This village is very small, with only a dozen households in the village. When you look around, every family is full of wood doors, and the house is low and short, and it looks like a shack.

If there were few people in the Central Plains, such houses were living because Han people did not like to bend over and live, so they always try to build higher houses when building them.

The so-called height refers to the height of the roof.

For example, even if it is a poor family, you can only live in thatched huts when you are poor, but when building that huts, the height of the house must be sufficient.

But it is different in Goguryeo, where the roof of the house can be touched almost with your hands.

Very short and depressing.

...

When An Yanbing saw Gu Tianya looking at the house in the village, she blushed slightly and quickly explained in a low voice: "The people are poor and lack money, so when building a house, they can save as much as possible, and they only need to satisfy their living conditions."

"Yeah?"

Gu Tianya smiled slightly.

Suddenly he shook his head and said with a deep meaning: "But I think that houses are the most unsaving place. Perhaps in the eyes of you Goguryeo, houses are just places to live. However, in the hearts of us Han people, every house is a home."

"We Han people are also very poor and live a life of bran, vegetables and half grain all year round, but no matter how poor we are or how hard we are, our houses will never be so low."

He said, looking at An Yanbing, and said, "People's living habits will be immersed in their bones and become nature. When a nation is very short, it takes a long time to go in and out every day to bend down. After that, it will involuntarily develop a humble mentality... This humbleness will turn into stubbornness, and your Goguryeo's stubbornness comes from this."

An Yanbing was stunned for a moment. It was obviously the first time she heard this statement. The girl seemed to want to refute it, but she couldn't find any words for a while, so she was still speechless after a long time.

Gu Tianya continued: "We Han people are different. No matter how poor we are, we have to build a high roof. So even if our lives are very hard, you rarely see us bent over. For thousands of years, this habit of not bent over has become a nature, integrated into our blood, and transformed into the inheritance of the nation. This will make countless alien races amazed that the Han people are the most tenacious ethnic group in the world..."

An Yanbing looked thoughtful, then dissatisfied as if she was stubborn and argued: "You are a fallacy, obviously generalizing. Even if our Goguryeo houses are short, are all the Han people tall? For example, a certain Han people are so poor that they can't even have enough food to eat. Then can his family build a house very high when they are building a house? Where do they come from? Where can they get the materials? Do they steal? Do they go to rob?"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Gu Tianya suddenly laughed loudly and shook his head and said, "No need to steal or rob. No matter how poor a Han family is, it is not the power of a family when building a house. And this is exactly where you Goguryeo people are not as good as us. You will never understand what mutual assistance is between neighbors."

An Yanbing obviously also had the stubbornness of a Goguryeo, and said loudly: "I would like to hear it carefully."

Gu Tianya looked at her and did not show any displeasure. Instead, he sighed his own face, as if he was trapped in some kind of memory.

He murmured: "When I lived, I was a very poor and miserable village. That year, my house was crushed by snow. The house collapsed and needed reconstruction, but my family had no money at all. At that time, I was still very young, just a five-year-old baby, unable to do heavy work or take on the family business. My mother was a woman, and she could not build a house by herself..."

"But we are Han people. Han people never bow their heads when natural disasters and man-made disasters are common. So when the snow clears the next day, my mother immediately started to clean up the snow."

"Although I am still young, I can help you, move away some stones and peel off some straws. My mother and I try to collect the supplies after the house collapses and prepare to rebuild our own home."

"The house was crushed by snow, and my mother should have cried in secret. But after crying, she did not blame others, but instead burst out with the tenacity of a Han mother... Building a house, no matter how difficult it is, she has to build a house. Only with a house can she have a home."

At this time, An Yanbing couldn't help but speak, and asked curiously, saying, "Is it just your mother and you two? The little girl can't figure out how you can succeed."

Gu Tianya seemed not to hear it and continued, "The weather was not completely cool yet, my mother and I were trying to collect supplies. Suddenly, the sound of snow coming from a distance. I saw many people walking towards my house in the cold wind."

"That's the whole village's women and children, and all the families are coming."

"Sister-in-law, she is a stingy woman. She and my mother scolded each other for several days because of fighting for the place to dig wild vegetables. But when my house collapsed, she came over with the only little food in the house... The reason is very simple. Building a house is a laborious job, and those who work must eat enough, so the fourth sister-in-law contributed her only food."

"The third aunt is a man who likes to take advantage of the situation. She often comes to my house to steal firewood. Every time my mother scolds me, she covers her face and runs away. However, in a few days, she will come secretly. Even if she steals a piece of firewood, she feels that she has taken advantage of it... But it is such an aunt who likes to take advantage of it. She came to my house with a large bundle of firewood that day. When she met, she put the firewood heavily on her face without saying a word, and directed the younger generations loudly: You young people are responsible for their efforts, and we old people are cooking. If anyone dares to be lazy, don't blame the third aunt for spitting on her face."

When Gu Tianya said this, his face was filled with the happiness of memories.

He murmured again: "That day, the whole village was there. The sixth sister-in-law came, carrying her daughter who was still breastfeeding. The Thirteenth sister came, standing barefoot in the snow. She was a married woman. The husband's village was tragic and the whole village was robbed. She didn't even have shoes when she escaped. But even so, she had to come to help with barefoot."

"There are also the blind master and the second uncle. They were not old at that time, and they were the only two men left in the village... I remember that the wind was very cold that day, and the heat that the second uncle exhaled instantly turned white. It was clear that the weather was very cold, but sweat rolled on his forehead. Blue veins bulged on his forehead, and he shouted and carried a beam of house."

"That year, my family built another room."

"The materials are pieced together by the whole village. Both the door panels and the windows are shabby. However, even though it is so shabby, the roof of my house is tall enough that I don't need to bend down and bow my head, and I can stand up straight in the house."

...

This sentence describes a scene of the life of the Han people.

An Yanbing seemed to be drunk in this scene and was reluctant to wake up from it for a long time. After a long time, the Goguryeo woman sighed.

She looked at Gu Tianya and whispered: "No wonder you said just now that Han people can build houses no matter how poor they are."

Gu Tianya glanced at her and asked, "Can you Goguryeo people?"

An Yanbing lowered her head bitterly, and said in a very lonely tone, "Maybe there will be some by chance, but not all, otherwise, the village in front of her would not be short."

Gu Tianya said in a gentle voice: "This is the personality gap between each other, and it is the most different part of the two ethnic groups."

An Yanbing's tone became even more lonely, and she murmured: "This personality gap will become a gap in national strength between the two countries. The Han people like to help each other, so they can rise even if they are in trouble. And as long as there is enough time, you will become stronger and stronger because of each other's support. But in contrast, I, the Goguryeo clan, do not have such assistance between people, so even if our country has been passed down for hundreds of years, it still cannot escape the end of defeat."

She said for a while, and said sadly: "This is the matter of building a house alone, and our failure is destined to be the case. Unfortunately, the success of the Han people is difficult to learn."

“Why can’t you learn?”

Gu Tianya suddenly spoke, his tone was a little cold for some reason, and said, "The Goguryeo people in the past may not want to do this. But from now on, are they still qualified to be selfish? From the moment Gu Tianya conquered this land, all Goguryeo people were destined to have one ending. Those who are willing to change themselves, live, and those who are unwilling to change their habits will die."

An Yanbing subconsciously shivered and said sadly: "What you mentioned is that even your bloodline will be changed."

"Isn't this good?" Gu Tianya smiled coldly.

He put his hands behind his back, and spoke firmly, saying: "One nation is full of bad habits and another nation is glorious and majestic. Then integration and imitation are the necessity of history and the only way out for backward nations. Otherwise, even if I, Gu Tianya, would not have been conquered, Li Tianya, Sun Tianya, would have been destroyed in the future. The conquerors at that time might not have the kind heart of me. I am willing to give the Goguryeo people a glimmer of hope, and other conquerors would probably be slaughtered."

An Yanbing was silent, and after a while, he bowed his knees and said solemnly: "What the king said is."

Gu Tianya glanced at the sky, his tone turned gentle, and said, "Night is coming, and I'm hungry in my stomach. Let's go to a private family to spend their stay, and then look at some things that should be seen. Let's go, I hope someone is willing to let us spend their stay."

An Yanbing was stunned and said in surprise: "Do you want to see some more things? Didn't you bring us here to see these low houses?"

Gu Tianya smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "Houses are where people live. It is better to look at the people in the house than to look at thousands of houses."

He put his hands behind his back, and spoke firmly, saying: "One nation is full of bad habits and another nation is glorious and majestic. Then integration and imitation are the necessity of history and the only way out for backward nations. Otherwise, even if I, Gu Tianya, would not have been conquered, Li Tianya, Sun Tianya, would have been destroyed in the future. The conquerors at that time might not have the kind heart of me. I am willing to give the Goguryeo people a glimmer of hope, and other conquerors would probably be slaughtered."

An Yanbing was silent, and after a while, he bowed his knees and said solemnly: "What the king said is."

Gu Tianya glanced at the sky, his tone turned gentle, and said, "Night is coming, and I'm hungry in my stomach. Let's go to a private family to spend their stay, and then look at some things that should be seen. Let's go, I hope someone is willing to let us spend their stay."

An Yanbing was stunned and said in surprise: "We have to look at some more things? Isn't the purpose of bringing us here to see these low houses?"
Chapter completed!