A cow worth 800 yuan was suddenly stolen. Would you like to give up all your work and spend more than ten days to travel a long way to find this cow? If these ten days, seventy or eighty people were organized to find it together? If you finally find a clue, are you willing to pay 30,000 yuan to let the insider name the cattle thief?

I believe that many people will think it is not worth it and say a series of "no" words, but in China, there is such a place, that is, Gannan, the nearest Tibetan area to Lanzhou, where the local Tibetan people face the same Question, but will insist on answering two words: yes.

This is a story I read in a book called "Gannan Chronicle". Its author is Yang Xianhui. In one of the "Wolf Dogs" articles, a herdsman named Asang went to the village chief. , saying that his three cows were stolen by thieves, leaving distinct footprints in the pasture. The village chief immediately organized a gathering of the villagers and asked everyone to bring five or six days' worth of dry food.

Two hours later, more than 40 people were organized in the village. Everyone knew that the cattle thieves chose mountains and remote valleys to drive cattle. The village chief arranged for the young people to divide into groups to block the gates that the cattle thieves might pass by, while the older people followed the footprints to find them slowly.

In the next three days, the team to find cattle grew larger and larger, and finally increased to nearly 80 people. Because there is a rule in the village, the whole village should be dispatched to find the stolen cattle and sheep. Every family must send a man under 60 years old and over 16 years old to participate. If the person is not at home, they must be notified within three days. If no one participates, a fine of 50 yuan per day will be imposed.

This team of 80 people followed the looming footprints along the grasslands, hillsides, woods, and streams. They searched for more than ten days. They were sleepy and camped on the spot, and they were hungry to eat the dry food they brought. Later, after all the dry food was eaten and everyone was exhausted, they finally found the footprints left by the cattle thief at the entrance of a village.

However, when the villagers in this village heard that they were looking for cattle, they were determined not to allow them to enter the village, and the two sides almost got into a fight. Therefore, the village chief decided to let everyone go into the village separately, and called out acquaintances and friends to ask. If they could ask, they would give 10,000 yuan in cash per cow. Later, because it was difficult to find out the name of the cow thief, the village chief even decided to increase the price of a cow to 30,000 yuan...

In the end, the village chief finally led everyone to find the lost cow. In the past 10 days, for these people, in fact, looking for cattle has already been relegated to second place, and catching thieves has become the goal. Although a cow is only worth 800 yuan, it is not worth it. And even if the cattle thief is caught, according to local customs, a cow will have to pay five to seven times the price, which is no longer important, because even if it pays ten times the price, it will not be worth the 80 people for so many days. wages.

The real purpose of these Tibetans is to show their determination and deterrence against cattle thieves. For them, cattle are valuable private property, but maintaining justice is obviously more important than money.

Due to various complicated reasons, they finally found the cattle, but failed to catch the cattle thief, but none of them regretted the energy and time spent on this search.

Since then, their village has never lost a single cow.

A cow worth 800 yuan was suddenly stolen. Would you like to give up all your work and spend more than ten days to travel a long way to find this cow? If these ten days, seventy or eighty people were organized to find it together? If you finally find a clue, are you willing to pay 30,000 yuan to let the insider name the cattle thief?

I believe that many people will think it is not worth it and say a series of "no" words, but in China, there is such a place, that is, Gannan, the nearest Tibetan area to Lanzhou, where the local Tibetan people face the same Question, but will insist on answering two words: yes.

This is a story I read in a book called "Gannan Chronicle". Its author is Yang Xianhui. In one of the "Wolf Dogs" articles, a herdsman named Asang went to the village chief. , saying that his three cows were stolen by thieves, leaving distinct footprints in the pasture. The village chief immediately organized a gathering of the villagers and asked everyone to bring five or six days' worth of dry food.

Two hours later, more than 40 people were organized in the village. Everyone knew that the cattle thieves chose mountains and remote valleys to drive cattle. The village chief arranged for the young people to divide into groups to block the gates that the cattle thieves might pass by, while the older people followed the footprints to find them slowly.

In the next three days, the team to find cattle grew larger and larger, and finally increased to nearly 80 people. Because there is a rule in the village, the whole village should be dispatched to find the stolen cattle and sheep. Every family must send a man under 60 years old and over 16 years old to participate. If the person is not at home, they must be notified within three days. If no one participates, a fine of 50 yuan per day will be imposed.

This team of 80 people followed the looming footprints along the grasslands, hillsides, woods, and streams. They searched for more than ten days. They were sleepy and camped on the spot, and they were hungry to eat the dry food they brought. Later, after all the dry food was eaten and everyone was exhausted, they finally found the footprints left by the cattle thief at the entrance of a village.

However, when the villagers in this village heard that they were looking for cattle, they were determined not to allow them to enter the village, and the two sides almost got into a fight. Therefore, the village chief decided to let everyone go into the village separately, and called out acquaintances and friends to ask. If they could ask, they would give 10,000 yuan in cash per cow. Later, because it was difficult to find out the name of the cow thief, the village chief even decided to increase the price of a cow to 30,000 yuan...

In the end, the village chief finally led everyone to find the lost cow. In the past 10 days, for these people, in fact, looking for cattle has already been relegated to second place, and catching thieves has become the goal. Although a cow is only worth 800 yuan, it is not worth it. And even if the cattle thief is caught, according to local customs, a cow will have to pay five to seven times the price, which is no longer important, because even if it pays ten times the price, it will not be worth the 80 people for so many days. wages.

The real purpose of these Tibetans is to show their determination and deterrence against cattle thieves. For them, cattle are valuable private property, but maintaining justice is obviously more important than money.

Due to various complicated reasons, they finally found the cattle, but failed to catch the cattle thief, but none of them regretted the energy and time spent on this search.

Since then, their village has never lost a single cow.