"How did you think of this?"

"It's nothing, I just think Tom you need this right now."

"......, forget it, you can do it yourself, just pay attention to the disease."

"Okay, Tom."

Milia leaned into Tom's arms, and Tom did not refuse, hugging Milia in his arms like a kitten.

Tom felt that Milia was really getting more and more wrong.

Could it be that this is the temperament fluctuations caused by hormonal changes in the postpartum period?

Tom doesn't think about these inconsequential trifles, Tom now thinks about a timeless problem that has existed since the dawn of mankind:

What's for dinner?

Roast pork or elbow?

It's as simple as a single bowl of hand-rolled noodles.

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At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Texas December sun is also about to set in the western mountains.

Tom rolled out the dough in one hand and looked through the materials that John had brought with him, the information about Father Martin King.

Father Martin was an orphan picked up by an old priest in the church, in the field in front of the church, and when he picked it up, he was only a two or three-year-old baby.

Although he was a Hispanic Catholic priest, the old priest was surprisingly in favor of Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses, and the old priest also thought that the Catholic church was too "religious".

This is where Father Martin's name Martin King comes from.

Father Martin is a devout Catholic, who has received a less "Catholic" Catholic education from the old priest since he was a child, and is also a righteous gentleman, at least the "father and son" will not leave the little boy alone to "pray" one-on-one.

Also, if he couldn't pass this level, he would have been sent by John to meet his most admired lord, and Martin could come to Smith Farm for Christmas, at least there was no problem in this regard.

Father Martin's childhood has been centered around the Lord until now, helping the old priest in the church from the age of ten, a few years before the Civil War, the old priest saw God, and with the support of the Smith family, Father Martin now runs three churches in Houston alone.

Father Martin has worked diligently for the cause of religion to this day, living the life that Tom despises most – a poor, fulfilling, meaningful life.

The source of funds for Martin King's trip to Italy-Rome-Vatican was purely because Father Martin had saved money for a lifetime, and he also relied on his clergy status and religious knowledge to solicit donations along the way, and went to Rome-Vatican City for a "poor trip".

In Tom's eyes, this is a kind of "pilgrimage" of fanatical religious people.

After spending half a month at the Vatican, Fr. Martin returned to Houston, as if he had just returned, and sat alone at home for a few days, not going out, refusing all visitors, and not even attending the church service for two consecutive services......

"Knock~Knock~Knock~"

"Enter."

Tom looked at the information and rolled out the dough with his hands, Milia's unique knocking rhythm sounded at the door of the office, and Tom put down the materials and chopsticks in his hand and let Milia in.

Led by Milia, Father Martin entered Tom's office.

Martin King was a middle-aged man, looking to be about thirty-five to forty years old, and unlike the average Texas redneck, Father Martin was slightly thin, and his hands were not calloused, and he did not look like he had much labor.

The whole person seemed very energetic, not the same as the old-fashioned white-haired priest in Tom's impression.

Father Martin walked up to Tom and shook Tom's hand excitedly, grabbing Tom's right hand with both hands and swinging it up and down.

"Mr. Smith, you are rich and generous, and your mother is honorable and generous, thank you both mother and son for your continued gratuitous support for religious causes in Texas."

"Praise me and my mother more, I don't mind, you keep praising it."

Tom's blunt answer left Father Martin a little confused.

After all, Father Martin was a clergyman who had been to the Vatican and had seen the world, and he had never seen anyone before, and he regained his demeanor in less than a second, and continued to praise Tom and Penny.

"Mrs. Smith, like Andre of the Twelve, likes to lead people to pray to the Lord and lead them to faith in the Lord."

"And generous Mr. Smith, you must be the most faithful believer in the Lord."

"You're like Peter the Rock, the strongest foundation we have in Texas."

"No amount of praise can be given to you, but nothing compares to what you have done for the church in Texas."

"Your greatness is like a saint reappearing."

Fr. Martin has also seen some wealthy people ask the clergy to praise themselves, isn't it just praise, but the praise is not over.

With a stroke of their pen, these rich people can donate a little more money and build a few more churches.

Father Martin was raised by the church, and his dream now is to build more churches and adopt more orphans who lost their families to the Civil War.

What a devout priest.

"Peter, is that the disciple who was condemned to death on the cross?"

"Well, your focus is really interesting, Peter did give his life for the Lord, and that was a noble martyrdom."

"I'm just curious about which is more expensive, Peter's cross or Jesus' cross? You're not a god...... Bah, Father, how much do you think Jesus' cross can be sold? ”

“……”

For the first time, the atmosphere fell into awkwardness.

Father Martin is a professional priest who has been practicing for 30 years, and was able to stop currying favor with the "financial master" because of this small setback, but Father Martin has heard Penny say that the money Penny donated to the church is a small part of the "pocket money" given by Tom.

Father Martin had already decided on the road that he must find a way to get this big "benefactor" to donate ten or eight churches to bring over the war orphans in Houston, and even all of Texas and all of the United States, so that they could receive a true "Catholic" education together.

Nor does Fr. Martin want the vile "believers" to defile God in the name of "clergy".

"Why should a devout believer like you care about such vulgar money things."

"Oh, is that so? Am I a devout believer? I don't even know I'm religious, and you forgot that I asked you if God understands quantum mechanics? ”

"Everyone has confusion and confusion, and the existence of the Lord is to guide the lost child out of the predicament, and I believe that you will definitely get out of the "prison" of quantum mechanics. ”

"I don't think I can get out of the "cell" of quantum mechanics, not only me, but also all human beings in the world can't come out, and maybe they can't come out. ”

“……”

For the second time, the atmosphere fell into awkwardness.

Father Martin was also dazed by Tom, what does it mean to come out and not come out, or is it possible?

To come out is to come out, and if you don't come out, you don't come out!