Chapter 154: Thirty Years of Waiting
Following Yang Rui's guidance, Jesus came to the house of his adoptive father, Joseph, a dilapidated compound that had been heard from thirty years ago when Joseph and Maria were wanted and their families had migrated elsewhere to avoid being implicated.
Time passed, and the boy whom King Herody had insisted on killing had returned. Looking at this terrible scene, Jesus smiled and said, "Since this courtyard has fallen into decay because of me, let me build it again." ”
Yang Rui sat in the courtyard and watched Jesus happily do this work and renovate the courtyard, and there was no trace of the anger on his face that he had just been blackmailed.
Jesus worked so hard that in the evening, when the smoke was already rising from the chimney on the roof, Jesus came out of the kitchen and said to Yang Rui with a smile: "I have made unleavened bread and mutton soup, and I have brought the best olive oil from Egypt, would you like to share it with me?" ”
Yang Rui smiled and said, "I can't ask for it." ”
The two men sat down in the newly cleaned room, and Jesus brought a rather sumptuous meal, and Yang Rui saw that these were also very appetizing, and he took a bite of the unleavened bread, and said with a lingering taste: "The unleavened bread of the Israelites is delicious." ”
Jesus also munched on unleavened bread and said: "This is the most traditional delicacy of the Israelites, and it was on the unleavened bread that Moses made the long journey that led the Israelites across the desert from Egypt to Jerusalem." ”
Yang Rui nodded and said, "I have also eaten the unleavened bread he made." ”
"What?" Jesus didn't believe his ears, he laughed and said, "Rui, are you kidding?" Moses has been dead for more than a thousand years, how could you have eaten the unleavened bread he made? ”
Yang Rui turned his head and stared at Jesus seriously and said, "I really have eaten." ”
Jesus smiled and said, "My mother always said I was a madman, but today I saw people who are even madder than me. ”
Yang Rui did not answer Jesus' reaction to this, and continued to eat the dinner made by this man.
As he ate, Jesus looked at the ruined roof and said, "Tomorrow I will go and buy some good hay and repair this roof, so that when my father and mother come back, it will not leak like this." ”
Yang Rui asked, "Need my help?" ”
Jesus shook his head and said, "I can handle it alone, and this is what I have to do, and I don't want anyone else to pay for it." ”
A month later, Joseph and Maria's family returned home from Egypt and were stunned when they saw Yang Rui.
Yang Rui hugged Joseph warmly and said with a smile: "Great man, you are really old, and the hair on your head is as white as snow on a snowy mountain. ”
Joseph said excitedly: "Thirty years later, seeing everything today, I feel that everything I did at the beginning was worth it. ”
Yang Rui also hugged the twilight of the beauty Mary and said: "I haven't seen you for thirty years, you are still so beautiful." ”
Mary smiled shyly and said, "The fact that I can be with such a wonderful man as Joseph is God's greatest favor for me. I have a happy family and these noisy children. ”
During the family dinner, Yang Rui called Joseph to a place where no one was and asked, "When are you going to hand Jesus over to me?" ”
Joseph was astonished when he heard this, and his voice trembled and he asked, "My master, do you really want to let this child go to such a thing?" ”
Yang Rui nodded seriously and said, "The reason why I have waited patiently for thirty years is because of your greatness, so that you and Jesus have enjoyed such a long time of family happiness. Now the time has come for him to do his duty. ”
When Joseph heard this, he was extremely sad in his heart, he raised his head and looked into Yang Rui's eyes and asked, "Could it be that it really ......?"
Yang Rui interrupted Joseph's words and said, "He is chosen by God and cannot be changed." ”
At that moment, Jesus poked his head out of the living room and shouted, "Daddy, what are you whispering to Rui?" Come on in, the soup is going to be cold. ”
Before entering the living room, Joseph asked, "Do you want to take him away immediately?" ”
Yang Rui shook his head and said, "Of course not, at least let your family have another cheerful Passover." ”
When Yang Rui and Joseph returned to their seats, Jesus smiled and said, "Dad, since Rui is our benefactor, and I think he is also homeless, let him live with us, and I will build another house in the corner of the courtyard tomorrow so that Rui can live alone." ”
Joseph timidly glanced at Yang Rui and said, "What do you mean?" ”
Yang Rui said with a smile: "That's great, it's my honor to live with such a family, and it's also what I enjoy the most." ”
Early the next morning, Yang Rui found that Jesus had gone out early to herd the sheep, and that he was full of energy and never seemed to feel tired.
Yang Rui found Jesus grazing on a hillside outside the city, his sheep scattered around the hillside grazing, while Jesus was sitting on a stone and staring into the distance.
Yang Rui sat down at Jesus and asked, "What are you looking at?" ”
Jesus pointed not far away and said, "Look over there." ”
Yang Rui looked in the direction of Jesus' finger and saw a flock of vultures surrounding a corpse frantically grabbing for minced meat, which had been torn apart by its sharp beak.
After reading it, Yang Rui smiled and asked Jesus, "Do you think this person is very pitiful?" Maybe he was a robber in his lifetime. ”
Jesus sighed and said, "Whether he was a good man or a bad man in life, now that he is dead, everything is gone." His death provided food for the vultures, and instead fulfilled the birds. ”
Yang Rui asked again: "What does this mean?" ”
Jesus said, "God is great, and He created everything so that the world may go on in a continuous cycle." Every living being, including man, also has his proper place in this world, no matter how clever human beings are, and have established countless great civilizations, all of them are small in front of God, and they must circulate according to God's will and become a part of this world. ”
Yang Rui asked, "Do you believe in the existence of God?" ”
Jesus shook his head and said, "I don't know." I'm an Israelite, and the Israelites believed that Moses was instructed by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, and my parents believed in the existence of God, but I have never seen God in person, and I don't know how to answer your question. ”
Yang Rui stood up and said, "In that case, I'll take you somewhere." ”
Jesus lifted up his head and asked, "Where are you going to take me?" ”
Yang Rui smiled and said, "You'll know when you go." ”
Jesus looked at the sheep everywhere and asked, "But what about my flock, if there is no one to take care of them, they will be lost, or they will be eaten by wolves." ”
Yang Rui whistled, the sheep bleated, and automatically lined up in the direction of home, Yang Rui smiled and said, "Don't worry, they will arrive home safely." ”
Jesus looked at this spectacle and said, "My father is right, your magic is amazing. ”
Yang Rui laughed and said, "There are even more powerful ones, come with me!" (To be continued.) )