The next day.

Hawes attended Burton's ceremony for Medioc.

But apart from Hoth, there were not so many people in the village who came to participate in the ceremony.

Perhaps, the only people who are still concerned about whether there is a tombstone in Medioc's grave are the Hoss family.

After the tombstone of Medioc was erected,

The things that Hoss had always buried in his heart were finally missing, and it seemed to be a little lighter.

Although Miria's death has left the family with one less laborer,

Hoth was tethered to fifteen fields and spent most of his time working in the fields, and only five of them were able to obtain their own grain.

But in the end, in the next year, when the cost of a year's study has been paid,

The Hoth family was able to continue their lives with difficulty.

For Hoss, that's enough.

The hope of finding some answers to his questions was already pinned on little Gerritt.

And even if he toiled like this, day after day, it was enough.

But the Hors family did not become fortunate because Medioc returned to the arms of the Lord and was no longer sinners.

In other words, in this oppressive world, misfortune is the main theme.

soon

Hawes and Little Gerrit met another misfortune - they rejected Haws or Little Gerrett's proposal: to end with the ten fields going to Mr. Raleigh completely, and to end the debts of the Haws family and Mr. Raleigh once and for all.

At the time, Mr. Raleigh refused, telling Hoss that he could continue to pay it back slowly.

But now, Mr. Raleigh has suddenly changed his mind.

He will take away the ten fields.

……

"Hoss, the debt of seven silver coins, you have not paid it off for so long. The debt of seven silver coins that Mr. Raleigh has lent you is a bit long. ”

"Seven silver coins is a lot of money, and Mr. Raleigh is a little troubled, after all, it has been too long. So I'm sorry, because we haven't been able to pay off the debt for too long, so we plan to take the ten fields you mortgaged. ”

"Mr. Raleigh is merciful, since you have taken your collateral, then you don't have to pay the remaining debts, thank you Mr. Raleigh for your kindness, Hauss."

The man who came threw the contract signed between Hawes and Mr. Raleigh to Hawe.

Hoss stretched out his hand to take it, looked at it repeatedly, and after the original contract, he was silent and did not speak.

He knew that it was not a mercy, and that the remaining debt was far less than the value of those ten fields,

Perhaps Raleigh's initial preparation was to take over the ten fields mortgaged by the time when Hoss was about to repay the deed.

And the so-called contract repayment time has already passed, but before, when Hoss still owed Raleigh five silver coins, Raleigh did not mention it,

When Haws owed Raleigh four silver coins, Mr. Raleigh did not mention it.

But now it's mentioned.

Little Gerrit stood beside Hoss, silent relative to Hoss holding the contract,

Little Glitter looked up at the man who had come to collect the debt on behalf of Mr. Raleigh.

Why did Mr. Raleigh take the land at this time, if he wanted them to pay back more, he could have continued to let Hoss pay back for a while.

Raleigh can take the land whenever he wants.

"Good ......"

Hoss turned his head and looked at little Gerrit,

And then just agreed to the words of the person who came,

In other words, there is no need for Hoss to agree, these people sent by Mr. Raleigh are just here to inform Hoss.

"Hoss, you're a smart man."

Hoss didn't dwell on it, crying and not letting them take away the fields,

There was less trouble for them, and some smiles appeared on the faces of the people who came to collect the land.

"Well, thank you Mr. Raleigh for your kindness. We are in a hurry to go elsewhere. ”

The men sent by Mr. Raleigh were gone.

Little Gerrit watched the group leave, and seemed to understand a lot of things.

Like what

Why did Hoss not approve of his proposal so much before.

When seven or eight people, or even a dozen of Mr. Raleigh's men stand in front of you with weapons,

Even if you know his contract and what is wrong with his words, you have no chance to defend yourself.

"Father, Hoss?"

Little Gerrit looked at Hoss, who was still holding the old contract in his hand, a little stunned,

Little Glitter looked at his father with some concern,

"It's okay, although we don't have the harvest of the extra bags of grain from the ten fields in addition to the interest repayment, we don't have to work for the ten fields anymore."

Hoss looked up at the people who had gone away,

Turning back to little Gerritt and said,

"It's like you say. This is perhaps a good thing. ”

Little Glitter looked at his father, but he was a little worried.

"But, Howth, they will take these ten fields and end the debt, surely because they feel that they will make more money in these ten fields than we have in our hands."

Little Glitter had figured something out, and it was something he would soon be able to come to a conclusion.

Hearing Little Gerrit's words, Hoss nodded silently,

Then he reached out and touched little Gerrit's hair,

"I'm going to burn the deed and prepare dinner. Rest early in the evening, and I'll go to town with you tomorrow to see if I can find any work." ”

Hoss just said that, and went back to the house.

Little Gerritt still had some doubts in his eyes, and looked into the distance with some concern, and stood for a long time,

I went back to the house.

……

"Knock ......"

I don't know if it's the upstairs or the residents next door who are closing,

A sudden voice frightened Ye Linhan,

barely from the story described in the book "Ordinary and Great", the world came back to God,

Raising his head, he looked outside the room,

In other buildings in the same community, there are basically no people with lights on.

Only the street lights downstairs were still silently on.

Touching the phone, glancing at the time,

It's already two or three o'clock in the morning,

But when he looked back, he had not yet confiscated the takeaway boxes he had eaten on the coffee table.

went to pick up the takeaway box,

Ye Linhan unconsciously turned his head again, and landed on the one he was holding in his other hand, turning over "Ordinary and Great".

In my mind, I couldn't stop thinking about the plot picture I just saw.

keeps repeating in my mind, and I can't help but diverge my thinking and think along the plot.

For example, why did Raleigh take away the Horth family's field at this time,

And according to the person who came to collect the land, there is another place to go, and that is not only for the Hoth family.

Obviously, you can continue to squeeze, why is this like this at this time?

Thinking about it this way, he had the same thoughts as little Gerrit in the book.

It could only be that Raleigh felt that there was a greater good waiting for him.

What could it be?

Something must have happened outside of Little Gerrit and Hoss.

It's just that the story has always been unfolded from the perspective of Little Gerrit, and Little Gerrit's perspective is temporarily limited to this place.

I don't know how much it is sluggish to receive some new messages.

With such questions,

Ye Linhan's gaze on the page couldn't stop and continued to look down.

The other hand was holding the takeaway box to be collected, and the action silently stopped,

I unconsciously took my hand back, wiped it directly on my body subconsciously, and then continued to read it with "Ordinary and Great" in my hand.

gradual

The room was quiet again, except for the sound of "Ordinary and Great" being flipped from time to time.

Attracted by the story, Ye Linhan was immersed in the story, and his mood fluctuated as the plot of the story developed.