Chapter 11: Christmas

The endless snow in winter covered the earth with layers of white clothes.

Cold seems to be synonymous with winter, and with the help of the cold wind, the most beautiful thing in this winter is to nest in the warm quilt and sleep comfortably.

Rich families naturally don't get up so early, and farmers without money don't get up very early in winter.

For everything that is due to be harvested has been reaped, and it is not easy to plant anything in the field. Basically, winter is the time for them to rest and talk at home. Or where the family went to make a small chat, or a few people played cards to pass the time.

In the morning, the streets are basically empty.

Mo Xin went out early today, and the snow pressed by the carriage left a thick trace.

I only heard the whirring cold wind, which kept blowing, as if I wanted to compete with the carriage to see who could run faster.

Mo Xin came to the church in the poor village, but the door of the church had not yet opened. Dongmei came down and shouted at the door.

After a while, Qiuyun trotted out, without even an umbrella, and snowflakes the size of goose feathers fell on her hair.

"Miss, why did you come so early?" Qiuyun asked with some distress, because now it is so bright that he can't see it clearly.

"Hurry up and come in and make a fire."

Her master's health was not very good, and she was really afraid that she would suffer from the wind and cold in such weather.

"The young lady said that it was Christmas and that she should come early to help. I got up before dawn. ”

Dongmei was also a little distressed in her words, this master was really concerned about the affairs of the church. Even the food building that opened is the shopkeeper, and only occasionally sends some menu recipes.

Mo Xin smiled: "Okay, I know that you two girls feel sorry for me, you see that I am a glove, a scarf, and a cloak wrapped like a zongzi, how can it be frozen." ”

Mo Xin said as she began to take off her cloak, scarf, and gloves.

There is a charcoal fire indoors, which is warm, and it is exactly the same as autumn and winter.

"Hurry up and have a hot cup of tea." Qiuyun handed Mo Xin a cup of wolfberry rose tea, and poured another cup for Dongmei.

Because Mo Xin likes to drink, she also prepared some.

Mo Xin took a few sips and felt a lot warmer on his body.

"Today is Christmas, the day of the birth of Jesus to be celebrated. So in today's meeting, I'm going to tell the story of Jesus' birth. I've only briefly mentioned it to you before, and now I'm going to tell you more about it. ”

"The birth of Jesus Christ was prophesied hundreds of years ago: the prophet Isaiah said that a virgin would conceive and give birth to a son, and he called his name Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23);

The Bible says that God decided to incarnate His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into a human being, find a mother, and then live on earth so that people could better understand God, learn to love God, and love one another better.

"Christmas" means "celebration of Christ" and celebrates the moment when a young Jewish woman, Mary, gave birth to Jesus.

Mary was engaged to Joseph the carpenter. However, before they could live together, Joseph discovered that Mary was pregnant.

Because Joseph is a decent person and doesn't want to disgrace her by telling her about it, he wants to break up with her quietly.

While he was contemplating this, an angel of God appeared to him in a dream and said to him, "Stop muttering, marry Mary home." The child she conceived came from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a male child, and you will call the child's name Jesus, for He will save people from their sins. ”

When Mary was about to give birth, the Roman government ordered all the people to go to Bethlehem and declare their household registration. Joseph and Mary had no choice but to obey. When they arrived in Bethlehem, it was already dark, but they could not find a hotel to spend the night, and there was only one stable to stay in.

That's when Jesus was born! So Mary gave birth to Jesus only in a manger. In order to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the descendants designated December 25 as Christmas, and celebrated Mass every year to commemorate the birth of Jesus. “

After Qiuyun and Dongmei heard the story of the birth of Jesus, they were a little puzzled and surprised.

"Miss, is it true that you said that a virgin was pregnant and gave birth to a child?" Dongmei asked curiously.

Mo Xin replied solemnly: "According to the Bible, Jesus' mother, Mary, was a virgin conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, and Joseph was not Jesus' true father. ”

In fact, when Mo Xin first saw the record in the Bible, he also thought it was incredible.

In China, however, Bible publishing is growing by 3.5 million copies a year. From 2008 to December 2012, 17.5 million copies of the Bible were published and distributed by the "Two Sessions" of the National Christian Council of China (the Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee of the Protestant Churches of China and the Christian Council of China), and in the more than 30 years since the restoration of the church to the end of 2012, a total of 62.17 million copies of the Bible have been published and distributed by the "Two Associations" of the National Christian Council.

Therefore, for what is written in the Bible, Moxin also believes. After all, so many people are believing.

"Miss, the Bible you said is amazing, the only regret is that you didn't find the book, but just copied it according to what you remembered. So that we don't miss out on a lot of knowledge? ”

Qiuyun said regretfully. She is very curious about the Bible now, and she doesn't know how much knowledge there is in this book that she has never read or heard, and she really wants to read it.

"I'd like to read a book like this too." Dongmei looked very eager for it.

Mo Xin said helplessly: "I knew Jesus at the beginning, and I watched the Bible only because I had a very important friend who believed in Jesus. So I read books about it in order to have more topics with him. So, I'm not a good believer, or I can't even say I'm a believer. ”

Mo Xin thought to herself: On such an important day today, Situ Xin must have gotten up earlier and busier than her. Although we are not in the same world, at least we all spend Christmas today in church. That's good too.

"Miss." Qiu Yun looked at Mo Xin's somewhat sad expression, thinking that this friend might be Miss's sweetheart. But as far back as she could remember, Mademoiselle had never known such a person.

I don't know how many secrets the young lady has, but the person in front of her is indeed the princess she has taken care of for many years, no matter how many secrets she has, she will always treat her like a relative.

"By the way, Xiaohua and Xiaofeng sleep well at night here?"

"I slept well, I was afraid that they would be cold, so I specially covered them with a thicker quilt. These two children are more sensible than ordinary children. I wake up very early every day, and I guess I'll wake up when I wait for it. “

"They're still kids, they need more sleep, it's too cold, let them sleep a little longer. Especially Xiaofeng, a child, finally got better and didn't suffer from the cold. I specially brought some ginseng from the palace and put some in the soup to replenish their bodies. “

"Okay."

Such a sensible child is indeed a little distressing. But there is no way, when a person has no support, he can only rely on himself. No matter how young you are, what kind of physical disability you have, it is not an obstacle.

Only by relying on your own efforts to live, life will become better and better with these.

The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, and every kind of tribulation is a test, and there will be a harvest behind the test. As long as we have hope and dreams, life will one day be as beautiful as we imagined.

About an hour later, Chen Xiaodong came over wearing a thick cotton coat and carrying a large bag.

He saw Mo Xin full of joy, "Miss Jin came really early. “

"You're here early, what's such a big bag?" Mo Xin looked at Chen Xiaodong, he was really good as a young man, he basically came to church every day, and often brought food to his brothers and sisters.

"White radish, carrots and Chinese cabbage, that's all there is to the snow field."

"If you have a heart, hurry up and come in and roast the fire." Mo Xin looked at his hand, which was a little red from the cold.

Chen Xiaodong's face was slightly red, and he said, "Okay." “

Mo Xin poured him a cup of hot tea, "It's such a cold day, why don't you bring gloves." Did you take the gloves issued by the church before? “

Xiaodong took the tea very happily, and replied a little embarrassedly: "I took it, but I didn't bring gloves before, which made it inconvenient to work, so I put it at home." “

When Mo Xin heard this, she was negligent. Farmers do farm work, where there is a habit of wearing gloves, it is better to let them apply some hand cream. It does not affect the work, and it can also prevent frostbite on the hands.

"Qiuyun, you will give some of the hand cream you brought last time to Xiaodong, I will bring more tomorrow, and you can send some to the brothers and sisters in the church. I didn't think it through before, this hand cream is more convenient than gloves. “

"Okay, I'll get it later."

"No need, I'm used to it, it doesn't matter if I use it or not, Miss Jin is still for other people in need."

"You are the one who has to take care of your grandfather, if your hands are frozen, then Village Chief Chen will be very distressed. Take it back and wipe it on the village chief, for older people are more likely to have cold hands and feet in winter, and if they get frostbite, it will be troublesome. “

"Then thank you, Miss Kim." Chen Xiaodong felt more and more that Mo Xin was good-looking, not only good-looking, but also very good-hearted. No one has ever cared so much about them.

In the eyes of the outside world, the people in the poor villages are all wastes that cannot be cultivated. No discrimination and abuse, it's all good. Where else will anyone care about their life or death.

But Miss Jin is different, she always brings them warmth and hope. Although he couldn't read many of the books in the church, many times he just sang along with the hymns.

But this kind of life makes him live a very comfortable and heartwarming life.

Perhaps, as Miss Jin said, everyone is imperfect, but these imperfections do not affect life, because life is in your own hands.

We can face it bravely, even if we can't cultivate, we have to work hard to live. Live your own value, so as not to waste a trip in the world.