Chapter Ninety-One: The Mountain Village on Cangyue Island
Seeing He Ming leave the village like a child, Ye Zilan tied up her hair, took care of her appearance a little and went out, she entered the village in the dark yesterday, and she didn't know anything about the appearance and interior of this village, but the first impression felt very abnormal, so she walked around the village slowly after going out, and took a look first.
At first glance, the houses here are made of wooden beams and solid bricks, although the exterior decoration is very modest, and it is not as good as Beechcraft's brick-burning technique.
But the tall and sturdy trees on the island, combined with the masonry that doesn't cut corners, make the houses here extremely sturdy, and look very secure, even if the wind and waves are blowing.
Yesterday from the distance on the hillside, I don't know the size of this village, but now it seems that it is even larger than expected, with more than a thousand houses, and according to the number of people here, the population should be several thousand.
As Ima said, everyone in the village is working, and everyone is working hard, and everywhere is filled with high fighting spirit, as if they are afraid that they will contribute less than others, and exert their strength in the strong working atmosphere.
Whether it's weaving, carpentry, fetching water, chopping wood, blacksmithing, or building, it's a group of people who are busy with passion, and all of them are women with peugeot faces and strong bodies.
There are also girls who are not adults, and they are also busy, doing what they can, handling prey, sorting forage, feeding livestock and making food.
I walked around the village and didn't see a single man.
With serious surprise and a sense of disobedience, Ye Zilan planned to find someone to ask what the situation was in this village, but they had all walked around the village and had never seen a single idler. Seeing that those people are in full swing, no one will pay attention to her even if she asks.
Just as he was wondering, five guards in armor and heroic posture walked towards the entrance of the village, and after noticing them, Ye Zilan thought about them and followed them not far away.
Sure enough, as Ye Zilan expected, they went to the entrance of the village to change the guard, and the guards who were replaced were theoretically not so busy, and they might get an answer if they asked.
The guards who were changing the guard and resting really walked in a much more casual manner, and even chatted a few words from time to time, which was much more relaxed than when they went out to take over the guard, so Ye Zilan walked directly towards them.
"Hello, honorable guard, I am the lucky one who was shipwrecked yesterday and was taken in by the village. I don't know anything about this place, so can I ask you if there's anything I need to pay attention to here? Ye Zilan whispered to them very politely.
"Hey, sure enough, the people outside are just not happy! It's so troublesome to say! Sophia, you talk a lot, take her around the village chief, and remember to come back before dinner! The guard in the middle shouted rudely.
Then Sophia walked towards Ye Zilan, and the other guards walked towards the village without looking back.
Sophia's appearance and figure are softer than those female men, and the painting style of the whole village is a little different, she saluted Ye Zilan politely and said:
"Welcome to Cangyue Village, I am the guard of Sophia here, and there should be some differences between this place and the rumored outside world, so please allow me to take you on a tour of the village and introduce you to this place by the way."
Ye Zilan was really overjoyed when she heard these words, but she didn't show it, saluted Sophia, and then followed her and whispered: "Then I have you, it's just that my injury is not healed, I am very weak, and I can't walk fast." ”
Sophia said, "No problem, just follow me slowly, so that I can introduce you more clearly." ”
After speaking, she really led the way in front and led Ye Zilan to visit Cangyue Village. She said:
"Our ancestors have lived in this small village for generations, and the whole island is full of treasures that are inexhaustible. Legend has it that our ancestors came to the island when they were shipwrecked, so we spared no effort to help those who were shipwrecked.
Ye Zilan said: "Although your accents are different, the words and language are very similar to those of Beach Province, and I think your ancestors should also be from Beach Province." ”
Sophia said: "Then I don't know, those ancestors who can encounter shipwrecks are eighty percent fishermen, and it is very powerful to have people who can leave words, how can there be so much spare time to record these!" ”
Regarding this conclusion, Ye Zilan nodded in surprise and responded: "That's what I said." ”
Sophia said, "You see, our village is protected by a ring of rocky mountains, and there is rarely a dangerous invasion, except for a gap in this direction, so the village has set up a post in this place. ”
Afterwards entering the village, Sophia continued: "Because the whole island has limited supplies, it is easy for people to go hungry if there is waste, and after several extremely difficult days in the past, the work in our village was arranged by the captain of the guard. ”
Ye Zilan said: "The captain of the guard is your leader?" ”
Sophia said, "Suffice it to say, as a security captain, she must be born with divine powers. Because the girls in the village are raised until they are eight years old, they will receive special guidance, and then grow up according to the talents they express, and then cultivate different talents according to the talents they express.
"Like we are born warriors, that is, children are especially capable of fighting, haha. The captain of the guard is carefully selected, not only has the force to protect the village, but also has a particularly selfless personality, and can reasonably arrange all the people in the village.
"That is to say, how many people are farming, how many people are building houses, how many people are collecting firewood, and how many people are needed for carpentry, all of them are reasonably arranged by the captain of the guard according to the total number of our village chiefs, because they are selected from an early age, and each generation has arranged them properly.
"And those who do that kind of work, according to the overall performance to determine how much they contribute, the total contribution points are calculated. Each person is then assigned according to their performance. Of course, the worst can at least support themselves, but no one in Cangyue Village can tolerate that they are weaker than others! ”
Then they walked to the place where the little girls were working.
"You see, these children are preparing for the preparation of food, and the food in the village, regardless of the source, is first gathered, then processed and made uniformly, and then distributed reasonably according to performance, because in this way, the food that was once scarce for hundreds of years will now have a surplus every year, and this is all due to the captain of the guard."
What good food can a child make? No wonder the bread can be baked like that! Ye Zilan said with doubts: "It's all girls, aren't there any boys in the village?" ”
Sophia snorted and said, "Why, if there are girls, there must be boys." Why do you ask such a strange question? ”
Ye Zilan said: "Then why didn't I see your men working? ”
"Hahaha, man! So what can a weak thing do? What else can they do besides doing some chores and bringing their children to the age of eight? You can take off your skin in the sun, and you can only be kept at home without going out. ”
Ye Zilan smiled dumbly, but still asked calmly: "They are all so weak, so why are you raising them?" Isn't it a waste of food? ”
Sophia tilted her head and leaned closer to her, and said with a strange smile:
"Where, it's still useful, hehehe. The amount of food distributed by the people in the village varies according to their ability to work, and those who have the ability can afford to support several. But those men are so weak, and we have a hard time getting pregnant! If you get pregnant here, you will be raised by the village until the child is one year old. ”
Her expression directly made Ye Zilan's hair stand on end, and she hurriedly put aside the topic: "That, in the room assigned to me, there is only a bed and a table, and some of them can't live, how should I get other living utensils in the village?" ”
Sophia continued to tilt her head and said: "Oh, the people in the village will bring all kinds of utensils when they get a new house, to be honest, there have been no outsiders in the village for at least a hundred years, and we also know about the troubles and verbosity of outsiders from the legends of our ancestors. ”
Ye Zilan said: "Then let's get used to it for a while, thank you very much for your introduction, I know the general situation." Although she was surprised by the village's well-developed management system, she didn't want to continue to listen to these ruinous customs.
Sophia said, "Okay, then I'll go back to camp, but I can't live without furniture." You've just arrived, and you haven't done any work, and you haven't contributed anything to change furniture. Why don't you ask Ima, our village won't let anyone fail to live. ”
Seeing that Sophia, whose painting style was quite different from most women in Cangyue Village, waved her hand at her, and left without looking back, Ye Zilan lowered her head and began to think about the information she had obtained.
The people of this island are supposed to have floated from the ancient Beach, for unknown reasons, the women here are strong and intimidating, while the men have become extremely weak.
Because of this, men have no status here at all, they are almost like pets. She suddenly thought that she was fortunate to be there, otherwise the weak He Ming would really be similar to entering the cannibal village when he arrived at this place.
The fertility rate of this village is very low, and pregnancy is a rare thing, so under such a harmonious and perfect system, life has multiplied for so many generations, and the population of the island is still so small, that the size of the village is still small enough to be protected by this crater.
No matter what happens, Ima still has to go there, and if he doesn't even have a basin or bucket, how can he live? Now she can't leave the island immediately, so she still walks towards Ima's house, in her opinion, Ima is not a big deal, isn't it just a contribution point?