Chapter 6: The Lost Lambs
Li Yu was preaching in Miss Rabbit's small farm that day, and among the people who came to listen below, Li Yu also saw an old acquaintance.
- Anton Anton
Anton's height of nearly two meters, as well as the pair of antlers on his head full of branches, made him stand out in the crowd.
The two have seen each other a lot these days, Li Yu saw him at a glance and nodded at him.
However, the lingua franca teacher ignored Li Yu, and he couldn't say that he didn't pay attention, although he didn't return the salute, but at this moment he was staring at a pair of big bloodshot eyes, staring at Li Yu viciously, looking like he was about to rush up and cut people at any time.
Li Yu didn't care, and began to spread the faith of Saturday.
“…… Rest is the most basic right given by our Lord to every believer, it should be protected, and it should not be deprived by anyone for any reason.
"You should use these two days to fully recover from physical exertion, relieve mental fatigue, enjoy yourself, cultivate hobbies, or just do nothing......"
After Li Yu finished speaking, he saw someone raise his hand, so he pointed at the man, and the latter asked, "But we can't rest when we harvest the wheat, otherwise the wheat will fall into the ground, and if it rains heavily, it will become moldy." ”
"The problems you mentioned are mentioned in the precepts, and you can apply for compensatory leave in case of special circumstances." Li Yu said, "Not only when the farm is busy, but also in the special circumstances of war, the rest time can be postponed, but in principle, it must be made up within a year." ”
"Ridiculous!" A discordant voice suddenly rang out.
The person who spoke was none other than Anton, the lingua franca teacher, who shouted, "Man is born to work, only the hard-working will have their own residence, pay rent and taxes, accumulate food, feed themselves, marry a wife, and let their blood continue, while the lazy can only feast on heaven and earth, starve and be full, and finally die a miserable and lonely death!" ”
His words were echoed by many peasants, because this is how they live, and what they see around them is also like this.
Li Yu said calmly, "I don't deny the meaning of hard work, but I also don't think that two days off a week is laziness, you still have five days to work, and Saturday also knows how hard it is to make a living, so it gives you new farming tools and cultivation methods, so that you can grow many more crops on your land than before."
"I can assure you that even if you do five days off, you will be richer than you are now."
"Then why don't we use the remaining two days for farming?" Someone else asked, "Then wouldn't we be able to harvest more food, earn more money, marry more beautiful wives, and give birth to more children, and I am not afraid of tiredness or hardship." ”
Li Yu had heard similar questions many times during his missionary work, and as a modern person, especially a modern person living in a city, he may not be able to understand this spirit of living to death and working to death.
That's because the environment and the needs of both sides are different.
As long as most urban people have hands and feet, and there are no health risks and family burdens, they basically do not need to worry too much about their own survival, and they do not have a strong desire to reproduce, and the fertility rate has been declining year after year.
But for the peasants of this continent, survival is their first priority, and reproduction, as much as possible, is almost the only pursuit in their lives, so they are more inclined to sell their leisure as well.
In fact, there are some similar examples in modern society, such as a kidney village in Nepal, where almost all men have scars on their bodies, and by selling a kidney, they can earn money to buy a house and marry a wife, which is a very good deal for the locals.
If Blatis can also sell kidneys on the mainland, with this technology and market, Li Yu believes that many people will be tempted.
It is not easy to change this perception, in addition to feeding most people, it also takes time to make the transition, and once habits are formed, it is difficult to change.
However, there is a simpler solution for Li Yu, he said directly, "This is the blessing that Saturday bestows on you, but you must not be greedy, otherwise what it gives to you can also be taken away." ”
Since it is financially impossible to stop the villagers from selling their kidneys (selling their leisure), it is enough to ban them from religion.
The premise, of course, is that you have a strong enough order.
Sure enough, all the villagers didn't dare to say anything more when they heard this, only Anton was still shouting, "Don't believe him, we are all bathed in the light of the goddess of the silver moon, we are her children, every harvest is the blessing of the goddess, without the blessing of the goddess, the earth will not be able to grow heavy fruits!" ”
Before Li Yu could say anything, a guard from the Arias family on the side couldn't stand it anymore and asked Li Yu, "Prophet Merlin, do you want me to arrest that troublemaker?" ”
"No, there must always be a villain in a wonderful story, let him call it, how energetic he is now, how ugly his face will be when the first crops are harvested."
In fact, many people present were already a little tired of this big man who had been shouting and singing against Li Yu.
After all, the eloquence of the lingua franca teacher is just like that, and there are only a few words when he turns it upside down.
In the confrontation with Li Yu, he almost never took any advantage, and he was always the one who was flattened, but he was repeatedly defeated and fought, and he was quite indomitable.
Li Yu followed wherever he preached, like a dog's skin plaster, and it seemed that he intended to use this method to obstruct the expansion of the Shuangxiu Church.
Although it had little effect, Anton himself was quite immersed in it, and the whole person had been in a state of excitement, his throat was almost hoarse, and his lips were peeling, but he still had no intention of resting.
"Those who betray Pithia will not come to a good end, turn back, lost lambs! Otherwise, your curse will come! ”
As the lingua franca teacher was talking, he saw a guard of the Black Dog Guard running towards him.
The guard ran in front of Li Yu in one breath before stopping, and then leaned into Li Yu's ear and said something.
Anton also wanted to hear it, but unfortunately he couldn't squeeze through.
Then he saw Li Yu raise his head and said, "Okay, that's the end of today's teaching, if you have anything else you want to know, you can ask the Hugh of our Order." ”
Anton's sixth sense told him that something had happened, and the lingua franca teacher didn't know if Li Yu had done something bad against the Silver Moon Church again, looking at Li Yu's departing back, he gritted his teeth and raised his feet to chase after him.
(End of chapter)