Chapter 394
The door of the house must be nailed with a piece of the most complete and clean animal skin this year. On the beam and pillar of the door, a wheat ear with the fullest dried grain needs to be pinned.
Today, every household has to wash the wooden sculpture representing Timora, the god of harvest and hunting, in the stream water and decorate it with grass rings or winter flowers to pray devoutly. To see the colorful light rising from the back of the wood carving is considered a success.
In the evening, everyone in the village will gather at the fire pond in the center of the village to hold an activity similar to a bonfire party, singing and dancing until the end of the second day at 1 am.
This is the basic requirement for winter festivals in the village.
“There is no special prayer ceremony, no sacrificial supplies, and no chants of hymns. Even the Divine Idol is based on the face of the Great Sage. This ceremony is really a bit rudimentary. Can the God of Harvest really accept this kind of ritual?”
After listening to the entire contents of the Winter Festival, Donald said to himself with some doubts.
entire group walked into the entrance of the village, Donald’s first impression of the village in front of him was that it was clean and tidy, unlike the villages with only 20 or 30 households they had passed by before, and the streets were filled with cow and sheep dung. Mixed with snow, wheels run over, full of filth.
The distribution of buildings in the village is also patchwork. Generally speaking, it looks like a grid with a cross in the center. The houses are all built in four squares.
Although there are no public facilities such as public toilets, benches and flower beds, it is obvious that the street lamps made of iron rods and kerosene lamps and the trash cans using wood as the main material are self-made. can be seen everywhere.
“This village is well managed… The population seems to be quite large. In a few years, maybe it will be able to apply for the establishment of a town like the government. It seems that the village chief here is A very capable person.”
Anthony looked at the layout of the village, especially the exquisite fire pit in the middle of the intersection and the busy people around, and said with some surprise.
Looking at the living standard of a place, what to eat and what to wear is second. The important thing is the cultural activities of the local people. The richer the cultural activities, the higher the local living standard. Doubt.
If you can’t get enough to eat and don’t wear warm clothes, who has the heart to sing and dance?
“It’s not the village chief who manages the village, but the Great Sage!”
A child heard what Anthony said, loudly said, and sounded a little angry, which made Anthony Some not knowing what to do, some embarrassed and winked at Zhu Jue.
He’s always a little bit wrong with children.
“Can you tell Uncle why the village chief is managed by the Great Sage instead of the village chief?”
Donald crouched down, touched the child’s head and asked.
“Hey, I’ve heard this from my parents, of course it’s because… um”
child was about to speak, but was caught by the person next to him. A woman stepped forward and covered her mouth.
“Sorry, children like to talk nonsense. The manager of our village is the head of the village. There is no one else, Max. The animal skins at home have to be sorted out. I will go to the town to sell them in a few days. Do you still want to go with me?”
This woman should be the parent of the child, and she hurriedly said something and took the child away.
“Is it weird that the Great Sage manages the village?”
Compared with these adults, Zhu Jue actually believed more in the unintentional words of the child just now, but he didn’t actually learn from it. Something feels wrong.
According to ordinary people’s thinking, those who can do more work. Since that Great Sage can even transform into a Divine Vestige, and can renovate the village so well, he should be respected.
“This…”
Anthony shook the head, saying that he didn’t know.
“Religion and politics should be separated.”
Donald and Anthony were distressed when Julia suddenly said something, which attracted the attention of several people, and then He continued,
“I was just learning about imperial law in the management of towns and villages before I dropped out. There is this sentence in it, which seems to be said by Mr. Luders.”
According to Ryan Empire’s laws on township management, if the population exceeds 100, it can be called a village. At this time, the local can use the method of internal recommendation to select a person of high moral character to go to the nearest town and get a The appointment document of the village head, the village head of this level does not have much real power, to put it bluntly, it is a name.
If the population is more than 500 and less than 1,000, it is a big village. At this time, if they want to be the village chief, it is not as simple as an internal election. They need to accept the nearby towns. The investigation is generally selected from the local area, but that person must have a certain culture, and be loyal to Ryan Empire, and some additional conditions, but these two are the core points.
There is also a principle that religion and politics should not be confused. In short, a priest is a pastor who can pay attention to government regulations and political changes, but he cannot serve in the government.
Similarly, a village chief can believe in any normal sect, but he must not be a sect priest at the same time as the village chief, not even the lowest clergy.
So if the Great Sage that the child said just now manages the village is true, then this is actually not allowed under the government’s regulations.
“Awesome, Leek, didn’t expect you to be a good student too.”
Donald stuffed a piece of meat into Julia’s mouth and said with a faint smile.
“Donald, aren’t you a college student, what Lilo has learned, why don’t you know?”
Stephanie raised her mouth and asked deliberately.
“cough cough…I have already given back the things I learned to the teacher. Besides, I studied religious studies in college, and all day long I studied religious teachings. This aspect of the content…you, you know a few words yourself, and you want to ridicule me?”
Stretching out his hand and pinching Stephanie’s nose, the latter was very angry Waving his fists and beating Donald’s shoulders, he had no strength, more like acting like a spoiled child.
“So the people in the town should love that Great Sage very much, and the actions just now are obviously protecting him, aren’t they?”
“From the current point of view, It’s true.”
You don’t need to think about what these children say, and most of them must be heard from their own parents, and their remarks also represent the views of the adults in the village on the Great Sage to some extent. Attitude.
entire group chatted while walking, and the topic of whether Great Sage was running the village didn’t last long, after all, it had nothing to do with them.
“Actually, I was a little worried before that if there are no grocery stores in this town, we have to go door-to-door to buy ingredients. When the time comes, it can be a little troublesome. A grocery store.”
Commercial transactions are also one of the signs that a village is beginning to mature. There is a grocery store on the right front of Cross Street. The facade looks a bit old, it should be open for a while.
Crossing over there slowly, Donald took a look at the surrounding houses. He noticed that many of the houses were just built, and their appearances were still uniform and planned.
It’s just that there are not many people living on one street, only one third’s house has people.
“Wow, there’s still a lot of stuff here, it’s like a small market.”
Donald was thinking about it, but Stephanie in front was a little surprised. said there.
I looked back and found that the outside of the grocery store is not big, but the inside is a place of charm and beauty. The wall between the two houses is opened, and a large number of Wooden shelf.
Vegetables, fruits, rice, meat, and even tools are placed in various areas by category, which is somewhat like the supermarket in Donald’s previous life.
Seeing this kind of grocery store in this kind of mountain village is unexpectedly novel, because some of the goods are mountain goods, but they can’t be bought in Beluye City.
“Yellow shiitake mushrooms, toadstools… these are all good ingredients for soups, and these, 1 pound is only 5p. In Demingham, the price will double at least twice. times.”
Demingham, as a coastal city, has a lot of seafood, and these kinds of things from the mountains and forests are naturally precious, but when they are put here, they have become worthless goods.
“Donald big brother, look, there are live wild rabbits here. They are so cute.”
Julia moved to the corner of a stack of iron cages. Less living things like hares and pheasants.
“Buy two pheasants, they are said to be very nourishing.”
Stephanie stared at the gray pheasants.
“Buy it if you want… Manager, do you make this pocket watch?”
He is holding a delicate pocket watch with a strap like Carved out of some kind of ore, the cover of the dial is made of transparent glass, and inside there is a leaf that looks like a specimen. Donald looked over and over again. His own pocket watch was bought from a stall for 2 shillings. It’s too worn out, and I’ve always wanted to change it without a chance. Didn’t expect to see something I like in this kind of rural grocery store.
“It was sold to me by the villagers, if you want…5 shillings, it’s yours.”
The store manager behind the counter Taking a look at the pocket watch and its previous placement, he said, in his opinion, this pocket watch is not very expensive without gold and silver.
“Five shillings? I bought it, looking for money.”
Donald blinked and directly took out 1 gold pound and threw it on the counter. This was a great deal. Although this pocket watch has no gold and silver accessories, the leaf specimen alone is actually worth 1 gold pound. Immediately thinking of what the store manager said just now, he whispered to himself,
“The villagers sell it to The owner’s? It doesn’t look like the farmer’s stuff.”
“How many foreigners just came to the village?”
Someone asked at the door, Donald turned his head Go and see a gentleman in a brown coat and a silk top hat.
“Anything?”
Donald asked back.
“The village chief wants to see you, do you have any free time?”
“oh?”
The village chief wants to see them….. .doing what?