I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 383 Melia!
With red eyes, little Gerrit walked out of the bedroom and ran into the kitchen to get water.

in the bedroom,

Melia was lying weakly on her side, watching little Gerrit leave with difficulty, and then looked at Hoth.

"Milia, let's go to the doctor, we still have some money at home."

Hoss was silent for a while, and said to Milia.

Milia shook her head weakly, her chapped lips parted slightly,

"Just let me lie down at home."

"You live with little Gerrit and you always need some money."

There is no money in the house, and if there is, there is no need to sell Mrs. Milia's field to pay for the next year's study fees for little Gerrit.

"We still have five fields."

Hoss was silent for a while, then raised his head and spoke to Milia.

"We only have those five fields. Mortgage them again, sell them, what will we eat at home?"

"Without these fields, I can find more time to find some work in the town. Little Gerrit, little Gerrit can earn money to live on his own when he grows up. He knows more than I do."

"Let's go to the doctor first. It probably won't cost that much."

Under Hoth's persuasion, Milia seemed to be a little shaken,
I don't know if it's because of Hoss' words or because of the pain on his body.

There was some brilliance in the cloudy eyes, but the last ray of brilliance disappeared,

Milia shook her head,
She doesn't want to see the doctor now, and she is even more afraid of the doctor saying that she needs two or three silver coins,
It would make her and Howth more miserable.

"Just let me rest at home."

Melia turned her head back, moved her body on the bed with some difficulty, and lay back down,
Hoss was silent, paused for a while, just stood up and helped Melia.

"...It's just a pity that the weeds in the fields at home haven't been removed yet."

"I'll be there."

Little Gerrit came out of the kitchen with water.

I just heard this conversation between Grandma Milia and Father Hoss,
He was a little puzzled, wondering why Grandma Milia said this at this time,
But more anxiously, he hurriedly carried water and walked into the house.

"Grandma Milia."

Little Gerrit brought the water to the bed with an anxious face,
"Little Gretel..."

Grandma Milia had to support the side of the bed, and got up with some difficulty,
It was Hoss who helped her up, and then took the bowl of water from the hands of little Gerrit, and handed it to Grandma Milia's mouth,

"Melia, Grandma Melia... shall we go to the doctor?"

Little Gerrit still looked eagerly at Grandma Milia who was drinking water,
"Cough cough..."

Grandma Milia, who drank the water, coughed twice,
Turning his head, facing little Gerrit, the pale and haggard face still had the usual smile,

This unlucky woman always puts a smile on her face,
Especially when dealing with Hoss, and little Gerrit.

"Little Gerrit, let Grandma Milia take a good rest, just rest at home. Grandma Milia is tired and doesn't want to go somewhere else."

"But……"

Grandma Milia stroked little Gerrit's hair and smiled gently,

"...Little Gerrit, go to school, Grandma Milia is waiting for you to come back at home, and tell grandma after you figure out those problems."

"Grandma would also like to know the answers to those questions."

After finishing speaking, Grandma Milia lay on the bed again, closed her eyes and wanted to rest.

Little Gerrit was taken out of the house by his father Hoss,

Little Gerrit looked back three times at every step, and left the house just like that with a piece of black bread,
His father Hoth, who would go to town with him most of the time, did not go with him today.

……

The plot continues to develop.

Little Gerrit went to the town alone, listening to Grandma Milia and Father Hoss,

Went to school as usual.

After a class at the school, Gerrit Jr. went to find the man who had previously paid for the next year's study.

Little Gerrit consulted with the man, or begged, begged.

Can you return the five silver coins that Mr. Raleigh paid directly to the school?

Even five silver coins are not refunded, four silver coins are returned, and three silver coins are also fine.

But the man looked at him with a very strange look,
Then rejected his request.

just tell him
If he doesn't want to come to school to study next year, he doesn't have to come,

But the next year's study fee of five silver coins will not be refunded to him.

Little Gerrit, whose request was rejected, didn't cry or pester anymore,
Just walked away silently.

That day, little Gerrit left school earlier than usual.

After leaving school, his father Hoss did not come today.

And after little Gerrit left school, he didn't go back directly.

Instead, go straight to the doctor's place in town.

To the doctor's office.

Little Gerrit happened to see the scene,
It was a patient being carried up on a shelf, begging the doctor for treatment.

But in the end, amid the cries of the patient's relatives, the patient died,

During the whole process, I didn't even enter the door of the consulting room.
The gatekeeper at the entrance of the consulting room stopped them outside, and finally thought they were noisy, and asked them to go a little farther away.

From the words of the people next to him, little Gerrit probably knew that because the patient didn't raise enough money, he had to be carried out of the consulting room.

Among the onlookers, most of them were chanting some prayers, and some felt sorry for the patient,

Other than that, there is nothing else.

Little Gerrit, who bumped into this scene, hesitated back and forth at the door of the consulting room.

At last the gatekeeper stopped him,
Ask him what he wants to do, and tell him to leave as soon as possible.

Little Gerrit finally chose to enter the consulting room,

There are many patients in each room of the consulting room.
In addition to the people who were treating diseases, there were also many people who hung around the windows and huddled together in the house to see doctors and treat diseases.

There is also someone nearby who specially collects "ticket money" for seeing a doctor for medical treatment, which is about two copper coins.

The doctor was bleeding a patient when little Gerrit came into the consulting room.

Holding a sharp knife, he swiftly pierced a small hole in the patient's arm,
When the knife was removed, the blood flowed down the arm a little bit,

The patient leaning back on the chair leaned back, opened his eyes wide, and took a deep breath.

The audience watching below saw the blood flowing out, as if they were stimulated,

Shouting excitedly, his face flushed, he shouted hello.

Little Gerrit was taken aback.

At last, the bloodletting was over,
The doctor grabbed something that looked like herbs from the side, and stuck it on the bleeding wound on the patient's arm.

Treatment ended.

"Doctor Monk still has an amputation operation today, which will be performed later. If you want to watch it, please pay the viewing fee now."

The person collecting the 'ticket' next to him shouted loudly again now.

The group of people who heard about the amputation and watched the doctor's treatment seemed to get excited all of a sudden.
His face was flushed, and he scrambled over to pay the viewing fee.

"Is there anything else to see? Dr. Monk's surgery is a masterpiece in the nearby towns. The ornamental nature of the surgery has been praised by the king's royal doctor!"

The cashier yelled.

The people next to him began to drive away those who did not pay and did not come to see a doctor.

Little Gerrit took advantage of this time to walk towards Dr. Monk who was wiping his hands with a cloth after he had just finished treating a patient.

"To see a doctor? Wait there, there are still a few patients who need treatment."

When he walked in front of Dr. Monk, Little Gerrit couldn't help but pause,
And this Dr. Monk raised his head and saw little Gerrit, and said casually.

"...No, it's not... Do you still need people here, apprentices or something. I want to work here?"

"Apprentice, work? Sorry, I don't recruit people here, let alone children."

Dr. Monk turned around, looked at Little Gerrit, and shook his head.

Little Gerrit was a little anxious, and quickly said,

"I can read, I'm a student in a town school..."

"Know the words?"

"Okay... I still need a pharmacist who dispenses medicines here. According to my prescriptions, I will dispense medicines to patients. You can start as an apprentice first."

"Well... two hundred copper coins a month."

"You're small after all. That's a good price."

"But I can only come in the afternoon."

"Okay, okay, you still have to go to school to study... okay, but after you become a regular, you only have two hundred copper coins."

In this way, little Gerrit became an apprentice in the doctor's office,
Just because he knows how to read.

And for little Gerrit, this may be the only possible way for this doctor to treat his grandma Melia.

Next,
Little Gerrit remained in this consulting room until evening,

Watching the doctor treat the patient several times.

And the amputation operation on the patient,

Little Gerrit, who had already started working, was handing things by the side,

The patient was firmly tied to the seat with a cowhide belt, but the foot to be amputated was raised and placed on the stool.

In addition, a piece of wood was stuffed into the patient's mouth, and several people in the consulting room held the patient down.
At last the doctor took up the sharp ax and the red-hot iron,
After the sharp ax fell, the doctor quickly blocked the red-hot iron on the patient's bleeding wound.

Amidst the smell of burnt meat, the doctor with blood splashed all over his body, on his apron, trousers, and head smiled at the audience watching the operation,
declared the success of the operation.

The patient, on the other hand, had already fainted from sweating profusely.

"...Okay, little Gerrit, here's your salary for this afternoon, you can leave now."

Little Gerrit wiped the blood splattered on his face, took the money,
Looking at the doctor again,

"Doctor... my grandma Milia is ill, can I ask you to go home and help her see..."

Little Gerrit hesitated, but still said this.

"Okay, there is the fee for the consultation room, and the fee for outpatient visits is higher."

Little Gerrit turned his head and looked over, the brilliance in his eyes gradually dimmed.

……

Although little Gerrit could not find a doctor to help,

But he still came to Dr. Monk in the afternoon for the next few days.

He no longer asked the doctor to treat his grandmother Milia,
He was just insinuating, asking his grandma how to treat this disease.

And Grandma Milia's illness is gradually getting worse.

When little Gerrit came home on his first day,
Grandma Milia's face turned from pale and haggard to sickly flushed,

Even if I have been drinking water, my lips are chapped,

It was hot on the forehead, and it seemed that the whole body was in pain.

In the next few days, Grandma Milia's consciousness has begun to blur.

Just occasionally seeing little Gerrit, sober for a while,
Still as usual, I shouted with a smile, Little Gerrit.

Little Gerrit also tried to find a way, from the doctor's consulting room, from the doctor to know some medicines that might treat Grandma Milia,

Then buy some herbs and go back to Granny Milia.

It's just that Grandma Milia didn't get better after taking medicine.

And Dr. Monk's answers to little Gerrit's questions are always vague.

Just told Little Gerrit that Milia needs to be sent to him for bloodletting treatment.

But little Gerrit has gradually discovered these days that Dr. Monk's bloodletting treatment may not be able to cure the patient.

And Dr. Monk always said that those patients who were not cured and died were not devout enough to God and the Lord.

So bloodletting therapy did not play its due role.

This sounded like what Grandpa Moss had said to Grandpa Burton and Grandma Valina about Uncle Walker's situation.

And as time goes by,

Even though little Gretel was extremely anxious,
But Grandma Milia's body is still gradually deteriorating,
Sometimes little Gretel sat by Grandma Milia's bed, with Grandma Milia,
You can hear Grandma Milia, who is unconscious, saying some vague words,
At other times, Grandma Milia would scream suddenly, as if she had been beaten.

Waiting for little Gerrit to get up anxiously and call Grandma Milia,
Grandma Milia managed to wake up, opened her cloudy eyes, looked at little Gretel,

In the end, he just smiled at little Gerrit and said,
"Grandma is fine, grandma Milia is fine..."

It's just that as Grandma Milia spends less and less time awake,

Finally, even little Gretel couldn't wake Grandma Milia up,

Grandma Melia could no longer touch Little Gerrit's hair and tell Little Gerrit that she was fine.

Finally, Grandma Milia still couldn't wake up again.

……

This is the evening of the tenth day since Grandma Milia fell ill.

Little Gerrit used some copper coins he earned in the doctor's office to buy some herbs.

But when he stepped in the door,
But I found it was very quiet today.

Every day before, when he entered the house, he could hear Grandma Milia tossing and turning in pain,
As if in a blur of consciousness, the memory of pain and the pain of illness are mixed together.

When Grandma Milia was unconscious, she would feel that someone was beating her.

Every time this happened, little Gerrit would rush over to appease Grandma Milia.

But, today, little Gerrit didn't hear it.

"Grandma Milia?"

"Grandma Milia, are you feeling better?"

Is Grandma Milia cured?

Little Gerrit thought this way, but another thought in his heart couldn't help coming out,

And frighten him.

Terrified, little Gerrit hurried into Grandma Milia's bedroom.

But only saw the figure of his father Hoss.

Father Hoss was sitting by the bed, dumbfounded, silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

But she was supposed to be lying on Grandma Milia's bed, but Grandma Milia was nowhere to be seen.

"Father, Howth... Milia, where is Grandma Milia? Is she out?"

Little Gerrit turned his head even more fearfully, trying to find that familiar figure,
It's just not in the house, nor anywhere else, and Grandma Milia can't find it.

Father Hoss raised his head, his tanned face was silent,

Looking at little Gretel, he paused for a long time,
In the end just said to little Gerrit,
"...Melia is buried in the cemetery in the village, not far from your grandfather's grave. I carved a tombstone for her."

"Melia said, when you come back, you can visit her. She is waiting for you. After answering those questions, go and tell her."

"You lied to me!"

Still holding the herb tightly in his hand, little Gerrit yelled at his father Hoss.

It's just that the eye sockets couldn't help turning red.

"Grandma Milia...Grandma Milia...where are you!"

"Grandma Milia..."

Little Gerrit called Grandma Milia's name loudly in the room,

The voice was a little hoarse, and gradually brought a crying tone.

It's just that no one will answer him again.

No Grandma Milia will say she's all right, little Gretel.

Grandma Milia...is dead.

Holding the medicine in his arms, little Gerrit squatted down and cried a lot.

Father Hoss stood beside him, looking down at little Gerrit and remained silent.

It wasn't until Little Gerrit finished crying that he stroked Little Gerrit's hair and said,
"Let's go and see your grandma Milia."

(End of this chapter)