linhan,

Then I reacted, probably the takeaway arrived.

"Hello, takeaway ......"

After exhaling a few long breaths, Ye Linhan turned his gaze back from the "Ordinary and Great" in his hand,

Coming back to life from the depressing stories and the world in that book.

"Thank you."

took the takeaway, opened the takeaway box,

Ye Linhan ate his dinner in one bite, and then glanced at "Ordinary and Great" that was temporarily placed on the sofa next to him.

It's a good work,

Maybe after he finishes watching it, he can consider making a book push video.

In the current situation where the popularity on the Internet is so high, making a video like this will definitely be popular.

Thinking of this, Ye Linhan was a little excited, feeling a hundred times more energetic, and he couldn't sleep tonight.

Of course, what he wants most now is to read the book in its entirety first.

Before reading it again, he really didn't have the heart to put down the book and do anything else.

Other than that

He always felt that the style of writing the most appropriate and subtle sentences without jerky and only using ordinary words to describe the story extremely smoothly had an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

It's just a pity that his English level is limited, and he can't grasp the key for the time being.

Just looked back at the better "Ordinary and Great", and ate takeout in one bite.

Ye Linhan finished dinner like this.

wiped the grease stains on his hands with paper, and then picked up "Ordinary and Great" almost reverently.

Flip through the place you just saw and continue to look down.

……

In the book, the plot continues.

Little Gerritt's serious words were like a shock.

The invisible wall that was broken through was Hoss's limited cognition.

It was like a dark corner of Hoss's mind, illuminated by a lit candle flame at the moment.

He had obviously used a similar bribe in exchange for the divine favor and divine grace in Burton's mouth.

But he never considered the same way in exchange for the erection of the tombstone in front of Medioc's grave.

Why?

Maybe he's still stuck with the fact that Medioc is a sinner.

It's like the blood on his trouser leg that can never be erased.

Hoss looked at little Gerrit with a serious face,

He opened his mouth to tell little Gerrit,

What he wants is for Medioc to return to the arms of the Lord,

It's like Moss once said that when the sins left by Medioc are repaid, Medioc can return to the arms of the Lord.

Instead of just erecting a tombstone in front of Medioc's grave.

But this sentence,

Hoss failed to speak,

After opening his mouth, he only made a sound.

"Hmmm......"

Then Hoss fell silent, but the expressions on his face changed.

On his swarthy face, his brows were furrowed, and he inhaled, his whole body was tense and a little trembling.

At this moment, Hoss is not the one, little Gerritt's father, but more like the little Hoss who lost his father at the beginning.

“…… Father, go ahead, we can have dinner later. ”

Little Gerrit said to his father, Hoss, again.

Hoss looked at little Gerrit again and nodded,

"Then will you go home with me first, or will you ......?"

"I'll be waiting for you here, Hoss."

Little Gerrit replied immediately.

Hawth looked at little Gerritt and, without saying any more, turned away.

Little Gerrit looked at his father, who had always been steady, strong, and silent most of the time in his eyes,

At this time, he walked farther and farther, but gradually ran up.

Little Gerrit looked at his father's figure until he disappeared into the night,

Turning back again, crouching down, facing the grave of his grandfather Medioc,

"Did you know, Grandfather Medioc, that even if you commit a crime, the punishment is not ten silver coins......"

"The law of the Church has never said that the sins you have committed in Mediaoc cannot return to the bosom of the Lord...... But they never told their father Hoss, they never told Medioc that the law was like this......"

Little Glitter spoke to his grandfather, Medioc's grave.

……

On the other side, Hoss walked faster and faster on the ridge,

Hurried back home.

He didn't even change his clothes, just picked up a whole bag of food and left for Burton's house.

Just walking to Burton's house, Hoss's footsteps hesitated again.

The bag of grain was placed at his feet, but the whole person did not walk any further.

"Hoss? How did you get here? ”

Until Valina came out of the house and noticed Hoss and shouted.

Hoss was silent and did not speak, but picked up the bag of grain and walked to the door.

"I'm looking for Uncle Burton."

"Well, he's in the house. Miria's death is really regrettable, I hope you don't grieve so much. ”

"Hmm."

Valina stepped out of the way,

"He's in the house, and we're going to have dinner."

Fox stepped into the house with a large bag of food, and saw Burton's figure,

Burton was sitting at the table in the room, and when he heard the movement at the door of the room, he had turned his head,

Burton's gaze first glanced at Hoss, and then at the bag of grain that Hoss was carrying.

"My dear Hoss, devout believer of the Lord, come to me at this time, is there anything to do?"

Burton stood up, walked over to Hoss, smiled all over his face, and reached out to hug Hoss before stepping away.

Hoss looked at Burton, clenching the sack of grain at his feet.

"Is it Miriah's death? It was a sad thing, but Milia was a hardworking, wise, godly woman who believed she would return to the Lord's arms. ”

Burton spoke up again, and then looked out the door behind Hoss,

"However, Miria's death may also make you lose your divine grace, so are you going to add another woman to your family? Let little Glitter have a stepmother? ”

"It just so happens that I'm a good candidate here, the ...... of the village"

Burton's words could not be finished, Hoss clenched his hands, and the whole person trembled a little, interrupting Burton's words,

"I want to erect a tombstone for Medioc."

"Is that all?"

Burton gave Hoss a strange look,

"Oh! I thought you were looking for something about me, but it turned out to be this thing. ”

"I thought you had forgotten about it, after all, you never mentioned it."

Hoss was silent.

"My dear Hoss, if it were only for this purpose, where would I bring this rich gift, and with only half of the food here, I would be able to re-preside over the tombstone erre-uping ceremony for Medioc."

Burton said briskly, reaching over and taking the bag of grain from Hoss's hand.

The things that had plagued Hoss for half his life were solved in this way, to put it mildly.

In Burton's mouth, it's so worthless,

Not even the sack of grain that Hosti had brought.

Hoss remained silent, but his tense body couldn't stop shaking.

"Oh, what a shame it was to talk about that Mediaok incident. But after all these years, Mediaoc's sins have long since vanished like the wind. ”

"You know, Hoss, I haven't mentioned to you that the knight your father charged with is dead. A grand funeral was held, which was buried right behind the church in the town. Oh, and not knowing in the kingdom of heaven of the Lord,

Will that knight and your father Medioc ever meet again? ”

Burton didn't pay attention to Hoss's reaction, but just carried the bag of grain that Hoss had brought, and turned around with some difficulty,

handed it to Valina, who had just entered the house,

Valina dragged the sack of grain and leaned it against the wall of the house.

"Well, then, Hoss, it's late tonight, and tomorrow, tomorrow at noon, I'll do another ceremony to erect a tombstone for your father."

“…… Tonight, tonight I'm going to erect the tombstone of Medioc myself, and tomorrow you're going to have the ceremony, okay? ”

Hoss lowered his head, with a very complicated expression on his face,

His body was still trembling, and his voice was a little hoarse.

Burton's reply to the matter was easier than all expected.

Listening to Hoss's words, looking at Hoss's appearance,

Burton looked at him strangely again,

"Of course, if you will."

"That way I'll save some effort tomorrow."

Burton spoke, smiling.

"Yes, you can go if you want. Burton will tell the people in the village and perform the ceremony for you. ”

Valina, who often visits the grave of her child Walker, seems to be able to understand Hoss's thoughts,

She looked at Hoth and said aloud.

"Thank you......"

With a final hoarse word, Hoss turned and left Burton's house.

Turning around, Hoss could still faintly hear the conversation between Burton and Valina behind him.

"What's dinner for the night?"

"Bean soup and brown bread, of course......"

"Oh...... Then make some softer bread tomorrow, with the ...... from Hoss."

And then behind,

Hoth walked faster and faster in the night, running in the direction of the village's cemetery.

……

"Father, did Grandpa Burton agree?"

Little Gerrit is still sitting at the grave of his grandfather Medioc,

When he heard a voice behind him, he looked back and saw his father, Hoss, getting closer and closer from the distant night, and then his steps were getting slower and slower.

"Promised."

Hoss's eyes were a little red, just for such a short time back and forth, his eyes were bloodshot.

"Hmmm......"

Little Glitter looked at his father, stood up again, and stood beside him,

"Hoss, are we going to erect a tombstone for Medioc now?"

Little Gerrit looked at the forest trees not far away.

But Hoss did not answer Little Gerritt's words,

Just gradually bent his knees and crouched down in front of Medioc's grave,

As he squatted down, Hoss's body, which had not seemed to change at all, trembled more and more.

After squatting down, Hoss stumbled a little, then stretched out his hand,

The outstretched hand was trembling.

Without using any tools, Hoth used his hands to dig a piece of dirt in front of the grave.

Little Glitter didn't speak again, just stood by and watched Hoss's movements,

The dirt in front of the grave was gradually dug a small pit by Hoss,

Hoss's hands were already full of dirt in their nails, but they were already full of calluses, and the rough hands didn't seem to know the pain.

Still digging down the dirt,

Until it was dug deeper, a twig or the end of a small stick rose from the dirt.

Hoss looked at the little stick, paused, and then moved more slowly and carefully,

Dig out the little stick bit by bit.

Waiting to cut all the dirt off the little sticks,

And the little stick lay flat, and half of it was embedded in the dirt underneath.

The sticks have long been somewhat decayed, and the handwriting engraved on the bark has long since become illegible with the decay of the bark.

It's like a rotting branch that falls from that tree and is trampled into the dirt.

"What is this?"

Little Gerrit asked.

Hoss looked at the small wooden stick that was cut out, and stopped moving,

"Medioc's tombstone with Medioc's name engraved on it."

Little Glitter's name was no longer visible on the rotting stick,

But he didn't say anything more.

Father Hoss stretched out his hand into the pit that had been cut open.

Clasp your fingers and pull out the stick.

But the stick was really rotten, and when Hoth tried to take him out,

The rotten stick broke in two in the middle.

Or stop his movements again, and look at the wooden stick that has become two in his hand,

I don't know what I'm thinking.

"Father, we can now give Medioc a new tombstone."

Little Glitter looked at his father, and took the two sticks from his father's hand.

His father did not object,

Then little Gerrit picked it up, crumpled the two rotten sticks into pieces, and threw them out.

Father Hoss looked at it, paused again, and then stood up.

"Hmm."

In response, he walked to the nearby forest.

Little Gerrit followed.

Two fathers and sons on the edge of the forest,

I chose a tree with a thick bowl mouth,

Little Gerrit ran home and got the tools for felling,

Then he cut down the thick tree with the mouth of the bowl and cut it in two.

Tied together, they were made into tombstones.

On the new tombstone is the name carved by little Gerrit for his grandfather Medioc.

"Medioc."

"Devout believers."

Little Gerrit carved very carefully, and the words carved were much better than those carved by Hoss.

Maybe it can exist for a longer time.

"Father, it's all right."

Little Gerrit engraved the words on the tombstone,

Hoss nodded, took the tool in his hand, and smashed the erection into the dirt in front of the grave.

Hoss tensed, using all his strength, as if trying to hold the tombstone in front of the grave more stable.

I don't know if it's the effort, Hoss gradually gritted his teeth and gradually widened his eyes,

By the last blow, the tombstone had been firmly erected.

As if he had lost his strength, Hoss fell to the ground in front of the grave.

"Hoss!"

Little Gerrit shouted.

Hoss propped himself up and sat on the ground, gasping for breath,

"It's alright...... I'm fine......"

"I just need to sit down, I just need to sit down......"

Hoss gasped and said.

Little Glitter saw that his father was fine, so he simply sat down beside his father.

Gradually gasping for breath, and gradually recovering from the state of detachment, Hoss,

Sitting on the ground in front of the tombstone, he slowly raised his head and looked at the newly erected tombstone in front of him.

Also looking at the grave bag behind the tombstone.

Now he sat on a high level and looked at the grave behind the tombstone,

It's like when he was a kid, looking at it as high.

"Little Glitter, Medioc's tombstone has been laid!"

Hoss said, looking at the tombstone.

"Yes, father."

"Little Glitter, Medioc's tombstone has been laid!"

Hoss repeated louder,

Little Glitter also responded.

Hoss's body shuddered a little, and then fell silent again.

Perhaps the rest of the village has forgotten that there is no tombstone in front of Medioc's grave,

But this is something that has trapped and bound Hoss all his life.

And at this moment, Medioc's tombstone has finally been erected.

Little Gerritt and his father, Hoss, sat right in front of Mediaok's tombstone,

After sitting for a long time, the two of them got up and walked back to the house step by step.

Night.

After tossing and turning in bed, Hoss fell asleep,

But I dreamed again about the day when Medioc died,

Little Hoth's helplessness, fear and pain still haunted him.

At the end of the dream, Hoth dreamed of the kingdom of the Lord.

It's just that the kingdom of dreams is very similar to the town closest to the village.

Hoth was at the gate of the town and saw Medioc, who was about to enter the town.

In the dream, there was some inexplicable joy in Hoss's heart.

Just as he followed, Hoss saw Mediaoc, who had his back to him, struck to the ground by a heavily armed horse in a trembling state of fear.

Immediately after, the scene in the dream changed back to that day, the day of Mediaoc's death.

At last

Hoth awoke from the nightmare.

Panting, sweat on his forehead,

Turning his head back and forth, Hoss gradually came back to his senses,

Only then did I remember that Medioc's tombstone had been laid......

In this way, he gradually calmed down, and lay back in bed again.