I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 420
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 ones left who are still paying attention to whether there is a tombstone in Medioc's tomb are the Hoss family.

After Medioc's tombstone was erected,
Hoss finally had one less thing that was often buried in his heart, and he seemed to be a little more relaxed.

Although Milia's death left the family with one less piece of labor,

Hoss is tied to a 15-yuan field, and can only work in the field most of the time, and only five of the harvested grains can be obtained by himself.

But all in all, in the next year, with little Gerrit's one-year study fee already paid,

The Hawes family can still continue to live with difficulty.

For Hoth, that's more than enough.

He had pinned his hope of finding answers to some questions on little Gerrit.

And even if he worked so hard day after day, it was enough for him.

But the Hoss family did not become lucky because Medioc returned to the embrace of the Lord and was no longer a sinner.

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

quickly,

Hoss and Gerrit Jr. encountered another misfortune—they once rejected Hoss or Gerrit Jr.’s proposal: the ten fields should be completely owned by Mr. Raleigh, and the Hoss family and Raleigh would be completely ended. Mr. Debt.

At the time, Mr Rowley declined, telling Hawes he could continue to pay back slowly.

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

He wants to take the ten fields.

……

"Hoss, you have been repaying the debt of seven silver coins for so long. The debt of seven silver coins that Mr. Raleigh lent you has really dragged on for a long time."

"Seven silver coins are quite a number, and Mr. Raleigh is also a little worried. After all, it has been too long. So I am sorry, because it has been too long to pay off the debt, so we plan to take away the ten fields you mortgaged .”

"Mr. Raleigh is kind. Since you have already taken away your collateral, you don't have to pay the remaining debt. Thank you Mr. Raleigh for your kindness, Hoss."

The people who came threw the contract signed between Hoss and Mr. Raleigh to Hoss.

Hoss reached out to take it, and looked at it repeatedly. After the original contract, he was silent and didn't speak.

He knew that this was not kindness, the remaining debt was far less than the value of those ten fields,
Perhaps Raleigh's initial preparation was to take away the ten mortgaged fields after the repayment time of the contract was exceeded when Hoss was about to repay.

And the so-called contract repayment time has long passed, but before, when Hoss still owed Raleigh five silver coins, Raleigh didn't mention it.
Nor did Mr. Raleigh mention that Hawes owed Raleigh four silver pieces.

But now it is mentioned.

Little Gerrit stood beside Hoss, silent with the contract with Hoss,

Little Gerrit raised his head and looked at the man who came to collect debts for Mr. Raleigh.

Why did Mr. Rowley take the land away at this time, if he wanted them to pay more money, he could have continued like this and let Hawes continue to pay back for a while.

Raleigh can take the land anytime.

"it is good……"

Hoss turned his head and looked at little Gerrit,
And so I promised the man 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.

"Hoth, you're a smart guy."

Hoss didn't pester them, crying to prevent them from taking the field away,
Without their troubles, some smiles appeared on the faces of those who came to reclaim the land.

"Well, thank Mr. Raleigh for his kindness. We are still in a hurry to go elsewhere."

The men sent by Mr. Raleigh left one after another.

Little Gerrit watched the group of people leave, and seemed to understand many things again.

such as,

Why didn't Hoss 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 there is something wrong with his words, you have no chance to defend yourself.

"Father, Howth?"

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

Little Gerrit looked at his father worriedly,

"It's okay. Although we lost the harvest of the extra bags of grain in addition to repaying the interest on the ten fields, we don't have to work on the ten fields anymore."

Hoss raised his head and looked at the people who walked away,

Turning back to Little Gerrit, he said,

"Like you said. That might be a good thing."

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

"But, Hoss, they're going to take the ten fields and terminate the debt because they think they can make more money on the ten fields than we can get."

After Little Gerrit figured out some things, this was something he could quickly come to a conclusion.

Hoss nodded silently when he heard what little Gerrit said,

Then he reached out and stroked Little Gerrit's hair,

"I'm going to burn this contract and prepare dinner. Rest early at night. I'll go to town with you tomorrow to see if I can find any jobs."

Hoss just said so and went back to the house.

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

Only then went back to the house.

……

"Boom..."

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

A sudden voice startled Ye Linghan,
Only barely recovered from the story described in the book "The Ordinary and the Great", in the world,

He raised his head and glanced outside the house,

In other buildings in the same community, it is almost impossible to see people with lights on.
Only the street lights downstairs were still on silently.

He picked up his phone, glanced at the time,

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

But looking back, the takeaway boxes he ate on the coffee table were still confiscated.

I went to pick up the takeaway box,

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

In my mind, I couldn't stop thinking about the plot scene I saw just now,
It kept replaying in my mind, and I couldn't help but diverge my thinking, thinking along the plot.

For example, why did that Raleigh take away the fields of the Howth family at this time?
And according to the person who came to collect the land, he had to go to another place, and that was not only for the Hoss family.

Obviously can continue to squeeze, why is it like this at this time.

Thinking about it this way, he was similar to Little Gerrit in the book.

It could only be that Raleigh felt that there were greater interests waiting for him.

What could it be?

Something must have happened outside of Little Gerrit and Howth.

It's just that the story has always been unfolded from the perspective of little Gerrit, and the perspective of little Gerrit is only limited to this place for the time being.

I don't know how slow it is to receive some new news.

With such doubts,
Ye Linhan couldn't stop his eyes from falling on the page and continued to read.

The movement of the other hand holding the takeaway box to pick it up silently stopped again,

He unconsciously retracted his hand, wiped it on his body subconsciously, and continued to read "The Ordinary and the Great" again.

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

Fascinated by the story, Ye Linhan was immersed in the story, and with the development of the story, his mood fluctuated.

(End of this chapter)