Thirteen or fourteen-year-old Ross/Moore, or rather, Wu Qingchen, didn't realize it at all, and inadvertently set a goal that seemed quite lofty for Old William.
Wu Qingchen no longer has the extra energy to think about such insignificant matters.
It has been ten days since I entered the medieval world.
Wu Qingchen muttered silently again.
Just halfway through the morning, this is already Wu Qingchen's eighth chanting today.
From this, it can be seen how Wu Qingchen spent the days in the medieval world like years.
There is no way, in this dream world, clothing, food, housing, transportation, the four elements of human existence, none of which makes Wu Qingchen feel overwhelmed.
Just say clothes.
Clothes... To be more precise, the pile of garbage hanging on her body, Wu Qingchen has refused to admit their identity until now.
After being reminded by countless professors with stern attitudes, Wu Qingchen has actually prepared himself for hardships and hardships as much as possible after entering the medieval world. The robes in the medieval world must be sewn by housewives themselves. Such garbage must be rough in fabric and ugly in style. Stitches are sparse, patches overlap...
If it was just these things, Wu Qingchen could barely tolerate them.
However, reality dealt Wu Qingchen a heavy blow.
Wu Qingchen has never even heard that there is actually a kind of clothing fabric in the world that can be worse than a mop that has been used for at least three years; there is actually a kind of clothing fiber in the world that can be worse than a restaurant The wire balls specially used for washing dishes are even harder;
Wearing such clothes, every day and every movement is a new challenge for Wu Qingchen.
Because Wu Qingchen has every reason to suspect that if his movements only need to be a little bigger, the skin on his body may be cut with one or two bloody wounds by the rough clothes...
What is even more tragic is that such rubbish is still a very precious property for families in the medieval world!
An outer robe, an inner robe, and a pair of wooden shoes, these are all items related to clothing that Wu Qingchen owns.
Because of this tragedy, Wu Qingchen faced a very difficult choice when he entered the medieval world to wash clothes for the first time: wash the outer robe first, or wash the inner robe first.
This is directly related to whether you will go into battle in a vacuum or wear your underwear backwards the next day.
As for not washing at all...
Coming to the medieval world as a beggar-like native, it is already miserable to have to wear a mop. Is it really like other beggars, just wearing a mop that has not been washed for three years
Thinking of this, Wu Qingchen felt a little queasy.
But Wu Qingchen wasn't worried that she would vomit at all, because in the past ten days, Wu Qingchen hadn't had a full stomach at all.
Every day, every meal, Wu Qingchen eats the same food.
Green soup, green pods, green mush.
What's even more exaggerated is that the appearance of these three items is still extremely ugly as always, there is no need to put them in your mouth, just looking at them is enough to turn your appetite off.
Especially the green goo.
Until now, Wu Qingchen has not figured out how the peas, which are obviously just one by one, turn into such strange things as mush when they are put into the pot and then taken out.
To say they are weird is an understatement.
After eating for two days, Wu Qingchen discovered that there is an important reason why the food in the medieval world is so unpalatable.
Because they are pure natural green healthy food.
More specifically, food in the Middle Ages hardly contained any seasoning.
No oil, no pepper, no spices, no MSG...
Only after eating this kind of food for two or three days in a row, the middle-aged woman who cooks will first look out the door furtively, and after confirming that no one will pass by, she quickly walks into the depths of the wooden house and starts from the farthest corner. A wooden box was pulled out from under the bed.
Then carefully and with great care, a little bit of black powder was ground from a black object in the wooden box, which looked like a stone.
Finally put the black powder into the cooked food.
The whole process is like a drug addict who broke his fortune and found out the last nerve anesthesia poison he made himself out of cold medicine and tranquilizers!
And these black powdered drugs are actually just the worst kind of salt.
With this kind of salt, the food does have a little more salty taste, but at the same time, there are also more astringent sourness and bitterness.
It also makes the pastes that are already natural enough to taste closer to the taste of leaves.
Even with such leaves, there are only two meals a day.
Yes, only two meals a day!
Generally speaking, Wu Qingchen's life trajectory in the past ten days is generally like this:
The sun had not yet risen in the morning, and it was still pitch black in all directions. At about 4 or 5 in the morning, Wu Qingchen followed his father out of the house.
Walking on the dilapidated village road for half an hour to an hour, the sky was slightly bright, and Wu Qingchen was almost standing in the field.
Then I worked hard for about three or four hours, my whole body was sore, and when I couldn't continue working, I walked home with my father for half an hour to an hour.
At this time, it is about 9 or 10 in the morning, and I start to eat the first meal of the day, which is breakfast.
After breakfast, I rested for about ten minutes, followed my father out of the house again, and started to do morning or afternoon tasks, because they were often connected together, and there was almost no rest in between.
Just kept working like this, until the sky began to darken, Wu Qingchen dragged his tired body away from the field again, and walked in a winding way for about an hour, the sun almost completely set, and the road could hardly be seen clearly. Just in time to go home.
This time is the second meal of the day, which is dinner.
Authentic work at sunrise and rest at sunset, there is never a day interval.
A long time ago, when Wu Qingchen was an ordinary young man on the earth in the 21st century, when he was reading books or watching movies about ancient times in his spare time, Wu Qingchen was a little puzzled: it was always said that the ancient peasants had extremely heavy labor. In the end there is almost no free time, what on earth are they doing.
Now, Wu Qingchen understands a lot.
The simplest situation: It has only been ten days since he came to the Middle Ages, and Wu Qingchen has traveled all over the village with his father and elder brother, and already has a basic understanding of the basic situation of the village.
Of course, this is not a trip to the mountains, nor is it that my father noticed that Wu Qingchen had just arrived and led him to familiarize himself with the environment.
The reason for this is that Wu Qingchen's family's land is not concentrated in one piece, but scattered in all directions around the village. Wu Qingchen's rough calculation shows that in the past ten days alone, he has worked in more than thirty places place.
Every place is at least half an hour away from his family's wooden house. Wu Qingchen spends at least one-third of his time every day just walking to the field and then walking home from the field.
What is even more frightening is that among the thirty or so fields that Wu Qingchen has seen so far, each of them is at least half the size of a football field.
That is to say, if it is shared equally by head, every man in Wu Qingchen's family needs to bear the labor area of at least five football fields.
A labor area as large as five football fields, most of the farm tools are made of wood;
This is Wu Qingchen's labor intensity.
There are only two meals a day, all of which are vegetarian, without any meat or even oil;
This is Wu Qingchen's nutrition level.
The huge difference between the two, coupled with completely different tastes, everyone will understand why Wu Qingchen hasn't had a full meal for ten days.
In short, wearing rags, eating leaves, sleeping on turf, and stepping on mud, these are Wu Qingchen's basic necessities in the medieval world.
What is poverty
After spending ten days in agony, even washing his face, he had to rummage through the entire wooden house to find half a piece of rag. Wu Qingchen had a deeper understanding of poverty:
What is poverty? Poverty is a spotless dustbin with nothing superfluous.
Chapter 15 What is Poverty? (Down)
"Loss... Roses... wake up, it's time to go."
It was morning at this time, and Wu Qingchen, who was resting quietly with his eyes closed after another breakfast that was still unpalatable, gradually became a little confused.
After being pushed, Wu Qingchen came back to his senses, and Grace stood beside him, readying the farm tools to be used next again.
At this time, Wu Qingchen no longer needed to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Wu Qingchen can basically understand the language of the medieval world, and there is no obstacle to the conversation.
Don't get me wrong, mastering a foreign language in ten days is not because Wu Qingchen has a rare language talent, but because this foreign language is too simple.
To be precise, it should be barren, or backward.
Sociologists and linguists once said when teaching Wu Qingchen that language is a tool for communication, especially for everyday spoken language, the complexity of language is closely related to the development of society, and there is no complex social environment , there is no developed spoken language system.
The medieval world followed the same law.
Similar to the learning process of most languages, for the languages of the medieval world, Wu Qingchen first came into contact with nouns.
From the nouns, we can see the degree of backwardness of the languages of the medieval world.
Do you know the name of the huge fireball hanging in the sky during the day
sun.
Do you know the name of the disc hanging in the sky at night
Also the sun.
Do you know what the rushes that are lighted up occasionally are called
Still the sun!
Did you see it? This is the name of the medieval world!
The task of distinguishing these three suns falls on the adjectives of the medieval world.
Do you know the name of the huge fireball hanging in the sky during the day
Big sun.
Do you know the name of the disc hanging in the sky at night
middle sun.
Do you know what the rushes that are lighted up occasionally are called
the little sun!
the little sun! Did you see it? This is the adjective of the medieval world!
The absurdity of adjectives is not limited to this: the river on the edge of the forest is called Dashui; manage? It doesn't matter, it can be called Xiaoshui.
Little water!
Do you dare to believe
At least Wu Qingchen couldn't believe her ears at all.
During the emergency training, the staff officers repeatedly explained that after entering the medieval world, Wu Qingchen should collect as much information as possible as soon as possible to lay a solid foundation for the next move.
Wu Qingchen originally thought that it would be a very simple job to master the languages of the medieval world.
However, Wu Qingchen realized that this was actually a very difficult task after he was able to have a normal dialogue with the natives of the medieval world.
It has been three or four days since I have been able to communicate normally, and Wu Qingchen always finds it extremely strenuous to chat with the natives of the medieval world, spending a lot of extra time and energy to understand what the other party wants to express.
This is impossible, lacking rich vocabulary and precise descriptions. When Wu Qingchen communicated with the residents of the medieval world, the most common feeling was vagueness. It was far away from the village, and it was far away to climb two mountains. It is still far away from the baron's territory!
How far is it? One day away, two days away, three days away...
It doesn't get any further.
For the aborigines in the medieval world, from birth to death, the vast majority of them never left the village where they lived. Even the "two days away" market, at least half of the aborigines have never been to !
Logically, for three or four days, what Wu Qingchen was able to understand through chatting never exceeded a radius of twenty kilometers.
Even within the twenty kilometers, what Wu Qingchen can communicate with the natives is limited to peas, cabbage, oats, rye, barley; or goats, roosters, cows, big cows, medium cows, calves, etc. .
It is always these superficial contents that can be seen with the naked eye.
As for politics, philosophy, art, law...
please! It's better to save a little saliva, so far, Wu Qingchen has never even heard these words.
Using such a barren language and facing such a communication environment, one can imagine what kind of pain it is for Wu Qingchen, who likes to chat, and his biggest hobby after work is to fill forums.
Fortunately, there may be some new discoveries in the following activities.
Leaving the dirty and dark dining table and following Grace out of the room, Wu Qingchen thought expectantly.
Although both of them still had farm tools in their hands, the destination of Grace and Wu Qingchen was no longer a certain piece of land around the village, but the most conspicuous building in the center of the village.
church.
Of course, just like the "sun" in the medieval world could not be pronounced "taiyang", the word "church" is only Wu Qingchen's understanding. Anyway, the role it plays will not be much different from the role played by the church on earth.
Starting from the wooden house, about ten minutes later, turning a corner, Wu Qingchen saw the sharp corner of the church in front of him.
The bell had already rang twice. When Wu Qingchen arrived, there were already many villagers standing on the gravel road in front of the church. Wu Qingchen and Grace walked to William's side, and soon several neighbors and friends joined them. ranks.
During the waiting process, Wu Qingchen rarely had anything to do, and was not interested in talking with his neighbors about a new calf in Agnes's family, so his eyes quickly turned around.
Standing closer, Wu Qingchen noticed that compared with the wooden houses in the village, the church was indeed much stronger and more imposing, but the low walls on both sides were still damaged in a few places, and a few fresh and tender branches occasionally emerged from the gaps in the corners. Grass seedlings.
The last bell rang.
Most of the villagers standing outside the door began to squeeze into the church, only some daredevils who were probably used to being together remained outside.
Walking inside, Wu Qingchen found that although rows of wooden benches were neatly arranged on both sides of the church, no one sat on them. Occasionally, children showed this tendency, and they were quickly caught by their fathers or Mother pulled back and reprimanded softly.
There are usually few people in the church, but looking at these wooden benches, Wu Qingchen seldom sees dust or stains, and most of them are even cleaner than the stools in Wu Qingchen's home that people sit on several times a day .
There is still a little time before the half-monthly prayer and sermon, seize the last chance, most of the villagers in the church are talking eagerly, and some people walk around from time to time, choosing a close companion or finding a better one Location.
This situation lasted for about ten minutes. After that, the side door at the back of the church suddenly opened halfway, and a boy who was about the same age as Ross/Moore walked in and swept the altar and the podium at the front of the church with a duster. .
After finishing this, the boy stood on the side of the podium, and a pastor wearing a white robe, who was about 30 years old, walked into the church quickly, and the villagers on both sides became very quiet, except for occasional coughing and muffled voices. Very low whispers.
"Ding… "
With a crisp sound, the little boy at the side of the podium hid the duster somewhere, and at this moment he lightly tapped a small chime placed on the side of the podium with a small wooden hammer.
here we go
Wu Qingchen pulled the two lapels of his outer robe unconsciously, and stood up with his legs straighter.
Starting with a crisp "ding", the young pastor used a monotonous and low voice, recited some classics, and after a few sentences, changed into a singing or answering song, chatting with the little boy next to him. He responded with a low voice.
The ceremony had indeed begun, but Wu Qingchen couldn't hear the pastor's words at all. They were mostly chants and prayers, and sometimes there were even some inaudible murmurs mixed in.
There is no other way, Wu Qingchen quickly glanced left and right when he heard the tone he used to fool his family a few days ago, and soon realized that his nervousness and silence were unnecessary, because the pastor’s recitation had not yet passed. In the last two or three minutes, many villagers started chatting again, and some even leaned lazily on the pillars.
Is that all right
This is completely inconsistent with the religious rituals that Wu Qingchen learned from movies or books.
However, such a relatively relaxed religious environment must be more in line with Wu Qingchen's wishes, Wu Qingchen's legs also relaxed a little without any trace.
The priest's recitation and chants lasted about ten minutes or so.
The little boy on the side of the podium knocked the chime again, and the pastor stepped off the podium and stood beside the altar.
The villagers became quieter again. After waiting for a while, the atmosphere in the church became stable enough. The pastor put on a solemn expression, and at the same time put on a somewhat serious expression, but he still returned to the normal narration tone.
This is preaching the creed, that is, preaching.
However, Wu Qingchen didn't understand these things at this time. Wu Qingchen only knew that what the pastor said at this time had finally returned to the category that most of them could understand, so he hurriedly listened carefully.
The content of the pastor’s statement was not complicated. First, he reminded the villagers to recall the previous sermons about sins of confession, briefly described the commandments that have been explained this year, and then began to focus on explaining another sin that should be avoided, that is, laziness. Laziness makes people ugly and never beautiful again.
When it comes to beauty, the pastor focuses on describing a beautiful world, which is about a paradise where you can eat a lot of mush every day and only need to farm until dark every day to fill your stomach; when it comes to ugliness, the pastor focuses more on describing A terrible world, probably a hell where no wheat can ever be grown, and no matter how much one eats it is impossible to get enough.
It's such a wonderful and scary world...
Wu Qingchen tried as hard as he could to remain serious, but the corners of his mouth still twitched uncontrollably.
But even with such a crude vision and such empty threats, the pastor's sermons still occasionally cause the villagers to widen their eyes with unbearable longing, or cover their mouths to let out a few exclamations of fear.
In this way, after an hour or so, the little boy knocked on the chime again, the pastor returned to the podium, and recited and sang again for about ten minutes, and the ceremony ended.
This is not the end, there is another Grace, or it should be said that the villagers of the entire Akeli village actively participated in the key content of this prayer.
Distribute holy food.
Putting down the classics in his hand, Mr. Pastor took out a tree stick from the side of the altar, dipped it into the water bowl in front of the altar, closed his eyes and muttered for a while, then took out the tree stick, and hung it on the two sides of the altar. On the wooden box, after a few false taps, the pastor opened his eyes again, held up the tree branch, patted his shoulders with the villagers who had become quieter at some point, and solemnly sang "Master ,together."
Then, several middle-aged men standing at the front approached the altar, opened the wooden box, took out wooden trays filled with holy food, and distributed them one by one to the villagers who participated in the prayer.
Wu Qingchen soon got a share too.
Carefully pinching this hard-won holy food, Wu Qingchen's fingers trembled slightly.
No way, Wu Qingchen had to be so excited: the appearance of this piece of holy black bread is too scary, the mildew spots all over the body are shocking, Wu Qingchen carefully widened his eyes, and managed to find two spots from the dense spots It is a position where you can barely squeeze your fingers. Maintaining this awkward posture really tortures Wu Qingchen's fingers.
What the hell…
I knew that I must never have any damn expectations for this damn world!
Just at this time, maybe it was because of too much anger, the church, the altar, the priest, and the villagers in front of Wu Qingchen suddenly trembled slightly at the same time.
kindness? What's wrong
Wu Qingchen was slightly taken aback.
The next tremor is coming soon.
This is the tenth day into the medieval world!
Wu Qingchen reacted immediately, the entire world trembled at the speed of this cognition, and everything suddenly trembled violently at the same time.
The next moment, a white light suddenly enveloped Wu Qingchen's eyes, and then returned to darkness in an instant.
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The room where the subject of the astronomical event temporarily rests.
Eyelids trembled slightly, and Wu Qingchen suddenly opened his eyes.
"haven't seen you for a long time… "
The first thing Wu Qingchen heard was the voice of an old acquaintance. At the door a few meters away, the young police officer Ji leaned on the door of the house, grinning and showing a smiling face: "Brother Qingchen, welcome back to Earth, what's the matter?" Can I work for you?"
Ha... I'm back!
I'm back!
In an instant, Wu Qingchen's mind was agitated, and at the same time, a series of sentences flew out of Wu Qingchen's mouth without any hesitation: "I want buns, I want soy milk, I want noodles, I want fish fillets...except Damn it, if there is anything edible, hurry up and help me get some... I need to put oil! I need to put salt!"
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