Urban Sims

On a day in early winter in November, near the end of the year, Zhou Ming and the thousands of farmers in the Grand collar were sent by the lord to the Saint Marne monastery, which was more than a hundred miles south of the territory, to do the church for a month "Caring Work".

This form of "caring work" is similar to the three-day weekly work done for the lord when the farmer is busy. It is also a form of voluntary labor without compensation, but the service object has become a church.

However, it is unbelievable that farmers in all territories are not resistant to this kind of "caring work". Some people even cheered after they heard that there was a caring work. Without the urge of the lord, they packed their own things and prepared to go The monastery worked and was very active.

Walked the road for two days. After arriving at the Saint-Marne Abbey, he only worked one day. Zhou Ming understood why the farmers loved to do caring work.

The spacious and bright cathedral, clean and tidy accommodation, free hot water in the bathhouse, delicious meals for three meals a day ...

There are also many eyes showing compassion to heaven and earth, walking among the farmers, and the priests and monks praying for these lost lambs, soothing their hearts with warm words, making this place as comfortable as heaven ... even the amount of work that needs to be done every day is not easy.

"Sure enough, there is no reason why the church of this world is above the king, so it is the heart of the people. The church has just thrown away the lords a dozen streets!"

It is not difficult to explain why farmers do n’t store the surplus grain and bread every time they harvest, but send them to the monastery in one go.

It is not difficult to explain why, for many years, the old farmers did not leave their hard-earned assets to their children and grandchildren, but donated all to the church in order to be promoted to "paradise".

It ’s not that these farmers are ignorant or stupid, but that the lords of this world oppressed them so much that they did n’t have any sense of security for their private property, and they used various methods instead of being lords. Deprivation is not as good as giving it to the church, asking for a spiritual sustenance.

And during the rest, when I was praying collectively, I saw those prostrate peasants, who were so pious. Zhou Ming knew that if he wanted to conquer the world, he was more terrible than the lord. The church supported by the people at the bottom.

The power of the people is great, Zhou Ming has never doubted this, and facing these farmers who have been brainwashed by the church and often organized to pray collectively, Zhou Ming knows that he wants to shake this power and simply It is impossible to use force.

Not only that, when I saw the beautiful reliefs and colorful patterns painted on the walls and ceilings in the monastery, and the parchment books in the bookcase, Zhou Ming knew that the church not only monopolized faith, but also monopolized. Knowledge and art ... and these things are more important than force.

"Knowledge, I need to understand the knowledge of this world, the more the better!"

Immediately after seeing the bookstore, Zhou Ming wanted to "arm" his mind, and pleaded hard to ask Mary Sister, who was in charge of the bookstore, and repeatedly promised that the book would not be destroyed. Arrived in the library.

From the bookshelf, gently pulled out a thick parchment book similar to the Oxford dictionary, Zhou Ming could not wait to read it.

Books, except for a few dozens of these tadpole-like alphabetic letters, none of them are known.

"As long as I knew it, I should ask Mrs. Madeleine to teach me a little lesson in culture. She knows a lot of characters. If she can take me in and teach me these pinyin words, I will not understand."

Unfortunately, he made the wrong choice, and he no longer had the opportunity to ask for help from Mrs. Madeleine ... He didn't want to meet her son Edward in the castle.

"Child, what are you doing?"

At this time, an old man wearing a gray robe with a kind smile, didn't know when he quietly stood behind him.

"Oh, sorry Father Robert, I'm reading this book, and I will put it back immediately!"

Zhou Ming knew this old man. He was Father Robert who stood in front of the altar and prayed during these few days of prayer—a kindly prestigious priest among the believers.

"Without children, I see the thirst for knowledge in your eyes. Do you want to learn about this book?"

Father Robert smiled, a magnetic voice, with a soothing power.

"Yes, priest, I really want to understand the beginning of this book, what do the first page and the first paragraph mean?"

Zhou Ming's "urgency" got up, put the book in front of the priest, and looked at him with a direct gaze, hoping that he could help solve doubts.

"The meaning of this passage is: the **** is above, the messenger is below, I would like to declare to the world, at first, the sky is dark, the ground is empty and chaotic, the gods, running on the water, God said, there must be light ...

Father Robert is very happy to take this lost lamb from the religious book of the Holy Father, guiding him to find the way forward ...

Time passed quickly.

The whole night passed, and the candle also burned to the end. This night, Zhou Ming laid down four hundred words.

"Child, your talent surprised me. You only need one night to learn what others need to learn for half a year."

Father Robert was amazed. He taught a lot of students, and some were talented and clever, but he was not as smart as Zhou Ming could understand more than ten pages of the Holy Father in one night.

This child must have a fate with God, and must be a lost apostle of God. Even this child has the qualification to serve as his priest.

But ...

It seems to the child that he does not have the kind of conversion and piety of God, but is simply interested in those words.

"Dear Father Robert, can I still come back tomorrow, can I learn more from the Holy Father" with you? "

Zhou Ming, whose excitement had not faded, looked at Father Robert with expectant expression.

"Kids, as long as you are willing to come."

Robert kindly smiled, as the most pious apostle of God, he would not give up even the most obscure lost lamb, even if this lamb is not yet pious.

"Thank you priest, thank you priest!"

Uh ...

For most of the month after, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com no matter how tired he was working in the day, Zhou Ming would come to the Bookstore at night to ask Father Robert for advice.

But in twenty days or so, he could understand the Scripture of the Holy Father, which has tens of thousands of vocabulary, and recognized more than 90% of the words in it.

"God! This child's talent is too high. If he can become a servant to follow me, he will be able to inherit my mantle in the future and pass on my piety and perception of God ..."

"but……"

"This child is the son of an ordinary farmer, even if he inherits my mantle, he will be suppressed and excluded in the church ..."

Father Robert was a little moved, but hesitated very much. Like the cavalier class, the monk class was mainly derived from the nobility. The civilians were very rare, and only the poorest and most remote parishes. Those civilians ’priests had a trace of the top. opportunity.

For example, Father Robert himself, born of a noble nobleman who lost his title, has worked tirelessly to serve the abbey of Saint-Marne for more than 20 years. The location is still severely crowded out, if little Ryan ...

Finally, Father Robert dismissed the idea.

Zhou Ming did not know that there was an opportunity to change his own destiny, he had missed him, but he had learned a lot of knowledge and received a handwritten note from Father Robert. He felt that he was on his way back to Glenn The harvest is huge.

"If there is still a chance to do caring work in the future, I must ask Father Robert to ask some questions!"

Find a Zhou Ming leading to the stairs of the Hall of Knowledge, naturally want to pass this ladder, climb up a little higher.