Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 8 Holy Communion (recommendation ticket required)

“After each feeding, the baby should be lifted upright for 20 to 30 minutes;

“The baby should be fed before the baby is extremely hungry…

“…”

Ren Jie’s preaching voice echoed softly in the room, Shen Du and others listened very carefully, from time to time Take out the pen and paper that you have prepared long ago and write down what you think is important.

Shang Jianyao always maintains an at first posture, looking at Ren Jie intently, but his eyes seem to be out of focus.

After 20-30 minutes, Ren Jie stopped, and his eyes swept across the crowd:

“That’s it for today.

“All of the above The teachings of Spiritual God. “

“Praise your tolerance! “Shen Du and the others haven’t spoken yet. Shang Jianyao has stretched out his arms and swayed gently while holding the baby, appearing very active.

“…” The rest of the congregation were stunned for two seconds, but finally Learn Shang Jianyao, stand side by side, bend your elbow joints, and gently sway, “Praise your tolerance! “

Ren Jie opened her mouth but said nothing.

She glanced at the old electronic watch on her wrist and said:

“It’s getting late, we need to go back to our home before the street lights turn on.

“Next is the last link, the sacrament.”

After finishing speaking, she and the surnamed Li woman walked through the road and entered the room inside.

Less than one minute, they came out one after the other, one holding a variety of tableware, including small bowls, large bowls, plastic lunch boxes and porcelain spoons, and the other holding dark things Large cylindrical container.

The rich fragrance quickly drifted into Shang Jianyao’s nose, making him unable to hold up his right hand and wipe the corner of his mouth.

That is the scent of sesame and sugar!

Similar things, including ordinary dim sum, cost 60 contribution points per pound, which is more expensive than pork!

As for high-end goods, it costs almost 720 points a catty, and Shang Jianyao only spends 8-10 points for breakfast every day.

Soon, the surnamed Li woman distributed the tableware to everyone. Ren Jie held the translucent plastic container in one hand and the soup spoon in the other, and scooped the dark food into the followers’ In bowls and lunch boxes, one spoonful per person.

For every person, she would say:

“This is the sacrament of today, black sesame paste.”

Those who are assigned to the sacrament Will solemnly respond:

“Praise your tolerance!”

As a new member, Shang Jianyao was the last to be assigned to Ren Jie and surnamed Li. There are quite a few spoons, almost filling the small bowl in his hand.

“This is today’s sacrament, black sesame paste.” Ren Jie said as usual.

Shang Jianyao responded incomparably piously:

“Praise your tolerance!”

To some extent, Ren Jie, who distributes the sacrament, is equivalent to “Yi” is the incarnation of Siming, so “you” refers to Siming, not Ren Jie.

The surnamed Li woman observed the change of Shang Jianyao’s expression, smiled and asked:

“Is it very touching?”

“Moved!” Shang Jianyao He held the bowl with one hand, raised the other hand, and wiped the corner of his mouth.

Ren Jie and the surnamed Li woman didn’t say anything, they went back to the bed, divided the remaining black sesame paste, buried their heads, and opened the mouth and said:

“praise you Tolerance.”

Everyone agreed, and then began to enjoy the sacrament.

The Holy Communion seems to be ready for a long time, and it is a little bit cold, but this does not affect its taste, it is strong, sweet, and has the unique temperament of sesame.

Shang Jianyao took a careful sip, then paused for a while, transporting the spoon like flying, and sending the black sesame paste continuously into the mouth.

Dang, Dang, Dang, he didn’t even let go of those sticking to the wall of the bowl, shaved cleanly.

After eating, he glanced around and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

When the sacrament was over, everyone praised the commander in charge of December in unison, and lined up to return the tableware to the surnamed Li woman and Ren Jie.

When it was Shang Jianyao’s turn, the surnamed Li woman smiled and asked:

“This is your first time attending a party, what do you think?”

Shang Jianyao seriously replied:

“It’s delicious.”

The surnamed Li woman’s expression was stagnant, and then she asked:

“What advice do we have?

“Don’t worry, since you have joined the cult, everyone is your relatives, and there is nothing you can’t say between your relatives. “

Shang Jianyao thought for a while and said:

“More Holy Communion. “

“…what else?” “The surnamed Li woman reluctantly said with a smile.

Shang Jianyao’s eyes moved slightly:

“To brush your teeth in advance. “

The surnamed Li woman couldn’t help coughing:

“You can leave now.” Shang Jianyao stayed,’Guide’ had something to say to him. “

Shen Du and others left one after another. The surnamed Li woman and her husband, holding the tableware, entered the room inside.

Ren Jie walked to Shang Jianyao with a gentle smile He said:

“You have just joined the Order, and you need to master the knowledge of prayer as soon as possible.

“Don’t worry, it’s very simple. My mission is the true Spiritual God who is in charge of the years. I don’t care about it. There is no red tape.”

Shang Jianyao nodded, expressing that I am in listen.

Ren Jie slowed down and said:

“We don’t have a fixed prayer time, but we often choose to wake up early in the morning, thank Si Ming for keeping ourselves alive.

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“We attach the most importance to the birth of babies and the departure of the dead. Therefore, our formal sacrifices or religious ceremonies are usually similar sermons at the full moon of the new life or the burial of the dead, and the time is not fixed.

“Well, on the first day of December, there will be a great sacrifice to welcome the arrival of my Lord’s command, and on the last day of December, there will also be a great sacrifice. May our Lord open the door to New World .

“You have learned the way of saluting, which is to imitate the way of holding a baby gently shaking. The corresponding language is mainly divided into three categories: when it comes to the topic of death and passing away, it is said that it will ultimately be the life; when it comes to the nobility of life and the grace of our Lord, it is used as praise for your tolerance; when it involves the new In life, you can say’new life is like the sun’ or’life is the heaviest’.

“That’s basically it. As for the sacrament, it’s different every time. It may be black sesame paste, or it may be milk, juice, soy milk, broth, vegetable soup, yogurt, hehe, you Have you found what they have in common?”

Shang Jianyao thought about it a little:

“They are all delicious.”

“…” Ren Jie Keeping a smile, “They are all liquid food or close to liquid food, and liquid food is the main food for new lives and the dying.”

Rather than waiting for Shang Jianyao to speak, Ren Jie pointed to the door of the room:

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“Okay, you can go back.”

Shang Jianyao glanced back, did not take a step, and asked instead:

“Aunt Ren, there are a total of How many old ages are there?”

“When normal people understand the definition of ageing, they must think that there is 12, but it is not.” Ren Jie said with a smile, “There are 13 old ages in total. Among them, one of them is the Zhisui who represents the leap month, hehe. Where the leap month is not mentioned, he symbolizes the whole year.”

“What is his honorific name?” Shang Jianyao asked.

Ren Jie shook the head:

“I don’t know, we believe in life, we don’t need to understand other old people.”

Shang Jianyao no Asked more, turned and left the room at No. 35 in Area A.

With the help of the flashlight, he returned to No. 196, District B. Every time he approached an intersection, he learned to be calm, turned off the flashlight, and walked past the wall.

Back at home, Shang Jianyao walked to the sink and picked up the thin layer of toothpaste. After spending the Strength of Nine Bulls and Two Tigers, he finally squeezed out a little bit until the hair was sparse On the toothbrush.

After brushing his teeth seriously and washing his face, Shang Jianyao saw that the ceiling was still not bright, so he sat down in front of the wooden table, leaned on the back of the chair, and closed his eyes.

He raised his hand and squeezed his left and right temples and put them down again.

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The silhouette of Shang Jianyao emerged in the wide hall with “stars” densely above it.

He first glanced at the cold and dark metal wall nearby, then raised his head and looked up at the sky.

The countless bright spots of light are like the stars described in textbooks, forming one galaxy after another, and one after another galaxy forming multiple river systems.

There are boundaries between these “galaxy” clusters, but they are not so clear.

Shang Jianyao has already counted how many “galaxies” there are here. Now, he starts to count silently again:

“One, two, three… eleven, twelve , Thirteen.

“Thirteen…”

He fell silent, his silhouette faded away, and disappeared into the hall that contained stars.

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After waiting for a while, Shang Jianyao saw the window suddenly become brighter.

The fluorescent lights on the street ceiling were on at the same time.

It’s dawn in this underground building.

Still wearing that dark green thick cotton coat, he took his plastic lunch box, walked out of the room, and headed to Area C.

Target location : “Materials Supply Market”.

On the way, Shang Jianyao met Long Yuehong who lives not far away in the vicinity. It was obvious that the other party got up early and did not line up in the public toilet.

“The distribution result is coming out today…” Long Yuehong deliberately waited for Shang Jianyao on this road, just for someone to share the inner tension.

“Yes. “Shang Jianyao looked forward and saw a woman softly coaxing a crying baby at the door of the room.

His expression changed instantly, as if thinking, but also a little confused.

Long Yuehong glanced at him, and while walking with him, he asked:

“What’s wrong with you?”

“Have a nightmare last night?”

Shang Jianyao was silent for two seconds and said:

“Doubt life.”

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(End of this chapter)