In the early morning of August in the golden autumn, in Xingkaihu Village No. 2, more than 100 kilometers away from Fuldan City, the big rooster of the village chief Zhu Dagui's family fluttered its feathers as beautiful as the clouds, held its head high and held its chest high, as noble as a phoenix.
, stretched out his neck, and roared out with a "oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh".
After a while, the roosters in each yard began to crow as if they had received instructions. So people with dreams climbed up from the kang one after another, and the whole village was like a well-run machine, starting a new day.
Operation.
The hens clucked and laid warm eggs in their nests; the fat pigs in the pig pens grunted and ate the freshly cooked pig food; the cows' breasts were full and the calves were full.
The tendons of the sheep are bulging with meat; the sheep's bleating sounds come and go, urging the owner to quickly bring them grass.
In the wilderness outside the village, the pale yellow ocean stretches as far as the eye can see. The heavy ears of wheat sway gently with the cool wind, shining with the light of maturity in the morning light. Another harvest season is coming.
Lines, a Jew in his fifties, got up from the kang when he heard the first rooster crow. He scooped two ladles of water from the water tank, rinsed his mouth, washed his face, and waited for his son and grandson to get up and finish washing.
The family began morning prayers.
"Thank you, Lord of Eternal Life, for your kindness in returning my soul..."
Different from the daily prayers of those Jews in Europe, the Jews under Beihai Town added praise to Zhao Xin in their prayers three times a day. This was also determined by the rabbis in the Tulum area after discussions at a meeting.
It can be seen that the Jewish community is extremely grateful to Beihai Town for its acceptance and non-discrimination.
After praying for more than 20 minutes, the Li family had breakfast, and then they were busy every day. The men took care of the livestock, cut fodder, and arranged farm tools; the women fed the chickens, washed clothes, and cleaned the house; and the children
I just put my schoolbag on my back and go to school.
Like other families in the village, in addition to three main rooms and two side rooms, the Li family also has a yard as big as a basketball court. There is a vegetable field, a livestock shed, and a horse, seven or eight sheep, and ten goats.
A few chickens. Because Jews have a tradition of not eating pork, the place originally reserved for pig pens was turned into a sheep pen.
As a Russian Jew, Lines's surname was actually "Volodarsky". However, when he first arrived in Tulum, all Jews were required to have Chinese names, and the civil affairs clerk in charge of population registration knew some Russian, so he made a large sum of money.
With a wave of his hand, all the men, women and children in the Volodarsky family were given the surname Li, and his eldest grandson Abraham was soon renamed Li Bohan by his school teacher.
Lines worked in the yard for a while, fed the horses himself, drank two more cups of tea, and then went out and began his daily routine of inspecting his fifty acres of land.
"Uncle Li, are you going to the fields again? Do you want to have breakfast?" The neighbor from the next door yard happened to come out and said hello casually.
"Uh-huh, let's take a look at the wheat." Because there are many people from Henan in the village of No. 2, the little Mandarin that Lines mastered also brought a lot of Henan dialect.
It has been almost two years since he came to Xingkaihu Village No. 2. Lines was cautious at the beginning, but now he finally dares to live a life with a straight chest. He cannot do without the enthusiasm of the villagers.
When he first came here, his family had to close the doors and windows tightly every morning, noon and evening for prayers, for fear that the neighbors would hear it. Fortunately, the people from the civil affairs department told the village chief Zhu Dagui some Jewish customs in advance, and Zhu Dagui greeted the villagers, otherwise
If someone thinks that the Li family has some ulterior secret, they will report it to the public security police.
Along with the Lines family, there were more than a dozen other Jewish families who moved from the Tulum area. At that time, they had only settled in Tulum for half a year, and only half of the 100 acres of land allocated to them had been cultivated. Because it was
The land is still growing, and the food they have laid down is not enough to last until spring.
Since Zhao Xin issued an order banning the loan sharking industry, almost all the remaining Jews were impoverished farmers. With anxiety, they walked a long migration road to the designated land designated by Zhao Xin; except for
With their family and friends, they had almost nothing. When they arrived at their destination, they cultivated the unfamiliar land by singing, dancing and fooling around.
Although cold, illness and natural disasters would plague the Jewish settlers from time to time, what they did not expect was that the "noble king" actually gave them farm tools, livestock, and seeds for free.
However, just as winter was about to begin, the village officials sent by the Civil Affairs Bureau issued a notice, notifying that some families would be relocated again, and the Liness family was on the list.
This move caused an uproar among the Jewish community. Although the notice said that the new resettlement place was better than Siberia, many people did not believe it. They thought that Beihai Town was as bad as Tsarist Russia. On the surface, it sounded good, but in fact, they would be expelled.
They went to more desolate and remote places. But in fact, the purpose of Beihai Town was to break the habit of Jewish groups living in groups. First, they dispersed some people into Han villages to see the effect, so as to achieve the goal of "turning barbarians into summer"
Target.
Although the Jews elected representatives to negotiate, the attitude of the civil affairs officials was unreasonable, and their talk was useless. As Jews who were forced to migrate from Poland to Ukraine, and then to Siberia from Ukraine, they were used to being oppressed by Tsarist Russian officials.
So I chose to bow my head again.
The Lee Ness family bid farewell to their relatives and friends in tears, and took a bunch of rags and belongings with them, and once again embarked on an unknown migration journey. But when they arrived at Xingkai Lake No. 2 Village in an ox cart, boat and horse carriage, they immediately
I was shocked by the endless fields and the rows of large blue brick houses in the village.
Village Chief Zhu who greeted them was very enthusiastic, while other villagers looked curiously at these new neighbors with deep features, high noses, and very white looks. Some women looked at Jewish children and little girls with even more expressions.
It was with pity that she was really fair and much more handsome than her black boy and black girl.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After settling down, more than a dozen Jewish families realized that the land allocated to them had been reduced from one hundred acres to fifty acres, but they felt that they still made a profit. Here is a comparison
Siberia is much warmer, and the cultivated land is all ready, and even the aqueducts have been repaired in advance, not to mention that there are jaw-dropping tractors to help with plowing and harvesting.
The sudden happiness made Lines feel that he had arrived in heaven, but the long years of wandering made him fear that everything was just a dream and that when he woke up, he would still be living a miserable life of being discriminated against and driven away by others.
Speaking of the history of Jews being despised and bullied by various European countries, it actually dates back to the early days of the development of Christianity. In the late fourth century AD, with the establishment of the New Testament, Jews became sinners.
Although the early founders of Christianity and even Jesus himself were Jews, based on the remarks in the four major gospels of the New Testament, Christian anti-Semitism also constructed Jewish collective characteristics, and the "god of death" became an identity characteristic of the Jews to some extent.
, every Jew is burdened with "original sin" as soon as he is born.
During the First Crusade, the Crusaders composed of poor people did not attack the Holy Land occupied by the pagans at first, but took the lead in fighting the Jews in Europe. They had a ridiculous logic: Since the Pope called us to defeat
Pagans, destroy the enemies of God, then the Bible has already said that the Jews are pagans, and eliminating them can have the same effect. No matter whether they are poor or rich, if you kill them, you can redeem your sins and enter the kingdom of heaven. Let's copy them together
let's go!
It was on this day that the anti-Semitic movement in Europe that lasted for thousands of years began. Since then, the large-scale persecution of Jews in Western Europe has intensified. Jews have been portrayed as disciples of the devil, both in reality and in literature. A
This evil and lowly race deserves all the oppression.
Many people in later generations have seen from film and television works that during World War II, Jews were placed in segregation zones and had to wear a yellow six-pointed star on their chests. Little did they know that Europe had been doing this since the 16th and 17th centuries, wearing specific clothes and special signs, and high
It is surrounded by walls and there are Christians standing guard at the door; you cannot move around the city without permission.
Some people may say that Jews can change their beliefs. Sorry, the Christian Church does not accept Jewish conversions, so they can only follow their original beliefs, stay together for warmth, and seek spiritual comfort.
In fact, in the history of China, since the Southern Song Dynasty, there has been such a group burdened with "original sin" in Ningbo and Shaoxing areas of Zhejiang Province, which lasted until the late Qing Dynasty before they were liberated.
They have been working in low-level jobs for generations. They cannot study, farm, or do business. They cannot live in good houses even if they have money. They cannot move around at will. They cannot even walk with their heads held high or speak loudly. In addition, they also have requirements on dressing up so that they can move from place to place.
You can tell them apart at a glance among the crowd. This group is the lazy people of eastern Zhejiang.
According to Gu Yanwu's records in "Rizhilu", the ancestors of the lazy people were Bu Qu, a general of the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiao Guangzhan. He was demoted for rebelling against the Song Dynasty and joined the Jin Dynasty, and he could not raise his head for nearly a thousand years.
Going back to the Jews, because they were often expelled by various European countries, they became people without a country. The reason why they were expelled was because Europe in the Middle Ages was a feudal hierarchy with nobles enfeoffing fiefs as the main form.
In society, outsiders were not eligible to own land. Jews who had no foundation for a stable life had to live in the city and engage in various handicrafts and moneylending businesses.
The Liness family's ancestors opened a glass workshop when they were in Poland. Later, when the business grew, they turned to the lending industry.
After walking around his fifty acres of land, scattering more than a dozen birds, and rubbing a few ears of wheat and tasting it, Lines felt that it was almost done. I am afraid that the harvest will only take place in the next few days, and he will have to go home soon.
The two sons checked the sickles again, and in the afternoon they brought the stone shafts and horses to thresh the wheat field.
Since arriving in Xingkaihu No. 2 Village, more than a dozen Jewish families have adhered to their traditions, but their living habits have unconsciously changed. The most obvious example is the fire kang and the New Year Festival.
The Li family used to sleep on beds, even in cold Siberia. Last winter, after settling down, Li Nes took the bread baked by his wife and his eldest grandson Li Bohan, who stammered in Mandarin but could communicate simply.
The village chief Zhu Dagui expressed his gratitude, but found that the Zhu family's "bed" was not made of wood. When he got on the kang, he found that it was quite warm. This immediately aroused his great interest and began to ask for details.
Lines went home and calculated the labor and material costs for half a night. During breakfast the next day, he announced to his family that when the weather gets warmer next spring, he would follow the example of the Chinese and replace the wooden bed with a heated kang.
His wife Li Feiji, his eldest son Likov (Yakov) and his youngest son Li Grigory (Gregory) all looked at a loss after hearing this. They thought that lighting a fire under the bed was a fantasy. Is it burning the bed or not?
Burning people! After hearing the old man’s explanation, I suddenly realized.
Compared with the Chinese, the Jewish people also have quite a lot of festivals. There are no less than ten kinds of festivals, such as Rosh Hashanah, Passover, Jewry, Festival of Lights, Purpur, etc., but none of them is as lively as the three festivals of the Chinese.
Especially during the Spring Festival, in addition to the lively fireworks and firecrackers, there are also various performances, yangko and opera singers, which are simply dizzying and dazzling. In addition, the Chinese people's belief and respect for their ancestors are grand, which also makes people experience the Spring Festival for the first time.
The Jews were deeply surprised. Of course they didn't understand what it means to "pursue the pursuit of the future with caution and the people's moral integrity will be strong", but they also felt the Chinese people's feelings about blood and family inheritance.
At noon on New Year's Eve, the Lines family received an invitation and, together with a dozen other Jewish families, came to the village committee compound of the second village to participate in the village's "reunion banquet."
Although the residents of Xingkaihu Village No. 2 come from all over the world, and not all of them have the same surname, it is not easy for everyone to come together to survive outside the Great Wall, so Zhu Dagui invented such an activity five years ago. In addition,
In order to thank "Prince Zhao" for bringing everyone out of the sea of misery and living a prosperous life, before the reunion banquet started, all the villagers had to salute Zhao Xin's portrait and show their loyalty.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Unexpectedly, after this incident spread, other villages followed suit, and now more than 20 administrative villages in Xingkai Lake Reclamation Area do this during the New Year.
Zhao Xin couldn't laugh or cry when he heard about it. Although he asked the civil affairs department not to do any courtesy to show loyalty, the people below would never listen. They all have an account of who treats them well, so this "custom" is stubbornly continued.
Come down.
When more than a hundred Jews followed the villagers in confusion and bowed, and after Zhu Dagui said a few auspicious words, the banquet began. The dazzling array of dishes made the newly arrived Jews' eyes widen, and their noses were filled with tangy food.
The aroma makes everyone drool like crazy.
The food was so good! It was even better than what the nobles of Tsarist Russia ate.
The reunion banquet in the second village was organized jointly by each family with money and effort. Nowadays, every family is not short of food and money. It is not a big deal to have something good to eat during the New Year. Considering that the Jews have just arrived, they are not allowed to contribute money.
"When the Xie family harvests crops next year and sells them to the grain station, their food will be no worse than my family's. Every family in our village is about the same. Don't worry, the good times are yet to come!" Zhu Dagui said to Li with a smile as he held a wine glass and toasted across the table.
Ness describes the future.
Li Bohan, who was competing with chicken legs at the time, vaguely translated for his family. Lin Ness and his family, who were sipping wine, couldn't help but nod their thanks after hearing this.
In March of the Gregorian calendar, the Jewish Passover arrived, and it was customary to eat a roasted whole lamb. Thinking of the sumptuous banquet during the Spring Festival, the Jews invited the villagers to join in. The women made a pancake with eggs, sugar and pine nuts.
Fermented bread, coupled with the fragrant roast lamb, the atmosphere is very harmonious.
It was only then that Lines and the others felt that they had finally become a part of the Second Village.