Since he was very young, Wang Yuan has often had all kinds of weird dreams, such as dreaming that he was an engineering dog in his previous life.
For a child, it is difficult for him to figure out which breed the engineering dog belongs to?
In addition, Wang Yuan also dreamed about many high-rise buildings, which were taller than all the houses in the village put together. He also dreamed about a kind of iron bird called an airplane, where people can fly straight into the sky. Or a kind of iron bird called a high-speed rail.
The cart can travel thousands of miles in a day, hundreds of times faster than the donkey in the village.
When Wang Yuan was three years old, his father went down the mountain to exchange animal skins for salt. When passing by the official road of Zhazuo Station, a guest who was a demoted official died on the way.
The official's life was really miserable. Not only did he live in the barbarian land of Guizhou, he even had his clothes stripped off by the barbarians after he died.
When my father went there, the unfortunate official's body had been repeatedly touched, leaving only two books that no one cared about. One was "Mr. Hui'an's Poems", which was a copy of the poems of Liu Jian, the first assistant of the Hongzhi Dynasty; the other was "Da Fang Guang"
"Fohuayan Sutra" is a Buddhist classic printed among the people.
Adhering to the simple philosophy of "Thieves never steal anything", my father took the two books home and planned to throw them in the latrine to wipe his butt.
Wang Yuan, who had never studied before, suddenly pointed at the Buddhist scriptures and said: "The Buddha is generous and wide!"
Abba was confused and asked: "What is Dafang Guangfo?"
Wang Yuan pointed to the cover of the book and said: "This book is called "Dafang Guangfo Huayan Sutra", and it is a Buddhist scripture."
Only Carpenter Liu was literate in the entire village, so his father immediately picked up three-year-old Wang Yuan and went to find out what was going on with two tattered books.
Carpenter Liu was a craftsman who had escaped from Guizhou City (i.e. Guiyang), and he was considered well-informed. He did not believe in innate knowledge. He opened the scripture and said: "Wang Er, you said you knew the characters, read it to me."
Look at it again."
Wang Yuan looked at the densely packed words, and countless information suddenly poured into his mind. Some of the words looked different from what he remembered, but even Meng Daigui could read them. He immediately pointed to the book and recited: "I heard: For a moment
, the Buddha first attained enlightenment in the Aranya Dharma Bodhi Fieldhouse in the Kingdom of Mojiati..."
Carpenter Liu was stunned for a moment and asked his father, "Wang Quan, are you really not the one who taught me?"
My father was also confused. He scratched his head and said, "I don't know a few Chinese characters. I even asked you to help me name my son. How can I know any Buddhist scriptures?"
Carpenter Liu looked at Wang Yuan, then at the scriptures, and then at Wang Yuan again. He suddenly felt great fear, knelt down and kowtowed: "Liu Han, a common man, does not know the reincarnation of the Buddha. Please don't blame me, Master Bodhisattva!"
From then on, Wang Yuan became a famous figure in the village.
Unfortunately, that's all, because after searching the village, I couldn't find a few believers in Buddhism. They believe in the Five Manifestations of God, and they also engage in totem worship, wearing masks and performing Nuo dances to pray for spirits from time to time.
The village's name is "Heishanling Village", which is not a bandit's nest, but a birthplace village in Guizhou.
Such places are neither affiliated with the health center nor under the direct control of the chieftain. Such places are called "raw lands". There are "raw lands" everywhere in Guizhou, and they are inhabited by various ethnic minorities. To put it bluntly, they are all
The foreigners of the Ming Dynasty.
The Heishanling Village where Wang Yuan is located is different. It is a "Chuangqing Village", and all the people living in it are "Chuangqing people"!
Green is black, and distant mountains are like black. Generally speaking, it is blue and black.
Han people and native people lived together in the village. They were neither regarded as Han people by the outside world nor accepted by native people of all ethnic groups, so a brand new ethnic group was formed.
They collect mineral pigments from the mountains and like to dye their clothes blue and black to show the difference between themselves and the Han people (blue clothes) and native people (plain clothes) - hence the name "Chuanqingren".
There are many such ethnic groups in the Yunnan-Guizhou region, and their origins are diverse, even extending hundreds of years later. Although they are not officially recognized as an ethnic group, on the first and second generation ID cards of New China, the ethnic column reads "Qing ethnic group" respectively.
” and “The Man in Green.”
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there was already the title of "Chuanqing people", but the daily names were "Liminzi" (descendants of Liao people) and "Turen" (different from the Tujia people), and they were even mistakenly thought to belong to
Black Miao ethnic group.
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In the blink of an eye, several years passed and Wang Yuan was ten years old. He became more and more fond of being in a daze.
Memories about past lives become clearer and more profound.
In fact, Wang Yuan still has the thinking mode of an adult and is very sure that he has traveled through time.
It's just that compared to other time travellers, he is really dressed a bit badly. He is neither a prince or a general nor a rich and powerful family. At least he can dress like an innocent and good citizen. This damn person was reincarnated in a barbarian village.
What the hell?
How can I take the imperial examination if I don’t even have a formal household registration?
If you don't take the scientific examination, how can you get ahead in the Ming Dynasty?
Even if you want to go out and make a living, you still have to solve the household registration problem. You can't stay in the mountains all the time, just like your wife and children, right?
That would be too embarrassing for the time traveler!
That evening, my father and elder brother came back from hunting, and my mother was serving rice with my sister on her back.
My father’s name is Wang Quan, a avant-garde soldier from Guizhou who fled to the military household.
Grandmother Wang Jiang is a Miao girl from Damiao Mountain in the west.
Mrs. Wang Jiang gave birth to five children in total. Due to poor medical conditions, one son died in childbirth and one daughter died at the age of six months. Only the eldest brother Wang Meng, the second child Wang Yuan and a little sister who could not be named were left.
The bowl is a stoneware bowl with a few holes missing, and the chopsticks are also made of random wood.
The rice was red rice porridge, made from sorghum mixed with bran, and the texture and taste were particularly bad. The food was even less sophisticated, a big bowl of wild vegetable soup, with some Houttuynia cordata thrown in for seasoning.
My dad and my eldest brother had a good harvest today. They hunted a hare and a squirrel, and they will have meat to eat tomorrow.
Seeing that Wang Yuan didn't move his chopsticks, his mother Wang Jiang asked: "Brother Yuan, why don't you eat?"
The eldest brother Wang Meng answered with a smile: "Are you upset because I didn't call you for hunting?"
Abba Wang Quan said very proudly: "Brother Yuan has practiced archery very well, and his strength is frightening. In a few years, when his body grows stronger, he will definitely be a first-class hunter!"
"Of course, my brother's archery is more accurate than mine. The last arrow hit the pheasant's eye." Wang Meng grinned in a silly way.
The family atmosphere was very harmonious, and Wang Yuan couldn't help laughing. But he quickly put away his smile and said seriously: "Abba, Ama, brother, I want to study!"
The whole family was silent.
After a long while, Mrs. Wang Jiang said: "Brother Yuan, my family has no money."
Wang Quan shook his head and said: "You can't study even if you have money. There is not even a social school within a few dozen miles, only the Song clan school run by the chieftain himself. Not to mention that we undocumented mountain people can't get in. Even the editors at the foot of the mountain can't get in."
No good people are accepted, and only the children of the Song family are allowed to study there."
Wang Yuan said: "Abba, Ama, I have thought about this issue for a long time. It is not necessary to go to school to study. It is enough to have a teacher. It is the same when studying at home."
Wang Quan was still shaking his head: "Carpenter Liu is the only one in the village who is literate. Although you two brothers came up with his help with their names, he is still half-baked, so how can he be qualified to be a teacher?"
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "There is no one on the mountain, but there is one at the bottom of the mountain. Just ask a gentleman to come up the mountain."
"Sir, it's very expensive. We can't even raise the money even if we sell it," Ms. Wang Jiang reminded.
Wang Yuan explained his plan step by step: "On the official road of Zhazuoyi, are there often exiles and demoted officials?"
Wang Meng nodded and said, "It's a lot."
Wang Yuan continued: "Among these exiles and demoted officials, are there any who have read books? Can they be invited to be teachers?"
Wang Meng suddenly realized it and slapped his thigh: "Yes, just grab one and go up the mountain to be a teacher. Brother, your brain is the best! You are so smart!"
Wang Yuan, who was very clever, quickly corrected him: "Brother, this is to invite, not to rob."