webnovelfull Chapter 280 The Birth of the 9th Tribe
Chapter 280 The Birth of the 9th Tribe
Shen Zhiqiu had considered introducing such a new regulation for a long time. In ancient times, the idea of favoring boys over girls was not so easy to change. It might be difficult to change the entire society, but it was possible to start with this group of people.
After all, the money for buying the land is earned by everyone together, and everyone has contributed something, so there won’t be too many people objecting.
The most important thing is that if this becomes the new clan rule, no one in Shenjia Village will favor boys over girls anymore. Regardless of whether a boy or girl is born, everyone can get a share of the land. It doesn't matter whether the child is a boy or a girl, as long as they are their own children, they will be treasures.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Shen Zhiqiu spoke again: "This is what I think. When we were in the cave, we worshiped together. Normally, we talked about our Shenjia Village.
Now we are all in Yangjia Village, it is not good to talk about Shenjia Village anymore. I think we should call our clan the Nine Clans from now on.
After that, we nine clans will create a clan genealogy for the nine clans in addition to our own clan genealogy. If everyone has no objection, I will also write the rules for land division into the clan genealogy."
This is mainly aimed at outsiders in the village, because the other three families do not have family trees, and they have their own surnames and cannot be added to the Shen family. It is best to create a new nine-family tree.
But the one who reacted the most after hearing this was Gao Erzhuang. He stood up suddenly and said, "No, Uncle San."
Gao Hunter glared at him: "What are you talking about, you little brat? What's wrong with that?"
Gao Erzhuang actually likes Daya. When he heard that they will all be members of the same nine clans in the future, could he and Daya still be together?
But he suddenly stood up, not knowing how to explain it. He just stood there anxiously, not even daring to look at Daya, for fear of being discovered.
"I...this...this..." He just stood there at a loss, not knowing what to say.
Old Lady Wang spoke up, "I have something to say, too. Can the third child, who is in a situation like your eldest sister and brother-in-law, be accepted by the clan?"
As soon as the old lady said this, Gao Erzhuang immediately remembered what he had said: "Yes, Uncle San, that's what I meant."
Who is Shen Zhiqiu? He knew something was wrong with Erzhuang's expression just now. Now he brings up this issue again. Moreover, Erzhuang is at the age of being full of passion and enthusiasm. Who hasn't been young before?
I thought to myself, "I don't know which girl this boy has taken a fancy to. I didn't see any signs at other times!"
However, he did not intend to embarrass Er Zhuang, and explained again: "Although we are writing a genealogy of nine clans, we can add a clause that people with different surnames can marry each other, but they cannot marry people with blood relations. For example, cousins cannot marry each other.
I know there have been cases of cousin marriages before, and they are not rare, but I want to tell you that there are many dangers of marrying close relatives.”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone became excited because some of the people present were engaged in incestuous marriages.
"Old Three, why?"
"What harm can this do? Isn't this just making the relationship closer?"
Shen Zhiqiu's expression turned serious: "In case of inbreeding, for example, cousins have the same blood in their bodies, so they may have the same family disease.
This disease does not manifest in cousins, but because cousins have children together, the possibility of this disease may increase.
And it is very easy to give birth to deformed children, such as extra fingers and toes, extra arms and legs, etc. Think about it, although we don't have such a thing in our tribe,
But is there a similar situation in my hometown? Inbreeding will affect the life span of the offspring. Of course, don't worry about it.
This is not 100%, but it is possible, and the reason why we cannot approach intermarriage is to avoid this possibility."
Shen Zhiqiu couldn't talk to them about genes or something like that, because no one would understand. He could only explain it in words that everyone could understand.
But these words still caused quite a bit of discussion.
Tiezhu's wife exclaimed, "No wonder, my second aunt's cousin married my eldest uncle's son. Their first two children died young, but the last one survived, but he has six toes on one foot. Is this because of inbreeding?"
Shen Douzi's wife also said: "This situation also happened in my mother's village. Some married women had children who died young, and some gave birth to idiots."
"Yes, yes, I have heard of such things. At that time, there were people who muttered about their family behind their backs, saying that they might have done something bad and the child they gave birth to was either a fool or a cripple."
Suddenly the whole meeting was in an uproar. No one had reminded anyone before, and no one had thought about this aspect. Even Doctor Guo had not thought about it. But now they realized it after listening to Shen Zhiqiu's words.
Although not all cases of inbreeding will lead to problems, most cases of problems with consecutive children are caused by inbreeding.
Doctor Guo was also frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. When his eldest grandson Guo Dalang and his wife were in their hometown, they expressed to him that they hoped to arrange a marriage with their brother's child from their natal family.
At that time, he thought that the children were still young and it was hard to tell what their personalities were, so he said, "Let's wait until the children grow up. How can we tell anything when they are too young?"
Thinking about it now, I am really scared. If I hadn't fled the famine, if the third brother hadn't told me these things, the consequences would have been terrible.
His eldest grandson and his wife were also frightened when they thought of this. Now, the eldest sister-in-law of the Guo family was covering her chest with one hand, feeling extremely scared.
Of course, such situations are quite common this time. After all, many people wanted to marry their relatives, but because of fleeing famine, they did not have time to notify their relatives.
Master Shen also said: "Okay, this rule must be added to the Third Brother's list. Whoever violates this rule will be expelled from the family tree."
This old man values his descendants the most. In the past, he regarded the descendants of the Shen family as more important than his own life. Now all nine clans are included.
Shen Zhiqiu nodded, and the others now had no objections. After all, with so many examples, if they could figure it out now, they would be scared to death.
"What I'm going to say is that after buying the land, our clan only has about 300 taels of silver left, which is not enough to build a house, so we have to build an old-fashioned thatched house ourselves."
No one has any objection to this. Don’t they live in mud-brick houses in their hometown? There are only a few brick-and-tile houses in a village.
"Tomorrow, a few old men will go and choose where we will build our house. Everyone should clear out the land for building the house first. Then we can start clearing the land and building the house at the same time.
The sickle was also made. The thatched grass cut from the wasteland was dried and used as roofs. The cut trees were placed in a dry place to dry.
If it doesn't work, we can roast the trees with fire. It doesn't matter if they turn black. Roasting with fire can also prevent insects. Let's leave it like this for now. We can build a two-story building later when we make money."
During the Daqing Dynasty, families with people of scholar rank or above were allowed to build additional floors.
Shen Fugui said: "Third brother, we dare not think about adding a floor, we are content as long as we can build a brick house! I never dared to think about living in a brick house before."
This expresses the thoughts of many people. When they come to Yangjia Village, what they envy most are the brick and tile houses. Why do they look so grand?