?The door of the house must be nailed with a piece of the most complete and clean animal skin this year. On the beam and pillar of the door, a wheat ear with the fullest dried grain needs to be pinned.

Today, every household has to wash the woodcarving representing Timora, the **** of harvest and hunting, in the stream water and decorate it with grass rings or winter flowers, and pray devoutly until the woodcarving rises behind it. IPL is the success.

In the evening, everyone in the village will gather at the fire pond in the center of the village to hold an event that is about the same as a bonfire party, singing and dancing until the end of the next day at 1:00 a.m.

This is the basic requirement of the winter festival in the village.

"There are no special prayer ceremonies, no sacrificial supplies, and no singing of hymns. Even the statues are based on the faces of the great sages. This ceremony is really a bit rudimentary, and the **** of harvest and hunting can really accept it. This kind of festival?"

After listening to the entire contents of the Winter Ritual, Donald muttered to himself with some doubts.

The group walked into the village. Donald's first impression of the village in front of him was that it was clean and tidy, unlike the villages with only 20 or 30 families they had passed by before. The streets were a mixture of cow and sheep dung and snow. , the wheels run over, full of filth.

The distribution of buildings in the village is also patchy, generally looking like a grid with a cross in the center, and the houses are built in four squares.

Although there are no public facilities such as public toilets, benches and flower beds, it can be seen that they are home-made street lamps made of iron rods and kerosene lamps and trash cans made of wood as the main material.

"This village is well managed... The population seems to be quite large. In a few years, maybe it will be able to apply for the establishment of a town like the government. It seems that the village chief here is a very capable person. ."

Anthony looked at the layout of the village, especially the exquisite fire pond in the center of the intersection and the busy people around, and said in surprise.

Looking at the living standard of a place, what to eat and what to wear is second. The important thing is the cultural activities of the local people. The richer the cultural activities, the higher the local living standard. There is no doubt about this.

If you can't get enough to eat and don't wear warm clothes, who has the heart to sing and dance?

"It is not the village chief who manages the village, but the great sage!"

A child heard what Anthony said and said loudly, sounding a little angry, which made Anthony a little overwhelmed, and gave Zhu Jue a wink in embarrassment.

He's always been a bit rude about kids.

"Can you tell my uncle why it is the great sage who manages the village chief instead of the village chief?"

Donald crouched down, touched the child's head and asked.

"Hey, I've heard this from my parents, of course it's because... um~"

The child was about to speak, but a woman next to him came forward and covered his mouth.

"I'm sorry, children like to talk nonsense. The current manager of our village is the village head, and there is no one else, Max. The animal skins at home have to be sorted out. I will go to the town for sale in a few days. Do you still want to follow? went together?"

This woman should be the parent of the child, and she hurriedly said something and took the child away.

"Is it strange that the great sage manages the village?"

Compared with these adults, Zhu Jue actually believed in the unintentional words of the child just now, but he didn't actually feel anything wrong from it.

According to ordinary people's thinking, those who are capable should work harder. Since that great sage can perform miracles and manage the village so well, he should be respected by others.

"this......"

Anthony shook his head, expressing that he didn't know either.

"Religion and politics should be separated."

Donald and Anthony were distressed when Julia suddenly said something, which attracted the attention of several people, and then went on to say,

"Before I dropped out of school, I just learned the content of imperial law in the management of townships, and there is such a sentence in it, it seems that Mr. Luders said."

According to the laws of the Lane Empire on the management of townships, if the population exceeds 100, it can be called a village. At this time, the local people can use the method of internal recommendation to select a person of high moral character to go to the nearest town and get a The appointment document of the village head, the village head of this level does not have much real power, to put it bluntly, it is a name.

If the population is more than 500 and less than 1,000, it is a big village. If you want to be the village chief at this time, it is not as simple as an internal election. They need to be inspected by nearby towns, usually from the local area. Choose, but that person must have a certain culture, and be loyal to the Ryan Empire, and there are some additional conditions, but these two are the core points.

There is also a principle that religion and politics should not be confused. In short, a priest is a pastor who can pay attention to government regulations and political changes, but he cannot serve in the government.

Similarly, a village chief can believe in any normal sect, but he can never become a sect priest while serving as the village chief, not even the lowest clergy.

Therefore, if the great sage that the child said just now manages the village is true, then this is actually not allowed under the government's regulations.

"Amazing, Leek, I didn't expect you to be a top student too."

Donald shoved a piece of meat into Julia's mouth and said with a smile.

"Donald, aren't you a college student, why don't you know what Lilo has learned?"

Stephanie raised the corners of her mouth and asked a question deliberately.

"Cough cough... The things I have learned have been returned to the teacher long ago. Besides, I studied religious studies in university, and all day long I studied religious teachings. How can there be such content... ...You, you know a few words yourself, and you want to ridicule me?"

Reaching out and pinching Stephanie's nose, the latter waved his fists and beat Donald's shoulders in disgust, but he had no strength, more like acting like a spoiled child.

"So the people in the town should love that great sage very much. What you did just now is obviously to protect him, isn't it?"

"As of now, that's true."

No need to think about what these children say, most of them must have been heard from their own parents, and their remarks to some extent also represent the attitude of the adults in the village towards the great sage.

The group chatted while walking, and the topic of whether the Great Sage managed the village did not last long, after all, it had nothing to do with them.

"Actually, I was a little worried before that if there were no grocery stores in this town, we would have to go door-to-door to buy ingredients. It would be a little troublesome at that time. I thought too much, and there was a grocery store in front of me."

Commercial transactions are also one of the signs that a village is beginning to mature. There is a grocery store on the right front of Cross Street. The facade looks a little old, and it should have been open for a while.

Going over there slowly, Donald took a look at the surrounding houses. He noticed that many houses were just built, and their appearance was still standardized and planned.

It's just that there are not many people living on one street, only one-third of the houses are occupied.

"Wow, there are still a lot of things from here, it's like a small market."

Donald was thinking about it, and Stephanie in front was a little surprised and said there.

Looking back, I found that the outside of the grocery store is not big, but the inside is unique. The wall between the two houses is opened, and a large number of wooden shelves are placed in the center and against the wall.

Vegetables, fruits, rice, meat, and even tools are placed in various areas, which is somewhat like a supermarket in Donald's previous life.

Seeing this kind of grocery store in this kind of mountain village is unexpectedly novel, because some of the goods are mountain goods, but they can't be bought in Beluye City.

"Yellow shiitake mushrooms, toadstools... These are all good ingredients for soups, and these, 1 pound is only 5p. In Demingham, the price will at least double."

As a seaside city, Demingham has a lot of seafood. Such things from the mountains and forests are naturally precious. However, when they are placed here, they have become worthless goods.

"Brother Donald, look, there are live wild rabbits here, so cute."

Julia moved to the corner of a stack of iron cages, and there were many living creatures such as hares and pheasants in it.

"Buy two pheasants, they are said to be very nourishing."

Stephanie stared at the gray pheasants.

"Buy it if you want... Manager, did you make this pocket watch?"

He held an exquisite pocket watch in his hand. The strap seemed to be carved from some kind of ore. The cover of the dial was made of transparent glass, and there was a leaf that looked like a specimen. Donald looked over and over. His own pocket watch I bought it for 2 shillings from a street stall. It has long been worn out and I have never had a chance to change it. I didn't expect to see a piece of my heart in such a country grocery store.

"It was sold to me by the villagers, if you want it...5 shillings and it's yours."

The store manager behind the counter glanced at the pocket watch and its previous placement and said, in his opinion, this pocket watch is not very expensive without gold and silver.

"Five shillings? I bought it~lightnovelpub.net~ for the money."

Donald blinked, and directly took out 1 gold pound and threw it on the counter. What Chang had just said, he whispered to himself again,

"The villagers sold it to the store manager? It doesn't look like it was made by a farmer."

"How many are the foreigners who just came to the village?"

When someone asked at the door, Donald turned his head and saw a gentleman in a brown coat and a silk top hat.

"What's up?"

Donald asked back.

"The village chief wants to see you all, do you have any free time?"

"Oh?"

The village chief wants to see them... for what?