si-mexico Chapter 495 The Meaning of the Name
Chapter 495 The Meaning of the Name
After wiping his feet and changing into clean slippers, Huaibei was sent to the living room on the first floor.
Jiang Wen went upstairs to clean the bathroom, and Gu Lixia brought up some hot water. He went into the space, took a shower, came out and went downstairs.
Looking around, Huainan had not come down yet. He looked in the kitchen and saw Huaixi was already setting the table. Jiang Wen turned around and went upstairs to call his nephew and knocked on the door.
Jiang Wen waited for Huainan to call him in, but he didn't go in. He pushed open the door and looked at his nephew who was writing furiously. "It's time for dinner. Huaibei is back. Let's go."
After Huainan stopped writing, the uncle and nephew turned around and went downstairs.
Jiang Xiu, who had been prepared, made 6 dishes and a soup, which were large in quantity and filling.
Hot and sour potato shreds, fish-flavored pork shreds, deep-fried pork, braised eggplant, pickled duck, and stir-fried baby cabbage.
Egg Seaweed Soup.
When the uncle and nephew came down, the others were already seated.
"My eldest brother is coming down. He has been a little busy recently and has stopped paying attention to time. Even when I get up at 12 o'clock in the evening, he is still learning." Huaixi and his eldest brother live on the fourth floor. Although they are not in the same room, light leaks through the gap in the door.
"You went to bed too early. How come you look so haggard after going out to enjoy the sea breeze?" Jiang Huainan was still washing his hands and listening to other people talking, then turned to look at Huaibei's appearance.
His face was too dark, and he looked like someone from a different world from Huai Xu and Huai Zhou next to him. It was obvious that his facial features had changed as well, with a pointed face and monkey-like expression. He looked much more disheveled than his uncle when he returned from the mission.
"Hey, before I looked in the mirror, I thought I was just a little darker. But now, if I go out on the street, people will probably think I'm an uncle." Jiang Huaibei also understood his elder brother's surprise.
The good-looking young man has turned into a dark-skinned man tanned by the wind and sun. How good-looking can he be?
"Eat. I'll get you a bottle of water after dinner. Just apply it a few more times. Junwei will eat it too. Take whatever you want. Don't be shy...～～"
During lunch break, Yang Junwei accompanied Huaibei to the second floor, and Jiang Wen closed the door when he left.
After the people disappeared, Yang Junwei began to ask, "If I remember correctly, this building has four floors. Are your family capitalists or do you have someone above you?"
"How do you look like a capitalist? The highest-ranking person in my family is my second aunt, who works at the Revolutionary Committee. Before that, my second uncle worked in logistics at a machinery factory, my aunt worked at the post office, and my eldest brother climbed telephone poles. You call that a capitalist?"
"If it weren't for school, we wouldn't come here. We have four distinct seasons over there. Spring is spring, summer is summer. I've lived there for over a decade, so I'm still not used to it here."
"Who lives in the two rooms opposite?"
"The fourth and fifth brothers share one room, the couple share one, and we share one."
"You originally lived on the fourth floor? How come you have so many books at home?"
“They love to watch.”
"Huaibei, do you know why I want to join the navy?" Yang Junwei suddenly felt that it was good to have no parents.
The story is very long.
In 1927, Jiucheng was still practicing the serfdom system. The region and the Tibetans were controlled by a theocratic governance model. More than 90% of Jiucheng's population were serfs, and the nobles and monks held the power over their life and death.
The crying of a baby came from the dark, damp and short straw hut, but what greeted her was a cold iron chain.
The child's father tied an iron chain to the newborn baby as ordered by his master.
The children of serfs were slaves from the moment they were born, and many serfs were beaten to death by their serf owners.
In religion, pure girls, who are often regarded as symbols of "holiness" and "nobility", are tools of sacrifice.
The "human skin drum", also known as the "Ajie drum", gets its name from the fact that the drumhead is made of the skin from the backs of girls under the age of 16 who died of unnatural causes.
Offering sacrifices to the gods is an extremely important and solemn matter.
During sacrifices, the "human skin drum" is an indispensable "sacred instrument".
The girl chosen for sacrifice was raised to the appropriate age and condition, and then her body was "shaped" using particularly cruel and harsh methods.
In order to maintain "purity", girls would have their ears pierced and their tongues cut. The world is dirty, and if you want to get the blessing of the gods, you have to sacrifice girls who have not been polluted by the world.
When girls reach the age of 16, someone will use a knife to peel off the skin on their backs, forcing them to suffer while they are awake.
The skin filled with mercury will fall off with a gentle push and become the preparation material for the "human skin drum".
Even after liberation, it has continued despite repeated bans, and the victims are countless.
"Ci Ji" was Yang Junwei's original name, but that day, a man named Yang Shulin came to the village.
He said he came to see everyone on behalf of the Chairman. Then Jiucheng had its own garrison, at the very border of the motherland.
The name Yang Junwei was chosen with the help of Yang Shulin.
The character "Yang" means poplar, tall tree, white poplar, or alder, implying self-improvement, standing tall and upright, and being upright and honest. When used as a name, "Yang" implies tall, upright, honest, and righteous.
The character "jun" means handsome, good-looking, intelligent, and outstanding, and refers to a person who is handsome, young, promising, and outstanding. When used as a name, the character "jun" means handsome, outstanding, and excellent.
The character "wei" means tall, outstanding, extraordinary, and far-reaching, and refers to lofty aspirations, great achievements, and outstanding talents and strategies. When used as a name, "wei" suggests a person with extraordinary ambitions, outstanding talents, and lofty aspirations.
Yang Junwei was particularly satisfied with this name.