Chapter 89 Chapter 1 Origin

It happened after New Year’s Day of the year, I can’t remember the exact date, it was very cold and freezing weather, I would have stayed in Hangzhou in this season, the cat was at home, or occasionally went to the shop, in short I It is not very likely to travel far under such circumstances, but that year was an exception. In that year, I had to travel a long distance with my family to return to a mountain village on the edge of Changsha. That village is our ancestral village, and its name is Maoshajing. From the outside, this village is no different from the new countryside now. The peasants’ houses are built up tall and made of gaudy tiles. Inside is an old village. There are many old yellow mud houses along the mountain, which is really very interesting. In the old houses, it is almost impossible to know when the first beams were erected. Most of these houses are for the elderly, and some are no longer occupied. They have become solitary houses without owners. look.

We didn’t come to Zucun to reminisce about the past and celebrate the New Year. In fact, from birth to now, I have not returned to my hometown more than one hand, especially after college, I don’t want to come back. There are only a few of them, so I naturally don't want to stay. But this time I had to come back, not only me, but also my third uncle, second uncle, and my father had to come back. On the surface, it seems that something big happened in the village, but the actual reason is very speechless. The reason for coming back is because the expressway is being built here, just past the old cemetery, so the family's ancestral grave has to be moved, no. It's about to be bulldozed.

This kind of thing that seems very helpless to me, but the old men in the village value it very much. Moving the ancestral grave is to change Fengshui and disturb the ancestors. The branch of the Wu family is the most prosperous, so my father and the three brothers must come back to preside over the overall situation, which is actually a lot of money. My father is known to be easy to talk, so he agreed, saying that along the way, let me and a few cousins ​​recognize our ancestors and return to our ancestors.This is back here. Originally, I still had a little hope, that this time so many people came back together, it might be more interesting than before, because after all, it is in the mountains, if you have a companion, you can still have some fun, I remember my cousin There may be an old shotgun by the side, and if you can hunt, it is a good pastime.

Unexpectedly, when the second uncle arrived, he would be arrested and sent to show Fengshui to others. The third uncle is a landowner here, and he would run more than 50 times a year, so he went to find someone to play mahjong when he arrived.My father was arrested by some old men of the same family to discuss things. My father knew that I was uneasy, so he didn't let me run around. They discussed things in front of the ancestral hall, and I was left alone to hang around in the ancestral hall. My family's ancestral hall is on the border of the old village. It is a big house, but unlike the old houses on TV, this old house is also plastered with yellow mud, without white walls and black tiles. There is a stage like a pavilion, and inside is the mourning hall. The mourning hall is tall and large, but looking up at the roof, there are holes all over the place. It will definitely not be safe in rainy days. The ancestors’ spirit cards are placed at the end of the mourning hall, on the wall. I dug a lot of holes like niches, and in each hole there are two plaques, both of which are the names of the ancestors, and there is an altar in front of it, but the candles are all powered by electricity.

This ancestral hall was funded by my grandfather to restore it, so it has been around for a long time. The Wu family was not very prosperous, and the most prosperous one moved to Hangzhou, so the situation of this ancestral hall is still passable. .I looked for my grandfather's brand, and it was also a big one. In fact, my grandfather was married to Hangzhou, so I shouldn't be able to go to this ancestral hall. Now that I do, it must be something my grandfather did during his lifetime. It is extremely boring to be in this kind of place, and the weather is cold, and there is no one in the ancestral hall, so I couldn't bear it. I started to touch around, read couplets, and look at the monument of merit. At this time, I suddenly found the ancestral hall. There is a corridor on the side of the hall, which leads to a door. After going out, there is an open space behind the ancestral hall, where there is an old thatched house.

At that time, I didn't think much about it, so I walked over. On the one hand, there was the sun in the open space, and on the other hand, the thatched house looked very old, and it was locked with a big iron chain, which looked very attractive. When I walked to the side and looked at the lock, I found that it should have been locked for a long time. The window was just two big holes, and a very old newspaper was pasted on the window frame. Obviously, there used to be a window. I was bored, so I looked inside. It was very dark inside, but I could see that it was full of dry firewood, and the ground was muddy. On top of the dry firewood was a coffin with a big head full of dry mud.