The location of the ancestral tomb is quite remote for the village. It took us almost half of the way up the mountain in a big circle to get there.
What makes Qi Baoer strange is that it is not empty here, but there are already more than twenty grave bags, and they are all "fresh and hot" grave bags.
People were crying in the front, and they were crying in the back. The scene was so sad that it seemed like every tiny creature in the air was infected with sadness.
No matter how cold-blooded Qi Bao'er was, she was somewhat infected and couldn't cry, but at this time, she was too embarrassed to ask about the new grave bag.
Her eyes wandered around everyone, tsk tsk, everyone was crying quite sincerely, but she was more sensitive to people's emotions, and it was easy to find that the only ones who were really sad here were the people in the old man's big room.
several.
As for her father and his son, one's face was more sad than the other's, but their true emotions were calmer than the other's.
Alas, you have to prepare two little golden figures at once.
However, Qi Kangan's face remained dark when he went down the mountain. It was really dark.
Ye Sanni glanced back, raised her elbow to Qi Kang'an and advised: "Don't be angry, just stay away from now on."
Qi Kang'an puffed up his cheeks and sighed, also suppressing his voice and replied: "It's not that I'm angry, it's just that I feel resentful."
Qi Bao'er was hugged by Silly Dad and lay on his shoulder, looking back. She was naturally cold-hearted and couldn't synchronize her thoughts with Silly Dad, but this time she quite understood Silly Dad's thoughts.
Why?
Because at the end of their team going down the mountain, a family of more than 20 people from the third room of the old man's house were also following them down the mountain.
Although the old man's family no longer has a literate generation in the third room, and there is only one literate generation left, even after two or three generations, the old man still lives in the big house, and he does become emotionally alienated.
But for this last step, you can just show off. Dafang and Qi Kaishan, both in their seventies, are still kneeling in front of the grave.
How should I put it, no matter how the third room responded to the old man, the whole village gave the old man enough honor, but because of the third room, this honor was compromised.
This is not a problem with the old man, but a lack of appreciation for the whole village.
Old Man Qi, who was walking slightly ahead, also heard the couple's conversation, but he didn't say a word. He just turned his head and glanced behind him, then walked forward in silence.
The juniors didn't know about it, and it turned out to be the old man's own fault.
However, death is like a lamp going out, and the past disappears with the passing of the old man. The living people should look forward.
I just hope that no matter how the old man tries to persuade himself, his inner discomfort will not diminish at all.
The old man's death made the atmosphere in the village dull for a while, but as Old Man Qi said, the living should look forward.
Even Qi Kaishan, because of his upright responsibility, he got back on his feet after a few days. Although he looked a lot more haggard, he still stood firm in the village.
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Early this morning, Qijia Village was already bustling before dawn.
Because today is the monthly market day in Jiuchang Town.
Yes, so close to the capital, there is also a down-to-earth large-scale trading event like the market.
Jiuchang Town, oh no, it should be all the counties and towns belonging to Yong'an City, enjoy the preferential treatment of free payment on the tenth day of October.
The management of Yong'an City is relatively strict. In addition to the shops opened on the streets, several markets will be opened for buying and selling. Except for the markets and shops, no buying and selling is allowed in other places. It is said to be for the sake of city appearance and image.
As for markets and shops...not to mention stores, you have to either rent or buy. The same goes for markets, each vendor also has to pay a stall fee.
Market day is the day when the market can set up stalls for free.
Although it is close to the capital, there are many nobles and rich people in Yong'an City, but there are also many poor people here. As for the surrounding villages and towns, the food in some places is not as good as the people in Qijia Village who are currently living on relief grains.
The stall fee is easily ten or twenty cents, which is worth several kilograms of white flour. How many people would be willing to exchange it for wheat bran and carry a sack home?
Therefore, people in nearby villages save things that can be stored for a long time and wait for a month to move them to the town to sell them on the tenth day of the lunar month.
Qi Baoer was carried on the road by Qi Kangan.
There are three oxen carts in the village, all of which belong to the village. However, there are many people going to Jiuchang Town today. Almost every household has at least one or two. Three oxen carts are not enough to seat, and it is not easy for men to have sex with women and children.
squeeze.
"Brother An, do you think I can sell this?" Xie Bingrong walked beside Qi Kang'an carrying a load.
People are asking for directions, but Xie Bingrong threw him into a coffin and really got him inside.
After the old man was buried, the Li Zheng family and the Xie family sat down to discuss it. In the end, the Li Zheng family returned a high-quality coffin of the same value to the Xie family.
Xie Bingrong is a virtuous grandson, and coupled with the sudden accident of the old man in the middle of the night, he is also afraid that if something happens to the old man Xie...
So now the Xie family is no different from other people in the village, they are just as poor.
His family has an elder and a younger one, and Xie Pingrong is the only one who supports the whole family.
Coincidentally, the Xie family's land was bought next door to Qi Kang'an's family. Qi Kang'an went to work on the land several times and watched the Xie family's children pull grass and stuff it into their mouths due to hunger.
Feeling really unhappy, I asked him to go to the mountains to dig some yam and eat it back.
Xie Bingrong was a smart man. If the Huaishan food was edible, it could be used as food. He dug it back and dried it in the sun. While going to the market, he wanted to see if he could exchange some money for it.
There are old and young in the family, and winter is about to come, but he is afraid that they will get sick, and he is panicking because he has no money in his hand.
Qi Kang'an glanced at the two big sacks he packed in sacks, and said unsurely: "We know it's edible, but we're not sure whether others know it. You can only try it. It's good if it sells.
No, at worst I can pick it back and eat it myself."
This is also a way to store food.
When Xie Bingrong heard this, his uneasy heart dropped, and a smile appeared on his face, "Listen to Brother An, I will try it first. If it can be sold, the people in our village will have another income."
Look at what you said, how beautiful it is!
Qi Kang'an felt at ease, and the men walking with them looked at Xie Pingrong more and more friendly.
Gao Dayou said with a smile: "If we can really sell it, we have a lot of mountains behind us in Huaishan. Many people still have some in their hands. If they sell it for grain or other things, they will be better off this year."
Although everyone has gained a lot more knowledge than before, their horizons are still limited, and they still don’t have much expectations for future life. They just need to have food, shelter, and stability. What they look forward to most is not to be hungry anymore.
So after hearing Gao Da's words, everyone had more expectations for Xie Pingrong's two sacks.
The fact that Qijia Village has been abandoned for twenty years is not without its benefits. At least the resources in the back mountain are very rich. To put it bluntly, there is no relief food from the court. As long as they are diligent and the back mountain is there, the people of Qijia Village can
