Chapter 305: The Patriarch's Explanation
PS: PS: Two more on the weekend, the second is to promise to give a deep and profound addition, it's been a long time, sorry.
The unit organizes a tour, my cat codes words at home, and there are a few chapters to save the manuscript, which is not easy. In fact, the ideal state is to have about five chapters to save the manuscript.,So some things that are not satisfied can be modified.,I was not satisfied with two chapters a while ago.,But I don't want to break the update.,So I sent it.。 Let's have time to revise it.
Readers who follow the book may find that I often say that I don't have time, and that time is tight. That's because it's a bit difficult to work overtime a lot, be an amateur author, and write something that at least you're happy with.
Thank you all for not leaving! ――
"I already know, it's a misunderstanding." The man sitting in front of the window spoke lightly, gesturing to the rattan chairs on either side of the table. "You may be seated."
The room is very well lit, and you won't be unable to see each other's faces clearly because of the backlight. His hair was completely white, and a bun of white hair appeared on top of the black bun, and his hair glowed bright silver in the rising sun. It looks shiny, not dry at all, and dense.
It dawned on me that many of the men in the stockade had long hair tied up, including the two guides who entered the underground cave. I have the impression that only the Hakka who showed us the way just now has short hair. This is really a strange people with a rather ancient style. At first, I thought that the two Hakka people had a rock and roll style.
The man had a dark complexion and deep lines on his forehead and at the corners of his eyes, as if they had been caused by years of exposure to the wind and sun. The two eyes are not large. But it shines with light, and there is no cloudiness that usually old people have. Dressed in traditional Hakka loose clothes.
He gently picked up the teapot and poured water for me and the fat man, and his hands were thin, bony and powerful.
The Hakka people who led the way did not enter the house, and after we entered the house, the door was closed. I didn't hear him coming downstairs. It should be outside the door.
"My name is Wu Weize, and I am the patriarch here. The babies in the village call me Wu Bo, my age... You don't suffer to be called that. The old man said, putting two cups of tea in front of me and the fat man.
I let out a good-natured "Wu Bo" and sat down to pick up my teacup.
The fat man sat down with a smile. "Misunderstanding? Then this misunderstanding is too big, and the loss is mine, if it is him. The fat man gestured to me with his chin. I'm afraid I won't have the head to drink tea with you. ”
My face changed when I heard this. It seems that things are not as frivolous as the fat man initially said. He just said that the other party did it, and it seemed that he was going to die, which I didn't expect. At the same time my foot was stepped on. It's fat, and he's about to break my toes.
I couldn't have a seizure in front of an outsider, but I knew what he meant right away, and his eyes were on the cup in my hand. Remind me that I don't need to exert so much force.
"I've punished them both. And I know that some of your words have angered them, and we have some things that are taboo here. Didn't you also break one of the Luo family's kids' arms? It is better to settle the dispute than to settle it, and let it pass when the matter has passed. ”
The fat man didn't say anything, but the smile on his face was neither yin nor yang.
No wonder in the underground cave, the fat man only instructed a Hakka to climb up and down. It turned out that the other one had broken his arm. But that Hakka is also tolerant enough, I didn't see it all the way.
"Wu Bo. You are the patriarch here, how can you have another surname here. I asked, breaking the tension and dullness. Put down the cup in your hand.
"Hehe, we had ten surnames here at its peak. Now it is in decline, and there are only five surnames. I, the patriarch, was elected by five families. ”
"So, this village is very old?"
"So to speak. Recorded history dates back to the Tang Dynasty. At that time, there are records of the activities of our ancestors. ”
History records that the Hakka people migrated south five times, according to Wu Bo. Then this village should be established at the latest when the Hakka people moved south for the second time, that is, when Huangchao raised troops at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the world was in chaos.
It is not difficult to build a stockade here, but to build a huge underground water storage facility here is simply impossible for ten households. Although I'm in an underground cave. There were no traces of human processing along the way, but there were on the road that the Hakka people took me on. The entrance to the underground river is even more obviously a man-made facility.
I had a cryptic smile on my face. I'm telling him that your lies are too superficial and too unconvincing.
Wu Bo smiled and said: "It seems that Mr. Zhang is quite puzzled, the Tang family girl said that you have some questions to ask, and I will answer them all for you today." ”
I didn't have the heart to laugh with him. "According to you, you originally settled here with ten surnames, so how many people did you have with ten surnames? The stalactite cave in the ground can be explained as a natural formation, but what about the entrance? I'm not talking about the entrance to the stockade, but to the swamp that resembles a whirlpool of sinkholes, and the aqueducts around it. Can you do this with your ten surnames? ”
"Naturally, we can't. But who told you we did it? Wu Bo's emaciated fingers tapped lightly on the table. Our Hakka ancestors came here to escape the war, but in fact, there are many old and weak women and children, how can it be possible to implement such a big project. ”
Speaking of which, Wu Bo looked up at me, and then at the fat man. "When our ancestors came here, that sinkhole existed. We don't know why the sinkhole exists, and it's a mystery to us who built this massive project. ”
I can accept this explanation, because I can't believe that they can do this thing. But I still had a lot to ask, and I habitually leaned forward, hoping to give him a little pressure. I don't know if it's going to work, he gives me the impression that he's too unhurried.
"But your people go down often. Why? ”
Wu Bo nodded, but his face became serious. "When our ancestors came here, it was a barren land."
"And now, too." The fat man interjected lazily.
I glared at the fat man and reached out to step on his foot, but it was not enough. It seems that he has a premonition and retracts his feet.
Wu Bo just shook his head abruptly. "Mr. Song is right. The two of you can imagine how difficult it was back then. This place is full of miasma, wild beasts, and strange insects, and the only good thing is that there is no war. In search of food, our ancestors entered the underground cave from the sinkhole during a dry season, killed several monsters, and solved the problem of food and clothing at that time.
After that, this underground cave has become the reliance of our Hakka people to survive the famine, there are fish in the water, and there are beasts on the ground, which is the blessed land of the cave given to us by Haotian. This custom continues to this day, and every year of the Great Wilderness, my people will go underground to hunt. The hole you came out of was dug by our Hakka people. ”
I looked at the fat man, and I could tell in his eyes that I didn't believe it. Frankly, I don't believe what Wu Bo said, but what he said was reasonable and seemed to be unassailable.
"Why let Tang Yu be silent, it is enough for two men to be guides. I don't believe that she's the only one who knows the way. After a short pause, I threw up a second question.
"Huh." Wu Bo smiled calmly, without the slightest expression of embarrassment. "The girl of the Tang family has a special ability, and she should be a great contributor to your ability to come back safely."
The fat man suddenly exclaimed, "She's a tailwind?" ”
When I heard it, it broke. (To be continued......)