I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 430 For Children

"I remember, they didn't let women work in the fields."

"Ah."

Little Gerrit and Howth had reached the door of their house.

Without entering the house, little Gerrit was still looking at the houses of other residents in the dark village.

Hoss just responded and remained silent.

Just stood with little Gerrit.

Little Gerrit looked at the house not far away in the dark night,

Perhaps in front of that house stood or sat a numb woman.

Little Gerrit didn't ask any more questions, he knew why Aunt Leina just sat numbly in front of the house, motionless.

Because the [-]% of the food that I paid earlier may have been the entire food of Aunt Leina’s family,
In order to survive, her husband chose to become a soldier of the king and the church.

She was the only one left at home, without any food, and because she was a woman, she couldn't leave home to work in the fields.

Even if there is no food at home, after these two long months,

Aunt Leina couldn't wait for the harvest from the fields.

There was no hope left.

So Aunt Leina just sat there motionless.

Little Gerrit knew this,

But there are more doubts.

Why is this happening?

Little Gerrit had doubts and deep bewilderment in his eyes.

Did Aunt Leina do something wrong?

Or did someone do something wrong?

"Let's go, you must be hungry."

Father Hoss stood still for a while, then stretched out his arms to wrap around Little Gerrit's shoulders,

The two went back to the house.

I ate a piece of black bread and water with a little salt for dinner.

After eating in my stomach, I didn't feel full, but the hunger on the way back was relieved a little.

Father Howth went to rest.

And little Gerrit also lay on the bed, lying flat, but did not fall asleep for a long time.

His heart was full of doubts, and he couldn't understand too many things.

At last,
But my stomach seems to be hungry again,

Little Gerrit turned sideways, curled up against his stomach, and forced himself to sleep quickly.

If you fall asleep, you won't get hungry so quickly.

……

Time has passed so many days.

To earn those salaries from Dr. Monk,

Little Gretel worked at Dr. Monk's every day till night,
And Dr. Monk is very happy these days. The continuous stream of patients made Dr. Monk smile all over his face,

The salary that little Gerrit can get every day is ten copper coins.

However, the idea of ​​exchanging the money for food has not been able to do so.
I don't know whether it's because little Gerrit stays too late at Dr. Monk's every day, or because the food store is still not very open,
Little Gerrit has never been able to buy grain.

He asked his father Hoss to buy it, but he couldn't.

Father Hoss just told him that the only two grain stores open in town,
When he went, today's food had already been sold out.

Could not buy food,

I can only rely on the few grains left at home, and the further I go, the more difficult I feel.

These days,
Father Hoss, as he said before, would come out of the clinic to wait for him every day.
Waiting until he finished his work in the consultation room and returned to the village together.

in the village,
Every night when little Gerrit and his father Hoss came home,
I have seen more and more numb women sitting and standing in front of the houses of the residents in the village.

It may be that there was some food left in the family, but it had already been eaten up.

Simultaneously,

These days, the village doesn't know that something happy happened.

Grandma Varina's husband, Grandpa Burton took another wife, and his children also took two wives at this time.

The two got a few wives, which were naturally the remaining women in the families whose husbands were forced to become king warriors in order to survive.

After taking these women, Grandpa Burton's family naturally also obtained the original fields of these women's families.

During this process, Grandpa Burton's house did not hold any ceremony, but only informed other residents in the village the next day.

And even so, there are still many people who seem to be grabbing at the straw of life-saving,

Many women in the village who could not survive tried to remarry.

But in the village, even if there are residents who still have some food left in their homes, it may not be possible to squeeze out another person's food.

Even if it is possible to obtain more fields, these fields also need people to cultivate,

But at least you have to be able to survive until the harvest time.

And after two months of harvest, more food needs to be paid, and [-]% of the food is [-]% set by the church and the king.

If this year's grain harvest is not so good, then [-]% may actually mean [-]%, [-]%, or even more.

After a brief hope,
It's just that there are more desperate and numb people in front of the houses.

……

Walking through some quiet villages,
Little Gerrit and Howth went back to their house.

It was only when I returned to my home that I realized that there were some figures in front of my house today.

"Hoss, little Gerrit, you are back."

The people who came were Grandpa Burton and a woman with her head bowed,

Little Gerrit looked carefully at the woman, only to realize that it was Aunt Leina.

Aunt Leina lowered her head, holding a bag of things in her hand, and stood behind Grandpa Burton, silent.

Grandpa Burton greeted them with a smile when he saw Hoss and Little Gretel.

"Uncle Burton, this is?"

Hoss looked at Burton, then at Leina, and asked suspiciously.

"Isn't it true that you haven't had a wife since Little Gerrit's mother passed away?"

"I promised to introduce you earlier."

"It's just right now, Leiina's man is gone, and she is the only one left in the family."

"I also want to be a matchmaker. You can see if it's suitable. If it's suitable, you can live together."

"...Well, you should have some food at home, right?"

Burton said with a smile.

Leina was standing beside her, her head lowered, she was silent while clutching the things in her hands.

After listening to Grandpa Burton's words, little Gerrit understood what Grandpa Burton meant, but he didn't say anything, just waiting for Hoss to make a decision.

After hearing this, Hoss turned his head again and looked at Leina next to him.

Leina met Hoth's gaze, as if she was about to accept the upcoming trial, and her body trembled a little in silence.

"Uncle Burton, what?"

"Ha, isn't this also pitiful for Leina? Besides, my family has taken a wife and daughter-in-law at this time in the village. It seems that my family took advantage of this time to take advantage of other families' land."

Burton said with a smile.

"Look how nice this Leina is. She's still young, she doesn't have any other children, and there are quite a lot of fields at home. If you live together, your family will have more fields. I heard that it seems like you, Hoss I don't have much land left at home.

Ha, if it wasn't for your aunt Varina's disapproval at home, and the food at home is not so sufficient, I would have let Leina live with my child. "

Burton said with a smile.

Hoss looked at Leina again, a little embarrassed.

Even looking at little Gerrit again, he didn't know what to do.

If you marry Leiina, you will naturally have the land of Leiina's family,

When waiting for the harvest, there will be a lot more grain harvested, and there is no need to worry that after paying [-]% of the harvest of the five fields in the family, the rest will not be enough for him and little Gerrit.

But if you marry Leina, you need to give Leina a share of food.

But the food at home, even if it was only him and little Gerrit, was already a bit difficult.

And even more difficult,

He rejected Leina now, and Leina might starve to death in the near future, perhaps tomorrow, or in a few days.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Burton, Leina...the food in my house is only enough for me and little Gretel."

The smile on Burton's face disappeared a lot, Leina still bowed her head in silence, but her body didn't tremble anymore.

Restored the previous numb appearance.

"Okay... hey, I guess your family doesn't have enough food. I told the Scy family that it was about the same, but he didn't agree. I think his family should have some food..."

Grandpa Burton sighed and left after speaking.

Leina stood where she was, paused for a moment, raised her head, and put the bag she had been holding tightly in her hand,
Handed it to little Gerrit.

"To the children."

(End of this chapter)