I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 436 Howth Is Ill
"Dong dong..."

"Ma'am? Your pizza has arrived."

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

Subconsciously raised his head, his eyes were still in a daze, and he paused again before he came back to his senses,
It was his wife's pizza that arrived.

Next to him, his wife was more fascinated than him. At this moment, there were several knocks on the door before she raised her head in a daze.

Voss got up and went to get the pizza.

"Eat, the pizza is here."

Close the door again, uncover the pizza box, and put it on the dining table,
Voss said to his wife who had just recovered from the "Ordinary and Great" in her hand and said aloud,

Looking at the pizza over there, the wife took a deep breath,

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

"I'm not very hungry yet, Voss, you can eat first, just leave some for me."

While talking, the wife lowered her head again, holding the book and continuing to read.

"..."

You didn't say that before.

Voss was silent for a moment, still holding the book in the other hand.

Moving his feet, he stretched out a seat at the dining table and sat down.
He took a piece of pizza casually, and then his eyes fell on "The Ordinary and the Great".

It's just that, looking at the plots that have been read on "The Ordinary and the Great",

Voss didn't continue to read directly,

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

Seeing this, "The Ordinary and the Great" is coming to an end,

There is not much space in the back.

And precisely because he knew what would happen next, Professor Worth felt a little uncomfortable.

Even after watching it many times, I still feel uncomfortable about what happened to little Gerrit next.

"Hey……"

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

But it was a bit cruel to the little Gerrit in the book.

Voss watched and thought, the pizza in his hand was already too much to eat.

……

It seems that everything is going in the right direction,

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

— Howth is ill.

At this time, the grain in the field is about to be harvested.

And one illness is very serious.

The last time Hoth was so ill was when he was young,
After the death of his father, Medioc, he finished farming the family's fields.

Last time, under the careful care of Mrs. Milia, Hoss survived.

This time... it was early the next morning when little Gerrit found out that his father Hoth had fallen ill.

Obviously the night before, when they got home, they ate the two black rolls that little Gerrit had earned for supper,
They are also discussing the next step, life after the grain is harvested in the fields.

But the change came so fast.

In the early morning of the next day, little Gerrit woke up from hunger just like the day before,

But I feel that the room is extraordinarily quiet this morning.

He should have heard his father busy outside the house, but today it was gone.

As for little Gretel, the last time she was so quiet was when Milia was seriously ill.

This quietness naturally made little Gerrit panic.

He got up from the bed and went out of the room, but he still didn't see Hoss in the room.
Hoth's bedroom door was still closed at this time.

A little scared and worried, little Gerrit pushed open the door of his father Hoss,

There is no accident, just like life without any unexpected situation, just following the track and falling into the abyss.

Little Gerrit saw what he expected, the last thing he wanted to see,
Howth was sick, very sick.

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

His face was flushed, his lips were chapped, and under his tightly closed eyelids, his eyes moved quickly,

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

Seems to be having a nightmare.

"Father... Howth..."

Fear and worry filled Little Gerrit's heart, he called Hoth's name in a panic,
"Hoth..."

Finally, Hoss woke up with some difficulty amid Little Gerrit's shouts over and over again,
He opened his heavy eyelids and saw the worried and panicked little Gerrit next to the bed, as if he already knew what happened.

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

"Sorry, I got up late and didn't have time to make breakfast for you."

Howth blushed sickly with guilt on his face,

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

He supported his body with his skinny hands, and was about to get up,

Little Gerrit's eyes were red,

"Father, no need...we have leftover black bread for food."

"That's good... can I have some water?"

Hoss showed some smiles on his face, and said to Little Gerrit.

"it is good……"

Little Gerrit hurriedly turned around and went to the kitchen to find water, but he stopped in the middle of the journey,

He remembered that Grandma Milia told him to fetch water in the same way.

Little Gerrit turned around, his eyes reddened even more,

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

"Get me some water, please?"

Father Hoss just shook his head and said so.

Little Gerrit had to go to fetch water for Hoth.

After filling the water and returning, little Gerrit saw his father leaning against the head of the bed, raising his head and wondering what he was thinking.

"Father, water... Huos, what are you thinking?"

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

"Thinking of your grandfather, Medioc, and of you, Grandma Milia."

Both sides of Hoth's skinny and rough face were still morbidly red, but apart from that, the rest of his face looked extraordinarily pale,

Even after drinking some water, the lips dry out quickly again.

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

Little Gretel said.

Father Hoss just smiled at little Grit, stroked little Grit's hair,

"Little Gerrit, you go and have breakfast, and then go to school."

"No, I'm not going!"

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

Little Gerrit said stubbornly.

"I want to see you go to school. There are still many things I don't understand, and I hope you can help me find the answers, 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' words, little Gerrit was puzzled.

In the end, little Gerrit finished his breakfast at the bedside of his father Howth, and fed some to his father,
Following the wishes of his father Hoss, he left the house and went to school.

Before leaving the village, Little Gretel found Aunt Leina,

I hope Leina can help take care of Hoss, Leina agreed.

Along the way, even the whole day after school,

Little Gerrit spends his time worrying,
He thought of the scene when Milia left countless times, which made him fear from the bottom of his heart.

in fact,

Hawes should have been sick long ago.

There is no food at home, and the two people who have been starving for a long time,
Little Gretel is better than Hoss, when he has nothing to do, he can lie on the bed,

Even the job at Dr. Monk wasn't all that strenuous.

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

Hawes should have been sick.

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

at last,

spending time at school in fear and worry,

Little Gerrit decided to lie to his father anyway,

He still wanted to treat his father Howth.

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

then,

He went to Mr. Raleigh's house.

Before he can take his father Hoss to a doctor for treatment, he needs money.

He knew the location of Mr. Raleigh's house, and his father Hoss had taken him there before.

(End of this chapter)