Chapter 33 Rules for going out
"Brother Da'an, is Brother Da'an at home?"
In front of an earthen house, Lu Qing shouted.
"Who, who is calling me?" A tall figure ran out of the house. When he saw Lu Qing, he was immediately surprised, "It's you, Ah Qing, what do you want from me?"
"Who is it, Da'an?"
Before Lu Qing could answer, an old voice came out, and an old man grabbed a bamboo pipe and walked out of the house.
"Grandpa, it's Ah Qing who's here!" Wang Da'an shouted directly.
"Grandpa Wang." Lu Qing said hello to the old man.
"Hey, it's Ah Qing, come on, come on, come into the house and sit down."
The old man was also surprised when he saw Lu Qing and wanted to take him into the house to drink water.
"No, Grandpa Wang, I have something to see Brother Da'an, so I won't come into the house to disturb you." Lu Qing declined quickly.
"By the way, what do you want from me?" Wang Daan asked.
"I want to go to the market. Last time, brother Da'an said, if I want to go to the market, I have to come to you. There are some rules that I need to know."
"You want to go to the market?" Wang Da'an was stunned for a moment, and then he responded, "Yes, today is the day to go to the market."
The market opens every five days, and today is exactly the fifth day since the last market.
"Ah Qing, what are you going to do in Daji? Selling fish?" Wang Daan asked.
"I'm not in a hurry to sell the fish. I want to go to the market to take a look first, understand the situation, and buy something on the way."
"I don't have a problem with that. It's just that Grandpa Gang wants to ask me to hunt pigweed." Wang Daan scratched his head.
Grandpa Wang took two puffs of cigarette and said: "In this case, Da'an, you should take Ah Qing for a trip. He is now the head of the family, and he should know the rules of going out."
"Okay, Grandpa, don't worry, I will definitely teach Ah Qing!" Wang Da'an said happily.
He was very happy to be able to stop hunting hogweed. That life was so boring.
"Let's go, Ah Qing, we'll talk on the road."
Wang Da'an pulled Lu Qing and walked out.
At the entrance of the village, Wang Daan pointed to a big tree at the entrance of the village.
h said: "Ah Qing, the first rule when going out to the market is here."
h "Here?" Lu Qing looked at the big tree, a little confused.
Of course he knew about this big tree. The tree was not very tall, but it was very strong, with lush branches and leaves, and a trunk so thick that it would take several people to hug it.
It looks a bit like the banyan tree in the previous life.
And this big tree seems to be quite important.
Not only do people usually smoke incense, but the children in the village are warned from an early age that they are strictly prohibited from playing nearby, and they are not allowed to climb.
If someone is caught violating the prohibition, he or she will be beaten, even if it is more serious, he will be forced to kneel in the ancestral hall with an empty stomach.
So the children in the village stayed away from this big tree and would rather play in the mud elsewhere than dare to play on it.
However, in his memory, he could not find the real purpose of this big tree. He only thought that it was to worship gods and pray for peace.
Now listening to Brother Da'an's opinion, it seems that there is another purpose?
"Yes, this big tree is the sacred tree of our village, and it is also the tree of faith. Everyone in the village who goes out to do errands, whether they are going to the market or going to the city, must leave a mark here to show their whereabouts."
"In this case, if someone does not return in time, the village can still know his whereabouts based on the mark he left."
"This big tree actually has such a use?" Lu Qing was surprised.
He really didn't expect that the big tree that the original owner was afraid of in his memory had such an origin.
"Then how to leave a mark on it?" Lu Qing asked.
"Here."
Wang Da'an stepped forward and lifted up a stone slab under the tree.
When I came back, I already had two red ropes in my hand.
Wang Daan handed one of the red ropes to Lu Qing, pointed at the tree and said:
"Have you seen the old branches on the sacred tree? The ones on the left represent the gathering, the ones in the middle represent the city, and the ones on the right represent other distant doors."
"Just take off the red rope when you come back."
"Is that it?" Lu Qing was stunned.
He thought it would be complicated, but he didn't expect it to be so simple.
"That's it, what else could it be?" Wang Da'an was a little confused.
"Don't you need to put up a sign or other signs? Otherwise, how will everyone know who has traveled far away?" Lu Qing asked.
"Why hang up the sign?" Wang Daan was even more confused.
"You can write your name on the sign..."
Lu Qing suddenly came to his senses when he said this.
He had forgotten that most of the people in the village were illiterate.
Sure enough, Wang Daan grinned when he heard this.
"You think we are all like Ah Qing, who knows so many words, who can write his own name?"
"And there is no need to bother, the village is so big, if you see that the red rope has not been taken off, just ask in the village and you will know who has not come back."
Lu Qing thought the same.
It was because he couldn't turn his head around for a while, thinking that this place was still the same as in his previous life, and that he could travel far away casually.
In fact, in an ancient world like this, villagers were very cautious about going out.
I will not go out at will unless necessary.
Some villagers may have never traveled far in their lives.
Children are strictly prohibited from running outside.
Under such circumstances, in fact, not many people usually leave the village, so it really doesn’t have to be that troublesome.
However, Lu Qing also understood why everyone usually burned incense under this tree.
I think besides worshiping gods, what the villagers pray for more is the safety of those who go out.
"Here, let me tie it for you."
Wang Da'an tied two red ropes to the branches on the left.
"In addition, there is a rule in the village. The big market is not far from our village. If you want to go there, you can go alone, as long as you tie a red rope here."
"But if you go to the city or farther away, at least two people should go out, so that they can take care of each other."
"If no one from our village wants to go to the city, you can call to the next village to see if anyone wants to go with you. The rules for going out in our villages are similar."
"Going to the city is no better than going to a big market. Only with more people can we take care of each other."
"Brother Da'an, is the road to the city dangerous?" Lu Qing couldn't help but ask after hearing these rules.
Wang Da settled down for a moment and then said: "I can't say it's dangerous. Fortunately, the road has been quite peaceful these past few years. But I heard from my grandfather that bandits appeared on the road before, and someone in the next village was arrested. It took several years before he escaped back."
"Originally, everyone thought he had died outside. It was only after he escaped back that they found out that he had been captured by the bandits."
"However, it is said that the bandits were later exterminated by the county lord and the city lord, so peace was restored on the road."
"It was also from that time that our villages gradually established the current rules for going out."
Bandits!
Lu Qing was shocked.
Sure enough, the world is not as peaceful as he thought.
Similarly, the word "County Master" also made him somewhat concerned.
However, Lu Qing did not ask in detail. The days were still long, so he could ask more slowly in the future.
Tell Lu Qing clearly the rules for leaving the village and tie the red rope.
Wang Daan then took Lu Qing towards the direction of the gathering.
(End of this chapter)
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