Avalanche-[Yuan]

What?

There is no answer, and this answer is also the truth that he has been searching for.

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It was very quiet all around.

It was the fifth watch, and the dew was heavy. Even though it was early April, it was still very cold at night.

He felt a little cold, so he put away his clothes and sat up. At this moment, he saw a person standing in front of him. Since he came, there was no one around, so this person must have come a long time ago.

Because I couldn't see clearly in the darkness before dawn, I didn't know who was standing.

The man stood upright, with his back to him, facing the road, only a few steps away from him.

To be able to stand facing the main road in the darker and dewy night, must be waiting for some important person?

Gao Chi didn't want to pay attention to other people's affairs, so he went to his heart again, repeatedly recalling some details whether he missed it. Under what circumstances, he didn't see the joy of being a father for the first time, and let his uncle do it himself, and dropped the newborn child to death? ?

Unless the child is not your own.

His eyes lit up, it was entirely possible.

But it's not quite right, if the child is not her own, it means that the woman lost her virginity before marriage, which is a big matter that discredits public morals.

Han people pay attention to three obediences and four virtues, and a woman who loses her virginity before marriage will make her natal family look down.

But Qijin, the eldest brother-in-law, didn't look like he couldn't hold his head up at all.

The busy midwife also asked, "Did you fall?" The tone seemed to be asking if you had eaten?It's so commonplace.

Seven said it fell, and the woman said throw it out.It's like throwing away a dead cat or dog.

Gao Chi couldn't figure it out, what kind of secret did Jin Gui and his wife have that everyone knew and tacitly knew, but Tian Hao didn't know this secret?

The sky is getting brighter and I can see more clearly.

The person standing in front turned out to be Dahua, it was strange, why is Dahua here?

Dahua stands tall and straight, facing the wind, and is also thinly dressed.

Gao Chi jumped off the haystack, it was too cold, he needed to walk a few steps to warm his body, he walked over and asked, "Da Hua, why are you here?"

Dahua turned her head and glanced at him, in the morning light, she couldn't see clearly

"Yesterday you got married, wasn't last night a wedding night in your bridal chamber? Why did you come out before dawn?"

He was sure that Dahua came before him, and he didn't know how long he had been standing here.

Dahua's reaction was very slow, he opened his mouth, and his voice was dry: "How is sister-in-law? Did she give birth?"

Who is sister-in-law?

Oh, I remembered, yesterday Dahua married Brother Jingui's younger sister, and Brother Jingui is Dahua's brother, and Brother Jingui's daughter-in-law should be called sister-in-law.

Gao Chi said in a muffled voice, "It's a son. Brother Jin Gui has a son."

Dahua snorted softly: "I haven't even had sex yet, where did Jin Gui get a son?"

Gao Chi was surprised: "Really? No wonder."

"Did you fall?"

The woman asked the same question, and Da Hua asked the same question.

Gao Chi cleared his throat: "Dahua, I don't know what happened, why did you throw the newborn child to death. Brother Jingui still looked fierce, saying that I am not Han, and asked me what my purpose is, I, I I don't know what happened, I don't understand the situation at all, can you tell me why?"

Dahua looked at him like he was looking at a fool, and after a while, she sneered and said, "I also doubt that you are not Han."

"Does this have something to do with being Han? I grew up in Dadu, and there are very few Han people in the north. There are many Han people in the south, especially in Lin'an. There may be differences in customs between the north and the south, and I have worked hard to adapt."

Dahua kept looking into his eyes, trying to see if he was lying, but she couldn't find a flaw.

Because Da Hua never answered him, the scene was awkward for a while.

After a while, Gao Chi tried to change the subject: "Da Hua, who are you waiting for?"

"..."

"On the wedding night in the bridal chamber, what are you doing here to blow the cold wind when you're not in the room with your new wife?"

Dahua raised her eyes and said leisurely: "Our father once waited here all night, last year Brother Jin Gui also waited here all night, today I will stand here and wait all night, and in the future, our son will still be here Stand and wait overnight."

Gao Chi: "..."

Not long after, I saw an ox cart approaching.

Dahua hurried over to meet him, paid the driver, and asked a few more questions. The person he was waiting for arrived.

Gao Chi stepped forward: "Do you want me to help?"

Dahua looked back at him: "I'm taking my daughter-in-law home, what can you do for me?"

At this time, the curtain of the car was opened, and the person sitting in the car turned out to be the second sister.

On the wedding night, the bride actually went out?

Dahua added another sentence: "You may not see much in the north. The government has a decree. On the wedding night, the nobles have the first night right of the bride of the Han family." After a pause: "So the Han people in the south have Xigu, fall... Firstborn."

Then he carried his daughter-in-law on his back and left, left, left.

Gao Chi froze on the spot. It was the first time he heard the word "falling first child". In an instant, everything was figured out. Why did Jin Gui brother drop the child to death at seven pounds? Yes, the midwife asked if it fell?It's like asking a puppy or cat, eyes full of disgust, don't put it in the yard, throw it out, it's bad luck.

Brother Jin Gui's daughter-in-law did not lose her virginity before marriage voluntarily, but by necessity.

Since the end of the Southern Song Dynasty and the establishment of a unified world, the current emperors of all dynasties did not read Chinese books or learn Chinese characters. After fourteen emperors, Yuan-Mongolian is still used as the standard official language in officialdom.

Because the cultures of the two sides are not connected, the government refuses to integrate into the Han people. On the contrary, it hopes that the Han people will integrate into their own culture. First of all, let the Han people have more mixed-race children. The regulations on the right of the Han brides at the beginning of the night have never been taken seriously.

But something that I never cared about, I actually experienced it personally, and it happened to Brother Jin Gui.

In order to keep the blood pure, the Han people will throw the first child born to a new wife to death, and the second child will be used to carry on the family line, thus forming the custom of "dropping the first child".

Knowing that the accumulation of a small amount will lead to an explosion, why does the court still do this?

"Our father once waited here for a night. Brother Jingui also waited here for a night last year. Today, I will stand here and wait for a night. In the future, our son will stand here and wait for a night."

When Dahua said this, she was neither sad nor happy, as if she was talking about an ordinary thing.

He really wanted to go and ask brother Jingui, are you willing?Do you have hatred in your heart?You value your family so much, you stood at the intersection and waited all night just to bring back your new daughter-in-law, and so did your own sister, as an uncle, you will kill your sister's first child with your own hands in the future.Your father is also like this, and your children will be like this in the future, will you hate it?Will you resist?

But he didn't dare to ask, because he was afraid of knowing the result, what if Brother Jingui said he would hate him?

The result sent a chill down his back.

Hate and then rebel?

Dare to resist?

If you really resist, it is rebellion, but it is a great crime to punish the Jiuzu.

He felt that the insult to the Han women could touch the nerves of the world more than the massacre, not to mention that this kind of long-term insult is "systematic".

I'm afraid that the Han people have secretly cursed their ancestors for eighteen generations.

……

During the whole day, Gao Chi had a very contradictory life. There were too many things on his mind, so it was inconvenient to talk to others.

As the mediator, Dahua ran to Jingui to talk about the conversation with Gao Chi.

Gao Chi said that he used to live in Dadu, where there are few Han people in the northern area, unlike our southern side where there are many Han people, and there are differences in customs between the north and the south, so he didn't know the custom of throwing the first child, and said how much did you kill him? In other words, I guess he was a little cowardly.

Jingui thought about it and thought it made sense. Gao Chi is not a local. Although he has been working hard to learn southern Chinese, many living customs are very different. For example, he has never seen cockroaches (cockroaches) in the south. They said that the cockroaches in the north are only the size of beans, but the cockroaches in the south are the size of walnuts and can fly.

Then he doesn't know the custom of the Han people in the south to drop the first child. If I am so fierce to him, I have misunderstood him.

After figuring this out, Jingui took the initiative to run to Gao Chi to show his friendship, and after a few words of coaxing, Gao Chi smiled again, and the two got back together as before.

Jingui still came back to sleep at night, but didn't sleep with his wife. It is said that Dahong hurt her body when she gave birth, and she didn't know if she would be able to give birth in the future. In the past few days, some doctors came to see her, and they all shook their heads and sighed.

Life goes on, and life goes on and on.

……

Grandpa fell down.

That night, my grandfather went to an old friend's house for a wedding. It is said that the old man, who was nearly seventy years old, took in a 17-year-old concubine. The so-called pale hair matched the red makeup, and a pear tree pressed the crabapple.

When their old friends met, they drank two more glasses.

Originally, he could just stay for one night and come back. Grandpa missed the chickens raised at home, so he didn’t close the chicken coop when he left. He was worried that the chicken would go to someone else’s house if he didn’t see it at night, so he insisted on going home and closing the chicken coop.

In this way, two old friends who lived close to each other supported each other and walked back.

It was dark and the road was slippery. Grandpa slipped into the field ridge by the side of the road and didn't know where he fell. He groaned twice, his old friend also drank too much, and After sleeping on their stomachs on the ridge of the field for one night, the two old men were discovered by the farmers early the next morning.

Jingui heard that his grandfather had been carried back, so he hurried back to check.

The doctor came to see me and said that my leg was sprained. Because I kept complaining about my back pain, I guess my back was hurt too. I was submerged in the paddy field all night and caught cold, so I had to stay in bed.

If it was a trivial matter like a sprain 40 years ago, you could get up after two days of rest, but now that grandpa is old, the elderly are most afraid of this, so let's rest.

Grandpa is usually in good health and hasn't been sick for decades