The door of the house had to be nailed to the door of the house with a piece of the most complete and clean animal skin of the year, and on the beam of the doorway was a grain of the fullest grain that needed to be pinned to the sun.

Today, every household has to clean the wood carving of Timorrah, the god of harvest and hunting, in the stream and decorate it with grass wreaths or winter flowers, and pray sincerely to see the light rising from behind the wood carving.

In the evening, all the people of the village gather in the fire pit in the middle of the village for an event similar to a bonfire, singing and dancing until 1 a.m. the next morning.

This is the basic requirement of the winter festival in the village.

"There are no special prayers, no sacrificial supplies, no chanting of hymns, even the statues of the gods are based on the faces of the great sages, this festival is really a bit rudimentary, can the god of harvest and hunt really accept this kind of sacrifice? ”

Listening to the entire Winter Festival, Donald muttered to himself with some confusion.

As the group walked into the village, Donald's first impression of the village in front of them was neat and clean, unlike the villages of twenty or thirty families they had passed before, the streets were a mixture of cow and sheep dung and snow, and the wheels were running over, and they were full of filthy things.

The distribution of buildings in the village is also staggered, and the overall appearance is like a field grid, with a cross avenue in the center, and the houses are built in four boxes.

There are no public facilities such as public toilets, benches, or flower beds, but there are many homemade street lamps made of iron and kerosene lamps, and garbage cans made of wood.

"The village is well managed...... It seems that the population is quite large, and in a few years, it may be possible to apply for the establishment of a town like the government, and it seems that the village chief here is a very capable person. ”

Anthony looked at the layout of the village, especially the elaborate fire pit in the center of the intersection and the busy people around it, and said with some surprise.

Looking at the standard of living of a place, what to eat, what to wear, secondly, the important thing is the cultural activities of the locals, the richer the cultural activities, the higher the local standard of living, there is no doubt about this.

If you don't have enough food and no warm clothes, who has the heart to sing and dance?

"It's not the village chief who runs the village, it's the great sage!"

A child heard what Anthony said and said loudly, sounding a little angry, which made Anthony a little overwhelmed, and a little embarrassed to give Zhu Jue a look.

He is always a little bit out of touch with children.

"Can you tell my uncle why it's the Great Sage and not the village chief who manages the village chief?"

Donald asked, crouching down and touching the child's head.

"Hey, I've heard my parents talk about that, because of ...... Hmm~"

The child was about to speak, but a woman next to him stepped forward and covered his mouth.

"I'm sorry, children like to talk nonsense, the current manager of our village is the village chief, there is no one else, Max, the animal skins at home still have to be sorted out, and they will be sold in the town in a few days, do you want to go with them?"

The woman was supposed to be the child's parent, and she hurriedly said something and took the child away.

"Isn't it strange that the Great Sage manages the village?"

Compared with these adults, in fact, Zhu Jue believed the child's unintentional words just now, but he didn't actually feel anything wrong from it.

According to ordinary people's thoughts, those who can work harder, since that great sage can even conjure up miracles, and can renovate this village so well, then it should be respected.

"This ......"

Anthony shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"Religion and politics should be separated. ”

Donald and Anthony were distressed, when Julia next to them suddenly said, attracting the attention of several people, and then continued,

"Before I dropped out of school, I had learned about the contents of imperial law in the administration of townships and towns, and there was a sentence in it that seemed to have been uttered by Mr. Ludes. ”

According to the laws of the Lane Empire on the management of townships and towns, if the population exceeds 100, it can be called a village, and at this time, the local government can use internal promotion to select a respected person to go to the nearest town and get an appointment document for the village head.

If the population is more than five hundred and less than one thousand, it is a large village, and if you want to be the village head, it is not as simple as internal election, they need to be inspected by nearby towns, and generally selected from the local area, but that person must have a certain culture, and be loyal to the Lane Empire, and there are some subordinate conditions, but these two are the core points.

There is also the principle that religion and politics should not be confused, simply put, a pastor, he can pay attention to government regulations, he can care about political changes, but he cannot serve in government.

In the same way, a village chief, he can believe in any normal denomination, but he must not be a denomination priest at the same time as the village head, not even the lowest clergy.

Therefore, if it is true that the great sage in the mouth of the child just now is in charge of the village, then it is actually not allowed in the government's regulations.

"Amazing, leek, I didn't expect you to be a top student. ”

Donald shoved a piece of dried meat into Julia's mouth and smiled.

"Donald, aren't you a college student, Lilo has learned everything, why don't you know?"

Stephanie curled the corners of her mouth and asked deliberately.

"Ahem...... Besides, I studied religious studies in college, and I studied religious doctrine all day long...... You, you only know a few words, and you still want to sarcastically mock me?"

Reaching out and pinching Stephanie's nose, the latter was very angry and shook his fist against Donald's shoulder, but he didn't have the strength, more like he was coquettish.

"So the people of the town should love that great sage very much, and what you did just now is obviously defending him, isn't it?"

"For now, it is. ”

Most of what these children said must have been heard from their parents, and their remarks also represented the attitude of the adults in the village towards the great sages to some extent.

The group chatted as they walked, and the topic of whether the Great Sage was in charge of the village did not last long, after all, it had nothing to do with them.

"Actually, I was a little worried that if there was no grocery store in this town, we would have to go door-to-door to buy ingredients, and it would be a bit troublesome, but I thought too much, and there was a grocery store in front of me. ”

Commercial transactions are also one of the signs that a village is beginning to mature, and there is a grocery store at the front right of the cross street, which looks a little old on the façade, and must have been open for a while.

Walking over there slowly, Donald looked at the surrounding houses, and he noticed that many of the houses had just been built, and the appearance was still standardized and planned.

It's just that there are not many people living on one street, only a third of the houses are occupied.

"Wow, there's a lot of stuff here, like a little bazaar. ”

Donald was thinking about it, and Stephanie in front of him said there with some surprise.

When I looked back, I found that the outside of the grocery store was not large, but the inside was different, with a wall between the two houses open, and a large number of wooden shelves in the center and against the wall.

Vegetables, fruits, rice, meat, and even tools are placed in various areas, which is quite like a supermarket in Donald's previous life.

Seeing this form of grocery store in such a mountain village is surprisingly new, because some of the goods are mountain goods, which are not available in the city of Beruyah.

"Yellow shiitake mushroom, umbrella mushroom...... It's a good ingredient for soup, and here's how much for 5 pence a pound can be at least twice as expensive in Dmingham. ”

As a coastal city, Demingham has a lot of seafood, and this kind of things from the mountains and forests are naturally precious, but here, these are worthless goods.

"Big Brother Donald, look, there are live hares here, so cute. ”

Julia gathered in a corner of an iron cage stacked with hares, pheasants, and other living creatures.

"Buy two pheasants, it is said to be very nourishing. ”

Stephanie had her eye on the flaming pheasants.

"If you want, you can buy it...... Store manager, did you make this pocket watch?"

Holding a delicate pocket watch in his hand, the strap seemed to be carved out of some kind of ore, the lid of the dial was covered with transparent glass, and there was a leaf that looked like a specimen inside, Donald looked over and over, his own pocket watch was bought with 2 shillings, it had long been worn out of shape, and he had never had a chance to change it, but he didn't expect to see a piece of it 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 looked at the pocket watch and the position it had placed before and said, in his opinion, this pocket watch is not inlaid with gold and silver, so it is naturally not expensive.

"5 shillings? I bought it, looking for money. ”

Donald blinked, directly took out 1 gold pound and threw it on the counter, this is a big bargain, although this pocket watch has no gold and silver accessories, but the leaf specimen alone, it is actually worth 1 gold pound, and then thought of what the store manager just said, and whispered to himself,

"The people of the village sold it to the shopkeeper? This is not like an object that the farmer has changed. ”

"How many of them are a few outsiders who have just arrived in the village?"

Someone asked at the door, and Donald turned his head to see a gentleman in a brown coat and a silk top hat.

"Is there something wrong?"

Donald asked back.

"The village chief wants to meet you, I wonder if you are free?"

"Oh?"

The village chief wants to see them...... Do what?