Blade of Wind

I wandered the streets and asked for a price on anything I saw.After asking a few things, I paid attention and secretly wrote down the prices.On the one hand, he said to Xiuhuang: "Please help me to remember today's price, and write it down for me when I go back, okay?"

Xiu Huang naturally nodded in response.

So I intentionally asked about the prices of various materials, such as rice, flour, cotton cloth, satin, medicine and utensils... In the end, I could not remember much, that is, I had a rough idea.

After walking a street, Xiu Huang asked me where else I want to go?

I thought about it, and said, "Take me to the Lici Temple to have a look."

Xiu Huang didn't ask why, but nodded directly, then led the horse and turned around, "Please go this way."

When we arrived at the temple, it was already dark.

The lanterns at the gate of the ancestral temple were also lit up, and the yellowish light dyed the white building in a warm color, making it look sacred and warm.

Xiu Huang went to negotiate a few words with the guarding soldiers and showed us our badges before they let us in.

At this time, there was no one in the temple, and it was so quiet that we could hear each other's footsteps.

Xiu Huang led me through the courtyard and into the hall, and after worshiping, I walked around to the atrium behind.

A huge white tree appeared in front of me.It's not very high, but the branches spread out, almost covering the entire atrium.

This is the first time I've seen a normal Satomi.

The last time I was in the country of Dai when I first arrived in the Twelve Kingdoms, Li Guang who traveled with me once pointed out a dead tree to me.But the tree here looks much better. Although it has no flowers and leaves, the tree exudes a faint white fluorescence in the dim night, and it looks full of vitality.

"Can I touch it?" I admired and asked softly.

Xiu Huang laughed and said, "It is possible."

I put my palm on the tree trunk lightly, raised my head slightly to look at it, and said, "It seems a little different from the road logs in the Falcon Palace."

In the series of ceremonies when I first ascended the throne, I also went to the Fushou Hall to worship the road tree, but I didn't get to touch it so closely at that time.

"En." Xiuhuang replied, "Lumu is the origin of the entire Fangguo Limu, and it is the branch bestowed by the Emperor of Heaven at the beginning."

"Thinking about it, I still find it amazing that the people here are born on such a tree." I said this, looked at a branch tied with three silk ropes above my head, and was stunned, "Eh? Didn't you say Are there no twins here? How come there are three tied here?"

Xiu Huang took a follow-up look, laughed again, and said, "This isn't for praying for children, it's for domestic animals, cattle and sheep."

I was taken aback again, "Huh? Even this is also knotted on the tree?"

Xiu Huang nodded, took a step back, looked at the tree, and after a while, frowned in disappointment, and said: "There is no ribbon tied to pray for children on this tree now. "

I looked around and asked, "Is praying for a child a special belt?"

Xiu Huang nodded again, and said: "Parents who want to have children will choose special ribbons and embroider various auspicious patterns on them. But now here..."

...In this barren and turbulent time, no one wants children, right?

Speaking of which, the way of reproduction here is really convenient, and there is no trouble of birth control or contraception at all.When you don't want a child, it's fine not to come here to pray for knotting.

But, speaking of it this way, isn't the reproductive system of the people here completely useless?Since there is no primitive need for reproduction, is it only used to do such and such things?

I thought about it and asked directly.

Xiu Huang was completely choked by my question, as if she didn't know how to answer, she just looked at me with a blushing face, and softly called out: "...Master."

After seeing his reaction, I realized that since this is still an ancient social form, medical skills should not have developed to the point where I understand the structure of the human body. Are we any different?Since some people can live forever, and it is said that immortals can only be killed by winter weapons, maybe there is still a difference?

The more I thought about it, the more confused I felt. I simply waved my hand to drive away all these academic questions, and then I turned my eyes back to the branch I was looking at, and asked again: "Then praying for livestock, you can tie as many as you want. root?"

"Yes." Xiuhuang finally got up naturally, and answered me, "Pray for poultry and livestock. Just come to Limu to worship and pray on the specified date, and tie as many belts as you want to the branches. After seven days, The oocarp will ripen, and after picking it back, the livestock will hatch from the oocarp."

I blinked, "Since that's the case, why don't you ask for more?"

Xiu Huang looked at me and said dumbfoundedly: "Of course we still have to do what we can. Even poultry and livestock, from the newly hatched cubs to the stage when they grow up to be edible or work, still need manpower and material resources to raise and take care of them. .If you blindly greedy for more, as a result, if you don’t take care of it properly, the livestock will get sick or die for other reasons, then the gain will not be worth the loss.”

I looked back at the ribbons on the branches, and said, "Is that so, in the final analysis, it still depends on each person's self-awareness?"

Xiu Huang nodded and said: "This is on the one hand, on the other hand, if the person praying is not sincere or has strange thoughts, even if the person is tied with a rope, it may not necessarily produce eggs. In this regard, praying for children is the same. Some people can get children the first time, but some couples will be disappointed every year."

I frowned, "Hey, there is such a thing? But, how can others know whether you are sincere or not?"

"The Emperor of Heaven will know." Xiu Huang said.

I wanted to laugh directly at first, but seeing his seriousness, I had no choice but to swallow my laughter back.

Yes, this is quite normal for them.

The Emperor of Heaven knows who really wants children and who can indeed raise three sheep.

Just like the apocalypse and loss of reason that I still don't understand.

Or those academic questions I was just thinking about.

In the final analysis, no matter what happens, it all depends on the mood of the old man, the Emperor of Heaven, what result would he like to see?

If you don't have children, the Emperor of Heaven thinks you are not sincere, who cares how much you want in your heart.

The emergence of monsters is the Emperor of Heaven warning the country, who cares how they escaped from the Yellow Sea.

The flood broke out because the Emperor of Heaven believed that the king was not capable enough. Who cares how many hours you work hard every day.

Anyway, for all the things that are not clear or understandable, just push them to the Emperor of Heaven.

In short, everything is God's will.

If you think about it this way, the people here may live a much more relaxed life than the people in our original world.

However, I couldn't help but sneer, what the hell is this Heavenly Emperor?