Great Power Technology.

Chapter 426
Camp Lemonnier continued to suffer, while in the South Island "social assistance" organized by the Church was in full swing.

Just as Francis planned before, this social assistance is not only aimed at believers, but more at ordinary people who are in trouble because of the severe economic crisis on the island.

Their assistance methods are also extremely simple and rude. As long as you come to the church, as long as you can prove that you are really in trouble, as long as you sincerely pray to the Lord, then the gate of heaven will open to you.
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This statement does not seem to be so accurate. According to the local bishop, it should be "the grace of the Lord will be on you."

Objectively speaking, the local assistance of the church has indeed helped a group of ordinary innocent people, but such help is obviously not simple, because when these people are brought into the church and attend the worship service, subtly, they all was instilled with an idea:

God loves you, God is helping you, but if the South Island returns, then God will abandon this land.

Under such ideological indoctrination, whether it is a sincere believer or an opportunist who wants to rely on the church's subsidies to tide over the difficulties, he has to start thinking about a question, that is:
If I really voted, is it true that I will cut off the help I finally got to tide me over?
This kind of thinking continues to spread on the island, coupled with the deliberate propaganda and hype of the South Island's official Executive Yuan, the religious groups, which were not originally a large base, have actually created considerable momentum.

What's more, this kind of momentum started not only limited to the island, but further began to spread internationally. A large number of media scrambled to report the church's "benevolent deeds" in the South Island, as if they had made such a great contribution, but for both sides of the strait The Chamber of Commerce and Industry offered help to the people without saying a word.

According to them, the plight of the South Island is temporary, caused by the deliberate attack of some evil forces, and as long as they believe in God, this difficulty can be easily overcome.
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This is not even just idealistic propaganda, but real material bribery.

The attitude of the church is very clear:

If you believe in the Lord and oppose the return, I will give you money and let you have food.

Few people will not take this set, especially those bottom-level people who are green in a mess and don't have any judgment of their own.

All of a sudden, the conflict between the cross-strait business associations and the church was brought to the fore.

One is the large-scale feeding that casts a wide net, and the other is the precise help after rigorous research. It is self-evident which side can get more support.

Kaohsiung.

This is the second week that Liao Guoxing has received a loan from the Cross-Strait Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The life of his family has improved as soon as the money is in place. The debt of 60 island dollars has been paid off today, and he no longer has to worry about coming to remind him He felt so relieved not to be scared of his daughter by a gang member who was in debt, and not to have to worry about being forcibly seized on the house because he couldn't pay the remaining loan from the bank.

Of course, there are still difficulties, just as he calculated with his wife before, the nursing expenses of his parents, the living expenses of the family, and the expenses of his daughter’s schooling are all a heavy pressure on him, but at least, with his own ability , this kind of pressure is not enough to crush him.

Not only was it not enough to overwhelm him, but the current predicament gave him a vague hope.

This feeling is like when he encountered wind and waves when he followed his father out to sea.

Difficulties are in front of us and dangers are around us, but as long as we work hard, one day, he will drive this small boat through the huge waves and reach the final fishing ground.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his face.

After opening the door, his wife gently took the seafood he bought back from the market, and then asked:
"How is it? Is your work going well today? Is it still that difficult client?"

Liao Guoxing nodded slightly and replied:
"It's still the same bad customer. Hey, people from the north of the island are difficult to deal with. We sell high-tech products, and we don't want to be short-changed. It's not a big order even if we have to work so hard. It’s only a few hundred thousand, even if it’s sold, it’s only a few thousand dollars in my hands, as if I took advantage of him.”

Hearing Liao Guoxing's complaint, his wife smiled and squeezed his shoulder.

She didn't dislike her husband's complaint at all. In fact, when she heard it just now, she even felt some joy in her heart.

Because she knows that when her husband starts to express his dissatisfaction with work in front of her again, it means that the situation is not so bad anymore.

Some time ago, when he was in a predicament with almost no way out at home, he was not as active as he is now. Every day when he entered the door, he had a painful and silent face, which made people feel heartbroken.

Said:

"It's like this in sales. It's okay. Be patient. The family's savings are still enough for a month or two. When Dad's situation is more stable, I will go out and do a job. You don't have to work so hard."

While talking, she took out all the seafood packed in plastic bags, and began to clean them quickly. Liao Guoxing beat her for a while, and then she was rushed to the room to take care of her parents.

In fact, there is nothing to take care of. The two paralyzed old people spend most of their time in a daze on the bed or in the wheelchair. However, being able to say a few words to their son is still helpful for their mental recovery. benefit.

After entering the room, Liao Guoxing first chatted with his mother in the wheelchair. Seeing that the latter was in a good mood, he turned and went to his father's room.

After a period of recovery, at this time, my father had already left the state that was almost equivalent to a vegetative state, and he also responded to external stimuli. He even occasionally babbled in response when talking to him.

Liao Guoxing sat down in front of his father's bed, stretched out his hand to hold his father's hand, and then said:
"Dad, are you feeling better today?"

Liao Huazhi on the bed didn't react much, and seemed to have fallen asleep, so Liao Guoxing continued talking on his own.

"Today, I went to pay off all the debts at home. I still have more than 10 points left from the loan I took from the fraternity, which is enough for the family for a while, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Although this is still a loan, it is much more cost-effective than what we got before. The interest rate is low, and we may not have to pay it back. We have taken the cheap money from the Labor Party for nothing."

"I used to think that our problems were caused by the opposite party, but this time it was really difficult to see people's hearts."

"You don't know. When you were sick, I applied for subsidies and insurance, but none of them were approved. It was all thanks to me borrowing usury everywhere to survive."

"Those people from the Bamboo Union really don't have a good thing. They don't have empathy. I told them about the difficulties at home and asked them to lower the interest rate. Guess what happened, they wanted to add me instead. interest!"

"Because they said that in our family's situation, it is very likely that we will not come forward in the end. The whole family will die and the debt will be gone. Lending to us is a high risk."

"I don't even know where they got this kind of experience, but seeing how skilled they are, this kind of thing should have happened many times."

"Dad, South Island is really not as good as we imagined."

"We laugh at other people's life every day, and we don't realize until something happens that we are the ones who have a hard life."

"We couldn't see it before, not because we didn't have it, but because our life was not bad, so we couldn't get in touch with those people."

"It's all right now, such an incident can be regarded as having experienced all kinds of flavors in life."

"But speaking of words, the Labor Party is much friendlier than I imagined. They are rich and caring."

"When I went to collect the loan a few days ago, do you know what they told me?"

"They said that if there is any difficulty in finding a job at home, you can contact them and ask Axia to go to work."

"Although I don't plan to do this for the time being, Axia still has to take care of you and mother after all, but it's really good that they can think of this."

"Also, they visited the house three times. Do you know what gifts they bring each time? It's not nutrition for you."

"It's rice flour oil."

"So pragmatic, right?"

"However, we are really short. For a few days, I only had a few yuan left in my bank card, and we almost couldn't even eat. I can't imagine that in this era, a family like ours will have such a day. "

"It's really not much money to buy rice, flour and oil, and they don't even give much loans. Many people say it's sugar-coated cannonballs, saying that their money is robbed from our business, and they want to lure us to defect."

"But Dad, those people in the Executive Yuan didn't even reimburse us for medical expenses. They gave us rice, so what if it was robbed. Even if it was robbed, it's robbing the rich and giving to the poor, right?"

After a pause, he continued:
"So, Dad, I might really vote for the Communist Party this time. You can't speak now, so I'll take it as your acquiescence."

"The Executive Yuan doesn't care about our life or death, so I have no choice but to vote for whoever cares about me."

After finishing speaking, Liao Guoxing let go of his father's hand and walked out of the room with a long sigh.

However, when he walked into the living room, he suddenly froze.

At the door of the living room stood a priest wearing a black priest's uniform, while his wife stood inside the door, listening to the other party's preaching with some embarrassment, and behind him stood the staff of the sorority who came to pay a return visit.

Well now, the two rivals collided today.

Seeing Liao Guoxing approaching, the staff shook their heads calmly at him, while the pastor said:
"May the Lord bless you, my child. The Lord heard of some difficulties in your family and sent me to help you"

(End of this chapter)