Xia Yiqian and the others didn't know what the online debate was about. After making their decision, they all left their homes and went out to ask the local people what was the reason for the stagnant population.
Xia Yiqian and Melanda were in a group. After a brief discussion, they came to the entrance of the village with the largest number of people.
The women and old ladies who were walking their children were still chatting and laughing at the entrance of the village, as if they were standing guard diligently and would not leave their get off work until the time came.
Xia Yiqian complained in her heart, what on earth could she possibly want to say that would keep her nagging here for so long?
It took them more than an hour to pack up their things just now. These people are really good at talking.
Compared to the taciturn Xia Yiqian, Meranda was obviously more talkative than him. She put on a smile and tried to get close to the aunties in her Mandarin, which was a little clumsy but gradually became more fluent after staying in China for a few months.
"Auntie, your village is so beautiful. Have you eaten?"
Xia Yiqian: ...
Why does it look so strange when these two common greetings are put together?
The ladies didn't find it strange and looked at them happily.
One of the old ladies holding the child looked speechless.
"Oh my! Look at what you're saying, little girl. It's already so late, how could you not have eaten yet?
I heard this is a metaphysics show, what are you doing here, catching ghosts?"
Meranda felt relieved when she saw that the other party mentioned the purpose of their trip before she even brought it up.
He continued, following the other person's words, "We're not here to catch ghosts this time, but because your village has always maintained a certain population, right?
We want to find out the reason. If we can solve it, it would be even better. Wouldn't the population of our village continue to increase?"
The woman who spoke to her still looked cheerful and waved with a smile.
"Little girl, there's no need for that. We've been in this state for thousands of years, and no one thinks there's anything wrong with it.
Besides, we celebrate funerals here. When someone dies in the family, every household sets off firecrackers!"
Xia Yiqian frowned and interrupted, "Isn't it considered a happy funeral only for those over 70? Are all the people who died here over 70?"
Looking at the large number of children at the village entrance, it doesn't look like all the dead are old.
Could it be that there are a lot of elderly people here these days? Otherwise, the ages wouldn't match.
The other woman was holding the child and glanced at Xia Yiqian with amusement from the side.
“How is that possible?
The birth rate here is quite high, so how could it be that only the elderly died? There were young people too."
Xia Yiqian and Melanda were even more confused.
Meranda even blurted out, "Someone died, why are you still so happy?"
After saying that, he realized that he had said something wrong and quickly apologized.
"I'm sorry, that's not what I meant. I just think the death of a young person should be a very sad thing. But I don't think it has any impact on your life."
She just felt that what they did was somewhat heartless.
The woman who answered first smiled and said, "What impact can it have? We only have so much land in our village. As long as we can have enough food to eat, other impacts will not be significant.
Moreover, those people did not go to the underworld when they died, but went to serve the gods. We are so happy that we don’t have time to be sad.
Xia Yiqian thought to herself, no wonder it was a "happy funeral", but this familiar theory of God always made her feel a little familiar.
I've encountered this several times in a row. Could it be that it's a trend in metaphysics nowadays to use gods to defraud believers?
You know, just because Huo Linxiao said before that this behavior was a fraud, she was so lacking in faith that she never actually did it!
Neither of them exposed the other's belief in the existence of gods. After all, destroying other people's beliefs would usually result in a beating at the very least.
The women who were talking noticed the conflict in the two men's expressions but didn't care. One of the elderly women waved at them.
“I know you outsiders don’t believe it, but this is the situation here.
If you want to join in the fun, you can go to Old Liu's house at the east end of the village. They are holding a funeral for their son today.
If you go and see it, you will know that what we say is not a lie."
She looked at Xia Yiqian and Melanda with an extremely serious look, and said solemnly, "God really exists!"
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