I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 347 Repayment
Little Hoss finished dinner at Mrs. Milia's house. After Mrs. Milia squeezed his shoulders for a while,
Little Hoss went back to the house on his side,

Before leaving, Mrs. Milia asked him to change his dirty clothes,
He changed into the clean clothes Mrs. Milia handed over.

Back in the room on his side of the house, Little Hoss lay on the bed, and fell asleep exhausted after working in the field for a day.

……

In the text, the plot moves forward rapidly.

For a while, Little Hoss, because Mrs. Milia helped him cook,
Those who go out earlier come back from the fields later,
For several nights, Little Hoss was still working in the field at night.

Originally, it was only his own field, and Little Hoss was afraid that he would not be able to cultivate the crops in time for the plowing season.
Now with the fields that Mrs. Millia's family needs to cultivate, Little Hoss is even more anxious.

When he finally cultivated all his original fields, there were no other people who were still cultivating crops in the fields in the village.
But Mrs. Milia's family's field still has several pieces that have not been cultivated.

Until today, the plot changed a little bit.

Because it is too late to cultivate crops,
Even if the plowing until the evening of this day, all the crops brought in have been planted,
But seeing that the field was still half empty, Little Hoss still dragged his exhausted body,
I went back to the house, took the crops again, and went back to the field again, planting in the dark.

In the dark night, only the moon disappears and reappears from time to time,

It's just that even when there is moonlight, Little Hoss still can't see the situation in the field clearly.

I can only squat down, or lower my sore, stiff and painful waist, get closer, and cultivate a little bit.

And at night, even though it was cooler than during the day, Little Hoss still dripped his sweat from time to time,

His head became a little groggy, and his whole body was extremely tired, but he was just so numb and repeated the farming movements.

Finally, when the waist was bent and he couldn't bear it, Little Hoss gritted his teeth with some difficulty, straightened up with a painful waist, and then stood up for a short rest.

But I saw a vague figure approaching in the night along the ridge of the field,
Little Hoss, who was so exhausted, could no longer care about the fear of violating the will and laws of the Lord and the church.

There was some anticipation in his eyes, he thought it was Aunt Varina,

It would be best to help him plow some fields.

"...Little Hoss, little Hoss..."

But when the voice came, it was not Aunt Varina,
Little Hoss opened his eyes a little wider, looking at the blurry figure approaching in the night,
It's Mrs. Milia.

"Mrs. Milia... why are you here?"

Little Hoss couldn't help asking.

"... I see that you haven't come back for a long time, and you have been working in the fields for so long, you should be hungry and thirsty.

It was already night again, and there shouldn't be too many other people, so I brought some food over. "

Mrs. Milia carried a basket with brown bread and water.

Mrs. Milia herself, only in a long-sleeved gown, with a cloth covering her face,
It's just a little rough, and the hands with some calluses and small scars are exposed outside.

"Thank you... Mrs. Milia."

Little Hoss turned his head to look around, but temporarily put down the farm tools in his hand,
Walking to the edge of the farmland, I took out some black bread from the bamboo basket and ate it hungrily.

It's just that after eating a few mouthfuls like this, I was really tired because of lack of strength, and I just drank a few mouthfuls of water,
Just sat down on the edge of the field, eating black bread bit by bit.

Mrs. Milia stood beside her, looking at Little Hoss, and then at the fields that hadn't been plowed yet.

"Little Hoss, you're tired. Why don't you just stop here today. I'll continue planting this field tomorrow."

"No, if you don't plant this field this year, you won't be able to plant another field tomorrow... It's too late. There are no people in the other fields, and the season for planting crops may be over soon. "

Little Hoss shook his head wearily, then looked at Mrs. Milia, and paused.

In the night, if it was a little further away, Mrs. Milia's figure was blurred, and she seemed to be about the same as Aunt Varina.

"Mrs. Milia..."

"what happened?"

"...do you know how to farm?"

Little Hoss couldn't help asking.

Mrs. Milia paused, looked at Little Hoss, and then at the field next to her,

Finally facing Little Hoss, after a while of silence, he nodded.

"...I should, I have seen people farming...Little Hoss, do you want me to work in the fields too?"

"Okay, then sit here and rest for a while, I'll continue farming."

Mrs. Milia picked up the agricultural tools next to her and went down to the field,

Long trousers and long clothes are not so convenient, but Mrs. Milia still took the farm tools and crops, and continued to cultivate along the place that Little Hoss was going to cultivate just now.

"...Mrs. Milia..."

Little Hoss stood up from the ridge,
Just now because I was tired, I was really looking forward to someone sharing some of the labor and farming in the fields with him.

But at this moment, seeing that Mrs. Milia really had to pick up the farm tools and walk down the field, Little Hoss became a little uneasy and worried again.

This is against the will and laws of God and the church. It is impious to God. After death, there may be no way to return to the kingdom of heaven. If the church finds out, the church will also punish it.

Just like...his father.

The scene of his father's death resurfaced in Little Hoss' mind,

Fear temporarily overwhelmed the exhaustion, Little Hoss trembled a little, and then shouted loudly,
"Mrs. Milia..."

"It's all right."

Mrs. Milia paused, straightened up, turned her head and smiled at Little Hoss,

"If I'm guilty of God and the Lord, let me be. It's all right...I can't watch my little Hoss toil in the fields like this."

When Milia said this to Little Hoss, her whole body trembled a little,
But he turned his head away and continued farming.

Little Hoss stood by the edge of the field and didn't speak any more.
I haven't sat down for a long time, and my heart is a little uneasy, but also a little relaxed.

After standing like this for a long time,

Little Hoss also returned to the fields to cultivate.

At last,
Together with Mrs. Milia, Little Hoss tilled all the fields.

"... Milia."

On the way back, Little Hoss and Milia walked successively on the field ridge,

"Ok?"

"...Aunt Varina...Aunt Varina secretly came out to plow her family's field at night."

Little Hoss said this as if trying to comfort Mrs. Milia.

"Is that so..."

Mrs. Milia smiled on her face,

The burlap covering the face had already been removed by Mrs. Millia because it affected the cultivation and was too hot.

There was a smile on a face that was rough and with small unhealed bruises.

"Um……"

Little Hoss nodded, as if he understood a little bit, what Aunt Varina said to him at that time was strange,
Is she suggesting that I get Mrs. Milia to help me plow the fields?This will be much faster.

"...Mrs. Milia, Aunt Varina's child, Brother Walker, how did you die?"

Speaking of Aunt Varina, Little Hoss remembered that he would always meet Aunt Varina at the village cemetery,

Although Aunt Varina said before that Walker passed away due to illness, it was still a bit strange.

"Aunt Varina always visits Brother Walker at the cemetery."

"...was bewitched to death..."

Mrs. Milia was silent for a while, but gave a different answer.

Little Hoss opened his eyes wide.

"Walker was Varina and Burton's first child. He had a sudden illness one night and was first sent to the town doctor for treatment and then sent back quickly.

Then I called Mr. Gus over, and Mr. Gus said that Walker was possessed by an evil spirit, because he was not devout enough to the Lord, and in order to prevent this evil from spreading to others, he needed to kill Walker..."

"so what?"

"Walker is dead."

Little Hoss turned his head and looked at the other side of the village, probably in the direction of Grandpa Gus's house.

……

When I saw this for the first time, Professor Worth was really angry,
In the cause of Walker's death described by Mrs. Milia,

It really hides too much filth.

Why was it sent back after being sent to the doctor? Is there really no cure, or there is something else hidden.

After that Gus went to see it, why did he say that Walker was bewitched.

Is it really bewitched?

Or is it that Gus said this on purpose in order to demonstrate the authority in his village that knows the church and God best.

In addition, there is really no cure, so do you still need to kill it?

This content really made Professor Voss extremely angry.

……

The story of the "Ordinary" chapter goes on,
The progress is getting faster and faster.

In the text, time is passing quickly.

After Milia would secretly help plow the crops in the field with Little Hoss at night,

The speed of cultivating crops in the field is much faster,

Just made little Hoss more nervous, plowing the fields every night,

He was afraid that anyone would notice that Mrs. Milia was also working in the fields, which was against church law.

From time to time at night, Little Hoss would have nightmares again.

Dreaming of his father Medioc, dreaming that Mrs. Milia was found secretly tilling the fields at night,

Every time I woke up, I was in a cold sweat.

But still because of two people farming,

Much faster,

At last, before the time to plow the crops was past,
Little Hoss and Mrs. Milia's fields are all done.

Some in the village talk about the speed with which Little Howth is plowing his crops,

But it is true, poor little Hoss, after such misfortunes,
Finally receiving God's care and mercy, the life of him and Mrs. Milia will gradually get better.

It was Aunt Varina who began to say that Little Hoss was favored by God again.

And Little Hoss,

After tilling all the fields, he suddenly fell ill.

He hadn't gotten sick while he toiled in the fields every day,

But at this moment, when I relaxed, I suddenly fell ill.

One morning, he woke up drowsily from his sleep, as if he had a nightmare at night and couldn't remember it clearly.
When I woke up, I only felt a severe headache, my whole body was sore and weak,

He woke up again because Mrs. Milia knocked on the door outside.

He wanted to get up from the bed, but found that he didn't even have the strength to get up from the bed.
In the end, she fell to the ground. It was Mrs. Milia who felt something was wrong. She opened the door and came in, and then helped little Hoss up from the ground.

"Little Hoss...Little Hoss..."

"What's wrong with you... why is your forehead so hot..."

"...Little Hoss, can you still hear my voice?"

Amid Mrs. Millia's anxious shouts, Little Hoss fell into a drowsy sleep again,
For the next few days,

Little Hoss spent all his time in a semi-comatose state, waking up occasionally, and then quickly fell asleep again.
Sudden vomiting and diarrhea from time to time,

It's just that every time I wake up, I can see Mrs. Milia watching by the bed,

Every time Little Hoss wanted to say something to Mrs. Milia, but he couldn't.

Before falling asleep again, Little Hoss was thinking in his mind,

Is he going to die, just like his father.

Then I probably won't be able to return to the Lord's kingdom of heaven, right?

Does that mean that he can go to the same place as his father?

It's just... Little Hoss survived this serious illness.

Except for the medicine that Mrs. Milia went to the town doctor to prescribe for Little Hoss, and the prayers in church, and the blessing of the priest,
It's more about Mrs. Millia's care for Little Hoss,
After Little Hoss woke up from his lethargy more and more time, Mrs. Milia lost a whole lot of weight.
The whole person also looked extraordinarily haggard,
It scared little Hoss, and when he recovered, Mrs. Milia couldn't stand it anymore.

But fortunately, with Little Hoss able to leave the bed again, Mrs. Milia doesn't need to be by his side any longer.

that's it,
After being ill for more than a month, Little Hoss recovered and his body gradually recovered.

Even Grandpa Gus and other residents of the village said,
It was God's protection and favor that allowed Little Hoss to survive this serious illness.

But Little Hoss knew that he was a sinner,
God will not take care of himself, Mrs. Milia took care of him.

And with Little Hoss recovering,

The crops that were cultivated in the field before will have grown some,
The fields need to work again and again,

The fields need to be irrigated and weeds need to be removed from the fields.

Even if I am not as anxious as when I was farming, there are things to be busy in the field every day.

Fortunately, Mrs. Milia sometimes secretly helps Little Hoss with the farm work in these fields at night,

Once, by chance, Little Hoss and Mrs. Milia met Aunt Varina in the field.

Both sides didn't speak, just passed by as if they didn't see each other.

It's just that except for Aunt Varina, Little Hoss didn't see any other figures in the fields at night.

that's it,
Toiled in the fields for a year,
Little Hoss's skin became rougher and darker than before,

He is a little taller, but not as strong.

at last,

When the harvest season is over,

Little Hoss and Milia harvested all the crops in the field and brought them home.

Mr. Raleigh, who lent money to Little Huss, also sent someone over quickly.

"...Oh! My little Hoss, I heard that you have been favored by God. This year's harvest is not bad?"

With the help of Mrs. Milia, there is an extra labor force,

The cultivation of the fields should be more meticulous, and other people's families will pay half a bag more for a field.

Little Hoss was also happy about it.

After the person who came to collect the money exaggeratedly praised Hoss,

Follow Little Hoss to the place where the food is stored.

"...my dear little Hoss, are you going to pay your debts with these sacks of grain?"

"You asked Mr. Raleigh to borrow seven silver coins before, and the interest this year is seven hundred copper coins. It has been written in the previous loan contract, so you should be clear."

"Mr. Raleigh is a kind and forgiving man, and you can just pay the interest on your loan,"

Harvesting all the crops in the little Howth's field that stands here in the house,
The person who collected the money stretched out his hand and scratched a circle on the grain, and most of the grain was scratched away.

There might be just enough grain left over for Little Hoss until the next grain harvest.

Hearing that the food was only enough to repay the interest, Little Hoss gritted his teeth, then raised his head and looked at Mrs. Milia who was standing on the other side.

Mrs. Milia smiled at Little Hoss, but said nothing.

Little Hoss turned his head again,

"...These grains are all used to repay the debt. Apart from the interest, how much can you repay the principal?"

"Huh? Let's see... I can repay the principal of [-] copper coins extra, little Hoss, are you sure you want to do this?"

"Um……"

"That's good. This is for you. This is your token of repaying the three hundred principal. Keep it."

The person who took the money gave Little Hoss three strips of cloth,
Then he commanded people to evacuate all the food from Little Hoss's house.

This is the harvest of Little Hoss's one-year labor in the field left by his father Medioc.

If it weren't for the harvest from Mrs. Milia's field, it would be placed at Mrs. Milia's house,

Little Hoss was going to starve to death next.

And even if the harvest of these fields left by my father was used to pay off the debt owed to Mr. Raleigh,

In addition to the principal, it only repaid the debt of three hundred copper coins,

Or because this year's harvest is good.Otherwise, there may be just enough interest, or not enough interest.

And even if it is repaid like this every year, Little Hoss will need to repay at least ten or twenty years to repay the debt of seven silver coins.

And it was his father who offended the knight and offended the god of fine before this.

(End of this chapter)