557. Stubborn system
The Saman family belonged to the fourth class of Shudras, otherwise they would not have lived in a tin house in the slums, and the work they could do was not very good, it was all heavy and bad work.
For example, sweeping the streets when it is hot enough to fry eggs, slaughtering livestock in a smelly slaughterhouse, and working as a dangerous construction worker in a sandy construction site.
There are four major divisions in the caste system, the first is Brahmin, the sacrificial and the like, which is the kind that moves the mouth. The second level is the Kshatriya, the warrior, the soldier, etc., who is said to be the person who does it.
The third is Vaishyas, commoners, merchants, and manual laborers, who are those who move their legs. The fourth is the lower level of the Shudra, and can only be servants, that is, those who are trampled underfoot.
In addition, there is a type of person who is not even a human being, called an untouchable person, who can only be used to clean toilets, collect carcasses, slaughter animals, etc., and they must move out of the sight of other people. These people are hereditary, passed down from generation to generation, and cannot intermarry with each other.
Although the law stipulates that all people are equal, the caste system has been ingrained in the blood of Indians for more than 2,000 years, and how can it be abolished by a single law?
Fortunately in the city, the elders in the countryside still follow the rules perfectly, and they will be ruthless when they violate the caste system, which is why it is often the news that young girls elopement are caught and executed.
Also, the caste system is only common in Hinduism, and Christianity and Green Religion are not recognized, which is also a big reason for religion/conflict, and Chennai happens to be the domain of Hinduism.
Even Saman, who had attended middle school, saw that the beater was a white-skinned Vaishya, and the anger in his heart almost dissipated.
Sometimes he is glad that his family is not the last untouchable person, otherwise he would live forever in the garbage heap and become the object of everyone's avoidance. Even demographics don't count those who are untouchable.
"Why, if I don't stop, you dare to hit me?" The middle-aged woman shouted smugly when she saw the dark skin of the South Asian race in Saman, and kicked the poor woman on the ground as she spoke.
Stared at by dozens of eyes. Saman frowned and didn't speak, and directly pulled the dusty mother up from the ground: "Let's go, I'll send you home to rest first, and then come to fetch water." Shahrukh. Here we go. ”
"Bring our buckets and be at the fire truck." The two brothers' mothers had many bruise-purple marks on their faces, the corners of their mouths were swollen high, and some blood was flowing. However, she did not have the slightest idea of seeing her son arrive and then retaliating.
"Mom. It doesn't matter to you, right? Shah Rukh hugged his mother's leg and cried with a wrinkle on his little face.
The three of them were about to squeeze through the crowd and take the bucket and leave, but the middle-aged woman of the Vaishyas class did not want to let go, and rushed to them and screamed, "You lowly fellows, disappear from my eyes, and I never want to see you again." ”
The anger in Saman's heart had almost dissipated, but he was stimulated by such insults and rose again, exuding a hint of danger all over his body. He fought monsters in World of Warcraft and almost died. When confronted with a problem, it is natural to think of using force to solve the problem.
He hadn't even noticed this kind of change himself, and if he had changed to before, it was very likely that he would extinguish the fire at the first moment of anger, and it would not have allowed anger to really generate.
"Don't! Let's hurry home. Put the bucket here first, and come back later. The woman who was being held saw the anger in Samander's eyes, and hurriedly grabbed his arm and pulled him forward.
After walking more than 20 meters, the mother of the two brothers repented and told Shah Rukh to get the bucket: "You go and bring our two buckets, with the names of our family written on them." ”
Shah Rukh walked along the long line of buckets with his little feet. Look at them one by one.
Seeing that his mother's face was full of worry, Saman pretended to be happy and said, "By the way, I have become a superpower, and our family will soon be able to move out of the slums." I moved to the Sunshine Community. The house there has a cistern, and you don't have to fetch water anymore. ”
"You're not talking in a dream, the house in the Sunshine Community is too expensive, and our family can't afford it. Also, most of the people there are Vaishyas, even the Shichati, and it's not where we should live. ”
Saman was amazed to see his mother. knew that she didn't pay attention to the first sentence, and said: "I've become a superpower, as long as I register on the government website, there will be a lot of companies hiring me immediately, and the house in the Sunshine Community is not a problem at all." If you don't believe me, just wait for Daddy to come back and ask him. ”
At this time, an angry curse came from the fire truck that was queuing up to fetch water: "Kill you, didn't you just tell you to roll away, and now it's popping out again!" ”
"Brother, Mom, come on!"
Then Shahrukh's cry drifted over and into Samander's ears. He looked over and saw that the Vaishyya woman was kicking Shah Rukh with her foot, and by the way, she had dumped several buckets of water on the ground and wasted them.
Syllable! This time, Samar could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, broke free from his mother's pull, ran over and pulled Shah Rukh up from the ground, and slapped the Vaishya woman in the face.
"You dare to beat me, you cheap bastard actually dare to beat the barkers, it's really amazing! Everyone is watching, come and teach him how to be a Shudra. The middle-aged woman screamed loudly and shouted at the crowd of onlookers.
"Young man, you have to know the identity of your Shudra, quickly kowtow and apologize and pay a lot of money, maybe the Vaishyas will forgive you."
"You Shudra dare to beat Vaishyas, you really did your own death, violating the sacred rules, then don't blame us for teaching you a lesson."
"Ah, kid, you're really in trouble, hurry up and hold your head so that no one will be killed." When the mother of the two brothers saw what Saman had done, instead of being happy that her youngest son Shah Rukh had been rescued, she told her eldest son not to fight back.
Saman looked at his right hand blankly, and he didn't believe that he had just used this hand to hit a Vaishya, although he was only a little nobler than the Shudra, but since he was a child, he only had a friend of the Sudra, and he never dared to imagine that one day he would hit the high caste with his hand.
In his dazed, shocked, motionless appearance seemed to others to be frightened, so when he beckoned to him with his fists and feet one by one, he did not fight back immediately.
Bang bang! A series of fists and slippers hit Saman's body, and he was knocked to the ground without paying attention, and his hands forgot to hold his head in obedience, and he was hit several times on the skull. (To be continued.) )