I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 426 Holy War

Although the fields were gone, the harvest in the fields never really belonged to them.

And now, the debt is gone.

Hoss even had the luxury of hoping that little Gerrit might be able to study in the third year of school.

In the next period of time,
Hawes and Jr.'s days are starting to get repetitive.

Every morning, if father Hoss needs to go to the town to find a job, he will go to the town with little Gerrit,

Then they parted ways, with little Gerrit going to school and Hawes doing some work.

However, Hoth's work is not always available, and there is always farm work to be done from time to time in the five remaining fields.

But every evening, after little Gerrit left school, and then finished working with Dr. Monk,

When I arrived at the entrance of the town, I could always see the figure of my father Hoss,
Howth would often come to fetch him back to the village.

The two of them might talk about something along the way. Little Gerrit talked about what he saw and heard during the day,
Howth just listened in silence most of the time.

He didn't have so much to say to little Gerrit when he was buried in the fields, or working in the town facing the hot sun.

That's it, the two of them got home all the way, after dinner,

Sometimes Hoss would go out to do some farm work while the moon was bright, and sometimes he would go straight to bed.

That's how the day ends.

And these days,

One more thing happened,
Due to the rise in grain prices, some people finally went to the village where the Huos family lived to buy grain.

Although the price given by this person is much higher than the usual price,

But the fear of unknown changes made few people in the village actually sell their own grain, preferring to keep the grain in their hands.

There are only a few houses, some of which are sold because of the need for money,
And the ones who sold the most grain were the most devout believers in the village, the families of Burton and Varina.

Varinna's family had enough food and sold a lot to merchants.

Little Gerrit has already seen that the clothes worn by Grandpa Burton are much brand new.
It seemed like his classmate Aimeng had changed into a new suit.

As for Little Gerrit's family, it is naturally impossible to sell food,

When his father Hoss originally repaid the debt, he would rather pay the money and keep the food.

But the current misfortune and changes have also made little Gerrit full of changes and uneasiness.

In addition, there were only five fields left in their family. Even if there was a good harvest, it might just be enough for Hoss and Little Gerrit, and there would not be much grain to sell.

Little Gerrit also discovered one thing, which made him very puzzled.

in the village,
It's not just that the ten mortgaged fields of Little Gerrit's house belong to Mr. Raleigh,
There are also large tracts, other lands are Mr. Raleigh.

But now, after Mr. Raleigh took away the field that was originally planted with grain and had grown young seedlings,
But it was deserted, and no one plowed the fields anymore, but let the fields be full of weeds,
Just build a fence around the edge of the field.

Is this because they are worried that someone will steal their food?

But can such a fence stop people?

Little Gerrit sat in front of his house, looking into the distance.

There is a large field not far from the house door, which is surrounded by a fence like this.

"...Father. What do you say Mr. Raleigh is doing?"

At this time, his father Hoss came back from his busy work in his field, and Little Gerrit couldn't help asking.

"...Maybe it's something to raise."

Holden nodded and replied.

"What do you raise? It should be more profitable than growing food."

This must be the case, otherwise Mr. Raleigh would not choose to take away the grain at this time.

Hoss listened to little Gerrit's question and didn't answer, just said,

"Should know soon."

"Ah."

Little Gerrit responded.

Just look into the field again.

……

Day by day passed, and the fences of the fields were completed.

Little Gerrit finally knew that there was something to keep in captivity.

It's sheep.

Sheep are kept in the circled fields,

Mr. Raleigh also specially invited people to raise these sheep.

"Is it more profitable to raise these sheep?"

Little Gerrit was puzzled.

But he also discovered another thing,
The rise in food prices has not stopped.

His classmate, Aimeng, was already regretting that his family had sold so much grain so early,

Complaining that his parents shouldn't have sold so much grain so early.

If he sells it now, maybe he can exchange two clothes.

But for the village where Little Greeter's family is located,
The more grain prices rise, the less people in the village dare to sell grain.

Even Grandma Valina and Grandpa Burton, who still had surplus food, did not sell any more food.

Unless it is someone who really needs money.

But even so,

Mishaps still happened.

Having not been to the village for a long time, the knights of the church brought the will of the church and the oracle of the Lord.

In order to punish the neighboring country for blaspheming the Lord, the master of this country, General Autoliv, announced that he would start war against the neighboring country from now on!
And devout believers of the Lord, for the glory of the Lord and to verify their devotion to the Lord, need to support this holy war.

And for the people in the village where little Gerrit lives, it is,

After the upcoming harvest, the food that needs to be handed over to the church and the king has increased from [-]% to [-]%.

But now, each family needs to hand in an additional [-]% of the grain from the previous harvest.

And the amount of the harvest of each field is determined by the church, so the [-]% of the grain handed over is also determined.

After the knights of the church announced their decree, they rode away at a fast speed and headed for the village of Beide.

Little Gerrit stood next to his father Hoss, and accompanied his father Hoss as he gradually moved away from the figure of the knight.

Until the figure of the knight was gone, the residents in the village were still very quiet, but with strong anxiety.

When the next season's grain is still two or three months away from harvesting,
For families with surplus food, [-]% of the food harvested in the previous year has been taken away, and their life will be extremely difficult in the future.

However, for families whose leftover food is only enough to feed the whole family, these two layers of food will be all the food for the next two or three months, which may not be enough.

The anxious residents of the village surrounded the most devout believer in the village and the person who knew the church's will best - Burton.

"Burton, what should I do? My family's food is not enough to pay to the church. If we pay all of it, how will we live next?"

"Yes, Burton, I don't have much food in my house..."

But Burton finally just said to the residents of the village,

"This is God's oracle and the will of the church. Don't worry, God will definitely arrange the best path for devout believers."

After saying such a sentence, Burton left in some embarrassment.

And indeed,
For those families who have paid for food but have no food to live on,

The church also has arrangements.

A few days later, people from the church came to collect food.

A path is given.

For those who have not enough food in their families.

Just as General Autoliv needed war against his neighbors, he also needed brave fighters,

If the food at home is not enough, then you can become a soldier, and General Autoliv will provide food for the brave soldiers.

However, the army only needs men.

Little Greeter,
Because the grain harvested in the previous year was still the grain of ten fields.

Up to now, even if they paid [-]% of the grain, they could barely make enough for little Gerrit and Howth to live on.

It's just that the next few months will be difficult.

(End of this chapter)