Amo followed closely behind.
Aqin asked softly, "Holy Maiden, why does Brother Achen seem a little off about the walking marriage?"
Amo turned around and said, "Just imagine, a father who raised his daughter with his own hands sends her to her husband's family in this way. Who wouldn't feel good about that!"
"Walking marriage is a custom! It can't be changed; besides, it's only a little uncomfortable to watch on the road, but once you get to your husband's family and enter the door, it's quite nice."
“I’m not afraid of walking marriage, but I’m a little afraid of the crying wedding ceremony. Every time I see it, I cry along with them. It’s so painful.” Ayin spoke about the wedding customs of their Miao people after Aqin.
"Everyone is poor now, but things will gradually get better. Customs will remain the same, and everything else will slowly improve!" Amo said softly.
Aqin and Ayin nodded.
They weren't worried, because the saintess would take care of everything on their wedding day.
Whether they are forced to participate in a walking marriage, a wedding with tears streaming down their faces, or even be abducted from their wedding procession, they do not object.
Because they are the guards!
Still the chief!
Will the saint allow them to engage in walking marriage?
Most likely not!
But you never know, what if Brother Chen wants to see it!
But Ah Chen probably prefers to steal the bride halfway through the wedding!
soon--
Ah Chen and the others followed at a distance of about four or five kilometers until they arrived at a mountain hollow.
It's too far away to see clearly, but there seem to be only a dozen or so households here.
As the visiting couple arrived, the Miao people from the groom's family waited at the door early in the morning.
The bride arrived, and only then did the other Miao people in the village come over.
The Miao people came up one after another from the side path, without any flashlights in their hands.
Some were either torches or oil lamps.
But these Miao people were completely unaware that the people on the warhorses were their future Miao king and the current holy maiden; they thought they were from the neighboring Miao village.
The bride's side--
Because it's a walking marriage, the wedding ceremony isn't as complicated; it's actually quite simple.
Just as the bride was being ushered in, her uncle took a duck out of a basket, which the girl then carried into the house.
After that, Ah Chen could no longer see the customary rituals inside the house or the warhorse in the distance, but he still couldn't feel the liveliness he should have felt.
"Achen--"
Amo whispered, "This village is relatively small; it's a small branch of the Wai-shu Miao major lineage."
"The entire village should have no more than twenty households."
Ah Chen nodded. "Is there a chieftain or elder here?"
"The village is too small; there's probably none!"
The poverty in this place was beyond Achen's imagination.
In the darkness of night, what one could see were not stilted houses or simple wooden huts, but rather—
Wooden pillars served as support points, and the walls were made of earth cut from soil.
Under the moonlight, the roof was thatched.
It's beautiful up there.
The ground is also beautiful!
But people are too poor.
Ah Chen wanted to give money as a gift, but then he realized that this wouldn't solve the fundamental problem.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
So he only glanced at it, memorized the place, and then rode away.
When we returned to the Starry Orchard, it was just past midnight.
The night view over the orchard--
A thin mist hung in the air.
The silvery moonlight pierced through and spilled around the tranquil orchard, creating a hazy yet alluring beauty.
It was because of the moonlight that, even in the quiet of the night when only the chirping of insects could be heard, Ah Chen still noticed the changes at the entrance to the orchard.
This trip, from start to finish, took a total of more than two months.
Unexpectedly, the stilted houses that Amo had planned for the entrance of the orchard have already taken shape on the slope.
And there's the Lusheng (reed pipe instrument) field over there—
Although it's not large, it can still accommodate a thousand people at the same time.
Because it is located in a mountain valley on the other side of the road, surrounded on three sides by stepped earthen embankments, with one step after another of sloping steps.
The fog rolled in at night, making it impossible to see exactly how many steps there were, but Ah Chen estimated that there were at least a dozen steps.
At this moment, the Miao people from the three branches responsible for keeping watch are all playing over there.
The bonfire blazed brightly, and layer upon layer of it burned.
There were lusheng (a traditional reed pipe instrument) tunes and dance performances.
There were also the sounds of Miao men and women singing folk songs in antiphonal style.
Ah Chen glanced at it, a smile appearing on his lips, and then entered the forest.
Tonight, the forest rangers and their men saw the Holy Maiden return and let her pass without noticing that the person beside her was their future Miao King.
This saved Ah Chen a lot of trouble, otherwise he would have been really worried about being caught by the girls at the Lusheng field and forced to drink.
Orchard.
It's as busy as ever here!
The busyness we're experiencing now isn't the same as it was at this time last year.
The aunties and uncles who keep watch at night care about their orchards; if they don't come and visit, they feel like something is missing.
after all--
During his time with Qingmiao, Yang Ayao told him everything: Xingkong Guolin had made money, although it wasn't time to settle accounts yet.
However, considering that the Miao people have devoted almost all their energy to this, it would be bad if they were short of money. So, after consulting with the Holy Maiden, she agreed to give them one-third of the money first.
The rest will be settled and distributed after this season's fruit is sold out.
A few days ago, Amo told Achen that although the fruit in the Starry Sky Fruit Grove hadn't been fully picked yet, the initial estimate was...
Based on Crystal Love's total sales, with 8% of the shares held by Miao, she would receive approximately 12.5 million.
Meanwhile, the Bai Miao from Golden Years will also receive around 13.2 million.
This was allocated to their respective branches. As for how much land they would receive, that would depend on the distribution by the chief chief.
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