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10:00 AM.
Yang Ahu, who had been driving for six hours, was leaving the provincial highway and entering the county road.
We filled up the tank at the gas station and then Ah Chen took over driving.
There are no vehicle checks along this stretch, and moreover, just 30 kilometers ahead, once you cross the steepest, most winding, and most desolate mountain forest, you'll enter the territory of Tianfeng County.
Ah Chen is too young to get the little booklet.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have driven this section. After all, he wasn't comfortable letting Yang Ahu drive on county roads.
The closer they got to Tianfeng County, the more familiar Achen and his companions felt.
Along the way, we saw villages, including Miao villages and Dong villages.
There are also other ethnic minority villages, such as those of the Buyi people!
pristine!
So beautiful!
The Dong and Buyi villages also have their own cultures.
The Miao village here, although also belonging to Mu Achen's twelve branches, is located quite far apart.
In other words, the branch in Tianfeng County is not as central as the others.
Even so, once the Holy Maiden and the Miao King's orders are delivered, the Miao people here will still obey unconditionally.
Because their Miao origins are all recorded in the Miao family genealogy.
The so-called Miao registration is not the same as household registration.
It is the oldest form of registration for the Miao people.
Miao ethnicity is also a kind of soul imprint.
This brand was placed by their ancestors with a blood oath and is managed by successive Miao kings and Miao saints.
For example, Arui's Miao registration was transferred from Heiwu Village to Geni Village because her father was a son-in-law who married into the family. Later, for various reasons, the Holy Maiden Amo, at Achen's suggestion, transferred Arui's Miao registration back to Heiwu Village.
As for Arui's household registration, it is no longer in eastern Guizhou, but has been moved to the provincial capital and is registered under the name of the house in Zhuyuan Community.
The Miao genealogy is incomplete because no new Miao kings or sages have appeared since the passing of the Miao kings and sages a thousand years ago.
Therefore, the authority over Miao registration is temporarily being exercised by the Holy Maiden.
The genealogy records were kept by the nine elders of the clan.
Those of the twelve branches of Miao people who do not have Miao ethnicity are not recognized by their Miao ancestors, even if their ID cards state that they are Miao.
Those who are not recognized are said to die without a soul.
It's just a legend from so long ago; only the dead know whether it's truly as the legend describes.
However, all nine elders of the Miao clan and all twelve branches believe in it.
Among these Miao people, they would rather not have a household registration than not have Miao identity.
However, with the development of society, the Han people had no idea that Miao people existed.
Moreover, the Miao people also have a distinction between Miao surnames and Han surnames.
Along the way, Ah Chen saw Miao villages, but not every Miao person had Miao ethnicity.
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"Drive carefully! What are you looking at all over the place for? There's a big pothole ahead!"
Yang Ahu's voice pulled Achen back to reality.
Ah Chen yawned, took out his phone and glanced at the time, "It's already past eleven! This road is fucking awful."
"Yes, I don't know when it was rebuilt! The provincial governor came a while ago and they were working hard on it, but after the governor left and a few rains washed it away, it got even worse."
After Yang Ahu finished speaking, he angrily cursed the local government.
Ah Chen rolled his eyes at him, "If you're so capable, why don't you go and yell at the provincial government gate!"
"What does it have to do with me? How many of those people in the government office are truly dedicated to serving the people?"
"Don't condemn people outright. Look at the times we live in. People are lucky if they can have food to eat, find a wife to take home and have children, and even have children who can go to school."
"That's true, everyone's poor these days!"
Yang Ahu sighed, then, as if struck by a thought, he turned to stare at Achen with a displeased expression and said:
“That’s not right, Hei Miao Mu Achen. You’re not in the poor category. Think back to those days in Yanjing. What did you eat and do? I’ve never seen anything like it in my life, not even in my dreams.”
"And that wine you were drinking, what kind of 'moss' wine? Don't you know it smells delicious to me? You were only concerned with eating and drinking with those Han people, and you didn't even invite me up for a sip."
"Think back again, when you were eating that big red shrimp, did you notice me swallowing my saliva?"
"Hei Miao Mu Achen, you are truly despicable! Is this how you do human things?!"
Yang Ahu was indeed quite frustrated, after all, during his days in Yanjing, he could only watch from the sidelines as all the delicious food and fun activities were offered.
But Mu Achen ignored him completely, and several times he even deliberately pouted at him, making him so angry that he really wanted to go up and fight Mu Achen.
But he didn't dare!
The Holy Maiden is here!
"Didn't you bring a lot of stuff back with you this time?"
"Besides, what's wrong with that? Does the Holy Maiden think her man is pitiful and take him out for some food and fun, and you have a problem with that?"
"you---"
Yang Ahu's facial muscles twitched with anger.
He had already put the words "Black Miao" first, implying that he, a Green Miao youth, was speaking to a Black Miao youth, but unexpectedly---
Mu Achen is too cunning; he even deliberately brought up the Holy Maiden.
A man who keeps calling women saints!
Sure enough, Ah Yin, who hadn't planned to get involved in the back seat, sat up straight now, her dark eyes fixed on Yang A Hu in the passenger seat.
"Black Miao Mu Achen, this is a dialogue between the two Miao clans, the Black Miao and the Green Miao. Can you please stop escalating this?"
"Did I say something wrong?"
"Mu Achen--"
Yang Ahu wants to fight Achen right now.
Ah Chen grinned and said to Ah Yin in the back seat, "Take a little notebook and write this down: when, where, and with whom Qing Miao Yang and Ah Hu complained about the Holy Maiden's injustice, and indirectly cursed the Holy Maiden for being immoral---"
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