Hoss and Little Gerritt froze as they faced the bag that Leyna handed over.

Reina said again,

"It's food. It's useless for me to keep it. ”

Little Glitter looked at the small bag of grain that Laina handed over, and looked at Laina.

Didn't reach for it, didn't speak.

Hoss next to him, looking at Leyna, was even more embarrassed, opened his mouth, and was silent.

How can it be useless, this is food.

Giving them the last bit of food, what will Laina do?

Just go back to the door of the house you used to have, sit numbly and hopelessly, waiting for death?

But it is true that there is no more food in the house of Hoss and little Glitter to be able to give Laina.

"Reyna, keep it."

Little Glitter looked up and said to Leyna.

Laina lowered her head, smiled at little Gret, and didn't speak.

just stuffed the small bag of food into Little Gerrit's hand, and then reached out and touched Little Glitter's hair,

He turned and walked away.

Little Glitter took the small bag of grain, looked at Lyna, and tried to stop her,

Hoss also took two steps forward,

But in the end, I just watched Laina walk farther and farther away in the night, and she couldn't see Laina anymore.

They couldn't stop Reyna, because even if she stayed, there would be no food to keep Reyna alive.

"Father...... Horse. ”

Little Gerrit turned around, called out to Hoss, and handed Hoss the small bag of grain that Reyna had given him.

"Hmmm......"

Hoss's rough and swarthy face remained silent, and he took it,

I couldn't help but say again,

"If only we had more food at home...... Little Glitter, why don't you want Laina when you say that they have more food at home, even if it's because of Laina's fields? ”

"Father, they waited until Reina and the others died, and the fields were theirs."

Naturally, they are talking about those families whose families are now only women and very young children.

Without food, they will soon die.

Listening to little Gerritt,

Hoss clenched the small bag of food in his hand tightly, and wanted to say something, but in the end he was silent.

Little Glitter looked at the darkness of the night in the distance, and when the night was submerged, there should still be many numb people sitting at the doorways of many houses in the village, waiting for death.

Little Glitter wanted to come up with a solution.

But he wanted to come out.

Pursing his mouth, little Gerrit felt a little uncomfortable.

"Let's go...... Go back to the house. ”

Finally, it was Hoss who said again to little Gerrit,

And he went into the house.

……

In the evening, I didn't eat much more dinner.

I don't know if it's Laina's business when I come back, or if I'm hungry,

Little Glitter was dressed and lying on the bed, tossing and turning.

He had a lot of questions in his heart, and these questions made him extremely uncomfortable.

As soon as I close my eyes, those questions come to my mind, accompanied by the figure of some people.

finally

Little Gerrit, who still couldn't sleep, got up from the bed,

Then, lightly, he opened the bedroom door, opened the door again, and walked out of the house.

Outside the house in the middle of the night,

It was pitch black, a somewhat cold wind was blowing, and the moon in the night was half obscured by clouds.

Standing in front of the door, looking in the direction of Reina's house, little Gerrit walked in that direction.

And not long after little Gerrit left home, the door to Hoss's bedroom opened.

Followed little Gerrit out of the house.

……

"Knock Knock ......"

"Why are you still in the study after eating? If you don't need dinner, maybe I can eat it myself. ”

Professor Voss, who was watching "The Ordinary and the Great" in the study, was awakened by a knock on the door,

Coming back to the story in the book,

"Here it is."

In response, Professor Voss paused, still took the "Ordinary and Great" in his hand, and walked out of the study.

"Why do you read "Ordinary and Great" again, haven't you read it many times, and claim to be the reader who knows "Ordinary and Great" the most besides writer I?"

The wife had just put a fairly sumptuous dinner on the table when she glanced at the book that Voss had come out of the study and still held in her hand, and teased.

"Hey......"

Still immersed in the emotions of the world in the book, Professor Worth did not hear his wife's words for a moment, but just looked at the sumptuous dinner on the table and couldn't help but sigh.

"What's the sigh at the table, dissatisfied with my dinner tonight?"

"No, no."

The wife pretended to be angry, and Professor Voss finally came back to his senses, and quickly shook his head and said,

"I just watched the great chapter of "The Ordinary and the Great", and some of them have not been extracted from the emotions in the story. If only little Gerrit had such a sumptuous dinner......"

"Well, I forgive you. This work is indeed extremely uncomfortable. So why are you reading it again? ”

"It's not like seeing the discussion on the Internet, maybe "Ordinary and Great" is not I's first work."

"So Professor Voss, who claims to know the writer I best, and the translator of "The Ordinary and the Great", wanted to try to find out the other works of I."

The wife listened to Voss's words and was also a little interested.

"Yes."

"It sounds like a lot of fun to find other works from I, and maybe I might consider participating in this group event. So do you see anything? ”

“…… Well, at the beginning, I wanted to study the text of "The Ordinary and the Great" again, but it was clear that the story in the book was too fascinating. Before you called me to dinner, I was immersed in the story and forgot about it. ”

His wife and Professor Voss were eating dinner and talking,

"So, why would anyone think that this is not I's first work, that I has other works, or that I is another pen name for a certain writer?"

"Hmm...... Because the writing is sophisticated and smooth, the style of writing also makes people feel familiar. ”

"Maybe it's just a delusion?"

"Maybe."

"But it's a really interesting thing."

"So my dear wife is ready to be involved in this too?"

"Of course, at least I'm not like a professor who gets caught up in the story and forgets what I'm going to do."

The wife was joking.

The two of them finished their dinner one after the other.

I didn't go back to the study.

Each held a copy of "Ordinary and Great" and flipped through it.

"The Ordinary and the Great...... I…… Who is I, and do I have other famous works? Let me take a look at ......"

The wife muttered and opened "Ordinary and Great".

At first, it was still in high spirits, but then it gradually fell silent.

Waiting for Professor Voss next to him to come back to his senses by chance, he turned his head to look at his wife,

saw that his wife was just nervous and with some suppressed emotions on her face, and her eyes fell on the open "Ordinary and Great".

It's just that the pages are turned from time to time, and the expression on his face changes from time to time with the development of the plot.

I don't remember what happened before, but I just read the book again.

Professor Voss couldn't help but smile,

Then he turned his head and continued reading.

Now that you've read it again, let's just finish it.

……

In the text of "Ordinary and Great",

The plot continues to progress.

Little Gerrit, who tosses and turns at night and can't sleep,

Wearing a coarse linen robe that has not been taken off, blowing the cold wind of the night,

He walked towards Leyna's house.

waited through the night, and arrived at the door of Leyna's house, which was flooded by the night,

Little Glitter slowed down.

Just to the door of Reyna's house,

Little Gerritt saw the one, and sat in front of the open door.

The figure sat there, motionless for a long time, as if stiffened by the cold wind of the night.

The motionless figure was Leyna.

Reina was still wearing the same clothes that little Gerrit had worn when she saw her at night,

It seems that when she came back from Little Grett's house, she was sitting here.

At this moment, little Gerrit walked out of the night, but Laina did not raise her head.

He just sat there with numb eyes, not as if he didn't care if it was a man or a beast that was approaching.

In the night, there was no light in the village, and Laina, whose eyes were numb,

The night is reflected in the eyes, and naturally there is no light at all.

"Leyna ......"

Little Glitter shouted quietly.

Laina, who was sitting there, seemed to hear the voice, and finally made some movements,

She turned her head, looked at Little Grett, and paused again, as if she had seen Little Grett's figure clearly,

A smile appeared on her face,

"Little Gerritt? How can we help? ”

Little Gerrit crouched down in front of Leyna,

"Reyna, go back to the house, it's cold outside."

When Laina heard Little Grett's words, she smiled and touched Little Gretel's hair,

But he did not speak, nor moved.

"Reyna, I know you feel like you're going to die, it's the same everywhere."

"But you might be able to find a way to survive."

"What are you going to do if you survive?"

Laina didn't smile, but asked very seriously at little Glitter.

This is a question that little Gerrit could not answer.

Little Glitter looked at Reina in silence.

It seemed that little Gerrit couldn't answer this question, and Laina just touched little Gerrit's hair again,

Then he asked, as if coaxing little Glitter,

"Besides, I think of a way to survive. There is no food left at home, and maybe in a few days, I will die here or somewhere else. ”

"Maybe I've made it. It was harvest time, but the family's fields were not cultivated, and no one went to harvest. At that time, I will die too. ”

"Why doesn't anyone harvest and no one goes to plow?"

"I'm a woman, little Gerrit, the will of the Lord, the will of the church, and women can't go to work in the fields. There is no way to farm, and there is no way to harvest. ”

"But, Reyna, you are already dying, and are you still in charge of the will of the church?"

Little Glitter finally said what he had to say, and he looked at Laina very seriously.

But Laina shook her head and said to little Gerrit,

"Little Glitter, if I die like this, I can still return to the arms of the Lord, and if I live like that, I will be abandoned by the Lord."

"Maybe I live to accept the test of the Lord, but I can't live and not return to heaven after death."

Reina gave little Gerrit an answer.

Little Glitter was a little deflated, and at the same time there was an inexplicable anger.

Even if Laina was to die, she was not willing to violate this oracle or the law of the church.

"Reyna! Is this so important? Is that really right? ”

"Don't say things like that, little Gerrit!"

Leyna's expression suddenly changed to little Gerritt's questioning of the Lord and the church.

Even when Laina talked about her death before, she didn't have such a look,

"Little Glitter, don't say such things again, because others and the Lord will doubt your piety, and you will be treated like this...... Not good! ”

Laina shook her head and said to little Grett with deep concern in her eyes.

Little Glitter looked at Leyna's appearance, and was even more angry, and at the same time felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

Why is this happening,

I'm going to starve to death. It was the church that recruited the men in their families and left them abandoned.

But it's still like this, it's still like this!

Little Glitter was furious, and his eyes were a little red.

"Is piety to the Lord so important? Reyna, it was the church that abandoned you, it was they who took your food! Reyna! ”

"Don't, don't say that...... These are all tests of the Lord, these are all tests of the Lord for me! ”

"Then why didn't the Lord test the priests in the church, why didn't he test Mr. Rowley, why didn't he test Dr. Munch, because they were religious enough?"

"Say no more, little Glitter, this is the Lord's test of me...... Lord......

Reyna's expression became panicked, and she hugged little Gerrit, not wanting little Gerrit to continue,

After stopping little Gret, Reina muttered some prayers over and over again.

Little Glitter didn't say any more, but the anger accumulated in his heart did not fade for a long time,

He had the urge to smash everything in front of him, there were so many things that he had this urge.

Breaking free of Leyna, little Glitter looked at Leyna, who was still panicking, worried, and praying repeatedly,

Little Gerrit suddenly understood what it was like to have his grandfather Medioc die and his father, Hoss, facing those who were panicking and chanting prayers over and over again.

"Leyna ......"

"Little Glitter, don't say that again."

Little Gerritt is gone.

Turning around, I couldn't tell if I was angry or uncomfortable.

His figure drowned in the night,

But then, another figure came out of the night next to him,

It's Hoss,

Hoss followed little Gerrit over and overheard the conversation between little Gerrit and Leyna.

"Hoss?"

Laina looked at little Gerrit walking away, and seemed a little uncomfortable,

Then he slowly turned his head and saw Hoss's figure,

"Hmmm......"

Hoss didn't say much, but took out half a piece of black bread from his body.

"You can make several pieces of black bread out of your grain."

Laina didn't want the black bread that Hoth handed over,

But the hunger in her body, as Hoss handed the black bread to her mouth,

She still opened her mouth,

Then he took the brown bread and ate it faster and faster, and ate the whole piece of black bread into his stomach.

“…… Leyna ...... People still have to eat and live. ”

Hoss said to Lyina,

He followed the direction from which little Gerrit had left and walked back to his house.

Laina sat still, stunned.

……

The plot continues to develop.

Some of the inhabitants of the village have run out of calculations.

Someone took their land without waiting for them to die.

It's Mr. Raleigh.

Mr. Raleigh was in the village, the third day of the departure of the men who had no food to continue to live and became kings and church warriors,

Arrived in the village.

At a very cheap price, the price of ten fields, the price of a bag of grain, these fields that only the women's families were left with.

Even in many fields, there is still two months of grain to be harvested.

But even so, there are still people who flock to it.

Moreover, Mr. Raleigh also adopted many people as slaves in his household.

In the village, those who sat at the door of the houses, numb figures suddenly became much less,

And in the village, the fields that Mr. Raleigh had taken away,

In a short time, all the same fields as before,

They surrounded the fields one by one, and fed many sheep with the crops that had not yet been fully harvested.

“…… Mr. Raleigh is truly a devout believer in the Lord, and it is such kindness that saves the lost lambs who cannot live. ”

Little Gerrit sat at the door of his house,

Not far away, Grandpa Burton and several of the village's residents were praising Mr. Raleigh's kindness.