The Jiuli people followed the Chiyou tribe and have been living here for thousands of years.
Over the past thousands of years, the population has ranged from several thousand to tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. However, their tribe has always had consanguineous marriages within them.
In fact, these people don't know what close relatives are or not.
Like in ancient times, cousins married cousins. Many, even many princes and nobles, were incestuous marriages. Naturally, many children died in infancy, and even idiots were born.
The same is true for the Jiuli tribe now. Except for marriages between close relatives within, there are no marriages between outsiders.
Over time, the tribal population became smaller and smaller.
The tribe leader and elders didn't know what was going on, and neither did the tribe's witch doctors or sorcerers.
However, more and more people in the tribe are getting sick, and they are still suffering from strange diseases, which makes the leader of the Mao Rang tribe start to pay attention.
This time, when I learned that Xiao Chen was coming, I specially let Xiao Chen see it.
"Marriage between close relatives?" the Maorang clan leader asked curiously.
The so-called close relatives refer to a common blood relationship within three generations or less. If they intermarry, it is called consanguineous marriage. They both have too many similar genetic factors, and future generations cannot mutate from them, and harmful genes will be passed on to future generations.
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If this gene is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, the children may develop the disease because they are homozygous for the mutation. Therefore, inbreeding increases the risk of certain autosomal recessive diseases.
Chief Maorang definitely doesn’t know.
After hearing Xiao Chen's explanation, the Maorang patriarch said: "Dr. Xiao, do you mean that marriage is still not allowed within the fourth generation?"
"Yes, it's best not to get married. I think it's best for you to marry the Miao people outside. The young Miao women outside can marry in. The young women here haven't married out, so that there will be no incest.
And harmful genes are more likely to be passed on to future generations."
Marry off the women here?
Let women from outside marry in again?
The tribe and others never seemed to think about it.
Nowadays, they are still living a life of slash-and-burn farming and isolation from the outside world. If they get married like this, wouldn't they be able to maintain their traditional culture?
Chief Maorang frowned.
"Dr. Xiao, besides this method, is there any other way?"
"No.
Otherwise, there will be fewer and fewer people in your tribe, and your descendants will have more and more various genetic diseases. The more diseases you have, the harder it will be to suffer from them."
Xiao Chen felt that the Jiuli tribe could preserve their traditions. The good essence of culture could be preserved, but the bad ones would definitely be discarded.
In Xiao Chen's opinion, things like marriage between close relatives are definitely not acceptable.
In fact, situations like this also exist abroad. There are also such tribes in the Amazon jungle. They live the same life as the Jiuli tribe. In the end, they slowly disappeared because there were no people.
There are no more people, so of course there is no such tribe anymore.
"Dr. Xiao, what should they do?"
"I prescribe medicine to them according to their symptoms. Some can be cured, while others cannot."
Xiao Chen knew that his medical skills were very good and he could completely cure even terminal cancers as long as he wanted to treat them.
However, this requires mysterious medical skills and a price needs to be paid.
Weird diseases like these.
Many things that did not exist in the first place are now appearing in ordinary people of these tribes, and that is because they are caused by incest marriages.
Xiao Chen gave them prescriptions one by one and asked them to buy them at small drugstores outside.
In the mountains, there are also many medicinal materials that can be used as medicinal materials to make medicinal soup and drink them.
However, not all medicinal materials are actually available here, and they can only be purchased at pharmacies outside.
Perhaps because of what Xiao Chen said, when the clan leader Mao Rang was meditating there and asked people to entertain the three of Xiao Chen to a wooden house, Xiao Chen had already met Master Miao.
"Master." Xiao Chen greeted Master Miao.
Master Miao is still very satisfied with Xiao Chen, a young man.
The other party has good medical skills, good medical ethics and good character.
Although the other party is not a Miao, his talent is still very good in all aspects of witchcraft.
"Just now did the clan leader invite you over?"
"He asked me to treat patients from his tribe."
"Have you seen everything?"
"Looking at it, some are easy to treat and some are difficult to treat."
In fact, thousands of years ago, the Miao and Jiuli were not the same ethnic group. However, they were later separated due to geographical environment and other factors.
Due to the relationship, the Miao people gradually came into contact with the outside world, while the Jiuli people still stayed here and were willing to accept the outside world.
"When the Jiuli ethnic group had the largest population, there were actually hundreds of thousands of people. Later, it gradually became less and less, until now there are only a few thousand people left."
On the contrary, there are more and more Miao people outside.
Xiao Chen was surprised that now there was only this small population left.
"It seems that it is better to let them contact and communicate with the outside world. Otherwise, if this continues, thousands of people will not be able to survive."
Master Miao nodded.
In fact, their culture is similar to that of the Jiuli in all aspects, and even many ancient characters can be understood by the Miao people.
"Master, when will we go under the cemetery again?"
"Tonight."
Going in tonight?
Xiao Chen felt that it would have been safer to enter through another entrance.
If he entered through the main entrance, Xiao Chen would have no idea what was going on inside.
Last time, I encountered the two-headed snake and the layout of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. It can be said that I had to pass five levels and kill six generals before I could enter safely.
Of course, for these thousands of years, basically everyone could get in but couldn't get out.
He couldn't understand why Master Miao had to go in?
"Master, it's too dangerous to go in. If you want to find something, just let me go in for you."
Xiao Chen was also worried that Master Miao would die if he went in and behaved like Sister Sang's master.
"I must go there."
When Master Miao said that, Xiao Chen didn't ask any more questions.
When Xiao Chen, Sang and Mo Xiaowan went to the other wooden house to rest there, time passed quickly without realizing it.
In the blink of an eye, it was past five o'clock in the afternoon, and Xiao Chen felt that it was getting dark here.
This may be because there are many trees nearby, blocking the sunlight.
Xiao Chen and others, as well as Master Miao, were called to go to the Maorang clan leader.
At this time, in addition to the Maorang clan leader, Xiao Chen also saw several old people, who should be the elders of this tribe.
"Doctor Xiao, these are our first elder, second elder, third elder, fourth elder, and fifth elder."
When Mao asked the patriarch to introduce their identities, Xiao Chen stood up and greeted them one by one. Regardless of whether they were elders or not, they were already old people and Xiao Chen should respect them.