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The Gawain sudden issue lets some Norris instantaneous delay, he had prepared for is reprimanded, does not have to think oneself must face unexpectedly is such an issue-- this time should reply that is also? Which is against the law?
Has thought for quite a while, this old farmer decided that acknowledged honestly, because knows him to be able read-write person incessantly, once feudal lord Lord finds other person to ask that fact, he really must be against the law.
„Yes...... Lord,” Norris grabs the chest front with the hand the button, said anxiously restlessly, „I have studied...... Read-write.”
Gawain selected the eyebrow, heart said oneself judged really right.
Although a Norris character had not written a moment ago, but is outlining the schematic diagram, but only takes up the penstock time the posture to judge many issues from the opposite party: Can the read-write person's when grasping pen feeling is completely different, in the world of this nearly people's illiterate people, how he has experienced the person who these have not been literate to hold the penstock, how also to use the clumsy way to draw the line on the paper, but the grasping pen posture of this farmer obviously is very at present standard.
Some Hetty accidents/surprises look at Norris, it seems like that this fact she also just discovered.
„You could rest assured that will write is not against the law, teaches others to study to write does not violate the law,” Gawain realized oneself questioned likely to frighten this overly cautious and prudent farmer suddenly, therefore moderate got down, „who was teaches your read-write?”
Obtains feudal lord's commitment, Norris slightly is more relieved, he has rubbed rubbing hands, shows a slightly somewhat embarrassed smiling face: „Feudal lord Lord, said did not fear that you laughed...... I almost must enter the church in the past, turned into one to serve Harvest Goddess Priest, studies the skill that wrote is at that time learned from a teacher......”
A peasant household's son, almost must enter the church unexpectedly, turns into Priest?
The so marvelous experience makes Gawain be interested immediately greatly, therefore under his questioning, the farmer Norris story is finally known.
The opposite party truly was from peasant household's family/home, lived for generations in the Cecil territory freeman, although in the family/home has such several mu infertile lands, but was the same with the most common people of this time, lived in warm and sufficient condition online. His life will be the same with most common people, tied up life-long on the land, bustles about between the rice seedling and drainage ditch, but the only way that he keeps aloof Priest and church that has to do with these, once in a while goes to the church on town to make a prayer, when Priest arrive at the countryside fields accepts one to do missionary work-- but eighth that year, an opportunity arrived at Norris and his parents at present.
Harvest Goddess Priest that comes, to travel to do missionary work arrived at Cecil territory from Holy Spirit Plain, and temporarily resides in the village of Norris life, regarding the farmer, Three Gods of Productivity Priest passes by the road is very rare and lucky matter, therefore everybody in village immediately has then collected the wealth, and defers to the Three Gods of Productivity custom, in the elder by the village leads several children to go together to that Priest „offer”, quite makes Priest be the farming of village makes the blessing.
Then that Priest looks at eight -year-old Norris, said: „This child and land in have the luck together, he is receiving the Harvest Goddess gracious favor.”
Because of these words, after Priest leaves, the Norris parents have almost sold off in the family/home all valuable belongings, the old people in village also found the way to collect some wealth to come out, they also together asked knight Lord in manor, has asked for a pass, finally takes Norris to have delivered to Tanzan Town Mother Goddess of Earth Church, making him „servant apprentice” Three Gods of Productivity although was three has the sect of independent inheritance, but also has the especially close relation, but Mother Goddess of Earth as the Three Gods of Productivity seat of honor god, in her temple usual can also at the same time consecrated Harvest Goddess and Goddess of Spring, moreover Priest candidates of three Goddess. Before accepting official blessings will have generally also the similar education, „spiritual talent” chooses after completing the education acts according to again respective is converted specifically which god, therefore could not find in the Harvest Goddess Church situation in the surroundings, sent in the Mother Goddess of Earth temple Norris is his parents at that time the only choice.
Norris has studied for five years in the temple, later obtained the recognizing result from upper church:
„This apprentice does not have spiritual talent of Harvest God department.”
Until today, Norris still remembers that after writing these words the letter was delivered to the village, everybody in village from the beginning how jubilant--, because they are not literate from the start, but being dead drunk that the courier of that delivering a letter drinks, the one who simply has not told the rural population and Norris parents believes on writes is anything.
Until Norris brings own bedding baggage to return to the village, everybody knows that letter is not the good news that the church sends.
Norris calmly was narrating own story, his climbed up the wrinkle the face unable to see any sad happy color, in the eye socket that gets sucked into only then a tranquility, resembles these matters truly to go far away, did not have to relate with him again: „ That later several years, day is very difficult, has the account that we owe returned, in the family/home also already emptied-- father had not endured the past winter, but the day has resulted, owed everybody's money also to result in.
„ Therefore mother is leading me and younger brother younger sister goes to the Lord Viscount castle, that time Viscount Cecil or the Miss Rebecca father, we gave Lord Viscount to kowtow, said that the day really cannot have, Lord Viscount was benevolent, then exempted the field tax that we must pay, lent our seed and half pocket grain, closed right up against these seeds and grain, in addition in the past the growing trend good especially wild herbs, we were lived.
„Then, I steadfastly farm again, helps the person do the odd jobs, I alone do 2-3 individual living, moreover I am also literate, in the village has peddler the time I help everybody calculate the weight, this can also trade several bread. Several years later, debt that we have returned owing, moreover returned the Lord Viscount grain to grow and grain......”
Norris raises slowly, on face is bringing proudly: „That year that mother dies, our family has eaten a meat.”
The farmer Norris story had ended, Gawain is only knits the brows tightly, but Hetty actually cannot bear according to the chest: „I...... I never know that in the territory has also had such matter...... We have bestowed with every effort......”
„Bestowment could not save anybody, because that could not solve the basis, moreover this matter has every day, could not see in the castle,” Gawain shook the head, afterward looked curiously to Norris, „I noted your hand signal a moment ago...... Do you also believe Harvest Goddess to the present?”
„Doesn't letter, how believe?” The wrinkle on Norris face piles up one on top of another, „Harvest Goddess is sheltering in the world all paddies, is the crop good is the life of whole family, the farm, which has not to believe Harvest Goddess?”
Gawain calmly looks at the opposite party: „Even if because of this belief, you received that many painstakingly?”
Norris silent moment, dangling head: „Lord, that is I assigns not well, can blame to the gods on? Moreover compared with others, I at least also has studied something, but also has recognized the character--, although knows the character to our these people also useless and that's the end.”
„Is literate will not be useless,” Gawain looks at this farmer seriously, „should the craftsmanship that Norris, you farm be good?”
Here, Norris was proud immediately: „Lord, you asked that other I do not dare saying that but spoke of the farm, but my craftsmanship extremely good-- how, or initially can that difficult day suffer?”
Gawain also asked: „You are literate to know the number, but also has had church's education, therefore I make Hetty read out give your new custom, as well as I design to be used to record the work load the form, you should be very much easily can master? If lets you filling out a form standard and computation land and output, you can achieve?”
This time, Norris nodded first, then is also hesitating asking: „Lord, you must make me work as...... Supervisors?”
Since these days, because Gawain carried out has needed to count the comparison labor system, that type only will brandish in the past the whip actually large character not to know a supervisor not to have the opportunity, family soldier even Hetty that the supervisors in territory were by choosing personally held the post( in family soldiers had part to be knight aide, at least knew several integers, moreover can write some simple words to come), therefore Norris heard the Gawain's issue, then could not bear associate to this aspect.
„No, not only supervisor, if in fact you can achieve, I planned that makes you manage entire reclaims wasteland, even the late food production work,” Gawain was saying, „naturally, is impossible to give you such big authority all of a sudden, cannot make you do at will, I will let Hetty ‚inspection’ you, and will tell momentarily you to make anything.”
The expression on Norris face all of a sudden changed: „Old...... Lord! I am not very clear...... Your this lets me, when your steward? But the steward is not by all means grain......”
„This is a duty, but is not the steward,” Gawain has smiled, the words that „must speak, first called...... Agricultural Manager. Moreover I must tell you first, this duty was different from any duty of past noble territory ground, you cannot it, when title generations of passed around, only if your child had enough ability-- it was not lifelong effective, if you have not completed, or you did taking advantage of the convenience of duty have offended the Cecil regulation the matter, you remove, have to punish subject to a penalty. From now on the future, I in many positions that on this lands sets up also so-- did you understand what is heard?”
If Gawain has not warned that many limiting conditions, perhaps Norris also when terrified does not dare to accept this „good luck of day falling”-- the good luck that because this day falls really looked like his eighth that year that Priest to say to village he can „suffer god graciousness”, but some Gawain's warning, he instead has seriously thought that and thought this to real.
An ordinary poor will not ponder like him, but Norris meeting, because he has had the education, even if this education almost wanted his life, he has also learned „logic” from this education.
Therefore after a ponder, this appearance old farmer makes an effort under: „Lord, if you trust me...... Norris will manage well you to give my each paddies, each grain of grain that on the land grows!”
( Today must leave a gate, perhaps entire day does not have opportunity to bump computer to evening, can only code a chapter establish automatic renewal first, today only has one chapter.)
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