Chapter 500: Changes in Tribal Customs
Gao Qing never expected that Lin Yu's hatred for her was even higher than his hatred for Lu Changqing.
In fact, Lin Yun was not very interested in women like Gao Qing. After all, his surname was not Cao, and he had no interest in other people's wives.
However, according to Lin Yu, Bajiao Village has the custom of walking marriage, that is to say, the women in the village are all unmarried, and even if they give birth to children, they are not considered wives.
See, isn’t this much safer, ahem!
"This matter has to start from one hundred and eighty years ago..."
Gao Qing talked about the story of Bajiaozhai's rebellion from the White Wind Tribe to the Black Wind Tribe. People in southern Xinjiang are honest and did not hide anything when talking about their mother's past.
Mainly because she didn't think what her mother did was shameful.
Gao Qing said bluntly: "In fact, my mother was originally a spy sent by Black Wind Village. She was a member of Black Wind Village from the beginning. From the beginning to the end, she was not a traitor."
Lin Yun: “…”
The thought processes of people in southern Xinjiang are completely different from those in the Central Plains. In Gao Qing's understanding, her mother has always been loyal and was originally sent by the Black Wind Village. No matter what she did in the end, it was reasonable.
As someone who was also a traitor, Lin Yun did not dare to agree.
The fact that he was not from the Sword Sect did not count. Whether it was the Green Lotus Sect or the Red Lotus Sect, or even when he took the initiative to go undercover in the grassland, they did not have absolute loyalty.
He probably couldn't hurt people who trusted him. Even if he was a mole, no one was hurt in the end, except Elder Bilian.
No one knows where this original master is now!
Gao Qing's mother was loyal, but because of this loyalty, she hurt her husband and son, and brought disaster to the entire village. This...
A perfect villain!
Sure enough, all the Minotaur people died!
However, Xu Xifeng, who stole his horse, was not a good person either. He used living people to raise spiders, and was a person that everyone in the Central Plains hated.
Listening to Gao Qing talking about the past, Lu Changqing couldn't help but get angry.
The Baifeng tribes would intermarry. Lu Changqing's wife was from Bajiaozhai. She happened to be returning to her parents' home at that time when she encountered a major change. After that night, she was among those who could not bear the humiliation and chose to commit suicide.
This is also the biggest reason for the hatred between Qingfeng Village and Bajiao Village.
"You farted!"
Lv Changqing pointed at Gao Qing and said angrily, "Your mother is a whore and a slut who can be slept with by anyone! Restoring the ancient system is just an excuse. The walking marriage of our ancestors was not like this at all!"
Before the two tribes fell into dire straits, the walking marriage of the Black Wind Tribe was not in its current form.
Every time a walking marriage takes place, there is a specific date when the man and woman will sing folk songs in the mountains, which is the first step in flirting. Then there will be a bonfire dance, which is the second contact between the man and woman. At the bonfire dance, the man and woman will form a team and fall in love with each other. The man will ask the woman for her address. The enthusiastic women of southern Xinjiang will not be reserved. If they are satisfied, they will tell the other party where they live.
Of course, there are also people who can’t find a partner at the dance, both men and women. At this time, it’s time to go to the bedroom at night.
Those who already have a date will hang up an ornament with a clear mark, which is usually a token of love exchanged between a man and a woman. This means that the match is complete. For those who have not completed the match but do not want to stay alone in the empty room, they can hang up a fragrant flower. When a single man sees this, he can touch the room.
Of course, the girl’s consent is still required. If the boy is not satisfactory, he will be kicked out.
If there is no hanging of vanilla, or if a man forces sex on a woman despite her consent, the elders in the village will impose severe punishment.
After both parties are satisfied, the man can come over and climb into the bed at night for a long period of time, but only at night. Generally speaking, he will climb into the bed of one person and accept one person climbing into the bed. After a while, the child is born, and the father will have a clear idea of what is going on.
This marriage custom, while being romantic and passionate, also maintains respect for women, reflecting the social status of women in southern Xinjiang.
It was because of this custom that the Baifeng tribe evolved into a fixed monogamous system.
A long time ago, the two major tribes did not split.
It was not until the Black Wind Tribe changed its leader that the leader felt that the birth rate was too low, there were too many poisonous miasma in the place, and children could not be raised, so he changed the customs.
Men can climb onto the bed at will, and women can be climbed on at will, but women are still the ones in charge. Because no one knows whose child it is, people in the village who intermarry raise newborns together.
This greatly increased the birth rate and survival rate of newborns in the Black Wind Tribe, but it was unacceptable to the White Wind Tribe. The two split up and began to have friction, which gradually evolved to what we have today.
After listening to Lu Changqing's popular science explanation, Lin Yun began to feel that there was actually nothing wrong with the Black Wind Tribe's original intention.
Southern Xinjiang is a place with poor mountains and bad waters. Reproduction is an instinct in order to survive. The suggestions put forward by the leader of the Black Wind Tribe are effective for the tribe, so they are right.
But now that things have developed to this point, it is contrary to the original intention to be shocked. The number of extra people raised in the beginning is almost equal to the number of people who died in the civil war.
The love, hate and vengeance involved could be made into a 52-episode TV series, but Lin Yun just felt it was too complicated.
He whispered to Lin Yu, "Why do these people in Southern Xinjiang prefer to stay in this small place and suffer rather than leave the mountains?"
Lin Yu couldn't help but roll his eyes at Lin Yun and replied, "You don't think our ancestors were vegetarians, do you?"
Lin Yun: “…”
Sloppy, I really forgot about this.
The main reason is that the immortal in the book said before that the world was originally one family. The people of the Central Plains, the grasslands, and even the monsters were all ruled by one emperor. It’s just that the emperor died and the world was torn apart, but the land of the Central Plains is still controlled by the Central Plains people.
The people of the Central Plains guard such a large, rich and spiritually-filled territory, not by relying on their personal qualities, but entirely on their own fighting ability.
It’s just that Lin Yun had seen many uninhabited places before, and thought that it was completely enough for the people in southern Xinjiang to survive, so he asked a slightly idiotic question.
Why don’t people in southern Xinjiang leave?
In fact, it is okay for them to go out one by one, like Xu Xifeng who sneaked into the Central Plains without being discovered.
but……
If they come out in droves, the major sects in the Central Plains will let them know that this land has been ours since ancient times.
Ultimately, southern Xinjiang is too weak.
"We must follow the ancient system, but we cannot stick to the old ways. Lv Changqing, you must know that change is the way to guide southern Xinjiang into the future."
Before seeing the person, I heard his voice first. Lin Yun heard a crisp voice, turned around, and saw a group of people in black robes and a group of people in white robes, as well as a half-black and half-white short man hiding among them.
My goodness, in this world, people distinguish camps by color everywhere...
(End of this chapter)
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