Although there were fewer fields, the harvest in the fields never really belonged to them.

And now, there is no debt.

Hoss even had the luxury of hoping that little Gerrit would make it to his third year of school.

For the next period of time,

The days of Hoss and Little Gerrit began to repetitive.

Every morning, if his father Hoth needed to go to the town to find a job, he would go to the town with little Gerritt.

Then they separated, little Gerrit went to school, while Hoss went to do some work.

However, Hoss's work is not always there, and there is always farm work to be done in the remaining five fields.

But, every evening, after little Gerrit had left school, he would finish his work at Dr. Munch's.

When I arrived at the entrance of the town, I could always see the figure of my father, Hoss.

Hoss would often come and pick him up and take him back to the village.

The two of them may say something along the way, and little Gerrit will talk about what he has seen and heard during the day,

Most of the time, Hoss just listened silently.

Buried in the fields or in the town in the scorching sun, he didn't have much to tell little Gret.

Just like that, the two went all the way home, and after dinner,

Sometimes Hoss would go out to do some farm work while the moon was bright, and sometimes he would go straight to bed.

That's how the day ended.

And these days,

One more thing happened,

As the price of food rose, people finally went to the village where Hoss's family lived to buy food.

Although the price given by this person is much higher than the usual price,

But the fear of unknown changes has made few people in the village actually sell their food, preferring to keep it in their hands.

Only a very small number of homes, because of the need for money, sold some,

And the people who sold the most food were none other than the most devout believers in the village, Burton and Valina's family.

Valina's family had enough food to sell a lot of it to merchants.

Little Gerrit had seen that the clothes that Grandpa Burton was wearing were much newer.

It seems that his classmate Aemon has changed into a new dress.

And the little Gerritt family, naturally, it is impossible to sell grain,

When his father, Hoss, originally repaid his debts, he would rather repay the money and leave the grain.

And the current changes, changes, also make little Glitter full of changes and uneasiness.

In addition, the five fields left by their family, even if there is a good harvest, may be just enough for Hoss and Little Gerritt to eat, and there is not much grain to sell.

And little Gerrit also found something and was very puzzled.

In the village,

It's not just that the ten fields mortgaged by the little Gerritt family belong to Mr. Raleigh,

There are also large tracts, and the rest of the land is Mr. Raleigh.

And now, after Mr. Raleigh took away the fields that had been planted with grain and had grown green seedlings,

But it was deserted, and there was no one to cultivate in the field, but let it be overgrown with weeds.

Just on the edge of the field, a fence was built.

Is this a fear that someone has stolen their food?

But can such a fence stop people?

Little Glitter sat in front of his house and looked into the distance.

Not far from the house was a large field fenced.

“…… Father. What do you say Mr. Raleigh is doing? ”

At this time, his father Hoss came back from his busy field, and little Gerrit couldn't help but ask aloud.

“…… Maybe it's something to raise. ”

Hoston paused, and replied.

"What to raise? It should be more profitable than growing food. ”

It must be so, otherwise Mr. Raleigh would not have chosen to take the grain away at this time.

Hoss listened to little Gerritt's question, and did not answer it again, but said,

"It should be known soon."

"Hmm."

Little Glitter responded.

And he looked again into the field.

……

Time passed, and the fences of the fields were already enclosed.

Little Glitter finally knew that there was something to keep in captivity.

It's sheep.

One by one, the sheep were herded in the enclosed fields.

Mr. Raleigh also specially hired people to raise these sheep.

"Is it more profitable to raise these sheep?"

Little Gerrit was puzzled.

But he also discovered something else.

The rise in food prices has never stopped.

His classmate, Aemon, was already regretting that his family had sold so much grain so early.

complained that his parents shouldn't have sold so much grain so early.

If he sells it now, maybe he'll be able to change two clothes.

And for the village where Little Gerrit's family is located,

The more the price of food rises, the more people in the village dare not sell it.

Even Grandma Valina and Grandpa Burton's family, which still had a surplus of food, did not sell any more food.

Unless it's someone who really needs money.

But even so,

Accidents are still happening.

After not being in the village for a long time, the knights of the church brought the will of the church and the oracle of the Lord.

In order to punish the neighboring country for the blasphemy against the Lord, the master of this country, General Otoliv, announced that war would be waged against the neighboring country with immediate effect!

And the devout believers of the Lord, for the glory of the Lord, in order to verify their devotion to the Lord, need to support this holy war.

And for the people in Little Gretel's village,

After the upcoming harvest, the amount of food that needs to be handed over to the church and the king has increased from 30% to 50%.

Now, families still need to hand in 20% of the grain they harvested at the last time.

And the amount of harvest in each field is determined by the church, so the twenty percent of the grain handed over is also determined.

After the knight of the church had announced his will, he rode away at a gallop and went to the village of Beed.

Little Gerrit stood beside his father, Hoss, and walked away with his father, Hoss, towards the knight's figure.

Until the knight's figure was out of sight, the inhabitants of the village were still quiet, but with a strong sense of anxiety.

When the next crop is still two or three months away,

For families with surplus food, they will have a hard time taking away 20% of the previous year's harvest.

For families who have only enough food left over for one family, these two layers of food are all the food for the next two or three months, and they may not be enough.

The anxious inhabitants of the village, after that, surrounded Burton, the most devout believer in the village, the person who knew the will of the church best.

"Burton, what should I do, my family's food is not enough to pay to the church, if we pay it, how will we live next?"

"Yes, Burton, I don't have much more food at home......"

But Burton finally said to the villagers,

"This is the oracle of God, the will of the church. Rest assured, God will definitely arrange the best path for devout believers. ”

After saying this, Burton left in a bit of a state of embarrassment.

And indeed,

For those families who have paid their food and have no food to live on,

The church also has arrangements.

A few days later, the people of the church came to collect the grain.

A path is given.

For those who don't have enough food in their families.

It just so happened that General Autoliv needed a war against his neighbors, and he also needed valiant fighters,

If there is not enough food at home, then it is just the right time to go to the soldiers, and General Autoliv will provide food for the brave soldiers.

However, the army is only male.

Little Glitter's House,

Because the grain harvested in the previous year was still the grain of ten fields.

Up to now, even if he paid 20% of the food, he could barely live on the two of Little Glitter and Hoss.

It's just that the next few months will be difficult.