I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 382 Grandma Milia

With doubts in his arms, little Gerrit still fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up the next morning, I could already hear someone busy outside the house.

When Little Greeter opened the door, she saw Grandma Milia.

"Little Gerrit is up, let's get ready to eat."

Breakfast at home was not so early, but little Gerrit needed to rush to school,

And the village is not close to the school, so Little Gerrit left early.

"Ah."

Little Gretel nodded,
Then turned his head and looked outside the house,

At the door outside the house, Father Hoss was repairing a farm tool.

"Hoss, come over and have some food with little Gerrit."

Grandma Milia called, and Father Hoss returned to the house.

……

"Go ahead. I'll come over again in the afternoon and pay for next year's tuition for you. If someone asks you again today, you can just say the same."

Hawes went to town with Jr. Gerritt, and then separated from Jr. Gerritt and went the other way.

Little Gerrit watched his father Hoss go away and also went to school.

In school,

Little Gerrit's doubts yesterday did not disappear because he slept last night.

He thought of asking his classmates.

"Imoon...is there such a person in the village where you live?"

This was the only kid besides little Gretel who wasn't from the town,

He asked Imoen if there was anyone like Burton in their village.

"That is, the most devout believer of the Lord in the village, the person who can best understand the church and God's will."

Little Gerrit used Moss's epitaph to describe people like Burton,

"Residents in the village sometimes ask him questions about the church and God, and at the same time give him some thanks for answering the questions."

"Ah, isn't that my father? My father is such a person who is respected by other residents in the village."

Little Gerrit was stunned when he heard the answer.

"Isn't your father?"

That Imoen asked little Gerrit again.

Little Gerrit was silent, shook his head, and didn't speak any more.

He seems to have figured something out.

Little Gerrit continued his studies at school until noon.

And at noon, a person in the school found little Gerrit,
It is the person who is responsible for collecting the study fees of Little Gerrit and others.

What he just said made little Gerrit a little puzzled,

"Little Gerrit, Mr. Raleigh has already paid for your next year's study fee."

Little Gerrit probably knew why Mr. Raleigh paid five silver pieces for him,
Because Father sold Mr. Rowley five plots of Granny Milia's field,

It's just why Mr. Raleigh didn't give the five silver coins directly to his father, and asked his father Huos to help him pay the tuition.

It was the same way when Mr. Raleigh lent his father Howth seven silver coins to repay the church fine...

Little Gerrit nodded with some doubts.

And until the end of school today,
When he left the school, he saw his father Hoss on the opposite side of the road in front of the school,
Hoss didn't know how long he had been waiting, his sallow and rough face was still calm, but some subtle movements still showed his nervousness and uneasiness.

Maybe Hoss couldn't feel it himself, but everyone who passed by could.

"Father."

cried little Gerrit,
"Well...Greet. Mr. Raleigh said that he has paid you five silver coins directly to the school, is that true?"

"Well, the school has already told you."

Little Gerrit gave his father Hoss an affirmative answer, and Hoss's tense body gradually relaxed.
Howth has been waiting here since noon,

He wanted to know exactly what was going on.

That was five silver coins, five silver coins that were sold for five yuan in Melia's field.

And most importantly, that was Little Gerrit's tuition fee for the next year.

"That's all right. Let's go home then, Gerrit."

"Um……"

Little Gerrit looked at his father, nodded, and the two went home.

……

In the text, the plot continues to develop.

Although Milia sold five of Milia's ten fields in order to pay for Little Gerrit's next year's study.

But the remaining five fields, as well as the fields mortgaged by his father Hoss, were harvested enough for the little Gerrit family to continue to live.

Most importantly, Father Howth was always working fast in the fields,

Can always finish planting before everyone else does, and still have time to find other jobs in town.

Residents in the village say that it is God's blessing.

And now, little Gerrit has at least one more year of studying in school.

Everything seems to be fine.

But accidents still happen.

Grandma Melia is ill.

When little Gerrit woke up one morning,
I no longer heard the sound of Grandma Milia making breakfast outside the house,

I could only hear, probably the footsteps of my father Hoss,
When he opened the door, he saw that the door of Grandma Milia's bedroom was also open.

Grandma Milia was lying on the bed, her face was pale and haggard, her lips were very chapped, and her eyes were cloudy.

Father was sitting by the bed, silent.

Looking at this scene, little Gerrit felt a strong fear in his heart,
He remembered what Grandma Milia had told him about Grandma Valina's child and Uncle Walker's illness.

"Grandma Milia..."

The voice was a little frightening, and little Gerrit walked over step by step, calling for Grandma Milia.

Melia turned her head from the bed with some difficulty when she heard Little Gretel's cry.
"Little Gerrit...Sorry, little Gerrit, Grandma Milia can't make you breakfast today."

"Grandma Milia..."

Grandma Milia showed some gentle smiles on her pale face, and she was still talking to little Gretel as usual,
But little Gretel was even more frightened, with an indescribable fear,
"Grandma Milia... Let's go to the town, go to the town to find a doctor to treat you, you look sick."

"Grandma Milia, why are you suddenly sick?"

Little Gretel walked up to Grandma Milia,
"Ahem...not going, not going...Grandma Milia is just tired and needs to rest."

Grandma Milia raised her head with some difficulty, reached out and gently touched little Gerrit's face, comforting little Gerrit's fear.

"Grandma Milia..."

"No way……"

Little Gretel wanted to help Grandma Milia up,
There is only one thing echoing in his mind at the moment.

The former Uncle Walker died after being brought back from the doctor,
He was going to take Grandma Milia to the doctor.

"Let's go to the doctor, Granny Milia."

Little Gerrit repeated.

But Father Hoss sat by the bed, just stood up, and remained silent.

"Father, Howth..."

Grandma Milia just smiled and shook her head,

Little Gerrit called back to his father,
Father Hoss did reach out to help Grandma Milia up,

It's just that Grandma Milia leaned against the bed and shook her head at her father Hoss and little Gretel.
Father Howth didn't move anymore.

"...Little Gretel, go get me some water..."

"Grandma Milia, are you thirsty? I'll get you water. After drinking, let's go to the doctor."

Grandma Milia kept smiling on her pale face, but she didn't speak.
After father Horston slapped it, he just asked little Gerrit to get water,

"Go get some water, little Gerrit."

Little Gerrit remained silent, standing still for a long time, and stubbornly wanted to take Grandma Milia away.
"Go get some water, little Gerrit..."

Hoss repeated the words,
Little Gerrit paused, and then his eyes turned red.

(End of this chapter)