"Knock Knock ......"

"Ma'am? Your pizza has arrived. ”

Professor Voss, who was immersed in the story, was awakened by a knock on the door,

Subconsciously raised his head, his eyes were still a little trance, and he paused again before he came back to his senses.

It was his wife who ordered the pizza.

Next to him, his wife was fascinated by him, and then there was a knock on the door several times before he raised his head in a trance.

Voss stood up and went to get the pizza.

"Eat, the pizza is here."

Close the door again, uncover the pizza box, and place it on the table.

Voss said out loud to his wife, who had just come back to his senses and had not yet put down the "Ordinary and Great" in his hand,

The wife looked at the pizza over there and took a deep breath,

Then he lowered his head and looked at the "Ordinary and Great" opened in his hand.

"I'm not hungry yet, Voss, you can eat first, just leave me a little."

As she spoke, her wife lowered her head again, held the book in her hand, and continued to read.

“……”

That's not what you said before.

Voss was silent, still holding a book in his other hand.

moved his feet, went to the dining table, pulled out a chair and sat down,

took a piece of pizza casually, and his eyes fell on "Ordinary and Great".

It's just that, looking at the plot that has been seen on "Ordinary and Great",

Voss didn't go any further,

Having seen it many times, he already knew what was going to happen next.

Seeing this, "Ordinary and Great" is nearing the end,

There's not much space left for the rest of the article.

And it was precisely because he knew what would happen later that Professor Voss was a little uncomfortable.

Even though I have seen it many times, I still feel uncomfortable about what happened to little Glitter next.

"Hey......"

The ending of the story may be good for the book as a whole.

But for the little Gerrit in the book, it is a little cruel.

Voss looked at it, thinking, the pizza in his hand was a little too much to eat.

……

It seems that everything is going in a good direction,

But all this did not let little Gerrit go so easily.

- Hoss is sick.

At this time, the grain in the field is just before the harvest.

And the disease is very serious.

The last time Hoss was so sick was when he was young,

After the death of his father, Medioc, after he finished plowing the family's fields.

Last time, under the careful care of Miria Asia, Hoss survived.

This time...... Little Gerrit found out that his father, Horse, was ill the next morning.

Obviously, the night before, when they came home, they ate two black breads that little Gerrit earned for dinner.

They also discussed what life would be like after the grain was harvested in the fields.

But things happen so quickly.

The next morning, little Gerrit, as the day before, was woken up from hunger,

But I felt that the house was exceptionally quiet this morning.

I should have heard my father busy outside the house, but today it was gone.

And for little Gerrit, the last time it was so quiet was when Miria was seriously ill.

This quietness naturally made little Glitter a little panicked.

He got up from the bed and went out of the room, but he still didn't see Hoss in the room.

The door to Hoss's bedroom was still closed.

Frightened and worried, little Gerrit went and pushed open the door of his father's house.

There are any accidents, as if there are no unexpected situations in life, and you just fall into the abyss along the track.

Little Glitter saw the last thing he wanted to see,

Hoss was sick, very sick.

Even though little Gerrit pushed open the door, his father, Hoss, was still lying on the bed.

His face was flushed, his lips were chapped, and his eyes were moving rapidly under his closed eyelids.

His face was full of pain, and the hand next to him clenched unconsciously,

It seems like a nightmare.

"Father...... Hoth ......"

Fear and worry permeated little Gerrit's heart, and he shouted Hoss's name in some panic,

"Hoth ......"

Finally, at the shouts of little Gerritt over and over again, Hoss woke up with some difficulty,

He opened his heavy eyelids and saw the worried and panicked little Gerrit next to the bed, and seemed to already know what was happening.

"Little Glitter, I'm fine......"

"I'm sorry, I woke up late and didn't have time to make you breakfast."

Hoss's face was sickly red with guilt,

The hunger during this period of time has made his body very thin.

He supported his body with his withered hands, and he was about to get up.

Little Gerritt's eyes turned red,

"Father, no need...... We also had leftover brown bread to make food. ”

"That's good...... Can you give me some water? ”

With a smile on his face, Hoss said to little Glitter.

"Good ......"

Little Glitter hurriedly turned around and went to the kitchen to find water, but only halfway through, he paused,

He remembered that Grandma Miria had told him to fill the water in the same way.

Little Gerrit turned around, his eyes redder,

"Father, let's go to Dr. Munch, maybe he can cure you."

"Can you fill me with some water?"

Father Hoss just shook his head and said.

Little Glitter had no choice but to fill Hoth with water.

When he returned from the water, little Gerrit saw his father leaning against the head of the bed, looking up and not knowing what to think.

"Father, water...... Hoss, what are you thinking? ”

Little Gerrit handed the water to Hoss and couldn't help asking,

"Miss your grandfather Mediaok, miss you Grandma Miria."

The sides of Hoss's thin and rough face were still sickly red, but other than that, they looked extraordinarily pale.

Even after drinking some water, my lips quickly dried again.

"Father, don't think about these ......"

Little Gerrit said.

Father Hoss just smiled at little Gerrit and touched little Gerrit's hair,

"Little Glitter, you go to breakfast, and then go to school."

"No, I'm not going!"

"I'm going to stay and take care of you, Hoss!"

Little Gerrit said stubbornly.

"I want to see you go to school. There's a lot I don't understand, and I hope you'll help me find out, little Gerrit. ”

"Little Gerrit, I have spent my whole life in ignorance and doubt, so I hope you can learn and find the answer."

Listening to Hoss's words, little Gerritt wondered.

Finally, little Gerrit finished his breakfast at his father's bedside, and fed his father some as well.

Following the wishes of his father, Hoss, he left the house and went to school.

Before leaving the village, little Gerrit found Aunt Leyna,

Hoping that Laina could help take care of Hoss, Laina agreed.

Along the way, and even throughout the day after school,

Little Gerrit spends his days worrying,

He thought of the scene when Miria left countless times, and it made him feel terrified in his heart.

In fact

Hoss should have been sick a long time ago.

Two people who have no food at home and have been starving for a long time,

Little Gerrit is better than Hoss, when there is nothing to do, he can lie in bed,

Even working with Dr. Munch was not that strenuous.

And his father, Hoss, even when he was hungry, still came to the town most of the time to do some heavy work.

Hoss should have been sick a long time ago.

But it was still up to this time, to the time when the grain in the fields was about to be harvested.

finally

Spending school time in fear and worry,

Little Gerrit still decided to deceive his father,

He still wanted to treat his father, Hoss.

He didn't want to wait until one day, when he returned home, his father had already left like Miria.

thereupon

He went to Mr. Raleigh's house.

He needed money before he could take his father, Hoss, to a doctor for treatment.

He knew the location of Mr. Raleigh's house, which had been taken to him by his father, Hoss.