Chapter 110: Smooth
The sun is just right in the morning.
After Renault got up and washed, a servant came over and bowed respectfully to Renault: "Sir, Lord Regkins, please have breakfast together." ”
"Thank you, Mr. Regkins, for me, I'll go."
After tidying up his clothes, Renault went out and saw Martha coming out as well.
Her face was not very good.
"Hey, my dear sister, you don't look like you slept well last night." Renault walked over, took Martha's hand and smiled, while whispering, "Don't look like this, you look like you've just been raped." ”
Martha glared at him fiercely in protest against the terrible analogy, and then replied, "I just lose my appetite at the thought of having breakfast with an executioner." He's an executioner, a murderer! Renault, we can't sit idly by! ”
"Alright, alright, now is not the time to talk about this." Renaud patted her on the back and reminded her to keep her composure.
They walked down the corridor to the restaurant.
McHabi Regkins was already waiting for them at the restaurant.
He was smiling with a knife and fork in his hand.
"Welcome two distinguished guests, please take a seat."
He waved his hand, and a waiter pulled out a chair for the brother and sister.
Renault sat down and smiled, "Thank you for your generosity and hospitality." ”
Or Martha is more direct, although she still said that she has no appetite just now, but after seeing the rich dishes on the table, she immediately has an appetite. She grabbed her fork and forked it over to a black pepper veal steak.
"Please wait a minute." McHarbi said suddenly.
Martha's hand froze in the air, and she looked at Meharbi in amazement.
"Don't you pray before you eat?" McHabi said.
He folded his hands and whispered to the heavens, "Thank you to the great and generous Father for giving us food......"
He whispered the chant, in a reverent voice.
Renault said thoughtfully, "I didn't know you were a devout believer. ”
After mankind entered the Age of Interstellar Discovery, the power of faith was once again impacted, and the number of believers began to decrease. In other words, the degree of secularization of believers has increased dramatically, resulting in a gradual narrowing of the distinction between believers and non-believers, with the exception of certain extremely fanatical sects, of course, which have been annihilated in the long river of history because of their characteristic stubbornness.
So now a truly qualified believer is rarely seen.
People have so much to pursue.
"Of course I am." After reading the eulogy, McHarbi withdrew his hands and said that he could eat.
He put a piece of cod in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then said, "Do you have faith?" ”
Renault and Martha looked at each other.
Then Renault shook his head: "I'm sorry I'm not." ”
"It's a shame." Waving his knife and fork, al-Mahabi said, "Faith gives us light, faith gives us strength, faith guides us." The Santiago family is where we are today because of our unreserved belief in God. ”
"You're saying that everything the Santiago family has is a gift from God? But if this is the case, there are still so many believers in the world, why doesn't God give to others? Renault asked.
"A very common question, the question of unbelievers." "It's not surprising," McHarbi said, "I've seen a lot of this kind of thing. You don't trust God's existence and always question His decisions. But why should you question it? God acts for his own purpose, whether it is a test, or a punishment, or something else, and as mortals, you and I just have to bear it. Think about the Protoss, do you know the Protoss? They are the most devout creatures we have ever come into contact with. Their faith is pure, clean, and free of impurities. It is because of this characteristic that they are able to control the holy relics and gain power...... Oh, you don't know what a holy thing is. It is a source of power given to us by the gods, but it can only be inherited by the faithful. ”
"The Santiago family is so religious, someone must have inherited that power?" Renault asked, pretending to be ignorant.
"Of course, some people succeed and some people fail." McHarbi said with a smile.
After thinking about it, he shook his head again: "Forget it, you don't understand this to tell you." You just need to know that if you believe in God, you will have good rewards, and that's enough. ”
"Thank you for your teaching, Mr. Regkins." Renault lowered his head.
Martha was still a little reluctant, and Renault stepped on her, and the little girl bared her teeth and bowed her head in response.
Breakfast is over.
Instead of accompanying them again, Regkins left alone.
Renaud and Martha are idle for a walk in the back garden of the Reggins house.
While walking, Martha complained, "You know what? I really wanted to ask that bastard if the slaughter of miners was also God's directive. ”
"Good thing you didn't ask. Trust me, Martha, don't try to reason with a fanatic. They live in their own world, have their own theories, and do not consider anything unreasonable to be at fault. They can prostitute the chicks at the same time. Prostitutes play with prostitutes. While preaching fraternity, Tong allowed himself to marry multiple wives at the same time, but asked the women to wear veils and guard themselves like jade, and cursed the infidels to Hell while declaring himself merciful...... They always say one thing and do another, and perfectly combine this contradiction in themselves, like water and fire merging together, without any problems. ”
Martha rolled her eyes when she heard this, "How could they do that?" ”
"They've been doing it all the time." Renault replied with a smile.
"Okay, okay, the question is what now? They're going to slaughter the miners, and we can't just do it. ”
"Wait." Renault replied: "Anyway, now we can only wait." The problems have to be solved one by one, and the first problem now is Nava. Let's wait for Nava to wake up. ”
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At three o'clock in the afternoon, Nava woke up.
According to the plan, Nava told Meharbie, who came to visit her, that she wanted to find a suitable gift for her eldest brother's promotion as a contribution, and because she wanted to keep it secret, she didn't bring too many servants.
This is a very lame lie.
But Renault, what they want is McHabi's disbelief.
A young boy sneaks out of the family for some ulterior motive, but has a car accident on the way home because he is like an arrow, and has to lie in order to avoid his father finding out.
Because he lied to his father, the boy's behavior was extremely abnormal, and his behavior was very different from usual, and all this was a sign of weakness.
In this way, Renault perfectly concealed their ignorance of the Reggins family.
Of course, only temporarily.
McHarbie Regkins really saw his son's "weakness", whether he lied or pretended, it was indeed a weakness, which made Nava's performance real.
Looking at his son, McHarbi finally didn't say anything and left.
But when he returned to his study, he called his butler and said angrily: "This idiot is stupid enough to shock me, does he think that bad lie can deceive me?" Did he think I really didn't know where he went and what he wanted to do? This idiot actually tried to cooperate with Beruni to prove his abilities. He understands nothing, nothing but self-righteousness! ”
"Then why don't you stop him, sir?" The housekeeper asked.
"He needs a lesson." McHarbi replied: "And I have lost faith in him, fortunately I have Ben." Okay, leave this useless guy alone, have you arranged everything you want to do? ”
"Yes sir, everything is already arranged."
"That's fine, don't let me down." McHarbi thought for a moment and added: "Tomorrow's Andrea Airport, let Ete go too." ”
"Let him go too?" The old butler was surprised and asked, "But ......."
"No, everyone's place, go ahead and arrange it." McHarbi said with a blank face.
"Yes!" The old butler stepped back.
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Half an hour later, Nava got the news.
She was asked to attend tomorrow's welcome at Andrea Airport - to welcome Antonia's return.
"It's great news, it's going more smoothly than we thought." Sitting on the bed, Nava said to Renaud and Martha, who had come to accompany her.
In the name of thanking the savior, she successfully called the two to her side, and with Martha present, Nava's response immediately became much easier. Nava was naturally excited about Meharbie's request that she also attend Antonia's welcome party, and she could justifiably bring Renault and Martha with her.
"Hey, don't be too complacent, you must know that sometimes things must be reversed, and what goes well now may mean that the next one will not go well." Martha replied.
"Don't be so crow-mouthed." Nava replied.
"It's not a crow's mouth." Martha replied, "Plans are like big ships sailing on the sea, and accidents are storms and waves." You can never expect to sail without any wind and waves. ”
"A good ship must have the ability to withstand wind and waves."
"If only the storm is not so big." Martha said leisurely, and at that moment she didn't speak like a little girl at all.