I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 335 Valina

"Then Mr. Al, let's go first."

Several editors of the publishing house talked, and left work one after another.

Waiting for the publishing house to calm down again,
Al looked again at the already dark evening sky outside the office window,
Then he and his wife and assistant Penny looked at each other,

Then both of them couldn't help laughing at it.

Immersed in the story of the "ordinary" chapter, neither of them felt the passage of time much,
Just like that in the office, I watched the content of the "Ordinary" chapter on the computer screen for half an afternoon,

If it wasn't for the editor at the publishing house when it was time to get off work, and no one reminded them, the two of them would probably have seen the night in the office.

"Are you still watching here?"

"Then continue watching?"

Al asked, and Penny asked,
Then both of them had an answer, turned their eyes one after another, and then turned to the computer screen.

But right after, Petunia paused again and said,

"Let's order a pizza first."

"Well... of course."

Al came back to his senses and felt a stomachache, as if he was a little hungry.

"...In addition, send the manuscript of 'Ordinary Chapters' to Professor Voss. I hope he can start the translation work as soon as possible, and the printing factory can also print other language versions besides the English version as soon as possible."

Penny said again,

Al nodded, then smiled and said,

"Then you call the pizza delivery and order a pizza for the two of us. I will contact Professor Voss and send him this manuscript."

"it is good."

One of the two picked up the mobile phone to make a call, and the other switched the page on the computer screen to contact Professor Voss.

Wait for the things on both sides to be done.

Petunia moved the stool she was sitting on again, and sat closer to the computer.
Al also turned off the chat interface displayed on the computer screen, and switched back to the content of the 'ordinary' chapter manuscript.

Both eyes were cast on the computer screen,

He didn't speak any more, and soon he was immersed in it again.

……

"...the 'Ordinary' chapter, the complete 'Ordinary' chapter, oh! It's just too good!"

"... my Mr. Worth, dear Worth, I can see you're excited, but won't you have your supper?"

Where Professor Vos lives.

Professor Voss was having dinner with his wife when he received the message from Editor-in-Chief Al.

After receiving the manuscript of the "Ordinary" chapter from the editor-in-chief of Al,
Professor Worth became excited, his eyes lit up, he didn't even eat dinner, he put down the half-eaten chicken leg and went into the study,
Looking at Professor Worth's appearance, his wife asked helplessly.

"Don't eat, please put it away for me, I have a manuscript to read, and I'm going to read it now."

"Are you in such a hurry?"

"Sometimes food for thought is more tempting than food to fill you up, especially when I'm not very hungry right now."

Professor Worth said aloud, got up and went to the study.

After entering the study, he closed the door behind him.

He signed a confidentiality agreement, and more importantly, he also likes this work very much,
I can feel the excellence of this work, so even his wife, he never let her see the content of the manuscript.

Looking at Voss, his wife shook her head,

Save some dinner and put it in the refrigerator,

Then he looked at the closed study door, knowing that Voss might be working,

The wife didn't bother anymore.

in the study,
Professor Voss turned on the computer,
Downloaded and opened the manuscript of the 'Ordinary' chapter sent by the editor-in-chief of Al.

"Huh...huh..."

He let out several breaths in a row, calming down his mood that he was about to read the "ordinary" chapter in its entirety,

Professor Voss turned his attention to the content of the 'ordinary' chapter,

Like the editor-in-chief of Al, Professor Worth looked at the complete manuscript and chose to read it from the beginning.

Roughly kept seeing where I've seen before,
Then slow down the reading speed and read carefully,

Soon, immerse yourself in the story again.

Time, at such a time, passes silently,
Soon it went from evening to late night.

……

The story of the ordinary chapter of "The Ordinary and the Great",
Still going on.

Little Hoss listened to the reminders from the villagers,

After working in the fields for a day, I returned home early.

Going to take a gift to Grandpa Gus.

It's just that Little Hoss's house doesn't have too many things.
After Little Hoss returned home, he walked around the house a few times.

In the end, I just took a small sack and filled a few bowls of soybeans at home, as a gift and reward to Grandpa Gus.

Carrying the small sack of soybeans, Little Hoss went out of the house again.

The neighbor's Mrs. Millia was still standing in the yard next door, as if waiting for Mr. Moore to come back.

"... Mrs. Milia, are you waiting for Mr. Moore to come back? Maybe you can go to your field to see?"

"No."

Mrs. Milia shook her head.

"why?"

"When men are working and working outside, women can't disturb them at will."

Mrs. Milia said again.

Little Hoss looked again at Mrs. Milia.

"...Maybe, Mrs. Milia, you can go to work in the field with Mr. Moore? Then come back with Mr. Moore."

Little Halston stopped and asked like this.

In this way, more fields can be cultivated in one day.

Little Hoss, who had been farming and working in the field for a day, couldn't help but think like this.

"No."

Mrs. Milia shook her head at Little Hoss,
"The will of the church, the will of God and the Lord, that is written in the books of the church."

"The man works in the fields, while the woman prepares food at home. The man hunts in the forest, while the woman waits at home for the man's return, handling the game..."

Mrs. Milia spoke at length,

"...That's why the church says that women are not allowed to go out to work, and they cannot leave the house at will. Even if they need to leave the house for necessary things, they must cover all their bodies and faces. Otherwise, it is an offense to the Lord and a The Lord’s impiety... People from the church will go to different places to check from time to time, and if they see someone who offends the Lord, they will punish them.”

"Like my father's punishment?"

Little Hoss asked.

Mrs. Milia was silent for a while, then nodded,

"almost."

Little Hoss looked at Mrs. Milia without saying a word.

Little Hoss is not too old, he knows this, but he doesn't know it very clearly.

His mother passed away very early, and he only knew that when he was working in the fields with his father, he rarely saw his aunts in other villages.

"Um……"

Little Hoss lowered his head, his eyes touched his trouser legs, and he didn't speak.

"...Little Hoss, what are you going out for?"

On the contrary, Mrs. Milia was silent for a while, looked at the small sack of soybeans in Little Hoss's hand, and asked aloud.

"...I put up a tombstone in front of my father Medioc's grave. Grandpa Gus said to the uncle in the village that I misunderstood the words of the priest of the church."

"They took my father's tombstone and burned it... Make up for the mistake that stopped me, and I will send a reward to Grandpa Gus."

Little Hoss raised his head and said to Mrs. Milia.

"...Then you go, it will be late in a while."

Mrs. Milia was not surprised by this, she nodded and said in agreement.

"...Miss Milia... Is Medioc really unable to return to the Lord's kingdom of heaven, right now?"

Little Hoss hesitated, then raised his head and asked Mrs. Milia.

Mrs. Milia paused, then shook her head,

"I don't understand these things, but your Grandpa Gus is the person in the village who can best understand the will of God and the church."

"I see... Thank you, Mrs. Millia, I'll go then."

Little Hoss lowered his head again, then carried the small sack and headed towards the outside of the village.

Grandpa Gus lived in the first household in the village.

Milia was still standing in the yard, turned her head, and looked at Little Hoss who was walking away,

Waiting for Little Hoss to go far, then turned back, still waiting in the yard.

……

"Grandpa Gus, are you there?"

The house of Grandpa Gus's house is similar to that of other people in the village,
It's just that there are no farm tools in front of the house, and the yard is extremely clean without too much dirt.

When little Hoss arrived, he happened to see an aunt, thanked him and left,

Little Hoss moved out of the way, and entered the open room as well.

"Little Hoss? What's the matter?"

Grandpa Gus was sitting on a stool in the house,

Turning his head and seeing Little Hoss, a smile appeared on his face,

As kind as Little Hoss remembered.

Like a priest in... a church.

Even in the house, indeed, a few candles were lit,

It's just not as many as in the church, just two or three candles, burning and flickering.

Grandpa Gus didn't wear the supple robes of a church priest,

But it also looked softer and cleaner than the burlap clothes of Little Hoss and the rest of the village.

"...I'm here to thank Grandpa Gus for stopping me and not letting me make a mistake and misunderstand what the priest meant."

Little Hoss was talking, lowered his head, and handed over the small sack of soybeans in his hand.

"Is that so?"

"It's okay, little Huss, remember it. Just don't set up a tombstone for your father Medioc in the future. The Lord will not blame you, poor child."

Grandpa Gus still smiled and said to Little Hoss.

Little Hoss nodded, still passing the small sack of soybeans forward.

"...Let me see...it's soybeans. Thank you, Little Hoss. Let's put it there."

"Well...Grandpa Nagus, I'm leaving first."

Grandpa Gus always had a kind smile on his face,
After Little Hoss put down the bag of soybeans, he left.

After leaving the house, Little Hoss didn't dare to look back,
He was afraid that Grandpa Gus would see something, he was afraid that the little tombstone he buried later would also be found,

So Little Hoss hurried back home all the way,
It wasn't until he got home that Little Hoss relaxed a little.

When entering the house, Little Hoss turned his head and glanced at the neighbor's yard,

The neighbor, Mrs. Milia, was no longer standing in the yard. She might have waited for Mr. Moore to come back and entered the house.

Or maybe he went into the house to make dinner?

Little Hoss came back into the house,

When I started making dinner and cooking soybean soup,
Little Hoss filled some soybeans first, then thought of giving Grandpa Gus a lot of soybeans today.

He poured out half of the soybeans back into the bag.

Let’s cook half of yesterday’s today…it’ll save some.

……

In the book, the story continues to develop.

In the next few days, Little Hoss lived relatively peacefully.
He gets up early every day to cultivate the fields, and only returns home after dark. He knows that there is a time limit for cultivating crops.
After time, the harvest may be less if you do the next crop,
But he didn't know exactly when it would be too late, he just watched the fields of other people around the field still planted crops one after another,

He became more and more anxious.

In the middle of the journey, his head became dizzy, his eyes turned black, and he fainted once in the field.

Then no one found him, he woke up, and moved to a place where the sun could not shine to rest.

When going out in the morning, he still sometimes visits the grave of his father Medioc,
Occasionally he would speak to the grave, but most of the time he was silent, just like his father used to be silent most of the time.

But these days, it might be that he went out earlier and earlier, but he didn't meet Aunt Varina a few times.

Or maybe Aunt Varina couldn't visit her dead child every day, any more than Little Hoss went to his father's grave every morning.

that's it,
Little Hoss worked hard in the field day after day.

Although his farming speed was slower than others, but this way of getting up early and working late, the fields were gradually cultivated with crops.

then……

There are some new twists in the plot.

this day.

Little Hoss is farming with farm tools in one of the family's fields,

Probably because he was too tired yesterday, he got up late today, and Little Hoss planned to continue working in the field for a while at night,
Just at night, it is much cooler than during the day.

It's just that it's hard for Little Hoss to see things clearly at night.

Holding the agricultural tools, he could only plant crops in the field based on the rough outline.

Planted all the way to the edge of this field, when he straightened up to rest, Little Hoss discovered that,

In another field next door, it seems that someone is also farming,

If it wasn't for him standing on the edge of the field, if it wasn't for that person who was not far from the edge of the field, he really wouldn't be able to see that there was another person in the field at night.

"Uncle Burton?"

Little Hoss yelled.

He remembered that the field next to him belonged to Uncle Burton's house, which was the house of Aunt Varina's, and Burton was Varina's husband.

It's just that the voice passed, but the figure who was cultivating in the field over there stopped his movements.

But there was no answer.

"Uncle Burton?"

Little Hoss feels a little strange, isn't it Uncle Burton?
Otherwise, is there still someone so kind to help Uncle Burton farm for free?
Little Hoss couldn't help but walked over to Burton's field.

But he saw that figure immediately picked up the farm tools and things after Little Hoss yelled again,

No more farming, and hurried away from the farmland.

"Uncle Burton..."

Little Hoss couldn't see clearly when the figure was not moving.

When moving, although you can't see the face clearly, the walking posture of the blurry figure makes Little Hoss feel familiar.

And that walking posture doesn't look like a man, but like a woman,

"...Aunt Varina?"

Little Hoss called out with some hesitation.

Immediately afterwards, the figure stopped.

Then he walked towards Little Hoss more hastily.

Waiting for the figure to gradually approach, Little Hoss was finally able to gradually see clearly.

And that figure was indeed Aunt Varina.

"...Hush, little Hoss, keep your voice down."

Aunt Varina came up to her and said nervously.

"Aunt Varina, why do you..."

Little Hoss turned his head and looked at the field that Aunt Varina had been plowing.

"Didn't it mean that women can't work in the fields?"

Little Hoss asked.

Aunt Varina's face became more tense, and she was a little scared. She looked to the side and said again,

"It's fine at night... Women can't farm and can't show their faces... Everyone can't see it at night... Just like just now, didn't you see Little Hoss?"

Little Hoss listened, a little confused.

"Is that right?"

"Well... that's it. Little Hoss, are you hungry? I still have some black bread here, you can eat it."

Aunt Varina responded and stuffed the black bread in the basket into little Hoss' hands.

"But Little Hoss, remember not to tell anyone about this."

"I know, Aunt Varina... don't need this..."

Little Hoss looked at the black bread in his hand and wanted to return it to Aunt Varina.

"Take it, take it..."

"Okay, I'm leaving..."

"Aunt Varina, don't you keep farming?"

Little Hoss looked at Aunt Varina and asked again.

Aunt Varina hesitated for a moment, then looked at Little Hoss again,

"...Little Hoss, remember not to tell others... When my side is finished plowing, if your side is not finished, I will come and help you plow for a while."

Aunt Varina hesitated for a while, but went back to the field over there.

After walking far away, Little Hoss could only see a vague figure here again.

(End of this chapter)