The old patriarch nodded, "Young people are walking around, you have the ability, it is indeed what you should do, but... I am not relying on my old age to show off my old age. I have to make some things clear to you first. When I meet those cultivators in the future,
But don't have any conflicts with them, they are people who are not easy to mess with, understand?"
Practitioner?
Chen Yang felt happy, that was just right, I really just wanted to meet them.
"Okay, I understand, thank you old patriarch for reminding me."
"Hey, you're welcome!" The old patriarch shook his head and said, "It's a big deal, but you must pay attention to safety outside."
Chen Yang nodded, got on the bullock cart, and set off with them.
Because these people were the ones who ambush the big snake in the swamp yesterday, these people were particularly respectful to Chen Yang along the way.
The leader was a man named Jin Shi, who looked like he was in his thirties. He looked strong and powerful, and he was also a forthright man, but he was particularly respectful to Chen Yang.
"Where are you sending these things?"
"Go to the temple in the town." Jinshi replied.
"In the temple?"
"Well!" Jin Shi said, "We have to pay them monthly rations every month. This is the monthly ration in our village."
Chen Yang was silent for a while. In fact, although the long street banquet last night was good, judging from the situation of the old patriarch's family, their village was not wealthy.
But look at the food here, from meat to grain, everything is available, and there is quite a lot of it.
Monthly money given to the temple?
"Why do we have to pay them monthly rations?" Chen Yang asked.
This confused everyone else.
"The monthly payment... is what we have to pay from the beginning, and we have been paying it for a long, long time..." Jin Shi didn't know how to answer.
"Then after you paid the monthly rations, did they give you anything?" Chen Yang asked again, "For example, if your village is being stared at by a three-headed snake that eats people, have you asked them for help? Will they help you?"
This time everyone fell silent.
"We asked for help..." Jin Shi said softly, "but the temple told us that this is our village's own business. There is nothing they can do. They can only let us kill the snakes ourselves, or else... or else they will move away.
, but where can we move? The land there is all we have. If we move to another place without food or water, wouldn’t we starve to death long ago?”
"Since they can't provide you with protection, why do you have to pay them monthly rations?" Chen Yang asked again, "Your safety is protected by yourself. These things should be for you to eat, why should you give them to them?
"
Everyone fell silent again.
Chen Yang sighed, knowing that they were probably doing it out of inertia.
But if you think about it carefully, ordinary people have always been the most resilient people. As long as they can survive, they can endure these things.
Chen Yang stopped talking and followed them all the way forward.
The oxcart kept moving forward, and in the afternoon, they finally arrived at the town.
After arriving in the town, Chen Yang got out of the car, gave them a fist and said, "Thank you all."
"You're welcome, we should be the ones thanking you!" Jin Shi shook his head, "That's it, we don't dare to delay your business."
Chen Yang nodded and soon parted ways with them.
These people looked at it and finally said to the others: "Okay, everyone, let's go and pay the monthly rations quickly. We have to rush back, otherwise we won't be able to get home until midnight."
Everyone nodded.
After Chen Yang left here, he walked around here for a while.
Finally, we came to a restaurant and listened to their chat.
After such a period of time, I finally understood some of the operating rules here.
There is no distinction between countries and no government here.
There are only two classes.
One is a cultivator and the other is an ordinary person.
Ordinary people make offerings to cultivators.
It's like a temple, but it's actually a place that belongs to practitioners.
This temple, to put it bluntly, is equivalent to a government office.
After Chen Yang figured it out, he couldn't help but be amazed.
Obviously, those who come to the world must belong to the ranks of cultivators, but those who come to the world should be of a very high level.
Talking about this temple, Chen Yang immediately had something in mind. After dinner, Chen Yang went to the temple.
When I went there, I immediately noticed a long queue.
It seems that many people are there to pay their monthly rations, and the queues are very long. Looking at this, I am afraid that things will not be done in a short time.
When Chen Yang went in, he found Jin Shi and the others waiting anxiously.
Chen Yang stepped forward and said hello to Jin Shi.
"Why are you here?" Jin Shi was a little happy to see Chen Yang.
"I just came here to take a look. I didn't expect that you are still queuing up. Otherwise, you haven't eaten yet. Go have a meal and come back to continue queuing. I'll just watch here." Chen Yang said.
explain.
"No, no, no!" Everyone shook their heads.
Chen Yang understood in his heart that these people were afraid of spending money.
After thinking for a while, Chen Yang went out.
Not long after, I bought a lot of steamed buns and stuffed them into their hands.
When everyone saw the steamed buns, they were actually already hungry, so they ate them as soon as they could bear it.
Seeing them devouring their food, Chen Yang couldn't help but sigh.
No matter what world it is in, farmers are among the most miserable people.
"How long will it take?" Chen Yang asked Jin Shi.
Jin Shi was already feeling full after eating two meat buns, so he slowed down and then said, "Looking at it like this, it will take quite a while. We must wait until dark before we can go back.
"
"If it gets dark, there is no need to go back. Just wait here all night. The mountain road is difficult to walk." Chen Yang persuaded.
Jin Shi and the others laughed bitterly.
Chen Yang realized again that it was about money again.
As he said this, it seemed that it was their turn.
Then, these things began to be weighed.
"How did you pay it? This grain is one hundred kilograms less!"
The weigher roared angrily at the gold stone.
Jin Shi was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his head and explained: "Zhang Miaozhu, could it be that there was a mistake? The grain in our village has been weighed several times. We were afraid that there would be losses when it came, so we added more.
There is a lot of grain, it is impossible to lose a hundred kilograms."
"Do you mean that I framed you?" Zhang Miaozhu, who was in his fifties, narrowed his eyes and looked at Jinshi.
"No, no, that's not what I meant. I mean...can you weigh me again? There may be something wrong with the weighing."
"Who has time to weigh you again? Look at how many people there are, am I not busy? I'll hand over another hundred kilograms of grain immediately, or else don't even think about it."
Jin Shi and the others' expressions changed greatly.
This time, they were at a loss.
It was so late, where could they find a hundred kilograms of grain? It wouldn't be like going back to the village.