Chapter Forty-Six: The Kind Teenage Priest
Zou Bao'er pulled him across the street to a small restaurant two streets opposite. As soon as she sat down, Zou Bao'er casually summoned the guy and ordered three dishes and one soup, without even asking Duan Shaoling.
"Wait." Duan Shaoling hurriedly stopped, "There are just two of us, order so much?" ”
Seeing that they had a disagreement, the guy stood aside and waited for them to make a decision.
Zou Bao'er still insisted: "Man, just do what I say and hurry up." ”
"Are you going to pack up?" Duan Shaoling asked puzzled.
Zou Bao'er was a little displeased, "You said you would accompany me until sunset, do you want to leave now?" ”
Duan Shaoling explained: "Of course not, it's just that the two of us can't finish these dishes." ”
Zou Bao'er nodded, "It's okay if you don't have it, I ordered all these dishes for you." ”
Duan Shaoling said, "Then I may have to live up to your good intentions, and I can't eat so much." ”
Zou Bao'er said: "I advise you to eat more, otherwise I'm afraid you won't have the strength to work in the afternoon." ”
"Work?"
Zou Bao'er returned to her naughty appearance, "You said that you would accompany me today, let me, then I won't let you do some work, right?" ”
Duan Shaoling didn't ask Zou Bao'er what he wanted him to do, with her personality, she had to hang on to other people's appetites to be fun, and she wouldn't say it if she asked. Anyway, I promised to accompany her for a day, and it was up to her what she wanted to do.
After a while, their food buddies brought it up one by one.
The food here is quite delicious, I eat a little more than usual, and I will never push my stomach to death because of Zou Bao'er's words.
Zou Baoer's amount of food is not big, it is not small, there are so many meals, and in the end there are still some leftovers. When checking out, Zou Baoer guessed that he wanted to pay, and this time he paid the money one step ahead of him, not giving him a chance to perform.
When she walked out of the restaurant, Duan Shaoling still didn't ask her what she wanted to do, unless she went to her destination, she wouldn't say a word
。 As soon as he took two steps, Duan Shaoling found that she was taking herself in the direction of the church, and couldn't help but think, "Could it be that there is also a meeting of theirs in the afternoon?" "If he goes again, maybe he'll be bored. That can't be helped, what you promise is always done. Thinking about it again, if it was a meeting, what tiring work was there to do, although Zou Baoer was a little naughty, what he said to him was never false.
"Don't think about it, you'll know when you get there." Zou Bao'er saw that he didn't speak, knowing that he must be speculating, and Zou Bao'er's words made him more sure that the things in the afternoon were different from those in the morning.
They really walked back to Shenghui Cathedral, but the difference was that Zou Bao'er did not take him in, but walked around the right side of the church.
Walking around to the back of the church, Duan Shaoling saw a fruit tree. It is also much smaller than the Zou family, so it is not called an orchard, but four or five fruit trees are fenced with a wooden fence, and the trees are planted with pears and peaches. remembered that the first time they met was in the orchard in the back garden of the Zou family, it seemed to have a sense of déjà vu.
Seeing this, Duan Shaoling thought that Zou Bao'er had let him pick grape pomegranates, but he didn't. Zou Bao'er ignored the fruit trees, and went directly through the other side of the fence, and saw another green lawn.
There were seven or eight children sitting together on the lawn, and opposite them was a person dressed the same as the pastor in the morning, who was also a pastor, the pastor in the morning, Duan Shaoling didn't look at it carefully, and naturally he didn't have the slightest impression of her, he didn't expect such a young pastor here.
She was about the same age as several of them, and she had a Bible in her hand and told them stories like a morning pastor. Unlike the pastor in the morning, she laughed throughout the lecture, is there a fairy tale in the Bible that is suitable for children?
She smiled very specially, especially like the Virgin Mary on the portrait placed on both sides of the pulpit in the church, with motherly kindness, no matter how beautiful the girl around him was, no one gave her such a feeling, as long as she was close to her, her heart became quiet and peaceful.
Zou Bao'er walked directly towards them, and when she was about to arrive, she said loudly to them: "Children, I came to see you again." ”
Those children were all seven or eight years old, and when they saw Zou Bao'er, they immediately ignored the pastor in front of them, and ran over in a swarm, "Sister Bao'er, you are here, Sister Bao'er is dressed so beautifully today...... "
Zou Bao'er was overwhelmed, so she had to say, "Okay, Sister Bao'er will play with you in a while, okay?" ”
"Good ......"
The pastor also walked over, smiling with charity, not at all annoyed by the interruption of class. "Bao'er, you haven't been here for two weeks, and I don't know how much these children miss you, and they're always talking about you in front of me."
"Qingning, I'm really sorry, I've had something to do in the past two weeks, and I haven't come at all, don't you think I'll come as soon as I'm free today?" Zou Baoer is still naughty when she apologizes, compared with her maternal aura, she is more like a naughty child who is coquettish with her mother.
The girl named Qingning chuckled and noticed Duan Shaoling's existence, "Who is this?" Her expression was calm, without any curiosity or speculation.
"Let me introduce you to you, this is my classmate, Duan Shaoling, this is my good friend, Xue Qingning."
The two of them nodded politely and smiled, and when they thought about it, it seemed that something was not quite right, "You are from the Red Cross Girls' School, where did you come from?" ”
Zou Bao'er said: "I have already changed schools. ”
Xue Qingning was still so calm, "Oh, which school did you go to?" ”
Zou Bao'er sneered: "Guicheng Military Academy." ”
"Military Academy?" A slight ripple appeared on Xue Qingning's calm face at this time, "Why did you transfer to the military academy so decently?" ”
"Go to the military school as a trainee nurse."
"Is it that your father is not worried about your brother and asked you to help watch your brother a little, but it is good that you can watch yourself, can you still take care of your brother?" When she jokes, she looks more mature than others.
"Sister Bao'er, come and play with us."
Zou Baoer didn't know what to do with her, and she couldn't say that she was transferring schools for a boy. The child's call is undoubtedly the most timely lifeline to resolve her embarrassment at this time. She immediately left Xue Qingning, "Okay, Sister Bao'er is here to play with you, what do you want to play today?" ”
Duan Shaoling and Xue Qingning were not people who would take the initiative to find topics, and it was the first time they met, so the two of them stood there and looked at them, without saying a word to each other. Zou Baoer has no sense of disobedience among such children, because she herself is like a child who doesn't grow up, not all, at least her intelligence is still the same as that of adults, but her heart is in line with them.
"Come here, you all come here, don't stand there." Zou Bao'er shouted at them, and when the two heard this, they walked over together.
"Children, Sister Bao'er will introduce you to a big brother, Brother Shaoling."
"Brother Shaoling, hello."
"Hello kids."
"Let's play eagle and catch chickens now, do you think it's good to let Brother Shaoling be an eagle?"
"Okay."
Zou Bao'er and Xue Qingning escorted the children head to tail, protecting these children, and Duan Shaoling stood in front to play the role of an eagle, wanting to catch these poor chickens. ’
"Kids, be careful, the eagles are coming." Duan Shaoling rushed forward, and Zou Bao'er dodged left and right, preventing him from touching those children. With Duan Shaoling's skills, if he is more serious, of course the two girls can't stop him. Playing with children, just asking the children to be happy, where to get serious.
Several times Duan Shaoling could catch one or two children a little faster, and deliberately pretended to be avoided by them, those children were only under the protection of the two of them, Duan Shaoling couldn't even touch them, and he didn't know how happy he was laughing.
After more than ten minutes or so, I heard laughter with gasp, after all, it was a child, and I was tired so quickly. They sat down and rested for a while. Zou Bao'er smiled and told them that the eagle said that he would catch two children out for a while, and the two children who were caught wanted to sing to everyone in person, and by the way, he asked them if they had practiced the song well recently. It is also equivalent to telling Duan Shaoling that he can catch the two children mercilessly in the next game.
When he came again, Duan Shaoling at first let these children enjoy the feeling of victory for a while, and after waiting for three or five minutes, he impartially pulled two children out, just one boy and one girl.
"Xiao Ai, Xiao Yu, you were caught by Uncle Eagle, what song do you want to sing?"
The two children didn't know how to choose the songs they were good at, and they looked hesitantly at the people around them. Xue Qingning came up to them, "Didn't Sister Qingning just teach you the song 'Jesus loves me', why don't you sing this song to Sister Bao'er and Brother Shaoling?" ”
"Okay." The children next to him applauded first, and they knew how to be a qualified audience at a young age.
"The preparations have begun." Xue Qingning opened his mouth to sing the first sentence, "I am an obedient child, I don't lie, I don't fight, Jesus loves me the most......" The two children had the courage to sing along, Zou Baoer couldn't sing nursery rhymes, so she had to applaud and beat on the side, and Duan Shaoling also beat along with her rhythm.
In the middle of the song, the other children who were infected sang along, and the song was as crisp as a young oriole. The sincerity revealed was not lost to those who attended the 'meeting' in the morning, and of course he did not include him who accompanied the prince to study.
After playing two games and singing a song, the children were really tired and a little out of breath when they spoke. Even Xue Qingning and Zou Bao'er were also a little tired, only Duan Shaoling was still the same calm and relaxed.
After resting for nearly half an hour, Zou Baoer asked again: "Children, are you thirsty?" Would you like to eat fruit? ”
"Want to ......"
"Then ask Brother Shaoling if he would like to help you pick it from the tree." On weekdays, Zou Bao'er helped them pick them, but today she was wearing an elegant skirt and couldn't climb a tree, so this matter naturally fell on Duan Shaoling's head.
"Brother Shaoling, can you help us pick fruits?" A boy pleaded sincerely.
Duan Shaoling is very willing to serve these children, "Okay, you wait here for a while, Brother Shaoling will help you pick them." Immediately he stood up and walked to the fruit tree.
"I'll go with you." Zou Bao'er got up and went with him. Seeing Zou Bao'er passing, these children all wanted to go, so Xue Qingning took them over to join in the fun.
Duan Shaoling picked a tree and turned it up at a light and flexible speed. After training for so long, for the first time, he applied what he had learned, and he felt that his skills had improved greatly compared to before he came to the military academy, and it was not in vain that he trained at the school.