On this day, little Peter had just been freed from the old man's etiquette training, and before he could go back to his room to drink a glass of water, lie down on the bed and take a nap, or flip through the scriptures and make a prayer, he was dragged into the courtyard by the middle-aged man.

"Uncle Fat, are we going to take that military theory class again? Little Peter sighed and said listlessly.

The middle-aged man was stunned, turned to look at Little Peter, and said with a serious and helpless face: "I don't have a fat surname, and I am not fat Uncle Wang." ”

Little Peter was secretly dissatisfied, and suddenly heard such a sentence in a low mood, only to see Little Peter staring blankly at the middle-aged man's brain, and for a long time a surprised and incredulous voice sounded: "Hey, I asked so many times and you didn't say it, why did you suddenly say this now? Then what is your name?" As he spoke, his voice became lower and lower, and his mood suddenly became low, and he lowered his head and looked at his toes, trying to squeeze out a smile.

"You can call me Uncle William, I can't tell you my full name. William watched little Peter go from surprise at the beginning to extremely depressed, vaguely guessed something, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is it because of his parents?"

Little Peter's eyes were faintly red, he wiped his face with both hands, and his voice was hoarse with crying: "You all have parents, why don't I have one! I don't have a father or a mother, I don't even know how old I am now!" Little Peter was very emotional, his not strong body shook again and again, one hand covered his eyes, his head was lowered, and the other hand tightly pulled the silver cross hanging on his chest.

"Look up. William snorted, and said in a powerful voice, "Listen, the reason why I tell you my name is because I have recognized you as a man." You know, haven't you always wanted to grow up, you've grown up! Remember, you can't cry when you grow up. ”

"I didn't cry. Little Peter slowly raised his head, barely squeezed out a smile, loosened the cross, straightened his shirt, wiped his eyes, and said seriously.

William gave little Peter a hug directly, and he hugged it so hard that Little Peter's slender body was like it was going to be rubbed directly into William's body.

"Listen, it's all fate, you know. It's all the damn fate. Do you know what fate is? Fate is that you know that it is wrong to do so, but you can't resist it; fate is that you know that there is something in front of you that you dream of, but no matter how hard you struggle, you keep going backwards; fate is that you just want to live your life plainly, but when the times are calling, you are so stupid to come out! All this is wrong, you know, it is all fake, but the most wrong thing is that you have no power, and the most false thing is that you think you have the right to know everything. With that, William let go of his hands and took a step back.

Little Peter felt his scalp swell, his ears roaring, and his eyes blurred, as if a great darkness was about to swallow it in the next. He gasped loudly, covered his heart with his right hand, and retreated until he fell to the grass. It took a long time to come to my senses, only to feel that my soul had been greatly impacted, and I vaguely felt that what I said was very reasonable, but there was a kind of confusion and doubt.

William watched little Peter fall to the ground from too much shock, watched his pale face first shocked to disbelief, then looked around with confused and empty eyes, watched him slowly calm down, his hands on the grass and tried to stand up, stumbling but resolute to walk up in front of him and trying to straighten up, the calm voice ringing in his ears.

"Uncle William, I won't be in class today, I want to go out and have a look. ”

At that moment, William noticed that little Peter's gaze flashed with a determined strength, as if he would unswervingly go on no matter how difficult the road ahead. William couldn't help but nodded, watching little Peter slowly walk out of vision until he completely disappeared, the whole person seemed to be suddenly deflated, his back straightened and stiffened, and a sigh sounded after a long time: "Did you fail?" ”

Little Peter wandered aimlessly around the city, he didn't know where he was going, he didn't know how to face his grandfather and Uncle William when he returned. He had a vague uncertainty about it, but it made him feel terrified, and a sense of unreality arose. Little Peter hurriedly looked around, as if he would be swallowed up by a great temptation in the next moment. Then little Peter found that he had unknowingly come to the southern part of the city.

"There is a church nearby, and since I have come here, it means that I am still a pious servant of the Lord, and the Lord is guiding me in the dark. Little Peter was relieved when he saw his surroundings clearly, and thought to himself, and hurried towards the church.

When little Peter came to the church, he found a magnificent four-wheeled carriage parked in the square, and two white horses flicked their tails from time to time to ward off mosquitoes. The carriage is black all over and decorated with gilt patterns that look like a lily. Just as little Peter wanted to take a closer look, the coachman waved his whip impatiently and had to go into the church.

In the hall of the church, a lady in a white robe is solemnly performing a prayer ceremony, bowing her head and clasping her hands, chanting the words of the Bible, behind which are several maids.

It was this scene that little Peter saw when he came in, the sunset passed through the dusk hall, the lady in white in front of the cross prayed piously, under the backdrop of the maid, in the dim environment of the church, little Peter suddenly felt that this lady was holy and could not be blasphemed, this picture was firmly engraved on his heart, so that he carefully moved to the shadow of the door, not daring to make a single movement, lest he spoil this beautiful picture.

When the bishop took a few priests to send the lady out, little Peter breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly walked from the door to the prayer table, where a priest was packing his things, and he was not surprised to see him, but nodded and said, "Come on, wait a minute, it will be all right at once." ”

Little Peter smiled and showed that it was okay, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked carefully: "Who was that lady just now, why is the bishop so respectful?" ”

The priest paused, straightened up, watched as a trace of sarcasm slowly leaked out of his eyes and quickly disappeared, and squeezed out a dry smile and said, "Oh, he is a great nobleman, the marquis!"

"Marquis, are all nobles so remarkable?" Little Peter couldn't help but think of the carriage at the door, the current residence of himself and the old man, and the profound knowledge and elegant conversation of Uncle William and the old man, and he couldn't help but feel a little shaken, and quickly shook his head, carefully buried this thought in his heart, and prayed earnestly.