Chapter Fifty-Eight: I Am a Snow Goose
Seeing that Tanchun and Baochai were also so eager to know the outside world, Shen Linxian smiled and beckoned Xichun and Daiyu over, and the sisters sat together, and Shen Linxian and Daiyu slowly talked about it.
Daiyu playfully talked about how the indigenous black people in Africa were black, and how the people of Europe and Rome were white, what their hair looked like, what their eyes looked like, what kind of clothes they wore, and the customs of various places.
"I followed my sister to a small country in Africa, a small country deep in the mountains and forests, where the weather is so hot that people hardly wear clothes, both men and women. β
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Daiyu shook her head: "How can you not go out, women have to work like men, but people's customs are like that, you don't know how hot that place is, there are no four seasons a year, only summer, no matter what time it is, it's hot and unbearable, and there are many places where it's popular to grab relatives, as long as the man has a crush on which girl, just knock it out with a stick and grab it home......
Xichun exclaimed this time: "Is it enough to snatch it home? Isn't that a mess?"
Shen Linxian said with a smile: "It's not messy, as long as you rush home for the wedding, no one will rob it anymore, if two people grab a girl at the same time, then these two people have to decide the winner first, and the one with a strong force value can get the girl." β
The crowd was amazed again.
Daiyu talked about another place: "There is a small tribe in the far south, and that tribe is not the same as ours here, and other girls will not marry. β
"Not married?" This time, even the steady Baochai changed his face: "Then ...... them"
Shen Linxian explained with a smile: " There is a popular marriage, after the girl grows up, there will be a lot of young people running downstairs to her house to sing to attract the attention of the girl, the girl chooses which man, that night the two will enter the cave room, and then the young man can stay in the girl's house for a period of time, and then the two people will live their own days, if the girl is pregnant and born, raised by the girl's brother, that is, the child's uncle, the child's father is regardless of raising the child, that place is the uncle to raise the child, the child grows up to be filial to the uncle, most of them only know the mother and uncle and the grandmother, but do not know the father, some brothers and sisters are not the same fatherγ β
This kind of thing made people stunned for a long time.
Shen Linxian saw that they couldn't accept this custom, so he no longer talked about these things, but talked about the scenery of various places.
"In the far north, there is winter all year round, and there is snow all year round, and there are polar days and nights...... We have also been to a country called France, and we have visited their kings, and we have visited their palaces, and by the way, Sister Daiyu has also drawn pictures of our meeting with the king and the balls held at the palace, and if you want to see them, you can go to Sister Daiyu's room and see those paintings later. β
Xichun couldn't sit still anymore, pulled Daiyu and said: "I didn't expect my sister to be able to paint, I have to ask my sister for advice in the future, good sister, you have pity on me, take me to see those paintings quickly, otherwise, my heart is unstable." β
"What painting?"
Wang Xifeng sat alone, and couldn't stay when he saw the lively conversation here, and when he came over, he happened to hear what Xichun said, so he couldn't help but ask.
Daiyu saw that it was still early, and knew that those wives and grandmothers should not come at this time, so she said: "Then I will ask the girl to go to my room to bring the painting to you to see, but let's talk about it first, don't talk about it when you see it, and don't let people know." β
Several girls quickly nodded their heads, indicating that they would never say anything.
Shen Linxian saw Daiyu so cautious, and couldn't help but smile and nodded her forehead: "It's a good thing that you are careful, but you don't have to be so careful, it's a good thing that you can draw, and there is nothing to hide and not see people." β
Daiyu pursed her lips and chuckled, and asked the egret to fetch the painting.
The girls laughed for a while, and then they saw the egret and another little girl each hugging and painting.
Xichun cheered, and first picked a painting to open it to see, and everyone also chose a painting to see.
However, I saw that the paintings were all exotic, with wide streets and carved houses of various colors on both sides, and the horse-drawn carriages walking on the streets were not the same as those here, and the characteristics of the clothes and decorations of the pedestrians on the road were also very distinct.
"It's really all yellow hair and blue eyes. Yingchun is very rare, looking at the painting, I can't help but exclaim: "These women wear different clothes from us, and besides, how can they walk on the street generously?"
Shen Linxian walked over and said with a smile: "It's not like our Da Zhou doesn't let women go out, France is a very romantic country, the nobles in the country often hold balls, men and women don't shy away from dancing together, and there is also a country called England where women are kings." β
Tanchun listened to it and yearned for it.
The painting in her hand is the scene of Daiyu participating in the French court ball, Tanchun looked at it carefully, and stroked the picture with her hand: "Sister Lin looks so good in exotic clothes." β
Wang Xifeng leaned over and looked at it a few times, and praised it: "Sister Shen is really like a different person when she wears a French skirt." β
Tanchun nodded: "I really want to go and see it." β
Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing saw that it was very lively here, so they couldn't help but call the girls over.
Mrs. Wang asked with a smile on her face, "What were you talking about just now?"
Tanchun chuckled: "Sister Shen is telling us about some foreign experiences, and she is talking about the French court." β
Madame Xing was very curious when she heard this, she looked at Shen Linxian and asked, "Have you ever been to someone's palace?"
Shen Linxian said with a smile: "Yes, we traveled to France, and we happened to meet their King Majesty, who happened to do him a favor, he invited us to the palace to play, and also held a ball for us." β
For Shen Linxian, these are not big deals, and there is nothing that cannot be said to people.
Xichun showed the painting to Mrs. Xing, and Mrs. Xing was also amazed.
Although Mrs. Xing was a little mean, she really didn't have much bad intentions.
On the contrary, Mrs. Wang's face changed slightly when she looked at the paintings, she pushed the paintings away and looked at Shen Linxian solemnly: "I have some things that I have always wanted to ask Miss Shen, but I don't know if it is inconvenient." β
Shen Linxian smiled: "Just ask, there is nothing inconvenient." β
Mrs. Wang wrung her eyebrows: "I seem to have heard that Miss Shen didn't know her parents' hometown, she fled back then, and was almost killed, but fortunately her sister and brother-in-law rescued her and was able to live safely, is there such a thing?"
Shen Linxian nodded: "Yes." β
Mrs. Wang's face changed greatly: "Miss Shen's hometown doesn't know where it is, she was rescued by the Lin family at a young age, it stands to reason that she should be a slave and a maid in the Lin family, but my sister is kind enough to recognize you as a righteous daughter, that is, you should know gratitude, you should honor your sister and brother-in-law, and accompany Daiyu, why are you not only not grateful, but you want to harm Daiyu like this, Daiyu is a weak woman, you lure her to walk around with you, and you are still laughing with such men in other people's palaces, it is really shameless." β