Chapter 24: Anne's Confusion
The small town of Rheinte, Anas, USA
The wide streets are relatively tidy, and although there are a few people walking on the road, it seems a little quiet in broad daylight.
There was a girl walking down a sparse street.
Anne walked out of the church with the fellow believers, walking through the silent streets.
She was a devout believer and would go to the church in town every Sunday to pray and listen to the pastor's sermons, even when she was busy with work.
Today, Anne, as usual, was overjoyed to hear the pastor tell the story of King David in the Bible, as if her busy work was irrelevant.
"David is such a great king, the weak defeat the strong, and I want to be like him, kind and brave."
Anne strolled home, the sun shining on her, giving people the impression that she was a cheerful girl, without the slightest feeling of an older leftover girl.
Anne is 29 years old this year, although in the United States, a relatively open and free country.
There was a hodgepodge of people, and there were no rules that allowed women and men to love each other, but Anne was still single to this day.
Whenever a friend wanted to introduce her to a boyfriend, she smiled and politely rejected her friend's kindness.
In Anne's opinion, I am not one of those women who can't live without a man, and to be a woman is to be self-reliant.
In the United States, the child who will be kicked out of the house after the age of 18 will cultivate her ability to be independent from an early age, so now Anne works as a secretary in a company, and her salary can support herself, and she can even save some savings in case of emergency.
Attached to men, she was abandoned when the time came, just like those single mothers, who had to work and take care of their children, and died of hard work, so she was an unmarried.
It's not a strange thing in this open country, there are many women, with their stubbornness, they are also much better than many men, and many foundations have the shadow of those so-called old women.
At the same time, Anne is also a kind believer, so kind that even others will feel ashamed of themselves when they see it.
No, Anne walked down the street, and came to the place where the beggar she had met a week ago had been.
Sure enough, the beggar was still here.
His messy hair was obviously unkempt, his beard grew around his facial features, and he looked like an old lioness lying on the meadow, lying on the grassland where people came and went, and other people's opinions seemed to have nothing to do with him, and this was the impression that Anne had seen this beggar for the first time.
Anne squatted down like a little princess as usual, with her white dress and long golden hair draped behind her.
"Still won't you go to the church's almshouse?" Anne crouched in front of the beggar, who slept on a bench under a tree by the roadside, just enough to meet his half-reclining face.
The wandering beggar seemed to hear someone talking to him, and opened his eyes in a bit of a daze, glanced at Anne, who was squatting on the ground, and then closed his eyes again.
"It's me, don't you know me?"
"I'm going to talk to you here every week, you won't forget it so quickly, will you?" Anne saw that he had clearly seen her own expression, but she closed her eyes again, and could not help but speak aloud.
"Did you talk to me for a while?" The beggar didn't know whether he was a little impatient or something, and finally closed his eyes as if muttering to himself, and his mouth opened and closed so little that people who didn't know thought he was chanting a mantra.
"Uh... Isn't it? Anne was confused by his words, as if I was just talking to him and trying to help him.
"Isn't it? The whole process was that you pulled me and listened to you nagging there, either to promote your teachings or to tell me to go to the almshouse to receive relief, are you bothered? The bearded beggar finally couldn't bear her ignorance, and opened his eyes to see her speak.
"Well, if you think it's annoying, you can say it, how do you know if you don't say I'm annoying?" For the kind Anne, it was as simple as eating, why didn't he say it!
"It's not that you have such a reputation for kindness in the town, and you give me some money every week, so I don't bother to listen to your chatter here with you, and I would have sued you for obstructing the freedom of others." The beggar was obviously amused by him, and stood up and spoke slowly to her.
But the brightness of the Lord shines so brightly! I'm here to help you! And at the same time preach the doctrine of the Lord! Anne was a little puzzled, how did the good preaching and relief come into the mouth of this "gentleman" and become a chatter?
"Yes! Indeed, the brilliance of the Lord is not everywhere, and I am also a devout believer in Him. The beggar first expressed his devotion and faith in the Lord.
"But it's a crime for you to interfere with the freedom of others here, you know?"
"First of all, I can go wherever I want, and I don't interfere with the freedom of others. Whatever religion you believe is also your freedom, but you make your freedom to the freedom of others, don't you even know the most basic liberal theory? ”
The beggar was obviously laughed at by his simple kindness, and couldn't help but think of those dog lovers, because he loved dogs, he could beat those who sold dogs at will.
This kind of person can only be encountered in those countries where the mind is not developed, and it may hardly exist in the United States, but I didn't expect him to meet it almost every day, and it is clear that Anne is such a character in his eyes.
"Uhh
Originally, she thought that helping others was a pleasant thing, but she didn't expect it to cause such a result.
For Anne, who grew up in the United States, the most basic values of liberalism are still known.
But for her, it was this "gentleman" who did not explain his position in advance that led to the current situation.
It is really not difficult to do a good deed, it is difficult to do good deeds in a lifetime, and it is even more difficult to produce good results from good deeds.
Sighing slightly, this man who was not illuminated by the light of the Lord prepared to get up and go straight away.
"Wait......" The beggar stopped her when he saw that she was about to leave.
"Huh? Are you ready to listen to me and accept my advice? Anne saw him stop herself, and couldn't help but secretly look forward to it.
"No, it's you who came to interfere with my freedom again today, and asked me to help you establish the right values, shouldn't you pay some money?" But apparently the beggar's words were not as Anne had expected.
“Go away!”
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