After saying that, Grandma Li went out. She just took two steps and she seemed to remember something again. She turned around and said to me, "By the way, Yaya is with you at home. I heard that Widow He hanged himself."
I won’t take her with me. You guys should go to bed early after dinner, and don’t go for a walk in the village at night. The village is not peaceful."
After saying this, Grandma Li left without looking back!
Grandma Li's last sentence of "unpeace" has a deep meaning. I think the "unpeace" she refers to is not the problem of bandits, but something else. As for what it means, I don't know, but I have to go to the village later.
Go and have a look.
Yaya stayed with us. Fatty Wu asked Yaya if there was no electricity in the village. Yaya asked what electricity was. It seemed that Yaya had never heard of electricity. She had never seen it and naturally didn’t know how to explain it. Fatty Wu
He could only muddle through. Seeing that Yaya couldn't find anything, Fatty Wu took out his cell phone and started playing with it. Seeing Fatty Wu playing with his cell phone, Yaya got close to him.
She stared at Fatty Wu's phone with her eyes wide open, her eyes full of curiosity! Fatty Wu saw the desire in Yaya's eyes, so he asked her if she wanted to play, Yaya nodded hard, and then, she
I started playing with my cell phone with Fatty Wu.
I saw Yaya and Fatty Wu playing with their mobile phones, so I decided to go to the village! It was dark now, so I wasn’t afraid of scaring the children in the village.
Soon I was walking along the country roads in the village. There were no lights in the village, but candles were lit at the door of every house!
Lighting candles at the door was a custom decades ago. This custom was called lighting ghost lanterns. In those days, there was no electricity and rural people were conservative. It is said that at night, there would be ghosts passing by.
When ghosts pass by, if they encounter a house, they like to go into other people's houses to rest. If a ghost enters the house, then the family will be unlucky. In mild cases, the child will get sick, and in severe cases, it may cause death.
To prevent stray ghosts from entering the house, everyone came up with a way. As soon as it gets dark, they light a candle at the door of their house and ask their family god to calm down the house. The so-called family god is the old man who has passed away in the family. This nation’s
People do not believe in door gods, they only believe in the household gods enshrined in their own homes. After lighting candles, they will invite their household gods to the house, so that ghosts from the past will not enter their homes!
This is one of the national customs that my grandfather told me. However, in my grandfather’s account, this custom no longer exists, even in the most remote places. Because electricity was later introduced, many people’s homes at night
I always turn on the lights. With the lights on, ghosts won’t dare to come near.
I didn't expect to see this custom here today. Out of curiosity, I opened my heavenly eye and took a look. I didn't expect that there were actually "people" sitting under the candlelight. As long as there was light, there were people sitting there, including men.
There are women, and they are all elderly people.
Those who were close were even chatting and talking, as if they had acquiesced in the existence of this custom and regarded it as their duty to protect their offspring!
I just walked around the village. I didn't see anyone. Most of the houses were occupied. However, since there was no electricity and no entertainment, everyone went to bed as soon as it got dark. So I wanted to find someone to ask.
When I asked about the women's village, I couldn't find anyone to ask about.
In my opinion, since I have come here, there must be something like this and the Women’s Village.
Otherwise, we wouldn’t have come to this weird place for no reason. Grandma Li doesn’t know about the Women’s Village, but that doesn’t mean others don’t know about it. Just like that, I also didn’t know where I was walking without knowing it.
Suddenly, the fire in front of me attracted my attention, and there were also the voices of many people talking. If I guessed correctly, it should be the house of Widow He who hanged herself as Grandma Li said. Although the people in the village are relatively resistant to outsiders.
, but the village chief and most people in the village have already seen me during the day, so there is no need for me to hide now.
I did not hesitate and walked directly towards the fire. What appeared in front of me was a wooden house. Firewood was burning at the door of the wooden house. There was a group of people surrounding the firewood. Most of the people here were elderly women and children.
With the man, everyone was discussing something, and their voices were very energetic.
"Village Chief, my sister-in-law really can't go to that place. My parents died early. It was my sister-in-law and brother who raised me up. Although my brother has been dead for several years, my sister-in-law has always insisted on it.
Raise me up, she just couldn't give birth to a child of her own, and no one keeps her filial piety, I will be her son, I will keep her filial piety, don't take her to that place to bury her, okay?"
I followed the sound and saw a lean young man aged sixteen or seventeen with tears on his face looking at the village chief and everyone in the village with a pleading look on his face.
The village chief still looks like what I saw during the day. He is holding a cane in his hand and smoking a pipe in the other hand. Everyone's eyes are on his face. It is not difficult to see that he is the village chief.
The person in power has the final say no matter what happens.
"He Shun, I know that you have this filial piety, and I know that your sister-in-law is a good person, but you also know that this rule is not decided by me alone. It was negotiated by our eight villages, and everyone went through it at the time.
With your consent, it is impossible for so many years of tradition to be broken by you. Your sister-in-law definitely cannot be buried in Matuo Mountain. In addition to not having a ancestral hall, she also hanged herself. This is a cruel death, without an offspring, a cruel death.
, Widow, you have to enter the widow’s land no matter what, you don’t need to say more.”
The village chief spoke categorically, and his attitude allowed no refutation!
"Village Chief!" The man named He Shun suddenly knelt down and said with pain on his face, "Please discuss this with them, Village Chief. My sister-in-law really can't go to that place. If she goes, she will
I can’t rest in peace!”
The village chief waved his hand and was so indifferent that he didn't explain anything! He seemed to have told He Shun that this matter was non-negotiable.
He Shun panicked and quickly asked for help from the people around him, "Uncle Tian, please ask the village chief, Uncle Li, please say something to me!..."
No one in the village dared to say a word. Everyone silently shifted their gazes and quietly took a few steps back.
At this time, no one dared to speak to him. Firstly, they were afraid of offending the village chief, and secondly, no one dared to violate the taboos of several villages.
I also roughly understood the purpose of their gathering here. They were discussing the matter of burying the recently deceased Widow He.
I slowly approached the crowd. As soon as I walked into the crowd, many people looked at me. Some of them who had never seen me looked alert. After the village chief saw me,
, also frowned... After saying that, Grandma Li went out. Just after taking two steps, she seemed to remember something again, and turned back to me and said, "By the way, Yaya is at home with you. I heard
Widow He hanged herself, so I won't take her there. You guys should go to bed early after dinner, and don't go for a walk in the village at night. The village is not peaceful."
After saying this, Grandma Li left without looking back!
Grandma Li's last sentence of "unpeace" has a deep meaning. I think the "unpeace" she refers to is not the problem of bandits, but something else. As for what it means, I don't know, but I have to go to the village later.
Go and have a look.
Yaya stayed with us. Fatty Wu asked Yaya if there was no electricity in the village. Yaya asked what electricity was. It seemed that Yaya had never heard of electricity. She had never seen it and naturally didn’t know how to explain it. Fatty Wu
He could only muddle through. Seeing that Yaya couldn't find anything, Fatty Wu took out his cell phone and started playing with it. Seeing Fatty Wu playing with his cell phone, Yaya got close to him.
She stared at Fatty Wu's phone with her eyes wide open, her eyes full of curiosity! Fatty Wu saw the desire in Yaya's eyes, so he asked her if she wanted to play, Yaya nodded hard, and then, she
I started playing with my cell phone with Fatty Wu.
I saw Yaya and Fatty Wu playing with their mobile phones, so I decided to go to the village! It was dark now, so I wasn’t afraid of scaring the children in the village.
Soon I was walking along the country roads in the village. There were no lights in the village, but candles were lit at the door of every house!
Lighting candles at the door was a custom decades ago. This custom was called lighting ghost lanterns. In those days, there was no electricity and rural people were conservative. It is said that at night, there would be ghosts passing by.
When ghosts pass by, if they encounter a house, they like to go into other people's houses to rest. If a ghost enters the house, then the family will be unlucky. In mild cases, the child will get sick, and in severe cases, it may cause death.
To prevent stray ghosts from entering the house, everyone came up with a way. As soon as it gets dark, they light a candle at the door of their house and ask their family god to calm down the house. The so-called family god is the old man who has passed away in the family. This nation’s
People do not believe in door gods, they only believe in the household gods enshrined in their own homes. After lighting candles, they will invite their household gods to the house, so that ghosts from the past will not enter their homes!
This is one of the national customs that my grandfather told me. However, in my grandfather’s account, this custom no longer exists, even in the most remote places. Because electricity was later introduced, many people’s homes at night
I always turn on the lights. With the lights on, ghosts won’t dare to come near.
I didn't expect to see this custom here today. Out of curiosity, I opened my heavenly eye and took a look. I didn't expect that there were actually "people" sitting under the candlelight. As long as there was light, there were people sitting there, including men.
There are women, and they are all elderly people.
Those who were close were even chatting and talking, as if they had acquiesced in the existence of this custom and regarded it as their duty to protect their offspring!
I just walked around the village. I didn't see anyone. Most of the houses were occupied. However, since there was no electricity and no entertainment, everyone went to bed as soon as it got dark. So I wanted to find someone to ask.
When I asked about the women's village, I couldn't find anyone to ask about.
In my opinion, since I have come here, there must be something like this and the Women’s Village.
Otherwise, we wouldn’t have come to this weird place for no reason. Grandma Li doesn’t know about the Women’s Village, but that doesn’t mean others don’t know about it. Just like that, I also didn’t know where I was walking without knowing it.
Suddenly, the fire in front of me attracted my attention, and there were also the voices of many people talking. If I guessed correctly, it should be the house of Widow He who hanged herself as Grandma Li said. Although the people in the village are relatively resistant to outsiders.
, but the village chief and most people in the village have already seen me during the day, so there is no need for me to hide now.
I did not hesitate and walked directly towards the fire. What appeared in front of me was a wooden house. Firewood was burning at the door of the wooden house. There was a group of people surrounding the firewood. Most of the people here were elderly women and children.
With the man, everyone was discussing something, and their voices were very energetic.
"Village Chief, my sister-in-law really can't go to that place. My parents died early. It was my sister-in-law and brother who raised me up. Although my brother has been dead for several years, my sister-in-law has always insisted on it.
Raise me up, she just couldn't give birth to a child of her own, and no one keeps her filial piety, I will be her son, I will keep her filial piety, don't take her to that place to bury her, okay?"
I followed the sound and saw a lean young man aged sixteen or seventeen with tears on his face looking at the village chief and everyone in the village with a pleading look on his face.
The village chief still looks like what I saw during the day. He is holding a cane in his hand and smoking a pipe in the other hand. Everyone's eyes are on his face. It is not difficult to see that he is the village chief.
The person in power has the final say no matter what happens.
"He Shun, I know that you have this filial piety, and I know that your sister-in-law is a good person, but you also know that this rule is not decided by me alone. It was negotiated by our eight villages, and everyone went through it at the time.
With your consent, it is impossible for so many years of tradition to be broken by you. Your sister-in-law definitely cannot be buried in Matuo Mountain. In addition to not having a ancestral hall, she also hanged herself. This is a cruel death, without an offspring, a cruel death.
, Widow, you have to enter the widow’s land no matter what, you don’t need to say more.”
The village chief spoke categorically, and his attitude allowed no refutation!
"Village Chief!" The man named He Shun suddenly knelt down and said with pain on his face, "Please discuss this with them, Village Chief. My sister-in-law really can't go to that place. If she goes, she will
I can’t rest in peace!”
The village chief waved his hand and was so indifferent that he didn't explain anything! He seemed to have told He Shun that this matter was non-negotiable.
He Shun panicked and quickly asked for help from the people around him, "Uncle Tian, please ask the village chief, Uncle Li, please say something to me!..."
No one in the village dared to say a word. Everyone silently shifted their gazes and quietly took a few steps back.
At this time, no one dared to speak to him. Firstly, they were afraid of offending the village chief, and secondly, no one dared to violate the taboos of several villages.
I also roughly understood the purpose of their gathering here. They were discussing the matter of burying the recently deceased Widow He.
I slowly approached the crowd. As soon as I walked into the crowd, many people looked at me. Some of them who had never seen me looked alert. After the village chief saw me,
, also frowned...
This chapter has been completed!