Chapter 72 Tu Huan's Night Tour of the Village Experiencing Many Surprises
When the exile team set up camp, Tu Huan walked around the village and wandered outside in the dark. She would never dare to do this before because she was scared.
Because there are caravans and exiles in the village now, many villagers are walking back and forth in the village with oil lamps, which gives Tu Huan the opportunity to "visit" the ancient small village for the first time since arriving in Daliang.
She did not turn on the flashlight, which would have a better lighting effect. Perhaps she subconsciously did not want to destroy the real sense of participation in the moment. She could hear villagers who had just finished helping out at the edge of the village and were chatting with each other in their local dialects walking past her.
In the darkness of the night, it was impossible to see the villagers' faces clearly. All I could see was that they were short and thin, wearing coarse gray linen clothes.
Gaojia Village hadn't encountered such a major event of getting up at night for a long time. Many people stood in their own yards and looked towards the eastern suburbs. Tu Huan even looked back curiously in the direction the village women were looking, but they couldn't see anything at this distance.
At most, she could see some smoke rising in the distance. She checked the time on her phone and saw that it was already midnight in ancient time. The villagers who still got up to watch the excitement at this time were really curious.
On a whim, she stopped outside the village house for a while, and when she got here, she was almost at the center of the village.
She looked at the houses around her. Compared with the abandoned houses on the east side of the village, the houses where the villagers lived were much better. However, she didn't see a single tiled house along the way. Almost all of them were earthen structures. The courtyards of each household were about the same size. The walls were not high, but waist-high. It was difficult to see clearly at night, but it felt like they were made of mud mixed with hay.
With her height, standing outside the courtyard wall, she could easily see the big yellow dog guarding the yard.
The big yellow dog sniffed and noticed her as she approached. At first, it just barked twice in warning.
She thought it was fun and barked twice at Dahuang!
Dahuang suddenly rushed over, grabbed the ground with his front paws, lay flat on the ground, stared at her and barked!
The village woman behind the door curtain heard the barking of the dog, Da Huang, and could not help but curse with her hands in her pockets, "What are you barking for? Howling in the middle of the night! Stop it!"
Dahuang didn't care about that. It detected the scent of a stranger and barked warmly towards where Tu Huan was standing.
Tu Huan laughed out loud. She suddenly understood why the old people used to say that animals and children had sharp eyes and could see things that ordinary people couldn't see.
If you can see it, you won’t be able to speak or convey the message.
By the time you are able to speak, your eyes seem to be covered and your memory seems to be formatted, blocking your natural comprehension.
This may also be a law of nature.
Dahuang kept barking, and the woman seemed to have noticed something. She found that Dahuang was always barking in a fixed direction outside. It was pitch dark, so was the dog barking because it saw something?
My heart skipped a beat and I looked panicked.
Just as she was about to lift the curtain and enter the house, the door was pushed open. Her husband, holding a hemp rope, dusted himself off at the door. Looking up, she saw the dog barking and her wife panicking. She asked in surprise, "It's freezing cold, why don't you stay indoors and come out to watch the dog barking?"
"I was so scared! It turned out you were back! Da Huang just barked and I was wondering what was going on."
The man closed the door and walked towards home, waving to the guard dog, Dahuang. Dahuang smelled the scent of safety and rushed over to please his master, receiving a pat on the head +3 from his master.
Outside the courtyard wall, Tu Huan was no longer visible.
The system reminded her to stay away from the village ancestral hall and temple for the time being.
Coming from the eastern suburbs, the ancestral hall of Gaojia Village is built right in the center of the village. The entire Gaojia Village seems to be built around this ancestral hall, and the daily life of the people can be seen in all directions, high and low.
What surprised Tu Huan was that Gaojia Village was not big, but the ancestral hall in the village was built in a square and very solemn manner, and it was the only wooden tile structure she had seen along the way.
The style of the houses is very different from other houses in the village, with flying eaves, brackets, carved beams and painted buildings.
Tu Huan, an outsider, standing in the open space in front of the hall and looking at this traditional and ancient building, could feel the importance the villagers attached to the ancestral hall.
The system wouldn't let her get close, so she stayed farther away.
The ancestral hall in Gaojia Village is only opened for major events. Today's event in the village is not a small matter. After much deliberation, several elders in the village opened the ancestral hall to burn incense to their ancestors and announce the major events in the village in advance, asking the spirits of the ancestors in heaven to bless everything to be safe and smooth.
Inside the ancestral hall, candles were brightly lit and incense was burning.
The door was wide open, and from time to time, returning villagers would go in in groups of two or three to kowtow to their ancestors, and then either stay or go home.
Tu Huan stood outside the light source, watching several elderly people from Gaojia Village talking inside.
It's far away, so I can't hear it clearly.
But she guessed it might be because the village was hosting so many fugitives tonight.
Tu Huan felt a little touched.
Just as I was about to leave, I heard a familiar voice behind me.
"Uncle San, let's give it a try. If my feeling is correct, there must be someone in the Xie family who knows something."
Tu Huan turned around and looked in the direction of the voice, it was Gao Shanhe!
After Gao Shanhe helped Gao Lizheng finish his work in the east, the uncle and nephew walked towards the ancestral hall side by side.
After settling the officials and fugitives at night, they still couldn't sleep. Gao Lizheng's family conditions were relatively better, so his wife and children moved to live with relatives next door, leaving the house for Xiong Jiushan and other escorts to rest.
The people in charge of Gaojia Village gathered in the ancestral hall to talk. With the ancestors protecting them, everyone felt at ease.
Gao Lizheng asked, "In front of everyone later, tell us about this group of exiles on the way here. If this is really an opportunity, we must try it."
Gao Shanhe nodded, and the two walked to the steps, "Third Uncle, please."
Tu Huan tilted her head slightly, watching the two men walk up the stairs. They both walked to the altar, raised their hands high and clasped their fists, bowed deeply in front of the Gao family's ancestors, and stood up to greet the clansmen on both sides.
Tu Huan stood quietly outside the ancestral hall with her hands in her pockets. From time to time, voices could be heard in the brightly lit ancestral hall amidst the darkness.
“Crack—”
She turned on her phone and couldn't help but take a picture of what she saw.
Looking down at the photos in the album, zooming in with your fingertips, you can even see the details inside the ancestral hall.
If she could get close to it for the time being, she would really like to go in and take a look.
Gaojia Village has a special fortune. I wonder if the people in the village know it.
More villagers walked by.
"What on earth are the village elders thinking? Should we invite Sister Huaihua down the mountain?"
"I don't know. The elders said we should wait until we find out."
"Sister Huaihua is not here, who knows if this is true?"
"Don't cause trouble when you go in, okay? The village head and the elders don't know any better than you."
"knew."
The two chatted as they walked past Tu Huan into the ancestral hall.
Tu Huan held the phone and looked forward.
who?
Which mountain are you going down?
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