Sweetwater Village is located at the southeast end of the North Ye Country, backed by the sea, the opposite side of the sea is the boundary of the Bay Gorge Country, so the ships come and go closely, there are guards guarding the border all the year round, compared to the rainy and cold land in the north, the climate here is mild and pleasant, the villagers plough in spring and harvest, go out to sea to fish in their spare time, take these things to the town not far away to exchange money, and live a self-sufficient life by their own strength.

It stands to reason that the water is so close to the sea that the water should be salty, but for some reason, the water produced in Sweet Water Village is sweet and delicious, and the land is fertile, so the wheat and vegetables grown here are much more expensive than other places, although it is in the countryside, there is no war, no epidemic, and life is comfortable and self-sufficient, and the villagers regard all this as a gift from God.

In the eyes of the villagers, as long as the Northern Ye Kingdom and the Wanxia Kingdom did not go to war, this kind of life could continue forever.

However......

The man went into the house and took off his straw hat, took off the towel hanging around his neck and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and sat down with an angry face.

"Don't worry, even if the mayor agrees, the village chief agrees, it is impossible for the whole village to agree, we are really in a hurry, it's a big deal to fight with them! cough...... cough ......" The man scolded while drinking water, but accidentally choked himself, so angry that he slammed the water glass on the table.

"Drink slowly, you be quiet, I finally coaxed Xiaomeng to sleep, don't wake her up again." ”

The woman whispered, perhaps because she felt that the room was a little too stuffy, she opened the window, and the wisps of night breeze dispelled the stuffiness in the house, and she looked at the stars outside the house in a daze, and the wheat seedlings swaying in the wind not far away, although it was not yet the harvest season, but it could be seen that this year's harvest should be good.

"What is the Earl?"

This woman, who grew up in the village and worked all her life, only knew that there was a village chief in the village, and there was a town mayor seven or eight miles away, as for what was outside the town, she had never been there, and she didn't know, the person who wanted to expropriate the village land called himself an earl, and every time he came to the village, dozens of people hugged him, and even the village chief and the town mayor had to grovel in front of him, flattering, she was very curious about what this so-called count was, and why did she ask them to cut the unripe ears of wheat and plant him for wine。

"I went to the town to inquire, it seems to be a city lord, far away from us, I heard that the land he is in charge of is dozens of times larger than our village, hum, after all, I fell in love with the water of our Sweetwater Town, I don't care what his identity is, I want to seize our field?"

The man's voice became louder unconsciously, and after the woman turned around and made a small gesture, he lowered his voice and continued, "Don't worry, I have asked someone, even if he is an earl, he can't forcibly occupy our land, first, our village doesn't owe him anything, second, he is not a king, he doesn't have this right, if he dares to occupy it, let's go to His Majesty the King! I don't believe that he is even older than His Majesty!"

"There is a way, there will definitely be a way, but you must not come hard, if you really want to have something, discuss it with everyone, Xiaomeng is still ...... young. ”

She knows very well what kind of temper her man is, she has nightmares every night these days, dreaming that the full ears of wheat are engulfed in flames, dreaming that Xiaomeng is crying heartbreakingly, dreaming that the sea around the sea is stained red with blood, and countless corpses are floating and sinking, and one of them is herself, but fortunately, all this is just a dream.

The woman closed the window and took the latch with her hand, to say that she was not worried that it would be a lie, and could only pray that the earl would not come again tomorrow and let Sweetwater Village go, she turned around and rubbed her brows a little tiredly, but happened to see a crack in the door of the inner room, and the emerald green eyes were particularly obvious in the dim room.

"Xiaomeng, why haven't you slept yet? Today Priest Lan told me that you dozed off in the morning, so go to sleep. The woman reluctantly pushed open the door, hugged Yue Xiaomeng, who was hiding barefoot behind the door, took a towel and wiped her dirty feet, "How many times have you said it, don't go to bed barefoot, hurry up and go to sleep, huh? Xiaomeng, what are you holding in your hand? Where did you pick it up?"

The woman noticed that Yue Xiaomeng seemed to be holding something in her hand, and the falling silver chain in the dim light was particularly eye-catching, and she couldn't help but panic a little, for fear that Xiaomeng had picked up something valuable.

"I didn't pick it up, it was given to me by Teacher Lan En, everyone has it, and he said that as long as I wear it, God will bless me. ”

Yue Xiaomeng spread out her palm, it was a delicate ring necklace, made of sterling silver, although it was not as good as pure gold, but it could also be sold for a lot of money, the woman looked at Yue Xiaomeng with some surprise and asked, "Why did he give you this?"

"I don't know ......" Yue Xiaomeng shook her head, and then broke free from the woman's arms, she walked in front of her father, and stood on her toes, as if she wanted to put the necklace on her father.

"Do you want to wear it for Dad? Why?" the man laughed and picked up Yue Xiaomeng and let her sit on his lap, then lowered his head and let Yue Xiaomeng put the necklace around his neck.

"Xiaomeng has parents and doesn't need to be blessed by God, so ...... So just give it to Dad, God bless Dad. Yue Xiaomeng said in a milky voice.

"Hmph, I know Dad, then Mom doesn't need God's blessing, raising you so big, in the end you have no conscience. The woman pretended to be angry, Yue Xiaomeng danced her little hands and tried to explain something, but she couldn't say a word for a long time, and she was about to cry in a hurry.

"Haha, don't listen to your mother's nonsense, Xiaomeng, listen well, God is a god of mercy, he will bless good people, punish those who do evil, as long as you don't do evil things, keep yourself, God will definitely bless us, Dad has planted the land for half his life, and he has never seen anything in the world, I hope God can bless our daughter to go out and see the world. ”

The man looked at Yue Xiaomeng gently, stretched out his hand and pinched her little nose, and rubbed his stubble chin on Yue Xiaomeng's cheek, Yue Xiaomeng immediately stretched out his hands against his chin and whispered, "I don't want to go out......"

"Alright, go to sleep, tomorrow Dad will go to town, tell Dad what he wants to eat. The man couldn't help but smile and walked towards the back room with Yue Xiaomeng in his arms.

"Butterfly Candy!"

......

The cold moon hung high for nine days, silently watching everything that happened in Sweetwater Village, the night breeze was gentle, stirring the green wheat seedlings, God blessed the good, punished the evildoers, people always had a good vision of God, even if they had never seen God, even if they had never received even one God's favor, they had seen a miracle, but when they fell into powerless despair, they would begin to pray to the gods, pinning their last hope on nothingness.

The next morning, the morning sun rises as usual, giving light to the world, but never directing you in the right direction.

"Today, I want you to treat me as a friend, not a teacher or a priest, so we don't have classes today, so you can put away all your covenants. ”

Dressed in a black monk's robe, Father Lan was over seventy years old, his young blond hair had turned gray, he always wore a pair of glasses, a kind smile on his face, and a silver ring on his chest.

There were many young children sitting in the rows of wooden chairs in the church, holding heavy covenants in their hands, but when Lan En told them that there would be no class, they put the books together and put them on the table, Yue Xiaomeng sat in the third row, she held the books in front of her face with both hands, dozing off in a daze, and her mind was full of butterfly candy cakes.

Father Lan En walked to Yue Xiaomeng and picked up the covenant in her hand, Yue Xiaomeng was suddenly awakened, she rubbed her eyes, and glanced at Lan En secretly, but found that Father Lan En had walked from the third row to the fourth row with the covenant, he didn't seem to notice that he had fallen asleep just now, and he didn't mean to preach, so Yue Xiaomeng put her heart down.

"In the year 280 of the Ping Era, I was born in a family of the Old God, I was baptized as an Old God at the age of thirteen, and in the three hundred and fourth years of the Ping Era, I successfully passed the examination and was assigned by the Pope to Huanhai Town, which is this, to become a priest, I am 76 years old this year, and I have been 63 years since I accepted the holy office of the Pope in the North Leaf Ecumenical Church, and I have been a priest for 52 years. ”

Father Lan's voice was low and magnetic, and if you listen to the voice, you can't tell that it was an old man in his seventies, and he flipped through the covenant in his hand and continued, "I can tell you how much I love the Old God Church, and at the same time it loves me, and I am willing to shed my last drop of blood for the Church, I ...... If I could, I would like to give ten thousand lives to expand her power and prestige, so that she may spread throughout the world, and I have one of my greatest wishes, that people of other religions may convert to the religion of God, and those heretics have lost their souls and need God's salvation. ”

"When I was a child, there was no church in the village where I lived, my mother was my teacher, and she first taught me to read this covenant, maybe the covenant seems boring to you, but when I was old, it was the only thing I could read, I could understand the word contained in the covenant, my mother would always pick the scriptures for me to study, I was very attentive and enjoyed, many times I would refuse to go out and play with other children, and when I came across a chapter I liked, I would memorize them and memorize them very well. ”

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