The shortage of able-bodied men, coupled with heavy levies and extortion by bandits, meant many ordinary people could only afford one meal a day. They couldn't possibly bear any extra taxes.,The four great bodhisattvas, as the village children called them, were: a camel that couldn't do heavy work, a cripple, a rogue who liked to tease young girls and daughters-in-law, and a pompous but incompetent Jin Feng.,Leading the procession were five county officials and a woman dressed in flamboyant red. Behind them trailed over twenty young women carrying baggage.。