PWDLAW Chapter 340: Releasing People Down the Mountain

 Chapter 340: Releasing People Down the Mountain

At this moment, Ye Muyu was picking fruits one by one while listening to Qian talking about the gossip.


"So that's how I heard about it."


"In temples like Deming Temple, they usually take in some children without parents but not all children are willing to become monks. Some grow up and are assigned to nearby villages to start their own families."


"And according to the imperial regulations, the temples will release a group of people down the mountain every five years."


"This year happens to be the day when the temple releases people down the mountain."


"In previous years, there would be some people coming down the mountain around this time. Some children even try to be adopted. As long as someone is willing to adopt them and completes the household registration at the county office, they don't have to go back to the temple."


"Most children don't want to become monks, after all. Monks have to eat vegetarian food and can't get married."


In other words, unless one has a true affinity for Buddhism or is willing to become a monk, the temple is more like a large-scale shelter, a kind of formal shelter established by the imperial court.


Ye Muyu suddenly realized. However, she agreed with the choices of those children and the practices of the temple. It respected human rights, after all one should not be forced to become a monk just to survive.


Of course, those children taken in by the temple would still need to work from a young age but the temple could afford to support these children economically which explained the situation.


In any case it was a good thing.


Ye Muyu treated this matter as a piece of gossip and didn't pay much attention to it.


Having picked a basket of peaches and about three or two mountain peppers, Ye Muyu took the children back home.


Back home, Hu Shi took the peaches to wash them.


Chu Jin followed Ye Muyu into the kitchen.


"Mom, I'll do my homework first. I don't have much homework today, so I want to draw another Zhuge Suo later."


Ye Muyu placed the handkerchief containing the mountain peppers on the chopping board and remembered what Lin Fuzi had said. She felt a bit uneasy.


Seeing that there was no one else around, she squatted down, met Chu Jin's eyes and her gaze was full of gentleness. "Little Jin, Mom has something to ask you."


"Mom, go ahead." Chu Jin looked at her puzzled but didn't think much of it.


Ye Muyu said, "Do you have any friends?"


"Friends?" Chu Jin thought for a moment and seemed to realize that he didn't have any. He shook his head. "Mom, no, I read books every day or I play at home."


"Are there none at the school?"


"At school?" Chu Jin shook his head. "I don't get along with them."


"Hmm? Why?" Ye Muyu knew that the critical moment had come and stared directly into his eyes, ignoring the fear that the child might be thinking something.


Chu Jin's young face unconsciously showed a touch of displeasure and even his brows furrowed.


"Why?" Ye Muyu was a bit worried. This was similar to what Lin Fuzi had said. If Tang Bao had a strong personality and had been spoiled, there were probably other sensible children in the village school.


Moreover, Chu Jin was only five years old and he shouldn't lose his childlike innocence. Not having friends or associating with others could be a sign of psychological problems.


"I told them I don't want to be with them."


"Because they always like to use dirty language. I even heard them say bad things about you." Chu Jin said, showing some anger.

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