Chapter 393: The equally paranoid family members cannot be reasoned with
"I don't care, he killed Ah Man, I want him to pay with his life!"
Old Man Ma wished he could kill Mr. Yang right now to avenge his daughter.
Twenty-four years ago, his wife suddenly vomited blood and fell into a coma. After waking up, she cried and said that A Man was dead.
His wife and Ah Man planted the natal Gu together. If something happened to one of them, the other would feel it. At that time, their whole family felt like the sky had fallen. It was extremely difficult for their Ma tribe to give birth to a daughter. Ah Man was the daughter he and his wife had after they had five sons, and she was so beautiful. Ah Man was the apple of the eye of the whole tribe since she was young.
But after just one trip down the mountain, she was seduced away by this bastard. He and his five sons went down the mountain several times and even went to the provincial capital to look for her. However, there was a war going on down the mountain at that time and the city was in chaos. They did not find Ah Man and had to go back to the mountain, planning to look for her again when peace came.
But what he waited for next was the news of his daughter's death. The daughter he raised like a treasure died at the age of seventeen. Even the body could not be found, and no one knew who killed her.
Finally, God opened his eyes and let him know the truth before he died. He must kill this beast to comfort his daughter's soul in heaven!
"You killed him, and he felt relieved, but what about your Ma village? Open your eyes and take a good look at what has become of the once prosperous Ma village? What you should do now is not to seek revenge, but to survive. Otherwise, in a few decades, there will be no one left in your Ma tribe!"
The high priest pointed at the old, weak and sick people around him and roared angrily.
The Ma clan is good at raising Gu, especially the women, who are particularly talented in raising Gu. However, most people in the Ma clan give birth to sons, and very few give birth to daughters, so the girls in Ma village have a very high status.
Just like Ah Man, she is the daughter of the clan leader and a rare girl. She has been pampered since she was a child. Everyone in the village obeys her and she can get whatever she wants. This has led to her paranoid personality.
Old Man Ma's face changed drastically. Over the years, the population of Ma Village has been decreasing, with more deaths and fewer births. Many families have been deregistered, but he, as the clan leader, is powerless to do anything about it. This is his biggest pain.
"Does this bastard have any solution?"
Old Man Ma pointed at Mr. Yang and said with gritted teeth.
"He's rich. The people in your Ma Village are like stones in a toilet, smelly and hard. You cling to this broken village and refuse to leave. It's a wonder you can live well. In the end, your Ma Village is too poor. Women from outside are unwilling to marry in and suffer. You can't even get a wife. It's a miracle your village can survive!"
The high priest was so thirsty from what he had said that Li Long kindly handed him a bamboo tube and said, "Master, drink some water!"
"good!"
The high priest patted his apprentice on the head, took the bamboo tube and drank a few sips of water, then continued, "Your Ma Village is poor, but this Yang family has more money than they can spend. Even a little bit of it slips through his fingers, and it's enough for the young men in your Ma Village to marry. Only with people can there be hope. Have any pigs been born in your village in recent years? Even pigs haven't given birth, have they? Think carefully, what's more important, revenge or the future of your Ma Village?"
Old Man Ma gritted his teeth, his expression changing from hatred to self-blame and regret...
"But did my daughter die in vain?"
Old Man Ma shed turbid hot tears. As the clan leader, it was his responsibility to make the clan leader live a good life, but as a father, he also wanted to avenge his daughter!
"Why can't I explain this to you clearly? You can't blame them entirely for your daughter's death. They made it clear from the beginning that they didn't like your daughter and even paid for her to go to school, hoping that she would learn some truth. But it was all in vain. Your daughter insisted on going down this path. They worked so hard to save up the gold bars and wanted to buy a boat ticket to escape, but your daughter hid the gold bars and prevented them from leaving. Wouldn't you be angry if it were you in their place?"
The high priest was almost furious. The night before, he had been persuading the old man all night and his tongue was blistered.
Old Man Ma agreed very well at the time, but when he really sent the people over, he turned hostile. This old man is stupid and has a bad temper. No wonder he almost wiped out Ma Village.
"It's his honor that Ah Man likes him. He actually dares to despise her. He deserves to die!" Old Man Ma said angrily.
If he had been at the foot of the mountain at that time, he would definitely have put a curse on this bastard and brought him back to the mountain to be Ah Man's husband. Ah Man was too soft-hearted and was harmed by this bastard.
The high priest sneered and said sarcastically, "Is your daughter worth gold? Does that mean everyone should love her? Relationships must be mutually agreeable. The people in your Ma Village are just like bandits. They grab whatever they like and cast spells on others if they don't want them. No wonder even God couldn't stand it and made your Ma Village extinct!"
"Say that again? Don't think I won't deal with you just because you're a priest!"
Old Man Ma was hit in the sore spot and became angry and embarrassed.
"Others may be afraid of you Ma Village, but I'm not. I'm going to say that you Ma Village people are bandits. God will make sure you have no descendants. Did you hear that clearly, old man? If not, I'll say it again!"
The high priest put his hands on his hips and spoke in a sharp voice so piercing that the whole village could hear it.
"I'm going to fight you!"
Old Man Ma rushed over. Either he or this old man would die today!
The high priest's face changed and he turned around and ran away. He was just shouting fiercely, but he didn't dare to confront Old Man Ma head-on.
Although Old Man Ma is stupid, the Gu is really powerful. Even he has to be afraid of it, so the best strategy is to escape.
However, just as the high priest turned around, Old Man Ma was grabbed by a boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old. The boy was somewhat similar to the little boy before, with delicate eyebrows and eyes, but the boy's skin was darker.
"Grandpa, the overall situation is more important, and grandma can't hold on any longer."
The boy's name was Mali. He was the son of the eldest brother A'man and the most educated person in Ma Village.
Mali's original name was Mashe. He was smart since he was a child. Originally, he lived an illiterate life like other people in the village. But a few years ago, several city people were sent to the village, and by chance, he got to know those city people.
So, he secretly helped the city people with their work and found herbs for them to treat their illnesses. The city people taught him to read and told him about the outside world. It was like opening the door to a new world. Mali deeply felt that he was just a shallow frog in a well. The world outside the mountain was so big, and he should go out and see it.
So, without telling the adults in his family, Mali picked herbs from the mountains, dried them, carried them down the mountain to sell to the purchasing station, and went to the bookstore to buy books to read. Over time, his cognition and knowledge became more and more broad, and he even began to question the clan leader, his grandfather.
Grandpa always said that the people living down the mountain were too cunning and would not allow his fellow tribesmen to go down the mountain. But he felt that the people living down the mountain were quite kind. Moreover, there were electric lights in the city, which was much more advanced than the village. The children in the city also lived well. They could go to school and go to the hospital when they were sick.
Unlike the children in the village, who could only ask the priests for help when they were sick, and sometimes even a simple cold could not be cured, as Mali's knowledge grew, he felt more and more that the village was in urgent need of change and could not remain so closed, otherwise Ma Village would really perish.
Mali consulted those city dwellers, and they said:
“If you want to get rich, build roads first!”
But building roads in the mountains is no small project. Manpower is not a problem, but where does the money come from?
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