Chapter 165: Salvation
Do you think I'm a eunuch? Actually, no, there is indeed something in the past two days, my sister is getting married, and it is popular here that the man and the woman's family sit together for a meal before marriage, which is considered to confirm the marriage, and secondly, the families of both sides meet each other to enhance understanding, similar to an engagement. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info said more and said less and less, and I did two days and twenty tables, I am the eldest son and grandson of the second room of my family, and I am the eldest brother of my sister, so I naturally have to run before and after.
Coupled with my own driving skills and a car, I have to do the work of picking up and sending people away, and I have to accompany the wine at night, there is really no one. But it's okay, my father and mother are the only sisters in the family on both sides, and the others are sissies and little men, so I can only come. The girl will officially get married next month, and it is estimated that it may be three or two days before I can write a word, adding up to almost eighty tables of banquets, and I will be tossed to death just by pulling things back and forth.
Or my way of getting married is simple, naked marriage, just pull a certificate and forget it, how clean.
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Leos glanced at his parents lying on the bed, carefully put back the broken clay bowl, scooped a bowl of wheat porridge that could reflect the human figure, blew a few bites, and swallowed it in small bites. At the end, he licked his lips, and pressed the clay bowl on the mouth of the clay pot, stuffed it under the bed board at home, and put it inside, and there was a whole day's food for the family tomorrow.
War makes people crazy, and in the past few days, Leos's house has been kicked open several times by the Jerutes, and each time the captain of the squad responsible for the selection of strong men can hardly hide the impatience in his eyes. In order to ensure the lives of the Jeruts themselves, during the expansion of the army, most of them captured local young people and filled the ranks. If it weren't for Leos, his father was too sick to get up, if it weren't for Leos himself being too young, maybe he would have been dragged away and joined the crazy army.
Opening the door and glancing out, the soldiers on the street were almost invisible, and he breathed a sigh of relief that he had finally passed.
After a week of red rain, the gods fell unknowingly, and it is said that the gods of Jerut once again proved their bravery and strength, completely crushing their opponents. The new round of conscription is also coming to an end, and after the last few battles, even if it is the conquered area of Jeruth, it will be included in the official administration of the Yeluts, and the civilians will be able to enjoy some of the preferential treatment that only the Yeruts can have.
It's a pity that although this day is coming, I don't know how many young people will be in this city.
Close the door carefully - if it weren't for the fact that there was still a jar of wheat porridge hidden under the bed, it would have been of little significance to close the door or not, and there was really nothing left at home to take out to exchange for money.
In fact, before the outbreak of the war, his parents were already bedridden, and for this reason, they exhausted the family's wealth, and found some prophets or something, but to no avail.
After simply tidying himself up, he trotted to the gate of the city, and together with other children of similar age, ran to the battlefield outside the city to search inch by inch. There was a battle of 30,000 men in the area, and after a simple cleaning, there was a possibility that you might encounter the remnants of weapons or other copper and iron products. Whether the metal appliances on the market are complete or broken, even if they are half a weapon, they can be replaced with a pocket of wheat kernels, so that a family of three does not need to worry about filling their stomachs for three or two days.
The friends were close together, holding long branches in their hands, constantly sweeping the half-human-high grass in front of them. Now it is no more than some time ago, the battlefield is full of dead people, and Leos's legs are weak when he first comes. But it cannot be denied that it was also full of wealth at that time. The dead man's shoulder pads and waist buckles, the spurs on his boots, and the brass nails on the soles of his shoes can all be exchanged for food. It only took two days for people to turn the area over and over again.
"Hey......", a little friend suddenly squatted down with surprise on his face, and two small black hands dug and picked out a palm-long, three-finger-thick, metallic fragment from the mud. It was very heavy to start, and it looked like it should be the corners of the shield after it was broken. That little friend Le's mouth couldn't close, such a large piece of metal could at least be exchanged for a small bag of wheat kernels, mixed with wild vegetables and grass roots, and could be eaten for at least five days.
Leos withdrew his gaze enviously, continuing to stare intently at anything suspicious at his feet.
In addition to them, there was a team of nearly a hundred people circling the battlefield, dense enough that anything left of the area could be discovered. By the time the sun went down, Leos had only a small piece of the crumbled tip of his sword and half of a cracked shoulder guard in his pocket. With so many things, it will be able to last his family for another half a month.
Although the stomach can be filled, but what about the pain?
The elders of the Senate were hanged outside the city, deprived of the protection of the gods, and even if they had money, they could not exchange the gifts of the gods. He only prayed that when his parents died, they could be full ghosts, instead of going hungry.
"What is this?", less than a hundred paces away from the city gate, Leos suddenly noticed an inconspicuous mark on the side of the road, he kicked it, and actually kicked out a necklace? A broken rope hangs a cross-like pendant. The boys gossiped, and some said, could it be the cross of the church?
Leos's eyes lit up and he immediately took them into his arms.
He had heard of the Holy Light Church, and it was said that there was a church alms in the north of the city, but because there were so many refugees in the city, all the food and clothing were looted in just one day. The people in the church said that there would be another almsgiving in half a month, and now there are six days left. He wondered if he could exchange the cross for something more, but he didn't hand it over when he turned in the metal products.
Because there is a heart, it will be concerned. Just like people who don't buy lottery tickets will never remember when the lottery is drawn, let alone figure out how to win the jackpot with the countless ways to play. Before he got the cross, Leos would never have paid attention to a civic organization from Jeruth, let alone waste time listening to the stories of the missionaries. But now that he has a cross, he has to pay attention to it, because he wants to get more benefits from it.
The news of the church is not a secret, and sometimes people discuss it, and some people spontaneously tout about the church. Through a simple understanding, the image of the church in Leos's mind became vivid, and he remembered only one thing, and that was that God the Father is merciful and responsive to the needs of suffering believers!
Am I the one who suffers?
Apparently yes, the parents are seriously ill in bed, and there is a scarcity of food at home, and they don't even have the money to see a doctor for their parents and beg for divine grace, so they can only watch them die in bed day by day.
Am I a believer?
Maybe not before, but now it is!
Enduring the unbearable hunger in his belly, Leos got up from bed in the middle of the night, washed the cross, held it in his hand and looked at the bright moon in the sky, and prayed silently.
All-powerful Father, people say that you are the embodiment of justice and mercy to save the suffering believers. If I am your believer, then please open your eyes and see, I need your help .......
A crystal tear fell on his hand, dripping down the gap between his fingertips and onto the cross, Leos slowly opened his eyes, squeezed out a smile, and sighed. Scooping a few bowls of water with the broken Tao Wan to fill his stomach. Just as he was about to go to bed while he wasn't too hungry, he suddenly felt something moving behind him.
He turned his head, his eyes wide, and a phantus surrounded by pure white light appeared behind him. The phantom walked past him and touched his head. The phantom walked over to the sickbed, raising his hand and shining two white rays of light on Leos's parents. Even in their sleep, their expressions of struggle gradually calmed down, and even showed a slight smile of peace.
The phantom looked back at him, and in the blink of an eye it vanished as if it had never appeared.
Leos patted his head, was he already hallucinating from hunger? He remembered the clay pot under the bed, resisted the urge to drink a bowl, curled up at the foot of the bed, and slowly fell into a dream.
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Inexplicably the wrong number of chapters, I'm also drunk, so it's wrong