Chapter 12 On Sunday, June 13, Amir helped Li Nasan to pull out her teeth and painted Ida a little grimace

Whether it's a Sunday or a normal day, someone has to milk the cows.At five o'clock in the morning, the alarm clock in the kitchen rang again.Li Na struggled to get up from the bed, and almost fainted again from the toothache.She glanced in the mirror over the cabinet and screamed, "God bless!" Her right cheek was swollen like a sourdough bun.Pretty scary.Li Na started to cry. It's just unfortunate that the whole town is coming to Katterholt for Sunday coffee after church service today. ①Worship: Christians go to church on Sunday to listen to the pastor's sermon.

"The two sides of my face are different, so I can't see people!" Li Na muttered, sobbing, and went to milk the cow. But she didn't have to be sad for a long time because of the difference between the two sides of her face.While she was sitting on a small stool to milk a cow, a wasp flew over and stung her on the left side of her face.This time she should be satisfied, because her left cheek was immediately swollen, as round and as high as the right one.This time her wish came true, and both sides of her face were the same, but she cried even harder. When she got home and walked through the kitchen door, everyone was already seated at the table.I can tell you: when they saw Li Na walking in with a big steamed bun swollen on one side of her face and red eyes from crying, all of them stared as big as copper bells.Poor thing, it was a sad sight for her.So it was wrong for Emil to laugh.Li Na walked in, he was about to drink a glass of milk in his hand.Seeing Li Na's embarrassed look from the rim of the cup, he couldn't help but spit out and burst out laughing.Milk splattered across the table and onto Emile's daddy's beautiful church day dress.There was also a soft laugh from Alfred, Li Na is so unlucky! Emil's mother gave Emil and Alfred a stern look and said, there is nothing to laugh at.When she cleaned the clothes of Amir's father and took a moment to look at Li Na again, she immediately understood why Amir smiled like that, but she still felt sorry for Li Na.

"Poor child," she said, "you don't look very good, you don't look good. Emile, run to Karosa Maya and beg her to serve us coffee." Having coffee together after church service on Sunday is very popular in Renébelia, so they were very happy when they received an invitation letter from Emil's mother. In the letter she wrote: "Dear ladies and gentlemen: Please come to the humble house to taste coffee this Sunday.Sincerely friendly regards! Alma and Antang Svensson Yukaterhoult, Renébelia" Now it's time for worship.Emil's mother and father set off because they have to go to church first, otherwise there's no way to talk about Sunday coffee!

Emil obediently went to Carosa Maya's house to deliver the letter.It was a beautiful morning, and he whistled joyfully as he turned into the woods and up the trail to Caroza's house.Karosa Maya lives in an old house in the forest. If you have ever been in the forests of Simaland province on a Sunday morning in June, you will recall the scene: cuckoos cooing, thrushes singing, and you can feel the pine-leafed forest beneath your feet. The path is so soft.The soft sunshine on your neck is so soothing to your neck, and you will love the fresh scent from the pine and fir trees, and you will see the wild strawberries with their little white flowers in the glades.It was at this time that Amir came to the forest, so he was not in a hurry, and finally reached Karosa, Maya's small house.It was small and ramshackle, almost invisible in a gray color that was hidden in the pine bushes.

Karosa Maya was sitting in the room. She was reading the "Smaulan Gazette". She was both satisfied and surprised by the news on it, and looked very proud. "Typhoid fever has reached Janschepping," she said without greeting Emil, and held the newspaper under his nose for him to read for himself.The newspaper did report that two residents of Jansheping were hospitalized with typhoid fever.Caroza nodded triumphantly: "Typhoid is a dreadful disease," she said, "and it will soon spread to Lenébelia. Take my word for it!" "Why did it come here?" Amir asked.

"They are like dandelion seeds that can fly all over Simaland. The moment you stand here," Caroza said, "you can fly kilos of typhoid seeds, and God will help them take root. " "What does this disease look like? Is it similar to the plague?" Amir asked again.Karosa Maya had told the story of the plague, and she knew a great deal about the disease and plague.She had said that the plague was so terrible that it had wiped out the whole province of Simuland long ago.What if typhoid fever was just as terrible! Carosa Maya thought for a while, "Yes, it might be similar to the plague." She said with relish, "I don't know too much, but I remember that when I first got it, my face turned blue, and then I died soon. This is a fatal disease, cough cough cough!"

Only later did she hear Emil tell about Li Na's toothache, her cheeks swollen like buns, and Sunday coffee.In the end she promised to come to Katterhult and help as soon as she could. As soon as Amir came home, she saw Li Na sitting on the steps in front of the kitchen moaning loudly in pain.Alfred and little Ida stood beside them, both helpless. "I'm afraid you'll have to go and see Paley the blacksmith," said Alfred.Paile is a blacksmith in the village of Lenabelia. He can use the terrible big iron pliers to pull out the teeth of those who have toothaches that can't be helped.

"How much does it cost to pull a tooth?" Li Na asked, sobbing. "Fifty ole an hour," said Alfred.Li Na gasped when she heard that tooth extraction would take such a long time and cost so much money. But Amir thought hard and said, "I think I'll pull out the tooth faster and save money. I know a way!" Then he introduced his tooth to Alfred, Li Na and little Ida. idea. "I just need two things, Lucas and a long, strong rope of bear hair. Tie one end of the rope to Li Na's diseased tooth and the other end to my belt. I get on my horse and run like that, With a bang, the tooth came out!"

"Plop, huh! Thank you!" Li Na snorted angrily, "The horse has dragged me away too!" Unfortunately, she touched the diseased tooth again, and it hurt immediately. It was a life-and-death struggle that made her change her mind.She sighed forcefully, "We have to try, God bless me, poor man." Then she went to find the bear wool rope. Amir immediately acted as he said.He led Lucas to the kitchen door, and after the rope was tied he mounted the horse.Poor Li Na was tied behind the tail of a horse, moaning and whining.Little Ida was frightened, but Alfred said with satisfaction, "Now we're just waiting for a pooh."

At this time Amir began to gallop on horseback. "Hey, you'll hear it soon," said little Ida. But this sound was never heard.Because Li Na also galloped along with the horse.No sooner had the rope been tightened than she was terrified of the impending purr, regretting it so badly that she ran as fast as Lucas did.It was useless for Emil to tell her to stop, she ran on, and the rope slacked again, so the purring never came out. But since Amir has decided to help Li Na pull out that tooth, he will continue to do it.I saw him rushing towards the nearby fence wall.Lucas jumped over, and Li Na, who was so frightened that she almost lost her mind, followed closely behind and jumped over too.Little Ida stood there, and she would never forget Li Na's round cheeks, crazy eyes, and the scene of jumping over the fence with the bear-hair rope hanging from her mouth.Li Na was still shouting. "Stop, stop, I don't want to hear any more purrs!"

Afterwards, she regretted the foolishness of having ruined it all, because the tooth ached again.She sat back on the kitchen steps with the tooth in her hands, looking sad.But Amir was not discouraged. "I'll think of another way," he said. "Yes, think of a quick way." Li Na begged him, "You don't need to sniff out this bad tooth, maybe you will get it out slowly." Amir thought for a while, and came up with another way. He made Li Na sit on the ground next to a pear tree, and Alfred and little Ida watched them curiously.Then he tied Li Na firmly to the tree trunk with a thick rope. "You won't be able to run so fast this time." As he spoke, he grabbed the bear hair rope that was still tied in Li Na's mouth, and pulled it to the grinding wheel, where Alfred often sharpened his scythe. , the grinding wheel that Emil's father used to sharpen his axes and knives.Emil tied the rope to the handle of the wheel, and all that was left was for the crank to turn. "This time it won't come out so fast. Now you only need to turn it and click it, and it will be pulled out slowly as you want." Emil said. Little Ida trembled again.Li Na kept moaning and inhaling.Emile started turning the crank.The rope fell loosely on the ground at first, but then it became tighter and tighter. The tighter the rope was, the more panicked Li Na became, but it was impossible to run away. "It's going to be tut-tut soon," said little Ida.At this time, Li Na shouted: "Stop, stop, I'm quitting!" With an idea, she took out a pair of small scissors from the apron pocket with a "buzz", and cut the bear hair rope with it. But after a while, she regretted it again, and it was quite sad, because she really wanted to have that tooth pulled.It was such a disappointment.Amir, Alfred and little Ida were very dissatisfied, Amir said: "Sit there and guard your broken tooth! There's nothing I can do. But Li Na said that if Amir promised to try again, she would promise not to do anything again as long as she lived. "Because this stinky tooth has to be pulled out now, I'm ready!" Li Na said, "Get the bear hair rope!" Emil agrees to try again.Hearing this news, Alfred and little Ida became more emotional. "I'm afraid it's better to cut the mess with a sharp knife, I think." Emile said, "but it must be so frightening that you can't destroy it." Amir has a lot of ghost ideas, and he quickly came up with a new method. "We put you up on the roof of the barn, and you jump down from there, onto the haystack right next to the barn, and while you're in mid-air, the tooth pops out, pops out." "Puff!" Little Ida shivered as she spoke.Although Li Na had promised very well just now, she strongly opposed it at this time, and she refused to climb on the roof no matter what. "Amir, you can only come up with such unnatural and terrifying methods." Li Na said while sitting on the steps sullenly.But the toothache was unbearable, she sighed deeply, and finally stood up. "Let's try it... If I don't try, I might die here." Alfred quickly moved the ladder and leaned it against the wall.Amir climbed up, holding the bear hair rope firmly in his hand.Although Li Na kept moaning, she still followed obediently like a dog and climbed up.Emil also brought a hammer, and a big six-inch nail.He nailed her firmly to the roof of the ridge, and fastened the bear-hair rope to the nail, and it was all ready. "Now dance!" Emil said. Poor Li Na sat with her legs straddling the roof of the house, stared down, and burst into tears.She cried even more bitterly when she saw Alfred and little Ida looking up at her, waiting for her to drop like a great comet on the haystack. "I dare not, that's clear, I dare not dance!" "If you want to keep your broken teeth, that's fine with me".Amir said. At this time, Li Na cried even more fiercely, and the crying sound spread throughout the whole of Lenabelia.At last she stood up with trembling legs, standing upright on the edge of the house, like a tall pine tree swaying back and forth in the wind.Little Ida dared not look any further.She covered her eyes with her hands. "What can I do," Li Na cried, "My God!" Even without a single tooth in your mouth, jumping off the roof of a cowshed is scary enough.Especially now that she knew that there was a frightening "plop" waiting for her halfway through the jump, it was even more unbearable. "Jump, Li Na!" Alfred yelled, "Just jump down!" Li Na cried and closed her eyes. "Let me help you." Amir was as helpful as ever.As he spoke, he stretched out his index finger and lightly touched Li Na's back, and then he heard a scream, and Li Na flew down from the roof. There seemed to be a "plop" too, but it was the sound made when the big nail broke free from the roof. Li Na was lying on the haystack, the tooth was still growing there, and a bear-hair rope was tied to it.At the other end of the rope hung the big nail.Now she was angry with Emil. "You will be mischievous, and you will not be able to pull out your teeth!" Getting angry is also good for Li Na.Because in a fit of rage, she ran straight to Pailei, the blacksmith.He clamped the tooth with the big iron pliers, twisted it hard, and pulled it out with a snort.Li Na angrily threw it on the blacksmith's garbage dump and went home. Don't think that Amir will be idle during this time.Alfred was lying asleep on the grass under the pear tree, and it was impossible to play with him now.So he ran to the room with little Ida.He wanted to play a little longer before Mom and Dad came back from church for their Sunday coffee. "We can play, and I will be the doctor of Mariane Neronde." Amir said, "You pretend to be a patient." Little Ida immediately agreed.She undressed and lay down on the bed.Emil looked at her throat and listened to her heart, which was exactly the same as that doctor from Marianne Ronde. "What's wrong with me?" Little Ida asked. Amir thought for a while, then suddenly remembered. "You have typhoid fever," he said. "It's a terrible disease." Then he remembered what Carosa Maya had said, that a typhoid patient might turn blue.He was always serious about such things.Amir looked around, trying to find something to give little Ida a proper look.On the cupboard over there was an inkwell my mother had made from animal horn, and she used that ink to write down Emil's pranks in her notebook, and to write letters inviting people over for Sunday coffee.The draft of the letter was still on the top of the cupboard.Amir has read this letter and still remembers such words as respectful respect.He admired his mother for being so capable and writing such beautiful words and sentences.What a world of difference compared to Adélia who could only squeeze out "saw a bear" or something! Now mother won't need this draft, so Amir crumpled it up and put it in the ink bottle. After the paper ball had absorbed enough ink, he took it out again, squeezed it with his fingers, and walked to little Ida. "Ida, you will know what typhoid fever is like soon." He said, and little Ida giggled happily. "Close your eyes, don't let the ink get in your eyes." Amir painted little Ida's face with blue ink.He was very careful as usual, and didn't paint at all near the eyes, so he left two big white circles on her blue face, two big white circles composed of her natural skin color.It was so scary that even Emil himself felt scary when he saw it.It looked exactly like a little demon monkey he had seen in an animal picture book at the vicar's house. "Hey," said Emil, "Carosa Maya is right, typhoid is terrible enough." At this moment Huka Rosa Maya was hurrying out of the forest.She met Li Na at the gate of Carterholt Manor. Li Na had just returned from the blacksmith Pai Lai. "How is it? Does the tooth still hurt?" Karosa Maya asked with great interest. "I don't know." Li Na said. "I don't know? What do you mean?" "Because that tooth is lying in the rubbish heap of the blacksmith Paley. That damn thing, let it lie there and ache until it rolls in pain!" Li Na was happy, her face was not so swollen anymore, she wanted to go under the pear tree to show Alfred the hole left after the tooth was pulled out, so she left.Carosa Maya walked into the kitchen and was making coffee.Hearing the children talking in the bedroom, she thought it was time to go in and see her beloved little Ida. But when she saw her little sweetheart lying on the bed, the blue face contrasting sharply with the white pillow, she couldn't help crying out in fright: "How is this going?……" "It's typhoid fever." Emil said while snickering.At this moment, the sound of a carriage came from the road outside. It was they who came back from the church, Emil's father, Emil's mother, and the guests headed by the pastor.After getting off at the horse fence, they came together, dry-mouthed and full of hopes for coffee, towards the house.But on the steps stood Calosa Maya, crying in her piercing shrill voice: "Get out of here, get out of here! We have typhoid fever in the house!" All the people stopped moving immediately, everyone was shocked and frightened.Only Mama Emil says: "What nonsense are you talking about? Who's got typhoid?" At this time, little Ida suddenly came out of the door. On her blue face, there were two white circles around her eyes, and she was only wearing a white shirt. "It's me." Little Ida said with a smile. The crowd burst into laughter immediately, and everyone except Amir's father laughed.Amir's father squeezed out a sentence through his teeth. "Where's Emil?" Emile disappeared and he didn't show up for the whole coffee time. After coffee, the pastor went into the kitchen to comfort Caroza Maya, who was still angry that it wasn't typhoid.After the pastor comforted Caroza, another striking thing happened.The pastor happened to see Amir's letter and threw it on a stool. The pastor took a quick step forward and grabbed the letter from Adélia from America. "Hey, how is this possible? Why does your family have this stamp that I have been looking for for a long time!" It turns out that the pastor is a stamp collector. Does he know the value of rare stamps?He immediately offered forty crowns for the stamp on Adélia's letter without hesitation. When Amir's father heard that the pastor offered such a large sum of money, he couldn't help shaking in fright. He spent forty grams of hu to buy such a small piece of paper! He almost shook his head angrily and refused.By the way, this is Emil's good luck again, it seems that the old suede box is also a good deal for Emil, and it is the best deal he did at the auction yesterday! "For forty crowns I can buy half a cow," Papa Allier said to the pastor angrily. At this time, Amir, who was hiding in the firewood box, couldn't bear it any longer. He lifted the lid of the box and stuck out his head, eager to know; "If you buy half a cow, do you buy the front half with the horns, or the back half with the tail waving?" "Go to the carpentry!" said his father. Emil went out, having received four ten-crown notes from the priest.The next day he rode to Bakherwa, returned Adria's letter and half of the money to them, and returned home with the blessings of the Bakherwa people, and started a new life. naughty. "I think I'll go around a few more auction houses," he said when he got home. "Don't you agree, Dad." His father mumbled something, but no one heard it. All Sunday evening after coffee Emil sat in the carpenter's workshop as Papa told him to, chipping away the one hundred and thirty little wooden dolls.Then he suddenly remembered that today was Sunday, and it was not a day for cutting with a knife.It was a serious crime, and maybe it wasn't a day to pull someone's tooth or paint someone's face blue.He put the little wooden figure among the wooden crowd on the shelf, and sat back on the wooden pier.It was already dusk outside the carpentry room. Sitting there, he began to reflect on his mistakes, and folded his hands to pray to God. "Great God, help me to stop the drama! Kind regards. Emile Svensson, Hukaterhoult, Renébelia."