Chapter 6 — Fisherman And Eighteen Billions

“What would be a good name?” I asked. We are both women who have never given birth, and now we have to raise children, which is really a bit stressful. Even about naming, everyone hesitated for three days and still couldn't decide. "Or call him Lac Chi, which means we'll be happy every day from now on." Sister Ly Nhi said jokingly with the baby. Everyone nodded continuously, feeling that this name was good. "Tieu Lac Chi, from now on we will be family." I was overjoyed. We drifted downstream for three months, picking up fourteen girls along the way. All of them were babies who had just been born, some of them had not yet opened their eyes. "These parents are really not as good as pigs or dogs!" Sister Cuc Nuong spat a mouthful of saliva and scolded them for several days. We all feel that she was right in scolding us. After all, pigs and dogs won't hate our flesh and blood. Half a month later, we discovered a mountain between two large rivers. The mountain is very big, the sun doesn't shine through, people go inside and disappear after a while. Everyone unanimously decided to make this place their home, because it is big enough and food is certainly abundant. It's dangerous enough, but it's safe for us. I went ashore with eighteen billion sisters, along with those fourteen little girls. In the mountains, the forests are dense and wild fruits grow all over the ground. Although there are some fierce beasts, compared to those who despise women's lives, they are not scary. Sister Thu Ngo assigned everyone, someone was in charge of picking wild fruits, someone was in charge of catching fish and shrimp, and someone was in charge of looking after the children. Because we can breathe underwater, we go to the bottom of the river every day to find some valuable things to bring ashore to exchange for salt and cloth. Everyone works when the sun rises, and rests when the sun sets. Everyone takes care of their own work, working together. 16The number of female brothers also continues to increase, most of which we picked up from the river. There were also young girls who were sacrificed by other places to the Ha God and the Dragon King. There are also children crying day and night in the tower on the shore. We cannot bear it and secretly carry them back. Luckily, children grow up very quickly, and girls are naturally kind and intelligent. The older child will proactively take care of the younger child, the younger child will be obedient and understanding, and everyone will be like siblings. In the blink of an eye, twenty years have passed. In these twenty years, the place we live in has changed dramatically. The population from the original thirty-three people turned into the current twenty-five thousand four hundred and forty-one people, all of whom are women. Among them, a large part are female heroes we picked up from different places, while the other part are females who were drowned in pig cages, females who were bullied and humiliated by their husbands, females who were forced by the secular world to have no way to live. In the mountains, open roads and build water channels. Shops are lined up on both sides of the street, the owner is a woman, the storyteller is a woman, the person drinking in the tavern is also a woman. Sister Thu Ngo also established a rule that any woman who turns thirty years old can adopt a baby girl into her home. Therefore, the girl I picked up outside, as soon as she returned, became a treasure. The girls he takes home are raised carefully and meticulously, considered the ultimate treasure. People say that when raising these animals, it's like raising the old self again. As for the manager, there are already rules and regulations in the mountain. Any woman who is twenty years old can participate in the election. All women in the mountain can vote. The person with the most votes is the mountain chief, for a three-year term. No consecutive terms, after three years, vote again. Thirty years later, inside the mountain is no different from outside. The only difference is that all the people in the mountain are women, there are no men. We have our own navy, protecting the safety of all people. Other countries often send emissaries to trade with them

us, exchanging goods. Occasionally someone comes to encroach, because our backs lean against the mountain and our faces face the water, making it difficult to attack. Furthermore, everyone can travel back and forth naturally in the country, so up to now no one has been able to successfully climb the mountain. 17 In the blink of an eye, another ten years have passed. Eighteen billion sisters before me have all passed away, leaving only me, old and weak. Every day, I hold a walking stick and sit on the riverbank to bask in the sun. One day, a small boat passed by on the river. On the boat were two monks, a monkey and a pig. The leading monk asked me: "Excuse me, old man, what is the name of this place?" I slowly hissed out eight words from between my teeth: "This place is Nu Nhi Quoc..."—— Complete text