Chapter 1040: Changle

Changle once again successfully gave the people of the Jiuli a small shock with a table of food; almost everyone would be shocked by the food of Huaxia. They had never imagined that food could taste like this, that rice could be steamed, and be so plump, so soft, and even have a sweet taste.

Eating such a meal left them with the feeling of wondering what on earth they had been eating for the past dozen years or so. Changle also successfully learned at the dinner table that Ayuduo was not yet fourteen years old this year, only a little over thirteen, even younger than Changle himself.

However, in this era, Ayuduo was already old enough. If it were not for the fact that Ayuduo was a Miao healer with good abilities, and was the daughter of Chiyou, whom Chiyou doted on very much, she would have already conceived the child of some Soldier in her tribe by now.

Ayuduo's worldview was surprisingly similar to Changle's. Changle even remarked, "Ayuduo, if you lived in our Huaxia, you wouldn't feel any discomfort at all, because there are too many people who think like you."

Yangasha, on the other hand, asked indirectly, "Are there many people in your Huaxia like you?"

"Many. They were all cultivated and educated bit by bit by my father; otherwise, they would still be no different from savages."

Yangasha continued to ask, "Then are there many women like Ayuduo?"

Ayuduo's heart began to thump, feeling a bit nervous. The slightly slow-witted Changle spoke bluntly, "Many. In our Huaxia, men and women are the same. Just like in your Chiyou Tribe, women can sit at the dining table and can also go out on missions with other Soldiers; we have many, many female officials in Huaxia.

Oh, that is to say, female Leaders. There are too many, so I say, you would definitely live very comfortably in Huaxia."

Ayuduo suddenly fell silent, her mood not as good as before. There were so many women in Huaxia, and Changle was a Prince; then a woman like her really could not be considered all that special. Changle's happiness might just be because he had met such a special woman outside of Huaxia.

But Changle was a very rare person she had met who felt very interesting. He did not look bad either; Changle had inherited Baifeng's strong and tall physique. Now, Changle could be considered to have gone through puberty, and his figure was already very tall, just not strong enough yet, a bit slender.

But as long as one eats more and trains more, one can always grow a body of strong muscle. In this era, a strong man will always be more popular than someone who is fair and clean but thin and short.

However, a man like Changle, who is both tall and good-looking, very clean, with almost no foul odor on his body, with neat clothes, hair that can be tied up high, and who possesses a sufficiently high status, can be said to be the most sought-after commodity in this era.

If it weren't for the fact that Yangasha had already set a marriage contract and did not want to make Ayuduo sad, she would not want to miss out on such a good man either.

However, Changle's answer just now made Yangasha a bit dissatisfied, and Ayuduo's mood was also clearly low, so Yangasha asked straightforwardly, "Then do you have many women in Huaxia? After all, you are a Prince, just like our Master of War."

Changle calmly shook his head, "No, no, I don't have a single woman. I have been at the Xuanyuan Tribe since last year, which is what you call the previous cold and heat. We in Huaxia have a requirement: men and women must not marry too early, or they will be punished. This is to protect women, because when women are too young, they are prone to die when giving birth.

I have only just reached the age, so I have no woman. My father and mother are not in a hurry either. They say that as long as I find someone I love and like, that is enough; they cannot let me just find any woman for the sake of having children.

They believe that if I do that, my life will never be very good. My older brother is the same; he hasn't been married long, and he only has one woman now. So, I have no woman, and I only want to find a woman I love."

Ayuduo hurriedly asked, "What is marriage, and what is love?"

Changle started scratching his head again, because this was a very difficult question to explain. He pondered for a good while before saying, "Marriage is when a man and a woman are together, preferably after a sacrificial ceremony to confirm it, and then they cannot be separated. The woman belongs to this man forever; they must live together, live their lives together, until death. That is marriage, I suppose.

As for love, well, it's love. Anyway, I don't understand it, and my father finds it hard to explain too. It seems that no one in our entire Huaxia can explain it.

I once asked my father, and my father said: 'Whoever can explain love clearly is one of the most romantic and wisest people under this Heaven.' But don't ask me what romantic means either; I can't explain that either.

Perhaps my father planting many, many lotus flowers for my mother and the others, and then taking them to see them when the flowers are at their most beautiful, that is what is called romantic."

"The others? How many mothers do you have?" Qianxi always caught the unusual details.

"Two. One who gave birth to me, and one who gave birth to my brother. But they treat both of us equally well, so they are both my mothers. My father only has these two women."

Yangasha felt it was incredible, "Your father only has two women? But isn't he the Tribal Chief of your Huaxia? He could have countless women, so why only two?"

Changle also felt he couldn't explain it clearly, "I don't know. Maybe it's just that my father only thinks those two are good-looking and doesn't like those particularly fat women."

Yangasha glanced at Ayuduo again. The two of them were indeed not fat, but in the Chiyou Tribe, they were certainly considered beauties. The Chiyou Tribe did not judge solely by fat or thin; they looked more at the face. And how fat could a little child grow anyway? However, those in their twenties with thick waists and big buttocks were indeed called beauties, and they thought those women looked good too.

Ayuduo already had expectations in her heart, "Then what kind of woman are you planning to find? The kind you call 'like'? Your Huaxia is so big, and you haven't found one yet. If the one you like is someone from the Xuanyuan Tribe, then what will you do? Will your father agree?"

"I don't know what 'like' is either, but my father won't interfere with which tribe's woman I like. He said that if I take a fancy to a woman from the Xuanyuan Tribe, he will go find Xuanyuan and bring the woman back for me. If I take a fancy to a woman from a savage tribe, he can bring the whole tribe back.

If I take a fancy to a Slave, he can turn a Slave into a wealthy Noble woman. So, it doesn't matter which tribe's woman I find."