"...So, what you call helping us is to give us five thousand dollars a month? Pastor, do you know what the price in the South Island is now?"

Liao Guoxing looked at the priest sitting on the sofa in disbelief and asked involuntarily.

The other party obviously regarded the staff sitting aside as his ordinary friends, and did not know that his debts had been paid off through the loan from the Cross-Strait Industrial and Commercial Association. In the conversation just now, he said a lot of beautiful words such as "Suffering is the test of the Lord", "The Lord has not abandoned his lamb", "As long as you persist, the debt will be paid off and life will be better".

But when talking about the so-called help at the end, the conditions raised by the other party almost shocked Liao Guoxing.

A monthly subsidy of 5,000 yuan is provided, on the condition that loans from the sorority are not allowed to be accepted.

For Liao Guoxing, this condition is like a joke.

Is the five thousand dollars I lack?

What I lack is 600,000!

According to the current prices in the island north, 5,000 yuan can barely allow the family to maintain food and clothing for a month, but considering the consumption of various daily necessities, this means that they cannot even buy meat other than seafood!

What is the significance of such aid? Can it really get out of trouble? Can it solve the debt that is increasingly profitable? Can it make your daughter afford the tuition? Can it allow your father to use a life monitor?

Liao Guoxing looked at the staff member beside him, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the other person's face.

He sighed slightly, remembering that he had talked to the staff of the association about the church's subsidies before. The other party said that this was just a show in the religious field. He was still skeptical at that time, but he did not expect that this statement would be fulfilled just a few days later.

Isn't it a show?

Spread a large amount of funds and distribute them to people who may or may not need them, and win people's hearts through such small favors. What is the difference between such operations and those parties sending red envelopes to the public before the election?

Those who receive the red envelope may be happy, but those who cannot continue to live on can still live on.

In the so-called church, they don’t care who they have helped or how much they have helped. What they care about is just how many people will speak out for them because of these hundreds of South Island coins, thereby expanding their prestige.

The pastor opposite noticed his expression and his face became solemn and serious. After pausing for a moment, he spoke:

"The proverb says that the Lord saves those who save themselves. Mr. Liao, although this 5,000 yuan is not much, it can also solve your urgent needs. You have a job, right? After getting this money, you can do your own thing more attentively without worrying about the food and clothing at home."

"We know that the sorority has put forward tempting conditions to you, but believe me, it is just a poisonous apple. They lure you to eat it, but after eating it, the consequences are unimaginable."

"Do you really believe the super low interest they have raised? Do you really believe they will exempt your loan?"

"No, how could they be so kind... They just want to use you to influence more people and achieve their evil goals."

Hearing this, Liao Guoxing frowned slightly, but before he could answer, the staff next to him asked:

"What evil purpose?"

The pastor across from him sighed and asked:

"Isn't this very obvious? They want to break the stability of cross-strait...Mr. Liao, you are a smart person, you won't be able to see it, right?"

"I can see."

Liao Guoxing's expression was calm.

"But, so what if you see it? I don't think there is anything evil about this. Don't you think that an official who ignores the lives of the people and punishes a fisherman to bankruptcy for the sake of his own party's interests is evil?"

"......Mr. Liao, you seem to have been blinded by the demon. But it doesn't matter, the Lord will not give up any lost lamb."

"We all know the questions you have mentioned, but this is not something that the Lord's servants will pay attention to. We do not care about this worldly dispute. Our purpose is to bring the kingdom of heaven back to this land."

"Then why do you say that the other side is evil? Isn't this also a secular dispute?"

The staff interrupted again.

The pastor opposite was obviously stunned. He still couldn't guess the identity of the staff. After a while, he answered:

"No, this is different."

"You know, the other side is a country without religious freedom, where the voice of the Lord cannot be spread, and the believers of the Lord cannot be free to believe in religion. If we leave it alone, the South Island will become like them, which is a result that we absolutely cannot accept."

"We will defend the land of the Lord and the Lamb of the Lord."

"The evil people of the Federation cannot save the people of the South Island. Only by throwing into the arms of the Lord can we obtain redemption."

Hearing this, the staff suddenly stood up.

He looked straight into the pastor's eyes and said word by word:

"Pastor, you are here today, representing a kind of kindness. I appreciate your help to the people of the South Island."

"But I cannot agree with you saying you are defending the Lord's Lamb, because this statement is too ridiculous."

"I am also a South Islander. For a long time, I also thought we were independent. I also thought that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait should maintain the status quo and should develop their own way."

"But that doesn't mean that I can let you speak loudly here, and I can forget the suffering that you hypocritical missionaries from the Vatican have brought to my nation."

"You said you are defending the Lamb of God, who have you defended?"

"Who are you defending when you took a fly-scissor boat to our people, and then you received donations from those opium dealers?"

"When you have participated in planning various treaties, encroaching our land, seizing our gold and silver, and plundering our cultural relics, who are you defending?"

"Since the 1860s, your missionaries went deep into the mainland of China to occupy land, interfere in internal affairs, shelter religious people, and operate usury, who are you defending?"

"In 1900, European Catholic missionaries put forward the slogan of 'using heads to the heads' on the grounds that 680 Catholics were killed, and killed 680 innocent people. Who are you defending at that time?"

"Who are you defending when you were sanctifying Ma Lai, who did evil in our land?!"

"Yes, I admit that in some time later, your missionaries gave us some help in the war against foreign aggression, which are objective facts."

"But, after 1950, what was your attitude towards us? Just because the political system chosen by a country is different from what you expect, your Holy See issued two orders against this new country!"

"Not only that, your Holy See even declares that you will bring down what is called a 'super extortion' to ordinary believers who are still freely active!"

"Who are you defending? You have never even defended your most loyal lamb!"

"Now, don't you think it's ridiculous to say here that the Holy See does not care about worldly disputes?"

Hearing the staff's questioning, the pastor stood up with a blushing face, opened his mouth for more than ten seconds before he squeezed out a sentence:

“We also helped many people during the war…”

The staff smiled coldly and replied:

"Yes, I don't deny this. But they are not you."

"Their roots are in China, first of all, Chinese, and then believers. And your roots are in the Vatican, in Rome, and in the West, you will never truly plan for the interests of China and the Chinese people."

"You said you have helped many people. I just want to ask you, what are you doing when all the Taoists of Qipantuo Taoist Temple die for the country and the huge Taoist temple is burned?"

"We have never opposed religion, we have never restricted the freedom of faith. What we are against are you so-called believers who are entangled by Western interests and who use so-called faith to cover up your dirty purpose!"

Speaking of this, the staff paused for a moment and then continued:

"Now, you still want to use the old methods to stop our pace and deceive our compatriots. Then I want to ask you, are you worthy?"

"You can't save the people of South Island, so socialism can save the people."

Immediately afterwards, before the pastor could answer, the staff turned around and looked at Liao Guoxing beside him and spoke sincerely:

"Mr. Liao, if what I said is offensive, I hope you don't mind."

"We are not against freedom of faith, nor do we kill all religions with one blow. We just want to tell you that there is a truly worthy faith on that continent."

"That belief... as long as you understand it, you will know that it is definitely higher than any belief you know."

After hearing what the staff members said, Liao Guoxing was silent for a long time.

He ignored the slightest bit and finally came back to his senses, and he asked the priest who was chattering and refuting on the side, instead:

"What will happen if I don't believe in the faith? Will you take back my loan?"

"They will!"

The priest beside him shouted anxiously.

But the staff just shook their heads slowly.

"We won't. I can tell you directly that the money comes from this island, and it belongs to you, you."

Hearing this, Liao Guoxing nodded slightly, then looked at the pastor and said:
Chapter completed!