Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 23 The Curly Baboon, The Village Story
The onlookers are mostly elderly people and some children who like to join in the fun. The real pillars of the family hardly have time to come here to listen to lectures.

For them, it is better to hurry up and work if they have this spare time, and they can earn more money and have a full meal.

But there are always some adults who just have nothing to do and come to join in the fun.

Professor Wayne didn't care too much, and he was very tolerant of some children who like to make trouble.

"You feel that you work hard every day but often don't have enough to eat. Is this problem your own responsibility or other reasons?"

From the moment Professor Wayne opened his mouth, he was the old fire master.

"Bah! We work hard and use our own hands to earn money to support ourselves, what can we do wrong!"

"If it weren't for the group of aristocratic gentlemen who ran factories lying on our bodies to suck blood, how could we be so tired!"

"They would rather spend a large sum of money to donate than raise our wages!"

"Our jobs are not secure at all, they can fire us at any time without paying us a single penny."

Professor Wayne's words successfully ignited the anger in these people's hearts, the discussion became more and more noisy, and more people came to watch.

Most people are using this question to vent their daily dissatisfaction, and they really have too many grievances to express.

Professor Wayne listened quietly and didn't stop him. When they were almost vented, he said calmly:
"The reason why you are in this situation is not only because you are oppressed by bad people, but also because you are too stupid and ignorant."

This remark sparked a new wave of anger.

Lecturer Floon looked sideways, and glanced at Professor Wayne in confusion. Didn't he and others come to spread some legal knowledge?
Why does it sound like you came here looking for a beating?
"We respect you, but that doesn't mean you can insult us at will!"

"You should apologize for your offensive words!"

A few of the more daring adult men already had a tendency to do it.

Professor Wayne's face was normal, and he said calmly: "Are any of you familiar with the laws of the Kingdom of Loen?"

"We didn't even know the whole word, how could we understand any laws!"

"Bah! The law is just a means formulated by those powerful and powerful people to oppress us!"

"Are you joking, sir? If we knew the law, the judges who sit in the courtroom and judge criminals shouldn't be those brainless curly-haired baboons."

This sentence quickly aroused the roar of laughter from the onlookers present, and they added several sentences with great interest.

Basically, the people at the top are brainless curly-haired baboons who could do a better job of putting a puppet in their place.

Professor Wayne was not angry either, and used the coke in his hand to draw a curly-haired baboon on a blank board, and deliberately hollowed out its brain.

The onlookers couldn't help laughing, and someone suggested: "Sir, not only do they have no brains, but their limbs are also degenerated. Otherwise, why do they always have to take a carriage when traveling?"

Professor Wayne smiled and took the suggestion, letting the brainless curly-haired baboon lie on the ground.

Such a move made Professor Wayne reach a consensus with the onlookers at once, and the originally tense atmosphere improved a lot, and even became a little more intimate.

After the onlookers laughed, Professor Wayne glanced at them and said slowly: "So are you willing to admit that you are ruled and oppressed by such a group of curly-haired baboons with no brains and degenerated limbs?"

The laughter disappeared instantly, and many people's faces became ugly.

They certainly cannot admit that they are inferior to a curly-haired baboon.

But the group of dignitaries and big businessmen whom he regards as curly-haired baboons are indeed above his head and can give orders to him at will.

After a while, someone stood up and said angrily: "They just happen to be in that position. If we sit in that position, we will definitely do better than them!"

Professor Wayne said lightly: "Then you also turned into a brainless curly-haired baboon?"

"..."

The man blushed, retreated into the crowd, and did not speak casually.

Then someone stood up and said, "Sir, it's just because they are too treacherous and we are too kind, so we are destined to be bullied by them."

Professor Wayne still maintained a calm tone and replied: "So you want to say that a person who is a miracle of all things is no better than a curly-haired baboon without a brain in terms of using his brain?"

"..."

The man also blushed and retreated into the crowd.

Immediately afterwards, several people who refused to admit defeat wanted to go up to debate with Professor Wayne, but without exception, they all got a evaluation that was not as good as the curly-haired baboon.

Lecturer Furren smiled happily, and thought to himself: "Debate with a law professor on this aspect. If you can win, then Backlund University will welcome them to give lectures."

After there were no objections from around, Professor Wayne sighed and said: "People in high positions may have people who are not as stupid as curly-haired baboons, but most people in power are very smart and capable, otherwise they would be reckless." The Kingdom of En cannot rise quickly, and it is impossible for Backlund to become the capital of all capitals."

"Your cursing and disdain may be just to vent your emotions, but you must remember, don't underestimate any group above yourself, admit your own shortcomings, and don't be limited by your own understanding, so that you can see further .”

"I came here today to teach you, just to let you understand some basic laws, expand your knowledge, and let you understand what your own legal rights are."

Professor Wayne's calm and soothing tone made the onlookers calm down. Some people who wanted to learn urgently sat in front of Professor Wayne so that they could hear more clearly.

Soon, the benches prepared by lecturers Hasta and Furren were full, and some nearby residents moved benches and chairs from their homes one after another, and surrounded Professor Wayne in a circle.

"Let me tell you a story first, maybe after listening to it, you will have some understanding of the law."

Professor Wayne considered that the residents in the dock area hadn't read much. If they talked about the cumbersome legal provisions at the beginning, they would definitely not understand them, and they would even question them one after another.

Why are these legal provisions formulated in this way? It is obviously unreasonable. It must be the law written by the curly-haired baboon when he went to the toilet...

If you want to empathize with them, you must start from the world they know.

So, he prepared a village story.

There is a village located in the mountains. They have never contacted the outside world, because they think that the outside is still a mountain, and there are wild beasts on the mountain, and the beasts can eat people.

In the beginning, there were only a dozen families with more than [-] people in the village. The villagers knew each other well, and they could clearly know whose family this person was a child of and whose family's daughter-in-law that person was.

They live a life of sunrise and sunset every day, and trade things they don't need with other people by bartering.

At this time, they may exchange a pound of gold for a pound of potatoes, and sometimes they can't even exchange it.

Because gold has no other value other than it looks good and can be used as an ornament.

Potatoes can fill a person's stomach, so they are naturally more precious than gold.

They lived like this for more than 100 years.

In the past 100 years, the population of the village has doubled several times. The original population of less than 50 people now has 300 people.

The size of the original village is definitely not enough to live in, and the food nearby is definitely not enough to eat, so they can only start to open up new territories a little bit outside.

Because there are too many people, it is difficult for people to get to know each other, and conflicts tend to arise when working and distributing food. The village chief was elected at this time.

The elected village head is a very wise man, and he has formulated many rules and regulations that are beneficial to the village.

In terms of work, he asked every household to send a strong labor force to open up wasteland to work, and when the food was harvested, he distributed the food equally to each villager according to the population.

Such a distribution system is welcomed by all the villagers. After all, as long as there is food in the village, no one will starve to death.

After more than 20 years, the population of the village has doubled again, from two to three hundred to more than 1000.

In order to obtain enough food, the villagers can only continue to open up wasteland and plant crops.

At this time, some villagers were already old and unable to do heavy work, so they could only stay in the village and do some work such as sewing clothes, making insoles, and washing clothes.

They are doing relatively simple jobs, but in the end they can be allocated the same food as those strong men. At first, because every household has strong men working outside, and the food is still sufficient, no one said anything about it. What.

After another 20 years, the population of the village increased sharply again, and the team that opened up wasteland and planted outside also ran into trouble. A big river blocked their way to open up wasteland, and they could no longer cross it.

Food began to run short and everyone was starving.

At this time, those old people who were already paralyzed on the bed had to distribute the same amount of food as the young and strong men.

The young and strong men are naturally unwilling to let themselves go hungry to help those old people who are not working, and their emotions are getting bigger and bigger.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of hand, the wise village chief hastily promulgated new village regulations. Those families without young and strong men will no longer participate in the distribution of food, on the grounds that they have not contributed to the village's harvest.

Those families who are deprived of food are naturally unwilling. They want to make trouble and survive, because they also supported a group of old people when they were young!
But they are destined not to be the opponents of the group of young and strong men, they will be suppressed soon, and they can only fend for themselves.

Another ten years have passed, and the village has not yet found a new road to cross the river, and the food shortage is getting worse.

The village head can only announce again that anyone over 50 years old must go to the most dangerous mountain with the most wild animals to find a suitable place to open up wasteland.

In fact, they chose to sacrifice these people and let them leave the food to the young and strong men.

At this time, the village chief was already very old. According to the village rules, he could not participate in the distribution of food. It was just because he was the village chief and made contributions to the village, so no villagers opposed him openly.

But the village head is wise. He knows that he may be able to die well, but his children may not be able to become the next village head.

So for the sake of his offspring, he came up with a village rule called hereditary system.

All property in the family, including status, can be passed on to their offspring.

Villagers without property and status are naturally dissatisfied with this village rule, but the majesty of the village head is still there, and quite a few people also stand on the side of the village head.

They can only choose to accept this unfair village rule.

Professor Wayne's story ends here.

"This story is only just beginning."

Hastur muttered in his heart, he had already anticipated the next development of the story.

(End of this chapter)