The missionary work that started on the second day did indeed undergo a certain change. The printing of leaflets continued - without leaflets, there would be no audience. And when Lu Ruohua was preaching, he mentioned things like original sin and hell in one stroke.
Specializes in talking about various "miracles" and "resurrection".
After talking for a few days, it actually had results. An old lady came to Bai Duolu and asked where their temple was. Lu Ruohua was so happy that he immediately helped her to the third entrance of the ancestral hall, greeted her and prepared
Save her soul. But this old lady's body needs saving even more - she has been in poor health for a long time and wants to ask for medicine: get some incense ash or talisman water.
Lu Ruohua was worthy of being a member of the Jesuits, but he did not change his temper. Instead, he took the opportunity to talk about the truth that as long as he believed in God, he could be saved. He talked to the old lady so dizzy that she actually took away a small wooden box when she left.
cross.
After a few days, not knowing whether God really planned to show up in this desolate land or whether it was the effect of spiritual healing, the old lady came to the church again. This time she respectfully asked to "please" a big "cross" back. Lu Ruohua
Excited to the point of tears - Matteo Ricci couldn't get anyone to be baptized in Panheng, China for many years, but he actually opened up the situation so easily. He couldn't help but look at Bai Duolu in a different light, so the content of "reasoning" became more and more important.
It was "in line with China's national conditions". In the end, he baptized the dizzy old lady. Of course, whether to wash away the "original sin" or the "root cause" is a matter for each person to express.
From this day on, Lu Ruohua's missionary work opened up. Bai Duolu discovered that history has proved that middle-aged and elderly women have infinite vitality and are a gold mine for recruiting activists for various social activities. After this old lady tried her best
With the encouragement and guidance, many women and old people came to "listen to the truth." Although no one was baptized yet, gradually many people gathered in the evening to listen to Father Lu's preaching - the long night, and the
Quanzhou is a kind of pastime, not to mention this red-haired man is also a peep show.
Lu Ruohua was very good at drawing inferences. In addition to talking about miracles as usual, he also told some stories from the Bible - of course, Bai Duolu had to "suggest" anything to avoid something that was too shocking for ordinary people.
Violent news spread.
"Father, now that there are people coming to listen to the preaching, I think we can change the layout of the chapel a little." One day, Bai Duolu said humbly.
"How to change it."
"I remember that in Europe, churches have always been a place for people to gather, talk, and socialize..."
"You are right." Lu Ruohua was very excited. "There are still people doing business in rural churches in France. This is also a countryside, and there is no entertainment or entertainment, nor is there any suitable gathering place."
There used to be a gathering place, and the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village was originally a natural gathering place. However, when the party and the government were going back and forth in this area more than ten years ago, they all chose that place to kill people. So far, the bluestone
Black stains can still be seen in the gaps - bloodstains from those years. The villagers now stay away from that place.
At Bai Duolu's suggestion, Lu Ruohua added some tables and chairs to the hall in the third courtyard that had been converted into a chapel, prepared many torches, bought a large number of tea bowls, teapots, etc. from Lingao, and added
He built a stove specifically to boil water and turned it into a place for evening gatherings.
As for the enshrined cross, under Peter's suggestion, the Crucifixion Cross, which everyone thought was terrifying, was changed to a normal one, and a picture of the Virgin embracing the Son was added to the church - this is similar to Guanyin in Chinese Buddhism.
The reason why it is so popular is that in European Catholic countries, the Marian faith is also very popular.
After this careful renovation, the church became the local social center: the priest did not hesitate to light a large number of lanterns every day - so much so that Bai Duolu had to go back to Bairen several times to buy candles. Ordinary farmhouses
In order to save lamp oil at night, they refused to light the lamps. The church not only lit the lamps but also lit them up. It immediately attracted many women who wanted to work at night and young people who did not want to go to bed early. They gathered together to talk and listened to the red-haired priest talking about some Western things.
Stories, and some words of encouragement - gradually, everyone is also interested in his "reasoning". The postal inspection department of the General Security Administration receives a letter written by Lu Ruohua to the Jesuit president in Macau almost every three or four days.
The words in the letter are full of passion.
Bai Duolu knew that it was difficult to start preaching in rural areas. But once the situation was opened, it could often sweep the whole village quickly. Therefore, he advised Lu Ruohua not to worry, but to focus on the family of the first baptized believer, and attack the first one.
As a "fortress household", Lu Ruohua now almost relies on Bai Duolu as his right-hand man, obeying his advice and caring deeply for Mrs. Mei's family, who was the first to be baptized.
The church became lively, which made Du Wen very upset. Several times she blamed Dong Weiwei for not giving advice to Bai Duolu.
"It's good now! The masses have been won over by foreign religions! How can we carry out future work!"
"If we can't fight for it, let them fight for it first. It's better than living without death." Dong Weiwei has worked in townships and knows that where the church's missionary work is successful, social order generally improves significantly, and government work is much easier to do.
"Besides, President Wen said: This church is not a foreign religion, but a church with Chinese characteristics."
Du Wen continued to object: "I am opposed to this method of using religion to confuse and deceive the people."
"Okay, don't talk about these big principles." Dong Weiwei said, "Now that we have gathered everyone, everyone will have something to do every night, and it will be much easier to understand the social situation."
With such a gathering place for villagers, the team members of the training center can easily blend in with the masses, "make friends" and collect social information more easily and conveniently than before. Soon the mass work has made progress, and the team members
A lot of basic information was collected.
It's a pity that Du Wen and Dong Weiwei, the two time-travelers, can't get involved in this matter. Even the women's work that is most suitable for women is difficult to carry out. This place is no different from Yanchang Village. With the introduction of Tan's elders, Du Wen can easily
It was easy to chat with Tan Xiaoqin about the issue of women's liberation. They neither knew how to sew or spin, nor could they speak Lingao dialect. They couldn't chat with the local women at all. They couldn't sit and chat with people in the church.
Unsuccessful - everyone is a little afraid of them, after all, they are "female officials".
Dong Weiwei thought for a long time and decided to use her little knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine to get closer to the masses. She had several common diagnosis and treatment manuals of traditional Chinese medicine in her hand, and she was a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and had also learned some massage and acupuncture.
Now you can take it out and use it.
Du Wen couldn't think of any way to act as her assistant - even if she didn't have it, she still had strength. It wouldn't be a problem to learn massage. The two women set up a stall in the church to practice medicine. This move was immediately popular.
A big welcome: Rural areas generally lack medical treatment and medicine, and women rarely have the opportunity to see a doctor, and they suffer from many illnesses. Dong Weiwei found that she had become a general practitioner, relying on her little accumulation in the past to practice medicine.
She has to treat several female patients every day. This makes her fall into a panic from time to time, fearing that she will damage the patient.
She couldn't back down now, so she wrote a very sincere letter to the Ministry of Health, asking them to send Liu San, the only Chinese medicine talent, to help, at least to solve the drug problem. At the moment, she was prescribing and had no prescriptions.
Prescription is about the same - you have to go to the county town to get medicine, and farmers don't always have cash.
But even so, the locals were very grateful for their actions. They were finally able to directly contact the local people.
The two women worked day and night. The lantern was often on all night long, and they repeatedly studied the materials collected from various sources. A lot of written materials had begun to accumulate in the box Du Wen used as a filing cabinet.
Her notebooks are filled with phrases like:
"Liu Dazhu, a poor peasant, has a wavering attitude."
"Wang Wu, a rich farmer, hates bandits. His attitude towards fighting is not firm."
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The most important thing was the banditry situation in the village, and they had a lot of information. Through the students at the training center, they secretly contacted many victims of bandits. Every night, someone sneaked in from behind the church on the third entrance.
They talked secretly in the courtyard of Erjin. When it comes to sad things, there are always people crying. Women are soft-hearted and shed tears easily when seeing people cry. Surprisingly, it is easier to win people's hearts - everyone said that these two female officials are kind-hearted.
These victims were carefully selected by the students - they were not just those who had blood feuds with the bandits. When talking about the bandits, everyone gritted their teeth and cried bitterly. However, even so, Du Wen hoped to mobilize them first.
The hope of organizing a cadre militia and then mobilizing the masses was disappointed.
Most of the victims' families who died were young and middle-aged people, and the bandits also knew how to eradicate the weeds. Those left behind were not old people, but women and children, including a few young and middle-aged people. The old people in the family were also afraid that something might happen to this single seedling again, and they had a negative attitude.
Half a month has passed like this, and the situation still hasn't made much progress. Daolu Village can still maintain a superficial calm. However, in other villages in the Thirteen Village area, a group of bandits came back to replenish food.
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Although this group of bandits was quickly eliminated by the bandit suppression detachment that followed, it was obvious that the Thirteenth Village area had not been consolidated. This news also appeared in the internal bulletin. Du Wen was extremely anxious.
The telegram sent by Ma Qianzhu only asked them to pay attention to safety and did not mean to blame them. However, the two women still felt heavy pressure.