Chapter 36 Tang Monk Meat
After some communication, the villagers of the village also accepted the reality, and went down the mountain one by one in despair, accompanied by me.
Yes, I didn't stay on the mountain, I was more interested in what the old Miao man said just now than how to break the ground.
I don't think he's alarmist, because my compass is really out of order.
Compared with the birthplace of traditional Han culture in the Central Plains, Jiangnan and other prosperous places, southern Sichuan is definitely a relatively special place.
Since ancient times, it has been a dangerous place, wild and remote, inconvenient transportation, such terrain, and the ethnic composition is also very complex.
In addition to the Han and Miao families, there are also some ethnic minorities such as Tu, Yao, Uyghur~Wu~Er, etc.
Isolated from the prosperity of commerce in a difficult natural environment, these ethnic minorities are fighting for more resources to survive in order to support their families and clansmen, and they all advocate force and take pride in violence.
Historically, this statement is indeed true, and in southern Sichuan and other places, there are either arrogant soldiers or bandit mobs.
And among these arrogant soldiers, the most difficult to manage, the most disobedient is the Miao people!
In recent years, with the construction of highways getting better and better, and the business atmosphere is getting better and better, many young children of other nationalities have walked out of the mountains without hesitation and embraced a new life.
The exception is the Hmong, who do not like to interact with people of other nationalities, especially the older generation.
And if I hadn't saved the beaten old man just now, they probably wouldn't have said a word to me, let alone invited me to their village.
Since I can only understand the Hmong language, but I don't know how to speak it, the communication between me and the old man is also very difficult, and usually when he says a word, I have to think for a while to fully understand what he means.
And this chat, we talked all night.
It was also after this night that I made a decision, that is, I would not do this job, even if I was spitting out the money.
For I heard from the old man a story that frightened me, and it seemed to me that it was most likely not a legend............
It is said that 60 years ago, the Miao village ushered in a catastrophe, and the villagers in the village all contracted a strange disease.
Young people in good health can resist the first antibody, while some elderly people die violently after barely a week.
After reporting to the official, the upper echelons also sent a doctor over, but they were powerless, and surprisingly, there was nothing wrong in the Yao village downstream.
For this reason, a large-scale fire broke out between Miao Yao's two villages, with countless casualties, and finally it was the upper class who came forward to adjust, which calmed down this endless fight.
And what is the method of adjustment?
It was to marry the two clans, although it seems a little too naïve now, but at the time, there was no way to do it.
In the end, the Yao sent a young man to marry the Miao.
This young man of the Yao nationality is surnamed Hong, he is clean, diligent in his work, and has no temper, and he has been accepted by the Miao people for many years!
But it is just to accept it, and it does not treat him as an equal Miao partner.
After a few more years, the life of this son-in-law of Xiaohong has changed a lot, at least he will not be abused and abused for no reason, because he filled in two men for the Miao people.
At this time, Xiao Hong relied on himself as the patriarch's son-in-law, and he didn't work as diligently as before, he was often lazy and drunk, and the patriarch didn't pay attention to Xiao Hong for the sake of his two grandsons.
Then, a few years later, disaster struck again.
The villagers in the village have the same condition as before, and it is much more serious than the last time.
Vomiting, fever, profusely diarrhea, convulsions, coma, until death.
For a while, people in the village were panicked.
It was also at this juncture that an even more tragic tragedy occurred.
It has been recorded since ancient times that the Miao people have maintained the inherent traditions of these ethnic groups, such as insisting that they are the descendants of the god and man Chiyou, and they also advocate witchcraft.
Nowadays people go to the hospital when they are sick, but at that time, these old people believed more in the water that the gods had given them.
To bear this mental and physical pain, they need a sustenance and comfort, and at this time, Xiao Hong stood up.
He claimed to be the reincarnation of Tang Sanzang, and was sent to the Miao by the Yao people to save the Miao people.
At first, everyone just farted him, and no one believed it, but when Xiao Hong fed the runic water he made to his father-in-law, the patriarch was indeed miraculously better!
No one knows how this Xiao Hong did it, but his reputation did start and reversed his down-and-out fate.
Of course, there are also Miao people who do not recognize Xiao Hong, thinking that this is just a means of the patriarch, and they want to take the opportunity to make money, so they and their sons-in-law perform a play together for everyone to see.
But no matter what others say, an effect is an effect.
For a while, Xiao Hong, who had been bullied for most of his life, was like a fish in water, with unlimited scenery, and he lived a good life for three or four years.
Until the end of 1970, ice famine and famine appeared, and the good life of this son-in-law, known as the reincarnated immortal, was over!
If you are sick, the rune water may really have an effect, but can you starve and freeze and drink the rune water will work? Apparently not!
As a result, there is a saying among the villagers, that is, this Xiaohong must have some ability, but this disaster is too powerful, someone has placed a desperate cup, to destroy their Miao people, if you want to solve it, you can't do it with spells and spells alone.
So how to solve it?
Doesn't Xiao Hongge often say that he is the reincarnation of Tang Sanzang? Well, everyone knows that you can live forever by eating Tang monk meat, so eat Xiao Hongbei!
When this statement first came out, not many people thought about it.
But you must know that human nature cannot stand the test, let alone be bound.
When more and more people died, the desperate Miao people finally let go of all their concerns, and in the house of an old patriarch, the villagers got together and quietly held a meeting, a meeting for Xiaohong.
At first, the old patriarch was strongly opposed, after all, it was his son-in-law!
But for the villagers who were already desperate at the moment, it was useless for him to say anything, and some even launched a ruthless threat to the old patriarch saying that if he dared to report the news, he would be slaughtered together, even if he could not cure the disease and solve the disaster, but at least he could fill his stomach.
At this point, the old patriarch is not making a word, and he has an attitude that you can do whatever you like.
So, the Miao people picked up the firewood knives they usually hunted and dragged their son-in-law Xiaohong out of the bed, and learned about his life like killing a pig.
Every household, as long as the people who do it, have received Tang monk meat.