"'That kind of thing'? What is it?" Zhuang Youjie asked confusedly.
"Stupid!" Liang Yuanque flicked his forehead lightly, "I just referred to him like this because I didn't understand."
"It's all in vain," Zhuang Youjie sighed in frustration, "Since you didn't understand, we still don't know what Wang Ming went through in the water village."
Liang Yuanque corrected him, "It can't be said that he experienced something. According to Uncle Mu Su's words, it should be something he did in the water village."
"Although we don't know what he did, we can make a bold judgment from this. His death is most likely related to his actions in the water village."
Zhuang Youjie was still stunned as he listened, "Then what on earth did he do that outraged both humans and gods, and made the people of Shuizhai want to kill and silence him?"
"It's hard to say," Liang Yuanque said, shaking his head, "After all, we have different beliefs from the Shuizhai people, so the taboos are naturally different."
"Wang Ming may have simply offended their beliefs unintentionally, or it may be that some actions that seem innocuous to us are extremely sinful in their eyes."
"Maybe he stepped on the grass on the roadside, or broke a branch with his hand. I heard from the uncle that people in Shuizhai care about water use, so it is possible that he wasted water."
Zhuang Youjie's heart trembled when he heard this. Are these actions that are insignificant in their eyes actually considered disrespectful by other ethnic groups and leading to death?
It seems that when you go out in the future, you need to inquire more about local customs and learn to respect other people's habits.
"Is this still possible?" Zhuang Youjie also thought about it and said,
"For example, stealing something, molesting a girl, or swearing without restraint. These behaviors, which in our understanding will result in a beating, will lead to death in the water village."
He always felt that behavior like what Liang Yuanque exemplified was too much. Can people in Shuizhai guarantee that when walking on the roadside, they won't step on tiny grass seedlings under their feet?
Liang Yuanque nodded as he listened, "All of this is possible. At present, these are just our random guesses. We currently have too few clues."
Just as he was saying this, Ashiya, who was lining up next to her, seemed to have finally arrived, and ran over while greeting them.
Liang Yuanque and the two immediately shut up and put on smiles, as if they had not said anything just now.
Ashiya stuffed them with cakes wrapped in oil paper, and a tantalizing aroma immediately hit their faces.
Liang Yuanque made a rough estimate based on the smell. In addition to crushed sesame seeds and peanuts, there should be some kind of herb with a unique aroma in the filling.
Ashiya felt that they had stayed outside long enough, so she took them back.
Along the way, Liang Yuanque pretended to be casual and chatted with A Shiya while eating.
"Ashiya, have outsiders come to your village before? Usually only people from Luo Chuanshui Town come?"
Ashiya was still innocent and not suspicious, so she naturally started chatting with him, "Basically, they are just people from the town opposite. After all, few other outsiders know about our village."
Asaya said, she thought for a while, "Well, last year, no, a few foreigners came here the year before last, and they called it traveling."
"Does traveling mean going to many places to play?" A Shiya looked at Liang Yuanque.
"Uh," Liang Yuanque didn't know how to answer for a moment. In order to maintain his "long-sick" persona, he could only say with a yearning expression, "Probably so."
Ashiya looked at his expression and reacted, "Yes, you are not in good health and you probably haven't been out."
In order to cheer up her spirit, Liang Yuanque smiled at her and said, "How about I take you on a trip when I get better?"
Ashiya was very surprised, and her eyes that suddenly lit up revealed her inner excitement, "Really, really?"
But soon the light in her eyes dimmed, "It's impossible, I won't leave the village."
It can be seen from the fact that the "purchasers" who walked out of the water village were only young men. Even though the water village was gradually opened up under the leadership of the reformists, there were still many shackles on the daughter's family.
In order to get more information, Liang Yuanque asked Ah Shiya knowingly, "Why?"
Ashiya's expression became very depressed, her eyes lowered, "You can't go out of your daughter's house, just like Sister Fusha, she will be unlucky."
Liang Yuanque immediately caught a name from her words. Could it be that that girl was someone who had walked out of the water village? What was her bad luck?
An ambiguous story emerged in his mind.
Could it be that Wang Ming fell in love with a girl who yearned for freedom in the village, and the two left together, but were discovered by others.
In the end, they killed Wang Ming, and the girl named Fusha was also punished by her tribe.
Well, it's really poignant and tactful. Miss Lingling who sent it to Inspector Fu's family will probably have new inspiration.
So Liang Yuanque pretended to be curious and asked, "You mean, there was a girl who was unlucky after leaving the village before? What happened?"
Ah Shiya started chatting anyway, completely unguarded against Liang Yuanque, and started talking,
"I can't say that. Sister Fusha has never left the village, but she has always wanted to go out. She is the daughter of us who longs for the outside world the most."
"Later she married a buyer from our village. Both of them yearned for the outside world and were very enthusiastic about people from outside."
"Oh, by the way," A Shiya suddenly thought, "In the past, most foreigners from the town across the street or traveling here were invited to live in their wooden houses."
"A year ago, Sister Fusha's husband fell ill and passed away. The elders in their family said it was because Sister Fusha was too wild-minded and offended the gods and suffered retribution. They said she should not keep thinking about going out."
"Since then, even if we girls have some thoughts in our hearts, we will not think about going out. After all, we still feel that our family is more important than going out to see."
Although Ashiya said this, her tone was slightly trembling.
It is impossible for a person to be without thoughts, and it feels particularly uncomfortable to have thoughts constrained.
The daughters of Shuizhai will choose to bow their heads, but they have not consumed their thoughts because of this. Living in chains will be more painful than ignorance.
Liang Yuanque's eyes showed a hint of distress when he looked at A Shiya. He rarely showed such an expression to others.
He looked at Ashiya and uncontrollably thought of his sister, the girl who had once been brilliant and flourished, but finally withered in the shackles of a bad marriage.
Liang Yuanque calmed down his emotions. Now is not the time to think about the past and feel sad. He wants to continue to test whether Wang Ming also lived in the house of the woman mentioned by A Shiya.
But before he opened his mouth, he heard a loud shout from ahead,
"Why haven't you left yet?"
