Soul echo

Chapter 629 The First Flight of the Chicks
"Wow! It's fish soup!"

Before the sun had completely set, Lilian and Shen Yu'er's family sat in the yard, preparing to have dinner.

Chen Yu'er's mother brought a pot of fish soup. Although Lilian didn't smell any fragrance, it was much better than dry food.

As a member of ordinary people in the Huang Kingdom, the dinner of Chen Yuer's family is very simple, just a pot of fish soup, a few wild vegetables and a bowl of rice.

Shen Yu'er's family of four sat at the table awkwardly, because compared to Lilian, they were like a heaven and an underground.

Even though Lilian had been cheerful and gentle enough, the family still felt a little nervous when facing her.

"Thank you!"

Lilian took a bowl of fish soup from Chen Yuer's mother, took a sip, and then narrowed her eyes.

The soup was bland and had no salty taste, but I don't know what Chen Yu'er's mother put in. Not only was the fish soup not fishy, ​​it even had a faint fragrance.

After taking a sip, Lilian didn't drink any more, but opened the character panel and carefully observed the status bar.

When you go out alone, you have to be more careful. Although you must not have the intention of harming others, you must also be cautious.

Of course, there is also the reason that the fish soup is boiling hot and it is really hard to drink it.

After waiting for a while, after confirming that there was no poison in the soup, Lilian picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating.

Lilian was not surprised that there was chaff in the rice. When she was in Westland, she even ate black bread with sawdust in it!
Because the rice husking technology is not developed enough, it is not surprising that some rice husks are mixed in the rice. For ordinary people, more rice husks can fill their stomachs quickly.

However, chaff cannot be digested, so when people eat, they still try to peel off the chaff as much as possible.

But now, in the bowl of rice she eats, at least one-fifth of the rice grains are still covered with husks. Looking back, even if the sky is dark, it is easy to find that Chen Yu'er's family eats worse than her. .

After discovering this, Lilian's mood that had been excited all day gradually cooled down.

After picking up a few mouthfuls of rice, you have to swallow it with fish soup, otherwise it will be difficult to swallow.

But looking at Shen Yu'er and his family, they have long been accustomed to this.

While eating this meal, Lilian couldn't help but think about the meals she ate in the government and the landlord's house before, even in the restaurant, the food was many times better than the food in Chen Yu'er's house!
Chen Yu'er's family is the most common family in the eastern land, but there are not no families that are worse than theirs, and there are even many.

When traveling on the road before, the things I came into contact with were like looking at flowers on horseback, and I didn't understand them deeply.

Until now, after having personally come into contact with the most ordinary folk life, Lilian realized the "luxury" of her previous life, and the life of ordinary people is actually the same no matter whether it is the East or the West.

Even if Dongtu is extremely powerful and can compete with the Blood God's Legion for hundreds of years, this will not change the current situation of the people's life.

If it was in the past, Lilian would never have noticed this kind of thing, but since she was with Zhong Ye and started to learn from him, she was infected by Zhong Ye, and she gradually became sensitive to these things.

Lilian ate the dinner one bite at a time, and the taste was like chewing wax.

After dinner, just into the night.

Usually at this time, Lilian should be exercising, but Chen Yu'er's house does not have lights, not only her house, but the whole village is in darkness.

Lily lay quietly on the hard plank bed, with her eyes open, staring blankly at the ceiling through the moonlight through the paper window.

She tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

There are only two bedrooms in Chen Yu'er's house, this is the room for Chen Yu'er and her younger brother to live in, now that Lilian lives here, they moved next door to sleep with their parents.

Not long after, heavy breathing came from the next door.

Lilian froze for a moment, then her face turned red, and after a while, she seemed to be thinking of something, and couldn't help but sigh.

She closed her eyes, and after an unknown amount of time, Lilian suddenly heard some small voices, and opened her eyes cautiously.

The figure came from outside the window, right behind her.

tear, tear...

——That was the sound of the paper window being torn open!
Lilian instantly reached out and grabbed the light sword beside her, drew it loudly, and pointed to the window, "Who!"

The black shadow who was tearing the paper window trembled, stopped for a moment, then turned around and ran away.

"Stop! Don't run!"

A surge of anger surged from her heart, Lilian smashed through the window and chased after her.

Her figure was like a flash of lightning, quickly hitting the back of that black figure, and crushing him to the ground.

"Ah!" Black Shadow let out a scream.

Lilian nailed the light sword into the ground next to the shadow's head, and through the moonlight, she could see the face of the villain clearly.

"It's you!"

The screams just now broke the silence of the night, and the villagers were awakened. The women stayed at home to take care of the children, while the men left their houses with farm tools and weapons, and went outside to investigate the situation.

When they walked outside the house, they saw Lilian riding on someone's back. They were taken aback for a moment before noticing the sharp weapon in her hand.

Lilian recognized this person. When the old man in the village took her to find a place to stay, he proposed that his house could let her stay, and then he was scolded by the old man.

Because she was almost raped before, Lilian was very sensitive to this kind of thing. When she saw this person's face, she couldn't help feeling an unknown fire.

"what do you want to do?!"

The old man who had brought Lilian to ask if there was a place where he could stay overnight also came out of the house. When he heard Lilian's yell, he was startled and quickened his pace.

Pulling away those panic-stricken men, the old man came to Lilian's side, and after a closer look, he recognized the identity of the person who was pressed by Lilian on the ground.

"Si! What are you doing here?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, the old man realized what the man was thinking, and immediately flew into a rage, knocking on the ground with his cane repeatedly, "Are you so impatient? You are not the only one in the village who is not married. The girl is just passing by us. Stay for one night! Do you know that what you do is ruining the atmosphere in the village, not only you will be scolded, but even us will be poked in the back by people from other villages!"

Ah Si, who was pressed to the ground by Lilian, whimpered and dared not answer.

Seeing his angry appearance, all the men around gathered around and hurriedly persuaded the old man not to be so angry.

Hearing their persuasion, the old man took a few deep breaths, turned his head to look at Lilian, softened his voice, and said, "Little girl, let go of Ah Si and let the old man teach this shameless thing a lesson!"

Lilian was silent for a moment, shook her head, drew the light sword from the ground, and saluted the old man with fists.

Then without saying a word, he went back to Chen Yuer's house, packed his luggage, woke up the horse, and gave Chen Yuer's mother a few copper coins to repair the broken window, then led the horse and left this place. small village.

Lilian knew that the old man's behavior seemed to be defending her, but he was actually defending the young man.

If the young man is punished by her, he may be injured and the whole village will lose face, but if the old man punishes him by himself, it is a matter of their village, even if the villagers of other villages hear about it , probably only think it is the young man's fault.

And if it wasn't her who appeared here, and she didn't have any vigilance about it, if that young man really succeeded, it is estimated that no one in that village would say a word.

From the fact that the men in the village didn't say a word until the old man came forward, the above guess can be confirmed.

Thinking of this, Lilian felt as if her heart was blocked, very heavy and uncomfortable.

Is this kind of thing common?
Lilian couldn't help but think of this question again, after thinking for a while, she got the answer - there is no doubt that this should be a common phenomenon.

And this common phenomenon not only exists in the east, but also in the west.

Now think carefully about the civilians I have come into contact with in the past, whether they are from the East or the West, they all have a contemptuous attitude towards women.

However, the malice of those people was blocked by Zhong Ye, so she didn't notice it at all.

After acting alone now, Lilian discovered that those people did have malicious intentions, but they didn't mean it. Tradition was like this, and they just lived according to tradition.

And where does 'tradition' come from?

Lilian thought about it carefully, and then remembered something Zhong Ye said before.

——This tradition comes from the natural physical difference between men and women, and from the difference in labor force and productivity.

In today’s era in Dan’s world, the proportion of mental labor is very small, and the proportion of physical labor is large. In contrast, the natural physical strength of men compared to women has led to their voices being able to occupy the mainstream of society, because they are the family An important labor force, holds the financial power of the family.

So in the final analysis, it is still a question of 'productivity'!

(End of this chapter)