Chapter 103: Receiving Jesus (II)
As for whether to save or not to save, they have repeatedly discussed this question many times, and the above requirements are simple and clear, just four words: 'let it be', and these four words contain another cold meaning, which is 'to fend for themselves'. There is no need for a flawed guide to be born on earth, what they want to do is to 'save' the planet and not 'save'.
The four women looked at Liu Chang in unison, he was the master of this base, and only he could decide this decision.
"This..."Liu Chang obviously couldn't make up his mind, it wasn't that he was indecisive, the key was that Maria was involved here, Maria, who had been a teacher and friend for nearly a hundred years, if it was someone else, he didn't care so much.
Seeing that Liu Chang couldn't make up his mind for a while, everyone didn't force him. Everyone knows that this decision is difficult to make. Including Maria herself, she also made her own request, and she also "went with the flow" and refused to interfere with the base. Because she knows that with her understanding of Liu Chang, in the case of being difficult to get both, there is only one ending for the base to intervene: Baoda! And her purpose is: to keep small!!
"Save!!" After a short thought, Liu Chang said a word. Whether the savior can save the world, Liu Chang doesn't know, but he can't let Maria lose her life under his eyelids, in that case, he will feel guilty for the rest of his life. As for the demands of the superiors, fuck it. Isn't it just money, and Lao Tzu will pay you back in the future.
Hearing this word, the hearts of the four people finally put it in their stomachs.
"Maria" Liu Ling took over the initiative and spoke to Maria: "Don't be nervous, have children, I have experience." ā
Among these women, only Liu Ling has given birth to a child, although she is also confused during the whole process, except for pain and shouting, she has forgotten everything, especially when she sees a mass of wrinkled skin and dark red flesh all over her body, crying tired and lying quietly beside her, everything is forgotten.
"So ugly!" It was the only memory she had at the time.
"Find a reason to let Arthur out" This was Liu Ling's voice ringing in her ears.
There is no midwife, not to forget, this is Maria's insistence, Maria knows, in this era, the meaning of midwives is not much, their biggest role is to bring psychological comfort to the patient, besides, she has secrets, can not be found by others.
"My dear" said Mary to Arthur, who was standing next to her, looking nervous but unable to do anything but keep turning in circles, "Go out, the delivery room is unclean." ā
"No," Arthur replied very simply, "I can't leave you alone here." ā
"I'm fine," Maria lifted her sweaty face from pain, "the delivery room is filthy, it will affect a man's luck." This was true, and Arthur knew it, but he really couldn't bear to leave Maria alone, but he didn't know what to do.
"Go and boil some warm water and wash the child when he is born. I didn't call you, don't come in, don't come in" Maria held back the pain and found a reason to let Arthur out: "We will rely on you to support you in the future, which will affect your fortune, and we will not be able to live." ā
"Well, then," Arthur knew, and Maria was telling the truth, "are you all right?" ā
"Don't worry," said Mary, looking at Arthur with encouraging eyes, and in a firm tone, "our children are blessed by God." ā
Seeing Arthur exit the stable, Liu Ling continued to communicate with Maria: "Maria, all you have to do now is relax, relax your whole body, don't be afraid, I have experience in giving birth." ā
The only thing Maria can do now is to rely on the self-proclaimed 'experienced' eldest sister: "Sister Liu Ling, it hurts." Yes! ~~~ā
Liu Ling said: "I know, I know. I've also had children, it's normal, I've had experience. ā
"IāI don't want to give birth. The damn birdman didn't say it hurts so much to have a baby. Maria spoke to Liu Ling without saying a word, just wanting to distract herself: "Those ewes give birth to lambs, and I don't see them hurt." ā
"Can that be the same? They are beasts, and they won't cry out in pain" Liu Ling has also kept contact with Maria:
"Relax, relax, don't be nervous, I have experience." In front of the screen, although Liu Ling's tone was relaxed, she couldn't help clenching her fists, and there was fine sweat on her forehead, although she always claimed that she had experience, but when it came to her mouth, there was only 'relax, relax', just these two words, I still listened to what Wen Po said at the time, "Ah, by the way, I, I'll sing you a song." ā
Liu Ling, who claims to be experienced, really doesn't know what to say, and she is tired of saying 'relax' over and over again.
"You can still sing?" Maria was surprised to hear Liu Ling's voice. "I've never heard you sing."
"Of course I will, you listen: the moon is bright, the birds are quiet, and the leaves shine on the window lattice......"
"Sister Lingling, Sister Lingling, you seem to be singing a lullaby, right? You won't fall asleep singing Mary. Originally, the brunette and Ganidoo were also staring at the screen, biting their lips, staring wide-eyed, and not saying a word. Having a baby is so scary?! I'm not alive anymore. Jones was even more frightened, and a shadow appeared in his heart. It's horrible! I suddenly heard Liu Ling singing in my ears, so I hurriedly said my worries, I was giving birth, if I was just halfway through my birth and fell asleep at this critical juncture, what would it be?
"I'll come and sing a vigorous one, swish, and lift the wood. With it, listen to me: I stand on the top of the Himalayas, looking up at the blue basket sky, white clouds wrapped around my waist......"
Just as several eldest sisters were competing to sing for Maria, Maria seemed to be infected by the sisters, and her mood stabilized, and her pain seemed to be alleviated a lot.
"Jones, you're singing so badly," came the microphone from Maria's weak, tired laughter.
"It's ugly, I think it's pretty good. Look how tall I stand, truly towering into the sky. Don't talk about me, don't fall asleep. ā
The Savior seemed to feel the call of the world, and the whole of Bethlehem witnessed a miracle, and a multicolored glow shone down from the sky, enveloping the whole stable, and alarming the owner of the inn, and when he confirmed that the location of the glow was his stable, he fell to his knees, and did not dare to look up again:
"Oh my God, what did I do? I put the saint in the stable! I let the saint live in the stable!! āć
When the poor master came to the stable, half-on his stomach and half-kneeling, the anxious Arthur also stood outside the stable, anxiously waiting, he knew that his wife was born a saint, a saint, so he did not care much about the vision.
"Forgive you, O sovereign and all-powerful God, for your mortal servants." The innkeeper knelt outside the stable and confessed.
"Water, boil water!" The shopkeeper's confession reminded Arthur, who was also highly nervous, forgetting Maria's instructions and asking him to prepare some warm water:
"Where's your kitchen?"
"Honored guest, are you hungry? I'll arrange for you to cook right away. As soon as the shopkeeper heard about the effective labor, he immediately stood up, and he could remedy the opportunity, how could he refuse.
Arthur said, "I'm not hungry. You immediately ask people to boil water, and you will need to use it after the child is born. ā
The owner said: "Okay, okay, I'll arrange someone immediately, no, no, no, I'll go and burn it myself." ā
This glow shone for an hour, just at the time of the child, Liu Chang and they had accurate timing tools, accurate time, a child's cry came from the stable------- Jesus came.
The glow also slowly disappeared, and then, the twinkling new star also disappeared, the mother and son were safe, and Liu Chang and the others finally left with peace of mind.
"Arthur, my dear Arthur, come in quickly" Despite her postpartum weakness, Maria was excited: "Look at our children! ā
Arthur brought in warm water, and Maria cleaned the newborn baby, wrapped it in sackcloth, and placed it in a manger beside her. Perhaps it was the cry that had used all its strength to make the baby lie quietly in the manger --- asleep.
Liu Chang didn't know that just as they were paying full attention to Mary, a two-horse van carriage with a black robe sitting on the wheel was a man in a black robe, who was whipping the horse. The galloping hooves of the horses and the rapidly spinning wheels kicked up huge loess dust, and the direction of the car was Nazareth.
"Luther, if you don't put down your whip again, I'll jump out of the car." A grumbling voice came from the carriage.
The black-robed man suddenly retracted the reins, and the galloping horse almost stood up, snorting loudly, and the carriage stopped rapidly, and the huge inertia made the carriage make a clear collision sound.
"Luther, you!!" The people in the carriage were obviously angry, as if they were about to open their mouths to scold, but they paused slightly, perhaps to suppress the anger in their hearts, before they spoke: "Are you crazy? ā
The man in black who was driving, as soon as the car stopped, turned around, jumped down, lifted the black hood on the hood back, revealing an old face and gray hair, and quickly went around to the back of the carriage, which was the door of the carriage had been opened, and the head of an old man with white hair stretched out from it. The old man slapped away his outstretched hand, and before he could speak, his face suddenly flushed, and he began to vomit violently when he lay on the carriage. And inside the carriage, another hand stretched out and gently patted the old man's back.
Luther looked at the embarrassed and vomiting old man, and stood there embarrassed, a little helpless.
"You're not looking for an angel, you're sending me to God!" The white-haired old man finally recovered a little, pointed at the man called Luther with a trembling hand, and said weakly.
Luther hurriedly grabbed the old man's hand, and the other man in the car, about Luther's age, also jumped down, and the two of them worked together to help the old man out of the car and let him sit down on a stone by the side of the road.
The other handed the water bladder to the old man, looked at the old man who was in a state of exhaustion, looked at the sky again, and said, "We can't hurry any more, Luther, let's find a place to spend the night, teacher, the sun is about to set, and we will definitely not be able to reach Nazareth." ā
"Matthew" Luther looked at the man he called Matthew, and said with some anxiety: "We can't stop here, angels, angels may still be there, maybe somewhere." ā
"Dear Luther, I understand your eagerness to see the angels. But the presence of angels in Nazareth is, after all, a rumor, and we must not let it be because of a rumor," Matthew said, glancing at the poor old man, "Take the teacher's life." ā
Luther hurriedly argued: "How can it be a rumor? Everyone said that, even the color of the angel's toenails was clear. ā
If Jones heard this sentence, he would probably faint with laughter, the angel model's toenails were her masterpiece, and she was not happy to change the angel's black wings to white wings, and the whole body was white, so she secretly painted the nails of the angel's toes in five colors. Even Liu Chang didn't pay attention to this, but they didn't expect to be seen clearly by these admirers.
"You say, why are the nails of the angel's feet five colors? There is no such record in the Bible or in all the scriptures. The old man's spirit finally recovered, and when he heard the conversation between the two disciples, he also felt inexplicable, but it is said that the people who saw the angel with their own eyes said so, and the colors of the five toes were white, yellow, black, brown, and gray. These five colors must represent some kind of revelation, he must see through the heavens, otherwise, he will not rush to death.
"Let's go" The old man stood up tremblingly, and without waiting for the disciples to answer him, he walked towards the car.
"Teacher" Matthew was anxious, and the teacher who stopped him said: "Look at the sky, the sun is about to set, and we will definitely not be able to get to Nazareth today, so let's find a place to stay." ā
"Wherever we went, we couldn't walk, so we slept in the open. I had to figure out why the angel's nails were five colors, and maybe that was some revelation from God. The old man insisted on climbing into the car despite the obstruction of his disciples.
The car started again, and this time, Luther did not dare to drive, but drove smoothly forward.
Since the sky was clear, cloudless, not even the moon, the stars in the sky were exceptionally clear. The three masters and apprentices couldn't hurry, so they slept on the side of the road. Although they were all tired, the three of them were very excited and couldn't sleep, so they sat on the ground next to the car, specifically, one person was standing, two people were sitting, looking at the stars in the sky, all three of them were astrologers, watching the sky at night, it was also their daily work, and today was the best weather to observe the stars.
"Dear Mr. Luther, let's sit down first, the star is still the star, they won't run." Matthew beckoned to Luther, "You're going to have to go tomorrow, and you're going to drive." ā
Hearing this, Luther turned around, his face was a little haggard, and he hurried for several days, after all, he was also old, and his body was a little unbearable, and said: "The angel came to Nazareth and performed miracles, and this matter is now spreading, and many people say that they saw the angel come with their own eyes." Dr. Matthew, Dr. James, I want to hear your opinions, what does this portend? ā
Dr. Matthew Luther said, "You see, God doesn't do miracles anymore after the sixth day. There are many foolish people in the world, and there are often things that are falsely prophesized. These days, you have been observing the stars every day, isn't it in vain? Come, poor Luther, look at you, the circles under your eyes are dark, and it will seriously damage your health. Let's enjoy the beautiful scenery and enjoy the food. Ignore the rumors and let them disappear from our ears like the wind. Alas, it's the stars that are to blame. ā
"No, Matthew, my child," said the old man, "this is not a rumor, there is no such thing as a rumor. Don't question, my child, we can't question God's messenger on earth. Although God no longer performs miracles, God does not abandon his people on earth, but only reveals it to his followers through his angels on earth. Our mission is to find these revelations so that God's grace may spread on earth as it does in heaven. ā
"Matthew, teacher, come and see, is it my dazzle, there is a new star there" Luther rubbed his eyes with one hand and pointed to the sky with the other, calling his two companions eagerly.
"Poor Luther, do you want to find a new star and want to go crazy, a new star appears, it is rare to meet in ten thousand years." The two men who were talking with their heads down, hearing the man named Luther greet the two of them, raised their heads, looked at the poor man, and Matthew spoke.
"I'm sure it's a new star, if my eyes don't flower. You see, there it is. Luther's tone was positive.
"Where, I'll look," Matthew said in a coping tone.
Observing the stars, mainly to observe the direction of the stars, from which to infer the fortune and good luck of the world, the appearance of new stars often means that there will be saints in the world. A saint is not a cabbage in the land, he can come out if he wants it, and it must be governed by the will of heaven.
Following Luther's direction, the faces of the two men became more and more serious, and James immediately took out the parchment scroll from the package he was carrying, which was the astrological chart they had recorded over the years, and compared them one by one with the faint light of a torch.
"Good luck Luther, you will go down in history. This is indeed a new star" Matthew and James were so excited that even their hands holding the parchment were shaking: "His direction seems to be Bethlehem!" ā
"Behold, a sign has occurred! After the creation of the world, God never showed miracles again, and today there are miracles, and there must be a saint born in Bethlehem! The three of them were so excited that their voices trembled a little.
The three of them witnessed a five-colored glow emanating from a nova shining in Bethlehem.