The Barn

7

In the evening, at the hour when she and Yazep met under an oak tree, Rita came to the family. She immediately saw her husband's message and frowned angrily. What does the heart drawn around the hole mean? Is there a blind passion in his heart? Does he offer to look deeper into his heart?

Alarmed and angry, Rita returned to her father's house, deciding that if Yazep stopped loving her, she would give him a black cat instead of a son.

Meanwhile, Hello, on the way back to the Wail-Among-the-Forest, also thought about Yazep. This hard-working and intelligent guy clearly loves his daughter and wants the best for her, but not everything is all right with his head. This story about fire and devils is complete nonsense. Hello himself examined Mosses and did not see a trace of fire. I met Martin too. Yes, the guy is not without weirdness, but will the devil donate to the church?

And Martin on his cart just appeared around the bend.

- That's a meeting!

The worker raised his hat in response.

- Will there be a silver coin for me this time? - Jokingly asked him Hello. Martin threw a dazzling round into his hand.

- No, but take the gold one. There will be enough balance for all our future meetings.

- I hope we will meet often, kind Martin.

“I don’t mind, venerable Hello.

With that they parted. The surprised and intrigued priest quickly calculated that the bearded worker had given him an advance for fourteen future appointments. So you should visit Mosses more often. Even every day. A silver coin a day - a gold coin in two weeks. The month is a new roof for the church. Year - you can build a bell tower.

Suddenly, because of the next turn, Martin appeared again. Everything was like last time, only now he was smoking a pipe with a long shank. The bearded man raised his hat again.

- How did it happen that we met again, Martin? - not believing his eyes, asked the priest.

- Everyone will be rewarded according to his faith, and I firmly believe that it was not in vain that I spent the gold.

- Amen, - said Hello and continued on his way.

But the meeting was repeated again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

Hello was scared to death. He baptized himself continuously and repeated all the prayers he knew, but because of each new turn, Martin's cart drove out. The priest recalled the words of the bearded man that he gave the coin to everyone except vampires. And now it remained to meet him twice for the gold to pay off? Will Hello become a vampire if Martin does not have money or does not want to part with it?

Hello threw his horse on the road and rushed into the forest, tearing his clothes on the bushes.