"The old mother in the grave basically did not die when the tomb was sealed. However, because he couldn't come out, he would be suffocated and starved to death inside. ”

"How can there be such a rule?"

"It's a loss of conscience!"

"Those villagers, pigs and dogs are not as good!"

……

When the villagers heard this, they were filled with righteous indignation and indignation.

"Born as a human being, you must respect filial piety, this kind of rule that loses all human morality, where is there any filial piety at all?" The old patriarch muttered.

"It's not just that there is no filial piety, it's just a thing of animals." The second elder said.

"Brutes can't do such a thing." The elders of the three rooms said.

The Chinese people pay the most attention to filial piety, but the example that Qin Yu told them completely subverted the filial piety they obeyed in their bones. Even, subverted what they thought was the basic norms of being a human being.

"Mr. Qin, this kind of thing can't be true, right?" Zhu Yingrao asked in a trembling voice.

"Sir, such a rule sounds terrible, please don't say it." Lu Qing said.

"How can they do this, the grace of their parents, the birth and nurturing of their parents, is the greatest kindness in the world?" Xu Miaojin said.

"How can there be such a thing?" Zhu Biao couldn't understand it in his heart, "It's too dark." ”

"However, what I said is real, but it happened in the Wa Kingdom." Qin Yu Zhengse said, "This story comes from Yasunari Kawabata, who describes the real history of his hometown. ”

"Yasunari Kawabata often said that literature is not a tool to celebrate, but to expose."

"Folks, do you think that such rules are dark?" Qin Yu asked.

"It's too dark!" The crowd said, "It's scary. ”

"There is a bright side to the world, and there is a dark side." Qin Yu sighed, "Human nature is the same, there is the light of the sun shining on the earth, and there are hundreds of ghosts in hell walking at night. ”

"Fellow villagers, the two villages of the Wa Kingdom, the two rules left by their ancestors. It seems to subvert human morality, but it is also for the survival and reproduction of future generations. Qin Yu said, "Because the people in their village are so poor, the poor can't afford to eat, and they want to starve to death." So they had to let the old die and leave food for a child and a young man who could work. ”

"One poor word can explain it all."

"The reason why they set those two rules is exactly the same as the reason why Lujia Village left the rules of the sinking pond." Qin Yu said, "It's all for the sake of the race, so that it can reproduce better." ”

"In nature, when a female mantis and a male mantis mate, the female mantis eats the male. The black fish is known as the most filial fish because the small fish swim into the mouth of the female when the female is unable to feed. ”

"These phenomena are not actually for the female mantis to be vicious and the mullet to be filial, but for the survival and reproduction of the population."

"Not bad, not bad!" The crowd listened and nodded.

Qin Yu took animals as examples, and even more talked about them in their hearts, making them feel more convincing, because the idea of 'Taoism is natural' and 'the unity of heaven and man' is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"In our opinion, the old rule of the Wa Kingdom is to lose all conscience, and there is no heavenly reason and human ethics. However, in their eyes, the rules of sinking young women into the pond are not unthinkable. Qin Yu sighed, "Because they feel that young women have the ability to have children, have the ability to work, and can contribute to the reproduction of the race." ”

The crowd listened and couldn't help but fall silent.

"These rules are all for the sake of the clan's better continuity. The premise is that it is too poor, and it is not conducive to the continuation of the race if someone violates it. Qin Yu said, "But now, our Lujia Village no longer worries about food and clothing, why should we keep these outdated customs?" With the current situation in Lujia Village, men shouldn't worry about finding a daughter-in-law, right? ”

"Since we all have money, why should we be afraid of a daughter-in-law remarrying, afraid of a widow remarrying?"

When the blind mother-in-law heard this, her heart trembled. Qin Yu's words simply spoke to her heart. It was because she didn't worry about food and clothing that she found out in her conscience and allowed Xiaoxiao to be free.

"So why don't we be a little more generous and let Xiaoxiao and the people she likes be free to be together? With the benefits of Lujiacun's current perfume manufacturing workshop, her mother-in-law can be completely free of food and clothing. ”

"Mr. Qin is right!" When the crowd heard this, they all nodded.

"Therefore, I think women should be given freedom and not afraid that they will remarry. The men in our Lujia Village have this self-confidence, even if the woman runs away, she is not afraid of not finding her daughter-in-law. ”

"And the women of Lujia Village, if the men are not good to you and are abusive, you can also leave them." Qin Yu said, "If the husband and wife do not have the same views, it is not happy to be reluctant to be together." ”

"Marriage is a lifelong thing, and an unhappy marriage is not a victim of one party, but a lifetime of unhappiness for both parties."

"We can't use the rules set by our ancestors when they didn't have enough to eat, don't have enough clothing, and even starved to death, to restrain the people who live a rich life now. Because now that we're rich, we don't need the old rules. ”

"The rules set by our ancestors before were for our good, but now we don't need them. Because we have better rules, which are tolerance, equality, and complete freedom. ”

"So please let Xiaoxiao go and give her freedom."

……

When the villagers heard this, they all fell silent.

Although what Qin Yu said was very reasonable, it also moved them.

But the deep-rooted and corrupt concepts have been deeply rooted in their bone marrow, especially the three village elders, who are unwilling to bear the responsibility of violating the rules of their ancestors. No one wants to take that head and break the rules of the ancestors.

"Okay." Seeing this, Qin Yu sighed, "The ancient rules can only be broken with blood and life. ”

"Since this is the case, then let me and Xiaoxiao go up the knife mountain together, go down to the sea of fire, and then jump off the cliff of the back mountain together. Jumping off the cliff in the back mountain will definitely die, so let me and Xiaoxiao's blood to warn you. ”

"Although I have allowed you to be fed, clothed, and live in a big house, you don't have to feel uneasy at all because of this, because you are obeying the rules of your ancestors, and there is nothing wrong with you."

"In addition, after I die, please bury me in the highest place in the village, so that I can see the prosperity of the villagers in the future."

After speaking, he puffed up his chest and looked at the entire Lujia Village. There is quite a kind of compassion and compassion, and the appearance of dying with indignation.

"Sir, don't ......" Several girls in the class were moved to tears when they heard this, and some even cried in a low voice.

"Don't let Mr. jump off a cliff!" The women shouted excitedly, "Whoever of you dares to touch the sir, step over our corpses." ”