Only then did Qiu Wuhen realize that not only Balu, but also these local squires were not interested in the outside world at all, and even had a kind of disgust, unwilling to hear news from the outside. They would rather live their own lives, as long as others

Just don't bother me.

Qiu Wuhen said: "As I walked along the way, I saw undulating mountains in Qianshan. There were only hills and few flat areas. In addition, there were lush mountains reaching into the clouds and dense forests. I don't know how we natives lived.

, is it by hunting?”

"Yes, we rely on mountains to eat, and we rely on water to eat. We only have mountains, and of course we only have mountains to eat. Mountains are the rice bowls left to us by our ancestors, and hunting is the main source of life for everyone in the family. As for the land in the fields,

It’s so pitiful that few people can produce enough food to feed themselves.”

"The one who only eats meat from hunting without eating?"

"I'll mainly eat meat, and also some rice. It depends on how much food those fields can produce. In addition, there are some edible tree roots on the mountain. You call it kudzu root. It seems to be a kind of medicine. We use it here for food and boil it.

After eating it, eat it together with the meat. There are also some fruits that can fill your stomach and you will never be hungry. Of course, your inspection department has white rice. I have eaten it several times. It tastes good. You brought it yourself.

"

When Qiu Wuhen and others heard this, they were a little dumbfounded. It turned out that the inspection department had to carry rice in from outside the mountain. The local rice was not enough. This was somewhat beyond his expectation.

Linghu Ding remained silent. After all, it was Qiu Wuhen who was invited. They were invited together as students and could only accompany him.

However, after a few glasses of wine, the host and guest had a good time, and everyone no longer felt rigid. We naturally got to know each other gradually over the wine. Linghu Ding walked up to Balu, raised his glass and said, "Excuse me, Mr. Chieftain, what are we going to do in the future?"

When living in Guibao, there are some things we need to pay attention to. Can you remind us first so as not to violate taboos in the future?"

When Balu heard this, he laughed loudly, waved his hands and said, "There are no restrictions, you can do whatever you want, no problem. You are not our locals, so you don't have to abide by our rules. You can do whatever you want."

After Linghu Ding heard this, he didn't really believe it. He just had a drink with Balu, then returned to his seat and sat down without saying anything more.

Several other squires also smiled and nodded. An old woman with wrinkles on her face smiled and said: "Your Excellency is right, but there is a small problem that needs to be reminded of the guests. I saw a red thread hanging on the door of someone else's house.

Just don't go in." At this point, seeing everyone looking at the speaker suspiciously, Balu also raised his eyes and glanced at the old woman. The old lady quickly said: "Of course, it's okay to go in, it's just for your own good.

, so as not to get stained with dirt, it’ll be okay to go in.”

Linghu Zhi blinked curiously and asked: "What does it mean to tie a red rope? This family is having a wedding, so if we go in and ask for a drink, isn't the master willing to give us a drink?"

The old woman giggled and said, "How can you? It's no problem if you want to drink at home. You can always drink. No matter whose house you go to, as long as you say you want to drink, the host will immediately bring out the best wine. In the end,

Here’s good porridge to entertain you.”

"Then why?"

Another short, thin old man took a sip of wine and said: "Maybe for you Han people, red means celebration, but here for us, red means death. There is a red rope tied at the door, which proves that someone has just died in this house. If you go in, you may

You may feel uncomfortable, but of course that doesn’t mean you won’t be allowed in.”

As soon as these words came out, Qiu Wuhen and his party immediately understood.

Linghu Zhi was bold, and said with an indifferent expression: "Really, like us Han people, when someone dies in the family, white flags are hung, and red silk flags are hung only when marriages are celebrated. I didn't expect that people here are dead here.

Hang the red rope, why not hang the red silk or something like that?"

The wizened old woman said: "Because the silk is not strong, the rope is strong."

"Strong, why are you so strong? Binding people?"

Linghu Zhi thought she had told a funny joke, but to her surprise, the woman nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, because the rope is used to tie people, to tie the feet of the dead, so that the dead will not get up and walk out.

Even if Fu Yang comes to life, he will not leave because his legs are tied."

After saying these few words, Linghu Zhi began to feel some chills running down her spine. She forced a smile and said to Chun Can: "It turns out there is such a thing, it's really scary."

Chuncan asked curiously: "So, the dead people have to be placed at the door, otherwise why would the rope be hanging outside the door?"

Balu smiled and said: "You haven't been to other houses. You don't know that the only house as big as mine is a stilted house. Unlike you Han people, many families have a yard. Each family only has a stilted house, and the corpse is

It can't be parked downstairs, otherwise chickens, ducks and cows will easily step on it, so it will be parked in the attic. So if you see a house with such a rope hanging on a stilt, don't go up. They are holding a funeral, so it may be inconvenient.

At the same time, you Han people will also feel unlucky."

Fei Wuneng didn't dare to speak at first. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he became bolder and said: "Hahaha, let's not say these unlucky words. Let's talk about other things. By the way, toast

Master, do you have anything interesting here?"

Balu saw that everyone looked a little scared just now, so he followed Fei Wuneng's words and said: "Yes, there is a canyon called Yixiantian, and there is a very high waterfall with roaring thunder. There is also a water curtain in the waterfall.

Although the cave is not deep, it is very chilly inside and it is really cool in summer. The creek is gurgling and very beautiful. The Han people who have been here and there all say it is a beautiful place on earth."

Fei Wutong shook his drunken head. His eyes were slightly red from drinking and his eyes were a little blurry. He said, "The scenery is not interesting. Is there any other more interesting place, such as a brothel or something like that?"

Fei Wudan stepped on his instep hard, and he gritted his teeth in pain and said, "Why did you step on me?"

Fei Wudan saw someone among his companions casting disdainful glances. Then he looked at Qiu Wuhen, although there was no displeasure on his face, but his eyes were a bit cold and penetrating.

Balu didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and laughed loudly and said: "Of course, you Han people have brothels, and we also have brothels here. Look up from the window, do you see it? The bottom is on the right side of your inspection department.

About two to three hundred steps away, there is a stilt building with half of it extending into a lake. That place is our brothel."

"And our brothels are different from yours. You have madams who buy the girls there to do sex business. Ours is different. Anyone here who wants to go there can go. As long as the women who go there want money.

Yes, there are also people who don’t need money, just have fun, sing and dance according to their preferences, and we’ll be together if we like them.”

"Of course, if you are willing to spend money, it will be easier for a woman to like you. There is no woman who doesn't like money, right. In fact, that place is one of our singing competitions, where we sing, drink, and have fun every night.

They are all there, sometimes there are more people, sometimes there are less people, depending on whether you can find a place where you can be more carefree and comfortable than your Han brothels."

Linghu Ding nodded repeatedly after hearing this and said: "The folk customs are really simple. I heard that some natives practice walking marriage here. The men come in at dark and leave the next morning, and they don't need to bear any responsibilities.

The woman’s family will raise the child herself. As for who the man is who comes every night, we don’t ask. It seems that our village has similar folk customs.”

"Maybe, but in my opinion, it's nothing. It's a matter of your own free will. It's not like you Han people, who insist on practicing the three obediences and four virtues. There is no such thing as marrying or not marrying here. If you have children,

Just be together, and if we don’t have children, we can live our own lives. Of course, if you want to live together, you can live together, it’s so comfortable.”

Linghu Ding was an old scholar who had been poisoned by feudal ethics for many years. Of course he couldn't accept this point of view, and immediately waved his hand and said: "That's all, don't talk about this, let's talk about other things. After all, we still have a few of them here, but

They are all underage children."

Balu curled his lips and said, "It doesn't matter."

Chun Can said: "You'd better not go to a place like this. If either of you wants to go, I will ignore you from now on."

Fei Wutong and Fei Wudan hurriedly waved their hands and said, "We didn't expect this. We only went to the brothel to listen to my brother drink and watch dancing. Sir, you know, the two gentlemen took us there last time.

It's the same, you never mess around, you keep yourself clean, you know that. I thought we could have some singing and dancing like we did."

A middle-aged woman smiled and said: "No problem, we can watch singing and dancing anytime you want. As long as you are willing to buy wine and entertain everyone, surround the bonfire, the singing and dancing will naturally start. It is not as elegant as the one in your brothel.

But it has our own flavor.”

Fei Wudan said: "Is your wine expensive? It's too expensive and I can't afford it."

"They're all home-brewed. A jar of this wine costs fifty cents."

"It's so cheap, okay, I'll treat everyone to drinks every night."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chuncan said to Fei Wutong and Fei Wudan: "Are you here to drink and play or to learn? We are here to learn with our husbands. If you want to have fun, go out and play by yourself. Don't be an eyesore to us."

.”

Fei Wutong quickly nodded and bowed, saying: "Yes, yes, that makes sense, I was wrong. Here we should follow your husband and study hard, and we shouldn't have those messy thoughts."

Being scolded by Chuncan, he suddenly felt his face burning. He wanted to sneak out to relax and cover up his embarrassment, so he said, "But I don't know where the latrine is?"

"downstairs."

Fei Wudan said: "I'll go too, somewhere downstairs?"

Balu said: "Go downstairs and take a breath. If your nose is not a decoration, you can smell it. Just follow the smell."

Everyone laughed loudly, making Chuncan and Linghu Zhi blush. They thought this place was really dirty.

Fei Wutong and Fei Wudan went downstairs. As expected, Balu was right. After going downstairs, they could smell the smell without even sniffing. They followed it to a corner of the yard. Sure enough,

There is a toilet somewhere.

Just as he was doing it, Fei Wutong suddenly said from a distance outside: "Did you see it? There seems to be something on that big tree."

Fei Wudan opened his eyes, took a look, and said, "Yes, there seems to be something, it seems to be a small room."

"Why don't you go take a look, there might be something interesting."

Fei Wudan said yes repeatedly, so he peeed out of the yard and quickly followed the path to the towering tree.

As expected, there was something lying across the tree. I don’t know what it was, but it was stuck on the tree. There was no one around the tree, and no one could ask. In fact, even if there was someone, they didn’t plan to ask, because no one would understand.
Chapter completed!