I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 429 Doctor Monk is very happy

"Does it feel familiar..."

Professor Worth, who is interested in the possibility that I may have other works,

Then I opened the English version of "Ordinary and Great".

If he is familiar with it, he must be familiar with it. Because of his love for this work and literary translation work, Professor Voss has read this book many times.
Author I is naturally very familiar with the content of the book,
But to extend from this familiarity to other works that may be I,

Professor Voss was a little uncertain.

Unless now is to put the two works of I together for him to compare,
That can be seen directly.Now in the vast sea of ​​books, where can I find other works that may also be I's works.

"Are there any other works similar to the writing style of "The Ordinary and the Great"?"

Professor Worth held the "Ordinary and Great" spread out in his hand, and he was a little puzzled and suspicious of the discussion on the Internet.

Does this similar style of writing appear elsewhere?
Professor Voss feels that online skepticism is a bit unreliable.

Couldn't it be that "Ordinary and Great" is really I's first work?

Although I's prose is extraordinarily sophisticated, although the writing style is extremely good and fluent,

But can't man be a genius?

Like some other writers, are their first books bad?

No matter how bad it is, couldn't it be that I had published some works in Huaguo before publishing "The Ordinary and the Great"?

Well, like 'Dog Author'.

Professor Voss couldn't stop complaining in his heart, and refuted those unreliable discussions on the Internet one by one.

But I still couldn't suppress the curiosity in my heart. While opening "The Ordinary and the Great" in my hand, I also thought of works with similar writing styles in my mind.

This thing is really... quite interesting.

but,

While watching and thinking like this, Professor Worth didn't think of any works similar to "The Ordinary and the Great",

I was first attracted by the story in "The Ordinary and the Great", and then attracted attention
Even after reading "The Ordinary and the Great" many times, after reading a few paragraphs, I couldn't help but keep reading.

When you are immersed in the story, it seems that you have forgotten the plot you already know later, and you are still nervous about the development of the story.

Professor Worth, who was sitting in the study, slowly turned the pages of the book, page by page.

The study fell silent.

As for what, I may have written other books, Professor Worth has long since left it behind.

……

The plot of "The Ordinary and the Great",

Previously, a foreign war broke out in the country where Little Gerrit and Hoss lived.

After the knights of the church came to the village to announce the harvest of the crops in a few months, the church and the king increased the food collection by [-]%.

And now I have to make up [-]% of the year.

Because last year there was still grain harvested in ten fields, and now there is no grandma Milia in the family,

Little Gerrit and Hoss still barely paid the [-]% of the food.

According to the request of those who came to collect the grain from the church, Little Gerrit and his father Hoss moved [-]% of the grain to the carriage at the entrance of the village.

Looking at the food that no longer belonged to his family, he stood there, and his father Hoss left with little Gerrit.

Before leaving, Little Gerrit looked back at the entrance of the village.

At the entrance of the village, except for those who left after paying the food,

There are still many who have paid their food, and they are standing there, asking about the conscription of the kingdom and the church.

Those are people who have paid [-]% of the food and their family has no food to survive.

You can also see some women in the village, wearing long-sleeved clothes and covering their faces with cloth, standing far away, looking into the distance.

Among the men who are asking for conscription there may be their husbands or their sons.

"...Father, Huos, if the husbands and children of those people go to the battlefield, and their families have no food, what will they do?"

Little Gerrit knew the answer, but he still turned around and couldn't help asking.

Facing the question of little Gerrit, Father Hoss didn't speak, but just reached out and stroked little Gerrit's hair.

Both of them know the answer to this question.

"Hoss, little Gerrit... have you paid the food yet?"

It was Grandma Valina who greeted Hoss and Little Gretel,

She, Grandpa Burton, and her child were moving a lot of food to the entrance of the village.

Varina and Burton's family own the most land in the village, and they need to pay the most food.

Before, when food prices were rising, Varina and Burton sold a lot of surplus food.

Now, it may be a little bit reluctant to take out so much food.

Grandma Valina and Grandpa Burton didn't look very good, and they only smiled reluctantly at Hoss and little Gretel.

"Well... I barely paid it... I don't know if the remaining food can survive until the time of food harvest."

Little Gerrit looked at Grandma Valina and Grandpa Burton, and Hoss nodded and responded.

Varinna and Burton smiled reluctantly, took their children to carry the food, and went to pay.

Hoss looked back, then reached out to stop little Gerrit,

Walked back home.

……

"Gollum..."

It was afternoon at school the next day.

Little Gerrit's stomach couldn't help but growl.

Although there is still some grain left in the family, in order to make the remaining grain last until the harvest season,

Hoss still began to reduce the food for two people per meal,
Although Hoss tried to feed his share to little Gerrit last night and this morning,
But Little Gerrit firmly refused,
Just tell Hoss that Hoss has the strength to go to work, and the money he gets in exchange can buy more food, so that they can survive until the harvest time,
Only when Howth has the strength to work in the fields can they have the harvest in the fields.

And he can lie on the bed without moving around when he is free, so he won't be hungry so quickly.

After hearing what little Gerrit said, Hoss didn't say anything more, but just ate the food he was eating in one gulp.

At noon today, little Gerrit found two bowls of water in school and poured them into his stomach.

But I don't know, I will be hungry so soon.

I covered my stomach,
Little Gerrit raised his head again, looking forward,
A little further away, the students from the towns who came to the school to study are still gathering together at this moment, playing, talking, or concentrating on their studies.

Like nothing happened yesterday.

On the other hand, Emoen, who was sitting next to little Gerrit, had a look of displeasure on his face,
"It's a smart idea. Collect the food first. If the food is not enough for the family, then you can go to the battlefield, and it will be convenient for the king to recruit troops."

Aimeng is also a very smart person, and now he said a little indignantly,
I don't know if it was because of this incident that the food in his family was reduced a lot, or because he didn't wear the new clothes from the previous two days today.

Little Gretel clutched his stomach, stretched out his hand and pulled Imoon,

At the same time, he looked behind Aimeng, not far away, the teacher from the school, who was sent by the bigger city, came over at some point,
As if hearing Aimeng's words, his face instantly sank,

Aimon, who was still aggrieved just now, noticed the teacher's expression under the reminder of Little Gretel.
In an instant, his face turned pale with fright, and his whole body trembled.

"You are not allowed to discuss the decision of the king and the church, this is a holy war!"

The teacher said to Aimon with a gloomy face, but also with some fanaticism.

Amon nodded tremblingly, not daring to speak.

Little Gerrit, who moved his hands away from his belly, raised his head and looked at the teacher,

He had never seen the teacher from a bigger town so angry, it was like Imoon had pushed his bottom line.

The originally noisy surroundings became silent under the teacher's words.

"Remember, don't let me hear similar words again."

After reprimanding Aimeng again, the teacher left.

Little Gerrit raised his head, watching the teacher walk away again,

Then cover your stomach again,

My stomach growled again.

I'm so hungry,

It's really hard.

"Thank you...this is for you to eat."

Aimon's face was still a little pale, and his whole body was still a little trembling,
Turning around, he took out the food from his pocket and handed it to little Gerrit.
Little Gerrit raised his head at once, his eyes turned red when he saw the food,

As soon as he took it, he wolfed it down and stuffed it into his mouth indiscriminately.

"You... are you okay?"

Aimeng was taken aback again, and his bloody face turned pale with fright.

"No, it's okay..."

Little Gerrit, who stuffed the food Imoen gave him, looked up and shook his head.

……

"...Come here, come in quickly, we still have many patients waiting for our treatment this afternoon."

After finishing his studies at school that day, Little Gerrit went straight to Dr. Monk's consulting room after leaving school.

As soon as he walked to the door of the consulting room, Dr. Monk, who saw little Gerrit, beckoned him to go in quickly.

While watching, Little Gerrit came into the consulting room and arrived at Dr. Monk's side.

In the consultation room, there were still as many spectators as usual, crowded around the consultation room, and there were more patients than usual, and Dr. Monk was obviously very happy,

He even forgot to show his face to the not-so-pious believer Little Gerrit.

"...In the next few days, there will be more patients and more busy clinics. After you leave your school, come to me as soon as possible, you know?"

"Don't stay for a moment, or you leave school earlier every day and come to me earlier."

Dr. Monk excitedly said to Little Gerrit that a patient was being immobilized on the operating chair next to him.

"Why, why are there so many more patients than usual?"

Little Gerrit looked up at Dr. Monk with some doubts.

"what……"

Doctor Monk laughed, then moved closer to little Gerrit, lowered his voice,

"Because another 'good doctor' in town was taken away by the church to be a doctor in the army."

"Ha ha……"

After Dr. Monk finished speaking, he laughed again.

Little Gerrit still looked at Dr. Monk suspiciously,

"What about you, Doctor Monk?"

"Me? I'm probably more religious than that guy."

Doctor Monk said with a smile.

Monk, who has always claimed to be a devout believer and the Lord's physician, actually answered like this.

Little Gerrit raised his head again, and looked more at Dr. Monk.

At this time, the patient on the operating chair has been fixed.

"Little Gretel, do you want to come again?"

Dr. Monk was obviously really happy, so he didn't take the surgical ax handed to him by Little Gerrit.
Instead he asked with a smile.

Little Gerrit shook his head.

The patient also said dissatisfiedly,

"I'll pay enough, Dr. Monk."

"Okay, okay, I know, I'm just joking, you know, haha..."

Doctor Monk smiled, not caring about the patient's dissatisfaction,

After receiving the sharp ax handed over by Little Gerrit, the operation began.

……

"Okay...take it, this is your salary today, if you are liked like this every day, then you will have this salary every day in the future."

It was night, and the sky was dark.

Little Gerrit finished his job with Dr. Monk,
Dr. Monk handed the ten copper coins to Little Gerrit.

Little Gerrit took it and looked at it.

He can't remember, what's different about him today.

It might just be Dr. Monk's own pleasure.

"Thank you."

"Let's go, get out of here. Do you want me to take you back?"

Doctor Monk waved.

Little Gerrit held the money and turned to leave.

With the salary of ten copper coins, little Gretel, who wanted to exchange the money for food,

Deliberately look around when passing by shops selling grain in some towns,

It's just that it's too late, or the shops that sell grain are not open.

The doors of these shops are closed.

But even so, you can still see some people holding bags in their hands,

Wait at that door.

Those people also cast their gazes at Little Gerrit,

Little Gerrit tightly held the money in his hand, and hurried over.

……

"Father……"

At the entrance of the town, little Gerrit saw his father Howth,

Even though it was a little late now, Hoss was still waiting for him.

"Well, let's go, let's go back."

"Ah."

The two walked towards the village, and Father Hoss asked little Gerrit why it was so late,
"Why is it later than usual today?"

"Doctor Monk's is busy today."

"Well... I'll wait for you outside Dr. Monk's clinic in the future."

That's all Father Hoss said.

Little Gerrit hesitated, then nodded,
Immediately afterwards, he handed the ten copper coins in his hand to his father Huos,
"Father, this is today's salary. Doctor Monk is happier today, so he gave a lot."

"I wanted to exchange these for food, but none of the food stores were open."

"Ah."

Hoss was silent and didn't refuse, but just took the money that Little Gerrit handed over.

"Father...you said that the increase in food prices is because of the war?"

"Well, maybe."

Little Gerrit asked about the previous doubts again,
The reason for the previous increase in food prices seems to have been found,

It was because the kingdom was about to wage war against its neighbors.

Hoss couldn't answer the question, nodded, and just said,
"Maybe you need to find the answer yourself, and then tell me."

"Um……"

Talking like usual,
Little Gerrit and Hoss walked back to the village at night.

but,

After entering the village, there are still some things that are different after all.

In the village, it was quieter than usual.

under the night,
Almost all the residents in the village closed their doors tightly, and no sound could be heard in the houses with closed doors.

occasionally,

A few more could be seen, the doors wide open,

Or younger, or old women,
Either stand at the door of the house, or sit at the door of the house,
Motionless, like a sculpture made of stone.

When I walked past the houses of those residents,

Little Gerrit tilted his head and looked a few more times.

Most of the women standing in that courtyard were there alone, without seeing their husbands, or their children,
There was no expression on their faces, and their eyes could not see the slightest expression.

Numb, just sitting there, standing there.

"...Let's go faster."

Passing by the houses of these women,
Hoss just hugged little Gerrit and said something like this,
But after walking a few steps forward, Hoss still told little Gerrit something,

"The soldiers recruited by the church and the king have left the village, just today."

Hearing Hoth's words,

Little Gerrit turned back again, looking at the numb woman sitting in front of the house door in the nearest yard,

The woman seemed dead, unresponsive to what happened to young Gerrit and Haws.

"Father, I remember that's Aunt Leina's house, right? That's Aunt Leina's house."

"I remember Aunt Leina's house. It's just her and Uncle Hughton. They don't have children yet."

"Well, Hughton left with the others in the morning."

(End of this chapter)