Chapter 15 On Sunday, November 14th, Carterholt held a quiz, but Emil put his father in the toilet

Autumn is here.Autumn colors are getting stronger.The whole of Katterholt, the whole of Renébelia, and the whole of Simalan grew darker and grayer. "It's unlucky!" Li Na said every day when she got up at five o'clock in the morning to go outside to the dark cowshed.There is a horse lantern in the cowshed to light her up.But the light was so lonely, so feeble, gray, and cold in the surrounding darkness, that all autumn was one long monotonous and dim season, with the exception of one or two dinner parties or family quizzes, such as A few lonely and pitiful lights flickering in the darkness.

Family quizzes, you may not know what this means, I guess so, at that time people knew some of the stories in the Bible and the Doctrine Book, so the pastor often held quizzes to get to know everyone How many teachings have been memorized.Not only should children be tested as usual, but everyone should be tested, adults and children alike.This family examination takes place in turn at each of the estates of Renébelia.Although the quizzes themselves are not very interesting, the banquet afterwards is not bad.Everyone in the village can participate.The old people in the orphanage, as long as they can walk, will also rush, because they can let go of their stomachs and eat a big meal after the quiz.This is a beautiful thing!

On this day in November, a family quiz is held in Katterholt.This made everyone come alive, especially Li Na.She loves family quizzes, "except for the questions," she said. "Sometimes I just don't know how to answer." Li Na really didn't know much about the stories in the "Bible". The pastor knew this very well, so he often asked Li Na some simple questions.He is also a kind person.He had sat there for a long time that day and told the story of Adam and Eve, saying that they lived in the Paradise of Eden and were the first ancestors of mankind.He wanted to mention that everyone, including Li Na, should remember this, so when he asked about Li Na, he asked kindly,

"Hey, Li Na, what is the name of our ancestor?" "Tur and Freya!" Li Na replied without blinking.Her stupid answer made Emil's mother flush with anger.Tur and Freya were the two gods believed by the Simaurans when they still believed in theism about a thousand years ago, but they hadn't heard the stories in the Bible at that time. "Why are you still a religious believer?" Amir's mother criticized Li Na afterwards and said to Li Na: "There's so much going on every day, why do I have to remember everything?" Fortunately, the pastor was kind. During the quiz, he pretended not to understand Li Na's mistake, and continued to tell the story of God's creation of the world and human beings, and how great his creation was.

"Including you, Li Na, is a real miracle," the pastor assured.Then he asked Li Na if she had thought about it this way, and if she had thought about how great God created her. Li Na said she thought so too.But she thought about it for a moment and said, "Yes, of course, but it's no big deal to create a person like me. But it's not easy to weave together all the weird stories I heard just now." Amir's mother's face flushed again.Because she felt that Li Na's stupid words made the people of Kathuert lose face again.At this time, there was a crisp laughter from the corner where Emil was staying, which made her even more embarrassed, poor Emil's mother.Laughing was not allowed at family quizzes, and she sat there ashamed of it, restless, and not at peace until the quizzes were over.Now it's time for the party.

Although Emil's father tried to dissuade her, she still made a lot of delicious things like a banquet on weekdays. "The most important thing is the stories in the Bible and the Handbook of Salvation, how did you work on the meatballs and cheesecake!" "Each has its own use," Mama Emil replied wisely, "The Doctrine has its use, and so does the cheesecake." Cheesecake had its uses, of course, and all the people who attended the Katterholt family quizzes ate it with comfort and satisfaction.Emil also ate a lot in big chunks, and added a lot of jam and cream.He had just finished eating when his mother came up and said:

"Emil, good boy, go and close the chicken coop door!" The hens roam freely outside all day long, but at night, people have to close the door of the henhouse to prevent the foxes wandering outside the house from slipping in. It was getting dark by this time, and it was raining again outside.But Emil still thought it was nice to go outside for a little while away from the stuffy air of the room, the noise of the people, and the cheesecake.Almost all the hens have already squatted on the wooden racks in the chicken house, only lame Lauda and a few hens are still wandering foolishly outside.Amir drove them in, and then carefully inserted the door.Now the fox will come if he wants to! There is a pigsty next to the chicken coop. Emil hastily glanced at Little Mikron and promised to bring him some leftovers from the banquet in the evening. "Those gluttons always have something left after eating and drinking," Amir said.Piggy Cron grunted as if he was full of hope for this.

"I'll be here in a while." Emil said and carefully hung up the gate of the pigsty.Beyond the pigsty is the hut, you may think the name is not good.But that's what people called it back then.You know what Alfred said, he just called it... No, I'd better not teach you that.But the hut also has a nicer name in Carterhult, which is Terry's room.Trissey was the name of a laborer in Grandpa Emil's time long ago who had built this necessary house. Emil bolted the chicken coop door.He hung up the door of the pigsty, and then he hung up the door of Trisay's room.He really didn't use his brain when he did it. He should have thought that there were people inside, because the outside was not hung.But Amir's mind didn't think of anything.He slammed the door shut, and ran briskly away, singing as he went:

"Now I'm plugged in, now I'm hooked up, and now I'm closing all the doors!" Emil's father was sitting in Terry's room, and he was frightened when he heard the cheerful singing.He hurried to the door and tried it, and indeed, the door was hung from the outside.He yelled, "Emiel!" but Emil had already run away, "I've plugged it in," and he sang so loudly and so engrossed that he heard nothing. Poor Emil's father, he was so angry that his lungs were exploding, how could he get out? He knocked on the door desperately, smashing and beating, but what was the use? Then he simply kicked it with his foot, and kicked him. Toes are bent.That Triese worked really well, and the door was so strong and well made that it didn't warp at all.Ellie's father was furious.Ripping and tearing in his pocket for his jackknife.He wanted to carve a slit in the door so that he could reach out with the knife and pry the hanger open.Unfortunately, the knife was in his coat pocket, and now he was wearing a tuxedo.Emile's father stood there, his anger growing. Fortunately, he hadn't forgotten that he was a parish councilor, and he hadn't cursed anyone. He was not only angry with Emil, but also with Triese.Triese didn't even make a decent window, but just made a small hole in the door frame.Emile's father stared at the small window angrily for a while, the hole was too small.He kicked the door hard again, then sat back on the toilet and waited.

There are three toilets in Terry's room.He sat on one of them, gnashing his teeth angrily.He waited viciously for someone to come, someone who needed to be in the room on business. "Whoever comes is unlucky. I'll kill whoever comes first!" thought he.It's not fair, Papa Emil shouldn't think so, but you know he's on fire right now. Darkness had already crept into Terry's room.Emil's father sat there and waited, but no one came.The rain outside was beating on the roof like a drum.It sounds so annoying.Emile's father is getting more and more angry: he is sitting alone in the dark room, while others are sitting in the bright room, eating and drinking happily, this phenomenon can no longer continue, He must get out! Get out! Even if he has to get through that little window!

"Because now I'm mad!" he yelled as he stood up from the toilet. There was a wooden box for old newspapers in Terry's room, and he stood on it after erecting it.The box was at the right height, and things went well, and he took the little window frame off easily.He stuck his head out the window, looking for help. But nothing can be seen outside.The big raindrops hit his neck in a "flutter" and flowed into his shirt collar.The rain was beating on this most uncomfortable place.But now nothing can stop Emil's father, and now he wants to go out, even if there is a knife in the sky, nothing can stop him! With a lot of effort, he finally squeezed his arms and shoulders out, and then rubbed them out little by little. "If one is really angry, then anything can be done!" he thought.Precisely at this moment he was stuck.Stuck dead.He worked so hard that his face turned purple.And he used both hands and feet, kicking and hitting, but the only result was to knock over the wooden box under his feet.Now he can't get up, he can't get down, he can't get out, he can't get back, poor man! What can a parson do with his upper body in the pouring rain and his lower body in the toilet! Call for help? That's not okay, because he knows Renébelia.He knew that if this story got out, it would become the laughing stock of the whole village, and as long as there was one person in Renébelia, it would not be forgotten, and it would even spread throughout Smaulan.So calling for help was something he absolutely didn't want to do. Amir returned to the banquet table happily and proudly.Then he tried his best to tease little Ida.Little Ida also hated this long quiz, so he led her to play in the hall.The foyer was full of overshoes, large and small, and they helped each other try them on.Emil put on the pastor's overshoes and imitated his accent and said "therefore", "in addition", etc., he imitated it very well, and made little Ida "giggle".They ended up getting galoshes all over the hall.But Emil doesn't like to be messy when doing things. He picked up all the shoes together.Put it on the floor and ask, and it turned out to be a mountain of shoes. At this time, he suddenly thought of Little Pig Cron.Remembering that he had promised to send it some leftovers from the banquet that night.He ran around the kitchen, scraped the soup and leftovers into a bucket, and then, carrying the lantern in one hand and the bucket in the other, he ran into the darkness in the heavy rain.He wants to make Clone the Pig happy too. At this time, alas, I shudder when I think of the scene at that time.He saw his dad all at once, and his dad saw him, and sometimes anything can happen. "Run and find Alfred," his father yelled through gritted teeth. "Tell him to bring a kilo of dynamite, and now I'm going to blow up the Pintry House!" Amir ran away quickly, and Alfred came in a hurry.He hadn't brought any dynamite—and Emil's father probably wasn't really going to blow up the house either.He had brought a saw with which to free Papa Emil, but there was no other way. While Alfred worked, Emil climbed a small ladder, nervously covering his poor dad with an umbrella from the rain.Don't think that Amir is having a better time now. Amir's father kept getting angry under the umbrella, yelling how he would fix Amir after he got away, and he didn't thank Amir for taking care of him with the umbrella.What's the use of that.He thought that his underwear was already soaked, and he would definitely catch a cold and even pneumonia.But Amir said: "No, probably not a cold, because the important thing is to keep your feet dry." Alfred agrees, "It's important to keep your feet dry. That's true!" Emil's father's feet were really dry, he couldn't deny the fact, but he was still not satisfied.Emil was really afraid of the moment when Papa would come out. Alfred was sawing vigorously, and the saw blade creaked.Emile is always ready.As soon as Alfred finished sawing, the moment Emil's father fell to the floor with a "plop", Emil immediately threw the umbrella and rushed towards the carpentry room at full speed.He had just run into the carpentry and barred the door when his father arrived.Although his father was still very angry, he was already tired of smashing the door, so he just stood outside and cursed a few words before leaving.Now Papa Emil's first task was to get back to the banquet, before he had to sneak into the bedroom and change into some dry clothes. "Where have you been for so long," Emil's mother said to her husband angrily. "I'll tell you later." Emil's father said sullenly. In this way, the Katterholt Family Examination was over. The pastor chose a well-known hymn, and the villagers of Renébelia sang it reverently.Everyone is working hard. "Our day just vanishes and never comes back..." they sing.Then they were all going home through the dark, and when they came to the foyer to put on their coats, the first thing they saw in the dim light of the kerosene lamp was the mountain of galoshes in the middle of the floor. "Only Emil can do such a bad thing!" said the villagers of Renébelia.They had to sit down and try on the overshoes, and it took them two hours to get them all on.In the end they all said thank you goodbye with their heads down, and disappeared in the heavy rain. Of course they couldn't say goodbye to Emil, because he was sitting in the carpentry workshop, busy peeling off his one hundred and eighty-fourth dummy.